The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-07-05
Event to Be Observed BY
the Lutherans.
SYNOD MEETS IN ST. PAUL
Rev. f. John of st. Clair Made Mem
Der of Committee on Support
Widows and Orphans.

st. Paul, July 2.-The Evangelical
Lutheran synod of Minnesota will holc
jubilee session next year in honor Of
the fifteenth anniversary of its organ
ization and the twenty fifth anniver
sary of the opening of the DIR. Martin
Luther college at New Ulm. The detail:
of the celebration have not been settled
| The entire matter was referred to a
committee at yesterdays session of the
synod which is meeting in annual session
at the Trinity German Lutheran church
Tllton and Wabasha streets. 1t is pos,
sible that joint celebration will be
held at New Ulm.
At the business session of the synod
| yesterday afternoon, Rev. j. Naumann
of Wood Lake, Mimi, was elected super.
intendent of missions, and Rev. f. John
of st. Clair, member of the committee
for the support of widows and orphans
| The report of the committee on ways
and means was read and taken up fol
discussion and the consideration of the
matters contained in the report will be
finished today.
At the morning session, Rev. A. F
Zich of Sleepy Eye finished the reading
of his paper on "The Lords Supper,
which concluded the doctrinal discussion
He was given vote of thanks for his
presentation of the subject. The views
presented in the paper were adopted
and it viii be transcribed in the minutes
of the meeting.
The committee on the presidents re-
port recommended its adoption and the
president was given vote of thanks
for his work during his incumbency OF
that office. The same action was taken
with reference to Rev. Carl GausewitZ
former president of the synod, then a
resident of st. Paul, but now a resident
of Milwaukee.
The synod ratified the decision of the
president relative to the membership OF
the mission board, by which that board
will be composed of the president of the
synod, the superintendent of missions
the visiting elders and the treasurer OF
the synod The secretary was instructed
to express the sympathy of the synod to
the family of Rev. HI. Franz of Fort
Ridgely, Mimi, who died early this year
and to two pastors, Rev. E. Luebbert of
st. Paul and Rev. Julius Damman OF
Jordan, Mimi, who were forced to re-
sign their pastorates on account of Ill
health. A vote of thanks was also voted
the family of J. Harrisberger, late of
Woodbury., whose will contained a pro-
vision bequeathing $4,000 to the synod
The question of the creation of a
church extension fund has received con-
siderable discussion at this session, and
the matter was yesterday referred to
committee, with instructions to report
at the next session.
The SYNOD voted to ratify the admis-
sion to membership in the synodlcal
conference of the Nebraska synod and
the Slovak synod, which has its head
quarters in Pennsylvania. The synodical
conference is composed of number OF
Lutheran synods working in harmony
and the admission of any other synod
depends upon the ratification OF the
members of the conference. The report
from the theological seminary at Wau-
watosa, Wis, showed that the library
at the institution had been considerably
enlarged and more commodious quarters
secured. The synod decided to provide
an additional professor at the seminary