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LCMS Convention Proceedings St. Louis, Missouri — 1926, Page 168

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168 Proceedings of Thirty-Third Regular Convention,

old method, not to say anything of a similar effect upon what has been
‘the religious stamina of our congregations. We are of the conviction
that the Synodalbericht without the Referat will vitally depreciate the
Synodalbericht as to its tonic effect and will involve an accommoda-
tion to the spiritual decline, which ought to be counteracted. We ask

that the old method, referred to above, be restored.”

Synod resolved: — Action. .
1. That the publication of-all District Proceedings be left to each
District ; . . oe a .

9. That when Synodical Reports are published outside of Con-
cordia Publishing House, the doctrinal essay must first be submitted
to the faculty of Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, for approval;

3. That all Districts which publish a separate report be, and here-
with are, encouraged to publish it through Concordia’ Publishing —
House, because then the manuscript will be submitted to the faculty
for approval and thus rank as a publication of Synod; secondly,
because in this way we patronize our own Publishing House; and,
finally, because then the customers will receive reports of uniform
size and style. ;

“Statistical Year-Book.”’
Memorial 513.

In compliance with resolutions adopted by the Thirty-first Con-
vention of Synod at Detroit in 1920, ‘an annual edition of the Statis-
tical Year-Book has been published by Concordia Publishing House.

In further compliance with these resolutions, invoices covering the J

loases incident to such publication were submitted to Synod. These F
losses, as represented by the invoices submitted, were as follows: — 3
1921: $1,287.10 1922: $1,436.92 1923: $1,685.90 1924: $1,160.61 ,

The. cost of compiling the Statistical Year-Book is borne directly
ty Synod through the Statistical Bureau. Hence the loss, covered
by the invoices submitted, is the direct result of manufacturing and
marketing the book.
Your Board of Directors believes that part of this expenditure
can be avoided and the cause still be served by publishing these
statistics in alternate years. We therefore suggest that Synod adopt “4
the following resolution : — a

Resolved, That the Statistical Year-Book be published biennially
and that the next issue be published in 1928. q
Respectfully submitted by your Board of Directors,
M. F. Krerzmann, Secretary.
Action. ,

On recommendation of Committee 14 Synod resolved to con
tinue the annual publication of the Statistical Year-Book.