LCMS Convention Proceedings St. Louis, Missouri — 1973, Page 64

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PRESIDENT’S REPORT 65

Christ the strength and the courage that we need not
only for our personal lives, but for our life together
in The Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod.

As you listen to the reports of the various boards,
commissions, and committees of Synod, I am sure you
will thrill again and again to hear of the wonderful and
dedicated work that is being done by thousands of peo-
ple in North America and throughout the world. My
only prayer for our church today is that we may be
faithful to His Holy Word, faithful to the precious Gos-
pel of our Lord Jesus Christ, faithful to our calling as
His servants, and faithful to the needs of a dying world.
No better words can express the feeling that I know
lives and flourishes in the hearts of each one of us than
the words of the hymn which forms our theme at this
convention: EVER, ONLY, ALL FOR THEE.

Take my life and let it be Consecrated, Lord, to Thee;
Take my moments and my days, Let them flow in
ceaseless praise.

Take my hands and let them move At the impulse of

Thy love;

Take my feet and let them be Swift and beautiful for
Thee.

Take my voice and let me sing Always, only for my
King;

Take my lips and let them be Filled with messages
from Thee.

Take my silver and my gold, Not a mite would I with-
hold;

Take my intellect and use Every power as Thou shalt
choose.

Take my will and make it Thine, It shall be no longer
mine;

Take my heart, it-is Thine own, It shall be Thy royal
throne.

Take my love, my Lord, I pour At Thy feet its trea-
sure store;

Take myself, and I will be Ever, only, all for Thee.

J. A. O. Preus
APPENDIX A

Assignments to the Administration
by the 1971 Milwaukee Convention

Actions of the President on the following 1971 resolutions
are reported in the convention Workbook in connection
with Report 2-01, the Report of the Commission on Theology
and Church Relations, on pages 29—45 of the 1973 convention
Workbook:

2-13 To Study Communion Practices and Policies

3-03 To Recognize Sister Church Status

3-04 To Hold a Fourth International Lutheran Theological
Conference

3-05 To Express Regrets to Confessional Lutheran Church
in Finland

3-11 To Study Selective Fellowship

3-14 To Encourage Continued Discussion with Lutheran
Church in America

3-21 To Seek Better Relations with The American Lu-
theran Church

3-26 To Study “A Statement Regarding Lutheran Unity”

9-22 To Study the Role of Women

Action on other resolutions:

3-18 To Study Lutheran Council in the U.S.A.
This report is found in Chapter 2 (Report 2-05)
of the convention Workbook.

3-20

5-09

5-14

9-20

11-17

To Engage in Fellowship Discussions with the Wis-
consin Evangelical Lutheran Synod and the Evan-
gelical Lutheran Synod

Our efforts to move toward harmony have again
met with no success.
To Study Kinds of Conventions and Representation
at Conventions

The committee appointed by the President reports
on this item in Chapter 5, page 206, of the Workbook.
To Establish Commission of Adjudication (Final re-
solved: appointment of committee to review appellate
process)

The report of the committee appears in Chapter 4
of the Workbook, Report 4-09.

To Proclaim Annual World Hunger Day

This resolution calls upon the President to pro-
claim an annual World Hunger Day. Each congrega-
tion was asked to observe Thanksgiving Day in 1971
and the First Sunday in December 1972 as Annual
World Hunger Day.
To Study the Relationship of Deaconesses to the Synod

An ad hoc committee was appointed by the Presi-
dent; however the committee has requested to serve
until the next synodical convention to explore further
the questions concerning the relationship of deacon-
esses to the Synod and the expansion of women’s
ministry in the church.

APPENDIX B

Entered into Rest

Albers, Marvin L.
Albohm, John H. C.

Pastors

Grote, Robert A. G.
Gruell, Herman F.

Albrecht, Immanuel W. Guettler, Armin H.
Bajus, John Haas, Walter A.
Bast, J. Carl Hafner, Walter H. W.

Baxmann, Herbert W. J.
Bell, Charles F.
Bertermann, Martin A.
Beyer, Edwin P. W.
Birnbaum, Leon L.
Bleeke, August O.
Bliss, Elmer G.

Bohn, Luiz

Bouman, Walter H.
Brasch, Frank G.
Braunschweig, Otto A.
Brenner, Rudolph F. W.
Brueckmann, Albert
Bruss, Adolph M.
Busch, Ralph

Chatt, Gustav A.
Dannenfeldt, Paul L.
Duensing, Fred A.
Eckelman, Larry E.
Einspahr, Reinhard
Elbrecht, Paul G.
Elser, John G.
Engelbert, Edward F.
Engelbrecht, Harold H.
Engelder, Conrad J. H.
Ernst, Walter L.

Falk, Erich

Fechner, Walter G.
Fedder, Oscar
Fickenscher, Carl C.
Fisher, Henry A.
Foard, Frederick H.
Franke, Martin E.
Frohn, Henry H.
Gailes, Samuel L.
Gehring, Arthur
Geiswinkler, Frederick
Georg, Howard
Goehring, John G.
Goold, Peter B.
Graebner, Rudolph W. F.
Graumann, Oscar R.

Hahn, Clyde R.

Harre, Carl W.

Harre, Paul F.
Hartenberger, Edmund K.
Hartmann, Emil C. F.
Hasz, Richard E.
Heinicke, Herman J.
Heinicke, Victor E.
Heintzen, Erich H.
Heuchert, Karl
Hoeppner, Lawrence C.
Hoffmann, George Wm. Sr.
Hoffmann, Kenneth R.
Huber, Albert
Huckaby, Charles W.
Jarosi, Leopald A.
Jesse, Richard A.
Jielde, Wilfred E.
Joesting, Edward H.
Jungkuntz, Henry G.
Kahle, Henry A.
Kebschull, Gustav O.
Kissel, Fred K.
Kleinhans, Theodore
Knorr, Carl W. G.
Knorr, Edwin C.
Koberg, Michael M.
Koch, Walter T.
Koehler, Leonard W.
Koehnken, Rudolph H.
Koepke, Robert T.
Kretzmann, Herbert R. E.
Kretzmann, Paul L. F.
Krueckeberg, Harry
Krug, Albert G. F.
Ladewig, Carl W.
Lang, Edward M.
Lemke, Waldemar A.
Link, Walter J.
Lochner, William O. R.
Ludwig, William F.
Luebke, Daniel F.