Evening star., 1903-10-24
LUTHER AN SYN Cd
MANY COMMITTEES APPOINTED
YESTERDAY.
One Will Take Up the Question OF
Better Salaries for
Ministers.
Special Dispatch to The Evening Star.

Special Dispatch to The Evening Star.
HAGERSTOWN. Md, October 24-Mr.
Cornelius Eckhardt, treasurer OF the
Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Maryland,
made the following report. carrying the re-
ceipts and disbursements for the year end
ing October IA, 1903:
Balance on hand October 20, 1902. sott.53.
Receipts-Board of education. 81 ,5t52 ;
church extension congregations, sl's32';
church extension Sunday schools, $l.1si.oo;
deaconess fund, s1,211.5S; foreign missions
congregations. s22554o; foreign missions
Sunday schools. 81. .7969S; general synod.
Sg15T4: home missions congregations, -
92s.74; home missions Sund y schools ST.
9G4 30; home for tie aged, $7o1.I3; ministers
ial education. s2553.44; orphans fund 81.
o56.Go; pastors fund, sl,o53.6S: synodical
fund. s14S793; seminary debt, sio1 81;
Hays City. Kansas. $l5; total, $2i.54s IL.
Disbursements-board of education, ST.
go oi: church extension. S2967.7S; dea-
coness board, Sl2fl.js; foreign mission
board. S4,052 3S; general synod, Ssdl9d;
home mission board, $4.S93G9: home Tor
the aged, S7S7.I3; ministerial educauon:
81 59l 80; orphans home, 81 90 p4S SIoLS
fund 81 O33.6S, synodical fund. Slt,'o"-'
seminary debt, S9nT.3i; Hays Clty, hal';
81 800: total, So, ,4S0.S0; Columbia Natohai
Rank loans repaid. $3.50. Balance Oh
hand, 81 ,6I3.S Sc o,,,cel
The following committees were ahho.i,eu ,l..
TO-DAY at the second session OF the MARY
land Lutheran synod Their reports are "
be made at la ter session: - ru
On presidents report-Revs;, ", T. r"el ~. D''-'
DD.. Victor Miller and John w. Angel
state of church-Revs. w. ). Freas, D.p'i
S G. Dornbloser and f. X. wagner, n
Minutes of eastern conference-ReNS' 10
B. Floyd and IL. Reich, Jr. ,,,,,,,
Middle conference-ieVS. L. A 1iei'ih"'''
T Iuther Frantz and Geo. ]. Grundle.
Western conference-Revs. j. G Bowers
Chas II Butler and r. j. Stockert. ,,
Alleghany cOnfereHce-lteNS. ChtS' lt'liiS-
void NJ L. Beard and w. G. Rupp.
Catalogue of Pennsylvania College-ReXs.
f. X Bell DID; c. If. Rockey and G.. w.
Sentner ~ 1.hor
kaufman. DID: John c. Bowers and Leon
Devotional conmittee-Revs. NJ. D. Gaver.
j. S. Simon and S. w. owen, DID:
Committee on letters of Rev. DIR. J. g.
Rutler-Revs. s w. owen. DID: w. IL.
Dunbar. d. D.. and G. w. Miller. DID.
Million-dollar fund for educauon-Revs.
P. NJ. Bickle, Z. 4. Heilman and L. 5. q.
Committee on letters from council of
Zion's Church, Washington. ID. C.-Reys. 5:
w. owen. DID; Luther Kuhlman, DID, and
w. s. Freas. DID.
The committee on ministerial education.
through it's chairman. Rev. w. f.. Parson'
D. D.. reported three students now In their
senior year at the theologicai seminary IT
Gettysburg, Pa, four middlers ana ono
Junior Three new students were recon-
: mended The expenses of the committee,
including one meeting at Gettysburg, Pa,
were Sd 30. An appropria ton OF S2,po
was asked for the coming year. The thanks
of the synod were rendered the Rev. NJ.
Valentine, d. D.. Ii D., for his many
years Of faithful service in disbursing the
funds of the synod to the students. At his
own request he was relieved of this and
Rev. Luther kuhlman. ID. D.. was request
ed to act in his stead, and TO which lie as
sented.