# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1899_S39
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Ninth Delegate Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States, 1899. 39

...planted themselves on the Word. To use an expression of Luther's, they
taught God's Word with all "modesty" and under constant accommodation to
the weak, but they never entered into compromises between truth and
untruth. And so they have stood firm in the face of all adversaries. So we,
too, will stand firm before all adversaries, if we stand firm on the Word.
Of course, we may not promise ourselves any earthly glory in this. We are
no better than our fathers and the children of God of every age. We will
enter the kingdom of God through much tribulation. But we will remain, and
the church of God will remain — by remaining with the Word, not by letting
go of it. Our confession and our prayer are therefore:

Thy Word is our hearts' defense,

And thy church's true protection;

Keep us steadfast in it, dear Lord,

That we seek nothing else any more.

Business Proceedings.

Concordia Seminary at St. Louis, Mo.

"'I will bless you, . . . and you shall be a blessing.'
With these rich words of promise from our God we begin our dutiful report
on the Concordia Seminary to the Reverend Synod for the past triennium.
For we may rejoice and give thanks for God's blessing, for his mighty
protection, for his rich grace over this our institution. Whereas the two
previous reports first had to make the sad announcement of deaths in the
faculty, and the most recent one, in addition, of the serious illness of
the head [*Präses*] of the institution, today we may report that God has
held his hand over our professors sparing them and blessing them. Not only
has our dear president, Prof. F. Pieper, regained his health and full
working strength, but God has also kept the other professors in good
health. Likewise, the sixth professorship newly established by the
Reverend Delegate Synod at its last meeting has been excellently filled by
the call of Pastor G. Mezger. How God has blessed this theological
institution! Six men, highly gifted and highly learned, full of spirit and
faith, imbued with burning love for the Lord, for his church and his Word,
and filled with awareness of the great responsibility of their high
office, have no other ambition than to place their high gifts in the full
service of their office — on the one hand, to train their students as
excellently as possible to be upright servants of the orthodox church, and
on the other hand, through their...