# The Lutheran Pioneer_St. Louis_1897_S20 # Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration) 20 The Lutheran Pioneer: The Outlook from the Editor’s Window. —Iy our Colored Lutheran St. Paul’s Con- gregation at New Orleans seven adults and six children were recently confirmed; in Mount Zion’s church, eight children. ' —Tue Rey. A. Burgdorf, one of our mis- sionaries in North Carolinas, sends us the fol- lowing welcome item: Sunday, March 28th, another Lutheran mission, the thirteenth in North Carolina, was opened in Wilmington. A good-sized, highly respectable, and ap- preciative audience greeted the missionary. Rey. Dr. Bernheim, the venerable pastor of St. Matthew’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, —who invited the attention of our Missionary Board to Wilmington, and to whom as well as Rey. K. Boldt of St. Paul’s the missionary is under obligations for courtesies extended — was among those present; also several mem- bers of St. Paul’s Church. The opening ser- mon was based on 1 Tim. 1,15. Mrs. J. H. Whiteman had the kindness to act as organist on this occasion. Misses L. Mears and Sarah Drye and Messrs. A. L. Manly, F. G. Manly, and B. Cutler led in the singing. Mr. Wm. Niestlie of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church had a large number of circulars distributed at his expense, all of which is hereby gratefully acknowledged. _— Tue Japanese Christians, themselves the product of mission work, have raised $8000 for their mission in the large island of For- ‘mosa. —Mnr. James Murray, a Glasgow gentle- man who has for eight years been in the service of the National Bible Society of Scot- land as one of its superintendents of col- portage in China, left Scotland recently to return to his work. Mr. Murray has traveled ‘over 80,000 miles of Chinese territory, having been sometimes for weeks without secing a single European. Ata valedictory meeting in Sandyford Parish Church, Glasgow, Dr. Elder Cumming said: ‘‘I want you to realize just in ‘a word what it is to have a Glasgow merchant, in the vigor of youth, with the love of Christ in his heart, saying, ‘I will devote my life to China, to circulate the Word of God there, and commend it to the people.’ And lest any in this audience should be led to say, ‘Yes, but of course he would be well paid for it,’ I would add again and emphasize the fact that during these eight years this Glasgow mer- ‘chant has taken no salary whatever, think- ing it worth while to spend his life and his “means for the Lord. Idonot know what you think, but I feel it to be an object lesson for every Christian man and woman here to-night, a thought worth thinking, a memory worth cherishing, and a suggestion of the ques- ‘tion, ‘Did I ever do one-tenth of that for Christ ?””” —EVANGELISCHE MissionEn’’ tells, from ‘an eye witness, the story of cruelties prac- ” iced by the Turks on the Armenians. Among ‘them is the following: A Turk called to an Armenian, ‘‘Will you become a Moham- medan?”’? The question was answered only by a confession of faith in Christ the Cruci- fied. Then the Turk unsheathed his great knife, cut a piece of flesh from the arm of the Christian and cast it to the dogs. ‘‘Will you now become Mohammedan?” was the next question. Though tormented with pain, the Armenian remained steadfast. Then the monster cut a large piece of flesh from the other arm, and cast it to the dogs. Despite this, the Armenian remained steadfast. —Iws Peking, China, one never sees a child’s funeral. A large covered vehicle is driven through the city early in the day and the dead children are thrown into it, like gar- bage, taken to a pit outside the city wall, into which they are dumped and covered with quicklime. —Tnue Chinese are proverbially dull when first reached by the story of the Gospel. It seems difficult for them to take it in. Yet we read: of one woman in Shanse who, though a cripple, came a long distance for a second visit to the missionary, and when asked what she remembered from the previous Sunday’s talk, replied: ‘‘I am old, and my heart is thick, and I have no memory. I only re- member two things: that God is my Father in heaven, and that His Son Jesus died on the cross for my sins.’’ Would that all who hear the Gospel preached might remember as much! —Tne Fiji Islands contributed last year to foreign missions nearly $25,000. —ALTHOUGH missionaries worked in New Zealand without any converts for eleven years, there are now 95,000 Christians in its popu- lation. —WueN missions were begun among the stupid Greenlanders, it seemed as hard to change them as it would be to melt the ice around the Northpole. They made fun of the missionaries, one stole a Bible and sewed the precious leaves together to make himself a coat; during preaching they would pretend to sleep and snore, or drown the singing by beating drums. They stole the food and papers of the missionaries, stoned them, and when their food was gone refused to sell them any. The Eskimos were dirty and low in their ways, the mothers licked their chil- dren instead of washing them, just as cats do kittens. At last the gospel story touched the heart of one Eskimo named Kayarnak. He drew near to the missionary, saying: ‘‘Tell it to me once more, for I too want to be saved.’”” From that day Kayarnak’s heart and life were changed. Daily he came to the missionary’s hut and sat with tears rolling down his cheeks listening to the stories of Jesus. The other Eskimos seeing his changed life and actions began to listen too. It must be a wonderful Book which had so changed him. They too, wanted to be changed. Cruelty gave place to kindness, sins were confessed and forgive- ness sought, they began to love and eyen to help others.. Kayarnak became their teaeher, and even taught the missionaries their Jan- guage and helped them to translate the Bible. —_—— ea oe A Precious Garment. There is a garment which cannot be bought, yet can be had by rich and poor alike. It can be gotten in childhood, yet one never outgrows it. It never changes with styles or seasons. Have you one? It is the robe of Christ’s righteousness. OUR BOOK TABLE. LANGUAGE LESSONS FOR COMMON ScHooLs. Part II. Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis, Mo. Price 15 cts. Eminently practical! Teachers who have used Part I, have written us that they find these Language Lessons a great help’in the teaching of English. They make the study of that language easy and de- lightful to both teacher and pupil. “We, therefore, doubt not that also Part II will be welcomed. “Ici GLAUBE, DARUM REDE Icu.’’ Eine kurze Dar- legung der Lehrstellung der Missouri-Synode. Von F. Pieper. In Jubilaeumsjahr 1897. Con- cordia Publishing House, St. Louis, Mo. Price, 3 cts. per copy; 80 cts. per dozen; $1.50 per hundred. We rejoice that so brief and clear a presentation of the doctrines taught by the ‘Missouri Synod” has been put forth in a form so popular, and hope it may be blessed .to. many in helping them to see that ‘‘Missouri’’ does not speak “above that which is written” in the infallible Word of God. SCHREIBLESEFIBEL fuer den Unterricht der Elemen- tarklassen. Neue Serie. Concordia Se House, St. Louis, Mo. Price, 20 cts. Evangelical Lutheran Colored Churches, NEw ORLEANS, La. EV. LUTH. ST. PAUL'S CHAPEL. 1625 Annette Str., between Claiborne and Derbigny. Divine services: Sunday morning at 9% o'clock. SOnOAY, evening at 734 o'clock. Wednesday evening at 140 o’clock, Sunday School: Sunday morning at d0%4 ofclock. ANID qoateckuman class mects at 7}4 o’clock ‘Tuesday Singing ar mects at 734 o’clock Monday cvening. EV. LUTH. MT. ZION CHURCH. Cor. Franklin and Thalia Stra. Divine services: Sunday morning at 11 o'clock. Sunday evening at 7 Celcekes Thursday evening at 734 o’cloc! Adult catechumen class mects at 734 0 aes “Friday evening. Young Peoples’ Concordia Circle meets at 734 o'clock venin; : . F. J. LANKENAD, Missionary. EV. LUTH. BETHLEHEM CHAPEL. Cor. Washington Avenuc and Dryndes Str. paving services at 734 o’clock Sunday evening and nt 724 jor ursday evening, Sunday School at 9 o’clock. J. W. F. KOSSMANN, Missionary. Ey. Luth. Holy Trinity Church. Springfield, Tu. Divine Services at half past 10 neiclosk Sunday morning and at 8 o’clock Sun ay evening, Sunday School at 3 o'clock Catechumen class mects Monday and Friday evenings. Singing-school Tucsday evening. ES TERMS: Tue Lurneran Pioneer is published monthly, payable in advance at the following rates, postage included, na PY - $ .25 10 Copies 2.00 25 Ee. 5.00 50 fe 9.00 : Club rates only allowed if all are to be sent to iene address. Il business communications to be addressed to “aucoudin Publishing House,” St. Louis, Mo. 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