# Synodical Conference Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1924_S37
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of the Ev. Luth. Synodical Conference of North America. 1924. 37

Whence comes the unity and harmony of the Bible? Why do we always find in it perfect agreement, no contradiction in doctrine, but one faith, one doctrine? That all comes from the fact that the Holy Spirit is the originator and author of the Bible. He taught and inspired the Word. Why was the apostolic Church united? Was it because the Apostles made compromises, accommodated themselves to men? Because Peter was the head? Because the emperors ruled? Nothing of the kind. It was rather the Holy Spirit; He worked through the Word of the Apostles. God grant us that we recognize this truth, believe it with all our heart, act accordingly and therefore abhor all the foolish, harmful unionistic methods which the enemies of the truth propose, and the simple, ignorant, blind leaders of the blind who do not know what they stumble over. We who know the truth and to whom the Holy Spirit has given by grace the blessed present unity, the inner unity as well as the outward unity in confession, should not cease day or night to thank God for it and to ask Him for grace that we may never, never through disobedience to our Lord become a cause of division and discord, but may always follow the teachings which He has revealed to us in God's Word and through which He seeks to produce in us faithfulness to God's Word and love for our brethren. Thereby He will then establish and preserve the unity in His Church on earth.

"May the almighty God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, give us the grace of the Holy Spirit, that we may all be one in Him and remain steadfastly in His Christian unity, as is well pleasing to Him! Amen."

Business Proceedings [Geschäftsverhandlungen].

Negro Mission [*Negermission*: mission among African Americans; the period's term].

Presented for consideration was the following

Twenty-second Report of the Board [*Kommission*] for Negro Mission.

From July 1922 to July 1924.

"Hallelujah! O give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever! Who can utter the mighty acts of the Lord? who can shew forth all his praise?" These words of the holy Psalmist come to our minds as we prepare to submit to the Honorable Synodical Conference the usual biennial report on its work of the Negro Mission, blessed by God. The kind and gracious Lord has through the faithful service of your dear missionaries accomplished great deeds and praiseworthy works among the children of Ham here in this land. Who can utter these mighty acts and show forth all these praiseworthy works? It would make a long report if we were to recount only the hundredth part of these deeds and works of the Lord. May the little that is here presented out of the abundance of the available report material move the dear friends of missions to exclaim with the Psalmist: "Hallelujah! O give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good, and his mercy endureth for ever!"