# The Lutheran Pioneer_St. Louis_1890_S12 # Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration) | Gothic church has aleo been erected. From the 12 aes ' The Lutheran Pioneer. On the 19th ult., at the residence of the bride, No. 457 Fourth Str., New Orleans, La., Mr. Oliver Hager and Miss. Amelia Brooks of Bethlehem Chapel were united in the bonds of holy matrimony. May the Lord’s choicest blessings crown their union. AUG. ———qs+ -2< > o - Acknowledgments, The Outlook from the Editor’s Window. | little, as yet, has beendone. In the South Sea ? Islands the total number of Germans is at present about 10,000. —A Missionary, who had labored faithfully for a season among the heathen, once gathered the people together and asked each one, calling him by name, for a contribution towards the erection of a house for the Lord. The name of Fitzgerald Matthew was reached—‘‘Here am J,” was the reply, and he at once arose from his seat, and hobbled with his wooden leg to the table where the Missionary sat, recording the names of the contributors, and the amounts given. Having reached the table, he inserted his hand into one of his pockets, drew forth some silver, and with deep fervor said: ‘‘Massa, this is for me.’? When he was told by the Mis- sionary that no money 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 eaid, he placed his hand into 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 @ poor, onelegged day laborer. : —A Missionary in Indian Territory was asked, ‘‘ How shall we reach the full-blooded Indians?”’ At last a Quaker lady teacher said: “To reach a full-blooded Indian send after him a full-blooded Christian.”” What the West needs as much as the East is a Christlike Christianity ! —In his ‘‘Capitals of Spanish America,’ Mr. W. E. Curtis says: ‘In Ecuador there is a Catholic church for every 150 inhabitants. Ten per cent. of the population are priests, monks and nuns. One-fourth of all the prop- erty in Ecuador belongs to the bishop. Two hundred and seventy-two days of the year are feast or fast days. The clerical party controls the government. The priests rule the country as absolutely as if the pope were king. Seventy- five per cent. of the children are born illegit- imate. There is not a railroad nor a stage coach in the entire country. They know noth- ing but what the priests tell them. They have]: no amusements but cock-fights and bull-fights, no literature, no hope of political freedom under priestly leadership, no prospect of industrial advancement, although the territory, in propor- tion to its area, is naturally one of the richest on the globe.” This is a graphic picture of what Romanism does for a country. —<———SSSS=———_—_—_—_— . MARRIED. —A CERTAIN sick farmer was once visited by his pastor, and asked, ‘‘Well, how is it with you?’’ The reply was: ‘“‘Just as I wish to have it.’’ ‘‘How,”’ said the pastor, ‘‘am I to understand this?’’ ‘Do you then wish to be sick?’’ ‘No,’ was the reply, ‘“‘but what God wishes, I also wish.’’ ‘‘God wishes me to be ill for the present, I am willing to beso; if He wishes me to die, I am satisfied with that, I cast all my cares upon Him, for I know that He cares for me.”’ —Ar the anniversary of a certain missionary society in America, a boy of 15 years arose and said, that with God’s help he would go and labor among the heathen. His father, Doctor Brown, who was present at the time, but who knew nothing about the intentions of his son, said with joyful heart: ‘‘May God keep me from laying one stone in the way of my son. I shall be with him if he desires to give himself up to the Lord and to his church.’’ —A SINGULAR story is told of the bell of a church at Budd's Ferry, N. J.: ‘‘For some time past it had not spoken in its usual satis- factory tone notwithstanding special efforts at the rope. Finally the rope gave way, and the old sexton climbed up the steeple to mend it. He no sooner turned the bell over than a swarm of bees attacked him, stinging him terribly. _ He managed to reach the ground and the Jake, but with his clothes and head covered with angry bees. He was nearly drowned before he! was freed from his little enemies. He was fearfully stung. The bees were afterward smoked from the belfry, and about fifty pounds of honey were taken from the bell.”’ —HERE is a needed lesson well put by a _ “little one:’’ Two little girls were playing church. One said: ‘‘Now, we are to have ' prayer. You kneel down and be a ‘real Christian;’ I'll just sit down and put my hands up to my face. I’m going to be one of those ‘stylish Christians.’”’ —Durine the Jast few years Germans have been settling on the South Sea Islands, and as in all other parts of the world to which Lu- therans emigrate, foundations are being Jaid for Lutheran congregations. In New Zealand there are seven German settlements, Upper Muteri, Waitotora, Wellington, Mishurst, Rangalikiand Norsewood. ‘These settlements number 8000 Germans, and each has a Lutheran church and “parochial school. In Honolulu, the largest city on the Sandwich Islande, the Germans are preparing to erect a church and schoo]. On the Island Kanai, a little northwest from the Sandwich Islands, during the Luther year 1883, a German Lutheran congregation was organized, and a school house was erected in Lihue, which is attended by 100 children. A beautiful Received from Mrs. Geo. Houser, California, Mo., 50 cts. for Colored Missions. N.B. Friends of this cause would oblige us by sending their contributions to the Zreasurer: Prof. A. C. Burgdorf, . Walther College, St. Louis, Mo. New Orleans, La., Febr. 18, 1890. AUG. BURGDORF. Received for General Mission Purposes: Jan. & Febr. ’90 from Ellen Bransford $1.00; from Leah Jones $5.00; Nancy Davies .75; Contributions: in church $2.65; in Sunday-school $5.05; Day-school $5.25. Total sum: $19.70. G. ALLENBACH. — Received in monthly dues for General Mission Purposes: Jan. & Febr. ’90: from E. Bransford $2.75; Dan Scott .50; A. Matthews $1.00; J. Brooks $1.00; Leah Jones .75. Total sum: $6.00. Josernu Brooks, Treasurer. Evangelical Lutheran Colored Churches, New Or.eans, La. EV. LUTH. 8T. PAUL’S CHAPEL. 113 Annette Str., between Claiborne and Dirbigny Divine services at 10 o’clock Sunday morning and at 734 o’clock Wednesday evening. Sunday School from 2 to 4. EV. LUTH. MT. ZION CHURCH. Cor. Franklin and Thalia Stra. Divine Bory loey at 74 Sunday evening and at 734 Thursday evening. 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. CaRRoLiTon, Divine services at 3 o’clock Sunday afternoon and 7% o’clock Wednesday evening. Sunday School at 9 o’clock. ‘EY. LUTH. BETHLEHEM CHAPEL. Cor. Washington Avenue and Dryades Str. _ Divine services at 73 o’clock Sunday evening and at 7% o’clock Thursday evening. Sunday School at 9 o’clock. Ava. Bunoporr, MrssionaRyY. St. Paul’s Colored Lutheran Church, Cor. Rock § 12th Strs., Little Rock, Ark. Divine service pundey evening at 714 0’ clock. Sunday School from 10—12. Catechumen class meets from 7—8 Wednesday evening. Singing-school from 8—9 Wednesday evening. G. AuLEensacn, Missionary. Ey. Luth. Holy Trinity Church, ‘ Springfield, Mls, Divine services at half past 10 o’clock Sunday morning and at 8 o’clock Sunday evening. v Sunday School at 3 o’clock r. ou. Catechumen class meets Monday and Friday evenings. Singing-school ‘Tuesday cyening. H. S. Knanenscnon, Missionary. TERMS: : Tae LurHERAN PIoNEER is published monthly, payable in adyance at the following rates, postage uded, to-wit: 1 Co 10 Copies 25 ee eee On February 15, 1890, at the Ey. Luth. St. Paul Church, Mr. Louis Thomas, son of Mr. and Mrs. Moses Thomas of this city, and Octavie Tass, daughter of Mr. Francis Tass and Nathalia Steward of St. John the Baptist Parish, La. May God bless their union to His glory and to their salvation. New Orleans, La., Febr. 18, 1890. N. J. BAKKE, Pastor. ‘ - 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. OC. Baz- THEL, Agt., St. Louis, Mo. Al communications concerning the editorial de- parunent to be addressed to Prof. R. A. Biscuorr, mcordia College, Fort Wayne, Ind. mother church at Lihue three other churches - have developed, at Kilauki, Koloa, Kekaha.