# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1944_S641
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES 57

nce of a strong demand for greater proficiency in the teaching
Practical Schoo! Art and the Manual Arts, we respectfully peti-

Fbent of which will devote at least the major part of his time to
Ss loping and teaching these branches. (It is understood that this
ermanent professorship would be a substitute for the present Art
istantship, which could then be discontinued.)

THe Boarp oF ContTROL, ConcorRDIA TEACHERS COLLEGE
River Forest, Inu.

E. T. Lams, Chairman  P.L. Kiuenper, Secretary

Tue Facutty, ConcorpIA TEACHERS COLLEGE
River Forest, Inu.
Artuur W. Kuinck, President
Epwin J. Wisracut, Secretary

. MEMORIALS PERTAINING TO PREPARATORY
COLLEGES

Not to Close St. Paul’s College, Concordia, Mo.

1. We read Matt. 9:36-38: “But when He [Jesus] saw the mul-
tudes, He was moved with compassion on them, because they
fainted and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd.
‘Then saith He unto His disciples: The harvest truly is plenteous,
‘but the laborers are few. Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest
that He will send forth laborers into His harvest.”

That means: There are a great number of people in this world
of whom the Lord wishes that they should hear the saving Gospel,
‘in order that they will be saved from eternal damnation. But
there are not too many true pastors to spread that soul-saving
spel; and Jesus wishes many men to spread this Gospel. And
our college is to prepare young men for that. But if our Synod
‘decides to close S. P.C., it will act against this word of God. And
we know that Satan would rather have none to spread out that
soul-saving Gospel.

2. If the Winfield St. John’s College did not exist, there would
be no request to close the St. Paul’s College.

3. So many Lutheran congregations are in the neighborhood of
the St. Paul’s College; more than in the neighborhood of the Win-
field College. .

4, The Western District is large. It is one of the original Dis-
tricts of our Synod. Besides Missouri we must also consider Ar-

Synod to provide an additional full professorship, the incum-'