Excerpt from Minutes of the Last Convention of the Evangelical Lutheran General Synod South, of the Second Convention of the Evangelical Lutheran Diet, and of the First Convention of the United Synod of the E. L. Church in the South: Held in St. Mark's Church, Roanoke, Virginia, June 23-28, 1886 South West Virginia Synod: Revs. J. J. S'cherer, L. G. A. Phillippi, Messrs. J. L. Groseclose and P. L. Terry. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.