# The Lutheran Pioneer_St. Louis_1901_S43 # Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration) The Lutheran Pioneer. sae P<. ~ 43 was his brother. home, told of their mother’s protracted sick- ness, of their father’s small wages and heavy expenses, and of their constant struggle to make ends meet. She also told of their church home, and their father’s interest in the good work, and of how regularly they attended serv- ices, and what an active part they took in the, Sunday school. Next morning Uncle Tom was in a better humor than he had been for six months. At nine o’clock the team stood at the gate, and everybody was asked to go along to church. When the preacher spoke of how much every one had to be thankful for Uncle Tom could scarcely keep from saying Amen. And when on the next day Maud and Walter started for home they took an expression of Uncle Tom’s thanksgiving with them in the shape of useful gifts for the city relatives. ' it ieimanseivk eg ese (For the Lutugnay Proseen.) Meeting of Immanuel Conference. The fifth session of Im- manuel Conference con- vened in the midst of St. Paul’s congregation at Charlotte, N. C., from the 25th to 27th of October. Nine stations were repre- sented by delegates. A large number of visitors, Members of our various congregations, were also present and manifested a great interest in the de- liberations. Many stran- gers were drawn to the sessions by the doctrinal and other discussions and evinced no little interest and satisfaction at what they saw and heard. Conference convened on Friday morning in private session. Pastors, dele- gates, and visitors were greeted with a hearty address of welcome by Pastor Bakke, to which the chairman of Conference made an appro- priate response. The delegates were then seated and given the privilege of the floor. Thereupon followed the election of the follow- ing officers for the ensuing year: President, Rey. D. H. Schooff, Vice President and Secre- tary, Rev. George Schutes. The afternoon session was opened with a sermon on ‘Christian Prayer’? by Rev. Paul Engelbert... Following the sermon came a paper by Rev. Geo. Schutes on ‘The Relative Duties of Parents and Children.”? ~ The night session was opened with a ser- mon by the undersigned on 1 Pet. 2, 9, in which it was shown, ‘‘What'a highly honored and blessed people Christians are.’’. The paper, begun at the afternoon session, was Maud described their humble | again taken up and discussed before a large audience. The Saturday morning session was private. Rev. J. Ph. Schmidt-read a paper, entitled, ‘Why our members should attend congrega- tion meetings.’’ At the public session in the afternoon the undersigned read a paper on “The Office and Work of the Holy Ghost,’’ in which the great importance of the work of the Holy Ghost towards our salvation was shown. At the night session the important paper by Rev. Geo. Schutes, discussed on EVENING. “Now the light has gone away, Saviour, listen while I pray, Asking Thee to watch and keep, And to send me quiet sleep.’’ De Friday, was again taken up, and the relative duties of parents and children were once more brought home to the hearts of the people as they have perhaps never heard them before. Sunday was the last and great day of Con- ference. Services were held in the morning, afternoon, and at night. Rey. J. Ph. Schmidt preached a sermon on the Gospel for that Sun- day. Rev. Bakke followed with the confes- sional address, after which the Lord’s Supper was administered. In the afternoon Rev. Geo. Schutes preached the mission sermon, and at night Rev. John C. Schmidt preached an edu- cational sermon, in which the people once more heard the Scriptural injunction to train their children in the nurture, admonition, and the fear of God. Conference came to a formal close by the large audience rising and join- ing in the song, ‘‘God be with us till we meet again.”’ This session of Immanuel Conference proved a great blessing for pastors, delegates, and visitors. Conference by a unanimous vote accepted the invitation of St. John’s congre- gation at Salisbury, N. C., to meet in its midst next April: The thanks of Conference and of our visitors are herewith again extended to the members ~ and friends of St. Paul’s congregation for their " splendid and gracious hos- — pitality. May our heay- enly Father continue to bless the work of this Conference and to further His holy cause among the colored people of this country. R. P. OEHLSCHLAEGER. 2+ ¢