LCMS Convention Proceedings St. Louis, Missouri — 1929, Page 84

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fv. Luth. Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States. 1929. 85

. ecaetor must be employed for six months during the vacation of
Prof. Ergane; gince the traveling expenses of these two men, the
-gecond professor and the director, must be met, since an additional
missionary is placed in the field, and since the harvest in the Southern
territory has been very poor.

Concerning South American matters Committee No.9 reported
as follows: —

Your Committee on Missions in South America begs to submit
the following report: —

Since Mr. Horst, member of our Board of Directors, last year
by resolution of Synod visited our mission-field in South America, we
recommend —

1. That Synod tender Mr. Horst a hearty vote of thanks for
services thus rendered to Synod;

9. That Mr. Horst now be given an opportunity to address Synod
on our mission-fields in South America. (Accordingly Mr. Horst as
well as Professors Schelp and Ergang addressed Synod on South

American matters.)
Brazil.

4. Besides the printed overtures on page 103 to 107 there were
several unprinted memorials to be considered by your Committee.
In one of these the brethren in Brazil request that they be given
a representative and an adviser, residing in the United States, but
spending sufficient time on the South American mission-field to be
sufficiently familiar with its needs and thus able to advise the
respective boards in the United States and the brethren in South
America in their work.

Since the brethren themselves make this request and since your
committee after careful consideration of the respective documents
is convinced that the present conditions in our mission-field in Brazil
demand that a special representative and adviser be given them, we
recommend that Synod endeavor to secure a man who could serve in
the aforesaid capacity as long as necessary. We further recommend
that the Board of Directors, together with the Board of Missions in
South America, be instructed to carry out this recommendation, to
call such a representative and to give him the proper instructions.

2. Some of the brethren in Brazil request that besides this special
representative they also be given a permanent field secretary. In
view of the foregoing recommendation we recommend that Synod
refrain from calling a permanent field secretary.

3. Regarding the recommendation of the Board (Memorial 305,
page 104) pertaining to the establishing of a pedagogical chair in the
seminary at Porto Alegre we recommend that Synod establish such
a chair and call the necessary professor.