# Synodical Conference Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1890_S36
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36 Proceedings of the thirteenth convention

The appointment of a separate school committee was considered unnecessary, because all our synods that are affected by the well-known school laws have their own committees, and such a committee appointed by the Synodical Conference [*Synodalconferenz*] would hardly have a field of activity.

The committee appointed to draft such a declaration, consisting of Prof. A. Ernst, Pastor J. Herzer, Prof. G. W. Müller, and Prof. O. Hoyer, submitted the following report. It was adopted as a resolution.

Declaration.

The Synodical Conference, the largest general Evangelical Lutheran church body, consisting of the Evangelical Lutheran synods of Minnesota and other states, Missouri, Ohio and other states, Wisconsin and other states, and the General English Evangelical Lutheran Conference of Missouri and other States, declares:

1. That we make our own the resolutions on the school question already adopted by the general body [*Allgemeine Synode*; the convention's own English below says "Joint Synod"] of Missouri, etc.

2. That we likewise approve the resolutions adopted by the Synod of Wisconsin, etc.

3. That we sympathize with the brethren in Illinois and Wisconsin, on whom the school dispute has now been forced, and that we wish to support them in this struggle as far as is possible.

Text of the Declaration in the English Language.

We, the Synodical Conference, the largest general Evangelical
Lutheran church-body, comprising the Evangelical Lutheran synods
of Minnesota and other states, Missouri, Ohio and other states, Wis-
consin and other states, and the General English Evangelical Lu-
theran Conference of Missouri and other states, do declare as follows:

1. That we indorse the resolutions on the school question adopted
by the Joint Synod of Missouri, etc.;

2. That we likewise indorse the resolutions adopted by the Synod
of Wisconsin, etc.;

3. That we are in hearty sympathy with the brethren in Illinois
and Wisconsin, who are at present compelled to do battle for their
schools, and pledge ourselves to support them to the best of our
abilities.

A. ERNST.
J. HERZER.
O. HOYER.
W. MUELLER.