# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1860_S76
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Since it emerged, in discussing the above proposals, that the teachers
at our institutions had until now been so meagerly paid that almost
all of them had to draw on their own resources, struggle with worries
over food, and even go into debt, so that a salary increase for them
is unavoidably necessary, many voices rose in favor of the increase.
Following a special appeal, many of the delegates also declared that
they not only approved the salary increase but would work in their
congregations so that contributions toward teachers' salaries would
flow more generously than before. The synod then proceeded to a vote,
which resulted in the unanimous resolution that the committee's
proposals be adopted unchanged, with the addition that the salary of
the General President also be raised, namely to $1000.

Individual Rulings of the Synod in Particular Cases Brought Before It

1. The question arose whether Prof. Walther still belonged to the
electoral college, since his name could not be found among its members
in the last general synodical report. This question was settled
simply by producing the handwritten minutes of 1857, in which
Professor Walther is listed by name among the members of the college;
since, therefore, his name can only have been omitted from the
printed report by an oversight, the synod declared by unanimous
resolution that Professor Walther still belongs to the electoral
college as before.

2. President Schaller brought a charge against Pastor A. Lange of
Lafayette Co., Mo. The matter was as follows: Pastor Lange had
received a former member of the present congregation of Pastor Biltz
— a person who had renounced his pastor and had himself been excluded
from his congregation — and had admitted him to Holy Communion,
without conferring with that congregation's former pastor; he was
therefore charged before the district president. The latter, the
General President, and Professor Walther as well, did everything
possible to help set Pastor Lange right again, but received from him
only contemptuous and defiant answers. Invited by President Schaller
to attend the synod so his case could be settled, he declared that he
would have nothing to do with the synod until the question he had
posed — whether renouncing one's pastor and congregation is a
renouncing of God and Christ and a handing-over to Satan — was
answered either with a simple yes or a simple no; indeed he
repeatedly declared it impossible for him to remain a member of the
synod unless the question he had posed were answered to his own mind
and will. After careful consideration of all the circumstances, the
synod found itself compelled to resolve that Pastor Lange be
reprimanded by letter for his arrogance and insolence, and be
informed that, under