# Lehre und Wehre_St. Louis Missouri_Juli 1905_S329
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Kirchlich⸗Zeitgeschichtliches. 329

Jowa⸗Synode keine kirchliche Gemeinschaft mit der Generalsynode, so muß sie ihre
Verbindung mit dem Generalconcil lösen. F. B.

Die Generalsynode hielt ihre 42. Versammlung ab in Pittsburg. In der Er⸗
öffnungsrede erklärte Dr. Fenner, daß Kinder durch die Taufe zwar nicht wieder⸗
geboren werden, wohl aber eine Taufgnade empfangen. D. Bauslin wurde
zum Präses gewählt. Als Delegaten waren erschienen vom Generalconcil D. Fry
und von den Presbyterianern D. Fahnestock. Der Lutheran Observer berichtet:
„Dr. Fry extended the greetings of the General Council, and asked the
General Synod to appoint a delegate to the next meeting of that body at
Milwaukee.. . He said the General Synod seemed to be set for the evan-
gelizing of America, and he gloried in the fact. The General Council was
lace to face with the solution of problems. The two bodies are not rivals,
and their work is not the same. Union would hinder the progress of both.
He pleaded not for union but unity of spirit. The unity for which the Mas-
ter prayed is sure to come, but denominational unity must come first. To
the very appropriate address of Dr. Fry, the president, Dr. Bauslin, re-
sponded in a most fitting manner, and at his suggestion the Synod sang with
great enthusiasm two stanzas from hymu 77 in the Book of Worship. Rev.
Alfred H. Fahnestock, D. D., the delegate from the General Assembly of the
Presbyterian Church, extended the greetings of that body in a very pleasing
and appropriate address, to which President Bauslin responded with very
hearty words of welcome and appreciation.“ Das „Kirchenblatt“ von Reading
bemerkt hierzu: „Worin besteht die besondere Aufgabe des Generalconcils? Doch
wohl in nichts anderm als in der Stärkung des lutherischen Bewußtseins und der
Hochhaltung des lutherischen Bekenntnisses im Gegensatz zur Generalsynode. Mit
dieser Aufgabe steht aber der Delegatenwechsel zwischen beiden Kirchenkörpern in
einem unversöhnlichen Widerspruch. Je eher daher das Generalconcil den Dele⸗
gatenwechsel aufgibt, desto besser ist es.“ Ueber das Zusammenwirken der General⸗
synode mit dem Concil schreibt der Odbserver: The report of the committee on
practical cooperation with other Lutheran bodies cited as past achievements
the cooperation among deaconess motherhouses, the friendly relations be⸗
tween the foreign mission operations, the joint publication of picture charts
and a young people's paper, and the better understanding existing in home
mission work. The report recommended that the Boards of Home Missions
of the General Synod and General Council suggest to the district synods a
plan for cooperation in Home Mission work; that the cause of education be
improved by joint meetings of the faculties for consultation as frequently as
possible; that cooperation in inner mission work be further considered, and
that it be discussed by the district synods and conferences.“ Die Synode
erklärte sich auch für Abhaltung der nächsten Allgemeinen Evangelisch⸗Lutherischen
Conferenz in America. F. B.

Dem „Lutheran Observer“ zufolge werden in fünfzig Jahren alle Secten
lutherisch sein. Er schreibt: „If the great Methodist Episcopal Church and
solid Presbyterians continue to Lutheranize for fifty yvears more as they have
done the last fifty years, they would differ from us only in name. A half-
century ago there was à great gulf between them and us, in cultus, practice,
and everything. Now, in many churches they have nearly reached our modus
operandi. That time they paid no attention to the great festivals. Now they
observe Christmas, Easter, and other festivals as emphatically as we do.
Their whole church life and culture and faith converge toward the Lutheran.