# Synodical Conference Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1890_S24
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24 Proceedings of the thirteenth convention

help, Missionary Burgdorf himself kept school, until in September 1889 Teacher Gilster accepted a provisional call to the Trinity School, which he however gave up again already at the end of the same year. After several fruitless attempts to win a teacher for this school, it finally succeeded in February of this year to employ Mr. J. Moser of Springfield provisionally. But the Commission has not yet been able to decide on his definitive call. Despite the missionary's zealous work, this station makes no such striking progress as the other stations in New Orleans, and has even decreased in the number of souls in the last year. It now numbers only 11, among them 5 communicants. Attendance at the services is from 26 to 47 hearers. The Sunday school numbers 58 and the weekday school 46 pupils. In money there were raised $177.40.

5. Bethlehem Station, New Orleans, La.

This is the fourth and youngest of our stations in New Orleans. It was founded three years ago by Missionary A. Burgdorf and has been served by him since. The location is at once a suitable and a beautiful one. The mission property of this station is at the corner of Washington and Dryades Street, consisting of a lot of 52×125 feet and a chapel on it, which until now serves for church and school purposes at once, of 28×52 feet, and a confirmation room of 14×18 feet, a vestibule of 6×8 feet, adorned with a tower fitted with a bell. In the school founded by Missionary Burgdorf Teacher E. Rischow has worked with blessing since September 1888. After only a few months the school was so overcrowded that many children had to be turned away for lack of room, and the request to erect a school building of two classrooms was put to the Commission. Unfortunately we could not grant this request, justified as it was, for lack of funds. Again and again this request has since been repeated most urgently, also through the "Missions-Taube" [Missions Dove, the Synodical Conference's mission periodical]; for the Commission was convinced that the building, as well as the appointment of a second teacher, was absolutely necessary for the healthy development of this very promising station. Nevertheless we could not think of it, much as we regretted it, since we had in any case to struggle with a shortage in the treasury. The Negroes there themselves have already begun to collect among themselves for a new building. But they will presumably not be able to raise large sums. As in the school, so also the mission work in the church makes gratifying progress. The little congregation numbers 57 souls, among them 27 communicant members. The services are attended by 45 to 177 persons. The Sunday school numbers 147 and the weekday school 99 pupils, but had also already had 109. In