# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1902_S112
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112 Proceedings of the 25th General, or

...home from Australia. She therefore asked Mr. P. Hanow to place his
protest, for the time being, in the hands of the General President and the
General Mission Commission.

2. Resolved, that the Synod approves the course of action of its
Reverend President, who commissioned Prof. Gräbner to enter personally
into contact with our brothers in Germany and Australia, and gladly grants
the money needed for it.

3. Resolved, that the Reverend General President be authorized to
take whatever further steps may be necessary in the matter, should Prof.
Gräbner's efforts prove unsuccessful.

From New Zealand a letter addressed to the Synod had arrived from a
pastor and a missionary there who works among the natives of the
country, the Maoris, in which help was requested, as in the letter above
from South Australia. Both petitioners belong to the Hermannsburg Free
Church. Prof. Fürbringer was charged with answering this letter and
sending a copy of it at the same time to Mr. P. Wöhling, the president of
the Hermannsburg Free Church.

Further, it was

4. Resolved, that this matter too be placed in the hands of the
General Mission Commission, and that it be authorized, together with the
Reverend General President, to act further after Prof. Gräbner's return,
according to the facts of the case, especially since it is expected that Prof.
Gräbner will negotiate the matter personally not only with the petitioners
but also with President Wöhling.

5. Resolved, that the greeting which the South Australian Synod has
just sent to our Synod by cable dispatch be answered at once with a return
greeting by dispatch.

The Board of Directors, the Agency, and the Treasury.

"This time too we must acknowledge with thanks to God that during
the past synodical term He was visibly with us in His blessing, and kept
His protecting hand over our buildings and employees, so that we were
graciously spared from storm, fire, and serious accidents.

"The business is in a flourishing condition, as the detailed report of
the General Agent shows.

"In accordance with the Synod's instructions, we have as every year
closed the books of the business on the day set by the Synod, February 1,
and the General Agent's report accordingly runs from the day of our last
closing of the books, April 1, 1899, to February 1