# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1902_S136
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136 Proceedings of the 25th General, or

could not be persuaded from the documents before it that the decision
in question was mistaken and the second complaint justified."

Resolved, that the Synod "recommend to the appellant that he pursue
further discussions on the points at issue with his brethren, in the
good hope that by this path, through God's grace, he will not only turn
back from his present untenable position but will also recognize how
improper the manner of his proceeding against the faculty was."

8. Resolved, that the committee report on the appeal of Pastor
Burmester (see the 1899 report, p. 134, No. 5) be adopted.

"Since, however, disagreements between the principal parties have
unfortunately arisen again, and Pastor Burmester has addressed the
Synod with a letter raising accusations that partly concern and rest
upon the matter already investigated, and since the appellant further
requests a commission to settle the matter":

Resolved, that the General President be charged with appointing a
commission and directing it to take the steps necessary so that this
newly arisen disagreement may, according to God's Word, be settled as
soon as possible, its cause removed, and all occasion for offense
brought to an end.

Revision of the Synodal Handbook and of
Resolutions Adopted Since.

Resolved, that the revision of the Synodal Handbook and of
determinations and resolutions adopted since, for the sake of clearer
wording, be placed in the hands of the District presidents. — Attention
is drawn in particular to §7, Chapter II of the Constitution (Synodal
Handbook, 4th ed., p. 2). This paragraph should not stand among those
which, per Chapter VII, p. 27, belong to the provisions unalterable for
all time. (Cf. p. 81.) — Further attention is drawn to point 4, p. 67:
"It is not clearly expressed here to whom a pupil is to appeal if he
believes himself wrongly treated by one of the teachers during class
hours. Such a case could easily arise, and the Director should be able
to base his handling of it on a resolution of the Synod." (Cf. p. 57.) —
Further: in recording the laying-down of office, or removal from
office, of pastors and teachers, expressions are found such as "not
eligible for a call." Such expressions should be worded differently, or
given a more precise specification — whether not eligible for a call
owing to illness, etc., or incapacity, etc., or moral offense, etc. — so
that an ill impression does not fall on the person concerned in every
case.