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LCMS Convention Proceedings St. Louis, Missouri — 1929, Page 118

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118 Proceedings of Thirty-Fourth Regular Convention

churches without counter-testimony and decisive action. [fF
due investigation, it becomes evident that such Congregations and
Pastors refuse to remove the offense, they are to be Suspended and
eventually expelled from synodical connection,

3. Resolved, That we do not deny that a conscientious Pastor may

rendering their classification difficult,” Memorial 407, lines 95. 96
administer Holy Communion to.a person who is stil] outwardly con-
nected with a lodge. But in such a case the Pastor shal] earnestly
beware of procrastinating and thus * Siving offense, and to this end

he shall freely and conscientiously consult with his vestry and cop.

lines 139—150, which reads as follows : —

“While your Committee is of the opinion that, self-evidently,
ministers notoriously lax in their practise with respect to the ‘lodge
evil’ should not hold office in Synod, we nevertheless cannot recom-

-mend adoption of Overture 408 (1926): ‘That. Synod declare its de-
termination to elect only such members to official position as are
pastors of Congregations known to be free from the “lodge evil”? ;
for it is not always possible to determine which is and which is not
a lodge-free congregation. If all members of Synod, and especially
the officers, are vigilant in their duty and Synod itself will expel
such pastors and congregations as are notoriously lax, there will be
no reason for such a resolution.”

6. Your Committee also recommends the adoption of Para-
graph ITT, lines 151—155, which reads as follows:

“Your Committee, in the fall of 1996, appointed a Lodge Infor-
—

* This word was stricken by order of Synod. (See under. “Action,”
below. )