Synodical Conference Convention Proceedings St. Louis, Missouri — 1920, Page 19

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der Ev.⸗Luth. Synodalkonferenz von Nordamerika. 1920. 19

Conference at Toledo in 1916. Our committee is ready to answer any
specific charges that may be brought against it because of this report.
We suggest that the proper time to discuss this matter would be at
our forthcoming meeting.

“In order that no false construction may be put on our action,
we wish to advise you that we have been requested to meet at St. Paul
with a number of our Norwegian brethren who desire a conference
with us. Our commission from the Synodical Conference, both at
Milwaukee in 1914 and at Toledo in 1916, instructs us to heed such
requests.”

Die letzte Bemerkung in dieſem Brief wurde folgendermaßen ver⸗
anlaßt. Ein Brief, datiert Minneapolis, Minn., May 24, 1917, lief bei
uns ein. Derſelbe lautet:

“We were sorry to hear that Dr. H. G. Stub again has declared
that he will not have time to meet the committee from the Synodical
Conference before the Synod meeting.

“Those of us who cannot go along in the new church-body on
the present doctrinal basis feel that it would be a great help to our
cause if your committee could be present at the Synod in St. Paul,
Minn., June 6—9. It would give us a chance to get your advice at
the time when we need it most.

“The following pastors join me in asking your committee to come
to our meeting, if you can: O. T. Lee, Holden M. Olsen, L. P. Jensen,
H. Ingebritson, J. A. Torgerson, and E. Hanson.

“These and a number of other ministers and laymen will meet for
consultation at 8 P. M., June 5, in Rooms 224—6 Aberdeen Hotel,
St. Paul.

“There would be many more joining in this invitation, but I have
not had a chance to consult them since I heard of Dr. Stub being
short of time to meet your committee.

(Signed.) “C. N. PETERSON.”

Dieſer dringenden Aufforderung glaubte Ihr Komitee in über⸗
einſtimmung mit den von der Ehrw. Synodalkonferenz in Milwaukee
und Toledo gefaßten Beſchlüſſen Folge leiſten zu müſſen. Sämtliche
Glieder Ihres Komitees begaben ſich deshalb nach St. Paul und nahmen
an einer Verſammlung von Minoritätsleuten — Paſtoren und Laien —
aus der alten Norwegiſchen Synode im Aberdeen⸗Hotel am Abend des
5. Juni teil. Auf dieſer Verſammlung wurden hauptſächlich die
Differenzpunkte in der Lehre zwiſchen den Vertretern und den Gegnern
des Madison Agreement beſprochen, und Ihr Komitee erfuhr auch von
manchen fruchtloſen Verſuchen, die von der Minoritätspartei gemacht
worden waren, um dieſe Differenzen aus dem Wege zu räumen. Ihr
Komitee verweilte drei Tage in St. Paul und ſtand den Minoritäts⸗
leuten, die auf der mittlerweile eröffneten Norwegiſchen Synode für

of the Ev. Luth. Synodical Conference of North America. 1920. 19

[Printed in English.]
Conference at Toledo in 1916. Our committee is ready to answer any specific charges that may be brought against it because of this report. We suggest that the proper time to discuss this matter would be at our forthcoming meeting.

“In order that no false construction may be put on our action, we wish to advise you that we have been requested to meet at St. Paul with a number of our Norwegian brethren who desire a conference with us. Our commission from the Synodical Conference, both at Milwaukee in 1914 and at Toledo in 1916, instructs us to heed such requests.”

The last remark in this letter was occasioned as follows. A letter dated Minneapolis, Minn., May 24, 1917, reached us. It reads:

“We were sorry to hear that Dr. H. G. Stub again has declared that he will not have time to meet the committee from the Synodical Conference before the Synod meeting.

“Those of us who cannot go along in the new church-body on the present doctrinal basis feel that it would be a great help to our cause if your committee could be present at the Synod in St. Paul, Minn., June 6—9. It would give us a chance to get your advice at the time when we need it most.

“The following pastors join me in asking your committee to come to our meeting, if you can: O. T. Lee, Holden M. Olsen, L. P. Jensen, H. Ingebritson, J. A. Torgerson, and E. Hanson.

“These and a number of other ministers and laymen will meet for consultation at 8 P. M., June 5, in Rooms 224—6 Aberdeen Hotel, St. Paul.

“There would be many more joining in this invitation, but I have not had a chance to consult them since I heard of Dr. Stub being short of time to meet your committee.

(Signed.) “C. N. PETERSON.”

To this urgent request your committee, in agreement with the resolutions adopted by the Rev. *Synodalkonferenz* [Synodical Conference] at Milwaukee and Toledo, felt bound to comply. All the members of your committee therefore went to St. Paul and took part, on the evening of 5 June, in a meeting of minority people — pastors and laymen — from the old Norwegian Synod in the Aberdeen Hotel. At this meeting the points of doctrinal difference between the supporters and the opponents of the Madison Agreement were chiefly discussed, and your committee also learned of many fruitless attempts which the minority party had made to remove these differences. Your committee remained three days in St. Paul and stood by the minority people, who at the convention of the Norwegian Synod, which had meanwhile opened, bore witness for