# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1941_S392
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392 Miscellaneous

Addendum to Report of Lodge Committee i

The amount of correspondence as well as the difficult nature of

some of the decisions which must be made, caused the above mem-.

bers of the Bureau, in the spring of 1940, to ask for the appointment ;
of-an additional member. As this report goes to the President, the

selection of a third member of the Bureau is still pending.

. Report of Committee 7

Your Committee recommends that the report of the Bureau of _
Information regarding Secret Orders be received by Synod with .
thanks and that Synod ask the Board to continue its blessed work...

Action of Synod: This recommendation was adopted.

Admission of Lodge-Members “3
(Unprinted Memorial 76)

This memorial requested that Synod take a consistent stand
regarding the admission of individual lodge-members to the Lord’s
Supper.

Report of Committee 7
Your Committee recommends that this unprinted memorial
concerning certain questions pertaining to lodges be referred to the
writer and that he be advised to consult his pastor.

Action of Synod: This recommendation was adopted.

Concordia Historical Institute — A Curator
and Archivist
(Memorial 902)

Since its organization, in 1927, the Concordia Historical In-
stitute has been gathering, preserving, and cataloguing material of
historical importance to our beloved Lutheran Church. Most of
this work has been done as a labor of love by men otherwise en-
gaged in important tasks for the Church. The amount of such ©
work, however, has now grown to proportions that make the past
methods of handling it inadvisable for the future if the best inter-
ests of our Synod are to be served. The task alone of locating and :
obtaining historical documents and material that should be care-
fully preserved, but that is now perhaps resting in boxes and attics
throughout the length and breadth of Synod, is stupendous; and
unless some one is put to work on it, much will be irretrievably lost.
Furthermore, the task of catologuing this material, in order to make
it available to students of history, is of vital importance. Much of it
has already been done, but it would take many years to complete it
at the present rate of speed. We therefore find ourselves at a point