LCMS Convention Proceedings St. Louis, Missouri — 1932, Page 103

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132 Proceedings of Thirty-Fifth Regular Convention,

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The subcommittee, in its meeting held March 15
the following resolution: “In view of the fact that pros
future are becoming favorable and that our missionar
valuable experience, we make a plea to Synod to p
Mission work in St. Louis for another triennium.”
~ Summary of work done May, 1931, to April, 1932, by Missi
I. Schwartz in Chicago, Ill.: 16 sermons were preached to eld
attendance of 75 persons; 25 catechetical instructions held ee
8 under instruction; 29 sermons and lectures delivered f, me
Mission. Called upon 877 persons; 22 interviewed at the missio, . ‘te
home. 17 hospital visits were made; the missionary dealt any
65 patients. 74 gospels and Bibles were distributed and 478 me
pamphlets, and copies of Sche-erith Isroel distributed gratis
Your Board recommends the following resolution for adoptio :
Resolved, That the New York Jewish Mission be conducted i

the same quarters which have Vi is w rk for
served for this ork e st
th pas

Your Board recommends that S
] ynod approve of the callin,
Missionaries Kenneth Frankenstein for St. Louis and I. Schwarte fe

Chicago and include the necessa iati i
sary appropriations in
the next three years, the budget for

1932, Passed
pects for the
Y has gaineg
ermit Jewish

tracts,

May God continue to bless our mission-work among the Jews!
Respectfully,
J. H.C. Atsoum, Secretary.

Regarding this report, Committee 11 recommended : —

First, since Synod has resolved to eliminate the boards of Foreign-
tongue Missions, Jewish Missions, Indian Missions, Seamen’s Mission
and Immigrant Missions and to transfer these missions to the District
or Districts in which the work is done, we recommend to continue the
subsidy for the Jewish Missions in New York, St. Louis, and Chicago
until Synod’s resolution takes effect. °

Secondly, we recommend to grant the request for the further use
of the same quarters for the J ewish Mission in New York.

Thirdly, we recommend to approve the calling of missionaries
Kenneth Frankenstein for St. Louis and I. Schwartz for Chicago.

Action.
The first recommendation was adopted.
The second recommendation was referred to the Atlantic District.
The third recommendation was referred to the respective Dis-

tricts in which these missionaries are working (Northern Illinois and
Western Districts).

Ev. Luth. Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States. 1932. 133

Report of Board of Missions to Deaf and Blind.

Your Board for Missions to the Deaf and Blind herewith tenders
its report for the past three years. By the grace of God the work in
these missions has gone forward. Four new missionaries were added,
go that the total number of workers under the direction of the Board
is 22, including the assistant of the missionary to the blind and Rev.
Wm. Gielow, director of the Ev. Luth. Deaf-mute Institute in Detroit,
Mich., a part-time worker. One field, Pittsburgh, was consolidated
with Brooklyn, Detroit, two new fields were created, Indiana and
Texas, and one old field, San Francisco, was again supplied with
a man. . :
About 170 preaching-stations, with a voting membership of 285
and approximately 1,400 communicant members, a net gain of 82 in
1931, are being served. The annual reports show that a great amount
of work has been done by our missionaries. Annually about 1,700
services were held, and over 1,000 periods of instruction and 4,500
calls were made. And we must remember that this work requires
considerable traveling and that this mission is in a class by itself.
Many of our men carry on mail-mission among isolated deaf.

As to the work among the blind, the following can be said. Rev.
A. H. Kuntz, the missionary to the blind, is editor of the Lutheran
Messenger for the Blind, a periodical published in English Braille,
with subscribers in every State of the Union and in 20 foreign coun-
tries. The total number of addresses on the mailing-list is 1,342. Rev.
0. C. Schroeder, besidés serving the deaf schools of the South and
Gallaudet College, Washington, D. C., is editor of periodicals for the
blind published in Moon, German and Spanish Braille, mailed to
19 countries. He is also editor of the Deaf Lutheran, official organ
of the Deaf and Blind Missions. 2,322 letters were received and an-
swered by him.

Work in Canada was discontinued, except in Winnipeg, because
of the great expense connected with it. The Board feels that the
placing of a man in Canada under prevailing conditions would be
a burden to the treasury.

Seven of our 19 head stations have chapels, and 5 have parsonages.
The need of a chapel in Omaha, Brooklyn, and St. Louis is at present
being strongly advocated. We hope the General Church Extension
Fund will see fit to make loans to these mission-places.

Your Board of Missions to the Deaf and Blind would appreciate
the opinion of the Synod on the Ephphatha Conference to be held at
Duluth, Minnesota, July 2226, 1932. It would cost about $400 to
$500 to hold this conference. What does Synod advise?

The Treasurer’s report shows that in 1930, $56,544.33 was dis-
bursed and in 1931, $56,168.30.