596 



LUTHERAN CHURCH. 



SYNODS COXNECTED WITH THE GENERAL STXOD. 



Synods. 



power to crazy politicians, who thought by metaphy- 

 sical abstractions to circumvent the laws of God. It has 

 restored to him, in improved rather than impaired 

 condition, his due privileges, at a moment when, by 



his own acts, the very sofl was washed from beneath New York Ministerium 66 



,:, fppf Hartwick Synod 88 4,027 



XXIII. A more majestic and wise clemency hu- Synod of ^^v;;;--;;;; ^ 



man history does not exhibit The liberal and just g > d of Engt p j enn3yivania 114 



conditions that attend it, cannot be disregarded. It Synod of West Pennsylvania 89 11,S$5 



protects labor by enforcing the performance of its duty, Bynod of Central Pennsylvania 104 1,229 



and it will assist capital Dy compelling just contribu- Alleghany Synod 116 



tions to the demands of the Government Those who Flttlburg Synod. 116 



profess alleiriance to other governments, will be re- Synod of Maryland............. 



e ? no ^on/-o in thia ^tutP tn Melanchthon Svnod (Maryland) 86 2,714 



quired, as the condition of residence in this Mate, .to * g dof Virginia............ 61 3200 



acquiesce, without reservation, in the demands pre- * g i, n0(1 of Wc stern Virginia.'. 2,089 



sented by Government as a basis of permanent peace. tg,yDod. of North Carolina 83 4,200 



The non-cultivation of the soil without just reason, will *Synod of South Carolina 64 



be followed by temporary forfeiture to those who will *Synod of Texas 23 2.Soo 



secure its improvement. Those who have exercised, Synod of Kentucky. 



or are entitled to the rights of citizens of the United EngUsh Synod of Ohio 82 



States, will be required to participate in the measures ^^^;^;;;;;--;;;:::: 46 



necessary for the reestablishment of civil government. Miami Synod of Ohio 61 4027 



War can never cease except as civil governments Synod of Northern Indiana 83 2,524 



crush out contest, and secure the supremacy of moral Olive Branch Synod (Indiana) 23 



over physical power. The yellow harvest must wave Bynod of Illinois 43 8,550 



over the crimson field of blood, and the representa- Synod of Northern Illinois 6,297 



tives of the people displace the agents of purelymil- f^^f Iowa '."" l'79 



itary power. * ' 



XXIV. It is therefore a solemn duty resting upon Total 1T18 169,143 



all persons, to assist in the earliest possible restoration 



of civil government Let them participate in the meas- f CONNECTED WITH THE GENERAL SYNOD. 



ures suggested for this purpose. Opinion is free and _J 



candidates are numerous. Open hostility cannot be Communi- 



permitted. Indifference will be treated as crime, and J C1 



faction as treason. Men who refuse to defend their _ , . n ,. 



country with the ballot box or cartridge box have no Joint Synod of -v ;;;;;;;;; 241 34340 



just claim to the benefits of liberty regulated by law. Tennes s ee synod 85 5,800 



All people not exempt by the law of nations, who seek Holston Synod of Tennessee 18 



the protection of the Government, are called upon to Synod of Indiana 15 2,000 



take the oath of allegiance in such form as maybe Synod of Wisconsin 8,500 



prescribed, sacrificing to the public good, and the res- German Synod of Iowa 5,000 



toration of public peace, whatever scruples may be Synod of Minnesota 1,500 



suggested bv incidental considerations. The oatfi of &^^"^":^:"^.":i I 1$0 



allegiance, administered and received in good faith, is F ranc k ea n Synod (N. Y.) 81 8,100 



the test of unconditional fealty to the Government, Mississippi Synod 11 l',om) 



and all its measures, and cannot be materially strength- Scandinavian Augustana Synod 67 6,597 



ened or impaired by the language in which it is clothed. 



XXV. The amnesty offered for the past, ia condition- Total 815 100,887 



ed upon an unreserved loyalty for the future, and this 



condition will be enforced with an iron hand. Whoever Grand total, 2,533 congregations, and 269,- 



is indifferent or hostile, must choose between the liberty 985 communicants. 



which foreign lands afford the poverty of the rebel One of the Synods of the second class, the 



Jf^sSSXSSSSfSSK^tT ^eaa sA * rr lve ? to ^ - for 



May God preserve the Union of the States ! admission to the General Synod, at the session 



By order of Major-Gen. BANKS. of the latter body in 1864. 



GEO. B. DRAK.B, A. A. General. The number of ministers in the Synods con- 



For the military operations in Louisiana, see nected with the General Synod was 904 ; in 



ABMT OPERATIONS. For the regulations as to the other Synods, 514. Total, 1,418. 



trade, see COMMERCIAL REGULATIONS. There are 6 theological seminaries, V col- 



LUTHERAN CHURCH. The Lutheran leges, 15 academies, and 9 female seminaries in 



Church is, next to the Church of England, connection with the General Synod, and 8 insti- 



the most numerous among the denominations, tutions not connected with the General Synod, 



which, at the beginning of the sixteenth cen- The church has five organs published in the 



tury, repudiated the authority of the Pope and English language (exclusive of one in South 



the Roman Catholic Church. It is still the Carolina), 11 in German, 2 in Swedish, and 3 



predominant church in Sweden, Norway, and in Norwegian. 



Denmark, in Hanover, Saxe, and a number of Three of the synods, which were formerly in 



other German States, while in Prussia and connection with the General Synod those of 



several minor States of Germany it has been 



united With the Reformed Church into the ^Not represented at the last Convention of the Gene 



United Evangelical Church. It has also a nu- tTh'e statistics in the German J.utherMche Kalendw for 



merous membership in Russia, Holland, France, ., %$* S^*3fr a SK &V! ISS 



and the United States. The Lutheran Almanac Norwegian Synod in Wisconsin, Iowa, nmi otin-r st:xt< *, 



for 1864 gives the following Statistical view of wlth 2 1? I " ei " ber ' nd the Canada Synod, with 1,500 mem- 



*V. a T,if>,2, , f 'I ,,,..!; bors - The totals of the Aatowfcr are 1,530 ministers, 2,12 



the Lutheran Church in the United States: churches, 294,721 communicanta. 



