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LCMS Convention Proceedings St. Louis, Missouri — 1935, Page 164

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164 Proceedings of Thirty-Sixth Regular Convention, |

pared with the following in-1934: Adult baptisms, 39; children bap-
tized, 53; confirmed, 124; gained by letter, 24, and by confession of
faith, 28. Our Deaf and Blind Missions number about 1,634 com-
municant members, but many times that number come under the
influence of the Gospel through personal contact and mail-mission.

The publications issued in the interest of the Deaf and Blind
Missions have been ¢ut very noticeably. The Deaf Lutheran, official
organ of these missions, has been cut from a twelve-page monthly to
an eight-page quarterly and since: the beginning of 1935 has been
changed to a four-page monthly to serve chiefly for mail-mission
purposes.

The ‘literature for the blind received a 80-per-cent. cut. This
action has been; and.is even now, regretted’ very much by: the mis-
sionaries in charge and by the readers of our periodicals.. The Board
has many letters on file to this effect. Also a member of the Board of
Directors has received several letters on this matter. Other publica-
tions on the market for the blind edited by our missionaries in the
American Braille are: Luther’s Catechism (by Dallmann); a Bible
History in two volumes, a reprint of Synod’s Bible History for Paro-
chial and Sunday-schools; a Life of Dr. Martin Luther; a Lutheran
hymnal containing one hundred hymns, with Braille musical note-
tions; and a prayer-book.

The Lutheran Messenger for the Blind, a monthly periodical pub-
lished in the English Standard Braille, is mailed to about 1,500 ad-
dresses, with readers in every State and in twenty-five foreign
countries.

The Lutheran Herald for the Blind, printed in Moon type, and
the Lutherische Bote, printed in German Braille, are mailed quarterly
to a total of about.1,800 addresses, with readers in almost every State
and in many foreign countries. A tract in Spanish Braille is pub-
lished once a year and mailed to a few addresses.

The size of our mailing-lists could be increased greatly with little
effort; but we lack the funds to meet the expense of such an increase.

By means of these magazines, personal contacts, and an extensive
correspondence our missionaries make Christ known to many blind
and thus give them opportunities to learn of God’s grace and mercy
through Christ Jesus and to receive great spiritual blessings.

The Lord has truly blessed the work we are carrying on in these
missions, and we pray that He may continue to bless it to the sal-
vation of many souls and to this end also open the hands and hearts
of those who can hear and see and know of the love of God. ,

To carry on this far-reaching work among the many deaf and

blind, twenty-two workers have been engaged, and four pastors are
doing volunteer work.