# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1899_S76
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76 Proceedings of the 24th General, or

Professor Zucker, resolved that, after obtaining the votes of the
out-of-town members of the Commission, if these should yield a
majority or unanimity in favor of Mr. Freche's appointment in India, a
letter of call should be issued to him. After this resolution had been
carried out, Mr. Missionary Freche's letter of acceptance could be laid
before the Subcommittee at a meeting on February 3, 1898, and since
he was master of the Tamil language to such a degree that he could
enter at once into mission work with preaching and teaching, and
since in the meantime our missionaries in India had also sent in their
counsel and recommendations regarding the founding of a further
mission station, the Subcommittee resolved on that same day, after
weighing the circumstances brought to its knowledge, to assign to
Missionary Freche the city of Vaniyambadi and its surroundings as his
mission station, and to rent a house as a dwelling for the missionary in
that city. Soon, however, the necessity of erecting a station house in
Vaniyambadi became apparent, and our missionaries were instructed
to look about for building sites, from among which the Commission
could select one for purchase. The selection of a building site,
however, met with considerable difficulties, and only on February 24 of
this year could the Subcommittee be informed that a suitable piece of
land had now been found, which the government had transferred to
our mission as property free of cost. On this site, to save the
expensive rent, a provisional mud house was erected, with the
Subcommittee's approval, for about $130.00, in which the missionary is
to live until the station house is completed.

"At a meeting on March 12, 1899, however, the Subcommittee had
to deal with the question of whether, and where, a fourth station
should be established in our mission field in India. According to the
reports received, our missionaries were in fact agreed that Missionary
Kellerbauer, who had until then worked at Missionary Näther's side,
should now take up a station of his own. After careful consideration
and comparison of the communications and maps submitted concerning
the localities in question, the Subcommittee resolved to designate to
the missionaries the city of Barugur, lying about twelve miles from
Krishnagiri, together with the numerous villages situated in its vicinity,
as the territory in which, in the Subcommittee's judgment, Missionary
Kellerbauer should continue the work already begun there. At the
same time it was likewise resolved to order the building of an
inexpensive mud house as a provisional dwelling for the missionary at
the new station.

"At our first station, Krishnagiri, the work of Missionary Näther,
at whose side, as noted, Missionary Kellerbauer had stood until
recently, has meanwhile continued its quiet progress.