# The Lutheran Pioneer_St. Louis_1898_S4 # Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration) : | * : 4 The Lutheran Pioneer. The Outlook from the Editor’s Window. —Wirx this number we begin the twentieth volume of our paper. For nineteen years our little Pioneer has spoken his simple words for Jesus. May He who blesses also the work done in weakness continue to bless the testi- mony borne by our little monthly. —From the reports of our missionaries at New Orleans we learn that God has graciously protected the members of our colored churches and the pupils of our schools during the yellow fever epidemic. — Tue Rev. Siebelitz has accepted the call of our Mission Board and has entered upon his work in our Mission field in New Orleans. May God’s richest blessing rest upon his labors. —A VISIBLE result of Protestant missions in India is the observance of the Lord’s Day in the larger towns. The Christians, of course, are seen in their clean white garments going to church, with their hymn books and Bibles in their hands, nobody molesting them. Many heathen close their stores and shops on Sun- day, and sit quietly together. The mission- aries make good use of this opportunity of meeting the trade people at leisure, and preach the Gospel in the markets and on the streets. —Onxe of the glorious fruits of Gospel work among the heathen is the convert’s great love _for the Word of God, which puts to shame many a lukewarm Christian ‘tin good stand- ing.”’? One of the Rhenish missionaries work- ing among the Herero in Southwest Africa, found a poor woman lying at the road-side, whose feet had been cut off by robbers covet- ing her iron anklets. He took her home and not only saved her poor body but also her soul from death. ‘he crippled woman never missed church on week-days and Sundays, although she had to crawl along on her knees. She did not mind the painful motion, her heart was fixed on hearing the Gospel. —Accorpixe to the Jewish Year Book pub- lished in London by Joseph Jacobs, the total number of Jews in the world is given as 11,000,000. ‘The London Spectator has fig- ured out that if all the Jews were transported to Palestine, there would be nearly 2000 to the square mile. The population would be so dense as to make it impossible to live. —TueE Rev. Ruttonji Nowroji, of Auranga- bad, in Western India, writes thus of the acts of the Hindus while suffering from famine: ‘‘The Hindus had hired Brahman priests to keep up their noisy worship before the village idols, and fully expected abundant rain as the result of their worship. But after wait- ing for days and weeks, they resolved to punish the gods who had received costly offerings without giving them the looked-for blessing in return. In some places they in- dignantly besmeared their idols all over with -_ mud, and closed up the entrance of the tem- ples with thorns. In others they filled up the temples with water and blocked up the doors, so that the idols may shiver in wet as a pun- ishment for keeping their fields dry.’? On the other hand, he says of the Christians: “That their trust in God is not-shaken, and they continue to offer their prayers to the Lord.”’ —Two GIrLs were recently convicted of stealing coats and hats at a church ball given in Pittsburg. Judge White, as he looked into their faces, could not refrain from ex- claiming, ‘‘Oh, these balls! these balls! Do you not know that they are the broad way that leads to destruction? They are no proper place for girls.’””? Here Officer Sutten inter- posed, ‘‘But this was a church ball.” ‘I care not whether it was a church ball or not,’”’ said the judge. ‘‘Girls should not be seen at a church ball, for these are the very worst kind of balls.’’ The Christian public at large will agree with the judge. —Tue Island of Cuba, which has now for two years been devastated by war, has been for many years a sphere of missionary work. The native Cuban preacher, Diaz, who was formerly an insurrectionary leader, and was converted during his first exile in America, has been very successful in founding a ‘‘Free Chureh.’’ Diaz himself writes thus: ‘‘Our members in Cuba have much oppression and persecution to endure. But we do not think much of that, for we know too well that our evangelical church grows both outwardly and inwardly in the fire of tribulation. It does not merely grow outwardly in numbers, it is purified and preserved, and its members cleave the more closely to the Lord. There- fore, we do not cease to pray, ‘Lord, send us persecution and disgrace, as it may please Thee, so that we may ever become more faith- ful in following Thee!’ ”’ —TueE Missionary Review says that ‘‘in 1850 you could buy a man in the Fiji Islands for seven dollars, butcher him and eat him without even public remonstrance. ‘To-day the Bible is in nearly every house, and on Sunday nine-tenths of the people may be found assembled in the church for public worship.’”’ —Reprorts of the American Bible Society show an increased circulation of Bibles in South Africa and an increased demand in Bohemia, while the circulation in South America is not falling off. —As we with this number begin a new volume of our monthly, we would ask our readers to assist us in increasing the circula- tion of our paper, the profit from which all goes into our missionary treasury. We hope they will not try to find an excuse for not complying with our humble request. You know, when a man does not want to do a thing, it is very easy for him to find an ex- cuse for not doing it. An Oriental story tells us of a man who was asked to Jend.a rope to a neighbor. His reply was that he was in need of the rope just then ‘‘to tie up some sand with.’’ ‘‘To tie up some sand,’’ ex- claimed the would-be borrower; ‘‘I do not see how you can tie up sand with a rope.” ‘Oh, you can do almost anything with a rope when you do not want to lend it,’’ was the witty response. — We close our window. OUR BOOK TABLE. A Suort Exposition oF Dr. Martin LUTHER'S SmaLi CaTecuisM. Concordia Publ. House, St. Louis, Mo. Price, 20 cts. An excellent translation from the pen of Prof. Graebner. The Catechism was prepared by the Rey. Dr. Schwan and adopted by the Missouri Synod at its last session. ‘The valuable little book, taste- fully bound, gives us ‘‘our fathers’ faith in our chil- dren’s language.”? May it be welcomed by the chil- dren, and may God bless its mission work in our homes and schools. ANILANG ZU DEN LIEDER-PERLEN.- Concordia Pub- lishing House, St. Louis, Mo. Price, 16 cts. Those that use the “Lieder-Perlen’’ in the family circle or in school will surely welcome this addition of 80 hymns and songs. The ‘Lieder-Perlen” de- serve the welcome they have received. LUTHERAN FOREIGN Missions. By G. W. Lose. Lutheran Book Concern, Columbus, O. Price, 30 cts. per copy, postpaid; per dozen, $2.50; per hundred, $ 8.00. A well written, instructive, and interesting Httle book, which gives un excellent summary of the foreign mission work of our church from the time of Luther to the present day. It will be welcomed for the missionary information it gives and the mis- sionary interest it excites. Acknowledgment. Received of the Ev. Lutheran Grace Congregation at Greensboro, N.C., the sum of $4.42, from its Thanksgiving collection. Herewith we express our hearty thanks for the same. May the Lord bless the cheerful donors, TuHaciey & DOSWELL. 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 944 o'clock. Sunday evening at 7}% o'clock. Wednesday evening at 74 o'clock. Sunday School: Sunday morning at 10% ofclock. Adult catechumen class meets at 734 o'clock Tuesday evening. Singing School meets at 74 o'clock Monday evening. EV. LUTH. MT. ZION CHURCH. Cor. Franklin and Thalia Strs. Divine services: Sunday morning at 11 o'clock. Sunday evening at 744 o'clock. Tuurrday evening at 74, o'clock. Adult catechumen class mects at 74% o'clock Friday evening Young Peoples’ Concordia Circle meets at 7% o'clock evening. F, J. LANKENAU, Missionary. EY. LUTH. BETHLEHEM CHAPEL. Cor. Washington Avenue and Dryades Str. Divine services at 7% o'clock Sunday evening and at 1% o’clock Thursday evening. Sunday School at 9 o’clock. J. W. F. KossAnN, Missionary. Ey. Luth. Holy Trinity Church. Springfield, Ill. Divine Services at half past 10 o'clock Sunday morning and at 8 o’clock Sunday evening. Sunday School at 3 o'clock P. M. Catechumen class mects Monday and Friday evenings. Singing-school Tuesday evening. TET ee nd ed TERMS: Tur LurHEran PionzER is published monthly, payable in advance at the following rates, postage included, to-wit: 1 Cop: $ .25 10 Copies 193 seeee 2.00 ‘ --. 5.00 eco ceoconnrnoncereny CC) Club rates only allowed if all copies are to be sent to one adiress. «4-All business communications to be addressed to Concordia Publishing House,” St. Louis, Mo- All communications concérning the editorial de- ent to be addressed to Prof. R. A. BiscHOFF, mcordia College, Fort Wayne, Ind.