# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1953_S777
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

CONVENTION MINUTES TTT

the overtures pertaining to Part I of the Common Confession
to urge earnest study of this document was before the house
ject to the following amendment:
- “That we urge all pastors, teachers, and laymen to study
privately, in conference, and in adult Bible classes the Scriptures
B.; referred to in the Common Confession in its present form,
asking the Holy Ghost for our Savior’s sake to enlighten.us on
these teachings through His gracious Word, encouraging the mem-
Fiership to report their Scriptural findings to our Synod’s Unity
Committee in sufficient time to have them included in their written
Freport to the next convention.” ;
Section C of the resolution on the use of Pension Funds for
E-Church Extension was amended and passed in the following form:
- “That if Pension Funds can be legally invested in the District
> Church Extension Funds and/or the General Church Extension
f Fund, the Board of Trustees of Synod’s Trust Funds be authorized
B to proceed with such an investment.” After the committee had
F presented its recommendations on ways and means to provide
F funds to meet the demands of educational and mission work by
E setting up a Capital Investment Fund and to authorize the Board
F of Directors to borrow money for this fund, the recommendations
S §6were moved and seconded. Mr. J. W. Boehne then presented a
f substitute motion providing for the borrowing of approximately
E $6,000,000 for capital investments and looking to a possible special
financial effort in 1957. This substitute motion was duly moved
and seconded. No vote was taken. The substitute motion is to
appear in Wednesday’s “Today’s Business.”

The session was closed by singing Hymn 36, “Now Thank We
All Our God,” and with the votum.

: a | Session 11
: June 24, A, M.

The eleventh session was opened with devotional exercises in
which the Rev. R. Wiederaenders, President of the Texas District,
served as liturgist. In his meditation the Rev. A. E. Mueller, Presi-
dent of the Southern California District, stressed the fact that over
against today’s chief doctrinal error that man must by his own
effort climb the spiritual ladder in order to attain the blessings
Christ has earned, we must preach with all emphasis that faith is
a gift of God as it is gloriously set forth in Luther’s explanation
of the Second Article. The minutes were then read. The following
names having been corrected, Herman H. Koehler and the Rev.
Otto F. Stahlke, the minutes were adopted.

In the final installment of his essay, Prof. Fred Kramer urged