New Ulm review., 1901-08-21
LUTHERANS MEET
Meeting of the General Assembly Held at
Mankat0 During the Past
Week.
OPENING SERMON BYlREv. ALBRIGHT.
Delegates visit New Ulm and are Greatly
Pleased with the College
Arrangents.


Eastern South Dakota opened in Manka-
to Thursday with a hundred delegates
from the state synods. The delegates
are both pastors and laymen. The as
sembly was held at the German Lutheran
Emmanuel church on North Second
street.
The meeting opened at 1880 o'clock
with sermon preached by Rev. G. J.
Albrecht of New Ulm.
The first business session was held at
$50 o'clock Thursday afternoon, and
proved to be warm number. The cleo
tion of officers was on the program, but
the entire time was taken up with the
election of the president, and the re-
mainder of the election was postponed
until Friday afternoon.
The meeting was presided over by
Vice President Rev. Gausewitz of St.
Paul, who was acting chairman. The
credentials committee presented re-
port, which was adopted. The election
of officers was then proceeded with.
Five names were voted for, and the
contest proved to be very interesting.
A number of ballots were taken and the
contest finally narrowed down to Rev
Gausewitz and Rev. Badlng, the latter
of Milwaukee. The st. Paul man finally
won by two majority, showing how close
the contest was.
Rev. A. Pleper of Milwaukee was
third in the contest, with Rev. @. j. Al
brecht and Rev. Philip Won Rohr of
Winona following. The result was:
President, Carl Gausewitz of ST. Paul;
vice president, Rev. Lederer of Saline,
Mich; secretary, Rev. J. Naumann of
Gibbon, Mimi; treasurer, Rev. n.
Knurth of Milwaukee; board of direc-
tors of the theological seminary at Mil
waukee. Rev. Philip Won Rohr of Vino
ma; Rev. A. Pieper of Milwaukee, Wis.,;
Rev. Lederer of Saline, Michigan; Rev.
G. J. Albreeht of New Ulm; Rev. A.
Schroedel of st. Paul; Rev. John Bad
Ing Of Milwaukee; Rev. G. Gauzewitz,
st. Paul; Rev. M. Eckman of Menomo-
ME, Wis. Lay directors, Messrs. Woin-
scheimer, Noerenbelg, Kraebner, Kell-
ing, Kuechle of Milwaukee; Retzlaf of
New Ulm; Rowertz of Waukesha.
While the votes were being counted
after the various ballots, the reports of
the committees were presented. The
most interesting was that Of Rev. Bren-
ner, superintendent of the Indian mis-
sions, upon the status of mission work
among the Apache Indians in Arizona.
1t showed that work has been making
considerable progress during the last
year. 1t has extended so much that it
has been necessary to put another mis-
sionary and teacher in she field.
Rev. Knuth of Milwaukee presented
the treasurer's report, showing that all
expenses have been paid and that about
$3.50 remains in the treasury.
Fridays session was devoted to a doc
trinal discussion, led by Prof. Hoenecke
of the Lutheran seminary at Wauwan-
tosa, Wis, who took for his theme,
"The Word of God" The speaker pre-
sented six theses On the position OF the
Lutheran church with reference to the
word of God.
Saturday afternoon a large number of
the delegates went to New Ulm to visit
the DR.. Martin Lutheran college. They
were met at the train with carriages and
driven to the college which was thor
oughly inspected, its splendid location
and equip ment commented upon. The
visiting delegation was to man greatly
pleased with the college, many never
having seen it before. The delegation
was given ride about the city before
leaving for Mankato.
The board of managers of the DR..
Martin Luther College of New Ulm were
elected as follows: Revs. A. Schroedel.
st. Paul; K. F. Schultz, Mankato; lay
managers, Geo. zeissler, Lacrosse; L.
zuelow, Winona John Boock, New Ulm.
It was decided that the documents of
the synod should be kept at the North
west University at Watertewn, Wis. The
synodical library is located at that insti-
tuition.
A resolution providing for the hold
ing of the general synod once in three
years instead of every two years was
adopted. Each synod in Minnesota,
Wisconsin and Michigan will be called
upon to act on this resolution, as they
have the deciding voice in the matter.
The synod devoted great deal of
time to discussion of the DIR. Martin