# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1850_S124
# AI translation — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

— 124 —

10. Pastor Schaller, too, found himself, through particular
circumstances, compelled to give up his office with the congregation at
Philadelphia. After he had for a time also served the congregation at
Baltimore, and, following Pastor Wyneken's departure, had alone
provided it with the ministry of the Word, he did receive a new call from
another congregation in the latter city, with the assurance that it wished
to submit itself to God's Word according to our Church's confession; it
soon became clear, however, that this congregation — consisting to a
large extent of members of "secret societies" — was anything but willing
to be subject to God's Word, and so Pastor Schaller, for conscience's sake,
had to give way here too.*)

11. After the pastorate at the Lutheran congregation in Baltimore
became vacant through Pastor Wyneken's departure, that congregation
called Pastor Keyl as the aforesaid man's successor; the latter accepted
this call and entered upon his new office as early as July 14.

12. Following the aforenamed, Pastor Lochner then succeeded to the
office on the call of the congregation in Milwaukee, Wis., and has served it
already since June 30 of this year.

13. The pastorate at Collinsville, Ill., vacated by Pastor Lochner's
call away, has been given by the congregation there to Pastor Strasen,
who was installed in it on July 14 of this year by Pastor Fick.

14. Pastor Nützel, driven out by his resistant congregation, has been
called by the St. James [St. Jacobus] congregation at Wittenberg,
Franklin County, Ohio, and was installed there on August 4 of this year
by Pastor Seidel, who had served it until then as a filial [Filia] station.

15. Pastor Kunz has been called by the congregation at Elk Grove,
Cook County, Ill., and his installation there was carried out by Pastor
Hoffmann, with the assistance of Pastor Volkert, on August 28 of this
year.

16. Finally, the congregation near Waterloo, Monroe County, Ill.
(after its previous pastor, Pastor Schliepsiek, had followed a call to
Pastor Lochner's former filial congregation at Pleasant Ridge, Madison
County, Ill.) has called Pastor Birkmann, and the latter was installed
there by Pastor Wunder on September 22 of this year.

V. I report to the Reverend Synod that Professor Biewend, appointed
to it by the responsible oversight board, has provisionally administered
the second professorship at our seminary at Fort Wayne, vacated by the
death of our late Wolter, since November 17 of last year. As regards the
carrying out of the commission which the College Building Committee
[College-Bau-Commission] set up in St. Louis has received from the
Synod, that committee will itself have the honor of reporting in writing.

VI. Nine church visitations have been held in the past synodical year;
for this purpose the Vice-Präses visited Pastors Fritze, Baumgart,
Röbbelen, Schuster, Stecher, Richmann, Stürken, and Detzer, and the
Präses visited Pastor Fürbringer. The reports on these sent in by the
Vice-Präses leave no doubt

_______________
*) Following this, Pastor Schaller became pastor of the Lutheran congregation in
Detroit, Mich.