# The Lutheran Pioneer_St. Louis_1901_S8 # Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration) 8 ‘The’ Lutheran Pioneer. eq Se eee The Outlook from the Editor’s Window.- Sad Destitution. Tuanxs. — During the past month the Pro- NEER received words of encouragement from different parts of the country, even from far San Francisco. He thanks his friends for their kind words and hopes to prove himself worthy of their friendship. A trayeling missionary writes from Virginia: old gentleman, about seventy-five years old, which I replied, ‘I am.’ Sap. —The Rey. F. W. Weiskotten, who was sent to India by the Foreign Mission Board of the General Council to inspect that field, died and was buried at sea when on his way home. In his death the Pioneer also loses a warm friend. May God comfort the bereaved. boy. He said he was twenty-two years old, A Jubiter.—For twenty years the Rey: Bakke has labored faithfully and successfully as missionary among the colored people. His congregations in North Carolina recently cele- brated the twentieth anniversary of his service with thankful hearts. Our little Proneer makes the place, and he said, ‘It’s Busted Rock.’ ‘“At a farmhouse I stayed over night, and when we sat down at the supper table, the looked at me and said, ‘We are not in the habit of having a blessing here, are you?’ To ‘Give us one, then, please,’ he said, dropping his head. In talk- ing with him that night I found that he knew but little about the Word of God. A few miles from.there:I climbed the Blue Ridge. As I rode along the top of it, I met a man and a and his brother with him sixteen. I met them, just ata place of the most beautiful natural scenery that my eyes have ever beheld. Sol stopped the man, and asked him the name of Then looking down over a number of little homes, in what the man called ‘Busted Rock | - his most graceful bow and heartily congratu- lates the beloved missionary. May God con- tinue to bless his labors in the mission field. Mansura.—The Rey. W. Pretzsch, who served our mission at Mansura, La., has, on account of sickness, accepted the call of a congregation in the East. The station will be supplied by a student from our Seminary in St. Louis until a regular missionary can be called. : New Orveans.—Qur three colored Lu-. theran schools in New Orleans, La., have, dur- ing the past year, been attended by 344 pupils: Loruer’s Catecuism ror THE Buinp.—The Rey. G. Drach, of Philadelphia, has made arrangements with the superintendent of the Philadelphia Institute of the Blind to have Lu- ther’s Small Catechism, with Scripture pas- sages and notes, printed for the use of the blind. The cost of each catechism will not exceed thirty-five cents, and may be much cheaper if there is a large demand. ConcorpiA MAGAzINE. — We have received the first number of the new volume of this magazine, published by Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis, Mo., at $1.00 per year. It has been greatly improved and forms an ex- cellent monthly with its various instructive and entertaining reading matter. A venerable Presbyterian pastor recently said, ‘The blight of sin has fallen upon the magazine literature ofourday. Skepticism and legalism preyail,’’ Our Concordia Magazine is a magazine for Christian homes. JEwisn Missions. — The Rey. N. Friedmann, the Lutheran missionary among the Jews in New York City, writes that in spite of the bit- _ter opposition on the part of the Jews, his work is very successful. The missionary not only conducts services on Saturday and Syn- day, but visits from 40 to 50 families regularly and instructs about 25 children. . wh church and Sunday school?’ nowhere,’ he replied. ‘Have:you a Testament?’. ‘No, sir.’ about?’ and he said he did not: to tell about the Saviour to this man and boy, to do this I found it necessary to tell-how sin came into the world, and so I told of Adam and Eve, and I asked if- they knew anything about them, and they said. they-did not.- So I told them in a plain, simple way the plan of. salvation, and that the little book that I had given them would tell them about Jesus, if they could get some one to read it to them, at which the man’s face brightened as he said, ‘Mother can read.’”’ —_—s oe Ce _ Origin of the British and Foreign Bible : Society: : < In the library of this society there is a re- markable Bible which reminds us of the word: “The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed.’’ In a little montain village of Wales there lived in the beginning of this cen- tury a poor girl, named Mary Jones. She was fond of knowledge and learned to read, an accomplishment which was very rare in her country. The book dearest to her was the Bible. But in her village there was no Bible. Twice a week she was allowed to go to a vil- lage a mile off to a farmer who had a copy of Holy Scriptures in his house. In the mean- time she saved every penny she could spare in order to be able to purchase a Bible by and by. Cave,’ I said, ‘Where do those people go to hey don’t go I said, ‘What do they do on Sunday?’ ‘They fish and hunt.’ I said, ‘Have you the money to pay for one—only eight cents?’ ‘No, sir; I hain’t got no money.’ I ‘gaye them-each a.Testament, and as I gave them I said, ‘You know what a Testament is, do: you not?” and: he said, ‘No, sir.’ I said, ‘Do you not know what the Testament reads I said, ‘It tells about Christ, you know about Him, do you not?’ No, he did not.- I.then undertook who knew not that there was a Saviour; and| At the end of six years she had saved suf- ficient money. She at once went over the mountains to the pastor of Bala, who with great interest listened to her story and sold her a Welsh Bible. Shortly afterwards this preacher came to London and in a meeting spoke of the great hunger and thirst for the Word of God in the case of Mary Jones. One of the members present proposed to found a Bible society for Wales. Another cried, Why not for all England? Still another, Why not for the entire world? The idea was realized, and thus a poor girl, Mary Jones, was the in- strument in the hand of God to found that blessed British and Foreign Bible Society. This institution has published and spread since 1804 more than one hundred million Bibles, in more than 250 languages. Accord- ing to it all our Bible societies have been pat- terned. At present anybody can obtain a Bible for a very trifling sum or even for nothing. Acknowledgment. Received for colored missions of Rev. J. Koss- mann from Bethlehem Church in New Orleans, La., 25.00; of Rey. J. C. Schmidt from Grace Church in Greensboro, N.C., 12.00; of Rey. Wm. Pretzsch from congregation in Mansura, La., 25.00; of Rev. D. H. Schooff from congregation in Meherrin, Va., 15.00: St. Louis, Mo., Jan. 15, 1901. A. C. BurGpoRF, Treas. 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. Sunday evening at 7}4 o'clock. Wednesday evening at 1% o'clock. - Sunday School: Sunday morning at 10% o'clock. Adult catechumen class meets at 744 o’clock Tuesday evening. Singing School mects at 744 o'clock Friday evening. EY. LUTH. MOUNT ZION CHURCH. Cor. S. Franklin and Thalia Strs. Divine services: Sunday morning at 11 o'clock. Sunday evening at 7% o'clock. Thursday evening at o'clock. Sunday School: Sunday morning at 9% o'clock. Adult catechumen class mects at 7% o’clock Friday . evening. : Young People’s Concordia Circle and Singing School meet Wednesday evening at 7% o'clock. _ F, J. LANKENAUD, Missionary: EY. LUTH. BETHLEHEM CHAPEL. Cor. Washington Avenue and Dryades Str. Divine services: Sunday evening at 734 o'clock. Thursday evening at 734 o'clock. Sunday School at 9% o'clock. a Adult catechumen class every Tuesday at 744 o'clock an' after the divine service on Thursday cyening. fl Choir practice at 734 o’clock on Tuesday evening an after divine service on Thursday eyen ng. Cixels for Young Heople pacets at the school every Tacs- ay cvening at 74% o'clock. 2 f a J. W. F. KOSSMANN, Missionary. horse Rarer ee Ey. Luth. Holy Trinity Church. Springfield, Ill. Divine services at half past 10 o'clock Sunday morning Catechumon, class mects Monday and Friday evenings. 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