# Synodical Conference Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1922_S49
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der Ev.⸗Luth. Synodalkonferenz von Nordamerika. 1922. 49

We thank the officials of the Synodical Conference, past and
present, for the warm, tender feeling they have always entertained
for our cause. We thank the members of this great church-body for
the large sums of money and other donations they have contributed
to carry on this great work. We pray that God's blessings may rest
upon every patron and supporter of our great cause. We assure you
that the work has not been in vain.

We thank you for all the zealous, God-fearing, and sacrificing
missionaries and teachers you have sent us, who, in spite of opposi-
tion, ostracism, and ingratitude, labored for Christ and the uplift of
the colored race. We thank you for the schools, churches, and col-
leges you erected for us in order that we and our children might
receive a Christian education, enjoy the pure preaching of the Gospel,
have the unadulterated Sacraments administered to us, and obtain
ministers and teachers of our own race.

We also thank you for the wise, able, and conscientious men you
appointed on the Board of Colored Missions, both past and present,
who, although they were busy men, gave their time and used their
best endeavors to conduct this work successfully and economically.

We finally thank you for the periodicals you have published in
behalf of our cause. Not only has this helped us immeasurably in
a spiritual manner, but it has also promoted our temporal welfare.
We thank you for the splendid editors of these papers.

Realizing how God has blessed us, we implore you to continue
this great work with unabated zeal. We promise that with God's
aid and assistance we will do all we can to further, extend, and pro-
mote the cause of Christ and our dear Lutheran Church among the
colored people.                          G. A. Schmidt.
                                         H. Nau.        } Committee.
New Orleans, La., June 17, 1922.         John McDavid.

Verſchiedenes.

1. Da P. Dyſterheft berichtete, daß in der Wisconſinſynode ein
Verlangen ſei, ſich an der Chinamiſſion der Miſſouriſynode zu beteiligen,
ſo wurden der Präſes und der Vizepräſes der Synodalkonferenz als
Komitee ernannt, das über zwei Jahre nach eingehender Beratung
berichten ſoll, ob die Synodalkonferenz ſich an dieſer Miſſion be⸗
teiligen ſolle.

2. Beſchloſſen, Präſes Gauſewitz zu bitten, ſeine Eröff⸗
nungspredigt im Synodalbericht zu veröffentlichen.

3. Es war ein Proteſt eingereicht worden gegen die Wahl eines
Delegaten. Da jedoch dieſer Delegat nicht erſchienen war, ſo wurde der
Proteſt nicht berückſichtigt, und die Verſammlung gab keinerlei Urteil
darüber ab, ob der Proteſt vor die Verſammlung gehöre oder nicht.