# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1899_S89
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Ninth Delegate Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States, 1899. 89

give him other instructions. He has done this for the past three years. We
would therefore ask the Reverend Synod that the pension money taken from
the Jewish Mission treasury be repaid to our treasury.

"Our treasury, too, has seen a shift in recent years, and not for the
better. In earlier years we worked with a large sum, and the treasury for
the Jewish Mission was amply filled. That has now changed. This past year
we often had to work with a deficit, and it is owed only to the urgent
pleas of our Reverend General President, Dr. H. C. Schwan, who put in a
good word for the Jewish Mission at every district synod, that the work did
not come to a standstill for lack of money. Some districts do much for this
God-pleasing work and contribute regularly. Other districts neglect this
mission entirely. Whoever follows the receipts in the 'Lutheraner' closely,
as we do in this matter, will find that some districts, for months at a
time — indeed, often for almost a year — have not delivered even the
smallest contribution for this mission. Our earnest and urgent request is
therefore that all delegates from the various districts make the cause of
the Jewish Mission known in their districts, describe its need, and help
us, lest it happen that we must give up this work for lack of money.

"For the rest, the Commission refers to the report of the missionary to the
Jews, who reports in detail on his activity.

"May the Lord God, who has given us, who were once heathen, His pure Word
in all its fullness, grant that we may also bring to the Jews the salvation
that is in Christ Jesus. May He hold this our work commended to His grace
and Himself carry it through, to the honor of His name. Amen." (Report of
the Commission for the Jewish Mission.)

Treasurer's Report.

    On hand March 1, 1896 ................................................ $  347.82
    Income to March 1, 1899 .............................................     3470.24

                                                                      Total $3818.06
    Expenditure from March 1, 1896 to March 1, 1899 ...     3526.70

    On hand March 1, 1899 ................................................ $  291.36

"The field which the Reverend Synod has chosen for carrying on the Jewish
Mission is without doubt the most suitable one. For in 'Greater New York,'
according to statistical reports, there live about half a million Jews. New
York is accordingly the city with the largest Jewish population in the
world. The greater part of these Jews belong to the Orthodox synagogue —
that is, Jews who profess to believe the Kitbe Hakodesch [Hebrew Scriptures]
of the Old Testament. Since such Jews, according to the Law,