# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1911_S333
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...are celebrated, or are otherwise sufficiently provided for by a
single prayer. The following could thus be dropped: Christmas No. 1;
New Year No. 2; Epiphany No. 1; Purification of Mary No. 1;
Annunciation of Mary Nos. 1 and 2; Trinity No. 3; St. John the
Baptist No. 2; Michaelmas Nos. 3 and 4. Early Communion, pp. 93–97.
5. From the pericope book, pp. 155–167, the account of the
Destruction of Jerusalem (unless a shorter and better one is put in
its place). Through these omissions alone, 62 pages would be gained
for new pieces to be added.

Changes to What Is to Be Retained. The Lord's Prayer should read
uniformly, everywhere it occurs in the Agenda, "als wir vergeben"
["as we forgive"] — the wording currently being inconsistent: "wie"
["as"] on p. 6, "als" ["as"] on p. 55, "als" on p. 63, and "wie" on
p. 95. In the rubrics it says now "church officer," now "parson," now
"pastor," now "preacher," now "the clergyman." It should always read:
"pastor." We favor having the previous sections B, C, D precede
section A (Sacred Rites), so that the Agenda begins with the order of
the Sunday chief service, with the rites (together with their
intended supplements) coming immediately before the liturgical
appendix. — In detail, we move the following changes:

1. Infant Baptism. Page 1: the rubric should read: "If Baptism is
performed during the chief service, its proper place is after the
sermon." The introductory words, "In the name of the Father," etc.,
are then dropped, and where reading the whole form in full would be
impractical, one may, after the words "Dear friends in Christ," begin
at once with the words of the fourth paragraph: "Since in Baptism,"
etc. The prayer "Let us further pray . . . Lord. Amen" (p. 4) may
likewise be omitted, as may the bracketed words in the exhortation to
the sponsors. After the singing of a few verses of a baptismal hymn,
the pastor comes to the altar and remains, etc. . . . Form: "In the
name of the Father," etc. "Dear friends in Christ," etc. Page 2, line
4 from the bottom, "hither" is struck. Page 3: instead of "Let us
further pray": Or the following prayer. Page 4: the footnote should
be dropped. Pages 4 and 5, Exhortation to the sponsors: line 2,
instead of "do": "undertake." The words "which almighty God
graciously avert" are dropped. The fuller statements of content for
the chief parts, except for "Fourth," where everything remains as it
stands, are placed in brackets for the sake of any necessary
abridgment. Chief Parts 5 and 6 are transposed. Page 6: the three
renunciation questions are combined into one. Page 7: between "the
little child" and "the christening robe" is inserted: "where such is
still customary." At the close, the rubric: If the rite has taken
place during public worship, an antiphon, collect, benediction,
closing hymn, and silent prayer follow. — We are against a separate
baptismal form for cases where there are no sponsors, or where the
only witnesses present are ones with whom one cannot enter into
fellowship in prayer. But we are for a footnote to the effect that,
in such cases, the Lord's Prayer and the act of baptism itself, with
the closing versicle, should follow immediately upon the reading of
the "Holy Gospel of St. Mark."

— 2. Confirmation of the *Jachtaufe* [an emergency baptism performed
in haste — the older form of *Jähtaufe*; the letters are as printed].
P. 8: strike the last three lines; p. 9: strike the first two lines.
P. 10: the shorter versicle should read the same as the one on p. 7.

— 3. Baptism of Adults. P. 12, line 13 from top: instead of
"inasmuch as": "since." P. 12, line 18 from top: instead of "grown
old people": "adults." P. 12, lines 21–22 from top: the words
"submits to him" are to be struck. P. 16, line 14 from bottom:
instead of "arbitrary": "more fitting." P. 15: instead of "for
greater": "for stronger assurance," etc. — 4. Confir-