# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1902_S61
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Tenth Delegate Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States, 1902. 61

in the Lord's work, 1 Cor. 15:58, a constant reminder of the concerns of
the Kingdom of God in general as in particular, and also that one not
grow weary of asking "the Lord of the harvest to send laborers into his
harvest," Matt. 9:38.

"Finally, this institution is also indispensable in order to help
prevent, for its part, the calamity of the present shortage of
faithful laborers in the Lord's vineyard and of eloquent,
conscientious preachers of the righteousness that avails
before God from growing still greater and more glaring.

"Finally we would also ask that the grant which the Honorable Synod has
made to the other institutions for the library and the natural-history
cabinet be promised to ours as well.

"May the faithful and merciful God, who began and has hitherto
maintained the good work at Concordia, give the Honorable Synod wisdom
and strength to deal with this institution for the benefit of His Church
and to the praise, glory, and honor of His great and glorious name!"
(Report of the Board of Control at Concordia, Mo.)

1. Resolved, that the fourth class formerly taken from the institution
at Concordia, Mo., the so-called Tertia, be restored to it — together
with a fourth teacher at the institution — and indeed such that this
Tertia be established at once.

2. Resolved, that the grant which the Synod has made to the other
institutions for the library and the natural-history cabinet be promised
to the institution at Concordia, Mo., as well.

Concordia Progymnasium at Hawthorne, N.Y.
(formerly Neperan).

"The faithful God has heard our prayer and that of many other
Christians, and has graciously blessed our institution in these three
years as well. May He enlighten us to recognize His blessing even where
our wishes were not fulfilled in the way we had imagined.

"The state of health of the student body was and is excellent. Only
this year did one pupil withdraw on account of a heart ailment. It is
extremely rare for a pupil to miss class hours.

"The conduct of the pupils is such as makes Christian upbringing
neither unnecessary nor, on the other hand, impossible or futile. On
average they have a decent character and apply themselves to their
studies such that one can say real work is being done.

"We have, praise God, a teaching staff united among itself. Our three
professors work, take care, and economize for the maintenance and
advancement