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Neunten Delegatenſynode von Miſſouri, Ohio u. a. St. 1899. 119

of — — Dollars ($ — —) to be invested, and the proceeds of such
investment to be disbursed for the benefit of (hier wird der beſondere
Zweck angegeben) or for some other purpose or purposes determined
by said Synod.

5) I give, bequeath and devise to the German Evangelical Lu-
theran Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and other States, and its assigns,
forever, the following property, to wit: (hier folgt die Beſchreibung des
Eigenthums), such property to be disposed of by said Synod, or in
any manner utilized, for (hier folgt die Angabe des beſonderen Zwecks)
or for some other use determined by the said Synod.

Von dieſen Formularen ſind No. 1, 3 und 4 für Geldvermächtniſſe,
No. 2 und 5 für Vermächtniſſe an liegenden Gütern, real estate.

Profeſſorengehalte und Penſionen.

„Die Paſtoralconferenz des Mittleren Diſtricts beſchloß bei Gelegen⸗
heit der letzten in Indianapolis, Ind., im vorigen Jahre abgehaltenen
Synodalverſammlung genannten Diſtricts, eine Ehrw. Synode zu bitten,
die Gehalte der Herren Profeſſoren an den Lehranſtalten der Synode, ſowie
die ſogenannte Penſionsſache der Synode einer Reviſion zu unterziehen.

„Die Fixirung genannter Gehalte, wie ſie jetzt iſt, beruht weder auf
dem Princip der Gerechtigkeit, noch auf dem der Liebe. — Dabei wird weder
auf die Perſon des Einzelnen, ob alleinſtehend, ob mit großer oder kleiner
Familie geſegnet ꝛc., noch auf Amt, Stellung, Anforderung, Leiſtung ꝛc.
Rückſicht genommen, ſondern alle Herren Profeſſoren ſind, ſoweit man aus
Synodalberichten erſehen kann, im Gehalt gleich geſtellt, mit Ausnahme
der Herren Directoren, die mehr bekommen, wie ihre Herren Collegen, aber
aus Gründen, die, wie es ſcheint, nicht mehr vorhanden ſind, und zweier
St. Louiſer Profeſſoren, denen wegen ihrer großen Familien eine Gehalts⸗
zulage bewilligt worden iſt. Aus dieſem Grunde eine Gehaltszulage
zu bewilligen, iſt in der Synode nichts Neues.

„Bei der Fixirung der Gehalte, wie ſie jetzt iſt, hat man aber das
Princip verlaſſen, welches mit Recht (dem Worte Gottes gemäß) lange in
der Synode gegolten hat. Und dieſes Princip nannten wir eben ‚das
Princip der Liebe‘.

„Genannte Paſtoralconferenz des Mittleren Diſtricts iſt der Meinung,
daß die Ehrw. Synode zu dieſem Princip wieder ganz und voll zurückkehren
ſollte, das heißt, ſie ſollte bei Fixirung der Gehalte nicht in ‚Bauſch und
Bogen‘ handeln, auch nicht, wie das wohl in der Regel ſonſt in der Welt
geſchieht, auf Amt, Stellung, Leiſtungsfähigkeit ꝛc., ſondern, wie es früher
war, auf die ‚Perſon‘ ſehen, ob dieſe alleinſtehend, mit großer oder kleiner
Familie geſegnet iſt, ob an einem Orte wohnend, wo der Lebensunterhalt
koſtſpielig oder minder koſtſpielig iſt ꝛc.

Ninth Delegate Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States, 1899. 119

of — — Dollars ($ — —) to be invested, and the proceeds of such
investment to be disbursed for the benefit of (here the particular
purpose is stated) or for some other purpose or purposes determined
by said Synod.

5) I give, bequeath and devise to the German Evangelical Lu-
theran Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and other States, and its assigns,
forever, the following property, to wit: (here follows the description
of the property), such property to be disposed of by said Synod, or in
any manner utilized, for (here follows the statement of the particular
purpose) or for some other use determined by the said Synod.

Of these forms, Nos. 1, 3, and 4 are for cash bequests, Nos. 2 and 5
for bequests of real property, real estate.

Professors' Salaries and Pensions.

"At the last meeting of the Central District's pastoral conference,
held in Indianapolis, Ind., last year on the occasion of that
District's synodical assembly, it was resolved to ask the Reverend
Synod to subject the salaries of the professors at the Synod's
educational institutions, as well as the so-called pension matter of
the Synod, to a review.

"The setting of these salaries, as it now stands, rests neither on the
principle of justice nor on that of love. In fixing them, no regard
is given either to the person of the individual — whether unmarried,
or blessed with a large or small family, etc. — or to office,
position, requirements, performance, etc.; rather, as far as one can
tell from the synodical reports, all the professors are placed on an
equal salary, with the exception of the directors, who receive more
than their colleagues, though for reasons that, it seems, no longer
apply, and of two St. Louis professors who, on account of their large
families, have been granted a salary supplement. Granting a salary
supplement on this ground is nothing new in the Synod.

"But in setting the salaries as they now stand, the principle that
has rightly (in accordance with God's Word) long prevailed in the
Synod has been abandoned. And this principle we called simply 'the
principle of love.'

"The aforesaid pastoral conference of the Central District is of the
opinion that the Reverend Synod should return fully and completely
to this principle — that is, that in fixing salaries it should not act
wholesale ['in Bausch und Bogen'], nor, as is generally the way of the
world, have regard to office, position, capability, etc., but rather,
as was formerly the case, have regard to the 'person': whether that
person is unmarried, blessed with a large or small family, living in a
place where the cost of living is high or lower, etc.