The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-16
LUTHERAN SYNOD.
Members of Boards Appointed and Va
riOus Reports Submitted.

MANSFIELD, o., June 15.-The greater
part of the session of the Lutheran Synod
was to-day taken up in discussing the COM
mittee proposition to remove Dr. Eli Huber
of Gettysburg. Pa, from the board of pub
Hcation. The discussion pro and con was
warm and animated, and it was not until
late in the afternoon that a vote was
taken, which resulted in substituting Rev
DR.. j. c. Roller of Hanover, Pa, for Rev
Huber
The following deaconess board was
named: Revs. Dr. c. V. Wenner, of
New York; F. p. Manhart, Baltimore;
]. j. Young. New York; L. E. AL
bert Philadelphia; A H. Studebaker,
w. H. Dunbar and L. M. Zimmerman,
Baltimore; Frank Garland, Taneytown,
Md; w. S. Freas, New York; j. G. c..
Tadiken, New York; f. A Hartranft, Phil
adelphia; F. I. Huber, New York; W. L.
Armiger. F. p. Stieff and George Warfield,
of Baltimore; Cornelius Eckhart, Wash
ington.
The new board of home missions was APP
pointed as follows: Rev. Charles s. Albert
Philadelphia; NJ. w. Hanna, Altoona, Pa;
J. G. Roller, Hanover Pa. w. T. Parson
Washington; c. w. Elders York. Pa;
Messrs L. z. Dole, Baltimore; l. c. Slater
and John C. Parker, Washington; w II.
Davis, Baltimore.
Rev. George w. Miller offered a resolution
that owing to the alarming and increasing
disregard of the Sabbath and an effort 10
supplant it with the European holiday,
Lutheran pastors be urged 10 utter no I'M
certain sound upon this great question.
The report of the board of publication
submitted by Secretary S. A. Holman,
of Philadelphia. The present net assets are
There cd
monthly $4,000 copies of the various sun
day school periodicals. The sale for the
two years ending March 81, 1897, amounted
tc $l4S,6SU ana during the past year Il, 900
copies OF the Year Book have been sold.
Royalties amounting to Sl,37l have been
earned for The General synod and donations
amounting 10 $2Sl9 have been made 10
mission sunday schools. The report recon-
mended the donation of 81 900 10 the Pas
tors und Society The board has decided
TO establish a printing house and a COM
mittee has in charge the purchase OF suit
able property The synod passed a resolu-
ton 10 abolish the appointment of the two
Special Representatives from the synod TO
the publication society.
Resolutions were passed changing the
constitution by placing the deaconess board
and the Pastors Fund Society on the list
OF possible benefciaries of the publication
board.
NJ. W. Hanna, chairman of the committee
on iraternal cooperation with other Luth-
eran bodies, submitted It's report. The basis
of cooperation adopted at the last conven-
ton of the synod had likewise been adopted
Dy the 6ellSkdl council ana the United
Synod of the South and they were now
Joined in this compact. the three general
bodies having the largest English member
snip in the denomination in this country
The committee recommended the abortion
OF a resolution that the synod regarded
with favor the proposition made by the
General Council and United Synod OF the
South looking to the compilation of a com
mon hymn book and approving the recon-
mendation that an unofficial general con-
ference be held for a comparison of views
on the various docTinal Hturgical, educa-
tional and missionary interests in which
all were alike engaged. The committee also
asked for an expression of the desire that
the efforts for closer union of tile vari-
Gus bodies of the church be continued to
the end that all which bore the name OF
Luther might in the not far distant future
dwell together in the closest fraternal fell
lowship and love.
The report of the German hymn book
committee was submitted by Rev j. j.
Young, of New York. The committee has
revised the old Wallenweber hymn book in
use IN German congregations by striking
ont 7s5 hymns, restoring the original texts
or forty-six hymns. revising the number of
stanzas Of forty hymns and restoring the
oEiginal texts or separate stanzas of Ten