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LCMS Convention Proceedings St. Louis, Missouri — 1938, Page 176

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176 Various Missions

Resolved, That Synod commend the pastors of that Church
for their zeal and ardent labors in traveling great distances in order
to minister to their scattered flocks; and be it further

Resolved, That the request for a subsidy of $2,822, which is
$188 less per annum than during the previous triennium, be re-
ferred to the Fiscal Conference for favorable action.

In regard to the mission in Estonia, we commend Pastor N.
Baeuerle for his untiring zeal in ministering to eleven different
localities over an area of five hundred miles, and we note with
satisfaction that the loan from the Church Extension Fund to the
congregation at Arensburg is being retired.

Resolved, That the subsidy be increased by $100 per annum,
that is, to the sum of $400 a year, and that this request be referred
to the Fiscal Conference for favorable action.

Regarding a requested emergency fund, be it

Resolved, That Synod refer the disposition of this request to
the proper authorities.

Action of Synod: These recommendations and resolutions were
adopted.

Missions to Deaf and Blind
(Memorial 409; cf. 401, pp.120f.; 701, C, 2)

Report of the Mission Board

Another triennium of blessed work in our Deaf and Blind
Missions has come to a close. We are assured that the work has
not been in vain; for according to God’s own promise His Word
shall not return unto Him void.

The principal events and changes in these missions during
the past three years are herein set forth.

In 1936 we were privileged to look back over a period of ©
forty years of work done by Synod among the deaf. The work
has been sponsored by Synod since 1896. In 1937 we reached the
tenth anniversary of Synod’s work among the blind. May God
continue to bless these missions to the glory of His name and the
salvation of many blood-bought souls.

The following changes became necessary during the past
triennium: In 1936 our missionary in Chicago accepted a call
into a hearing congregation after serving in our mission about
eighteen years. The missionary in Detroit, Mich., was successfully
called to fill the vacancy in Chicago, the Cleveland missionary was
called to the Detroit field, and a pastor of a hearing congregation
who had been doing volunteer work in the Deaf Missions for five
years was called to Cleveland. A formerly part-time worker was
called into the Indiana field, which became vacant on account of