# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1899_S59
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Ninth Delegate Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States, 1899. 59

"As for the relationship of the professors to one another and to the
students, and conversely of the students to the professors, it has been,
as it always has been, a good one.

"But may the LORD our God be gracious to us and bless the work
of our hands. Yes, the work of our hands, may he bless it, and
strengthen our arms." (Report of the Oversight Board at Concordia, Mo.)

Resolved, that the Oversight Board at Concordia, Mo., take over the
administration of a bequest, left to the college there and still in the
hands of the General Treasurer, in the amount of $300.00, for the
purpose of investing it profitably for the benefit of the institution at
Concordia, Mo.

Resolved, that the request of the Oversight Board at Concordia,
Mo., concerning library and teaching aids be dealt with later.

Note: This matter was never in fact dealt with. In the press of
business it was forgotten.                                    The Secretary.

Concordia Progymnasium at Neperan, N. Y.

"The founders of our precious Synod were faithful descendants of
Dr. M. Luther not only in that they held the pure confession of the
truth in doctrine and practice in high esteem and preserved it, at heavy
sacrifice, for themselves and their children, but also in that they
provided alike for lower and higher schools, and that in a meager time.
Thanks to this self-denying care, the following schools have grown over
the years from small beginnings: the Concordia Seminary in St. Louis,
the Practical Seminary in Springfield, the Concordia College in Fort
Wayne, and the Teachers' Seminary in Addison, Ill. These now so
splendidly flourishing institutions are the distinguished daughters of the
humble, unassuming mother in Altenburg, Mo. God has wrought this
in his grace. It is owed in part to the blessed influence of these
institutions that our precious Synod, the bearer of the pure, unadulterated
Lutheran faith, was able to spread over the vast territories of North
America, indeed, was already able to put down roots in foreign parts of
the world.

"The Lutheran spirit of our fathers lived on and continued to work
across these vast stretches of land, also in the field of Christian
education. Parish schools were founded and maintained, but also the
'languages,' as Dr. Luther advocated, and the proper training of the
splendid powers of mind that God has given to human beings for the
benefit of the common good (see Luther's tract 'To the Councilmen of
All Cities in Germany, that They Establish and Maintain Christian
Schools') found their sympathetic promoters in Lutheran fashion. A
number of classical schools (Progymnasien) arose. Among these is also
counted the Concordia Progymna-