# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1971_S4
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

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CONTENTS

Preface
Officers of the Synod
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Registered Representatives 00 ne ee
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Minutes of the Comvertior 2. ence ieee ee cee ence eee eee ene eee cee eenetetenneeseeeeneee 21
Election Results
President’s Address — Dr. J. A. O. Preus 2.0.2.0 c2-ccecececcccceee ee ceteet ee sees veeteeteetteeeeeteeeeee AT
President’s Biennial Report — Dr. J. A. O. Preus __
Convention Sermon — Third Vice-President Edwin Weber 0000000 00. ee cee 65
Doctrinal Essay: “We Are Ambassadors for Christ’ — Dr. Paul Zimmerman
Morning Devotions — Dr. August C. Bernthal 20 200 eee =“
Evening Devotions — Dr. William Buege _...........
Closing Address — Dv. W. Harry Krieger _ we
Address of Dr. Kent Knutson, President of The American Lutheran Church .......... cee 101
Address of Dr. Robert J. Marshall, President of the Lutheran Church in America ....... 105

Resolutions

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