# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1854_S295
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On several weekday evenings, as well as on both Sundays, public
worship services were held in both the "lower" and "upper" church, on
the Sundays with confession [Beichte] and celebration of Holy
Communion; — to which, on one afternoon, by God's unsearchable
counsel, a funeral service also had to be added.

We now let the public worship services follow here in order, together
with the names of the preachers and their sermons — text, theme, and
outline — so far as notes on them have been communicated to us by the
brothers:

On Wednesday, June 21, the first day of the synodical sessions, in the
evening, Pastor O. Fürbringer preached on Heb. 12:22–24; theme: "A
Comparison of the Church Militant Here on Earth with the Church
Triumphant in Heaven." 1) Their unity; 2) their difference.

On Friday, June 23, in the evening, Pastor J. P. Kalb preached on Heb.
13:9; theme: "On the Certainty and Constancy of Christians in the
Right Doctrine and in the Right Faith."

On Sunday, June 25, the 2nd Sunday after Trinity, Pastors Röbbelen and
Schaller preached. Pastor Röbbelen preached in the morning in the
lower church on the Gospel of the day, Luke 14:16–24 (introduction:
Rev. 19:9); theme: "The Gifts of Grace of Blessed Eternity Are Offered
in Time." 1) So God has ordained it in his counsel, because he wishes
to test the children of men, whether they will accept from the heart
what he lays in their lap. 2) This gives high comfort to those troubled
on account of their sins. 3) In this lies a serious warning not to let
the season of grace pass by unused. — In the afternoon the same man
preached on the same text in the upper church. Introduction: the
Gospel of the 1st Sunday after Trinity as a mirror of God's wrath,
while today's as a mirror of his grace. Theme: "The Foolish Excuses of
Those Who Do Not Want to Enter God's Kingdom." 1) What they consist of;
2) where they lead.

No notes reached the secretary from Pastor Schaller.

On Wednesday, June 28, in the evening, Pastor F. Sievers preached in
the lower church on the petition of the Lord's Prayer [Vaterunſer]:
"Thy kingdom come." 1) Why should we pray this petition with particular
regard to the heathen world? a. Because the need of the heathen is so
great. b. Because we are to grow in faith with the heathen and through
work among them, and to enter the kingdom of heaven together with
them. 2) What must we do so that the kingdom of God may truly come to
the heathen? a. We should implore God for it. b. We should help by
word and deed, that the heathen may be saved.

On Thursday, June 29, in the afternoon, all the delegates, together
with many members of the local congregation, followed the body of the
dear brother so suddenly taken from their midst, the late Pastor O.
Eißfeldt, to the quiet grave in the congregation's cemetery, not far
from the seminary where he had recently completed his theological
studies. — Prof. C. F. W. Walther delivered the graveside address for
the one who had fallen asleep in the Lord [Seligentſchlafenen], which
was published in No. 26 of the 10th volume of the "Lutheraner." Theme:
What does God preach to us from the grave of our young fellow servant
and brother, so suddenly taken from us? namely, 1) what God preaches
first to us, his fellow servants, and 2) what God preaches to all who
were present, as his brothers.