# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1947_S409
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MISSIONS 409

11. Miscellaneous Items

There is a tremendous amount of work to be done among the
blind. We may mention also a few miscellaneous items which are
being considered by the Board at the present time:

a. We must take care of our blinded veterans. Our Army and
Navy Commission is giving us splendid support in trying to reach
the blinded veterans, but we also need the co-operation of other |
fellow Christians. As our blinded veterans learn to read Braille,
we wish to supply them with Christian literature.

b. The blind are asking for daily devotional readings. These
should be supplied as soon as possible. Such brief devotional
readings can be included in the Lutheran Messenger (Braille) by
enlarging the magazine to the necessary proportion. It will be dif-
ficult to include them in the Lutheran Herald (Moon), which is a
quarterly magazine and not a monthly.

c. A new Catechism, to be used primarily for the instruction of
our blind children in the State schools, should be published in
Braille. Dr. Wm. Dalimann’s Catechism, as we now have it in
Braille, is not complete enough for children. A gift of $1,000
has been received for this purpose.

d. We need Braille writers (commonly called “blind type-
writers”), as soon as they are available. If we wish to encourage
more of our sighted Christians to do Braille transcribing, then we
must be willing to provide them with Braille writers.

12. More Funds Will Be Needed

If the work among the blind is to expand, more funds will be
needed. But we can say with Abraham: “God will-provide” (Gen.
22:8). A plea for the Blind Mission generally strikes a responsive
chord among our sighted Christians.

a. Our Synod always favors expansion in mission work. Ex-
pansion means appropriation of more funds.

b. Three Lutheran Women’s Missionary League organizations
have already given or appropriated $1,000 each for the expansion
program of our Blind Mission, namely: The North Wisconsin Dis-
trict League, the Michigan District League, and the Northern
Illinois District League. One of these District Leagues has offered
additional funds whenever more are needed.

c. We have Memorial Wreath cards, which can be used for
special gifts to our'Blind Mission in memory of beloved ones.

d. A friend of our Blind Mission has repeatedly suggested to
have “Blind Seals” printed and distributed (similar to the Christmas
Seals for our Wheat Ridge Sanatorium and the Easter Seals for
Crippled Children), preferably in connection with a so-called