# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1950_S1355
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

894 CONVENTION MINUTES

been made in keeping with brotherly love, and that furthermore
the law of love forebade the countenancing of such procedures,
the convention deplored the incident, concurred in the sentiments
expressed by the President of Synod on last Friday, declared its
stern opposition to, and strongest censure of, such procedure. The
convention reiterated the law of Christian charity and brotherly
procedure and on that basis requested that the accusing brother
remove the offense by an expression of regret. Holding that the
incident of last Thursday grew out of a long series of unwise and
wrong actions, and recognizing the fact that members of Synod
have been disturbed by articles which appeared in various publi-
cations, and that personal attacks upon brethren are sinful and
must be discontinued even though freedom of speech and of the
press must be maintained, and remembering that the Savior, who
wants us to testify and to confess, also desires us to be charitable,
Synod resolved that its members in all matters of differences should
be careful to follow the rules of procedure Jaid down in the synod-
ical Handbook: Sections 5.21, 5.81, 5.83. In response to questions
from the floor, the committee declared that Overtures 623 and 624
touching the same matter had not been included in its purview and
that the brother who made the accusation had not been invited
to appear before the committee for a hearing because “everybody
heard him” (Rev. Ressmeyer). Additional discussion had been
stopped by the adoption of the previous question, 302 ayes to
68 noes. The report was finally adopted in its entirety.

(Committee 12, T.B., p.95)

Synod resolved to grant a special disability benefit or pension
to a worker retiring before the age of 65 because of disability so
that his total pension would be $720 a year (Resolution 1). A spe-
cial widow’s benefit of a widow whose husband died before 65 was
authorized to make her total pension amount to $360 a year. In
the event of her remarriage her pension does not exceed the earned
pensions of her husband’s contributions. Deductions in both of
these cases shall be made as set forth in Handbook 10.47b2 (Reso-
lution 2). The request for additional pensions to retiring professors
was declined (Resolution 3). Workers in the Free Churches of
Europe other than German are to be accepted into the Pension
Fund on recommendation of the Board for European Affairs
(Resolution 5). Participation in the Pension Fund was denied to
anyone who withdraws from membership in Synod (Resolution 7).

(Committee 2, T. B., p. 92)
The Executive Secretary of the Board for Foreign Missions
presented Dr. Wolfgang E. Bulle, who was en route to Ambur,
India, on appointment of the Board for Foreign Missions to take