# Synodical Conference Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1882_S102
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what conversion is; the second, that man can contribute not the least to his conversion; and the third, that God alone, and indeed through His Word, prepares and accomplishes conversion. — The committee testifies that the proceedings were conducted in accordance with God's Word and the Confessions of our church.

The humble committee of the Hon. Synodical Conference:
The Ministerium of the City of Chicago.
By their commission
H. Engelbrecht.

4. Report on the Synodical Report of the Western District of the Hon. Missouri Synod for the Year 1879.

The undersigned committee for the examination of the report of the Hon. Missouri Synod, Western District, for the year 1879 takes the liberty of reporting to the Hon. Synodical Conference that in the synodical report named there are contained proceedings on the doctrine of election of grace, and regrets that in it speech is not at all points sufficiently exact and careful according to the pattern of the divine Word. Yet it is expressly declared that we find no false doctrine in it. The other passages objected to have, however, already been put right or correctly explained in other publications of the Hon. Missouri Synod. — On page 56 of the synodical report in question, instead of: "Even if God gave me His Word and Spirit, I would still fall away," it should read, less open to misunderstanding, thus: "Even if God through His Word and Spirit gave me the grace of conversion, but not also the grace of perseverance, I would still fall away." — As to the sentence on page 57: "If we see, then," etc., up to the words: "what you say," we must say that it would be more intelligible if it had first been said beforehand: "Here one should think, first, that the guilt lies with man, who willfully resists; but if it is now further asked, why does God not take away this resistance, as with the others" — then the answer becomes right. — In other respects we agree with the report.

Johannes Bading.
R. Adelberg.

These four reports were adopted by the Conference.

Concerning the further examination of all synodical reports that appear within the Conference, it was

Resolved, that the President of the Conference be authorized to appoint committees which are to examine the synodical reports that have appeared since the year 1882. (See on this p. 103 f.)