Situation In A Lutheran Synod

Youxtisi'.w.;, o., tji'pc lá.- At a nieotIng of the fictsburg sy nod of che general] ooiinoil of Lhe Jiiig'iio.i L achuran church a ! move was made to eüi'orco tlie clause oí the oiiurch conscitiUÍ!.:a whioíl provides that no mihistor of iihal charch shalí be a I member of íi secret -;.;:,. whieJi is j Christiah or Inilaeiic iu ic ceiidenoies." Tlie ittompc to üiiloroa waa a failure causea :;;ijority jf U:. Lxiuistecs were themsclves uieaibers o. üuoivt socioties.