# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1911_S26
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26  Proceedings of the 28th General or

Closing Reminder.

The circumstances of the church in which God has placed us call on us to keep growing and increasing in our church work. We should pray and labor still more diligently than before. We should train still more teachers and preachers, and put still more of our earthly goods into the service of the gospel, than before. Are we able to do this? Certainly! We would deceive ourselves if we wanted to say: "We are too weak." Already the prophet of the Old Testament describes the church of the New Testament, the inhabitants of Zion, in these words: "No inhabitant will say, I am weak," Isaiah 33:24. As the reason for this he adds: "For the people who dwell there will have forgiveness of sins." We too have the forgiveness of sins through faith in the gospel of grace, which God has given us in apostolic purity and has preserved for us until now. So none of us, either, should say: "I am weak." Let us only not forget the persistent, heartfelt evangelical admonition and encouragement! In the end it always overcomes the sluggish flesh in Christians and bears fruit. Scripture testifies: "After your victory your people will willingly offer themselves in holy array," Psalm 110:3. And Dr. Walther, out of his rich experience, gives Christians this testimony: that with an evangelical admonition one can accomplish anything with them. He writes: "Upright Christians, even if burdened with various weaknesses, certainly do not want to reject God's Word; they certainly do want to live for him who died for them; they certainly do not want to go on serving sin, the world, and the devil any longer, but would much rather be wholly renewed after the image of their God. If, then, they hear in the admonishing preacher the voice of their gracious God, they neither will nor can set themselves against it." (*Pastorale* [Pastoral Theology], p. 86.) This the gospel of grace will accomplish also in our time and among our Christians. Amen.

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As the hours of session the Synod fixed the morning from 9 to 11:30 and the afternoon from 2 to 5 o'clock. (On the last day of session the morning session began at 8 o'clock and closed at a quarter past 12.) Pastor W. Matthes served as chaplain throughout the entire session. The laborious work of reporting for the German and English press was undertaken by Pastors Drewes, Hemmeter, and Laskowski, appointed for this purpose by the chair. Pastor E. Eckhardt, engaged for this purpose by the Concordia Publishing House, edited the "Daily Report" and also supplied, through the columns of the "Lutheraner," the summary report on the Synod's resolutions.

The following committees were appointed, some already before the Synod by the acting chair (Vice-President F. Pfotenhauer), some during the