PROCEEDINGS OF THE FIRST

ANNUAL CONVENTION OF THE

SYNOD OF NEW YORK
of the Evangelical Lutheran Church USA

HELD IN THE FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH, ALBANY, N. Y.,
October 7-9, 1908.

PROCEEDINGS of the SEVENTY-EIGHTH
ANNUAL CONVENTION OF THE

HARTWICK SYNOD,

HELD IN THE FIRST ENGLISH LUTHERAN CHURCH, ALBANY, N. Y.,
October 5-7, 1908.

And of the TWENTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL CONVENTION of the

Woman's Home and Foreign Missionary Society

OF THE

HARTWICK SYNOD,

HELD IN THE FIRST ENGLISH LUTHERAN CHURCH,
WEST SANDLAKE, N. Y., October 15 and 16, 1908.

PROCEEDINGS OF THE THIRTY-SEVENTH

ANNUAL CONVENTION OF THE LUTHERAN

Synod of New York and New Jersey,

HELD IN THE FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH, NEW YORK,
October 6 and 7, 1908.

And of the TWENTY FIFTH ANNUAL CONVENTION of the

Woman's Home and Foreign Missionary Society

OF THE

SYNOD OF NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY,

HELD IN THE CHURCH OF THE REDEEMER, RAMSEY, N. J.,
October 13-15, 1908.

Also the PROCEEDINGS of the ADJOURNED SESSION of
the SEVENTY-FIRST ANNUAL CONVENTION OF THE

FRANCKEAN SYNOD,

HELD IN ST. PAUL'S ENGLISH LUTHERAN CHURCH,
RENSSELAER, N. Y., October 7, 1908.

PRINTED FOR THE SYNOD

BY THE

LUTHERAN PUBLICATION SOCIETY,

PHILADELPHIA, PA.

1908.

SYNODICAL CALENDAR,

1908-1909.

OFFICERS OF SYNOD.

PRESIDENT.

REV. GEORGE U. WENNER, D. D., 319 East Nineteenth Street, New York City.

VICE-PRESIDENT.

REV. WILLIAM M. BAUM, D. D.,
Canajoharie, N. Y.

ENGLISH SECRETARY.

REV. H. M. OBERHOLTZER, D. D.,
114 Sixth Avenue, Troy, N. Y.

GERMAN SECRETARY.

REV. H. G. DATTAN, D. D., 804 McBride Street, Syracuse, N. Y.

STATISTICAL SECRETARY.

REV. FRANK WOLFORD, D. D.,
Middleburg, N. Y.

TREASURER.

REV. JOHN G. TRAVER, D. D.,
Hartwick Seminary, N. Y.

ARCHIVARIUS.

REV. ALFRED HILLER, D. D.,
Hartwick Seminary, N. Y.

OFFICERS OF CONFERENCES.

SOUTHERN CONFERENCE.
President-REV. J. J. YOUNG, D. D.
Secretary-REV. E. E. HOSHOUR.

HUDSON CONFERENCE.

President-REV. C. W. HEISLER, D. D.

Secretary-REV. W. FREDERICK.

HARTWICK CONFERENCE.

President-REV. JOHN J. DOMINIC, D. D.

Secretary-REV. C. G. EMPIE.