# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1941_S805
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Intersynodical and Doctrinal Matters 805

“native language, teaches a number of subjects in the regular
rriculum of the institution. This arrangement has been found
é mutually satisfactory and is proving to be a stimulus to
sr zeal within the Finnish National Church. Our Synod
sorbs half of the expense in connection with the Finnish pro-
hip at Springfield.
,OD the basis of “Memorial 607 and the information given your
inmittee, we recommend:
J: That. we acknowledge with hearty thanks to the Lord the
ternal and cordial relationship existing between the Finnish
onal Church and our Synod;
. 2 That we continue the Finnish professor at Concordia Sem-
ry, Springfield, iL;
That we continue to grant the Finnish National Church
annual subsidy of $600 for mission-work.
4, That we express our heartiest thanks to the Rev. H. Daib
d the Rev. J. Schinnerer, who for many years have served on
tf Standing Committee on Relations with the Finnish National
2hurch and who because of advanced age are asking not to be
ppointed again to this committee.

5. That we suggest the names of the Rev. R. Herrmann, the
ev.Paul Schulz, and the Rev. R. C. Wegehaupt as members of
Standing Committee on Relations with the Finnish National

‘hurch.
Action of Synod: These recommendations were adopted.

Synodical Conference Resolution

Re Chinese Term Question

(Memorial 414) ;
=: Permit me to present the resolutions of the Ev. Luth. Synodical
=’: Conference of North America with reference to the so-called
,. Chinese Term Question (Shen — Shangdi). I shall briefly narrate

what has taken place.

Our Synod, at its Cleveland convention in 1935, spent consid-
erable time on this matter (Proceedings, pp. 168—176), and finally
adopted the following two recommendations of its committee:
‘4. That Synod determine that the linguistic issues involved with
reference to the Chinese term for God be referred to our mis-
‘sionaries in China for eventual adjustment on the basis of the
accepted linguistic usage, without any foreign interference; 5. That
‘all parties interested in this Term Question be asked to withhold
>. judgment in this matter until the Missionaries’ Conference in China

has found a satisfactory solution.” (P. 176, Pars. 4 and 5.)
Thereupon the matter was brought to the attention of the
cal Conference at its Indianapolis meeting in 1936, and the

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