The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-10-15
CLOSING SESSION
OF THE CONFERENCE
Considerable Amount Of Business Was
Transacted Yesterday.
NEXT MEETING IN WElssPORl
Vote Of Thanks rendered to Rev.
'Zixeimann and the Members Of His
Congrsgation..Next Sunday School
Convention Will Convene at Butler,
this State.. Resolutions Adopted.
Notes About Members Of nee

The conference of the Lutheran min
listers of the Wilkes Barre district,
which began Monday evening In Zion
Lutheran church, Mitfiin avenue, came
to close at 4.3O yesterday afternoon.
The session yesterday morning was
called to order promptly at 3 O'Clock
by Rev, Lindenstruth, the chairman,
and devotional service was conduc ted
by Rev. Fegley, of Sayre. Discussion
ensued on the filling Of the synod's diff
ferent boards at it's next meeting. Rev.
II. II. Bruning. Of White Haven, was
elected treasurer Of the special jubilee
fund.
Rev. ]. II. Kuder presented a strong
paper on synOdical finance and sug-
gested some very important changes
The following resolutions Were adopt
ed:
l. Synod shall decide the amount of
money to be raised by each conference.
9. Each conference shall have q special
committee which shall meet AS soon as
possible after each annual meeting of the
synod to apportion the amount appor-
toned to the conference among the diff
ferent nastOrates.
3. That each conference shall at its
spring meeting ascertain whether the pas.
tors have raised the amount apportioned
linqucnt parties shall be reproved and. If
necessary. disciplined.
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES.
A missionary committee to cooperate
with the synodical Board of Home Mis-
siOns consists of Revs. Bruning and
Fegley and Messrs. Weitz and Scheib.
The auditing committee reported q
deficit of $3.50. The missionary ex-
ploratiOn committee reported progress
and did some important pioneer work.
One mission festival was conducted In
st, Marks. West Scranton. The mis-
sion festival committee was re-appOint-
cd. A very successful Sunday school
convention was held at Hazleton.
The next Sunday school convention
OF the district will be held at st. Johns
church, Butler, Pa, Of which Rev.
Hemsath is pastor. The morning ses-
sion adjourned with prayer by Rev. +.
Stettler. Of GouldsborO.
Rev. Lauer, of Lansford. opened the
afternoon session with prayer. The
missionary operations Of conference nc-
cupied most of the time and were dis
cussed at length by the several pastors,
but the conclusions arrived at were on
the whole very Indefinite.
A cordial invitation to hold the spring
conference at Weissport was accept
ed and after vote of thanks was
rendered to Rev. ZiZelman and the con-
gregatiOn of Zion church the confer
ence adjourned by the use Of the regu-
lar liturgical form.
NOTES OF CONFERENCE.
Rev. Frederick Hotter, of Christ
church, South Side. will move to Jer-
sey City next week. Rev. Hotter de-
servingly steps up higher. He will
have charge of prominent congrega-
tiOn. Christ church held him as long
as they did because the synod literally
supported him at $3.50 per year besides
the support Of his congregation, which
now numbers upwards of 800 commune
cant members. Rev. Hotter Is verit-
able missionary.
Among the new members of the con-
ference are Rev. Lauer of Lansford a n
able preacher. with an impressive ap-
pearance, and Rev. Ehinger, of Car
bOndale.
Revs. Fegley, Trabert, Ettwein and
Seneker are some of the ready de-
baters and able church parliamentary
ians.
Rev. c. j. Cooper. financial agent of
Muhlenberg college, Allentown, and
Revs. Kawalla and Tavel. both men,
bers of the Pittsburg synod, were in
| attendance and presented their respec-
tive causes with ability.
Revs. Zizelman and r.. A. Bauer, OF
Lehighton. are the fathers of this con-
ference. Father Zizelman is 72 years
| old and knew Scranton when Scran-
ton was not yet. Although he has Sc
| riOus sickness in the family, he took
| an active interest in all the proceed
ings and moved around his fellow min
listers in a happy spirit and with the
| sprightliness Of young man. Father
Bauer met with an accident some
months ago, and 'was unavoilably alb
sent.
Revs Strauss. Ritter and Kuntz are
known by conference as the jovial men,
bers, and they will long be remem-
bered for the many good things they
said for the entertainment as well as
for the welfare of conference.
At the service on Tuesday evening
| In Zion's church the speakers were
Revs. ]. o. Schlenker. Strauss and
Cooper. The addresses were interest
| ing and highly appreciated. The Penn
| sylvania- German idioms afforded con-
siderable amusement for Rev. Mr. Ziz-
| elman $ people, inasmuch as he uses a
pure classical German in the pulpit and
| upon the street.