# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1953_S791
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

CONVENTION MINUTES 791

Sthe Assistant Treasurer of Synod be considered as advisory mem-
Ebers.” Resolution (d) was stricken. Resolution (£) was amended
E- py inserting after the word “moneys” the words “not to exceed.
E $6,000,000.” Item (g) was amended by inserting after the word
f “funds” the words “subject to the approval of the Fiscal Con-
E ference.” Thereupon the amended motion was unanimously
- adopted.

- . The meeting closed by singing “Now Rest Beneath Night’s
; Shadow,” joining in Luther’s Evening Prayer, and the votum.

_ Session 17
June 26, A.M.

The seventeenth session was opened with devotional exercises
in which the Rev. W. H. Cordts, President of the North Dakota
District, served as liturgist. In the meditation based on 2 Cor. 3:6,
_ the Rev. Walter Homann, President of the Northern Nebraska
District, developed the thought that the Gospel alone motivates
godliness. He pointed out- that the Law never produces life and
never changes the heart of man. Even when it produces some good
works, nothing is accomplished. The Law creates only wrath and
resentment. It serves its complete purpose when it produces the
knowledge of sin. The Gospel, on the other hand, makes alive and
frees men from their burdens so they can cheerfully walk God’s
way. To know Jesus and have comfort in Him is the only motiva-
tion to godliness. .
The Rev. J. W. Acker was excused from serving on the Board
for Support and Pensions, and the Rev. Louis H. Koehler was
elected to that Board. Mr. John Luecke was excused from serving
on the Board of Appeals, and Mr. Harry Barr (West. Dist.) was
elected in his place.
The minutes were read and adopted.
The following items were referred to the Board for Higher
Education: Setting up criteria for admission to the St. Louis Sem-
inary (“Today’s Business,” 70:23) ; Minimum residence require-
ment at synodical schools (71:24); Calling Assistant Professors to
Associate Professorships (103:27); Graduate study at teachers’
colleges (“Today’s Business,” 246b: 48, Memorials 122, 123); Un-
printed Memorial 29b (253:65); Unprinted Memorial 20 on ex-
change professors of seminaries (253:68); Unprinted Memorial 70:
Training for pastors in church music appreciation (265: 72).

The following changes were ordered made in the synodical
Handbook: In Section 6.07 as set forth in “Today’s Business,”
104:28; in Section 6.54 as set forth in “Today’s Business,” 104: 29;
in Section 6.53 as set forth in “Today’s Business,” 105:30; in Sec-