# The Lutheran Pioneer_St. Louis_1886_S12 # Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration) 12 The Lutheran Pioneer. OO —ooEe————EEeEeESE——S “Would you lift a burden from us? The Outlook from the Editor’s Window. —F rox the letter of our missionary at New Orleans our readers will see that a new mission school and church has been opened among the colored people of that city. The new mission- ary, Rey. A. Burgdorf, enters into a field which seems to be a very promising one. May God’s richest blessings rest upon his labors! And may all the members of our Lutheran synods be moved to take a greater interest in . our Colored Mission! God is blessing our work to the salvation of many souls. Let us be thankful for the gracious blessing of God, and let us prove our thankfulness by filling the treasury of our Colored Mission. ; —TxeE colored people at our missionary sta- tion in Virginia contributed $8.00 towards the building of our Lutheran Teachers’ Seminary at Addison, Ill. That is good news. - —Ovr Lutheran Immigrant Mission at New York distributed 6000 tracts, 2000 Lutheran Almanacs, and more than 8000 church papers during the year 1885. $65,000 passed through the missionary’s hands. 3820 persons were as- sisted on their westward journey, and employ- ment was obtained for 61 persons. $883.59 were given to the entire destitute and $2,600 Joaned to those in temporary need. 4133 letters and postal cards were received, and 3010 were written by the missionary. —Oor Lutheran Immigrant missionary at Baltimore reports that 419 immigrants were assisted by him during the past year. Sick and destitute immigrants were taken care of in the Hospital and Immigrant Home, and their expenses paid by the missionary. $5339.75 passed through the missionary’s hands. 631 letters and postal cards were received and 557 Were written by the missionary. —Tae New York Chinese Mission has be- tween 4,000 and 5,000 Celestials in its Sunday- schools. About sixty have joined the various churches since they began to receive instruc- tion. The first Sunday-school for these people was founded in New York about eighteen years ago. —In the State of Wisconsin the Lutheran Church numbers more members than all the other Protestant churches combined, —IcELAND was lately visited by a German statistician. We clip from his interesting re- port the following data: The Icelanders are all Lutherans. Some French missionaries tried very hard to make converts, but without any result, There are 1 Roman Catholic, 1 Meth- ‘odist, 4 Unitarians and 3 Mormons to be found ‘among a@ population of 72,445 souls (Census of 1880). The island is divided into 20 deaneries, with 141 pastorates. The head of the clergy 1s the bishop at Reykyavik. 217 of the 299 churches are built of: imported timber, 75 of or turf, and only 7 of stone. The well fact is confirmed that the Icelandic erans, poor as they are, possess the true : ig riches of knowledge to a remark- me ah, —A Swepisu translation of the Gospel of John is the first book printed in the language of the Congo. ‘The work was done by a mis- sionary named Vestline, who has labored for many years in equatorial Africa. —TxaeE slave-trade is still active on the East- ern coast of Africa. A cargo of fifty rescued slaves was brought.to Mombasa on Ji uly 22. They were turned over to the agents of the Church Missionary Society, and most of them can be sent back to their homes. —Tue Christian church on the Congo in Africa has had her martyrs. Three Christian lads were burned on account of their Christian faith. Their arms were first cut off; then they- were bound toa scaffolding, under which a fire was made, and they were slowly burned to death. The heathen mocked them, and bade them pray now if Jesus Christ would rescue them from their hands. The dear lads clung to their faith, and in the fire they sang, Daily, daily sing His praises.” —TaeE Philadelphia Times says: That was a sensible clergyman in Chester county, last Sun- day, who was disturbed by the noise made by male members of the congregation putting on their overcoats while the Doxology was being sung, and said: ‘Now that you have your overcoats on, we will sing the Doxology over again.’’ It was a courteous and moderate re- buke of a practice that is too often thought- lessly indulged in. —ANnD now a question before we close our window. Have you paid for the ProneEr? One of our readers sent us a poem clipped from a Philadelphia paper. The poetic dun might stir your conscience, if you are one of our de- linquent subscribers. Here it is: “Should you ask us why this dunning, Why these sad complaints and murmurs, Murmurs loud about delinquents Who have read the paper monthly, Read what they haye never paid for, Read with pleasure and with profit, Read of Church affairs and prospects, Read of news both home and foreign, Read the essays and the poems, Full of wisdom and instruction, Should you ask us why this dunning? We should answer, We should tell you. “From the printer, from the mailer, From the kind old paper-maker, From the landlord, from the carrier, From the man who taxes letters With a stamp from Uncle Samuel— ‘Uncle Sam’ the people call him; From them all there comes a message, Message kind and firmly spoken, ‘Please to pay us what you owe us.??? “Sad it is to hear such message, When our funds are all exhausted, When the last bank-note has left us, When the gold coin all has vanished, Gone to pay the paper-maker, . Gone to pay the toiling printer, Gone to pay the landlord tribute, Gone to pay the nimble carrier, Gone to pay the faithful mailer, Gone to pay our Uncle Samucl— ‘Uncle Sam‘ the people call him. Would you drive a spector from you? Would you taste a pleasant slumber? Would you read a paper paw ror? Send us money—send us monéy— Send us money—send us money 5 SEND THE MONEY TILAT YOU OWE US!?? Shocking. The shocking extent to which perjury is com. mitted in our courts of justice is one of the most alarming features of the times. Judge Ludlow, of Philadelphia, in charging a jury in a certain case said: “In this case wilful and deliberate perjury has been committed. One man swears dis: tinctly that he had a long conversation with the other, which he repeats with minute de- tails. The other ascends the stand and de- clares on his solemn oath that he never spoke to the witness in his life. If I could decide who was the perjurer I would know exactly how to act. But I confess I cannot. Such lying is infamous in the eyes of God and man. If you can decide who the falsifier is you will give the verdict to the other party to the suit.’? A police magistrate who was in the court room said: ‘‘ Look at that Bible. The perjury that is annually committed by people who kiss it would sink 1 whole ward. And yet, what can we do? It is exactly the same, as Judge Ludlow says, in every court and magistrate’s office. Evangelical Lutheran Colored Chur 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 1% o’clock Wednesday evening. Sunday School from 2 to 4. EV. LUTH. MT. ZION CULURCH. Cor. Franklin and ‘Thalia Stra. Divine services at 714 Sunday evening and at 74 Thursday evening. Sunday School meets at 9 o’ clock. Adult catechumen class meets at 714 Tuesday evening. N. J. BAKKE, Missionary, ches, EV. LUTIL. TRINITY CHURCH. Zimple Str., between Monroe and Leonidas. CanoLiTon. Divine services nt 10!f o’clock Sunday morning and 734 o’clock annday evening. Sunday School at 9 o’ clock. AuG. Burcponrr, Missionary. St. Paul’s Colored Lutheran Church, Cor. Rock §- 12th Strs., Little Rock, Ark. Divine service Sunday evening at 714 o’ clock. Sunday School from 10-12. Catechumen class meets from 7—8 Wednesday evening, Singing-school from S—9 Wednesday evening. G. ALLENnACH, Missionary. ——>>EE=E=e>=>~-c—e=_eS—————— ey TERMS: : Tux Lururran Pioneszr is published monthly, payable in advance at the following rates, postage included, to-wit: 50 “ Club rates only al to one address. All business communications to be addressed to “uth. Concordia Publishing House,” M. C. BAR: THEL, Agt., St. Louis, Mo. i All communications concerning the editorial de- artment to be addressed to Pror. R. A. BiscHorF, Eoncordia College, Fort Wayne, Ind.