# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1947_S410
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

410 MISSIONS |

“Blind Sunday” or “Bartimaeus Sunday.” It is the hope of some
that the Lutheran Women’s Missionary League may consider this
as a possible project.

e. To receive more funds for our work among the blind, we
must “publish and conceal not” (Jer.50:2). Visual aids (slides
or motion pictures) may be helpful for such publicity purposes,
especially when lecturing before church groups.

13. To Carry Out This Program of Expansion

An expansion program of this size naturally requires more
workers and better facilities,

a. Our Board of Missions to Deaf and Blind heartily endorses
the proposal to have the work among the blind separated from the
work among the deaf and that a separate board be elected for the
Blind Mission,

b. Two full-time workers will be needed for this program —
a pastor to be called as executive secretary and a layman to be
engaged as librarian. Incidentally, our Board had called a pastor
as executive secretary and had engaged a lay worker as librarian,
but because of adverse conditions neither could accept,

c. Application has been made for office and library space in
the proposed synodical building in St. Louis, Mo., if and when such
a building is acquired by Synod.

“The harvest truly is great, but the laborers are few; pray ye
therefore the Lord of the harvest that He would send forth
laborers into His harvest” (Luke 10:2).

Il. The Future

The future of our Blind Mission rests in the hands of God.
May He continue to bless our work among the blind as He has
blessed it in the past — to the glory of His name and for the salva-
tion of blood-bought souls!

The official organ of these missions is the Deaf Lutheran,
a four-page monthly. It serves as a co-ordinating, instructive, and
missionary agent of our Synod to the deaf throughout our country
and Canada.

The Board held regular monthly and several special meetings
during the past three years and also had the privilege of having the
Secretary of Missions in its midst several times.

The Board endeavored to carry out the 1944 resolutions.

The Treasurer’s reports show that the following sums were
disbursed to carry on the work in these missions during the past
three years: ,

In 1944: $71,495.18. This amount includes a $10,000 loan for the
Oakland chapel.