# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1944_S281
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Publication Matters 281
Wed, ‘That this convention grant the Centennial Committee

ove -the editorial, publicational, and subsidizing expenses.

ttee requires the services of men now occupying other posi-
“Wiereas, The nature of this editorial work demands greater
Kicentration and more time than the present obligations of these
ef permit; therefore be it

Resolved, That the men selected by the Committee be relieved

editorial-work; and be it further

_! ‘Resolved, That the expenses incurred by such relief be in-

cluded in the amount granted this Committee.

3. Wuereas, The Centennial Anniversary of Synod is self-

evidently an occasion for sincere thanksgiving to our God;' and

Wuereas, Such thanksgiving self-evidently should find expres-

sion also by means of special offerings to the Kingdom of God;

therefore be it

Resolved, That this convention instruct the Fiscal Conference

to consider the suggestion of a Centennial Offering of major pro-

portions, with power to act with respect to the collection and dis-

tribution of this offering.

4. Wuereas, The date suggested by the Centennial Committee

“for the celebration of Synod’s anniversary is the Sunday nearest

;to the date of Synod’s. organization; therefore be it»

. Resolved, That this convention establish the date of Synod’s
Centennial as Sunday, April 27, 1947, and be it: further

Resolved, That the Centennial Committee, together with the

‘Praesidium. of Synod, be the planning and executive committee for

Synod’s observance of the anniversary.

Report of the Committee on. Hymnology
and Liturgics
(Memorial 704)

The triennial report of the Synodical Committee on Hymnology
and Liturgics :is again, as in the past, a report on the work which
your Committee has done during the triennium jointly with the
respective committees of our sister synods in the Synodical Con-
ference of North America, who will present this same report to
their own synods. We wish to state at the outset, and with sincere
- thanksgiving to. the Lord of the Church, that during the past fifteen
. - years of our work together as the Intersynodical Committee on

‘onditional annual subsidy of $20,000.00 for the next triennium —

‘uerEAS, The. editorial . work planned by the Centennial

of their professional duties to the extent made necessary by this