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LUTHERANS. 



College of New Jersey (Princeton) conferred on 

 him the degree of LL. D. in 1851. 



LUTHERANS. I. UNITED STATES. The 

 "Lutheran Almanac for 1868" gives the fol- 

 lowing statistical view of the Lutheran Church 

 in the United States : 



literary and theological schools, 19 colleges, 14 

 academies, 9 female seminaries, and 15 eleemosy- 

 nary institutions. Other benevolent institu- 

 tions are : 



The Parent Education Society organized 1837 



Foreign Missionary Society 



Home Missionary Society 



Church Extension Society 



Publication Society 



Historical Society 



Pastors' Fund 



1837 

 1845 

 1853 

 1851 



1845 



Under the patronage of the Lutheran Church 

 (all the above divisions taken together) are 14 



The Lutheran periodicals are 11 English (4 

 weekly, 2 semi-monthly, 4 monthly, and 1 

 quarterly), 9 German (4 semi-monthly, 8 

 monthly, and 2 not defined), and 6 Swedisli and 

 Norwegian (1 weekly, 2 semi-monthly, and 3 

 monthly). 



The organization of those Lutherans * who in- 

 sist on a strict adhesion to the unaltered Confes 

 sion of Augsburg as a condition of church mem- 

 bership was completed by the first " General 

 Council " held at Fort Wayne, Indiana, on the 

 20th of November, and the following days. The 

 Council was organized by the election of the Rev. 

 J. Bassler, as President, Revs. H. "W. Roth and 

 J. Fritschell, Secretaries, and Dr. II. H. Muh- 

 lenberg, Treasurer. According to the statistics 

 above given (taken from an Almanac published 

 in the interest of the " General Synod "), the 

 twelve Synods represented at this meeting 

 number about 119,000 communicants, while the 

 friends of the new 'organization claim a mem- 

 bership of 133,296, with 538 ministers, 556 

 charges, and 1,030 congregations. A resolution 

 was passed inviting those only, " who are in the 

 unity of the faith witli us as set forth in the 

 fundamental articles of this General Council," 

 as "visiting brethren." The "Fundamental 

 Principles " were then taken up. The New York 

 Ministerium and the "Wisconsin Synod having 

 passed amendments, it was decided, that inas- 

 much as ten Synods' had adopted them without 

 any change, they cannot now be subjected to 

 amendment, except in accordance with the pro- 

 vision which they contain. Other parts of the 

 constitution were then considered, amended, and 

 adopted. The ratio of representation was based 

 upon the number of pastoral charges, ten of 

 which are to be entitled to one clerical and one 

 lay delegate, and more than nVe additional 

 charges shall entitle a Synod to two more dele- 

 gates. The action of the Joint Synod of Ohio 

 was presented, declaring the conditions upon 

 which it could alone unite with the Council, viz. : 

 exclusion of congregations and ministers belong- 

 ing to secret societies, the communion to be re- 

 stricted to Lutherans, non-interchange of pul- 

 pits with other denominations, and the rejec- 

 tion of Millenarianism. After much debate, ft 

 committee was appointed, which reported cer- 

 tain principles by which the Council would be 

 governed in deciding these questions, when reg- 

 ularly presented. The Missouri Synod having 

 addressed a communication to the Council, pro- 



* See ANNUAL CYCLOPEDIA for 1866. p. 461. 



