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LCMS Convention Proceedings St. Louis, Missouri — 1926, Page 191

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Ev. Luth. Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States. 1926. 141

5. We furthermore recommend that the same Intersynodical
Committee be retained and that it continue discussions with similar
committees of other synods, in much the same way as has been done
hitherto, for the purpose of effecting a moré exact formulation of the.
theses in those points to which exception has been taken, or of fram-
ing other, shorter and simpler, theses, and of removing other obstacles
to which our Intersynodical Committee draws attention. To one of
these obstacles our Intersynodical Committee refers in its report to
Synod with the words: “Touching the article of Christian fellowship,
a different conception evidently obtains in the synods concerned.”

We also recommend that the same Examining Committee be con-
tinued for the purpose of receiving any additional correspondence.
Both committees shall again report at the next convention.

6. Finally, we implore all Christians of our Synod diligently to
beseech the Lord of the Church that a God-pleasing, perfect union in
the Truth and in love be achieved to the glory of His name and the

= _welfare of His Church.

This report was adopted.

Australia.
(German Report, p. 171.)

With regard to the request of the brethren in Australia that
Synod call one or two professors for Concordia Seminary in Adelaide,
your Committee recommends to Synod the reply that, while we should
very much like to grant the request, we hardly see how it can be done,
at least for the present, and therefore regretfully decline. — Adopted.

Finnish Ev. Luth. National Church of America.

Report of Committee.
(German Report, p. 233. )

The last convention commissioned the undersigned to continue
the negotiations with the Finnish Ev. Luth. National Church of
America, and they herewith present their report.

First of-all we notified all our pastors who reside in the vicinity
of a pastor of the Finnish National Church of the rapprochement of
the two synods, requesting them to enter into more intimate relations.
with the Finnish pastors. residing in their vicinity. Distance and
language — a.number of Finnish pastors speaking and understanding
only their native tongue — prevented this in many cases. As a result
of our request, however, many connections have been made, and there
is ‘a lively intercourse between these pastors of both synods. The
rapprochement of the two synods had the following results: —

1. The mission-work of the two synods was supported in this way,
that at some places the one party used the church of the other party
for mission-purposes.