# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1902_S69
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Tenth Delegate Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States, 1902. 69

"Finally we take the liberty of submitting the following
recommendations to an Honorable Synod:

"1. That the Synod recommend to our brothers in Brazil that they call
a church periodical into being, in which they can set forth our doctrine
and church position and defend themselves against the attacks of the
press there.

"2. That the Synod recommend to the congregations there that they form
a Synodical District as soon as practicable, since the experience of our
Synod has shown that this is beneficial to the interests of the Kingdom
of God. The determination of the time when this should take place should
be left to the Commission in consultation with the General Presidium.

"3. That the Synod consider whether and how money for church building
can be advanced to congregations in Brazil in need of help, so that they
need not pay the outrageously high rates of interest charged there.

"4. That the Synod recommend to all its congregations, especially in
the near future, to support the mission in Brazil with their prayers and
gifts, while not, however, withholding from the Home Missions of this
country the support it still so greatly needs.

"5. That the Synod discuss the question of how, given the present
state of affairs (in our institutions and the needs here at home), we
will be able to satisfy the presumably growing number of requests for
pastors for Brazil.

"6. Finally the Commission requests the Synod's opinion and counsel on
whether it would not benefit the mission work in Brazil to send
schoolteachers to Brazil as well in time."

III. "Before the Commission submits the report sent by Rev. P. Schulze
concerning our mission in London, it takes the liberty of reporting that
Rev. P. Poch, who has headed the mission in South Tottenham, a suburb of
London, since the fall of 1900, is in our midst. His state of health has
for some time been poor, so that it appeared he would have to undergo an
operation. Rev. P. Schulze suggested to the Commission that it might be
advisable to allow Rev. P. Poch to attend the Synod, since a sea voyage
would contribute much to strengthening his health. Your Commission felt
it had to comply with Rev. P. Schulze's wish and request. May an
Honorable Synod give Rev. P. Poch the opportunity to report orally on our
mission work in London.

"Rev. Schulze's report reads as follows: 'The triennium that has
passed since the last Delegate Synod has, on the whole, been a blessed
one for our mission among the Germans of the English capital. Whereas we
formerly had only a single worker on outpost duty in greater London,
there are now three who labor there in Word and doctrine, namely P. F.
W. Schulze, P. B. Poch, and teacher Johann Vorn-