Evening star., 1897-07-26
TO BE HELD HERE.
Lutheran Ministers Invite the Mary
land synod to Meet in Mnshtnsto ton.

Lutheran Ministers Invite the Nary
land Synod to Meet i'm Washinst ton.
A special meeting of the Lutheran Min
isterial Association was held this morning
in the lecture room of st. Paul's English
Lutheran Church, corner of 11th and H
streets northwest to consider the question
of whether or not the annual meeting of
the Maryland synod of the Lutheran
Church shall be held in this city. Favor
able action was taken in the matter, and
if nothing happeps between now and then
the synod will convene in this city Tuesday
October II. A previous meeting Of the Min
isterial Association had been held last Mon
day at the same place, and this and the
meeting this morning developed the fact
that there will be some interesting ques-
tons which Will come up for discussion at
the gathering Of the synod. 1t seems that
at a meeting of the eastern conference held
at Catonsville, Nd, about six weeks ago a
! resolution was offered by Rev DIR. Parson
of this city and carried by the conference,
the sense of which was that if by the LIST
of September the president of the confec-
ence could not find city or church will
ing TO entertain the delegates to the synod,
then the synod meeting should be held in
designated place and the delegates lay
their own expenses. The middle and west
ern conferences of the synod took the oppo-
site view OF the matter and put themselves
on record against any proposition which
would have the effect of making the dele
gates pay for their own entertainment.
This being the case, the ministers of this
city nave thought it unwise to carry out
the idea which they voted favorably upon
JUST now, and consequently The synod is to
gather here.
This is not likely to end the matter
though, and it is expected that the discus.
sion on this subject, which has been going
on for several months, will result i'm a
proposition being made to divide the synod
into two synods. 1t has been suggested
that the two cities of Washington and Bal
timore form one synod. with probably Bal
tlmore county and one or two others and
the rest of Maryland and the one or two
churcheS IN pennsylvania the other, There
are about one hundred and ten churches in
the synod, and consequently the cost of
entertaining the delegates is somewhat of
burden, SO much so, in fact, that outside
OF the two large cities the synod has very
seldom met elsewhere. The country
churches may be expected to oppose any
such proposition embracing the two cities
in one synod, and consequently an interest
ing discussion may be looked forward to on
the subject of entertaining the synod. The
president, Rev. c. S. Trump of Martins
burg, has been indefatigable in his efforts
to hnd place for the synod to meet but
has been unsuccessful.
The other question that may be expected
to provoke discussion is the report Of the
committee appointed to investigate the
matter of the removal of Rev Dr. H. L.
Baugher from his position as professor of
Greek at the Gettysburg Seminary. The
committee is composed Of Rev. Drs. W. E.
Parson and Samuel Domer of this city and
o. L. Roth of Baltimore all friends of Dr.
Baugher, and they have finished their in
vestigations, and the report is practically
completed. The committee were present at
two meetings of the board of directors of
Gettysburg-one held the first of the year
and the other in June-and from what they
were able to learn then and from else
where they have gathered materials for
the report. Though the report will not be
made public until at the meeting of the
synod, still 1t will undoubtedly be favorable
to the DOCTOR Nothing can be done to re-
instate DR.. Baugher in his old position, and
he would probably not take it If he could
get it; therefore. the committee have lin
tied themselves to stating what they find
to be the facts in the case, and concluding
with their opinion of the matter.