# The Lutheran Pioneer_St. Louis_1901_S40 # Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration) 40 The Lutheran Pioneer. The Outlook from the Editor’s Window. Mission Day. —On September 22 our Col- . ored Lutheran congregation at Rockwell, N. C., celebrated its annual mission festival. Luther- ans from far and near assembled in large num- bers to listen to the Word of God preached by our missionaries, the Revs. Oehlschlaeger, Bakke, and Shutes. The church choir from Concord beautified the services by singing several anthems. ‘The very large attendance gave evidence of the interest the people are taking in their annual mission festival. New Lazsorers. — The Rev. Weinhold, a member of this year’s graduating class of our Seminary at St. Louis, has been installed as missionary at Mansura, La. The Rey. Buch, a member of the same class, has taken charge of one of our stations in North Carolina. May God give them patience and endurance and bless their labors in the mission field. Crue. War.— The Lutheran says: The Berlin Missionary Society has been informed officially that its most important station in South Transvaal, Botshabelo, around which 9000 native Christians are settled, was sud- denly seized and occupied by the British, and the missionaries together with their colonists were ruthlessly driven to the camp at Middle- burg. The missionaries, wherever they are, are forbidden to hold services and to move among the natives. Seven Berlin stations are devastated, the natives scattered, and the missionaries confined at Pretoria. The Her- mannsburg Missions are suffering the same outrageous wrong. Eleven of their stations are wantonly destroyed, and their occupants are banished or imprisoned. The heathen tribes in South Africa, who had been held in check by the Boers, are now fighting again with each other and roam over the land as robbers and murderers in imitation of the sol- diers of his ‘‘gracious’’ majesty, the gentle King of England, ‘‘Defender of the Faith!” Carxese WoMEN Martyrs.—Every mission- ary magazine gives us fresh stories relating to the noble army of martyrs in China. One fine woman, named Hsiao, who was the soul of a part of the work in Kuauguing, was seized. She was wealthy, and earnest in spreading the Gospel. When the trouble broke out she was a marked woman. ‘The rascals had an eye on her property, and demanded it. The Deacon Wang, her manager, made his escape, but she manfully stood her ground, and said she was prepared to bear witness for the Lord who ight her. She was offered her life if she nid recant. She refused, and only asked they would kill her quickly. She suffered in the most cruel manner, but up to the kept praying. Another woman, named , captured. As she was young and al, her captor offered to spare her life ould renounce Christ and become his She replied that she had @ hope of heaven, and whether she died or lived was of little moment. ‘‘What is heaven? If I kill you, what then?” ‘‘Then I shall go to heaven at one step.’’ As she .was praying for her enemies she was cut short with the assassin’s sword. Her conduct made a great impression. — Thousands of native Christians have en- dured sufferings almost worse than death, and yet are spared, doubtless, as living proofs of the reality and power of the Christian religion. Their homes have been burned, with all they contained; their food supplies destroyed; their wadded clothes, so needed in their cold cli- mate, stolen, and destitute and hunted like wild beasts, whole families of Christians are wanderers during this winter’s cold, some of them hiding in caves of the earth. Yet these had the opportunity of saving homes and all earthly possessions by simply renouncing their faith in Jesus. They have chosen rather to suffer and bear reproach for His name. Faithful Witness. MELTING THE IpoLs. — A missionary in Tray- ancore, India, observed one morning, some years ago, a native approaching his house with a heavy burden. On reaching it, he laid a sack on the ground. Unfastening it, he emp- tied it of its contents—a number of idols. ‘‘What have you brought these here for?’’ said the missionary. ‘‘I do not want them.” “You have taught us that we do not want them, sir,’’ said the native ; ‘‘but we think they might be put to some good use. Could they not be melted down and formed into a bell to call us to church?”’ The hint was taken; they were sent to a bellfounder in Cochin, and by him made into a bell, which is now used to summon the native converts to praise and prayer. Ir Comwetn From Asove.—In 1884 Clara Barton and her helpers were assisting the vic- tims of the flood along the Ohio River, and they noticed a company of negroes huddled on the bank of the swollen stream. A visit was paid to them, and it was found that they were in great want. The Government boats from which supplies were dealt out, had passed them unnoticed, and the water had washed away all eatables. Miss Barton and her band left them some food, but cautioned them not to quarrel over it. One of their number said: ‘This is from the Lord; we would not dare to quarrel over it.’” When Miss Barton and her helpers put off from the shore they expected some shout of thanks from the people they had as- sisted, but there was not a word uttered, and it looked as though the negroes were ungrate- ful. However, as the lady and her fellow workers looked back they beheld the company of blacks kneeling about the stock of pro- visions giving thanks unto God. They be- lieved that all came from above, and to the Giver of all good they were especially careful to render their thanksgiving and praise. Brace Soorety Worx.—The eighty-fifth year of the American Bible Society has just ended. In that time it has received $30,605,000 from various sources, and has issued 68,923,424 copies of the Scriptures, in whole or in part, in many languages, for sale or distribution by colporteur or otherwise throughout the globe. The work it has done in this country has been of inestimable value, touching every forlorn frontier region, and every State and Territory of the Union; but, in addition, it has helped in an extraordinary measure every English- speaking missionary enterprise now in exist- ence. Just now the Gospels are being ren- dered into several native Filipino dialects, and in other quarters new versions are being made whereby the Scripture will be introduced to great multitudes who are now strangers to its light and comfort. The income of the Society last year was $391,382, a slight increase over the preceding year’s record. Acknowledgment. Received for colored missions of Mr. John McDavid from Holy Trinity Church in Springfield, I11., $10.00; of Rev. J. C. Schmidt from Grace Church in Greens- boro, N.C., 12.00; of Rev. F. J. Lankenau, New Or- leans, La., from Mount Zion Church 25.00 and from St. Paul’s Church 25.00; of Rev. J. Kossmann from Bethlehem Church, New Orleans, La., 25.00. St. Louis, Mo., Sept. 18, 1901. A. C. Bureporr, Treas. Evangelical Lutheran Colored Churches, NEw ORLEANS, 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 73 Sunday School: Sunday:morning at 1034 o'clock. Adult catechumen class mects at 734 o'clock Tuesday evening: Singing School meets at 74 o'clock Friday evening. F. J. LANKENAD, Missionary. EV. LUTH. MOUNT ZION CHUROH. Cor. 8. Franklin and Thalia Strs. Divine services: Sunday morning at 11 o'clock. Sunday evening at 734 o'clock. Thursday evening at o'clock. Sunday School: Sunday morning at 934 o'clock. Adult catechumen class mects at 734 o'clock Friday evening. Young People's Concordia Circle and Singing Schoo! meet Wednesday evening at 7% o'clock. Kari KRETZSCHMAR, Missionary. EV. LUTH. BETHLEHEM OHAPEL. Cor. Washington Avenue and Dryades Str. Divine services: Sunday evening at 74 o'clock. Thursday evening at 734 o'clock. Sunday School at 9% o’clock. Adult catechumen class every Tuesday at 734 o’clock and after the divine service on Thursday evening. Choir practice at 734 o'clock on Tuesday evening and after divine service on Thursday cven 3 Circle for Young ‘People mects at the school every ‘Tues- day evening at 734 o'clock. J. W. F. KossMANn, Missionary. Ey. Luth. Holy Trinity Church. Springfield, TU. 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