New Ulm review., 1908-08-26
.SYNOD'S WORK is FINISHED
Most Important Church Confer
ence Held Here in Years En-
ded its Labors Monday.
Prominent Lutheran Ministers
Were Gathered Here from all
Parts of the Country.
New Orleans and Seward, Nebras-
ka, Fight for Next Meet
ing and Seward Wins.

entertained, and Hospitality so too, a
hundred or more delegates to one of
the most important church conferences
ever held within its gates.
The conference, which is known as
the Lutheran Synodical Conference of
North America, was opened at Rev.
Albrecht's church Wednesday morn
ing and concluded it's sessions early
Monday evening.
Being union of seven distinct
German Lutheran synods delegates
we're present from nearly score of
states and there were even few repre-
sentatiyes from Canada. Prof. FIR.
Brandt, president of the Theological
seminary at Hamline and Rev. j.
Nordby of Lee, ILL.,, also appeared in
behalf of the Norwegian synod, the
former receiving liberal amount of
applause as he extended greetings
from that organization.
All Of the morning sessions were de-
voted to doctrinal discussions, led by
DIR. Pieper of st. Louis, while the
afternoon meetings were given over to
reports and discussions on the churchs s
negro mission work in the South.
Friday evening Prof. Koehler of
Milwaukee preached sermon in
which he outlined the Christian faith
and our relations to each other, Sum
day morning Rev. Schmidt of ST.
Louis conducted the services and Sun
day evening Rev. Obermeyer, also of
St. Louis, talked most interestingly
on negro missions.
Sunday afternoon the delegates we're
the guests of the Lutheran Maenner-
chor at a picnic on college hill. Mon
d ay evening Rev. Heyne of Decatur,
Illinois. brought the conference to a
close with sermon on the boon OF
brotherly love as shewn in the union
meetings of the various synods.
p What transpired at the regular
morning and afternoon sessions would
not be of interest to the public unless
published in detail.
The next meeting will be held two
years hence in Seward, Nebraska,
that town having won out in a contest
with New Orleans. The officers Sc
lected to serve during the interim are
as follows: President, Rev. J. Bading
of Milwaukee; vice president, Rev. P.
Brandt of Pittsburg; secretary, Prof.
John Meyer of New Ulm; treasurer,
II. Christensen of Detroit.
The conference was noted for the
prominence of many of the delegates
who attended.
To begin with there was Rev. Bad
ing of Milwaukee, a veteran of eighty
four years, who has presided over the
conference for period of more than
quarter of century He ranks high
among the German clergyman of the
country.
Then there was Rev. Brand of Pitts
burg, vice president of the Joint Mis-
souri, Synod and without doubt one OF
the most conspicuous Lutheran minis.
ters in the east.
From ST. Louis came DR.. Pieper,
who is looked upon as the leading
theologian in the Lutheran church Of
today, and Rev. Obermeyer, who for
thirty-two years has been connected
with negro mission work and while at
home presides over one of the largest
congregations in the Exposition City.
DIR. Pieper is president of the Joint
Missouri Synod, while Rev. Obermey-
er is entrusted with the responsible
position of sole auditor of all the sy-
mods accounts.
From st. Louis, too, came Prof. G.
Merger, of the ST. Louis Theological
Seminary who was selected to succeed
DIR. Pieper as leader in the doctrinal
discussions at all meetings of the con.
ference for the next two years.
Colorado sent Rev. j. f. S. Her,
the man who established the Lutheran
sanitarium for consumptives at Den
yer, Indiana sent Rev. Biedemann OF
Indianapolis, the secretary of the
Joint Synod of Missouri, and Rev.
Miller, pastor of the largest church
congregation in Fort Wayne, and ILL
nois furnished Rev. Theo. Bohm
president OF the Theological Seminary
at Addison, and Rev. W. Heyne, a
prominent minister at Decatur. Both
of the Illinois delegates are brothers
in-law of Rev. Prof. John Schaller
of New Ulm.
Wisconsin was represented not
only by President Bading, but by Rev.
Daib, president of the Wisconsin dis