# Lehre und Wehre_St. Louis Missouri_Juli 1911_S318
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

318 Kirchlich⸗Zeitgeschichtliches.

affair.“ Und in seiner Nummer vom 23. Juni bringt er folgende Auf⸗
forderung seitens der in Washington anfangs Juni versammelten General⸗
shnode zur Waltherfeier: On motion of Rev. Dr. Manhart the pastors
throughout the General Synod were requested to observe in some fitting
manner the centennial anniversary of the birth of Rev. Dr. C. F. W. Wal-
ther, who performed so large a part in the history of the Missouri Synod.“
Hoffentlich wird aber bei diesen Feiern nicht ganz unerwähnt bleiben, daß
von der gesegneten Wirksamkeit Walthers gerade auch die von der General⸗
synode seit 1895 angenommenen Bekenntnisbeschlüsse zeugen. Die Lat Reran
World vom 28. Juni kommt abermals auf die Waltherfeier zu sprechen.
Sie bringt den längeren Bericht aus dem Gemeindeblatt D. Rhodes' über
die Feier, der also anhebt: Lord's Day, May lath, was a great day for
our Missouri Lutheran brethren in St. Louis from far and wide. In
a splendid manner the 100th anniversary of the birth of Rev. C. F. W. Wal⸗
ther, D. D., was observed. The Coliseum, the largest hall in the city, was
filled. No spot where a man or à woman could stand was unoceupied.“
Diesen Bericht leitet die World ein mit den Worten: From all that we
séece and hear about it, the recent celebration at St. Louis of the 100th an-
niversary of the birth of the late Dr. CO. F. W. Walther was one of the
greatest testimonials to the power of Protestantism ever given in this
land. We eannot agree in all points with our brethren of the Missouri
Synod, but if there be any more courageous and stalwart body of intelli-
gent Protestants on this continent, we do not know where to find them.
They bear an unvarying testimony to the great doctrine of salvation by
grace, and continue in an age of laxity to bear witness against the un-
scriptural elaims and errors of the papal hierarchy. That body of Chris-
tians has à unique and deeply interesting history from the days of its
humble beginnings in Perry County, Missouri. Its growth has been steady,
until to-day it is one of the most influential factors in the Christian life
of the Republic. We cherish the hope that, in the good ordering of the
Head of the Church, changes may yet be effected in that body, not in the
diminution of its sturdy Protestantism and adherence to the truth, but
in the line of a more kindly and tolerant attitude toward the rest of the
Lutheran household in this land.“ Wollte Missouri in der Zukunft duld⸗
samer werden mit Bezug auf Abweichungen vom lutherischen Symbol und
somit auch gleichgültiger gegen die Wahrheiten desselben, so würde es gerade
das von sich werfen, was Gott ihm durch Walther geschenkt hat: das luthe⸗
rische Rückgrat.

The Lutheran World vom 5. Juli bringt den in Washington von
P. Manhart eingereichten und von der Generalsynode angenommenen Wal⸗
therbeschluß, der wörtlich also lautet: Whereas, the coming twenty-fifth
of October will be the one hundredth anniversary of the birth of the Rev.
C. F. W. Walther, D. D., and, Whereas, Dr. Walther, after passing his early
life in the German Fatherland, the land of his nativity, and after his pro-
found religious experienees and his university training there, came to
Ameriea in 1838, and. Whereas, Dr. Walther was an ardent lover of his
adopted land, and of our Evangelical Lutheran Church, and by many years
of indefatigable labors, with his marvelous gifts as preacher, teacher, and
leader, became one of the greatest religious personalities p the Church in
America has had, so that his influence is not only paramount in the great