# Der Lutheraner_St. Louis Missouri_1949 09 27_S326
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At the request of many a reader we bring a few more pictures. The first shows Chaplain and Mrs. H. Heuer with their two children, busy unpacking the gifts of love for the needy in Germany. Our chaplains

Pastoral conference in Gemünden

still have opportunity to distribute food and clothing to the poor. So they are also still ready to receive gifts. Only, let one apply with them to the Emergency Planning Council, 3558 S. Jefferson Ave., St. Louis 18, Missouri.

Pastor P. König has let us have some pictures so that they may be laid before our "Lutheraner" readers. The first shows a highly important memorial tablet with the inscription: "Here formerly stood the episcopal palace [castle], in whose chapter hall on June 25, 1530, the Confessio Augustana

Church in Kentish Town, London

was proclaimed." At first it was hard for us to find this memorial tablet in Catholic Augsburg. But at last we succeeded, and we could picture to ourselves vividly the great crowd that heard the reading of the Augsburg Confession in the great courtyard. A truly moving experience!

The second picture shows some of those who took part in the pastoral conference of our brethren in Gemünden. There was not time enough to group the persons properly. In front in the picture one sees Vice-President Dr. Harms, Professor Bretscher, Professor Franzmann, and other well-known persons.

The third picture shows the beautiful church in Kentish Town, London, planned by our Pastor R. Weber, which is now used not only by our own congregation there but also by the Lutheran Polish congregation in England.

Our fourth picture shows part of the main building of our theological seminary in Oberursel near Frankfurt. In this

Main building of the theological seminary in Oberursel

building the lectures are held. Other buildings that belong to the institution's complex are of a similar kind. Four professors teach over thirty students here. Published by the faculty is the "Lutheraner," a paper very well worth reading and interesting, which ought to be read also by Lutherans in America.

The fifth picture shows the famous Luther Monument in Worms, the old imperial city, where Luther on April 19, 1521, made his glorious confession before emperor and empire. The hall where Luther once testified to the truth of the Gospel no longer stands; but the old, mighty cathedral still stands, which dates in part from the ninth century and is therefore now a thousand years old. As a city Worms has long since lost its glory.

We were able to travel through Germany in a comfortable, fast automobile, and so we marveled at Luther's mighty capacity for work and energy, which let him, while working constantly, travel so many miles over bad roads and in uncomfortable carriages. Like the apostle Paul of old, Luther too traveled a great deal in the service of Jesus. A book on "Luther's Journeys" would surely be extremely interesting.