# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1950_S560
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560 PUBLICATION MATTERS

time and again to investigate the resources of our own publishing
house and avail themselves of information about good books for
the home, parish school, and Sunday-school libraries.

Again the Board would encourage a flow of Christian stories
from the pen of writers within our Synod. All the leaders within
the Church should continue to advise our young people to read
Christian literature in order to fortify their faith and keep out
temptations for evil. For this we pray the good Lord to continue
to bless the Church and give His Church a continuous stream of
Christian stories and edifying reading materials.

During the past triennium the Board has had one change in
its personnel. Pastor R. Delventhal, secretary of the Board,
accepted a charge away from St. Louis and therefore had to resign.
In his place Pastor John Ott has been appointed a member of the
Board. The other members are Dr. J. T. Mueller, chairman; A. H.
Stellhorn, secretary; Pastor A. Herpolsheimer, and Teacher Clarence
Tucker. The members of the Board pray God that their work may
go on unhindered and that progress in the field of Christian litera-
ture may be constantly in evidence.

JoHN THEODORE MUELLER, Chairman
A. H. Stettuorn, Secretary

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Report of the Committee on Hymnology and Liturgics

For a period of twenty years, the present Committee on
Hymnology and Liturgics has worked under the leadership of
Prof. W. G. Polack. During the last year, however, Professor
Polack resigned from the Committee, because of his new duties
as chairman of the Editorial Committee of the Lutheran Witness.
President J. W. Behnken accepted his resignation and in his stead
appointed Prof. W. E. Buszin as chairman of the Committee. Pro-
fessor. Buszin has accepted the appointment.

During the past trierinium the Committee has completed the
series of altar service books: The Lutheran Liturgy, The Lutheran
Agenda, and The Lutheran Lectionary, and the books are now on
the market. Also the pocket-size edition of the Agenda, .the
Pastor’s. Companion, has been prepared and should be ready for
sale shortly. Contents and arrangement for the Lutheran family
prayer book are being considered at present.

Since there is a demand for a smaller-sized hymnal, easier
to handle, the Committee asks permission to publish a pocket-size
edition of The Lutheran: Hymnal. This edition should include the