# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1884_S95
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Fourth Delegate Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States. 1884.   95

and to adopt instead the resolution that his, Lehnigk's, request be
granted and that the investigation within the congregation there be
carried out by a commission appointed by the Synod. But the Synod
resolved, by a large majority, that this motion be rejected and that the
resolution previously adopted be upheld.

                Reports of the Commissions on Several Appeals.

                1. In the Matter of Kupferschläger.

    "Through this investigation as well (which was held on the spot on
August 17, 1881), it has become evident, both to the witnesses present
and to the committee members, that the person named is a[n] ...
impenitent man, rightly placed under the ban, and to be regarded as
under the ban so long as he does not repent — for which may God grant
him grace."

    Resolved, that this report be adopted.

                2. In the Matter of W. Lindemann.

    "The person named is a thoroughly . . . impenitent man and a
haughty spirit. Any further negotiation with the man is not only futile
but downright impossible."

    Resolved, that this report be adopted, and that a further letter from
Lindemann addressed to the Synod be turned down, "since his case has
already been examined, on his appeal, by a commission acting on
behalf of the General Synod, and he has been lawfully excluded by the
congregation concerned, and since, finally, not the slightest hope can be
drawn from his confused letter that any further negotiation with him
would be of any use whatever."

                        Expressions of Condolence.

    1. Resolved, that the Synod express its condolences to the widow of
the late Mr. Anton Hoff, who attended the Synod as a guest and was
run over and killed by a locomotive on his way home. — The drafting
and delivery of the letter of condolence was placed in the hands of
Pastor P. Seuel.

    2. Resolved, that the Synod express its condolences to the president
of the Illinois District, Pastor H. Wunder, on the death of his son, who
passed away unexpectedly and suddenly at the Pro-Seminary in
Milwaukee during the time of the Synod's session. Pastor O. Hanser
was appointed to draft and send the letter of condolence.