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LCMS Convention Proceedings St. Louis, Missouri — 1926, Page 149

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Ev. Luth. Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States. 1926. 149

deliberations and to submit them to the various larger pastoral con-
ferences for discussion; and be it finally

8. “Resolved, That this committee be instructed also to make the
necessary recommendations to cover Overture 408 regarding the elec-
tion of synodical officials,”

Action.

The following resolution was unanimously carried: “That we
accept the entire set of recommendations of the committee, more
emphatically reaffirming the stated principles and ordering the pro-
posed measures carried out.”

Official Proceedings of Synod Unabridged
Also in English.
(German Report, p. 239.)

At its regular meeting, held on March 8, 1926, the English Ev.
Luth. Church of Our Redeemer, St. Louis, Mo., resolved to memo-
rialize the Ven. Delegate Convention as follows: —

Wuereas, English is the official as well as the business language
of our country; and

Wuereas, It repeatedly becomes necessary to produce, or place
in evidence, the synodical proceedings, in which cases an abridged
report of the proceedings, such as has been our wont to produce,
will not serve the purpose and a German edition will not be under-
stood; and

Wuereas, Reliable statistics establish beyond a doubt that a sub-
stantial majority of the members of Synod to-day prefer the English
language; and

Wuereas, There are to-day a very large number of members,

especially among our young people, who cannot read and understand
the German language; and

Wuerzas, The fullest degree of good will and support on the
part of these English-speaking and English-thinking members cannot
be expected unless they are properly and sufficiently informed; finally,

Wuereas, Such full and complete information cannot be gleaned
from an abridged edition of the synodical proceedings; therefore we
respectfully submit the following resolution for your consideration
and eventual adoption: —

_ Resolved, That our official proceedings be printed in the English
and in the German languages in parallel issues.
Enetiso Ev. Luts. Cxurce or Our Repremer.

St. Louis, Mo., March 22, 1996. Samuen Frantz, Secretary.