LCMS Convention Proceedings St. Louis, Missouri — 1923, Page 83

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» By. Luth. Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States. 1923. 83

3, Appeal of Mr. and Mrs. Whipple. — Synod sustained the deci-

n of the Church of Our Savior, St. Paul, Minn., and of the

Raglish District, exhorting Mr. and Mrs. Whipple to recognize in

, verdict of the congregation the voice of the Lord.

4, Appeal of Mrs. Lampe of St. Louis. — Since Mrs. Lampe re-

to appear before the committee of the English District

ted to investigate her case upon her appeal to the English
trict, Synod refused to entertain the appeal and referred her to

. ‘the appointed committee of the English District.

5 Appeal of Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Pieper, Edwardsville, Iu. —

ynod’s decision of 1920 was sustained. .

6. Appeal of Pastor J. H. Fuhrmann. — The appeal was rejected.

INTERSYNODICAL MATTERS.
(Germ. Rep., p. 227.)

Since the convention at Detroit three to four meetings were
conducted. annually with representatives from the Wisconsin, Iowa,
Ohio, and Buffalo synods. Theses and antitheses have been adopted
“on the doctrine of conversion and election. Protest has also been
lodged against some of these theses (5, 12, 28, 29).

Synod resolved that a committee be appointed for the purpose
of testing these union theses. Said committee is to examine all
' objections which have so far been lodged — and shall have been
Jodged until the end of 1925 — and report its findings at the next
convention.

Whereas the Intersynodical Committee also reported that dis-
_- eussions on the older doctrinal controversies which have for so long

‘a time separated especially the Missouri, Iowa, and Buffalo synods,
have been begun, Synod resolved — ;
1. To continue the discussions and to that end again elect an
- Intersynodical Committee; ,
2. To express its joy over the fact that these earnest efforts to
get together with the other Lutheran synods are being made. Synod
hopes that by God’s grace complete unity of faith will be achieved.

; Agreement with the Norwegian Synod.
, ; (Germ. Rep., p. 229.)
The Norwegian Synod of the American Evangelical Lutheran

Church petitioned Synod for permission to send its students to Con-
cordia Seminary, St. Louis, Mo., and to elect a professor who would

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