# The Lutheran Pioneer_St. Louis_1898_S38 # Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration) 38 The Lutheran Pioneer. (For the LUTHERAN PIONEER.) Joy} in the Lutheran Mission at Greens- boro, N. C. Why are so many children out, all quietly waiting in their school-room, with joyous ex- | pectation? They are to march in procession, led by two preachers and their new teacher, from the school to the church. And why areso many people in church, that the children hardly find sitting room? More than expected, so that the room reserved for the school is literally packed. — Why? Of course, there is always reason for a Lutheran church to be filled at every service. But it is not always so filled and seldom so packed, as was the Mission Church at Greensboro on this occasion. What was the special reason? It was the installation of their new teacher. For this reason the children appeared in festive numbers. For this reason the church was so packed. Yor this reason one man — the son of the formerly Lutheran preacher Holt —had come 27 miles to attend the service. For this reason a preacher had come all the way from Richmond, Va., to preach, who, with the pastor of the Mission and the new teacher, led the procession of chil- dren from the school to the church. And this was indeed a reason for joyous festive service. Is not a Lutheran parochial *chool teacher a pre- cious gift of God? The exalted Saviour of the world reckons this gift among the royal gifts He has obtained for mankind, ‘‘And He gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers,’ Eph. 4, 11. But the teacher that God gave to the Lu- theran Mission at Greensboro must be pecu- _ Hiarly precious to them. He is a man of their _ own color, of their own race. They can have ‘@ special joy in honoring the gift of God in him; And they can entertain a special hope _ that God will bless His work through him to ‘the'salvation of many of theirrace. Mr. E. Buntrock was born and raised in the city of Milwaukee, was educated in a parochial school | there, and after his confirmation entered the | Lutheran Normal School at Addison, III., | usual on such occasions, the church was be- fittingly adorned inside with fruits of the field. In the morning, Pastor J. Ph. Schmidt preached his introductory sermon on the Gos- where he completed with honor the course of| pel lesson of the day, showing clearly that a parochial school teacher. Dr. MARTIN LUTHER. was reason for joy and thanksgiving at his in- stallation. It took place on the 14th Sunday after Trinity, September 11, 1898. C. J. OELSCHLAEGER. —_—> eo (For the LUTHERAN PIONEER.) A Gala-Day in Concord, N.C. The crops have been good, and the weather was fine, both of which facts contributed to- wards bringing out a large crowd to our Negro Church in Concord, on September 18. As This is the way} pastor and people should and would serve no God led him to give him as a teacher to our} Colored Mission in Greensboro, N. C. There} one but the Lord. The theme of the harvest- home sermon, in the afternoon, by Prof. Ro- moser, of Conover, was that only to those who are rich toward God does a bountiful har- vest prove a blessing, the text being Luke 12, 16—21. Inthe evening, Missionary Schuetz de- livered an impressive mission sermon based on Isaiah 40, 9-11, after which the pastors pres- ent, Schmidt, Bakke, Schuetz, and Romoser, gave short talks. A feature of these services was the trained churchly singing of the local choir. The rich- ness of the negro voice is proverbial; here we had this gift enlisted in service for the beauti- fying of the services of the sanctuary. The gathering of the offer- ing was an inspiring sight. Justas every one had sung heartily and listened attentively, so every one in the large audience seemed to think it his duty to file past the altar and drop his contribution into the plate. It was no wonder, then, that the collections for the day aggregated fourteen dollars. And the be- havior both inside and outside the church would have been a rey- elation to anyone ac- customed to the noisy gatherings of negroes among the sects. —God continue to bless our Negro Mission! G. A. R. ——_»—<+o-