# Synodical Conference Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1904_S68
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68 Proceedings of the twentieth convention

served the Negro Mission faithfully, sent in his resignation with the reason that his shattered nervous system as well as his ailing throat, in connection with the difficult situation in the school, made this step necessary. Mr. Hampton, formerly a Negro pastor among the sects, who some years ago in Monroe, N. C., joined the Lutheran Church and since then was for a time active in the congregational school in Monroe, has died. The church in Monroe, N. C., has been built and dedicated.

May the eternally rich God be gracious to our Lutheran Church also in the future and further its works of blessing in the various missions, especially also in the Negro Mission, and fulfil to us his promise: "Ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing."

In the name and by commission of the Commission for Negro Mission
Chas. F. Obermeyer.

During the further discussion of the Negro Mission the following resolutions were adopted:

1. The Commission was instructed to arrange and use the two preparatory schools of the mission in North Carolina and Louisiana in such a way that future mission teachers are fully trained there.

2. To these preparatory schools Negro girls shall also have access and, where the occasion arises, be trained as women teachers for the mission.

3. The Commission was instructed to buy a larger piece of land for the institution in North Carolina and to erect suitable buildings on it. For this purpose the sum of $10,000.00 to $15,000.00 was assigned to the Commission.

4. The Commission shall publish a report on these resolutions and a corresponding appeal in the papers of the individual synods.

5. The Commission for Negro Mission was elected for four years, the representatives of the Negro Mission in the individual synods and synodical districts for two years. (The list is to be found below among the election reports.)

II. English Catechism.

The committee for the revision of the English translation of the Small Catechism reported that, because of the serious illness of its chairman, Dr. A. L. Gräbner, it had not been able to complete the work. In this matter the following petition was before the convention:

New Orleans, La., July 28, 1904.
To the Honorable Ev. Luth. *Synodalconferenz* [Synodical Conference] of North America.
Honored Sirs!
The Ev. Luth. Pastoral Conference of New Orleans and Vicinity urgently asks the Honorable Synodical Conference to refrain from the adoption and authorization of a revised catechism text.