# The Lutheran Pioneer_St. Louis_1889_S48 # Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration) 48 The Lutheran Pioneer. —TueE mail steamer ‘‘Congo” from the West Coast of Africa and the Canary Islands, brings news of the most revolting human sacrifices. The old king of Eboe died a few months ago, and his funeral ceremonies were made the occa- sion of the sacrifice of at least forty human beings. More were held in readiness to be sac- rificed when certain traders arrived and put an end to the horrible butchery. Verily, Africa needs the Gospel.—Indian Witness. —TueE Missionary Herald says, ‘The heathen shame us by their gifts in the service of their gods. A statement is made by Rev. Mr. Noyes, of Canton, that $200,000,000 are spent annually on ancestral worship alone. He found that the ratio of gifts to income in the case of several families about which he inquired, ranged from one-fifth to one-third, and that in no case were the gifts so small asa tithe. Yet we know that the vast majority of the Chinese are wretchedly poor, living only from hand to mouth. To say that it is impossible for Christians to give a tithe is to say they cannot do for Christ what the heathen do for their idols.” —TueE Western "Presbyterian tells of a blind girl who gave a dollar for missions. She said, “T am a basket-maker, and asI am blind I can make my baskets just as easily in the dark as in the light. Other girls have, during last Win- ter, epent more than a dollar for light. I have no such expense, and so have brought this money for the poor heathen and the mission- aries.” —A Curese Christian lady brought her jewels one morning to her husband to build an opium refuge; and when he expressed surprise, she said, ‘‘I have taken Christ for my adorn- ment, and surely that is enough for any Chris- tian woman.” —A CG&RISTIAN MISSIONARY, on entering a new field in China, was kindly received by the Mandarin, who promised to do all in his power tohelphim. “Ihave not heard your doctrine,” said he, ‘‘but I haveseen it. I have a servant who was a perfect devil, but since he received your doctrine he is another man, and I can now trust him.” —W5EN Ko-chet-ing, a Karen convert, vis- ited America he was urged on a certain occasion to address a congregation in respect to their duty to send out and support more missionaries. After a moment of downcast thoughtfulness he asked with evident emotion: ‘(Has not Jesus Christ told them to doit?’’ ‘Oh, yes,’’ was the reply; ‘‘ but we wish you to remind them of their duty.”’ “Oh, no!” said the Karen; ‘if they will not obey Jesus Christ, they will not obey me.” —Tuenr— is alittle church at Benita, Africa, The Outlook from the Editor’s Window. —THE present number closes another volume of our PronEer. We hope the friends of our paper will not forget that the beginning of a new volume is a good time for the opening of new homes to our little traveler. —Have you paid for the PionEER? The end of the year is a good time for all delinquent subscribers to send in their subscription money. Here is the way a down east editor relieved himself after an experience which is only too common in newspaper offices: A man who owes us over two years’ subscription, put his paper back into the post-office Jast week, marked ‘“‘ Re- fused.’’ We have heard of many mean men. There is a man who used the wart on his neck for a collar button, the one who pastured a goat on his grandmother's grave, the one who stole coppers from a dead man’s eyes, the one who got rich by giving his five children a nickel each to go to bed without supper and then steal- ing the nickel after the children were asleep; but for downright meanness the man who will take a paper for years, never pay anything for it, mark it ‘‘ Refused,’”’ and then stick it back into the post-office is entitled to the first pre- mium. —AND a western editor announces that unless delinquent subscribers pay up more promptly, he will be obliged not only to run a ‘‘patent in- side,” but also to’secure patent insides for his wife and children. We do not announce any- thing of the kind, but kindly remind our readers of their duty to send their subscription / money promptly to our Publishing House at St. Louis. —A “GosPEL TEMPERANCE’’ meeting was re- cently held at Grimsby Park, Ontario. The speakers were Rey. Mr. Lucas, of Toronto, and Mrs. Bradley, of England. Mrs. Bradley, after denouncing the use of intoxicating liquor in every case, touched upon the nature of the wine made by Christ at the marriage feast, and asserted that “if she thought this wine was in- toxicating she would go back on her Saviour and join Bob Ingersoll and his crowd of un- believers.’’ Judging by her own blasphemous language we should say that this person when she goes “‘to join Bob Ingersoll’? will have a yery short road to travel. A woman who de- clares that she would renounce Christ if it were shown to-her that the Son of God differed in judgment from herself, is only a Christian in mame, —Ronmisa.—The papal church has its own methods of suppressing the truth. It is well known that its emissaries are at the National Capital using and abusing the government for its purposes. Joseph Cook says that the men __#ent from Boston to Washington to investigate in regard to Romanism reported that ‘‘there does not go out of the capital of this nation any ‘telegraph dispatch over the lines of the Asso- ciated Press touching Roman Catholic interests, githout being first submitted eeoman, Cath- of the elder ones copy their notes on paper, and towns near, where on Sunday mornings a number of boys and girls are to be seen with slates in their hands, taking notes of the sermon; and some give them to other native Christians, that they may use them at meetings they hold in the BOOK-TABLE. Dr. Martin Lutners SAEMMTLICHE SCNKIFTEN. Band XIX. Concordia Publ. House, St. Louis, Mo. Price $4.50. Another volume of Dr. Luther’s Works has been issued by our Publishing House. It contains some of the most important polemical writings of Luther. against the Romish church, and it would be well if these writings of the great Reformer were read far and wide in this our land, where Rome puts forth all its energies to gain control of everything. Rome may change its methods, but its spirit is the same as at Luther’s time. It is the spirit of Antichrist. Lust UND FrREUDE. Gedichte und Geschichten mit Bildern fuer die Kinderwelt. T. H. Dich], Allen- town, Pa. Price 35 cts. A charming little book, which will bring joy to the little ones in the merry Christmas time. — a¥2 GEMEINDEORDNUNGSREGELN FUER GEMEINDEVER- SAMMLUNGEN. Gesummelt von A H. W. Kirch- hoff. Price 5 cts. Address: Martin Luther Orphans’ Home, West Roxbury, Mass. Acknowledgment. Received for the Bethlehem Chapel Building Fund from Mrs. Leah Reed $2.00, Mrs. Julia A. Hender- son 1.00, N. N. 5.00. New Orleans, La., Noy. 16, 1889. AUG. Bureporr. Evangelical Lutheran Colored charciea! New ORLEaNS, La. EV. LUTH. 8T. PAUL’S CHAPEL. 13 Annette Str., between Claiborne and Dirbigny ee services at 10 o’clock Sunday morning and at 73 oc! ednesday evening. atts School from 2 to 4, EY. LUTH. MT. ZION CHURCH. Cor. Franklin and Thalia Stra. ppivine pe sery ices at 734 Sunday evening and at 74 Thursday Sunday School meets at 9 o’clock. Adult catechumen class meets at 7}4 Tuesday evening. N. J. Baxxe, Missionary. EV. LUTH. TRINITY CHURCH. Zimple Str., between Monroe and Leonidas. CARROLLTON. Divine services at 3 o’clock Sunday afternoon and 734 o’clock Wednesday evening. Sunday School at 9 o’clock. EY. LUTH. BETOLEHEM CHAPEL. Cor. Washington Avenue and Dryades Str. Divine services at 7}¢ o'clock Sunday evening and at % o’clock Thursday evening. Sunday School at 9 o’clock. Ava. Buroponr, Missionary. St. Paul’s Colored Lutheran Church, Cor. Rock & 12th Strs., Little Rock, Ark. Divine service ponds evening at 714 o’clock. Sunday School tro m 10-12 Catechumen class meaty non 1-8 Wvenenday, evening. Singing-school from 8—9 Wednesday evening. G. ALLENBACH, Missionary. Ey. Luth. Holy Trinity Church, Springfield, Mls. Sunday School at 2.30 r. mu. Divine Service at 3.30 rp. a. Il. S, KxAnenacrom, Missionary. TERMS: Tae LurzERAN Pioneer is published monthly, EE aud, in aayance at the following rates, postage Club rates only allowed if all copies are to be sent to one address. All business communications to be addressed to “YLuth. Concordia Publishing House,” M. C. Bar- ae Agt., St. Louis, Mo. communications concerning the editorial de- partment to be addressed to Prof. R. A. BiscHor¥, Concordia College, Fo:t Wayne, Ind.