# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1911_S343
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collection for the benefit of the General Church-Building Fund, and
that it instruct the Commission of the General Church-Building Fund
to supply the envelopes for this purpose free of charge.

In the name and on behalf of the Western District,
O. Laskowski, Secretary.

Committee for Procuring Anti-Lodge Literature.

The Atlantic District resolved, in regular session, to petition the
Reverend General Synod:

1. to arrange for as complete a stock as possible of suitable
literature in our publishing house for still more effective combating of
the spreading lodge system;

2. to that end to elect a committee consisting of pastors, charged
with gathering, writing, or having written such books, writings,
constitutions, reliable rituals, and popularly written tracts — especially
in the English language — as we need for the successful combating of
the lodge system.

On behalf of the Atlantic District,
F. P. Wilhelm, Secretary.

Free Supply of "Der Lutheraner" in Certain Cases.

To the Reverend Delegate Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States,
assembled from May 10 to May 20, 1911, at St. Louis, Mo.

A member of the Synod wishes hereby to put to the Reverend
Synodical Assembly the question whether "Der Lutheraner" could not
be supplied free of charge, if they wished to read it, to poor retired
pastors and teachers, as well as to such pastors' and teachers' widows
who are so poor that they live off the relief fund or must laboriously
earn their living by the work of their hands.

To an inquiry addressed to Concordia Publishing House on behalf
of a poor pastor's widow, asking whether "Der Lutheraner" could not
be supplied to her free of charge, the answer came back: the Board
could grant nothing, since the Synod had made no determination on
this matter. C. B.

Inquiry.

The Atlantic District asks the Reverend General Synod to decide
the question that has arisen, whether the publication of a church
periodical by a synodical district conflicts with the constitution of the
Synod or not.

On behalf of the Atlantic District,
F. P. Wilhelm, Secretary.

[Signature at the foot of the page: "9" — a printer's sheet signature, not a folio.]