Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-10-27
THE LUTHERAN SYNOD
wAsHINaroN,s INVITATION BE-
JEcTED BY DELEGATRS
Due to Condition Attached Regard
ing the Length Of the
Meeting. v
eciaI Dispatch to The Evening Star.

Special Dispatch to The Efen1ng Star.
HAGERSTQwN, Md. October 27.-Ths
question Of place Of meeting for next
year was discussed at length at Saturdays
session Of the Lutheran synod. Rev. J. g.
Butler, D. D., Of Washington. d. c., ex-
tended an invitation to meet In that city,
provided the snyod would meet on Monday
evening and adjourn early enough in the
week SO as to enable pastors to get home
In time to occupy their pulpits the follow
Ing Sunday. Another Invitation was ex-
tended by Rev. NJ D. Gaven Of Williams
port. Md, to meet at that place, provided
the synod would meet on Thursday evening
and remain over Sunday. This question
has been discussed, it. Is said. for number
of years, and as before, settled by large
majority to meet on Thursday evening. Ac-
cordingly the invitation to Washington. D.
c., was rejected, and that from Williams
port Md, accepted, synod to meet the
Thursday after the third Sunday in octo-
Der, 1903.
Kensfngton, Md, then presented his report
for the year, as follows: Total receipts.
$24,e14.7, in part as follows: Ministerial
education, s., 19S; board Of education. ST.
4O66S; church extension. 81, 775.43; deacon
ess fund, $1.02732; foreign missions. 3d.
89697; general synod 1851; home mis-
sions. "a 500 40: Home for the Aged, $74S.14;
s saa an fund ssoss51 e pastors fund
bursements were 1S,440.S3 leaving bal
ance> on hand of So. 57S72. The receipts for
the year exceeded those of last year by
$473.6O, and is the best in the eigthy-three
years of the synod. After this report the
pastorates not meeting their share of the
expenses of synod were called to account,
and among the reasons given was one. as
that of a woman's because" Out Of sew
enty-five pastorates only twenty-seven were
thus called to account. and the amount in
default was very small percentage of
their share.
The synod then proceeded to the election
Of delegates to the general synod. which
meets In Baltimore next June. The tellers
were Rev w. e. Parson, DID,, and Rev.
c. H. Butler Of Washington, D. c., and
Henry c. Hines of Baltimore. But one bal
lot was taken, and resulted in the election
Of eight Of the clerical delegates. as fol-
lows: Revs. c. S. Albert, DID, Of Philadel-
norman, DID,; E. K. Bell, DID,, Of Balti-
more, Md; s. w. Owen. DID,. Hagerstown,
Md; w. e. Parsen. DID,. Of Washington.
D: c.: Charles Rsinewold Of Diminishing,
This left but one to be elected. On motion
the secretary was directed to cast the bal
,fot for Rev. M. Valentine, DID,, LID, of
Gettysburg. Pa. he having received but
Of lay delegates resulted as did the election
for clerical. viz: that eight were elected on
the first ballot. as follows: Messrs George
Warfield and H. C. Hines of Baltimore,
Md; John l.. Bike and M. P. Moller of
Hagerstown: John C. Parker Of Washing
ton, D. c.; Cornelius Eckhardt of Kensing-
ton, Md; c. F. Rowe. Emmetsburg; e. J.
Lawyer, Westminster. Mr.. George Ryneal.
jr., needing but one vote for an election.
was, on motion, elected In the same man.
ner as was the clerical delegate.
Directors to the theological seminary
were elected as follows: Rev. G. s. Albert.
D. D.. and P. H. Miller. D. D., and Mr.
Isaac c. Slater of Washington, D. C.
: A communication from the president of
the Allegheny Synod requesting the con-
sent of the Maryland Synod to an applica-
ton of St. Stephens Church, Cumberland.
Md. to unite with that body, was reported
and acted on as follows: THAT the matter
be left to the discretion of the Allegheny
Synod"
y. At the afternoon session the following
were heard: Rev. F. p Menhart, on dea-
tconess work: Rev. A, s, Hartmen, general
Jsecretray Of the board of home missions, on
the work of that board; DR.. Cl s. Albert,
on the publication society's work.
: The following Washington ministers were
assigned to the several pulpits Of Hagers-
town for Sunday service: Rev. John c.
Bowers. First Christian Church; Rev. F.
<.W. Moot. Presbyterian Church; Rev J.
Luther FrantZ. pastor-elect Of st. Marks,
Washington, D. c., assisted the Rev. J. F.
Crigler at services held in ST. Marks
Church. this place. He will assume charge
of his new pastorate Sunday, November 2,
1902 c. E.