# The Lutheran Pioneer_St. Louis_1887_S20 # Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration) 20 : The Lutheran Pioneer. ian workers, let their age, condition, sex, and nationality be what it may. —Ir is proposed that the Papists throughout the world make Pope Leo XIII. the present of a vast amount of money on the occasion of his golden jubilee. Italy, where the people have been debauched and impoverished for years, has subscribed $35,000, mostly in penny con- tributions. Naples is to send a throne of gold. stopped after the service to say, ‘I must be absent next Sunday, and wish you to take my gift now.’ She was not a Samaritan, but she was a cook, and she was to be absent to cook a rich man’s dinner, and I had some reason to suspect that her gift was larger than his.’’ —A Missronary, who had labored faith- fully for a season among the heathen, once gathered the’ people together and asked each one, calling him by name, for a contribution] We suggest that American Papists celebrate towards the erection of a house for the Lord. | the Pope’s jubilee by paying back the money The name of Fitzgerald Matthew was reached | which was stolen from the poor by Archbishop —‘‘ Here am I,’’ was the reply, and he at once| Purcell, now ‘passing through purgatorial arose from his seat, and hobbled with his] fires,’’ and backed by his successor. This is wooden leg to the table where the Missionary | the worst piece of Romish robbery ever perpe- sat, recording the names of the contributors, | trated by the Papacy in this country. and the amounts given. Having reached the) —Ow the Island of Madagascar there are table, he inserted his hand into one of his} 1200 self-supporting churches, and over 80,000 pockets, drew forth some silver, and with deep| communicants. Seven hundred Protestant fervor said: ‘‘ Massa, this is for me.’’ When} chapels have been erected on the island during he was told by the Missionary that no money | the past fourteen years. was needed at the time, he replied: ‘‘ Massa, the work of the Lord must be done, and I might die.’”? And thereupon he thrust his hand into another pocket, drew forth a package of silver, with the remark, ‘‘And this, Massa, is for my wife.’’ Having so said, he placed his hand in a third pocket, drew forth a smaller sum, saying; ‘‘And this, Massa, is for my child.”” When counted, the amount reached almost fifteen dollars, a large sum for a poor, one legged day laborer. : —WE recently read of a Sunday -school teacher in a church at “Deerfield, N. J., avho encouraged seven of her scholars to plant each six potatoes and cultivate them, the proceeds to be given to the missionary cause. They did so, and when the crop was harvested and sold, forty-two dollars was realized from it. —TueE Synod of Missouri, says the Church Messenger, is not only zealous of good words, but also of good works. The contributions received for benevolent objects during 1885, amounted to $112,285.39. Of this grand total $27,006.06 were for missions, $14,236.17 for poor students, $5,365.34 for pastors’ widows and orphans. The publication house of the Synod, which latter is following the maxim, ‘Union is strength’’ in everything, has paid the sum of $406,855.30 into the Synodical treasury within 25 years. — Tue best news from Italy is the report of the agents of the British and Foreign Bible Society, to the effect that no book is more eagerly bought in Italy at present than is the Bible. During the past year these agents dis- posed of 5,071 whole Bibles, 16,042 New Testa- ments, and 69,140 portions of the Testament. —Ir was a female missionary, now laboring among the heathen, who when asked to give a sketch of her life, said: ‘‘I would like to bury myself under my work, and that is so small that I would hide it and myself behind the cross of Christ, seeking there forgiveness for all errors and sins, and wishing that whether in life or death, his grace may be magnified.’’ This is an experience common with all Christ- The Outlook from the Editor’s Window. —Turoues the kindness of the Secretary - of the English Lutheran Conference of Missouri we have received the Proceedings of the 13th Convention of said Conference. The pamphlet contains interesting discussions on some char- acteristics of a truly Lutheran Congregation. We also learn that our brethren in the English Lutheran Conference are laboring earnestly for the spread of the Gospel among the English speaking people of the West. May God con- tinue to bless their mission work.— The pam- phlet, we think, can be had by addressing Rev. W. Dallman, Box 42, Marshfield, Mo. —Rev. W. R. Bueatenr, assistant to Rev. Halfman in New York, and for some time previous, a faithful missionary of the-Synodical Conference among the colored people in Meher- rin county, Virginia, was lately called to his rest. He died in the small-pox hospital at New York, having probably caught this dreadful disease in his pastoral ministrations. ‘‘ Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord.’’ —A TEACHER was speaking to some very little children in a Sunday-school about the loving Jesus, who had once died on the cross to take away our sins, and that the same Jesus had gone up to heaven, and was there now, and the question was put to the class, ‘‘ What is He doing there now?” A little girl, not more than five years old, answered, ‘‘ Teacher, he’s making the place tidy for us.’’ —Awn exchange tells the following dream, from which those churchmembers may learn a lesson who let their pastor do all the work while they do all the grumbling. Here is the dream: A certain pastor once dreamed a dream. He dreamed that his congregation proposed holding a pic-nic. A large wagon was procured, and in it all embarked and started for the place selected. For a time all went well. At length, however, a large hill was reached, and the horses refused to pull. A consultation was held. It was suggested that the pastor take the pole of the wagon and guide its course, while the rest get out and push. Agreed! ‘The always willing pastor quickly took his place and began to pull with all his might. But the wagon refused to budge. He tugged and tugged, but all in vain. At length he looked back, and there, seated on the wagon, was his entire congregation, frantically shouting and encouraging him with iy. the words, ‘‘Go on, pastor, pull away, we're all here.’ —Dr. Jostsn Stronc of New York says that ‘‘in 1880 ten million people in the United States paid $900,000,000 for liquors, and the same number of professed Christians gave $5,500,000 for missions.’? _ I '—“T MINISTERED once,’’ said Bishop Hunting- ton, ‘‘where a pew stood for a million of dollars. There were generous men and saintly women among them not a few. But it only happened . once in nine years that, after I had announced an offering for a following Sunday, a person BOOK-TABLE. Crown THE Feast witmt Fiowers. A Festal Hymn for Whitsuntide. Duetto for Soprano and Alto, with Chorus for the several voices. Composed by C. Wonnberger. 2d Edition. Published by Pilger Book Store, Reading, Pa. Price 25 cts.; per dozen $1.75. 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 7% o’clock Wednesday evening. Sunday School from 2 to 4. EV. LUTH. MT. ZION CHURCH. Cor, Franklin and Thalia Strs. Divine ner ces at 7)4 Sunday evening and at 714 Thursday evening. Sunday School meets at 9 o’clock. Adult catechumen class meets at 714 Tuesday evening. . N. J. BAKKE, Missionary. EV. LUTH. TRINITY CHURCH. Zimple Str., between Monroe and Leonidas. CanoLuTon. Divine services at 103¢ o’clock Sunday morning and 74% o’clock Sunday evening. t Sunday School at $ o’clock. Ava. Bunoporr, Missionary. St. Paul’s Colored Lutheran Church, Cor. Rock § 12th Strs., Little Rock, Ark. Divine service pundey evening at 714 o’clock. Sunday School from f0—12. Catechumen class meets from 7—8 Wednesday evening. Singing-school from S—9 Wednesday evening. G. ALLENBACH, Missionary. ee ———E TERMS:. fae Tue LurHEerAN Pionxer is published monthly, pevanls in adyance at the following rates, postage included, to-wit: 50 “ 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- artment to be addressed to Rev. R. A. BiscnorF, ingen, Adams Co., Ind.