Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-10
TALK Of LEAVING
COUNCIL CEASES
Question Threshed Ont Thoroughly 81
Meeting oi Augustana Synod
Representative
CONTENT NTH LAW CHANGES
Church Workers Criticised for Lack
of Zeal IN Report Of Board oi
Home Missions.


All talk 81 secession on the part 81
the Augusta1a synod from the gen
eral council Of the Lutheran church
in North america was effectively e--
fenced last night by action taken By
the Augustaua synod delegation to
the council gathering For more
than two hours tbs whole question
was threshed out by the AUgusta8a
delegates at a night session held i8
the Deakmanu Memorial library. Sem
timent developed at the meeting was
strongly FL favor og continuing the
relations between the AuEustaHa sym
Cd and the general council Dr 81. o.
Rauseeu led the forces in favor Of the
council union. and vas ably support
cd by Or. {. f. Llndberg. DR. @. A.
Brandelle. Or. J.. e Abrahamsou, Pro-
fessor c. J. Sodergren, and Dr. C. W.
Foss.
1t was generally felt that the gen
eral council constitution needed re-
vision. bun the delegates differed on
the manner ia which it, should BE- re-
yised The action Of the committee
Of FIVE in demanding that the council
abandon home mission work was con-
sidered too drastic. The committee
itself was not satisfied with it's work
why should we sever relations
with the general councH2" asked DE
Ranseen- we have never derived
anything but good as a result OF our
utilization"
Final action Of the delegation was
70 drop All action taken by the com
mittee of FIVE, and 10 simply submit
to the general council the resolution
adopted by the Aueustana synod ar
its June meeting in Minneapolis. with
Athe request that a committee on con
Htituti0nal revision be appointed by
Fthe council
Asks Special Order.
When Dr. L. "A. Johnston, president
of the Augustaua synod. presented tha
Aagustana resolution to the council
This morning. he requested that it he
made special order of business at the
session tomorrow morning. It is not
believed that there viii be any ser
ious opposition To- the appointment of,
constitutional revision committee.
Or Theodore E. Schuauk. president
Of the general council, raised a laugh
N the midst % the debate this morn
ing when he hamorously remarked
There is no question about the
need Of revising the constitution of
the council II needs to be revised
from so many points of view that ev-
erybody is afraid 10 get at it,"
If the council accedes to the request
from the Augustana synod. a revision +
committee will be appointed by the
president 70 report at the next meet T
ing Of the council two years hence .
In the meantime no action viii be TAX .
en- by the Augustaua synod
Home Mission Board Reports.
Report OF the board of English home
missions was submitted to the conven-
ion this morning by Rev. ]. c. Kunz- +
mann. secretary of the board The en-
ire English mission work of the coun-
ii, extending from Nova Scotia to the
'acillc coast, excepting that conducted
y the Augustana synod. is under tile
Of this board. which has
IS headquarters at Philadelphia It
S now conducting ia missions in the
Trited States and Canada
During the past two years, accord
ag to the report of the treasurer.
117,aI0.63 was spent in home mis-