# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1953_S288
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

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adult deaf of the city; twice he preached also in Tampa, Mia
St. Petersburg, and once in Jacksonville and Gainesville.”
in five weeks of intensive work. In February, 1952, Pasto
of St.Louis took over the entire field in Florida and
started the work in South Carolina and Georgia. Our
Secretary also trained Pastor E. W. Rische for Chicago and
date V. H. Mesenbring for Des Moines.

In August, 1951, the Ephphatha Conference met in Minn
to celebrate the golden anniversary of our Executive Se
with praise and thanksgiving to God in a special service whiel
attended by many deaf and hearing friends. By the grace.¢
he is rounding out 52 years in the work of bringing C
His salvation to our deaf fellow men.

In 1951 he attended the convention of American Ins
of the Deaf in Fulton, Mo., and there met many of the su
tendents and teachers of the deaf. In 1952 he went to the.
east Regional Conference and preached at the 30th annive
the Pittsburgh congregation. The same year he preached’
the dedication of the Indianapolis chapel-parsonage. In the
part of this year he visited the Pacific Coast field: Los :
Oakland, Portland, Seattle, and Spokane, preaching, as he @
does, in the congregations and all of the preaching statio
Great Lakes Regional Conference he made several addre
preached the sermon on Sunday. In Fargo a reunion se
annual affair, was held for the benefit of deaf who live g
tances away and seldom have an opportunity to attend a,
and Holy Communion. He preached the sermon and a
them at a gathering after the service.

Thanks be to God that He has been with our Executiv
tary, protected him in all his travels, given him health and st
to continue in the work, and richly blessed him in all his end
May God be with him also in the future! :

Praise God for Opening Doors in Foreign Lan
Our attention has been directed to Japan. The 1951.G
ment Report on Deafness lists 41,251 totally deaf and 28,
of-hearing. Other reports speak of larger numbers. From.
of a teacher of the deaf in Japan sent to Mr. Luebke, he
of our Lutheran School in Long Island, we glean the fo!
There are 83 schools for the deaf in Japan which have
ment of 13,392. Eight churches for the deaf are listed, segniy
not connected with any church organization: one Christian,
for the Deaf, three Christian Meetings of the Deaf-M
Christian Brethren Meeting of the Deaf-Mutes, one K
the Deaf, one Prayer Friends Meeting of the Deaf-Mutes, ’