# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1914_S171
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14th Delegate Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States, 1914. 171

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so that every congregation, on its part, will lend a hand to fulfill this
duty which God has laid upon the church.

After thorough discussion of this highly important matter, the undersigned
conference presumes to submit to the Reverend Delegate Synod the following
proposals for earnest deliberation and, God willing, resolution:

1. that, as the support of professors unable to serve because of age or
illness, and of their dependents or survivors, has hitherto been provided
for, so also the support of pastors and teachers unable to serve because of
age or illness, and of their dependents or survivors, henceforth become the
business of the General Synod;

2. that for this purpose a Synodical Support Fund be created in place of the
General and the District Relief Funds;

3. that this fund receive its money

a. from the net profit of the "Homiletic Magazine" and the "School Paper";

b. from the legacies held by the General Synod and the Districts and
designated for this purpose;

c. through collections and gifts from the congregations, and

d. through voluntary contributions of the professors, pastors, and teachers;

4. that for the administration of this fund a special commission be elected,
to consist of about three (3) pastors, two (2) teachers — all currently
serving — and two (2) laymen, living as close together as possible;

5. that all visitors of the individual synodical districts, in whose circuit
persons named above under 1 reside, be advisory members of this commission;

6. that all requests for support be directed, through the visitor in whose
circuit such persons named above under 1 reside and who has inquired into
their needs, to the General Board. The same applies, of course, to
professors and their survivors, who are members of local congregations and
thus stand under the pastoral care of the local pastor and belong to the
visitation circuit concerned;

7. that a regulation for the administration of this fund be drawn up and made
known;

8. that this fund be administered on the principle: every person coming into
consideration shall be provided for according to need;

9. that the commission for the administration of this fund be required to
send each visitor (and the president) a detailed semiannual report on its
management of the fund; that this report, if possible, be in the hands of
the visitors by January 1 and July 1, and that, on the basis of this report,
the visitors represent the matter at conferences and synods as occasion
arises. —