# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1953_S289
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

MISSIONS 289

‘Meeting of the Deaf-Mutes. From this letter we quote
“$¢ will be wonderful if the Missouri Synod could send
sr or two to work directly for deaf people all around the
I myself am appealing to the authorities of the Seminaries
urage their prospective pastors to think about deaf people
in desperate need of the Gospel in every part of the
but so far I have not yet succeeded in getting their in-
This material has been handed over to Dr. O. H. Schmidt,
Secretary of our Foreign Mission Board.

opening the door unto us also in India. Missionary
utz, who ministered to deaf in the States for two years
g.to India, has met with teachers of a school for deaf
1 deaf, one of whom he knew from his childhood days.
953 March number of the Deaf Lutheran he makes this
fi am wondering what I can do to teach the first deaf
hat I have ever known. May God also bring her to the
of salvation!” God is evidently calling us to bring
cified also to the deaf in foreign countries. May God

Soli Deo Gloria

Boarp or Missions Tro THE Dear
Pastor Wm. BueEce, Chairman
Pastor Ernest Drews, Secretary
Mr. G. F. Kruss, Treasurer
Pastor O. H. Lorres

Mr. J. P. MILLER

the past triennium your Board for Missions to the
ried to enlarge the scope of its activities by learning to
field as it is being developed by various State and
titutions serving the blind. Accordingly, our Executive
he Rev. Walter H. Storm, has attended several meetings
intendents of State schools and workers among the
ybServe their approach to blind people. Of especial in-
e meeting of Braille transcribers recently held in
D.C., giving us a far better understanding of the
hich this work should be done, with more consideration
en.to the Braille readers than to the volunteer workers