# The Lutheran Pioneer_St. Louis_1884_S32 # Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration) 32 With the Lord. of our beloved missionary at Little Rock, Ark. Dear Bro.! death at Little Rock, Arkansas. sickness was ‘‘typhoid-malarial fever.”” day, and buried there Wednesday. ary for Little Rock at once. Yours Fraternally C. F. OBERMEYER. —— oP oe oe - A Lutheran Missionary Festival. We clip the following from a Fort Wayne paper: The Lutheran Mission feast on the Concordia college grounds yesterday was very largely attended, not only by the Lutherans of this city, but also from all parts of the county. ‘The exercises were held in the beau- tiful little grove on the grounds, where a speaker's stand, a band stand, and a large number of seats were placed in position. The exercises opened at 10 o’clock with a selection by the St. Paul’s band, which also accompanied the singing of the hymns by the congregation. The sermon in the forenoon was by Rev. F. Dreyer, of Zion’s church, and was pronounced hy all an excellent one. The noon hour was spent in social intercourse and eating Junch; the majority partook of lunch in the dining room of the college, which had heen provided by the Jadies. At 2 o'clock the re- ligious exercises again began by the singing of a hymn by the entire congregation, after which Rey. E. Kaehler preached a sermon, his text being “Thy Kingdom Come.” After another hymn, Prof. Bischoff, editor of the Znutheran Pioneer, spoke about the Lutheran Mission among the colored people in the south. This synod now has a regular colored congregation at.Little Rock, Ark., two in New Orleans, and Virginia. Each of these congregations parochial school connected with the The following letter informs us of the departure It is with pain and grief that I bring to you and to the readers of the ProNEER the sad and melancholy intelligence of Bro. Meilaender's Bro. Meilaender, our beloved missionary at Little Rock, died here last Saturday (July 19.) - at 5 p.M., after a lingering sickness of 15 days. When he died he was 25 years and 7 months old, and had been married but 3 months. His We do not doubt that he died a blessed_death, his only comfort, advocate, shield, and strength on his sick-bed being Jesus Christ, our Saviour. His aged father from Cleveland, O., hastened to his sick-bed, but alas, too late; when the poor father arrived his‘son was already dead. His father- and mother-in-law from Indian- apolis, Ind., were present when he died. Bro. M.’s body was taken to Indianapolis on Mon- God grant that we may find another Mission- The collections together with the proceeds from the lunch amounted to $650.00. The occasion was a feast long to be remembered by all the participants. ——— —- 0-0 ee Polynesia. “Tre Joun Wiui1aMs.’’—Three vessels by this name have been in the employ of the-Lon- don Missionary Society in caring for its work in the South Seas. In May last Captain Tur- pie, who has sailed in this service for twenty- six years, made an address in London giving an interesting account of the work he has wit- nessed while in command of the John Williams. The home port of the vessel is Sydney, Aus- tralia, from which place she sails, usually in March, for Tahiti, four thousand miles, and the missionary on board visits the islands in the Austral and Society groups. Captain Turpie says that in the Austral group instead of heathen temples with human sacrifices, the natives build ships, and sail them, export their own products, and import cotton, and that they have chartered vessels to go to San Francisco and bring chapels, paying for them before they are opened. Of one dark island of the Ellis group Captain Turpie says: ‘‘I think we were the first white men that they had ever seen. We were two hours in effecting ‘a landing amongst them, and when we did so we had to stand another hour to be put through heathen- ish ceremonies to propitiate the gods, lest we should bring disease into the isiand. When we asked the old king to allow Christianity to -be introduced into the island, he said, ‘No; the gods of Nanomango are my gods; we know of no other, and do not want you or your message.’ They were herding together at that time like beasts, and that isa mild way of putting it. In that island now, under-the care of a young Samoan teacher, named John, the people have learned to read and write, and they are reading the Word of God in their own tongue, for you will bear in mind that the Scriptures were translated into their language, as they speak nearly the Samoan tongue. All this hus taken place in less than eleven years.” Of New Guinea, and what has been accomplished there, Captain Turpie says: ‘Two years ago I was returning from New Guinea to the Loyalty group, after landing a devoted band of teachers there, and in conversation with one of the teachers belonging to Murray, I said to him, ‘Did you not feel nervous when you were landed, to do your best at East Cape?’ He said, ‘No, I did not.’ Isaid, ‘I think I should.’ ‘Well,’ he said, ‘here is the difference between you and me. J know in my own experience what the Gospel has done for myself. I was born in heathenism, I lived almost to maturity in heathenism, and I know what the Gospel has done at Murray. It has changed the people of Murray entirely, and I have full faith that it can change the people of New Guinea. On that faith I went, and on that faith I will go back.’ Ispeak from experience as a ship-master The Lutheran Pioneer. when I say that ships from Australia bound to China, to the East Indies, to Ceylon, to Mau- ritius, avoided the New Guinea coast as they would the pestilence, and that little or none of it was known until the London Missionary So- ciety commenced its work there, and now a shipwrecked crew may find succor and help from itsinhabitants. All this has been secured, though the society only commenced its oper- ations there some seven years ago.” Lutheranism on an Island. A correspondent of the Pall Mall Gazette, London, has been describing in a charming series of letters the primitive island of Rugen, off Pommerania, in the Baltic Sea. It is a wild, unfrequented lovely spot, the seat of the ancient worship of the goddess Hertha, by the Black Lake, which Tacitus mentions. We ex- tract a picture of the worship of to-day: ‘‘The entire population of Rugen is Lu- theran. All is still primitive here, and service continues to be held out of doors. We went on Sunday evening, and found the congregation awaiting the pastor in a semi-circular space cut out of the forest. Planks were laid on the mossy turf, and, like the early Christians in the time of persecution, here we sat till the pastor should arrive. His gown and bands were hanging in readiness on a bush hard by, and when at last he appeared he made his toilet for the pulpit behind a tree; then, stand- ing in the midst of us, preached a sermon and gave forth the hymns, the congregation form- ing the choir—a pretty, touching ceremonial,”’ Evangelical Lutheran Colored Churches, New ORLEans, La. EV. LUTH. ST. PAUL’S CHAPEL. 113 Annette Str,, between Claiborne and Dirbigny. Divine services at 10 o’clock Sunday morning and at 744 o’clock Wednesday evening. Sunday School from 2 to 4. EV. LUTH. MT. ZION CHURCH. Cor. Franklin and Thalia Strs. Divine services at 7}4 Sunday evening and at 74 Thursday evening. Sunday School meets at 9 o’clock. Adult catechumen class meets at 74 Tuesday evening. N. J. BAKKE, Misslonary. St. Paul’s Colored Lutheran Church, Cor. Rock § 12th Strs., Liltle Rock, Ark. Divine service pander, evening at 714 0’ clock. Sunday School from 10—12. Catechumen class meets from 7—8 Weslnesday evening. Singing-school from 8—9 Wednesday evening. E. MEILAENDER, Missionary. TERMS: Tse LuTHeran Pronger is published monthly, payable in advance at the following rates, postage included, to-wit: 1 Copy 25 10 Copies --$2.00 20 Sees +... 5.00 50 =“ 9.00 Club rates only allowed if all copies are to be sent to one address. : All business communications to be addressed to “Tuth. Concordia Publishing House,” M. C. Bar- THEL, Agt., St. Louis, Mo. ‘All communications concerning the editorial de- paramere to be add to Pror, R. A. Biscnorr, mcordia College, Fort Wayne, Ind.