# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1884_S83
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Fourth Delegate Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States. 1884.   83

                        Insane Asylum.

    Concerning the establishment of such an institution, the Synod,
prompted by a petition, declared that while such an institution, if run in
the sense and spirit of our Synod, would certainly be very desirable and
indeed probably needed, the Synod as such could not undertake the
founding and establishment of so costly an institution.

                        Support of Congregations.

    Resolved, that the petition asking the Synod to regulate the support
of poor congregations which, through fires or floods and the like, have
suffered damage not only to individual members but have also lost
their church property, be first submitted to the individual district
synods for deliberation.

                Support of Pastors' and Teachers' Widows.

    Resolved, that the proposal recommending that the support of
pastors' and teachers' widows and orphans be taken out of the hands of
the General Synod and placed in the hands of the individual district
synods likewise be first submitted to the individual district synods for
deliberation.

                Support of the Congregation at Denver, Col.

    Resolved, that the support which, according to the presidential
report, has been granted to the congregation at Denver be approved,
and that everything in this regard be left as it has been arranged.

                Support of Pastor Brunn in Steeden.

    Resolved, that Pastor Brunn, in consideration of his services
rendered to the Synod and his physical infirmity, be granted an annual
support of $250. This sum is, as before, to be raised through the
collection of gifts of love, and whatever is lacking of the stated sum is
to be taken from the synodical treasury.