The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1933, Page 133

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THE LUTHERAN PIONEER

Northern Conference.

The fifth annual convention of the Northern
Conference was held in St. Philip’s Church,
Chicago, July 18 and 19. The Rey. M. N. Carter
opened the convention with Scripture-reading and
prayer. The roll-call showed all members of the
conference present. Five visitors, Pastors Alston,
Hunt, and Lehman, and Candidates Schiebel and
Charles, were welcomed and invited to participate
in the discussions. After routine business had been
disposed of, Pastors Carter and Fey were reelected
president and secretary, respectively, of the con-
ference.

The Rev. O. Rau of Cincinnati delivered a paper
on “Unionism as It Affects Our Work,” pointing
out that, if the Scriptural teaching on
unionism were not observed, we would
be compromised with error. Conference
heard and discussed an interesting paper
by the Rey. Carter on the question “When,
if at All, Is Rebellion against the Govern-
ment Justifiable ?”

Upon invitation of the Mission Board,
which was in session at River Forest at
the same time, the members of Conference
motored to Concordia Teachers’ College
on Wednesday, where after lunch an op-
portunity was afforded to become ac-
quainted with the members of the Mission
Board or to renew old acquaintances.
Pastor Boecler, speaking for the Board,
addressed words of encouragement to the
missionaries and wished them the Lord’s continued
blessing in their work. The afternoon session was
held at the college, and considerable time was spent
in the discussion of field reports and practical
problems. Conference officially extended its con-
gratulations to St. Philip’s of St. Louis and St.
Philip’s of Chicago, the first congregations to be-
come self-supporting.

Two evening services were held. The first took
the form of an open session, in which Pastor Fey of
St. Louis led in the discussion of the topic “Making
the Most of Our Christianity.” He pointed out that
this may be done through loyalty, faithfulness,
courage, zeal, and patience. In the service on
Wednesday evening the Lord’s Supper was cele-
brated. The undersigned preached the sermon on
2 Tim. 3, 12—17. After the service, Pastor Fey
extended the thanks of Conference to the Chicago
congregation for its hospitality. .

Epmunp H. Boux.

Immanuel Conference.

August 4—6 Immanuel Conference held its
forty-seventh session at Kannapolis, N.C. We had
a rich program for our three-day sessions.

The conference was declared opened by the pres-
ident, Rev. P. D, Lehman, at 10 o’clock Friday
morning. The morning session was devoted to an
essay on “Some Phases of the Pastor’s Work as
Missionary.” ‘This essay was read by Pastor F.
Vorice of Salisbury, N. C. The essayist pointed out
that the pastor must first be sincere in purpose and
must faithfully apply himself in order to combat
and surmount many difficulties which will confront
him when he attends to his missionary duties.

The afternoon session was devoted to an essay on

St. Philip’s, Chicago.

Article VI of the Augsburg Confession: “The New
Obedience.” Pastor C. Malloy of Charlotte; N. C.,
who had prepared this paper, very ably pointed out
that good works cannot save and that they must
proceed from faith, which worketh by love.

In the evening a regular service was held. The
undersigned delivered a sermon on Eph. 5,4, his
theme being “The Christian and His Church.”
After the service Superintendent Wm. H. Gehrke
read an essay on “Why We Lutherans Practise Close
Communion.” A lengthy discussion of the paper
followed.

The second day of the sessions was devoted to
business. Sectional sessions were held in the morn-
ing —- pastors’, teachers’, and delegates’ conferences.
In the afternoon all assembled again in a body for
the purpose of reporting on what had been done in
the sectional conferences. It was resolved that a
committee be appointed to revive the Sunday-school
convention. An interesting report by the pastors