# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1944_S323
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

Financial, ‘Matters . , 323

‘ MEREAS, Also our: foreign missions lean heavily upon : the
: Bible Society for Scriptures in the languages used in:

. Free Distribution of Church Papers
(Memorial 712)-

grow, but also desire to grow and strive for the always im-
ible perfect stature; and ,
“Waereas, We are living in perilous times and constantly need
0, be. warned against the powerful forces that would destroy our
souls, our churches, our schools, our Bibles; and
"WHEREAS, Thousands of young people are sitting behind prison
s because they did not sit at their Bibles at home and did not
d. good, clean, decent literature, and were not prepared when
fiery temptations from Satan came; and a
“WHEREAS, We must inculcate in our children the fear of God
an. incentive to holiness of life; and
: WHEREAS, It is our happy privilege to publish abroad the central
mA tcctrine of the Christian religion —salvation through faith — to
hs to fallen man the heaven-inspired Gospel of the grace of God
iChrist Jesus, to widen our frontiers and expand our Church; and
';. ‘Wuergas, Our church papers are built up to further such
nds and purposes, spiritual growth for the inner man and outward
growth for the church at large; therefore be it
-- Resolved, That we recommend to Synod that, beginning with
»January 1, 1945, every home in our Synod receive one of the two
urch papers, either the Lutheran Witness or Der Lutheraner,
ee of charge; and that as soon as a new home is added to the
burch, immediately one of these two papers, Lutheran Witness
r Lutheraner, be placed into that home, free of charge; and that.
ach congregation send a list:of its homes in ample time before
fanuary 1, 1945; and that the cost of this yearly synodical blanket
subscription. be added to the synodical budget; and that we pray
ervently to Him who twenty-four years after He had led Abraham
from Haran to Canaan gave Abraham the blessed assurance:
‘I am the almighty God,” that we put our trust in this same God
and leave the rest to Him.
, Sr. Paut’s Ev. LUTHERAN CHURCH, PATERSON, N.J.

Eso A. FANsLau, President

Aus. H. Prrretkow, Secretary

A. G. Dick, Pastor -