# The Lutheran Pioneer_St. Louis_1881_S20 # Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration) 20 The Lutheran Pioneer. The Outlook from the Editor’s Window. : - WE are sorry to have to record the death of a dear class-mate of ours. The Rev. J. D. Ja- cobson, Professor in the Norwegian Luther College, Decorah, Iowa, fell asleep in Jesus on the Ist of April. He was well known for his great learning, his earnest piety and his rare modesty. ‘‘ His attainments,’’ says one of his brethren, ‘were so remarkable that he was often called ‘The walking encyclopedia’.”” The Luth- eran Church has lost in him a faithful laborer. He is now ‘‘with the Lord,’’ and our loss is his gain. Tue Revs. T. A. Torgersen, of Worth Co., Iowa, and K. Bjorgo, of Becker Co., Minn., have been called to professorships in the Nor- wegian Lutheran Seminary, Madison, Wis. Professors H. G. Stub and J. Ylvisaker have resigned. The former, we regret to learn, suf- fers from a painful nervous prostration, and is obliged to seek rest. May God soon restore our dear friend and preserve him for further work in the Church where the laborers are so few. Our LurgeRaN coLoRED scHoors in the South are in a prosperous condition. In Little Rock, Ark., the number of scholars has become so large that another teacher should be sent there.—In New Orleans the school in ‘‘Sailors’ Home’’ numbers 150 scholars. It is divided into two classes, the higher class being taught by the missionary, Rev. Bakke, and the lower class by Miss Watson. Mr. C. Berg has taken charge of the School in Claiborne Chapel, which numbers 70 scholars.—In Mobile, Ala., the number of pupils, under the care of Rev. Wahl, is steadily increasing. In February 60 colored children attended school regulary. In Prince Epwarps County, Virginia, the Lord has opened a new field for our mis- sion. The Rey. W. R. Buehler, who was formerly missionary in Africa, found a large number of colored people in that county who desired a school for their children, and the preaching of God’s Word. Rey. Buehler has already been appointed missionary by our Mis- sion-Board. Mrs. Buehler has kindly presented a piece of land to our mission, on which a build- ing is now being erected. The colored children and the grown people joyfully look forward to the time when the Lutheran school will be opened and services be held regularly. May the Lord give us a rich harvest! By THE WAY, would it not be interesting to read a short letter from our missionaries now and then in the ProneeR? We could have an Arkansas Letter one month, and the next month a Louisiana Letter, and then an Alabama Let- ter, and then a Virginia Letter. As it is now, the editor sits here at his window in Indiana, straining his eyes to see what is going on down South. And people can’t see so far, not even here in Fort Wayne. Well, my dear little PIonEER, if you meet the missionaries, give them our brotherly greetings and tell them what we wish. But you must speak in a friendly and coaxing way, you know, and say “please, sir,” like a good little boy. ONE OF OUR’ MISSIONARIES in Kansas pub- lishes a very interesting report of his work. He travels over 800 miles in making the circuit of his large field and preaches at twenty places, having prospects of adding six or eight more. The missionary often preached four times in a week and found the people always willing to leave their work to listen to the word of God. The great drought through which they passed made them thirst after the Waters of Life, and after hearing the Gospel, they many a time came to the missionary with tears in their eyes saying, that the comfort of the preached Word made them forget all their hardships and in- spired them with fresh courage. In tae Lurmeran Orpuans’ Home at Germantown, Philadelphia, there are 77 or- phans. In the Asylum for the Aged there are 33 inmates. Seven of the inmates are between 80 and 90'years of age, 2 are over 90, and one is 97 years old. $21,757.50 were paid for the building of the Asylum, and $1413.50 for fur- nishing the rooms. Tue Ey. Lurgeran Sr. Perer’s congre- gation of Baltimore has begun mission work in another part of that great city. Its faithful pastor, the Rev. E. L. S. Tressel, has also or- ganized two congregations in Harford county, Md., which have resolved to call a pastor this summer. Tae Rev. O. S. OcLesBee, missionary of the English District of the Lutheran Joint Synod of Ohio, is meeting with success in his mission work. At Dayton an English Lutheran congregation has been organized, and the mis- sionary has now begun work at Franklin, Ohio. THE ANNUAL FESTIVAL of the Lutheran Or- phans’ Home at Richmond, Ind., will take place on the first Sunday in May. English and German addresses will be made, and the Board of Trustees extends a cordial invitation to all friends of the orphans. Tue LUTHERAN MISSIONS in South Africa suffered severely through the wars raging there during the past years. Since the war with the Boers has now come to an end, the missionaries hope that they will be able to carry on their Gospel work in peace. On THE 47H oF Marc a Romish mob broke into the Protestant Church at Marsala, Italy, took out the pews and burned them in the street. The mob then went into the Romish church and received the blessings of the priests. Such are the doings of the Romish church in the country where the pope lives! Is HOMOEOPATHY considered a heresy in the pope’s church? A Romish priest at Scudoni, Spain, has declared from the pulpit that any sick person belonging to his parish who has tried to cure himself by homoeopathy will, in the event of death, be refused the rites of the church. But suppose a man dies who has tried to cure himself with the ‘holy water of Lour- des.’ What then? Tse wATER of Lourdes, France, you know, is said by the Romish people to cure all kinds of diseases, it being ‘‘blessed by the virgin Mary.’’ It is therefore sent into all parts of the world as a patent medicine, and there are superstitious people in the pope’s church who try it and—get worse. Dr. Hammond, a well- known physician of New York, says that he gave water of Lourdes to a Catholic patient, calling it Croton water, and she became worse; but when he used common water, telling her it was from the miraculous spring of Lourdes, she was quickly improved. Well, if the mi- raculous power lies only in the name, then our new water works here in Fort Wayne can give us all the water of Lourdes we want. BOOK-TABLE, MEMORIAL OF REY. Pror. W. F. LEMMANN, late President of Capital University, who died Wed- nesday, Dec. 1st, 1880. Ohio Synodical Print- ing House. 1881. This pamphlet, containing a biographical sketch of the departed and the sermons delivered at his funeral by Professors Loy and Schmid, is a most beautiful tribute of love to the memory of the lamented Prof. Lehmann, and will, we doubt not, be widely circulated among the many friends and acquaintances of the sainted Professor. The price of the pamphlet is 25 cents per copy, $2.50 per dozen, $20.00 per hundred. Address J. L. Trauger, Agent, Lutheran Book Concern, Columbus, Ohio. LONGING IN AFFLICTION—COMroORT IN AFFLIC- TION. Composed by C. Wonnberger for Family and Public Entertainment. Pilger Book Store, Reading, Pa. Price 50 cents. LIEDERGESCHICHTEN. No. III. IV. V. Price per number 5 cents, postage 1 cent; per dozen 50 cents; per hundred §3.00. Pilger Book Store, Reading, Pa. These pamphlets give us most interesting and in- structive reading. Our dear Lutheran hymns be- come dearer to us as we read of the many instances in which God used them to arrest sinners on their way to perdition or to bring sweet comfort to sor- rowing and troubled Christians. Parents and teach- ers can make the learning of our hymns ‘‘easier”’ to the little ones by telling them some of the stories found in those pamphlets. THE HYGIENE OF CaTaRRuH with sixteen Illustra- sone By Thos. F. Rumbold, M.D. St. Louis, Mo. This is an excellent book, full of wholesome ad- vice. Its author has, during the last twenty years, made the Hygiene of Catarrh a constant study, and is well known for his great success in treating the troublesome disease. The book contains 19 chap- ters treating of such subjects as Protection of the Head, Clothing, Protection of the Feet, Tempcra- ture, Ventilation, The Mental and Physical Effects of Tobacco, &c. &c. St. Paul’s Colored Lutheran Church. LitTLe Rock, Ark. Chapel on corner of 12th & Rock Strs. Sunday-school meets every Sunday at 2 o’clock. Divine services at 3 o’clock and 7 o’clock. TERMS: Tae Lurneran Pioneer is published monthly, ayable in adyance at the following rates, postage included, to-wit: 25. 5.00 50 “ 4... 9.00 Club rates only allowed if all copies are to be sent to one address. All business communications to be addressed to »Luth. Concordia Publishing House“, M. C. Bar- THEL, Agt., St. Louis, Mo. All communications concerning the editorial de- porbnene to be addressed to Pror. R. A. Biscuorr, ncordia College, Fort Wayne, Ind.