# Lehre und Wehre_St. Louis Missouri_Mai 1857_S158
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158 Church-Current-Events.

the old friend and companion of the free-congregation men Rupp and
Uhlich and of the red democrat Dulon, has received from the
theological faculty of the University of Giessen the highest theological
honor: he has been made a Doctor of Theology! That could only
become possible for a faculty that itself has a Professor Credner. Like
brothers, like hoods."

Paris. The Pilger reports the following: "Preacher Maß of Paris,
appointed for the mission among the Germans there, recently reported
that there are on the whole probably 100,000 evangelical Germans in
Paris, of whom about 10,000 Lutheran Germans still stand in some
connection with the church; but every means is lacking to care for
them. The clergy active among them have so much to do that they
never hold out long; above all there is still a lack of a proper church,
which alone provides the right rallying point for gathering the
scattered. The most support so far has been given by the French; the
King of Prussia has also granted a gift of grace, but otherwise almost
nothing has been done to rescue so many of our German brethren from
complete degeneration.

Lack of theology students. At the Kirchentag in Lübeck, it was
discussed among other things how ever more palpable the lack becomes
of a new generation of theological talent, that is, of young men who
devote themselves to the ministry, and how in particular young men
from the higher classes so extremely seldom turn to the study of
theology and the service of the church, how theology at present is
frequently studied only by those who, with limited means, gladly wish
to make something of themselves and come cheaply to their bread.
Hence the church governing bodies ought to take care that especially
called men might also enter the church office at a more mature age,
for whom a special examination should be arranged as an exception.
And Dr. Stahl remarks that Christian families have the duty, among
several sons, to direct at least one toward the church office. Much also
depends on the Gymnasien; where their spirit is a Christian one, the
affection of the young men turns preferentially to theological study, as
for instance in Gütersloh. (Pilger.)

Catechetical instruction of grown youth in the church is, according to
a general order of the Königsberg (united-evangelical) Consistory, to be
reintroduced there.

Nördlingen. Of this city, in which for a considerable time already so
excellent a preacher as a Wucherer has proclaimed the word of truth,
the "Freimund" reports: The newly elected church council at
Nördlingen has, as is reported, immediately at its first session adopted
the following resolutions and submitted them to the church authorities
for approval:

1) The altar service is to be abolished again in the main church. (NB.
this does not mean the new liturgical order, which has not yet been
introduced there, but rather the reading of a prayer, a Sunday pericope,
and the speaking of the creed; even that is too much for them!)

2) The new hymnal is to be set aside again and the old one from 1811
retained.

3) Likewise the new chorale book is to be put out of use again, and
only the earlier 12 rhythmically rectified chorales are to be retained
alongside the old chorale book.

4) No church discipline is to be introduced.

5) For the next general synod, just as many lay as clerical members are
to be elected.

Frankfurt. Here a new church order of the "evangelical-Lutheran"
congregation at Frankfurt has recently appeared, according to which
this congregation stands confessionless and its preachers stand as
wretched servants of men. Not content with that, the "evangelical-
Lutheran" and the "evangelical-Reformed" consistory are yoked
together in it, and, as the "Freimund" remarks, from this church order
there speaks, indeed everywhere, the