# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1944_S2
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“ ; 2 . Foreword

afternoon, with about 12,000 in attendance. ‘Dr, Behnken delivered
the address. a mk eee
Every session was opened: witha devotional service, and in -.

- the devotional exercises every morning brief .addresses were “de-:

livered by President Behnken, Dr. H: Grueber, Dr. A. Brunn, Dr. L.
J. Sieck, ‘Chaplain Milton G. ‘Kuolt, Prof. J.T. Mueller, Ph. D.,
Th. D., and: Prof. H. B. Hemmeter,D.D. = gah as

Personal greetings -were. extended to the convention by Dr.S;
C. Yivisaker of the Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Synod, Dr. H.
L. Yochum, President, of the. Michigan District’ of the. American
Lutheran’ Church and of the. American Lutheran Conference, and

‘the Rev. Andrew Daniel, President of the Evangelical Lutheran

Slovak Synod. Other greetings were extended by letter or. tele-
gram from the Finnish American Evangelical Lutheran National
Church, the Convention Committee of the International ' Walther

‘League, Dr. O. A. Geiseman, the Minnesota District of the

Evangelical Lutheran Joint: Synod of Wisconsin and Other States,

. the St.Louis Lutheran Walther League, the chaplains overseas

_ per Chaplain Du Brau, the North Wisconsin District of the Evan-
‘gelical Lutheran Joint Synod of Wisconsin and Other States, the

President of the Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Australia, Miss
Olive Gruen in China, the chaplains in China per Chaplain Mikolon,
Dr. E. Sevel, and others. Mr. W. C, Dickmeyer was given the floor
to report on Valparaiso University. “

Dr. P. E. Kretzmann delivered three lectures on “The Doctrine
of Inspiration, with Particular Reference to Present-Day Impli- -
cations.” Three lectures were delivered by Dr, E. W. Koehler on
“Christian. Education in Our Congregations.” Both essays” were
accepted with sincere thanks. EN Se

‘The re-elected President and the four Vice-Presidents were’.

' . solemnly inducted into their office in the last session. ©

Prof. Paul F. Bente served as assistant secretary, efficiently

_ performing the arduous task of writing the daily minutes.

The following resolution was adopted in the first session on
June 21, 1944, having been drawn up by our Synodical Attorney,
Mr. George Eigel: : cory

Wuereas, The Office of Defense Transportation urged all asso-

ciations-and organizations to cancel their conventions for the year
1944 on account of the transportation problem; and:

: Waereas, In compliance with said request the President of the

Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and. Other States

did request all congregations to vote ‘on the question. of. post-
poning their convention for the year 1944;:and. :