# The Lutheran Pioneer_St. Louis_1901_S28 # Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration) 28 The Lutheran Pioneer. The Outlook from the Editor’s Window. A WELcomE Visitor. — One of our mission- aries, the Rev. J. C. Schmidt, of Greensboro, N.C., attended several Synodical meetings and lectured in many of our Northern churches in the interest of our mission among the colored We had the pleasure of meeting him here in Fort Wayne and were glad to hear that our mission churches and schools in North people. Carolina are prospering well. New Lasorers. —Three new laborers will this summer enter our mission field in the South. A Necrectep Continent. —South America has been called ‘‘a neglected continent.”” The darkness of heathenism and papism rule there Protestants have been carrying on mission work at different places, and we are glad to hear that the Lutheran church of our country has also found an opening in that neg- Three of the graduates of our St. Louis Seminary have accepted calls to Brazil, and the fields to which they are called supreme. lected continent. appear very promising. Mission amMonG Inp1ans. — The Lutheran missionaries, laboring among the Apache In- dians in Arizona, report very favorably con- cerning their work. ‘The mission schools are well attended and the pupils are very diligent. One boy and ten girls were recently baptized after having been instructed in the Catechism. j Of these the missionary writes: ‘‘The ten t girls that were baptized, as well as Harry, the baptized boy, do not neglect reading the Bible and praying every morning and evening.’’ Also in Shawano County, Wis., the Lutheran mission among the Indians has been richly blessed during the past year. The attendance at services has been very good and a large number have been baptized. The Rey. Th. Nickel, the founder and faithful friend of this mission, recently accepted a call to Australia. With sad hearts the Indians bade their be- loved friend farewell. Another laborer has already taken charge of the congregation, and the pure Gospel of Jesus will continue to be proclaimed among the Indians at Shawano. Her Oxtx Comrortr. —In a rear tenement of lower New York lay a dying woman whose husband, brutal through drink, would not al- "low even hospital care. Under the bed snarled the hungry dogs. The place was noisy and foul and dark, but the missionary kept at his post. §*I’ll go soon,”’ said the sufferer, ‘‘there 1s nothing more you can do—only stay—tell the words again.’’ So over and over, until angel of death had sealed the ears and ed the lips, the dying woman tried to re- ‘with the missionary — ‘‘Come unto me all iat are heavy laden, and I will give you A Sreaprast Curistran. — The Chinese Christians can endure persecution with great fortitude and patience. This long-suffering has been a marked virtue among them during the recent troublous times. . It had also been noticeable before in individual cases. Chang, a gate-keeper in the imperial palace, became a Christian and joined the Church. This stirred up the antagonism of his family; he was dragged-around the yard by his queue; he had to endure petty persecution of various kinds; his relatives even tried to prevent him from going to church on the Sunday when he was to be baptized. But through it all he was steadfast, and seemed glad to suffer for Jesus’ sake. This was seven or eight years ago, and for some years he still retained his position as gate-keeper in the palace. But in 1896 he resigned his office, in order to fit him- self for special Christian work. He took a two years’ course at the theological seminary, and was then assigned to an outstation, twenty- five miles southwest from Pekin. When the country districts were being agitated by the Boxer movement, helper Chang remained at his post; he sent his wife and three children to Pekin for safety, but himself continued to live in the chapel where his work had been. One day, however, a crowd of ruffians came up the street, and seeing him at the chapel door, seized some loose bricks lying near by, threw them at him, and pounded him with them until his back and limbs were sorely bruised. And still he would not leave his post of duty until the missionaries at Pekin sent a cart to bring him into a safer place. This time, as before, he was glad to suffer for the Master. During the siege in Pekin, he was on sentry duty, shouldering a rifle and standing guard under command of the Japanese officers. A Heartiess Reticron. —In nothing is the contrast between the religion of the Brahmin and the Christian stronger than in the works of charity. This became very evident during the Indian famine. While the Christians of Western countries sent thousands of dollars to relieve the terrible suffering of the famine- stricken, the wealthy Hindus, so it is reported by reliable persons on the field, have contrib- uted nothing for their unfortunate brethren. The Brahmin’s heart remains untouched by his religion. His isa heartless religion. Natu- rally, charity as the Christian understands it is not found in the list of his virtues. His belief does not bear that sort of fruit. Chris- tianity alone does that. —s oe Give. “Give as you would, if angels waited at your door; Give as you would, if the morrow found you where giving all is o’er; Give as you would to the Master, if you met His searching look; Give as you would of your substance if His hand your offering took.’’ OUR BOOK TABLE. GosrkéL SERMONS, Part Second. By Rev. F. Kuegele. Augusta Publishing Co., Crimora, Va. Price, $1.00. This valuable book contains sermons on the Gos- pel lessons of the Trinity Cycle and also sermons for Reformation, Harvest, and Mission Festivals, and one specially for Young People. Sound in doc- trine, plain and simple in style, the sermons of the “country parson” should be welcomed as a genuine treasure in all our Lutheran homes, in country and in city. Tne NEED OF CHRISTIAN EDUCATION BY MEANS Or ParocniaL Scuoo.ts. Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis, Mo. Price, 5 cents per copy; 40 cents per dozen; $2.00 per hundred. This excellent booklet, an abstract of a paper read before the Ev. Lutheran Synodical Conference by Prof. J. Schaller, of New Ulm, Minn., is an able presentation of the reasons why Christians must establish parochial schools, if they would do thelr full duty to the growing younger generation of the church. The booklet ought to be widely circulated. Acknowledgment. Received for colored missions of Rev. J.C. Schmidt from Grace Church, Greensboro, N. C., $12.00; of Rev. F. J. Lankenau from St. Paul’s Church, New Orleans, La., 25.00; of Rev. J. Kossmann from Beth- lehem Church, New Orleans, La., 25.00; of Mr. D. Meibohm from Mt. Zion Church, New Orleans, La., 25.00. St. Louis, Mo., June 15, 1901. A. C. BurGporrF, Treas. Evangelical Lutheran Colored Churches, New ORLEans, La. EY. LUTH. ST. PAUL’S CHAPEL. 1625 Annette Str., between Claiborne and Derbigny. Divine services: Sunday morning at 9! Sunday evening at 7 Wednesday evening at 1% o’clock. Sunday School: Sunday morning at 10% o’clock. Adult catechumen class mects at 734 o’clock Tuesday evening. Singing ‘School mects at 7% o'clock Friday evening. ¥F. J. LANKENAU, Missionary. EY. LUTH. MOUNT ZION CHURCH. Cor. S. Franklin and Thalia Stra. Divine services: Sunday morning at 11 o'clock. Sunday evening at 734 o’clock. sunday School: sunday Rorsing at De Selgse junda: ool: Sunday morning a o’c! Adult “eatechumen clase meets at 4% o'clock Friday evenin; Young People's Concordia Circle and Singing Schoo? meet Wednesday evening at 734 o'clock. Kary Kretzscoumar, Missionary. EY. LUTH. BETHLEHEM CHAPEL. Cor. Washington Avenue and Dryades Str. Divine services: Sunda: evening at 7% o'clock. Thursday cvening ut 734 o'clock. Sunday School at 914 o'clock. 5 Adult catechumen class overy Tucsday at 734 0'clock and after the divine service on Thursday evening. a Choir practice at 7% o’clock on Tuesday cvening ani after divine service on Thursday cyen! ng. Circle for Young People meets at the school every ‘Tues- day evening at 734 o'clock. J. W. F. KossMann, Missionary. Ey. Luth. Holy Trinity Church. Springfeld, Mu. ; Divine services at half Hae 10 o'clock Sunday morning aunty Sekool ct ocloed Feats Oatochamon clase meets Monday and Friday evenings. Singing-school Tuesday evening. TERMS: Tax Lurueran Pronexr is published monthly, pa able in advance at the following rates, p cluded, femas 1 10 Contes " 25 u oe (Gi coer veces 9.00 ee rates only allowed if all copies are to be sent Ai beineee communications to be addressed to * cordia Publishing House,” Jefferson Ave. and iami St., St. Louis, Mo. All Helio concerning the editorial de- partment to be sddremed to Prot. B.A. Bscart! cordia College, Fort Wayne, Ind.