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LCMS Convention Proceedings St. Louis, Missouri — 1926, Page 174

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174 Proceedings of Thirty-Third Regular Convention,

the influence of the Christian home is lacking, decay will be added
to decay and rottenness to rottenness, despite all that our Synod and
its pastors can do. The future of our young people is distinctly
“yp to” their parents.

And since the future of our Church depends, to no little degree,
on our young people, — as our growth will come not so much from
what we gain as from what we hold, — your Board respectfully, but
urgently submits the recommendation that henceforth a course in
young people’s work be given both at our theological seminaries and
at our normal schools. In this wise we believe pastors and teachers
will, even better than in the-past, be enabled to do an important work
of their office, that of holding the young people God has given us.

May God give us a consecrated youth, ever ready to stand up
for Jesus and to serve Him in Church and home! May His blessings
rest on our efforts in their behalf!

Respectfully submitted,
Tas Boarp ror Younea Propre’s Work. —

Aua. G. Mzrz, Chairman.
THEO. GRAEBNER, Secretary.

Report of the Committee. .

Your Committee has carefully ‘studied the report of the Board
for Young People’s Work. This report pictures conditions very dis-
concerting, proving that the importance of work among the young
people cannot .be emphasized too much and that our congregations
ought to do more for the young people, the future voting and work-
ing members of the Church, than has been done hitherto.

Your committee recommends : —

4. That the report of the Board for Young People’s Work appear
in full in the Proceedings ;

9. That the attention of Synod be directed to the resolutions of
the Fort Wayne convention in 1923 (Proceedings, pp. 51. 52; Syno-
dalbericht, p. 161) ;

3. That, when working with the young people, especial attention
be devoted to the newly confirmed;

4, That the official publications of Synod more frequently eall
attention to the importance of work among the young people;

8. That Synod adopt the report of the Board for Young People’s
Work to arrange for a course in young people’s work at our theo-
logical seminaries and normal schools;

6. That the Board for Young People’s Work be instructed to find
ways and means of executing this resolution in the best feasible way
and make recommendations to the faculties of the seminaries and
normal schools.

The recommendations of the committee were adopted.