# The Lutheran Pioneer_St. Louis_1881_S8 # Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration) ‘The Lutheran Pioneer. The Outlook from the Editor’s Window. Our sissronary at New Orleans has begun his mission work among the colored people of that place. The services are well attended, and the school is steadily growing in numbers. Another Day School is to be opened for the colored people in Claiborne Chapel, under the care of Mr. C. Berg, a cousin of our faithful missionary at Little Rock. Tue Church Messenger publishes the following letter from a Lutheran family in Kansas: “How glad we are that a Lutheran minister is coming out here. Our hearts long and are hungry for the preached word and the voice of a Lutheran pastor. We wish two of our chil- dren to attend Catechetical instruction, and there are several others who would be glad to enter the Catechetical class. A class could be begun with at least seven, and doubtless others would enter after the work was once begun. There are a goodly number of our Lutheran people in this vicinity, and if the man who is sent out here is a Lutheran Christian, and could preach some German, we have no doubt but that he would, by the grace of God, gather a flourishing congregation in a few years. Tell the missionary to bring some Catechisms with him and come right here to our house. If he is an unmarried man he can board and lodge with us; if he is a man of family, we have a house into which we will let him move. Just have him come here to our place.’’ Tus reminds us of an address. Of an ad- dress? Yes. Here it is: Mr. C. F. Lange, 509 Franklin Ave., St. Louis, Mo. It is the address of our Treasurer who has been ap- pointed to receive contributions for the support of an English missionary in the West. Luth- erans that enjoy the great blessings of God’s pure Word should gladly pray and pay for the spread of the Gospel in our Western States. A woman, who had for some time heard her husband pray’ ‘‘Thy Kingdom cometh,’’ but had seen no cash going in that direction, once said to him, ‘‘Now, John, I think it is about time to help the kingdom of God to come by the expenditure of a little cash, or dry up on the subject altogether.”’ Two burglars lately broke into St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church in New York, and were operating on an iron safe in the secretary's room when they were surprised by the sexton, who went in to light a fire. They had already broken off the knob of the safe and were about blowing it open with powder when disturbed. THE installation of Rey. C. A. Frank as Professor of Theology, and Rev. G. H. Schodde, Ph. D., as Professor of the Latin language and literature, took place in the college chapel of the Lutheran University at Columbus, Ohio, on the 13th of January. Ex-Goy. Rice, of Massachusetts, has pre- sented to the Library of Roanoke College, Virginia, a rare old Latin Bible, printed in the year 1477. A NuMBER of Lutheran pastors of New York “It’s Better Higher Up.” city, at a conference held on the 7th of Janu- ary, discussed and adopted a plan for the es- tablishment of a Lutheran hospital in that great city. The plan will be laid before the congregations for their approval. In GERMANY preparations are already being was sick and near unto death. garret five stories up. lady who often visited her, and always found her very cheerful. There is a story of a poor old woman, who She lived ina There was a Christian This visitor had a lady friend of wealth who constantly looked on the dark side of things, and was always cast down, although she was a professed Christian. She thought it would do this lady good to see the bed-ridden saint, so she took her down to the house. When they got to the first story the lady drew up her dress and said, ‘‘How dark and filthy itis!”” “It’s better higher up’’, said her friend. They got to the next story, and it was no better, the Iady ‘complained again, made for the celebration of the 400th anni- versary of Luther’s birthday in‘the year 1883. In South Africa the Lutheran Church is growing steadily. There are also many German Lutheran congregations there, whose pastors have now formed a synod. THe Lutheran Swedes have at all times shown a great interest in the mission work in Lapland. Princess Eugenie, sister of the reign- ing Swedish King, is said to be taking a lead- ing and effective part in the work, in personal labor and by means of self-sacrificing gifts, even to the selling of the greater part of her jewels, in order to support it. THE officers of the great railways, such as the New York Central and the Pennsylvania, have ordered the ‘“‘flash’’ literature out of their stations, and forbidden its sale on their trains. Well done! Tue creditors of the bankrupt Romish Arch- bishop of Cincinnati have not yet been paid one cent. The failure occurred two years ago, and the liabilities are about four million dol- lars. We wonder there are no ‘‘Sisters’’ with white bonnets going about and begging gifts for the ‘‘ poor’’ Bishop from kind-hearted Prot- estants. Tue Irish Catholics who have been per- suaded by several Romish Bishops to form a colony in Minnesota, have suffered greatly this winter. A reporter found them starving and without any means to protect themselves against the severe cold. Tne Lutheran Almanac, published in Bal- timore, gives the following statistics of the Ev. Lutheran Synodical Conference: Pastors, 1176; congregations, 1990; parochial schools, 1064; number of souls, 554,505. Tue Hon. Smron Cameron, formerly United States Senator from Pennsylvania, donated the house in which he was born in Lancaster Co., Pa., to the Lutheran church at that place, in memory of his deceased wife, who was a member of a Lutheran congregation. As we go to press the sad news reaches us of the death of Rev. Theodor Biltz, pastor of the Lutheran Church at Morris, Tl. He departed this life on the 17th of January, aged 24 years. The deceased was a graduate of our Lutheran Seminary at St. Louis and a son of the Rey. F. J. Biltz, President of the Western District of the Missouri Synod. : THE wealthy miser lives as a poor man here: but he must give account as a rich man in the day of judgment. —s +o o> A BELIEVER’S dying day is his crowning day. but her friend replied, ‘It’s better higher up.’’ At the third floor it seemed still worse, and the lady kept complaining, but her friend kept say- ing, “It’s better higher up.”’ to the fifth story, and when they went into the sick-room there was a nice carpet on the floor, there were flowering plants in the window and little birds singing. bed-ridden saint—one of those saints whom God is polishing for His own temple—just beaming with joy. must be very hard for you to lie here.’’ smiled and said, ‘It’s better higher up!’’ and if things go against us, my friends, Jet us remember that “It’s better higher up.’’ soul that is filled with this hope sees a bright side to every cloud, and hears a cheerful song above all storms and all sorrow. At last they got And there they found this The lady said to her, ‘‘It She Yes, The DIED, On November 29th, 1880, after a lingering illness, Catharina, beloved wife of Alex. Einwaechter, in the 71st year of her age. She emigrated to this country from Baden in 1829, and shortly afterward connected herself with the first German Lutheran congregation of Balti- more. In 1834, she was united in the holy bonds of matrimony to Alex. Einwacchter, and attended the above congregation so long as the truth was taught. With her husband and others she after- wards founded the second Lutheran Church of Bal- timore, of which Rev. Hespert was the first pastor, succeeded by Fathers Wyncken and Keyl. In 1867, when a separation took place in said congregation, she became a member of Rev. C. Frincke’s congre- gation, and remained a faithful member of the Luth- eran Church until her death. She had selected as her text Hebrews 10, 39., on which Rey. C. Frincke preached in German. Rev. E. L.S. Tressel preached in English on Job 19, 25. She was one of the pio- neers of the Lutheran Church in Baltimore. Money - Box. Received for our Mission among the Colored People from P. Schlesinger $1.00. R.A. B. TERMS: Tue Lutneran Pioneer is published monthly, payable in adyance at the following rates, postage included, to-wit: WiCOpysvcsssacccescccccccncses i) GE or, cc 2 “ 50 “a All business communications to be addressed to »Luth. Concordia Publishing House“, M. C. Bar- THEL, Agt., St. Louis, Mo. 3 All communications concerning the editorial de- artment to be addressed to Pror. R. A. Biscuo¥¥, oncordia College, Fort Wayne, Ind.