Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-14
WILL KEEP FREE
FROM ALLIANCES
General Council Instruets Boards e
Refrain From Cooperation With
Aon-Iutherans.
SPIRITED DEBATE on SUBJECT.
Effort to Have Attitude Permanently
Defined Results IN Temporary
Instructions.
BY REV. p. I. RYDEN.

BIT REV. r. /. BYDEN.
+ This mornings session Of the gen
! eraI council was marked with two OF
the most stirring debates TINS faz
/ heard on the floor Of the convention.
The first contest was predpitated By
i the report OF the committee on synod
I icaI minutes opposing the participa
/ ton of the general council mission
board with boards OF other den0mina
lions, The second was brought about
when the church book committee rec
commended that the words Holy Cath
/ Ole church be substituted in the
/ Apostles and Nicene creads for she
words Holy Christian church"
The district synod Of Ohio had pre-
scented a petition TO the general council
/ to define the exact position Of Jbe
council with reference to its boards
cooperating with boards OF other de-
. nominations. When DIR. Eruest Phil
blad, chairman Of the syncdicaI min
utes committee. reported that his COM
mittee recommended that Jhe council
place itself on record as opposed tG
such Observation-Disclosures relations,
There was a storm OF protest I'm order
/ 10 side-Jrack the recommendation, the
opposition moved TO refer the whole
matter to a committee to report at thu
next convention two years hence.
AT this juncure DR.. Theodore T..
scamark, president of the general
council telt tae chair 10 enter the de-
bate. declaring that the uuIqnlsi1
tendencies exhibited by some Of the
general council boards had placed hin
ia an embarrassing position and that
+ had compromised The general conn
ell In the eyes OF other Lutheran bod
les, he made a strong plea that the
council place itself ON record as OPP
posed to further cooperation with other
denominations.
Drach Defends Self,
Pew caorra r-aor ee~~a+s,.,- inf -ta
board of foreign missions. who was
made the special target Of criticism
for his action in presiding at the for
eign mission conference 5n New York
CITY, defended his position. and Dr. l..
O. Abrahamson made a strong defense
Of the action of the board in parJic--
patIng in the conference. Other mem
hers OF the board who criticised what
they termed as the "holier than thou"
attitude Of some members of the coun-
ell provoked spirited reply from DF,
Schmauk
7 do not consider myself q narrow
minded man. One of my best friends
is q Roman Catholic priest who Iives
next door to me, and when I am SICK.
he is one Of my first visitors The
point I make IS one Of principle"
The council finally adopted the fol-
lowing resolution Resolved, That
until this committee submit a anal
report, that all boards refrain from
such cooperation with non-Lutheran
bodies as would in any way conflict
with the fundamental principles Of the
general council"
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