# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1899_S88
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88 Proceedings of the 24th General, or

"Our mission suffered a heavy blow in the passing of our first missionary
to the Jews, Daniel Landsmann. Already in the week following the Synod,
God called him out of this life. With great faithfulness and rare zeal he
sought out his lost kinsmen, preaching to them everywhere the salvation
that is in Christ Jesus. He fairly wore himself out to proclaim this
salvation. He took everything upon himself — scorn and mockery, and even
blows he endured — because he could not refrain from testifying of his
Savior. And as he lived, so he died. In the joyful confession of his dear
Lord Jesus Christ he closed his life, and he kept the faith to the end. May
his memory remain among us in blessing.

"The task then fell to the Commission of calling a successor to our late
Landsmann. Among the various candidates who were named, the Commission,
at a meeting attended by the Reverend General President, Dr. H. C. Schwan,
resolved to call Missionary Nath. Friedmann, a student of our late
Landsmann and until then missionary to the Jews at St. Paul and
Minneapolis, Minn. He accepted, once he recognized the call as coming from
God, and was installed in his office on November 5, 1896. It now falls to
the Reverend Synod to confirm this.

"Your Commission has since held meetings regularly every month and heard
the missionary's reports. These reports were discussed and everything
deliberated that served our mission.

"Missionary Friedmann soon persuaded the Commission that it would be most
useful for him to have a room of his own, where he could preach on Saturday
and where he could be visited by the Jews who desired instruction. A small
room was therefore rented, without this raising expenses particularly. Our
missionary has preached there every Saturday. In recent months he has also
begun a Saturday and Sunday school, which is very well attended by the
children. This room, however, is too small; it is located in a private
house and is therefore inadequate for our purpose.

"We would therefore like to propose to the Reverend Synod that a larger and
more suitable room be rented, and that the money be raised for the greater
expenses involved.

"Since our late Landsmann was poor in earthly goods and his widow was in
urgent need of support, the Commission resolved to grant her a pension of
$25.00 per month. Our proposal is that this be approved and that this
pension be taken from the General Synod treasury.

"When this pension for Mrs. Landsmann had been approved and the General
Treasurer was notified, he wrote to us that he would have to take this
money from the treasury for the Jewish Mission until the Reverend Synod