# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1911_S34
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34 Proceedings of the 28th General or

love out of sight, and that it imply no reproach if congregations, for
particular reasons, do not follow this rule."

Understanding: We hold that congregations in our midst that have
become wholly English should likewise remain in their district affiliation,
and we advise them accordingly.

Text of point 6: "That Concordia College at Conover, N. C., be
transferred to the General Synod."

Understanding: The charter and deeds are to be examined, and the
General Synod shall determine the institution's future.

Text of point 7: "That the question of when and how often the English
District shall meet be left to that District's own determination."

Understanding: In doing so, however, the District must have regard to
Chapter 3, § 4 of our constitution, which reads: "The General Synod holds a
meeting every three years; the district synods, every year in between, but
each of the latter at a different time. In the third year the district synods
are omitted."

Resolved, that the Synod bring about the amendments to the synodical
constitution made necessary by adoption of the above resolution (Chap. 2,
§ 7; Chap. 7).

Committee 3:
    Adolf Biewend (Pastor).
    F. H. Eggers (Pastor).
    Theo. Bünger (Professor).
    Theo. Schurdel (Pastor).
    O. F. Rusch (Teacher).
    W. Battermann (Teacher).
    W. J. L. Hagemann (Delegate).
    C. F. Heß (Delegate).
    Philipp A. Mautz (Delegate).

Members of the standing committee, appointed in 1908:

F. Bente (Professor).

J. W. Miller (Vice-President).

Wm. Chas. Schutz (Delegate).

The committee's first recommendation — "that the individual
congregations of the English Synod enter [etc.]" — was, after brief
deliberation, unanimously carried.

After the second recommendation — "that, although this manner [etc.]"
— had been discussed at great length by the assembly, only a single vote
was cast against its adoption.

(Note: The brother who had voted no was asked by the chair, during the vote
on the whole committee report, whether he had conscientious scruples against
the union that had been resolved. He answered: No.)

At the afternoon session of May 12, all the remaining points of the
committee's report were discussed in detail and taken up individually,