# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1944_S675
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

MISSIONS 91

‘he Lutheran Hour and Missions. — Complying with the res-
-of Synod “that the Secretary of Missions be instructed to
t. a report on the Lutheran Hour to every convention of

is,” the Lutheran Laymen’s League invited the undersigned to
and meetings held by the Board of Governors and of the Execu-
Committee in the interest of the Lutheran Hour. What the
eran Hour has meant to our far-flung mission fields, to bring
Lutheran Church to the attention of the unchurched, to bring
ck the erring and sinners to repentance and to the acceptance

hrist; what the Lutheran Hour means to men in the armed
‘es, in the camp, on the battle front, on the high seas, everyone
‘our missionaries and chaplains can tell. The Lutheran Hour
w also reaching into Mexico. Our missionary at Mexico City
us that more than 140 listeners of the Lutheran Hour from
to time came to hear him at his services. The Lutheran Hour
abled President Hasse to preach in the Portuguese language from
$0 de Janeiro, Brazil. From many stations in South America the
sytheran Hour goes forth in the Spanish language. It reaches into
arly every country in South America. The Lutheran Hour is,
it were, a forerunner, an advance courier, making known the
theran Church, telling sinners in Mexico, Central and South
‘America, still walking in darkness and gross superstition, of the
t that has come into the world. It is opening the door and
paving the way. Are we ready to follow through, pick up the
leads, and bring the Gospel to such whose interest has been en-
ikindled and who are eager to hear the Gospel?
The Lutheran Hour has joined hands with the Board of Home
Missions and the Board of South American Missions in the support
f the pastor who is to translate theological literature into the
jpanish language.

Preliminary to Postwar Planning. — Much is said and written
n postwar planning, on stabilization, on rehabilitation, on restora-
tion,.on reconstruction, on readjustments, on the building of an
era of greater progress, of new developments, of better relation-
: ship, of peace. But the uncertainty of the future staggers even the
yisest among men. None can lift the veil. Even the most care-
‘fully laid plans might be shattered.
: Yet, as men are groping in darkness in this world of uncer-
tainty and with fear and trembling gaze into the future and feebly
‘plan to meet coming eventualities, we, the children of God, dare
not stand by and do nothing. We lift up our heads, for in the midst
of this changing world we have the changeless Christ, the ever-
lasting Gospel. We have with us Christ, who bids us follow Him