# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1878_S8
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2) Were absent:

I. From the Eastern District:
1. Teachers:

L. Krieger‡, alternate: B. Feiertag‡; A. Brauer‡, alternate: C. Senne‡.

2. Delegates:

Of Pastor Grätzel's congregation‡, alternate: of Pastor Sommer's
congregation‡. Of Hudson¶, alternate: of Rondout‡.

II. From the Illinois District:
Teacher:
H. Albrecht?, alternate: W. Ganske?.

III. From the Northern District:
1. President [*Präses*]:
O. Fürbringer‡.

2. Teacher:
J. S. Simon¶, alternate: J. Walt‡.

IV. From the Middle District:
Professor:
R. H. Bischoff‡.

V. From the Western District:
Delegates:
Of Pastor Birkmann's congregation‡. D. Schmalz (of Dubuque)‡.

One of the absent delegated teachers wrote the following in his excuse: "The
colleagues in question, who elected me, refuse to pay their share of the travel
costs. I tried several times to make them willing to give, but without success.
I myself am not in a position to bear the costs alone." May these quoted
words serve as a rebuke to those concerned! — Should it not be expected, for
the good of our Synod, that its pastors and teachers show at least enough
zeal not to shrink from the small sacrifice of a few dollars?

Note: Those marked with ‡ were excused by the Synod. — Those marked with
¶ were not excused, since the reasons they gave did not satisfy the Synod. —
From those marked with ? no excuse at all reached the Synod.