# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1911_S208
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208 Proceedings of the 28th General or

Thus he set forth clearly and powerfully, and carried out in life,
the main thoughts of the Reformation.

We Norwegians now have special reason to praise the grace of
God that has been glorified in the person and life's work of Walther.
Through our early connection with him, so much good has flowed to
our Synod that we will never forget it. Many of our pastors, all the
members of the faculty of our Luther Seminary, the president and
other professors of our Luther College owe their theological training
and their theological direction, next to God, in large part to him.
For from him they learned that theology is not a human science, but
something quite distinctive, something quite unique, an ability
granted by God Himself to recognize, expound, proclaim, and defend
the Word of God for the salvation of mankind.

Dr. Walther, furthermore, had a fine and deep understanding of
our Synod and our ecclesiastical circumstances, and under difficult,
critical conditions always knew how to judge us rightly, and thereby
rendered great service to our Church. For this we thank him, even in
the grave, on this day as well.

We regard ourselves as Walther's disciples. We do not wish to go
beyond him, because in him — although he too was a sinful,
imperfect human being — we recognize a witness to the truth
anointed and made reliable by God, the greatest of the past century.

May, then, the dear God shower with His rich grace the Missouri
Synod, which has inherited so rich a legacy, and keep it in the
footsteps of Dr. Walther! May He also grant that your synodical
deliberations and resolutions may serve the welfare of the Church!

D. Ylvisaker, for three years now president of our Luther
Seminary, who represents our seminary here, joins in these wishes,
as does Prof. Preus, president of our oldest institution, our Luther
College, as well as other pastors who have come here to take part in
your Walther memorial celebration.

So be greeted in the name of Jesus!

Prof. J. Schaller's Address.

It is scarcely necessary for me to express my joy that it is granted
to me to take part today in this great celebration in memory of Dr.
Walther. As a native of St. Louis, the personality of Walther
belongs among my earliest childhood memories, and the impressions
I received from childhood on of his ministry make it only natural
that I should take part in this celebration with all my heart. But I
come charged with a commission from a great orthodox body, the
General Synod of Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan, and other states,
and further in the name of the Reverend Wisconsin Synod, to, on this