# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1944_S941
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

856 MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS

for the publication and distribution of Bibles and instructional
books in English and other languages, as found necessary, and for
the reproduction of the devotional and doctrinal gems of our
Church, expressing the faith of our fathers in the language of the’
children; one third of which shall flow into Synod’s treasury for
intensification of missionary endeavor for foreign fields; and one
third of which shall be retained by the Districts for mission projects

at their option. Tue SynopicaL CENTENNIAL COMMITTEE

Tueo. Hoyer, Chairman
H. W. Romossr, Secretary .

Sample of the Proposed Devotional Book
CHAPTER SIXTH

ABUNDANT BREAD

Since early childhood we have been familiar with
the well-known words of Martin Luther: “God gives
daily bread indeed without our prayer also to all the
wicked; but we pray in this petition that He would lead
us to know it and to receive our daily bread with thanks-
giving.”

In other words, we are to recognize the label of
heaven on every piece of food we eat. It has come to us
from our Savior’s hand. If that hand would ever with-
hold its blessing, all the scientific knowledge and all the
accumulated skill of men could not produce a single slice
_ of bread to satisfy our gnawing hunger. .

How beautifully the psalmist expresses this when he
says: “The eyes of all wait upon Thee, O Lord; and Thou
givest them their meat in due season. Thou openest
Thine hand and satisfiest the desire of every living .

If ever there was a group of people who had every
reason to recognize their dependence upon the Savior . -
and to know that it was He who was giving them their ~
daily bread, it was the five thousand who followed Him |
beyond the Sea of Galilee. The eyes of all waited upon |