The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-09-26
CLOSING HOURS
OF THE SYNOD.
Ministers Assigned to Various
Canton Pulpits.
REPORTS WERE INSPECTED
And other Matters Transacted at the ses-
sions Friday and Saturday
Synod to Close This
Afternoon.

| Ine SeTNlCSS III the INSlOTIIleu CnuTCn
Thursday night were largely attended.
Rev. Baum, of Detroit, delivered an ad-
dress, taking for his text Seek we first
| the righteousness of the Kingdom of
God" He defined the kingdom of God
referred to in the text and then bril-
liantly spoke of the Kingship of that
Kingdom, saying that the kingdom of
God does not consist of external things,
but that its true character is spiritual,
and that 1t consists of righteousness.
peace and joy and the Holy Ghost.
Rev. ]. II. Beck followed with an ad-
dress in English, speaking of the per-
sonal conservation of the minister. He
said that 4the true minister of God must
be intimately associated with the spir-
itual truth of Jesus Christ, then his
labors will not be in vain. He said love
characterizes the true pastor. The law
/ yer, the physician or the merchant may
do their work or employ their profess
sion without love of this kind, from q
professional or business standpoint, but
one cannot conceive of the pastor doing
his work well without God. "Some of
the most successful failures" said the
speaker, "are those orators who draw
large crowds because they fail to rec
ognize the main object of their mission
to be the saving of souls for Christ.
With the love of Christ in our heart we
will go forward and become successful" I"
Both addresses were interesting and
we'll delivered.
FRIDAY MORNING.
The attendance at the Friday morning
session was called to order at $3.50
o'clock by the president. Devotional ex-
ercises were led by Rev. ]. Sweickhard,
of Wheeling, w. Va.
| One of the important matters pertain
ing to the morning session was the re-
ception given to the delegateS from the
German or Eastern Synod and of the
Synod Of the Northwest, Rev. NJ. Bach
mann, of Baltimore, Md, and Prof. H.
A. Meier, d. .,of Sheboygan, Wis, the
latter having charge Of the seminary at
Franklin, Wis.
The report of the board on the Or
phan's home at Fort Wayne was re-
ceived, discussed and acted upon by it's
proper reference to the respective COM
mittee for that purpose. The Orphans
home is conducted on Reformed princi-
pies and it's expenses are born by the
various congregations composing the
| synods.
The report of the board on church pub
lication was also submitted and it in
dicated a healthy progress in that de-
| partment.
observed at the First Reformed church.
Rev. B. Stern, of Dayton, will speak on
"The Pastor in the Community, His At
titude and Influence There" "The
Twentieth Century Movement" will be
discussed by Rev. F. Witthoff, of Ma
rion. "The Pastors Attitude to Mod
ern Theological Literature" is the sub
ject assigned Rev. A. e. Schad, Of ALI
ance.
The session of the Central synod
Friday afternoon was mainly devoted
to the inspection of the reports which
had been handed in earlier in the day,
and their proper reference to the res
pective committees. Other minor mat
ters were brought up and there were
short dissertations on various subjects
relating to church work.
The final business of the Synod will
wind up Saturday afternoon A great
many matters will come up for action
and the selection made of the next
place of meeting.
Saturday afternoon was appropriately
celebrated with religious exercises and
stated preparatory sermons for the
communion which will be observed Sun
| day in the Reformed church Rev. C.
III. Snyder will speak in the German
| language, and Rev. H. Schmidt will
| address the audience in English.
| During the observance of communion
services, Sunday morning, Rev. II.
| Nau, father of the local pastor Of the
Reformed church, Of Ceylon, Ohio
will deliver an address in German, and
Rev. e. G. Williams will speak in the
English language.
| A missionary service will be observed
| Sunday evening with an address by
Rev. c. Hossel, of Gallon, and Miss
Mary e. Hollowell, of Sendia, Japan
who will speak on foreign missions.
Rev M. Vitz will speak in the South
End Reformed mission Sunday morning
and in the evening Rev. +. Mayer will
address the congregation.
| Revs. j. II. Beck and F. w. Whittoff
will speak at Trinity Reformed church
Rev. c. M. Schaaf will deliver an ad-
dress Sunday morning at the First M
e. church and in the evening Rev. b. s.
Stern will speak.
Revs j. d. Buhrer and j. w. BelseI
will address the congregation at the
First Presbyterian church.
Rev. b. II. Keller will speak al
Trinity Lutheran church.
APPOINTMENTS.
| In addition to the discussion of the re-
ports of the various boards on Friday
afternoon, the following appointments
were made:
Trustees of Synod: Rev. f. Schaad, OF
New Bavaria, Ohio, Elder Christian
iehm.
Publication board: DIR. ]. II. Stepler
| Orphans Home: DR.. j. Bachman.
Home Missions Rev. r. Mayer, Youngs.
town.
| Church erection: Rev. r. Grether.
Mission House: Rev. b. w. Henschen
| delegate TO Northwest synod, DR.. c
Baum, of Detroit.
Delegate to the Eastern German,
synod, Rev. j. d. Buhrer, of Tiffin.
Delegate to the Ohio synod, Rv r. c
Witthoff, of Marion.
The session Saturday, morning was
opend with devotional exercises by Prof
III. A. Meier.
The first thing of Importance was the
reading of the minutes of the Genera
synod, which was held in Tiffin in May