# The Lutheran Pioneer_St. Louis_1902_S24 # Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration) 24 The Lutheran Pioneer. nected with this service. confessional sermon. In the afternoon and evening services were held in the tabernacle, a building raised and owned by the white people of Salisbury for religious gatherings, holding several thousand people, the attendance upon the services of the Conference being so large that the chapel The afternoon service was attended by over 400 people and Rey. J. C. Schmidt, of Greensboro, preached a mission sermon in the afternoon on Acts 16, 8—10. In the evening Rey. N. J. Bakke, of Charlotte, officiated, preaching on Gen. 19, 17, his sub- ject being, ‘‘Escape for thy life, look not be- After this service the Conference could not hold all the people. the evening service by over 600. hind thee!’’ adjourned. Judging from the attendance —for all-the services were well attended— and from the attentiveness of the hearers, we may hope that In the entire his- much good will redound. tory of our Colored Mission, there were, prob- ably, never so many colored people brought under the influence of God’s pure Word, as on this day, the 20th of April. May the Lord, whose assurance we have that His Word will not come back void, bestow His blessings on Immanuel Conference and the Colored Mission. May He grant that many, who are yet groping in darkness and are being Jed by the delusions of their feelings, be truly converted unto Him. And now, ‘‘let the beauty of the Lord our God be upon us, and establish Thou the work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of our hands establish Thou it.’’ E. A. H. Buntrock. +s +o oe oe Items from Louisiana. Our Mansura Mission sustained a great loss in the death of its founder, Henry Thomas. Mr. Thomas was ao native of New Orleans and for a number of years a member of our St. Paul’s Mission. Several years ago his business interests induced him to move to Mansura, Avoyelles Parish, La. Here he soon Baw an opening for us, and it was principally through his efforts, next to God’s grace, that our Mansura Mission came into existence, A few months ago he returned to his native city for a brief stay, hoping soon to return to | Mansura. But the Lord’s thoughts were dif- j ferent: He in His wisdom took him from us to Himself in heaven. He leaves a widow and a little son of about two years. Concerning the latter his fond wish always was that he might grow in the wisdom of the Lord and become a missionary among his people. May our heavenly Father grant the desixe of his heart! On the last Sunday in April thirteen young Christians renewed their baptismal covenant _ inour St. Paul’s Chapel, New Orleans. This is the largest class of catechumens it has been ‘our pleasure to receive into full communion A goodly number : communed. Rey. Geo. Schutes preached the of the church since the beginning of St. Paul’s Mission. May they all remain faithful to their vows! In Bethlehem, New Orleans, Rev. Kossmann is preparing a class of twelve catechumens for Confirmation. Rev. Kretzschmar, of Mount Zion, New Orleans, has a class of fourteen which he is instructing with the same end in view. Both these missionaries expect to con- firm their catechumens in the near future. Mr. R. A. Wilde, of Hobart, Ind., has been called to take charge of the upper room of our St. Paul’s School in New Orleans. He has accepted the call, but will not enter upon his duties in the new field of labor till September. By- next fall the Mission Board for Colored for the lower room of our Bethlehem School in New Orleans. ~<_o-——__ Items from Springfield, Ill. There are eight colored students attending Concordia College. On the 24th of June, God willing, two of them, Mr. Lucius Thalley and Mr. Stewart Doswell, will graduate. They will be ordained at the Synodical Conference this summer at Milwaukee. stationed at Charlotte, N. C., where he will work side by side with our oldest missionary, the venerable Rey. N. J. Bakke. Mr. Lucius Thalley is to remain temporarily in Springfield and take charge of our mission there. Prof. J. Herzer has conducted this mission for more than eight years. When he took charge of our church, the Board was think- ing of abandoning the place. He has worked among our people with indefatigable zeal, and has won the confidence of our people. We sincerely regret that he must now turn the work over to another. In the last few years quite a number of young people have been confirmed, and these have added new zeal to the church. On Easter Sunday three young men, one a Porto Rican, and two girls, were added to our church by Confirmation. On April 6, Mrs. N. Williams, who, while sick with consumption, was instructed in the saving truth of the Christian doctrine, was confirmed. She fell asleep in Christ May 7, and was buried from the church. Another class will be confirmed on the second Sunday in June. Since this class started, four adults have applied for instruc- tions. Our Sunday school is fairly well attended. Both old and young people come. Our parochial school is progressing nicely, when we take into consideration the almost in- superable obstacles it has to contend with. — May our heavenly Father who will have all men sayed and come to a knowledge of the truth, and who has given us the promise that His Word shall not return void, contin to| All communications con bless and uphold our Mission. Missions also expects to have found a teacher | = Mr. Doswell will be} — Work for All. In a factory the workingmen are not all engaged in the same kind of work, but every man has his particular work to do, and must do it if things are to prosper. In the railroad business there is work of many kinds to be done. There are superintendents, managers, despatchers, inspectors, engineers, conduc- tors, brakemen, porters, switchmen, and many others. One cannot do everything; every man has his task todo. Thus it is also with work in God’s kingdom here on earth. There is work for all, work of many kinds. ‘The Lord needs many workers. Are you one of them? 5 Do you do your task? Acknowledgment. Received for colored missions of Rey. Paul Engel- bert from Concordia Church in Rockwell, N. C., $1.00, and from Zion Church in Gold Hill, N.C., 1.00; of Rev. J. C. Schmidt from Grace Church in Greensboro, N. C., 25.00; of Rev. K. Kretzschmar from Mt. Zion Church in New Orleans, La., 25.00; of Rev. F. J. Lankenau from St. Paul’s Church in New Orleans, La., 25.00; of Rey. J. Kossmann from ~ Bethlehem Church in New Orleans, La., 25.00. . A.C. BurGporr, Treas. St. Louis, -Mo., May 17, 1902. Evangelical Lutheran Colored Churches, New ORLEans, La. EV. LUTH. ST. PAUL’S CHAPEL. 1625 Annette Str., between Olalborne and Derbigny. d Divine services: Sunday morning at 9% o'clock. Sunday ovening at 7% o’clock. Wednesday evening at 7% o'clock. Sunday School: Sunday morning at 10% o’clock. OG soatechumon class meets at 7% o’clock “Tuesday Singing ae eon mects at 1% o’clock Friday cvening. F. J. LANKENAO, Missionary. EV. 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 914 o'clock. Adult ee TE class mects at 7% o'clock ‘Friday evi Young People's Concordia Circle and Singing School meet Bednesdavie) evening at 7% o'clock. KARL KReETzsCUMAR, Missionary. EV. LUTH. BETHLEHEM CHAPEL. Cor. Washington Avenue and Dryades Str. 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