# Lehre und Wehre_St. Louis Missouri_Juli 1857_S204
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204 Declaration of the General Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Prussia, etc.

...so little on account of its territorial-church character, that on the contrary we hold it our duty to maintain and cultivate communion, so far as at all possible, with every Lutheran territorial church.

d) Finally, we testify that we intend, with His help, to persevere in this estate enjoined upon us by God, without wavering or yielding, so long as He wills, yet withal with the love that rejoices in the truth and seeks not its own — to which may God give us grace. We testify therefore that we will do what we are able to do in order to bring those whom we should so gladly see with us in brotherly unity into the communion of the Church, namely, to call fervently upon the Lord for their sake and further to lay before them the faithful testimony for the truth and for the true Church of God. —

On the 8th of October the synod was closed, and in the session hall the whole assembly gave thanks to the Lord upon their knees and in tears for all gracious assistance and blessing received. Thereupon all the synod members still present betook themselves once more to St. Catharine's Church, in order, under deep emotion, to celebrate the Lord's Supper once again. Then we set out again for our homes. But may the faithful God one day lead us all to the true heavenly home and to His eternal Supper. Amen.

(From the "Freimund.")

Declaration
of the
General Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Prussia concerning the Relation of the Latter to Those of Lutheran Mind in the United Territorial Church.*)

In its session of October 3 of this year, the General Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Prussia resolved to issue the following declaration concerning the subject named in the heading:

We, assembled at the General Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Prussia, to whom the refreshment of unity in the Spirit has in these days again been richly granted, have not been able to refrain from remembering those with whom we find ourselves joined at heart through love for the Lutheran truth, while we nonetheless see them persisting in churchly separation from us.

The God of peace has not denied us the spirit of intercession, and He will now also give us the right word for the hearts of those for whom we have prayed with one accord.

To render a public testimony concerning our position toward the Luther-...

*) Compare the preceding portion of the report on the General Synod of the Lutheran Church in Prussia. L. u. W.