# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1857_S369
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— 369 —

Well-Deserved Thanks from the Synod to Its Former Treasurer,
Mr. F. W. Barthel.

To its great regret, the Synod learned that its former treasurer, Mr.
F. W. Barthel, is prevented by ongoing ill health from continuing to
administer his office, which he has held for eleven years with great
faithfulness, selflessness, and self-denial. The Synod feels compelled
to offer him publicly its most heartfelt thanks for his faithful
service, and to assure him that it will call upon the Lord to grant
him the reward of grace that he has promised to his faithful servants.

Election of the Officers and Standing Committees of the General
Synod. — Place and Time of the Next General Synodical Convention.

After the Synod, in its final session, at a late evening hour, had
completed its remaining business, it now proceeded to elect its
officers and standing committees for the next three-year term. The
result of this election was as follows:

I. General Officers:

Pastor Fr. Wyneken, President;            Pastor H. C. Schwan, Vice President;
Pastor F. W. Husmann, Secretary;          Mr. F. Böhlau, Treasurer.

II. Standing Committees:

1. As correspondent with foreign countries: Professor C. F. W.
   Walther, continuing;
2. As chronicler: Pastor O. Fürbringer, continuing;
3. As members of the building committee: the same members continuing;
4. As members of the board of oversight: a. for the institution in
   St. Louis: Pastor A. G. G. Francke and Mr. A. B. Tschirpe; b. for
   the institution in Fort Wayne: Pastor F. König and Mr. Chr.
   Piepenbrink;
5. As members of the electoral college [Wahlcollegium]: the same
   members continuing (with the exception of Pastor Röbbelen);
6. As Mission Commission: Pastor F. Sievers, chairman, continuing;
   Pastor Hügli, secretary; Mr. F. Böhlau, treasurer;
7. As committee for publishing the church periodicals: Mr. O. Ernst
   and Mr. G. Pfau.

III. Delegates to Other Synods:

1. To the Synod of the Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church in
   America: Pastor O. Fürbringer and Prof. A. Biewend;
2. To the Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Tennessee: Pastor G. Schaller.

For our next general synodical convention, the Synod fixed St. Louis,
Mo., as the place, and the second Wednesday in October, A.D. 1860, as
the time.