# The Lutheran Pioneer_St. Louis_1889_S40 # Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration) 40 The Lutheran Pioneer. the dangers and hardships of a missionary’s life. He says: After.riding all day in a heavy rain I called at a house and asked if I could stay all night; as my request was granted, I soon put Major Patson (my pony) in an old shed and then went to the house and ate a very poor supper, as there was but little to eat; I then tried to dry my wet and cold clothes by a very poor fire, but failed, and feeling very tired I requested to be permitted to read a chapter and have prayer and I would retire, but with an oath the man said, ‘‘No, sir, I will have no praying in this house.’’, So, with a sad heart, I went to bed hungry, wet and tired, but as soon as I Jaid down I found that the dirty straw bed upon which I Jay had been medicated, as there was a peculiar smell, and I began to feel an oppressive drowsiness, so I at once roused niyself and sat upon the side of the bed for the rest of the night. My host I saw, kept watch too, as from time to time he would. come to the door which was near the head of my bed and listen for a long time, then he would go and sit down again. Thus we spent the night watching each other. At day- light I went out and saddled my pony, and asked for my bill which was $1. I then asked the wife where her husband was, and she said he started very early for town, but as I had seen him start on the same road that I was to travel (the opposite direction from town), and as the way led through very thick brush for some miles, there being no house for a long distance, I decided to take another road. I got to my appointment safely where I learned that the entire family made their living by theft and the man was a desperate character, so I thanked God for my escape. Thus you see we have our dangers as well as hardships, but I count them as nothing when God blesses our labors and souls are saved. —TaeE work in Corea has been abundantly blessed of God. The country was opened to the world by the treaty in 1882. Dr. Allen, the first missionary, arrived in 1884. Others, including the two Chinese missionaries from the Fuh-Kien Native Church, followed in 1885. In July, 1886, the first convert was baptized. In the autumn of 1887 the first church was organized with ten members. In February, 1888, a union week of prayer among the natives was held. In May, 1888, ‘‘the check in Corea” appeared. In July, 1888, all signs of the ‘‘check,” as far as the land is concerned, have disappeared, and it is stated that during the past year (1888) the Church in Corea has multiplied five-fold—there are now over 100 Christians in the Jand. Eight native Corean workers spent a month just before the close of the year at Seoul, in receiving instruction before returning to their homes and work. During their month’s stay there were twenty- eight applicants for baptism, nineteen being received. 7 —A ure box came into a missionary col- lection inscribed with the singular words: ‘Tis But.’’ It was from a lady who had The Outlook from the Editor’s Window. —Tue Baltimore correspondent of the Work- man says of our English Lutheran mission church in Baltimore: In church circles the last week has been an interesting one for our Mis- souri Lutheran brethren. On Jast Tuesday the newly acquired English church building, bought from the Baptists, was solemnly consecrated to the Lord. Rey. Prof. W. Miller, English pro- fessor in the Milwaukee College, preached the dedicatory sermon. The building cost $5000 and about $1000 more have been spent in making it churchly, and in repairing and paint- ing. The German churches supplied about $4000 of this money and the balance was col- lected from friends of the enterprise, chiefly within the bounds of St. Paul’s German church, near to which it stands. Rev. Mr. Johannes, the pastor, has given the young congregation his heartiest support and has unselfiehly sur- rendered members and allowed collections to be made, until now it takes its place among the Lutheran churches, with a membership of about 100, a flourishing Sunday-school and a neat building almost entirely paid for. Less than a year ago Rev. Mr. Dallman commenced work in a hall with eight members. To the Lord be the glory, and to the farsighted, gen- erous policy of the German pastors in this branch of our Zion, be the praise for this marked success. —To THOSE persons who are fond of speaking and writing of missionaries’ ‘‘luxuries’’ we commend the following passage from a mis- sionary’s letter giving an account of a mis- sionary tour in the Chu-chee mountains: When at Chu-chee I am used to sleeping in dirty places, but never had I slept in quite such a dirty place as that provided at Hill-top. All the Chu-chee houses are bad enough, the filthy habits of the people, the entire absence of pocket-handkerchiefs, the scanty use of brooms, and downstairs the damp earth floors, the use of which the pepole share with dogs, fowls, and often little pigs, make the living to any one who has been used to soap and water particu- larly trying. The room at Hill-top in which ‘Tate, slept, and had the service was upstairs. On the floor the black dirt of ages seemed to have accumulated. Half the boards were so rotten that it was dangerous to walk about. There was a bed in the room, but it would have required no ordinary courage to attempt to sleepin it. There was, of course, no ceiling, and the tiles and wood in the roof were covered with dust and spider's webs. Bedtime came at last with arrangements for sleeping. I on my portable camp bedstead took the place next the wall. Then came Luke Chow on some matting on the floor, and by his side our cate- chist, Nyi Liang-ping- Close to Liang-p'ing came the bedstead upon which reposed Peace- ful-times and a young Chu-chee Christian boy wh with me as servant. -Awp here is another account from a travel- : mary in Missouri illustrating some of never felt that she could do much for missions. But she had been accustomed to buy a good many things for herself which she did not ab- solutely need, saying: ‘‘’Tis but a dollar; ’tis but a trifle.’’ This year she determined, when tempted, to put her ‘‘’tis but’s”’ into the mis- sionary box, and it surprised her to find that they amounted to $150. —TaE number of churches burned last year in the United States was 182, and all but twelve of them took fire from their own furnaces. —A Curese Christian recently asked his American pastor whether he did not think that having a fair in the Sunday-school rooms of a church did not resemble the sin committed by those who gat at the table of the money-changers in the temple. Was John Chinaman wrong? Acknowledgment. Received of Rey. N. J. Bakke for the Pastors’ and Teachers’ Widows and Orphans from the Evy. Luth. Mt. Zion Church $11.55 and from the Ey. Luth. St. Paul’s Church $6.00. G. W. Frye, 38 St. Andrew St. New Orleans, La., Sept. 7, 1889. Evangelical Lutheran Colored Churches, NEw ORLEANS, La. EV. LUTH. 8T. PAUL’S CHAPEL. 113 Annette Str., between Claiborne and Dirbigny Divine services at 10 o’clock Sunday morning and at 73¢ o’clock Wednesday evening. Sunday School from 2 to 4. EV. LOUTH. MT. ZION CHURCH. Cor. Franklin and Thalia Strs. Divine mexeioes at 734 Sunday evening and at 734 Thursday evening. Sunday School meets at 9 o’clock. Adult catechumen class meets at 7/4 Tucsday evening. N. J. Bakke, Missionary. EY. LUTH. TRINITY CHURCH. Zimple Str., between Monroe and Leonidas. CARROLLTON. Divine services at 3 o’clock Sunday afternoon and 73¢ o’clock Wednesday evening. Sunday School at 9 o’clock. EV. LUTH. BETHLEHEM CHAPEL. Cor. Washington Avenue and Dryades Str. Divine services at 73¢ o'clock Sunday evening and at 734 o’clock Thursday evening. Sunday School at 9 o’clock. Ava. Borcporr, MissionaRY. St. Paul’s Colored Lutheran Church, Cor. Rock § 12th Strs., Little Rock, Ark. Divine service pay evening at 714 o’clock. Sunday School trom 10—12. : Catechumen class meets from 7—8 Wednesday evening. Singing-school from 8—9 Wednesday evening. G. ALLENBACH, Missionary. Ey. Luth. Holy Trinity Church, Springfield, Mis. Sunday School at 2.30 r. ut. Divine Service at 3.30 r. x. Hi. S. KxAnenscion, Missionary. TERMS: Tae LurHEran Pioneer is published monthly, payavis in advance at the following rates, postage uded, ome Cop: -$ .25 10 Copies - 2.00 5 - 5.00 (i) Ors 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. 0. Bar- THEL, Agt., St. Louis, Mo. All communications concerning the editorial de- ent to be addressed to Rey. R. A. BiscHorF, ingen, Adams Co., Ind.