# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1911_S270
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the Philippine Islands, and especially Africa. But upon inquiry it turned out that no open door was to be found anywhere there, nor had any call come to us from there, so that we could make any recommendations to the Synod in this regard. To be sure, it would be a fine thing if we could have the Gospel preached in other countries as well, so as to help hasten the fulfillment of Christ's prophecy — which, after all, contains at the same time a glorious promise for believers — Matt. 24:14: "And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come" — the end, when the true General Synod begins, not merely an assembly of delegates, but the gathering of all believers around the throne of the Lamb, including those rescued through Home Missions Abroad.

Wishing an Honorable Synod God's rich blessing on its deliberations, signed with all due respect,
The Commission for Home Missions Abroad:
Karl Schmidt.
H. Succop.
W. Walk.

Report of the Commission for Foreign-Language Missions.

To the Honorable General Ev. Lutheran Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States, presently assembled as the 13th Delegate Synod at St. Louis, Mo.

In accordance with the provisions of an Honorable Synod, the Commission for Foreign-Language Missions takes the liberty of presenting below its report on the state, during the past triennium, of the missions entrusted to its care and oversight.

For better orientation in the field of these missions, known among us as "foreign-language missions," let the following be stated in advance.

When, three years ago, in 1908, the missions among the Lithuanians and Poles previously run by the Atlantic and Eastern Districts were, at the request of these districts, taken over by an Honorable General Synod as its own missions, an Honorable Synod found it advisable to place these missions under the direction of the Commission for Estonian and Latvian Missions, which the Synod has operated since 1899. The Synod thus now had a mission among Estonian, Latvian, Lithuanian, and Polish Lutherans. For lack of a more distinctive name, the already existing Estonian and Latvian Commission, in view of the various languages of the missions placed under its oversight, henceforth called itself the "Commission for Foreign-Language Missions." Under that name it has been known among us ever since. — The territory of these missions is the United States, from the Atlantic