# Lehre und Wehre_St. Louis Missouri_Juli 1856_S216
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Call for a General Conference, etc. 216

...which perhaps assumes the appearance of a defense of the Word of God, not worthy of an answer; whereas a substantive engagement with the important subject — even if, in doing so, a judgment however severe were pronounced upon our old teachers, upon a Luther, a Brenz, a Chemnitz, a Veit and Conrad Dietrich, etc. — will receive due consideration.

CALL
for a general conference of all Lutherans who acknowledge
the Augsburg Confession as the confession of their faith.

The undersigned, preachers of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in the United States, in the conviction that the unity and welfare of our Lutheran Zion will be powerfully promoted, among brethren united in the faith, by the free exchange of views concerning the various interests of our Church in this land, hereby issue an invitation to all members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in the United States who acknowledge the unaltered Augsburg Confession as a faithful presentation of the doctrines of the divine Word, to meet with them in a free and brotherly conference on the present condition and needs of the Church in America, in the city of — , on Wednesday, October 1 of this year.

F. Wyneken,        Pastor at St. Louis,  votes for Columbus, O.
G. Schaller,         "     "   "     "       "     "       "       "
F. Bünger,           "     "   "     "       "     "       "       "
C. F. W. Walther, Prof.  "   "     "       "     "       "       "
A. Biewend,           "     "   "     "       "     "       "       "
Jno N. Hofmann, Pastor  . . . . . . . . . .   "     "       "       "
B. Pope,              "   . . . . . . . . . .        "     "   Pittsburg, Pa.
H. Wetzel,             "   . . . . . . . . . .        "     "   Columbus, O.
J. K. Hancher,         "   . . . . . . . . .          "     "   New Market, Va.
A. Kleinegees,         "   . . . . . . . . .          "     "   Columbus, O.
J. J. Fast,            "   . . . . . . . . .          "     "       "       "
C. Wernle,             "   . . . . . . . . .          "     "       "       "
P. J. Buehl,           "   . . . . . . . . . .        "     "       "       "
J. A. Schulze,         "   . . . . . . . . .          "     "   Cincinnati, O.
C. Spielmann,          "   . . . . . . . . .          "     "       "       "
D. M. Martens,         "   . . . . . . . . .          "     "   Pittsburg, Pa.
M. Loy,                "   . . . . . . . .            "     "   Cincinnati, O.
W. F. Lehmann,         "   . . . . . . . . . .        "     "   Columbus, O.
D. Worley,             "   . . . . . . . . . .        "     "       "       "