# Synodical Conference Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1922_S4
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4 Proceedings of the twenty-eighth convention

South Illinois District: Revs. H. Hansen, W. G. Hußmann; Teacher A. L. R. Sieving; Mr. Christian Burmeister.

South Wisconsin District: Revs. F. H. Eggers, W. Albrecht; Prof. M. Gräbner; Mr. C. Zollmann.

Texas District: Rev. J. H. Sieck; Teacher E. F. Wilkening.

Western District: Rev. C. W. Harre; Mr. A. G. Brauer.

Central Illinois District: Revs. J. E. Elbert, H. Vatthauer; Messrs. George Harms, G. C. Bretscher.

2. From the Norwegian Synod.
Rev. P. A. Widvey.

3. From the Wisconsin Synod.

Dakota-Montana District: Rev. W. F. Sauer.

Michigan District: Revs. J. Gauß, H. Richter; Prof. A. Sauer.

Minnesota District: Rev. A. Julius Dysterheft; Teacher H. Kahnert; Messrs. Herm. Hasse, Henry Schrör.

Nebraska District: Rev. W. J. Schäfer.

North Wisconsin District: Revs. Paul J. Kionka, Benj. Schlüter, Aug. F. Zich; Mr. Albert Vöcks.

South Wisconsin District: Rev. Theo. Volkert; Prof. John Meyer.

West Wisconsin District: Prof. E. Kowalke.

Officers present:

Rev. C. Gausewitz, President; Prof. L. Fürbringer, Vice-President; Rev. H. M. Zorn, Secretary.

Registered as guests:

Revs. P. L. Dannenfeldt, Theo. G. Frank, Rud. Götz, Geo. H. Kase, D. M. Kleist, G. M. Kramer, F. J. Lankenau, Walter Littmann, W. C. Meinzen, Theo. Möllering, Chas. Peay, W. Rösener, G. A. Schmidt, A. G. Ziegler.

Prof. J. Ph. Smith.

Messrs. E. Seuel, William Aker, Andrew Schulze, H. R. Wacker.

Opening Sermon.

Phil. 1:3, 5: I thank my God, as often as I think of you, . . . for your fellowship in the gospel from the first day until now.

It is a jubilee convention for which we have assembled. The holy apostle sets the tone for our proceedings and shows us the disposition of heart in which we are to look back upon the fifty-year history of our Synodical Conference.

Paul writes a letter of thanks to the congregation at Philippi. The Philippians were especially dear to the apostle. First, by God's grace they had become his fellow Christians, the first Christian