# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1956_S600
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600 PUBLICATION MATTERS

this tendency and exercises greater care in judging the books.

There are more and more religious books appearing on the
market. Most of them are imaginative rather than factual. While
many of them are attractive, they do not meet the needs of our
readers. Even previously reliable Bible-story books are being
published with relaxed standards of faithfulness to the Bible text.
Caution should be used in selecting Bible-story books for children.

In another area the Board members have reviewed 53 story
manuscripts. These are sent to Concordia Publishing House and
then turned over to the Board for review. Aside from the usual
high standards that pertain to good story writing, the Board care-
fully examines each manuscript for doctrinal errors or false doc-
trinal emphasis. Most of the manuscripts that are reviewed are
shallow in content, laborious or tedious in plot, and often contain
many grammatical errors, not to mention the numerous spelling
mistakes. Sometimes a manuscript contains statements that are
in need of research or confirmation. If the story is good otherwise,
the author is encouraged to revise the story and to submit it again.

Two good manuscripts submitted by G. L. Wind have been
published. They are stories of Washington and Lincoln, entitled

Patriot Blood and The Gentle Heart. These books are now on
the market.

There is no dearth of manuscripts, but good stories are still
very much desired. The Board realizes that story writing is a
tedious and often frustrating task; but it would encourage the
membership of Synod to help willing writers and to ask them
to submit their stories.

Two of the Board members attended a writers’ workshop in
June of 1954 at River Forest, I. A report of the Board’s work
was submitted by one of the members. This workshop is being
continued under the sponsorship of Concordia Publishing House
and Dr. O. A. Dorn, together with the faculty at River Forest
Concordia Teachers College.

By instigation of the chairman, Dr. Mueller, the Board recom-
mended a readers’ workshop, to be conducted at the St. Louis
Concordia Seminary. At this writing the workshop is still in the
planning stage. The purpose of this workshop is to discuss Chris-
tian standards of reading materials for children and young people.

The Board recommends that Synod in session encourage our
people to choose their reading matter carefully. It is felt that
more guidance is necessary in the selection of home, school, Sun-
day school, and church libraries.

may also be responsible for the rise. The Board is well aware of

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