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LCMS Convention Proceedings St. Louis, Missouri — 1938, Page 182

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182 Various Missions

Our seminary at Hankow was closed when, owing to war
conditions, the faculty members and their families evacuated to
Hongkong. Two unmarried missionaries, Revs. P. Frillmann and
G. Wenger, remained at Hankow to guard our property and ad-
vise our native pastors and congregations. Missionaries H. Klein,
L. A. Buuck, and families came home on advance furlough because
of the war. Their furloughs had been due, however, in 1938.
Rev. E. C. Zimmermann is at Shasi, Revs. E. Thode and R. J. Muehl
at Ichang, Rev. A. C. Diers at Wanhsien, Rev. H. C. Meyer and
Misses O. Gruen and G.Simon at Enshih.

The war has naturally brought on a violent rise in prices. Our
Board will be forced, if the war continues, to give our workers a
larger salary to keep them from want. Our Synod will surely
recognize the necessity of keeping them out of want. While we
thank God for their valor, we must stand behind our men. We
trust that our Synod will recognize the need and grant us the
necessary funds. The Fort Wayne Board for Relief very willingly
and promptly granted us $5,000 for relief and evacuation needs,
part of which has been drawn. We know that we can appeal for
additional help if there is any real need for it. ,

Our budget appropriation for the current year will not allow
us to call a single missionary either to India or to China. Largely
because of evacuation from China we were forced to exceed our
appropriations by a few thousand dollars during the past year.

Again we must report the loss of valuable workers who had
to leave our fields for various reasons. The vacancy caused by the
death of Teacher N. Nero was filled by Teacher Th. Breihan, only
to recur when the latter accepted a call to the States. Missionary
W. Werling’s health forced him to come home and eventually to
resign, thus leaving the important Simakow field without a resi-
dent missionary. Missionaries R. Burow, R. Jank, P. A. J. Mueller,
H. J. Meyer, and Miss E. Feddersen resigned from service in India
for sufficient reasons. Our losses were only partially covered by
sending out the following workers during the past triennium:
Rev. P. Frillmann to China; Teacher and Mrs. K. Mueller, first
called to China, then transferred to India because of the war;
Dr. N. Leckband; Rev. H. Lachmann; Rev. R. P. Sieving; Rev.
Martin Lutz and Deaconess Margarete Lutz (later married), all
to India.

Missionary A. J. Lutz, India, was permitted, in 1937, to observe
his 25th anniversary of service in India, ever since his graduation
from Concordia Seminary. This year, 1938, the 25th anniversary
of our mission-work in China should be observed with thanks
to God.

In the fall of 1936, our esteemed general secretary, Dr. Fred-