# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1953_S583
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

PRESIDENT’S TRIENNIAL REPORT 13

ented. With gratitude to God that He considers us worthy
co-workers and ambassadors, we ought to go forward
ively.

convention will again face some real problems and must
e important conclusions on the matter of our colleges
aries for the training of future pastors, teachers, and
ies. The training of these workers of the Kingdom is the
sn of the Church. May the Lord grant us wisdom and
anding, courage and willingness, to act wisely in this
matter.

gh a special report will be given by our Board for Parish
, permit me to acknowledge some of the excellent work
is department. Fine progress has been made in arousing
erest of our people for the cause of Christian education.
e realizes, of course, that more, much morg, needs to be
increase the number of Christian day schools and to enroll
number of children in these schools. We still have some
e d of us before we shall have reached the goal, fixed by
het “convention, of having 50 per cent of all our school-age
. enrolled in our parochial schools. We are happy to note
ased interest manifested in Bible classes for the newly
for young people, and for adults. Let us give much
.and attention to this matter and, as God grants grace,
to improve. A Bible Church should be a Bible-loving
ble-studying Church. May God graciously continue to
very effort for the advancement of the cause of Parish
on.

are deeply grateful to all those who manifested an interest
fork among our young people. In this day of great tensions
ch indifference it fills a person’s heart with joy to know
C cial efforts are being made to keep our young people with
, and that God is blessing these efforts. God is also
the efforts of our Student Service Commission in its
work among the young men and young women in secular
nd..universities. In this connection, let me remind you
we should be grateful that many of our young people
ying their college and university education in the Christian
e offered them at Valparaiso University. More and more
ospective students ought to give serious thought to
lity of enrolling their children in our Lutheran university.
d heavenly Father in His wise and gracious providence
ed a number of our faithful workers to their eternal rest.
tee.on Miscellaneous Matters will please give due con-
-this matter and present appropriate resolutions to our
The names of the deceased as reported to me are: