# Synodical Conference Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1914_S65
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of the Ev. Luth. Synodical Conference of North America. 1914. 65

Pilgrim congregation, the Commission has found a suitable successor. His address is: Mr. John H. Schulze, 2211 Holly Ave., St. Louis, Mo. Furthermore, in the past month of July Pastor Wm. Hallerberg resigned in accordance with a resolution of his congregation. Since he is not only chaplain at the Old People's Home but has also recently been elected president of the local Orphans' Home board, his dear congregation, by unanimous resolution, urged him to lay down his office as a member of the Negro Mission commission and to accept the new office, which seemed to it more important. So he resigned, with regret, and the Commission accepted his resignation with regret. For six years he took a lively part, and with no small success, in the direction of the Negro Mission. The Synodical Conference [Synodalkonferenz] now has to elect his successor. — In these two years the Commission has held 24 monthly meetings and in addition 12 extra meetings, thus 36 meetings in all. These meetings have usually lasted a whole afternoon. The business has simply increased considerably. Since these frequent and long meetings take up much time, a change must be made, by appointing perhaps an executive committee consisting of three members. — With regard to the Commission, a letter is to be presented in which there is talk of moving the Commission to another city.

2. "Our Negro Mission in Word and Picture." In order to spread more information about our work among the Negroes and so to awaken greater interest in the Negro Mission, the Commission has instructed Director Bakke to write a concise, illustrated history of our mission. The book is finished and is already available in German, and will soon appear in English as well. Dir. Bakke has been familiar with our work for 34 years and offers in the little book a rich abundance of interesting information. The book is provided with many pictures. The price is very reasonable, only 50 cents. Every family in the Synodical Conference should have a copy.

3. Our Periodicals. "Die Missionstaube" [The Mission Dove] now has 26,500 subscribers, the Lutheran Pioneer 6,500. Pastor F. J. Lankenau of Napoleon, O., has been secured as successor to Prof. R. A. Bischoff, who edited the Pioneer so admirably during the first 34 years of its existence. Pastor Lankenau has served seventeen years in the Negro Mission in the city of New Orleans. — Our two mission papers ought to have a far wider circulation. The Commission and the editors have worked diligently to win new subscribers, but not with corresponding success. The question, so exceedingly important for our mission work: how can the number of readers of the "Missionstaube" and of the Lutheran Pioneer be increased? should be