# Synodical Conference Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1906_S63
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of the Ev. Luth. Synodical Conference of North America. 1906. 63

cant members: 12; voting members: 3; Sunday school: 31. Southern Pines ought to have a teacher.

Since last July the missionary has had at all the stations the following official acts: Baptized 21, confirmed 16, buried 6, married 1 couple. He regrets that the people at these stations have until now contributed so little to the general mission treasury; he intends to work toward improvement in this respect in the future.

3. Mount Pleasant, Dry's Schoolhouse and Reimerstown. (Pastor St. Doswell, Negro.) The present number of souls of these three stations is 146, the number of communicants 61, of voting members 27. In the last two years 33 were added through baptism and confirmation. Missionary Doswell too complains of the many difficulties, particularly of the many sect preachers; but he lets himself be intimidated by these difficulties neither himself nor his people, but they call out to the sects on every occasion: "God's Word and Luther's doctrine pure shall to eternity endure!" [printed in English] — The summer schools, held by students of Immanuel College, have great success here too at these stations. — The people are very poor in earthly goods and their contributions to the general mission treasury are only small; "but," writes the missionary, "what they give, they give willingly and gladly. In spite of their poverty they have bought and paid for an organ and, besides, a building lot for a new chapel, which must be built later."

4. Gold Hill, Rockwell and The Rocks. At these stations James Doswell, a Negro, has been working since October 1904. He too complains of difficulties, but is of good courage. He writes among other things: [Printed in English.] "I think the work is progressing as well as can be expected. It must always be remembered that the Scriptural doctrines, as laid down and taught by the Evangelical Lutheran Church, do not always find a ready reception with the mass of my people. They are, and have been, literally filled with doctrine intermingled with human reason. It takes time and patience to root out all those old fogyisms grounded in them from earliest childhood. But I firmly believe that the time will come when the Lutheran Church will be more appreciated by my people than it is now, for the Word of God, unadulterated, has a wonderful power."

In Gold Hill preaching and Sunday school are held regularly every Sunday. Added to the congregation were 13 by baptism, 7 by confirmation. The present number of souls is 61; communicants are 30. Two who had fallen away were won back. Buried were 2, married 4 couples; one member was dismissed to the sister congregation. The catechism hours on Wednesday evening are well attended, also by strangers.

In Rockwell there is service every second Sunday with preaching