# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1899_S81
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Ninth Delegate Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States, 1899. 81

consideration, we came to recognize that it would be irresponsible to
release Mr. Vopel from our service and let the important relief work in
Hamburg drop. We therefore resolved to keep Mr. Vopel's services on the
same footing as before, until the Synod meets and can advise us further.

"Our relief station in Bremen, too, is not in a favorable position. Although
Mr. Schmidt likewise works with great faithfulness for the good of our
mission, the income at this station as well has shown a decline as a result
of the drop in immigration. Nevertheless, the Commission did not feel it
could withdraw its support from this station either, since Mr. Schmidt
renders us significant service. The Synod will have to decide how we are to
proceed with regard to Bremen in the future. — The Commission takes the
liberty of submitting the following proposal to the Reverend Synod for
discussion and, it is hoped, adoption:

"That the Synod recognize and take over the outstations in
Hamburg and Bremen as its own.

"So may the Lord our faithful God continue to further and bless this work
among us, to the honor of His name and the salvation of many souls."
(Report of the Emigrant Mission Commission at New York.)

Treasurer's Report from January 1, 1896 to December 31, 1898.

Balance on January 1, 1896 ..................................... $ 1949.27
Income from January 1 to December 31, 1896                92015.31
    "      "    1     "      "   31    "    1897                 87714.56
    "      "    1     "      "   31    "    1898                 94207.63

                                                      Total $275886.77

Expenditures from January 1 to December 31, 1896      $ 90412.89
    "      "    1     "      "   31    "    1897                 88160.86
    "      "    1     "      "   31    "    1898                 95573.66
Balance on December 31, 1898 ..............................       1739.36

                                                      Total $275886.77

"The question of whether the continued existence of the emigrant mission in
Hamburg, Germany, is altogether necessary is to be answered with a decided
yes — and all the more so since, for about two years now, a serious effort
has become noticeable in state-church circles to place the care of emigrants
in the hands of a German-national 'evangelical' Central Society, in
alliance with the state-church societies already existing in Bremen,
Stettin, and Hamburg, which have for years already devoted themselves to the
cause with zeal and success. That the renewed swelling of the German
'evangelical' stream of emigrants is only a matter of time, I too agree with
fully and entirely —

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