# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1938_S10
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

10 President’s Report

President’s Report

According to the regulations fixed by Synod your President
must render an accurate account of his administration. When three
years ago God appointed me, through your delegates assembled at
Cleveland, to the exalted office of the Presidency of Synod, no one
keenly felt both unworthiness and inability for this high and noble
calling more than I did. Only because I could lean upon God, who
had called me, and because I was assured of the prayers and co-
operation of synodical and District officials and all members of
Synod, did I assume the important duties of office. Whatever good
may have been accomplished must be attributed entirely to the
Lord’s grace and blessing and to your whole-hearted cooperation,
dear members of Synod. ;

In rendering this report to you, I desire, first of all, to acknowl-
edge publicly the kindnesses shown and the ever-willing service
rendered both to Synod and to me personally by my venerable
predecessor, the Honorary President of Synod, Dr. F. Pfotenhauer.
Furthermore I wish to express my appreciation to the Vice-Presi-
dents of Synod, who were ever willing to render faithful service
both in visiting the various District conventions and the different
institutions of Synod and in meeting with me repeatedly to discuss
the problems confronting us. Gratefully do I acknowledge also the
whole-hearted cooperation of Synod’s Board of Directors, of the
various departments of our Fiscal Office, and of the many boards of
Synod, especially also of the College of Presidents, all of whom
were ever ready to serve Synod so efficiently.

Let me bring to your attention also our sincere gratitude to
Mr. Louis H. Waltke, whose generosity enabled us to conduct a con-
ference of all of Synod’s Circuit Visitors in September, 1936, and
again of all District committeemen in connection with the Centen-
nial Call of the Cross project in September, 1937. This enabled all
these District officials and representatives not merely to gain first-
hand information concerning the fixing of Synod’s budget but also to
study and discuss the problems confronting them in their offices and
to equip themselves and to encourage one another for ever more
efficient service. Echoes of these meetings still resound, and under
God’s blessings they will continue to bear much fruit.

It pleased Almighty God in His wise providence to call into the
Church Triumphant one of our venerable Vice-Presidents, the Rev.
Fr. Randt, who rendered Synod faithful and conscientious service in
his office since his election in 1929. He was on a trip in the interest
of Synod when God saw fit to call him to his eternal home. Only
recently God called unto Himself also one of our faithful District
Presidents, the Rev. F. C. Verwiebe, the beloved President of our