# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1911_S125
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13th Delegate Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States, 1911. 125

...or, should the opportunity offer, be sold. As the buildings now stand, they are falling into disrepair and will soon become worthless.

4. That it enlarge the Commission from three to five men. The reasons for this will be readily apparent.

5. That it decide whether a schoolhouse should be built in Red Springs. At the rear of the church there is an addition, originally used as a schoolroom, but it holds at most 35 to 40 children. So for two years now we have been holding school instruction in the church. But this is completely ruining the interior of the church, and the school benches are also a great hindrance during worship. We therefore need a schoolhouse that seats 60 schoolchildren. About $2000.00 should suffice to have it built.

6. That it decide whether a small chapel may be built in Morgan, in case the schoolhouse now lent to us for our worship services is no longer available for that purpose. The cost of erecting such a building would come to about $1000.00.

The treasury report for the past three years is as follows:

Cash on hand as of March 1, 1908 ................................ $587.02
Income from March 1, 1908 to March 6, 1911 ................. 19201.08

$19788.10
Expenditure from March 1, 1908 to March 6, 1911 ........... 19482.02

$306.08

To our faithful God, however, the great Lord of the mission, be praise, glory, and thanks for all the mercy and faithfulness He has shown us in this work! May He continue to bless this work of the Indian Mission and not let our Christians grow weary of supporting this mission to the best of their ability and praying diligently for it! Yes, Lord, "let our work prosper well, whatever each of us is to accomplish, that our labor, toil, and diligence may redound to Your praise, honor, and glory"! —

Resolved:

1. that the building erected in the field of the Indian Mission be approved after the fact;

2. that the building be provided with a brick facing;

3. that the lack of school space in Red Springs be remedied, and that it be left to the Commission whether to erect an addition to the church or a separate building;

4. that the Commission be encouraged to do everything possible to keep the station at Zoar, but should this prove impossible, to sell the buildings there;