# Synodical Conference Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1910_S45
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of the Ev. Luth. Synodical Conference of North America. 1910. 45

Other friends of the Mission in St. Louis, Wisconsin and other
places have also remembered the Mission with rich gifts. May the Lord
repay them their love according to the riches of his goodness!

12. Visitations have been held in North Carolina by the
undersigned, in Springfield, Ill., by Prof. Mezger, in St. Louis
by Pastor Hallerberg and in New Orleans, Mansura and Napoleonville, La., by Pastor Drewes.

13. Chapels were built at The Rocks and Mount Pleasant,
N. C., a professor's residence at Greensboro, N. C., and the chapel at Napoleonville, La., damaged by a
storm was repaired.

14. Desired, besides the central heating at Immanuel
College, are a new school for the Immanuel College Mission and a
chapel at Catawba, N. C.

15. The present workers in the Negro Mission are: in
Louisiana the pastors and professors Kramer, Wilde, Ed. Schmidt,
Krause and Peay (Negro); the teachers Vix, Meibohm, Palm, Schrieber (newly called), as well as (Negro) N. Seeberry, Wiley, Wm. Seeberry;
in North Carolina the pastors and professors Bakke, J. Ph. Schmidt,
Wahlers, Lochner, Messerli, as well as (Negro) Lash, McDavid, Alston,
Ford, Hill (new); the teachers: Buntrock, Carter, Reid, F. Alston and
some female assistants in the school (all Negro women); in Mississippi Pastor Thompson (Negro); in Missouri Pastor Doswell (Negro); total 26: 13 white and 13 Negro.

16. In property the Negro Mission owns 23 chapels, 8 schools,
3 parsonages, 2 colleges and 2 professors' residences with
appurtenant, in part valuable, grounds.

Closing Word.

Thus the Reverend Synodical Conference has again been given an
overview of its Negro Mission. From it one can see
how great the work has become under God's blessing, but also what
difficulties it presents and how great the task is that still lies before
us. To the Lord be thanks for his help so far!
May he help on in grace! Yes, the Lord our God be gracious
to us and prosper the work of our hands among us; yes, the work
of our hands may he prosper!

In the name and by commission of the Commission for the Negro Mission

H. Meyer, at present Chairman.

The committee report submitted on this report of the Commission
was adopted in the following form:

The committee for reviewing the report of the Negro Commission
recommends to the Reverend Synodical Conference:

1. that the thanks of the Synodical Conference be expressed to the esteemed Commission for its faithful, self-sacrificing work
and to "Mr. Unknown" [Herr Unbekannt] for his liberal gifts;