# The Lutheran Pioneer_St. Louis_1893_S30 # Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration) The Lutheran Pioneer. . FF FEE Women of Nazareth. fetching water from the well. One of the most common and necessary outdoor occupations in Eastern countries is repairing to the wells for water. This laborious office is usually as- signed to women. do in the cool of the mornings and evenings, at which times great numbers of females are seen going together on this employment. It is principally the girls who draw water, though | they generally have with them one or more grown persons, and sometimes the married women go out. When thus engaged the Eastern women are much adorned; sometimes with trink- éts of very great value. It was not, therefore, strange in the servant to © put ornaments on Rebekah when she came forth to draw water. Pa 2 ~ ee —O—— What Others Say. It is always interesting to read what others say about our mission work among the colored people. We therefore clip the following from the Daily Standard of Concord, N. C.:— The Dedication of Grace Lu- theran Church. Ten years ago a small Lutheran congregation of the colored race was organized in Concord. ‘The work struggled on until the leader died. About 18 months ago Rev. N. I. Bakke, a Norwegian, and a repre- sentative of the Missouri Lutheran Synod, one of the strongest relig- ious bodies in America, both in finance and numbers, was sent here to take charge of the work. Mr. Bakke is an earnest and en- thusiastic worker. He has been so successful in his work, both in teach- ing and preaching, that the con- * gregation has grown at a phenome- nal rate during Mr. Bakke’s pas- __ torate. This prosperity and growth is to be seen in the handsome, well arranged and substantial new church building on Corbin street. There is not a more attractive church on the inside in the county. The arrangements are tasty and the furnishings are beautiful. ‘The pul- pit is exceptionably handsome. This building was dedicated on Sunday, a large congregation assembled to participate in the services. . Rey. N. I. Bakke preached, at Milwaukee for a silver plated communion set; to Rey. P. Th. Roesener and the young people of his church at Altenburg, Mo., for a f Baptismal Font; to Mr..H. Grote and mem-|Preached during the day. bers of Rey. F. Koesterings church at St. Loui eombsnecrelavorscen:apdiuestd on ; ne 18!say, no man ever labored more faithfully, for Interludes, Preludes and Choral Book; / with energy and with purpose, to further the to Mrs. Sallie Alexander of Grace Church, | work, than Mr. Bakke. Public acknowledg- Concord, for an illustrated pulpit Bible; to|™¢nt was made for the donation of the bell, ices representative men of the churches| J. D. Cannen of Concord for 6 beautiful chan-|C°™™Union set, organ, bible, etc. ae ata id. by your Missionary together with the delier globes; to Cannen & Fetzer of Concord Bregatiouunaserensonsa to} feel): Prouc ag at Rimerstown, Mt. Pleasant and Rockville _ were fairly represented. ‘The choir of Grace Church added much to the beauty of the sery- ices by its well rendered selections. The la- dies of the church had turned the old school house into a beautiful dining room for the with feeling and force, the dedicatory ser- mon; he was assisted in the services by Revs. H. D. Schooff and—Phifer, both of whom church and pastor. ts . J ‘