A history of the Wittenberg Synod of the General Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church, 1847-1916, Part 28

Author: Ernsberger, C. S
Publication date: 1917
Publisher: [s.l. : s.n.]
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ARTICLE VIII, SECTION 1


"The ministerium is composed of the ordained ministers of Synod: and shall have charge of the examination of candidates, licensure, and ordination of ministers, reception of ministers from any other ecclesiastical bodies, and the examination and deci-


. (527)


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sion of charges of heresy against any of Its own members".


Then follow twelve sections within this article fixing an order of business and methods of procedure in business. A fourteenth section is added as follows :


"In all cases where District Synods have not made provision for a Ministerium, all the powers and duties prescribed in this article shall devolve on the Synod."


It is evident that by the addition of this section to this Article recognizing and defining the duties of the Ministerium, the General Synod made the con- tinuance of the Ministerium itself entirely optional in all the Synods. When the vote was to be taken on1 this Section in that body, the yeas and nays were called. The Western Synods with two exceptions, in the main, favored the change, while the Eastern Synods also with two exceptions opposed it. By a vote of 67 to 55, the Ministerium was made optional. The General Synod held this new constitution under consideration during (two bienniums) four years. This section presented one of the main points of dif- ference and discussion among the Synods, as the vote indicated, and the debate continued in the church papers and periodicals of the General Synod for some years thereafter. It involved one of the fundamentals of our Church polity. The Constitution of Witten- berg Synod relating to the matter of the Ministerium had the following : .


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ARTICLE X Ministerial Session


SEC. I. A meeting shall be held during the Con- vention of Synod consisting exclusively of ministers for the purpose of attending to those duties which Christ and his Apostles enjoined upon them alone, viz. : Licensure, and ordination of Candidates for the Ministry. This meeting shall be called the Min- isterium.


SEC. II. Licensed Candidates have no vote in the Ministerial Session and shall withdraw whenever requested by the ordained ministers.


SEC. III. The Ministerium shall also be the proper body by whom all charges of heresy against a minister are to be examined and decided and also all appeals from the decision of a special conference on a similar charge.


SEC. IV. When ordained ministers of other de- nominations make application for admission into con- nection with this synod, the Ministerium shall be the body to decide on the case.


SEC. V. A majority of two-thirds of the or- dained ministers shall be required either for the licen- sure of an applicant or the ordination of a licensed candidate or the admission of an ordained minister of another denomination.


SEc. VI. All business not specifically entrusted to the Ministerium in this Constitution shall belong to the Synod.


While the question of the Ministerium was in discussion, throughout the General Synod, -in the sessions of the other District Synods and the Church


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publications, Wittenberg Synod was doing its full share. In its annual session at Crestline, in 1873, an amendment to its Constitution was presented in which it was proposed to strike out Article X and all reference to the Ministerium in other articles, and in certain other articles to substitute the word "Synod" for Ministerium .* For a period of two or more years, the subject engaged in the discussion the best talent in the General Synod. During this period of agitation this amendment lay on the tables awaiting the issue. The discussion took the follow- ing form. On the one hand, those who wished to retain the Ministerium seemed to be engaged in a direct effort to exclude the laity from any right or part whatever in determining who shall be entrusted with the sacred office of the ministry. And this was recognized to be in direct and complete contraven- tion of the universally accepted doctrine of a general and universal priesthood among all believers, and to recognize only a special priesthood and thus far was the same in principle with "the Romish doctrine of the exclusive power of the bishops to make ministers and send them where they please without the consent or voice of the church." On the other hand, those who favored the rejection of the Ministerium seemed to deny the right and function of any special priest- hood in any part of the church and to ignore the superior competency and special fitness of the clergy to conduct the examination of candidates for the ministry, and to perform the acts of licensure and ordination. But the debate in both the General Synod


*Minutes, 1873, p. 24.


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and the District Synods developed that the real issue was not one of special fitness or propriety in the ex- amination of candidates and in their induction into the office of the ministry, but one of inherent au- thority or power. In other words, the vital issue was, to whom has been delegated, primarily, the au- thority to license and ordain, - the whole church or the clergy alone? Both parties in the discussion agreed as to the superior competency of the clergy to examine, and the propriety of their conducting the ceremonies of licensure and ordination, but those favoring the rejection of the Ministerium contended that the right of the clergy to exercise this special function does not come immediately from Christ, as the Head of the Church to them alone, but from Him indirectly, through the whole Church, clergy and laity. In support of this distinction between the right and the exercise of the right, the older theologians were found to agree. Hollaz says, "The right of calling ministers is in the power of the whole church, in all its parts and members. The calling of ministers taken in a general and comprehensive sense (embrac- ing election, ordination, and calling, strictly speaking) should be so conducted by the whole church that due order may be preserved and confusion avoided. And so to the Presbytery ( the clergy) belong examina- tion, ordination, and inauguration, and to the people, their consent, vote, and approval."*


With this statement, Gerhard and Quenstedt, Baier and Buddeus are found to be in almost verbal agreement, while none of the fathers disagree. So


* Hollaz. Examens, Part IV. Cap. Il, p. 83.


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that, these older authorities plainly say, that the right of calling ministers is in the power of the whole church, and that the exercise of this right, for the sake of order, belongs in part to the ministry, and in part to the laity.


Martensen says, explicitly, "It is really the gen- eral priesthood of believers which gives birth to the special, and the Apostles themselves must have been disciples or Christians before they could have be- come Apostles or overseers of the Christian com- munity. In the case of need, the Church must have power to ordain their ministers, through their lay members, if they are not in a position to obtain min- isters who have already been ordained. What is here said of the power and authority to preach and ad- minister the sacraments, viz .: that it is deputed by the congregation to the preacher, is true also of the keys."+


In maintaining this distinction between this right and the exercise of this right, the ministry alone may perform these duties of examination and induction into the Holy Office, but the authority to perform must come from the whole Church. In agreement with this principle the Clergy awaits the call of the Church before laying hands on any candidate for ordination. In clearly maintaining this principle the Lutheran Church in her polity, differentiates herself from the Roman Church, on the one hand and the Re- formed branches of Protestantism on the other. Wit- tenberg Synod in rejecting the Ministerium, did so with the purpose of emphasizing in a practical manner


+Martensen's Dogmatics, p. 448.


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her view of the evangelical character of this prin- ciple in Church polity and government. Its President, Rev. Jacob Steck in his report to Synod at its con- vention in Crestline in 1875 recommended as follows : "I call attention of Synod to an item of business laid on the table at the previous meeting. This item calls for the striking out of Article X of the Constitution of Synod. This article relates to the Ministerium. It has been our custom as it has been that of many other synods, when certain questions were to be considered, to invite the laity to retire, while the ordained ministers alone remained to consider them. In the opinion of some this savors of priestcraft and can not be' justified from Scripture authority, or uniform Lutheran usage. It is thought that there are no questions proper to be considered by the Min- isterium from which the ear and voice of the people should be excluded. I recommend therefore that Article X of our Constitution, with all that relates to the Ministerium, be stricken out. As a corollary to this, I also recommend that the President of Synod be no longer authorized to grant Ad Interim License in any case."* The Synod's Committee, whose chair- man was Dr. S. F. Breckenridge, - reporting these recommendations, moved their adoption, which was almost unanimously approved .; Since this action, there have been no ministerial sessions in any of the Conventions of Wittenberg Synod, and all the busi- ness formerly entrusted to the Ministerium alone, now


*Min. 1875, p. 28.


+Min. 1875, p. 12. This action was undesignedly omitted from the Minutes of 1875, but is found in Minutes of 1876 p. 21.


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belongs to the whole synod. All the District Synods now embraced in the General Synod hold regular or occasional sessions of Ministerium except three. The Susquehanna Synod, organized in 1867, never held a ministerial session. The Nebraska Synod, organ- ized in 1873, held such sessions until 1907, when they were discontinued, and, as has been observed, Witten- berg Synod has discontinued her Ministerium since 1875. For several years, tho not successively, the Synod held its examination of candidates for licensure and ordination by the Examining Committee, before the whole synod. Tho these examinations elicited much interest on the part of the Synod, yet, because of the time necessary for such work, the practice was discontinued. This work is now conducted privately by the Examining Committee on the day previous to the opening of the regular sessions of the Synod.


APPENDIX B (535)


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HISTORY OF THE WITTENBERG SYNOD


APPENDIX B PASTORS OF WITTENBERG SYNOD FROM 1847 to 1916.


No.


Pastors.


Charges Served.


When Received.


1


1


Rev. F. J. Ruth.


2


Rev. J. 11. lloffman


Pioneer Missionary, Ash- land, Bucyrus, Galion, Mt. Zion, Spring Mill ... Arcadia, Bellevue, Mans- field, Upper Sandusky.


Charter Charter


3 Rev. J. Seidle


Woodview, Albion, Indiana.


Charter


4


Rev. A. Kuhn.


Wooster, Shelby, Leesville.


Charter


5


Rev. J. Livengood


Tiffin, Findlay


Charter


6 Rev. G. Hammer


Findlay, West Cairo, Up- per Sandusky. Arcadia ..


Charter


Rev. J. Crouse, D. D.


De Kalb, Plymouth, Bucy- rus, Tiffin, Tiro.


Charter


8 Rev. Ezra Keller, D. D ..


Springfield


Charter


9


Rev. R. Maize.


Albion, Indiana Bellevue


Charter Charter


Rev. S. Sprecher, D. D .. LL. D.


Springfield, Pres. Witten-


berg College


1848


12 13 14


Rev. J. Heckenlively


Bucyrus


Charter 1818


Rev. J. Cather


Defiance


Rev. W. Wonders.


C'arey, Bellville, North Liberty


1848


15 16


Rev. V. Exline.


Lima, Liberty Center. Plymouth, Ontario


1848 Charter


17


Rev. S. Fenner


Mansfield, Upper Sandusky


1849


18 19 Rev. J. J. Hoffman


Ashland, Auburn. Indiana. Upper Sandusky, Tiffin. . . Upper Sandusky


1849


Rev. J. Schauer.


1849


20 Rev. J. B. Oliver.


1849


10 11


Rev. C. Mook


Rev. E. Eastman


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HISTORY OF THE WITTENBERG SYNOD


APPENDIX B PASTORS OF WITTENBERG SYNOD FROM 1847 to 1916.


Time of Dismissal.


General Remarks.


En- tered Miu- istry.


Died July 27, 1884.


First president Wittenberg Synod; Re-elected in 1858.


1830


1862; dismissed to Nor.


Indiana Synod


President of Wittenberg Synod in 1849 and 1850 ...


1847


1851; Regularly dismissed ..


1847


Died March 13, 1862.


First treasurer of Wittenberg Synod, 1847 and 1848 ... Treasurer Wittenberg Synod for seven years, 1849-1856 First secretary Wittenberg Synod; president Wittenberg Synod,


1836


1855; regularly dismissed ..


1852 and 1853


1847


1850; dismissed to East Ohio Synod


1847


Died June 17. 1888


Secretary Wittenberg Synod 1849 and 1850; president Wit- tenberg Synod 1854 and 1855: three times served as financial agent of Wittenberg College .... First president Wittenberg Col- lege; president Wittenberg Syn- od 1848


1847


Died December 29, 1848


Died 1851


1847


1860; withdrew to Evan- gelical Association


1847


1858; transferred to East Ohio Synod


President Wittenberg Synod,


1851


1836


Licensed and ordained. 1848


Licensed and ordained. 1848


licensed and ordained


1848


1849; license not renewed. 1852; expelled from min- istry


Died May 6, 1896.


licensed and ordained, Secretary Wittenberg Synod 1851-1852;


president Wittenberg Synod


1856 and 1857


1849


Licensed


1849


1849


1854; license not renewed. 1855; regularly dismissed ..


1853; dismissed to Olive Branch Synod


1836


1855; regularly dismissed ..


1856; regularly dismissed ..


1863; dropped from roll of Synod


1848


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PASTORS OF WITTENBERG SYNOD FROM 1847 to 1916 - Continued


No.


Pastors.


Charges Served.


When Received.


21


Rev. I. Culler


New Castle, Tiffin, Spring Mills


1850


22


Rev. Morris Officer


Van Wert. Springfield, Sec- retary Board of Home and Foreign Missions ...


1850


23


Rev. G. N. H. Peters.


Woodbury, Xenia. Ply-


1850


24


Rev. J. P. Brickley.


Bellefontaine


1850


25


Rev. G. Walker.


Albion, Indiana


1850


26


Rev. F. R. Tobias


Woodbury


1850


27


Rev. H. R. Geiger, Ph. D.


Prof. Wittenberg College.


1851


28


Rev. D. Harbaugh


No settled pastorate.


1851


29


Rev. H. Hassler ..


Shauck's


1851


30


Rev. J. W. Goodlin, D. D.


Woodbury, Bellefontaine,


Wapakoneta. Secretary Board of Home Missions


1851


31


Rev. J. Hall.


Delphos, New Castle, Re- tired in 1863.


1852


32


Rev. A. R. Howbert,


D. D.


Bucyrus, Sulphur Springs West Liberty


1852


33


Rev. D. Sprecher


Shelby


1852


34


Rev. S. Ritz.


Ashland


1852


35


Rev. D. Heckenlively. . . .


Marion


1852


36


Rev. A. J. Imhoff, D. D.


Tarlton, Findlay, Leipsic ..


1852


37


Rev. A. Donaldson


Woodbury


1852


38


Rev. J. B. Butler


No pastorate


1852


39 Rev. W. Waltman


Lisbon, Indiana


1852


40


Rev. S. Spyker


Massillon, Convoy


1852


mouth


HISTORY OF THE WITTENBERG SYNOD


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PASTORS OF WITTENBERG SYNOD FROM 1847 to 1916 - Continued


Time of Dismissal.


General Remarks.


En- tered Min- istry.


Died March 28, 1882.


From English District Synod


of Ohio


1844


Founder of mission work in


Africa; transferred to Con-


gregational Church


1850


Died October 7, 1909


Licensed and ordained, Treasurer


Wittenberg Synod 1855-1858,


Author of "Millenial Reign"


1850


1852; died of Cholera.


1855; regularly dismissed.


1852; license not renewed ..


Licensed


1850


Died July 18, 1809.


Licensed and ordained; one of founders of Wittenberg College, and professor of natural science and mathematics for 36 years .. From English District Synod of Ohio


1851


1852; removed


Died August, 1854


1.icensed and ordained; four


years secretary Wittenberg


Synod; two years president


Wittenberg Synod; twelve years secretary board of home missions; founder of Lutheran Missionary Journal; secretary


General Synod 1881


1850


1877; name dropped.


Licensed and ordained


1849


Chaplain 84th Ohio Volunteer


Infantry : president Wittenberg


Synod 1867 and 1868.


Licensed and ordained.


1852


1855; removed


1855; dismissed irregularly.


1852


1887; dismissed to Miami Synod


Licensed and ordained ; presi- dent Wittenberg Synod 1860. 1852


Licensed 1852


1856; license not renewed. 1853; dismissed to the Mi- ami Synod


1852


licensed and ordained.


1852


1856; dismissed to North- Indiana Synod


1856; dismissed regularly ..


Licensed and ordained 1852


1851


Died August 20, 1903.


Died November. 1895.


1856; regularly dismissed ...


From Miami Synod.


Licensed and ordained. 1850


licensed and ordained. 1850


1871; removed to Kansas ..


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HISTORY OF THE WITTENBERG SYNOD


PASTORS OF WITTENBERG SYNOD FROM 1847 to 1916 - Continued


No.


Pastors.


Charges Served.


When Received.


41 42


Rev. A. A. Davis.


No regular charge. Mt. Zion (Lucas)


1852


Rev. W. A. G. Emerson.


1854


43


Rev. D. Summers


Plymouth, Shelby


1855


44


Rev. A. F. Hills.


Crestline, Wapakoneta


1855


45


Rev. A. J. Weddell.


First Church, Springfield.


1855


46


Rev. Thomas Hill.


Tiffin, Crestline


1856


47


Rev. J. G. Beckley


Upper Sandusky


1856


48


Rev. A. R. Brown


Woodbury. Shelby, Pleas- ant Valley Charge.


1856


49


Rev. A. B. Kirtland


Upper Sandusky, Crest-


1858


50


Rev. W. C. Hauer


Vanlue, Carey, Arcadia ....


1858


51 52


Rev. A. Myers.


Tarlton, Retired


1858


North Liberty


1858


53


Rev. G. W. Settlemeyer.


No regular pastorate


1858


54


Rev. S. McReynolds,


Ashland


1859


55


Rev. J. H. Heck.


Springfield


1859


56


Rev. A. F. McConoughy.


Arcadia


1859


57 58


Rev. C. Wolff.


No regular pastorate.


1859


Rev. J. Selmser.


Plymouth


1860


59


Rev. J. F. Reinmund, D. D.


Bellefontaine. Tiffin


1860


60


Rev. T. W. Sargent.


Union Church, Williams


County, O.


1860


Rev. Ananias S. Miller ...


line


HISTORY OF THE WITTENBERG SYNOD


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PASTORS OF WITTENBERG SYNOD FROM 1847 to 1916 - Continued


Time of Dismissal.


1856; license not renewed. 1859; dismissed to East Ohio Synod


1899; retired; died Febru- ary 27, 1911.


Died in 1859


1857; dismissed regularly to the Synod of Ohio .. March 30. 1892; dismissed to Marion Presbytery. Presbyterian Church . . . Removed to East Ohio Synod in 1858.


1862; entered Federal Ar- iny as Chaplain


Name dropped from roll in 1879.


June, 1-67; dismissed to Miami Synod


Died April 12, 1885


Dismissed to East Ohio Synod in 1859


1859; dismissed to the Central Pennsylvania Synod January, 1861; dismissed to East Ohio Synod. 1861; dismissed to the East Pennsylvania Synod.


Died in 1864 from wounds received at .Atlanta, Ga.


Name dropped


1865, dismissed to the


Hartwick Synod, N. Y.


1872; dismissed to the East Pennsylvania Synod.


1862; dismissed to the Northern Indiana Synod.


General Remarks.


Eu- tered Min- istry.


From English Synod of Ohio.


Secretary Wittenberg Synod 1858; president Wittenberg Synod 1864 and 1865; president Wit- tenberg Synod 1881 and 1882 .... | 1:52 Secretary of Wittenberg Synod in 1856 1849


From District Synod of Ohio.


Licensed and ordained. 1856


Licensed and ordained. 1855


Licensed and ordained. 1855


Secretary Wittenberg Synod in 1867; retired in 1863, later be- came editor of "Nevada En- terprise"


1857


Secretary Wittenberg Synod in 1860 and again in 1864.


1846


Licensed and ordained. 1857


licensed and ordained. 1856


From Allegheny Synod; ordained.


1858


From New York Ministerium; Secretary Wittenberg Synod in 1859


licensed and ordained; served as hospital nurse in the Army of the Cumberland. 1859


Removed to Indiana. 1859


From Hartwick Synod, New York


From Miami Synod 1853


From Olive Branch Synod.


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HISTORY OF THE WITTENBERG SYNOD


PASTORS OF WITTENBERG SYNOD FROM 1847 to 1916 - Continued


No.


Pastors.


Charges Served.


When Received.


61


Rev. Isaac Sprecher


Professor College


in Wittenberg


1860


62


Rev. C. A. Gelwicks


West Liberty


1860


63


Rev. M. J. Stover


Galion


1861


64


Rev. W. C. Barnett.


Bellefontaine, Wapakoneta


(Supply),


1861


65


Rev. D. I. Foust.


Woodbury, Shelby


Crestline,


1862


66


Rev. J. B. Helwig, D. D,


Sulphur field


Springs, Spring-


1862


67 68


Rev. L. Weishaupt.


West Jefferson


1862


Rev. T. T. Titus


Springfield


1863


69


Rev. I. K. Funk, D. D., LL. D.


Carey


1863


70


Rev. M. W. Hamma, D. D., LL. D.


Bucyrus, First Church,


Springfield


1864


71


Rev. M. J. Firey, D. D ..


First Church.


Mansfield, First Church, Springfield


1864


72


Rev. J. G. Harris.


No regular pastorate.


1864


HISTORY OF THE WITTENBERG SYNOD


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PASTORS OF WITTENBERG SYNOD FROM 1847 to 1916 - Continued


Time of Dismissal.


1866; dismissed to the Northern Indiana Synod.


1863; dismissed to the West Pa. Synod.


1863; dismissed to the Hartwick Synod


1866; name stricken from roll of Synod on ac- count of insubordination.


February, 1883; died in wreck on Big Four Rail- road between Crestline


and Galion


1891 ; dismissed to the Bellefontaine Presby- tery of the Presbyterian Church


Removed irregularly to Pennsylvania


1867; dismissed to the Maryland Synod


1865; dismissed to the Synod of New York and New Jersey


1878; dismissed to the Synod of New York. and New Jersey


1907: dismissed to the Synod of Kansas.


Died September 14, 1900.


General Remarks.


En tered Min- istry.


Licensed and ordained: secretary Wittenberg Synod in 1862 and 1863


1860


Secretary Wittenberg Synod in 1861


1858


From East Pa. Synod.


From Miami Synod.


1849


From Central Pa. Synod


1860


Licensed and ordained; president Wittenberg Synod in 1890; president Wittenberg College


1874 to 1882.


1862


Licensed and ordained


1861


Secretary Wittenberg Synod in 1865; president Wittenberg Syn- od in 1866.


1855


From Synod of Kentucky; senior member of firm of Funk & Wagnalls, publishers; editor of Standard Dictionary


1861


President Wittenberg Synod in 1871; later patron of Witten- berg Theological Seminary, now HIamma Divinity School. 1862


Licensed and ordained: author of "Infant Salvation" 1863 1841


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HISTORY OF THE WITTENBERG SYNOD


PASTORS OF WITTENBERG SYNOD FROM 1847 to 1916- Continued


No


Pastors.


Charges Served.


When Received.


73


Rev. D. W. Smith. D. D.


Wapakoneta, First Church Mansfield, First Church, Springfield, St. Luke's, Mansfield


1864


74


Rev. Il. L. Wiles. D. D ..


Mt. Zion ( Lucas), First


Church, Mansfield


1864


75


Rev. G. W. Halderman, D. D.


Van Wert, (Supply), Sul- phur Springs


1865


76


Rev. Melancthon Ort


Townsend, Sulphur Springs


1865


77


Rev. T. Atkinson


No regular pastorate. 1865


78


Rev. W. W. Criley. D. D.


Tiffin, Findlay 1865


79


Rev. J. O. Hough.


Plymouth


1865


80


Rev. S. A Ort, D. D., LL. D.


Findlay, Professor in Wit-


tenberg College, Presi- dent of Wittenberg Col- lege


1865


81


Rev. J. W. Elser


Liberty Corners


1866


82 83


Rev. W. J. Sloan


Upper Sandusky


1866


Rev. L. M. Kuhns, D. D.


Bellefontaine 1866


84


Rev. J. H. Brown


Bucyrus Charge


1867


85 86 87


Rev. D. S. Truckenmiller Rev. H. B. Belmer, D. D.


Republic, Carey, Woodbury Findlay, Upper Sandusky ..


1867


88


Rev. B. F. Prince, Ph. D.


Professor in Wittenberg


College


1867


89 Rev. I. Hough.


Arcadia


1868


1867


Rev. J. W. Henderson ...


Carey, Tiffin 1867


HISTORY OF THE WITTENBERG SYNOD


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PASTORS OF WITTENBERG SYNOD FROM 1847 to 1916- Continued


Time of Dismissal.


General Remarks.


En- tered Min- istry.


Died May 3, 1893


Died Sept. 4, 1902.


From Miami Synod; president of Wittenberg Synod in 1878 and 1879


1864


Licensed and ordained; secretary Wittenberg Synod 1868 and 1869; President Wittenberg Synod


1888 and 1889.


1864


From Northern Indiana Synod.


1864


From Miami Synod 1864


Licensed


1864


Licensed and ordained.


1865


1868; dismissed to the Mi- ami Synod


From Synod of Iowa; secretary of Wittenberg Synod in 1866 ...


1862


1874 : dismissed to the Olive Branch Synod. ..


Licensed and ordained; secre-


tary Wittenberg Synod 1870- 1875; secretary General Synod 1873-1877; president General Synod 1877-1879


1865


Licensed


1866


From East Ohio Synod.


From Pittsburg Synod.


1852


1871; dismissed to the Cen- tral Pa. Synod


Died January 21, 1877.


1883; dismissed to the Kansas Synod


Name dropped in 1870.


1879; dismissed to Olive Branch Synod


Died June, 1872


Licensed and ordained. 1867 Licensed and ordained. 1868


1867: dismissed to the Northern Illinois Synod. 1867; dismissed to the East Ohio Synod


1869; dismissed to the East Ohio Synod


From the East Ohio Synod; pres- ident Wittenberg Synod 1869 and 1870


1854


From East Pa. Synod. 1859


From Miami Synod. 1867


From Northern Indiana Synod ... 1865


1867; dismissed to the East Pennsylvania Synod .. . . 1867; dismissed to Hart- wick Synod, New York .. 1865; dismissed to the East Pennsylvania Synod. 1891; dismissed to the East Ohio Synod


35


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HISTORY OF THE WITTENBERG SYNOD


PASTORS OF WITTENBERG SYNOD FROM 1847 to 1916 - Continued


No.


Pastors.


Charges Served.


When Received.


90


Rev. J. F. Shearer


Shelby, Bellefontaine


1868


91


Rev. M. L. Wilhelm


Plymouth, Shelby


1868


92


Rev. C. Lepley


No pastorate


1868


93


Rev. J. M. Emerson


Emanuel - Pleasant Valley


Pastorate


1869


94 95


Rev. H. Wells.


Van Wert


1869


Rev. E. W. Souders ...


Woodbury, Galion


1869


96


Rev. Charles Flickinger.


No pastorate


1869


97 9%


Rev. D. W. Kinsel


Findlay, Supply Pastor. No pastorate


1869


99


Rev. I. N. Kieffer


No pastorate


1869


100


Rev. S. F. Breckenridge, D. D.


Bellefontaine, Plymouth,


Professor in Wittenherg College


1869


101 102 103 104 105


Rev. D. A. Kuhn


Nevada, Wapakoneta


- 1870


Rev. J. B. Baltzly, D. D.


Bucyrus


1870


Findlay


1870


Rev. Geo. Sinsabaugh.


Spring Mills Charge


1870


Rev. J. K. Eckman


Republic, Arcadia


1870


106


Rev. W. M. Gilbreath.


Woodbury


1870


107


Rev. J F. Hershiser,


D. D.


Spring Mills Charge, Bell-


ville


1871


Rev. P. S. Hooper


1809


Rev. II. S. Cook




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