# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1938_S251
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Publication Matters 251

5. That the problem of sound reading-matter be studied by our
pastoral and teachers’ conferences, so that your Board may have
also their valuable cooperation and enjoy their constructive crit-
icism; .

6. That our churches be urged to do still more than they have
done in the past in placing at the disposal of their young people
good school and Sunday-school libraries, so that they may acquire
a taste for sound and Christian books.

Respectfully submitted by

J. THEODORE MUELLER, Chairman
GEORGE Luecke, Jr., Secretary

Action of Synod: Upon recommendation of Committee 11 the
six recommendations of the above report were adopted.

Vote of Thanks

Upon recommendation of Committee 11 Synod resolved to ex-
press its appreciation to the Publishing House Board, the General
Literature Board, and the Young People’s Literature Board.

Reproduction of Synodical Essays in English
(Memorial 616)

The College Conference of Milwaukee, Wis., presents the fol-
lowing matter for your serious consideration.

During the past ninety years God has showered His gifts on
our Synod. One of these has been the great number of excellent
doctrinal essays presented at synodical conventions. By the grace
of God these essays, in a large measure, helped to indoctrinate the
Church. They are, however, no longer available to any extent,
since relatively few people can afford to purchase them, and many
of them are out of print. Furthermore, our present generation of
pastors and educated laymen prefers to read English.

On the other hand, there is a woeful lack of sound theological
literature in the English language, which has caused a dangerously
wide dissemination of Reformed literature in our circles. We feel
that one of the best contributions towards the centennial of Synod’s
founding would be a reproduction of the most valuable of these
synodical essays in the English language. At present we still have
a number of men with sufficient command of both languages to do
this work well. This would provide our Church with a great
amount of sound Lutheran literature. If this venture is successful,
other material, as in Lehre und Wehre and Der Lutheraner, could
be made accessible in English.

Two plans may be suggested to accomplish the suggested