# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1947_S646
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646 MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS

respectfully request Synod to transfer the unexpended balance
of the 1947 appropriation to the committee, or board, which will
administer the permanent publication fund created by the Cen-
tennial Thankoffering, and to direct this body:

1. To carry to completion the presentation of Dr. Pieper’s
Dogmatik in English, Volume II of The Abiding Word, and Vol-
ume III of The Devotional Bible (Acts-Romans);

2. To arrange the issuance of additional volumes of The
Devotional Bible, looking to the ultimate presentation of the whole
Bible in this form, if at all feasible;

3. To fulfill agreements made with authors and editors and Con-
cordia Publishing House by the Synodical Centennial Committee.

“The Lord, our God, be with us, as He was with our fathers,”

Tue SynopicaL CENTENNIAL COMMITTEE

Txeo. Hover, Chairman
H. W. Romossr, Secretary

Committee 8 submitted the following resolutions:

Wuereas, The President of Synod, in accordance with a reso-
lution adopted at the Fort Wayne Convention, appointed a syn-
odical Centennial Committee; and

Wuereas, This committee diligently and effectively carried out
its assignment of setting before our people the spiritual objectives
of the Centennial by providing suitable historical and devotional
material as a memorial of our Centennial; and

Wuereas, The work of this committee has not yet been com-
pleted due to shortages in material and labor; be it therefore

Resolved, That the President of Synod be instructed to appoint
a committee which shall carry to completion the works referred
to in paragraph 1 of Memorial 1005, and continue the issuance of
additional volumes of the Devotional Bible as outlined in Recom-
mendation 2; and be it further

Resolved, That this new committee fulfill all agreements made
with authors and editors and Concordia Publishing House from
the unexpended balance of the 1944 appropriation, which is suf-
ficiently large to meet such agreements; and be it further

Resolved, That if additional funds are needed to carry out
this work before the next convention, such funds be made avail-
able to the committee; and be it further

Resolved, That the personnel of this committee be drawn, as
much as possible, from the active membership of the retiring

committee. ACTION
These resolutions were adopted by Synod.