# The Lutheran Pioneer_St. Louis_1901_S32 # Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration) 32 The Lutheran Pioneer. The Outlook from the Editor’s Window. Mission ZeaL. —A missionary gives the fol- lowing as one trophy of divine grace in China: ‘CA woman was brought to a hospital for treat- ment, having an incurable disease. She was ignorant of her physical danger ; she was igno- rant, also, of the great salvation. Her gentle nurse hastened to tell her the ‘old, old story of Jesus and His love.’ It was new and wonder- ful to this heathen mind, but she at once be- lieved the good news and accepted the freely offered salvation. Then she was eager to go to her friends with this glad message of the Saviour’s love. She said to her attendant: ‘Will you ask the doctors how soon I shall be well?’ ‘The doctors say that we must tell you the truth—you will never be well.’ ‘Please ask them how long I shall live.’ The reply was, ‘Three months, with the care and com- forts with which you are now surrounded.’ ‘And how long shall I live if I go to my old home with this blessed message from heaven?’ ‘Possibly not more than three weeks.” When the answer came this new convert exclaimed, ‘Get my clothes; I will start to-day.’ Ex- postulation was useless, for she argued: ‘Do you think I count the loss of a few weeks of my life anything when I have such news to tell my people, who have never heard of the Saviour?’ Is the love of Christ of so much value to us that we ‘count not our lives dear unto ourselves,’ if we may but tell the story to those who never heard it?’’ A GratervuLt Porit.—A German merchant in Argentinia, a native of Tuchheim in Saxony, returned to his native place after an absence of 57 years for no other purpose than to have a monument placed on the graye of his old schoolmaster to whom, next to God, he owed his success in life. Good for that grateful pupil! Free From Rome.—The ‘‘Rid of Rome’”’ movement is spreading in Bohemia. Fifteen hundred Romanists became Lutherans. Sev- eral manufacturers built churches, parsonages, and schoolhouses for their Lutheran workmen, and one of them has obligated himself to pay $8000 as his annual contribution for a num- ber of years. ‘Ihe movement has also spread from Austria to France, where the number of priests leaving the ranks of the pope’s army is increasing rapidly. Tne DeAcon’s Soritogvr. —It was Sunday evening when Deacon Daniel was sitting at his table looking at the pledges taken during the day for contributions to the mission treasury. _ He said to himself whilst looking at the fig- “Jt?s curious who give. There’s Squire ‘ood; he’s put down $2; his farm's worth and he’s money at interest. And rs. Brown; she’s put down $5; and believe she’s had # new gown in two onnet ain’t none of the newest, them three grandchildren to support since her son was killed in the army. Well, she’ll have to scrimp on butter and tea for awhile, but she’ll pay it. She just loves the cause; that’s why she gives. There’s Maria Hill, she’s put down $5; she don’t have but $20 a month, and pays her board; and she has to help support her mother. But I knew the Lord had done a work in her soul, and where He works you’ll generally see the fruit in giving. And there’s John Baker; he put down $1; and he’ll chew more than that worth of tobacco in a fortnight. Cyrus Dun- ning, $4. Well, he’ll have to do some extra painting with the crippled hand, but he’ll do it, and sing the Lord’s songs while he’s at work. C. Williams, $10. Good for him. He said the other night that he’d been reading his Bible more than usually lately. Maybe he read about the rich young man who went away sorrowful, and didn’t want to be in his com- pany.’’ Sourn Arrica.—The Berlin missionaries in Transvaal are full of grief over the destruc- tion of their work of peace in that country by the British soldiery. The fruits of their hard labors for many years are gone. The country is laid waste and the people have fled to unknown parts. Several missionaries were thrown into vile prisons for no other reason but their being Germans instead of Britishers. ‘‘Transvaal,’’ an old missionary writes, ‘“‘has become a vast cemetery.”’ Mission Growtu. — The Berlin Missionary Society (I) has been sending out its own mis- sionaries to the heathen world since 1834. At the end of 33 years of labor the converts numbered only 2000, whilst to-day, after an- other term of equal duration, they number almost 40,000. This is an illustration of the slow outward progress that is made during the time of the sowing of seed and the laying of foundations, and shows how in due time, by the grace of God, the harvest is large and manifold. One of the essential requirements in mission work is patience and endurance. ‘Tn due season we shall reap, if we faint not.’’ Her TreasuREs.—At the triennial gathering of missions in Calcutta, the following touching anecdote was related by the chairman, Mr. Kali Charn Banerjea: ‘‘About fifteen years ago, a zenana worker gave a Bible to a Bengali lady in that city and some initial instruction. The worker ceased her visits, and they lost sight of each other. Years afterwards another zenana worker began to operate in the neighborhood. The Bengali lady sent for her, and showed her the Bible, much worn by constant use. A new Bible and hymn book were given her. On June 12th last, the earthquake shook the house of the Bengali lady very severely and brought it to ruins. All the inmates fled into the street, the lady referred to among them, carrying her Bible and hymn book, the only treasures she thought of in the awful crisis!’’ Success or Missions. — Within the last sey- enty years three hundred of the islands of the Pacific have been evangelized. Many of them have become altogether Christian, with no professing heathen left. They have not only flourishing, self-supporting churches, but are engaged in energetic mission work among their heathen neighbors on other islands. What the world at large, however, is most interested in is the fact that foreign commerce, which be- fore the Christianization of these islands had no existence at all, now amounts to more than twenty million dollars annually. This fruit of missions even the unbeliever and indifferent worldling can appreciate. 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 Mr. D. Meibohm from Mt. Zion Church, New Orleans, La., 25.00; of Rev. J. Kossmann from Bethlehem Church, New Orleans, La., 25.00; of Rev. J. Ph. Schmidt from Grace Church, Concord, N.C., 10.00; of Rev. D. H. Schooff from St. Matthew’s Church, Mecherrin, Va., 7.50. St. Louis, Mo., July 15, 1901. A. C. BurGporr, Treas. Evangelical Lutheran Colored Churches, New ORiEans, La. EV. LUTH. ST. PAUL’S CHAPEL. 1625 Annette Str., between Olaiborne and Derbigny. Divine services: Sunday morning at 94 o'clock. Sunday evening at 734 o'clock. Wednesday evening at 1% o'clock. Sunday School: Sunday morning at 10% o‘clock. Adult catechumen class meets at 734 o'clock Tuesday cvening. Singing School meets at 7% o’clock Friday cvening. F. J. LANKENAU, Missionary. EV. LUTH. MOUNT ZION CHURCH. Cor. S. Franklin and Thalia Strs. Divine services: Sunday morning at 11 o'clock. - Sunday evening at o'clock. Thursday evening at o'clock. Sunday School: Sunday morning at 914 o'clock. Adult catecnomen class mects at 734 o'clock Friday evening. Young People’s Concordia Circle and Singing Schoo) meet Wednesday evening at 744 o'clock. Kart KRETzSCHMAR, Missionary. EV. LUTH. BETHLEHEM CHAPEL. Cor. Washington Avenue and Dryades Str. Divine services: Sunday evening at o'clock. Thursday evening at 734 o'clock. Sunday School at % o'clock. Adult catechumen class every Tucsday at 734 o'clock and the divine service on Thursday evening. Choir practice at 74 o'clock on Tuesday ovening and after divine service on Thursday even! ng. Circle for Young People meets at the school every Tucs- day evening at 734 o'clock. J. W. F. KOSSMANN, Missionary. Ey. Luth, Holy Trinity Church. Springfield, Il. Divine services at half past 10 o’clock Sunday morning sant Suto a oeioee Catechamen clase wreots Monday and Friday evenings. Singing-school Tuceday evening. 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