# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1878_S52
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Since Pastor Brunn has spent his strength in part in the service of our Church:

Resolved, that a fund be opened for the gifts that grateful love offers to the end that Pastor Brunn not suffer want in his old age.

Resolved, that our thanks be conveyed to Pastor Brunn also in writing, namely through Professor Cramer.

The Synodical Conference's Mission to the Negroes [*Negermiſſion*].

Resolved, that the Delegate Synod of the General Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and other states approve the work of mission to the heathen, resolved upon and already begun by the Synodical Conference, in the first instance among the Negroes of this country, and pledge itself to promote it as far as lies in its power, for its part.

Resolved, that the sums that have had to be taken from our mission treasury up to now for carrying on the mission to the Negroes (see the report of the general treasurer in the appendix to this report) shall count as a contribution from our synod and therefore not be reclaimed by the Synodical Conference.

Resolved, that the members of our synod delegated to the Synodical Conference, in the negotiations on the mission to the Negroes at the next meeting of the Synodical Conference, shall put forward the certainly reasonable demand that all the synods of the Synodical Conference declare their willingness to participate in the work of the mission to the Negroes in the same proportion as we have done thus far and are resolved to continue doing. Should the other synods perhaps be unable or unwilling to do so, our synod is prepared to take on the conduct of this mission alone.

Resolved, that in the event the Synodical Conference does not agree to our demand regarding the mission to the Negroes and, as a result, gives up conducting this mission as a Synodical Conference, the Negro Mission Commission elected by the Synodical Conference shall remain in office and carry the work forward, so that no interruption takes place.

Resolved, that the funds for whose provision, in support of the mission to the Negroes — whether on the part of the Synodical Conference or by ourselves alone — our synod must take care, shall be taken from the treasury for the mission to the heathen.

Resolved, that the needs indispensably necessary for the maintenance and continuation of the mission to the Negroes — among which belong in particular the running expenses for this mission at New Orleans and Mobile — shall likewise, until the Synodical Conference convenes, be defrayed from our treasury for the mission to the heathen.