# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1848_S26 # AI translation — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration) Proceedings of the German Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States at its second annual convention, held at St. Louis, Mo., from June 21 to July 1, 1848. Contents. Page 1. Synodical membership in the year 1848 .............................. 27 2. Opening of the sessions ............................................ 30 3. Synodical address of the Präses [president] ....................... 30 4. His annual report .................................................. 38 5. Reception of members ............................................... 41 6. Appointment of committees .......................................... 42 7. The congregation at St. Charles, Mo. ............................... 43 8. Private confession and general confession .......................... 43 9. The society in Mecklenburg ......................................... 45 10. Agent for Lutheran emigrants in Bremen ............................. 45 11. The seminary at Fort Wayne ......................................... 45 12. Its statutes ....................................................... 46 13. The college at Altenburg ........................................... 47 14. Mission to the heathen ............................................. 48 15. Visitors ........................................................... 51 16. Conference reports ................................................. 52 17. Letter to Pastor W. Hattstädt ...................................... 54 18. Opinion on the Pomeranian catechism ................................ 56 19. The Geyer case ..................................................... 58 20. The Faude case ..................................................... 59 21. Complaint against Romanowsky ....................................... 60 22. Der Lutheraner [the Synod's newspaper] ............................. 60 23. Subjects of instruction ............................................ 61 24. Reader and text-book of Scripture passages ......................... 61 25. The synodical seal .................................................. 62 26. Additions to the Constitution ...................................... 62 27. Support for the church's schools ................................... 62 28. Worship during the synodical convention ............................ 63 29. Close of this year's sessions ...................................... 63 30. Synodical treasury report .......................................... 64 31. Parish reports for 1848 ............................................ 66