# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1920_S71
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‘Luth. Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States. 1920, 74

- sum over the present allowance of $25 annually for
E.talogs. — Synod adopted these suggestions and fixed the
for separate catalogs at $50 per year.
ead English Publications. — The report of the Publishing
aled an increased activity in issuing English publications.
Bi; of 73 books and tracts, 53 were English and 20 German.
to the transition to English which is going on throughout
nod by resolution approved this activity.
Bher’s “Ansprachen und Gebete.” — The request for a second
Bdition of Walther’s Ansprachen und Gebete as well as for
f, translation thereof was left to the judgment of the Direc-
& Publishing House.
ical Catechism.—- A memorial of the Southern Wisconsin
squested that an appendix be added to the Catechism enu-
Fthe confessional books of our Church, and that a question
s of the divinity of the Bible be inserted after question 5.
District had asked for a revision and simplification of

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resolved to grant the first of these petitions, but tabled the

- aphische Musterhefte.” — The request for.a new edition
-books was tabled.

-school Board.— The One-Day Conference of St. Louis
y presented a memorial asking Synod to appoint a general
Board, charged with the duty of providing genuinely
junday-school literature, and to arrange a thorough course:
school management at our theological , seminaries and,
ols. The memorial said among other things: —., mo
f supreme importance. that the Sunday-school system of
Yemain sound and truly Lutheran in character; that our
teachers themselves organize Sunday-schools where such
ary, giving heed that truly good, Lutheran. Sunday-
ganized and conducted as an important branch of con-
Ractivity; that, where parochial schools can exist, the goal
he Sunday-school as a feeder for the parochial school be
sht of; that: only truly Lutheran lesson books and leaflets
at the Sunday-school does not become a congregation
ongregation or the occasion of an antiparochial school
tering the Congregation; that the Sunday-school system ,
nour Synod be as uniform as possible.” . ;
ressed its approval of these sentiments and ordered