# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1944_S968
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS 887

Oners of war camp, was ordered to another field of duty “die |
‘Ev.-Lutherische Kirchengemeinde,” P.O.W. Camp Bréckenridge,
‘sent a long communication to our commission stating:

“Wir bedauern aufrichtig, dass der Herr Kaplan Kaiser so

Power of God wurde uebrigens mit grossem Beifall aufge-
nommen,” — In English: a

. “We Tegret exceedingly that Chaplain Kaiser has been trans-
ferred to another field. To us he was our pastor who worked

’ enthusiasm.” '
There are scores and scores of letters in our files from pris-

‘of War has done among these prisoners,

Germany did not exempt pastors nor theological students
from military duty, According to information over 9,000 pastors
n in Germany had been drafted into the Ger-
Clergy P.O.W. man army. More than 8,000 have already
become war casualties, Besides these there

_ ds a large number of theological students. Our commission is
putting special emphasis on contact with this group of prisoners,
providing them with theological study materials of all kinds,
It is, however, also true that to a large number of prisoners

of war the preaching of the Gospel is foolishness. Some resent it,
Some persecute those who do come to services. But by and large
we believe that in this work, too; the

‘The Rev. F. J. Seltz Lord has opened up a wide door, and
we are confident that our work will

bear fruits not only in the prison camps here in America but,
please God, after the war in Germany itself. ;
We take this Opportunity to express our sincere apprecia-
tion and thanks to Rev, F. J. Seltz of St. Paul, Minn., and his

‘