Excerpt from Minutes of the Second Convention of the Olive Branch Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church, of the State of Indiana: Held in Columbia, Whitley County, Indiana, October 12th-16th, 1849 Pursuant to its last adjournment, the Olive Branch Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of the State of Indiana, assembled in the M. E. Church at Columbia, Indiana, and was opened as usual with the singing of a hymn by the breth ren, and an address to the Throne of Grace by the President. 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.