# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1884_S71
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Fourth Delegate Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States. 1884.   71

festivals the congregations' attention be directed to this matter. It
has good confidence that then as much will be gathered in freewill
gifts of love as these men need for the completion of their studies.
— In connection with this, "all beloved synodical members are also
kindly and earnestly asked to report at once, or have it reported, to
the honored Commission for the Jewish Mission whenever they learn,
from any of our dear congregations outside New York, that a position
as clerk, bookkeeper, or the like is to be found in some retail
business (for which, as is well known, converted Jewish Christians
have the most talent and skill); for it is precisely this that causes
the dear Mission Commission among its heaviest cares and greatest
expenses — that it must provide bodily support and lodging for the
Jewish Christians who, after their conversion, have been cast out and
hated by their own people." (From the report of the committee on the
report of the Jewish-Mission Commission.)

    On this occasion it was recalled that, over the Jewish mission,
the Negro mission should by no means be forgotten. It almost seemed
as though, with the growth of zeal for the Jewish mission, the zeal
hitherto shown for the Negro mission were fading, even though the
latter shows no small but a very considerable success. It is, to be
sure, a work whose conduct as such is the responsibility of the
"Synodical Conference," and for that reason we cannot deal with it at
length here. But because our Synod, too, is a member of that
Conference, and it is especially expected of us, for reasons easily
understood, that we vigorously support this mission, we certainly may
not grow weary here. As has been said, the successes of the Negro
mission are not small. It already numbers 70 to 80 communicants and
maintains well-attended schools for Negroes. Thus, for example, in
New Orleans a Lutheran Black generation is growing up strong. Carrying
on the Negro mission requires a monthly expenditure of 350 to 400
dollars. May this mission, then, continue to be remembered with the
same love and not be allowed to recede into the background, but be
supported as before with intercession and abundant gifts, so that it
may continue to be carried forward vigorously without interruption.

                Emigrant Mission.

                1. In New York.

    ". . . As is well known, immigration into the United States in
the years 1881, 1882, and 1883 was the greatest within living memory;
for no fewer than 1,713,802 strangers set foot on our country's
shores in these three years. Of these, 1,284,781 came through Castle
Garden in New York, with 599,370 Germans among them. Our mission kept
pace with this immigration