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LCMS Convention Proceedings St. Louis, Missouri — 1935, Page 98

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98 Proceedings of Thirty-Sixth Regular Convention,

Congregations Not Doing Their Duty
by Their Children.
(Memorial 203.)

Realizing the importance of a thorough indoctrination of the
members of our dear Lutheran Church and being furthermore con-
vinced that the best means of doing so is the Christian day-school,
Cireuit VI of the Northern Illinois District feels alarmed that about
80,000 children within our Synod do not attend such a school, either
because their congregation is without this blessed institution or be-
cause the parents for various reasons do not entrust their children to
such a school. We therefore feel constrained to plead earnestly with
your honorable body to consider this situation in all seriousness, to the
end that with the help and grace of God -ways and means may be
found to bring about a change of this condition, which is a continual
offense to many of our brethren and sisters in the faith. Our fathers
were willing to sacrifice time, convenience, money, etc., for this cause.
They realized that they would have to give an account to God as to
how they had cared for the bringing up of their children. Would it
be amiss if all pastors and congregations asked themselves before God
whether they are doing their full duty by their children? We feel
that we must bow our heads in shame and plead with God to be
merciful unto us and that we should lift up our hearts to Him in
fervent prayer, asking Him to preserve unto us, and to bless, our
Christian day-schools to the welfare of our Church and to His
eternal glory. ”

Adopted by Circuit No. VI of the Northern Illinois District and
submitted in its name by A. W. Bart ina.

Training ‘Directors of Christian Education”
for Congregations Having No Parish-School.
(Memorial 204.)

The Atlantic District submitted the following resolution : —

Wuereas, In many congregations a Christian day-school is an
unattainable ideal; and

Wuereas, The Church has the clear command of the Lord to
instruct the young; and

Wuergas, Each congregation has the duty to perform this task
in the best possible manner under prevailing circumstances; and

Wuerzas, The Christian day-school, while the best method, is not
the only method of complying with God’s command; and

Wuerzas, The demands upon the modern pastor’s time and

strength make it increasingly difficult for him adequately to instruct
all children of the church; and :