I. I). D.. LL. I)., pastor (.f the 

 Church <>f I In- Holy ( 'omiiiiinion. Philadelphia. 

 Tin- di-tnci ~xn-.il- were represented IPX .">! cleri- 

 cjil ami -l< lay delegates. After tlir formal or- 

 g.-ini/:lin -.f tin- convention, the Uex. (iottlob 

 lei. !>.!>.. I.I,. D.. ..I New Y./rk city, was 

 re-elected president. 

 The Church Hook Committee pre.-cnted the 

 Completed new edition of the Church Hook. It, 

 includes, lie-ides the liturgical services, the or- 

 ders for miiii-terial acts, which, after being 

 printed in provisional form, were carefully re- 

 \i-ed and approved for publication. In the 

 preparation of this book with the common serv- 

 ice various additions not comprised in that serv- 

 ice \\ere found necessary. Thenurnberof psalms 

 ha- lii-en largely increased, and additional canti- 

 O]M have lieen inserted. It was also deemed de- 

 sirable to append to the English Church Hook a 

 limited number of additional hymns. A sub- 

 committee has been co-operating with coin mi t- 

 f the United Synod of the South, the Gen- 

 eral Synod, and the Joint Synod of Ohio, in the 

 Iireparation of a new English translation of the 

 Augsburg Confession and Luther's Small Cate- 

 chism. Much work was 'done by individual 

 members of the committee, so that in the new 

 English Church Book of the General Council 

 could be included a new translation of the Augs- 

 burg Confession, made from the Latin editio 

 princeps of 1530, and based on Richard Taver- 

 ner's English translation of 1536. To enable 

 the committee to complete its work, the Council 

 authorized a new translation, from the German 

 rtlitio prineepg, of the Augsburg Confession (Me- 

 lanchtnon had prepared two copies of the Con- 

 fession, in German and Latin, for presentation to 

 the Emperor; hence both are of equal authority 

 as confessional writings), which is to be printed 

 with the translation from the Latin in parallel 

 columns. 



In close connection with the work of the 

 Church Book Committee is that of the Commit- 

 tee on Sunday-school Work. The Council years 

 ago authorized its own series of lessons for Sun- 

 day schools, based on the Church year. The 

 committee reported that the lessons authorized 

 by the Council were regularly published, pre- 

 pared for publication by members of the com- 

 mittee, aided in special departments by the 

 Rev. William Wackernagel, D. D., and the Rev. 

 Solomon E. Ochsenford. and that they were is- 

 sued in the "Church Lesson Leaf" and the 

 " Helper," together with a supplemental leaf for 

 the fifth Sundays of the months; and that these 

 leaves were published, as heretofore, by the Lu- 

 theran Hook Store, Philadelphia. The commit- 

 tee was instructed to continue its work. 



The Board of Foreign .Missions presented its 

 report through the secretary, the Rev. William 

 Ash mead Schaeffer, of Philadelphia. The mis- 

 sionary operations are carried on in the Madras 

 Presidency of India, with Rajahmundry, Samul- 

 cotta, Tallapudi Dowlaishwaram. and Bhima- 

 waram as centers. Following are the latest sta- 

 tistics: 5 ordained missionaries. 5 wives of mis- 

 sionaries also actively engaged in various depart- 

 ments of the mission, 2 zenana workers. 2 native 

 pastors, 89 teachers and catechists, <i districts, 

 1'J? villages. :!.(>."(; baptized meml>ers. !I?S com- 

 municants, and 1,473 pupils in the various schools. 



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The name of the boarding school ha* been 

 changed to thai of seminary, and the standard 

 of scholarship has been advanced. This M -hool 

 con-ist-of I Kith day and Ixmrding pupil*. Urn: 

 are found the more advanced scholars, and tho-c 

 who desire to In-come teachers are here prepared. 

 On .March 4, 181)1,21 young men were graduated 

 at the seminary. In 1*!)0 u zenana mi.-sion wa.-. 

 begun, and Miss Agnes I. Si-hade, of Water Cure. 

 1'a.. and Miss Kale S. Sadtler.of Baltimore, Md.. 

 were sent out to India to carry on this branch ol 

 mission work. During 1891 the Hev. and Mrs. 

 Calvin F. Kuder were sent out. Rev. Kuder it* 

 to take charge of the mission schools, in place of 

 the Rev. Poll), of the Brecklum mission, who had 

 been loaned to this mission until a superintend- 

 ent of the schools could be secured. The receipts 

 of the board for the past two years amounted to 

 $25.351.00, and from the treasurer of the Mi- 

 sionsbote" were received f 1,006.10. The exj>en- 

 ditures amounted to $29,978.03. The work of 

 missions was again commended to the attention 

 of the churches. 



The work of home missions is carried on by 

 the district synods within their respective terri- 

 tories and by three general mission boards Eng- 

 lish, German, and Swedish, on territory beyond 

 the bounds of the synods. The following is a 

 summary of the general and local work for two 

 years : 262 missionaries, 462 churches and sta- 

 tions, 33,917 communicant members in mission 

 congregations, and contributions amounting to 

 $123.053. The English board has missions in 

 Boston, Mass., Newark, N. J., Cleveland and To- 

 ledo, Ohio, Decatur, 111., Milwaukee, Wis., Du- 

 luth, Red Wing, Minneapolis, and St. Paul, 

 Minn., Fargo, N. Dak., Salt Lake City, Utah, 

 Portland, Ore., and Tacoma and Seattle, Wash. 

 The German board has numerous missions in the 

 provinces of Manitoba, Assiniboia, and Alberta, 

 Canada, and in Kentucky and Alabama. The 

 Swedish board carries on missionary operations 

 among its countrymen in nearly every State and 

 Territory, the latter board spending annually 

 more than $15,000 for this work. The educa- 

 tional work of this body has received a new im- 

 pulse by the opening of a new theological semi- 

 nary in Chicago, with property that is valued 

 at $50,000. 



The superintendent of the Lutheran Emigrant 

 House in New York city reported for one year 

 the reception and entertainment of 12,144 immi- 

 grants. The receipts for this work amounted to 

 $16.270.75, and the expenditures to $14,800.20. 

 both items being for one year. The property of 

 this mission is valued at $100,000, and the mis- 

 sion is free of debt. 



The English Synod of the Northwest, organized 

 in 1891, was accorded representation, but action 

 on its reception was deferred until the next con- 

 vent ion. 



The General Council put itself on record as op- 

 posed to the opening of the Columbian Exposi- 

 tion on Sundays. 



The twenty-fourth convention of the Council 

 will be held in Fort Wayne. Ind., in 1892. 



Sy nodical Conference. This general body, 

 organized in 1872, and consisting almost exclu- 

 sively of German pastors and congregations, held 

 no convention in 1891. Following is a summary 

 of the latest statistics : It consists of 4 synods. 



