# The Lutheran Pioneer_St. Louis_1889_S10 # Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration) -has brought forth fruit to eternal life. 10 . The Lutheran Pioneer. The Zulus. In our picture you see a Zulu village. The Zulus live in South Africa.’ -Their villages are made up of a series of huts like huge bee-hives, placed in circles, the cattle-pen being in the center. The huts are about ten feet in diam- eter and five feet high. The single hole through which entrance must be made serves for door, window, and chimney. Neither tables, nor chairs, nor beds are to be seen, only a few mats, and pots, and blankets. The men and women sit and sleep on the ground. The usual cloth- ing of the wild natives consists of a slight covering made of skins worn about the loins. They sometimes ornament themselves with beads and skins and necklaces of lion’s teeth or claws. The warriors es- ‘pecially ornament their bodies in high style. barren island, about eight miles in length and six in breadth, lying between Africa and Brazil. Until the Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte was imprisoned on the Island of St. Helena, this island was uninhabited. Then the English government built a fort on it, and the soldiers cultivated it. But the time to which our story refers was before this. No one lived on the island then, and ships never stopped there, unless they wanted to get a supply of turtles, as they were always to be found along the shores in great number. But the admiral was not in want of turtles for his crew. Yet no sooner did the island, in the far distance, appear in sight, than a strange desire came over him to go out of his course, and steer towards it. Such work as digging, All on board wondered what this meant, and why the ship was changing her course to visit an uninhabited island. As they drew near all were on the lookout, and every eye was eagerly turned towards the island. Soon those who'had the best glasses were greatly excited about an object on shore, which at first they could not make out. ‘It’s something white,’’ said one. “T's a flag; it’s a signal,” said another. It was a signal of distress, and they soon saw men upon the island. When they came near, the ship ‘hove to,’’ and a boat was sent ashore. In a little while the boat returned, bringing with her sixteen men who had been cast ashore on that island some days before. The want of food had caused them extreme suffering; and knowing that the . island was rarely visited by passing vessels, they had done all that could be done in setting up their signal on the high- carrying burdens, and est point of the coast, cutting wood is done by the women. The men hunt, and fight, and take care of their cattle. The wealth of a heathen ‘Zulu consists of his cattle and his wives. He ex- changes from ten to twenty cows for a wife and sells his own daugh- ters for cattle. His wives are simply slaves. His ideas of religion are ex- tremely low and de- based. His faith is in witchcraft, in goblins to be feared and appeased, and in the spirits of the dead to be worshiped. He uses charms, and the witch-doctor, who is supposed to drive away evil spirits, has a terrible power over him. The rain-doctor, who claims to bring showers, is also a noted character among the Zulus. » For many: years .Norwegian and German Lutherans have been carrying on mission work in Zulu land. They find it a hard field of Jabor, but their labor has*not been in vain. They have established-many missionary schools and churches among the Zulus and the Gospel seed May God bless the labors of the missionaries to the salvation of many souls in Zulu Jand. ——) +. oo True charity has no memory.