# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1849_S81
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...of the Nördlingen "Sonntagsblatt" [Sunday paper]. The first notice of
the opening of this correspondence has already appeared in issues 15
and 16 of the current volume of the "Lutheraner." From now on a
continuation shall follow every four to six weeks, presenting to readers
here, alongside political matters, the churchly conditions of our
homeland in their present development. The honorarium offered to the
venerable correspondent for his contributions he accepted only on the
condition that its amount be used for the American mission (both home
and foreign, as needed).

X. Finally, the undersigned has still to report that in the month of
February, through Professor Dr. Delitzsch, he received from the
Mecklenburg "Society for the Relief of the Need of the Lutheran
Church among the Germans Emigrated to North America" a by no
means insignificant shipment of devotional books for sale, on the
condition that the undersigned dispose freely of the proceeds. The
proposal is accordingly put to the synod that the roughly sixty dollars
realized from the sale be applied to the treasury of the seminary
presently located at Altenburg.

                                        C. F. W. Walther,
                                        President for the time being.

Reception of New Members.

The following congregations, pastors, and teachers were received into
the synodical body upon their request at this year's synodical
convention:

The Ev. Lutheran congregation at Sulphur Springs, Jefferson County,
Mo., through which Pastor J. M. Johannes, its pastor — until now only
an advisory member — became a voting member of the synod.

The Evangelical Lutheran Zion congregation and the Evangelical
Lutheran Immanuel congregation, both at Liverpool, Medina County,
Ohio, through which their pastor, K. A. W. Röbbelen, likewise became a
voting synod member.

The German Evangelical Lutheran Immanuel congregation at Cross
Point, Cook County, Ill., and the First German Evangelical Lutheran
St. Paul's congregation in Chicago, through which their pastor, Ch. A.
Th. Selle, likewise became a voting member.

The Evangelical Lutheran St. Peter's congregation in Washington
Township, Hocking County, Ohio, through which its pastor, P. J.
Baumgart, became a voting member.

The Evangelical Lutheran congregation at Eden near Buffalo, N. Y.

The Evangelical Lutheran congregation at Logansport, Ind., together
with its pastor Cl. Stürken.

The Evangelical Lutheran congregations at Freystadt and Kirchhain,
Wis.

The Evangelical Lutheran Holy Cross congregation in Collinsville,
Madison County, Ill., through which its pastor, F. Lochner, became a
voting synod member.

The Evangelical Lutheran congregation at Apple Creek, and the
Evangelical Lutheran congregation at Caney Fork, Cape Girardeau
County, Mo., through which their pastor, F. J. Biltz, likewise became a
voting member.

The Evangelical Lutheran St. Peter's congregation at Huntington,
Ind., together with its pastor, A. D. Stecher.

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