# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1878_S58
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— p. 58 —

Resolved, that an evening meeting be held at which those who could
give information about well-situated lands should come forward.

At the evening meeting then held, various regions and tracts of land
were named as suitable for an asylum, whereupon that congregation member
from Chicago offered to make a tour and gather information.

"Abendſchule" [Evening School, a periodical].

The Synod was informed that the net profit of the "Abendſchule" for
the period from September 1, 1874 to September 1, 1877 amounted to
$2505.65.

In view of the small net profit yielded by the last three years, and
of the services which Mr. L. Lange, editor of the "Abendſchule," has
rendered the Synod without charge in its print shop:

Resolved, that the third part of the net profit ($835.00) contractually
due to the Synod (see the Synodal-Handbuch [synodical handbook], pp. 71,
72) not be demanded or accepted.

It was further recognized that the contract concluded with Mr. Lange
in 1872 was in general clearly one-sided, since under it the Synod would
indeed share in the profit but bear none of the (also possible) loss, and
therefore

resolved, that the contract concluded in 1872 with the editor of the
"Abendſchule" be revoked in its entirety, permanently.

"Magazin" [Magazine].

This theological journal for Evangelical-Lutheran homiletics was
offered to the Synod by its previous editors on the condition that the
surplus from the paper's proceeds continue, as before, to flow into the
Preachers' and Teachers' Widows' and Orphans' Fund.

Resolved, that the "Magazin," under the stated condition, be accepted
by the Synod with thanks and published as one of its organs.

Resolved, that the faculty of Concordia Seminary in St. Louis be
appointed as the editorial committee of the "Magazin."

Synodal-Handbuch [Synodical Handbook].

Resolved, that Professor Selle be charged with preparing a new edition
of the Synodal-Handbuch.