SDet 90. \l.\f aIm 841 humble. To whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen." St. L. Ed. 14: 434-437: Weimer Ed. 50, 657-661. That is Luther's theological method in a nutshell. Out of it sprang the maxim by which generations of Missouri Synod pastors, professors, teachers, regulated their theological studies: Oratio, Meditatio, Tentatio faciunt theologum, that is, A theologian becomes such by prayer, meditation, and trials. There was another axiom that we memorized: Quo propior Luthero, eo melior theologus, which means: The closer you approach to Luther, the better theologian you are. The Missouri Synod's teachers have been a shining proof of this. May this continue to be their 'YVcOQLcrl-ta., the mark by which they are known at home and abroad. God bless our St. Louis Concordia, its faculty, and its students. Amen. Berkeley, Calif. W. H. T. DAU 4 ~