Minutes of the Proceedings of the Annual Convention of the Evangelical Lutheran Ministerium of Pennsylvania and the Adjacent States, Issues 129-135

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Page 7 - He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.
Page 19 - The rule which accords with the Word of God and with the Confessions of our Church is: 'Lutheran pulpits for Lutheran ministers only — Lutheran altars for Lutheran communicants only.
Page 41 - Resolved, that the clerk of the corporation be requested to transmit a copy of these resolutions to the family of the deceased.
Page 3 - ... Scriptural. Preeminent among such accordant, pure, and Scriptural statements of doctrine, by their intrinsic excellence, by the great and necessary ends for which they were prepared, by their historical position, and by the general judgment of the church, are these : The Apology of the Augsburg Confession, the Smalcald Articles, the Catechisms of Luther, and the Formula of Concord, all of which are, with the Unaltered Augsburg Confession, in perfect harmony of one and the same Scriptural faith.
Page 1 - The two Sacraments, — Baptism and the Supper of the Lord, — ministered with unfailing use of Christ's words of institution and of the elements ordained by Him.
Page 24 - As inherent parts of this sacred deposit, and therefore as essential to the restoration of unity among the divided branches of Christendom, we account the following, to wit: 1. The Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments as the revealed Word of God.
Page 51 - Orphans' Home and Asylum for the Aged and Infirm of the Evangelical Lutheran Church at Germantown
Page 7 - The tongue of the sucking child cleaveth to the roof of his mouth for thirst: the young children ask bread, and no man breaketh it unto them.
Page 28 - ... shall be elected for one year, two for two years, and three for three years. After said first election so many shall be elected each year as equals the number whose term expires that year.
Page 1 - Testament, as the revealed Word of God and the only rule of faith and life, and to the Confessions of the Evangelical Lutheran Church, especially the unaltered Augsburg Confession and Luther's Small Catechism, as a correct and faithful exposition of the Divine Word, to which rule and confessions, all instructions in the Church, the schools and...

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