# The Lutheran Pioneer_St. Louis_1903_S40 # Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration) The [Lutheran Pioneer. theory of the heathen teachers in Persia con- uJ tains as much truth as many of the theories WHAT, THE caunce Ee Se a writer proclaimed by so-called scientists in Christian in one of our ‘‘up-to-date’’ magazines: ‘‘The|).1 4s as ‘‘scientific facts.” mission of the church is to study and solve the problems of our day scientifically, and she] Tue Pops’s BLessrnc. — And now we are therefore needs scientific preachers, able to| told that the new pope sent his blessings ‘‘es- apply the truths of science.’’ ‘‘The truths of| pecially to the American people.’ America science,’ indeed! What does the writer mean?! does not want his blessing. A writer in the He means the theories and reasonings of s0-| Recorder says: ‘‘The popes’ blessings are called scientists, which have proved false again | curses. The pope sent his blessing to the King and again. He may like empty straw, but he| of Naples, and in a few months he lost his cannot speak for others. The mission of the} crown and kingdom. The pope sent his bless- Church has always been and still is to save ing to the Emperor of Austria, and within a sinners, and she therefore needs Gospel year the Emperor had lost his Venetian domin- preachers, able to apply the truths of God’s| ions. The pope blessed the Empress Eugenie, Word for the salvation of souls. Christ told| who declared she had made the war with Ger- His messengers to preach, not science, not the} many, and in less than twelve months she opinions and views of man, but the Gospel.|had to flee with the Emperor from France, He said unto them, ‘‘Go ye into all the world, | which was defeated by Protestant Germany. and preach the Gospel to every creature,’’| Mrs. General Sherman was given the Golden Mark 16, 15. Rose by the pope with his blessing, and she quickly died. The pope sent his blessing to Boulanger, and. in two weeks he had to flee for his life. -The ex-Princess of Brazil asked the prayer of the pope and his blessing for her unborn child—the child was born deformed. The pope gave his blessing to Maximilian, and in a few months he was executed. His wife went to Rome for the pope’s blessing, received it, and shortly after became insane. The Em- press of Brazil was blessed by the pope, and three days after broke her leg.’’? The pope may curse us as he curses Luther and his Bible doctrines, but we want none of his blessings. Notes. A Screntiric PreacHER.—We are reminded of a “‘scientific preacher”’ of whom we recently read. He was a colored preacher down in South Carolina. Speaking of the passage of the Israelites over the Red Sea, he said, “‘Breddren, let me explain this matter scien- tifically.’” And then he advanced the theory, that it was in winter and the sea was frozen and the Israelites of course had no difficulty in walking over the deep. An old colored grandfather, however, was not satisfied with - this explanation.--He rose to offer his-objec- tions and stated, that from what he had learned in his geography the Red Sea wasinthe East,| Gyixese Lier aLitr. — A congregation of where they had the tropical climate, and where| 195 Christian Chinese contributed $2000.00 the thermometer never went down to the freez-| ¢,, Foreign Mission work. ing point. The preacher, not willing to have his ‘‘scientific’’ theory exploded, promptly re-} Luraeran Orrnans’ Home. —We recently plied, ‘‘That may all be true, but remember) received the Annual Report of our Lutheran that this happened many thousand years ago, | Orphans’ Home at Addison, Il]. At present and at that time they had no geographies, | 98 children find shelter in the Home, which tropical climates, and thermometers!’? Thus|is in a very prosperous condition. What a the dispute was settled ‘‘scientifically.”’ glorious work this work of mercy is among Christ’s little ones! Who can estimate the AxoTHeR “‘Sorentiric’” Exrianation. —It| blessings of the quiet work of such a Chris- seems that also in heathen countries there are] tjan Home in 81 years! In such a Home the those who explain matters “‘scientifically.””| children are prepared for the journey of life, A missionary in Persia tells us that the earth-| and their hearts are directed to that better quake is thus explained ‘‘scientifically’’ by the | home in heaven. God bless the orphans and religious leaders of that country: ‘‘They teach] aj) that care for them! that the earth stands on the back of a very large ox, and the ox, inturn, standsontheback| Tne Power or Love.— When on a visit to ‘of a fish. On each side of the ox there is some | Great Britain Bishop Ridley told of ten heroic “fresh green hay, of which he is very fond. | Christian Indians who braved the open seas for | When he has eaten up all the grass nearest) three days in a “‘dug-out’’ canoe, in order to whim; he is obliged to stretch his neck for)bring a doctor sixty miles away, to save the ‘that which fs a little way off. This act causes] life of a missionary lady. When the Indians’ ly a slight motion of the earth. But what|captain was asked afterwards what reward © ox most is a bumble-bee that| should be given for this heroic service he was 6 into his ear. This maddens| distressed, and said, ‘‘Do not breathe such an { he shakes his head and hisjidea to my men. It would break their hearts. @ great effort to put the bee] You are a sailor, you know that no amount of id, by doing this, causes those terrific) gold would have tempted us out on that sea. kes that destroy so many lives and 60} But she loved us and would have died for us. sf How foolish! “And yet this} And we would die for her if need be,” A WarninG TO Parents. —A reader in one of our Southern cities sends us the following: Twelve years ago, a Protestant mother took her little twelve-year-old girl to a Romish church ‘‘to hear the Easter music.’’ The next year she took the girl again to the same attrac- tion. Before the third Easter, the mother had been called to give an account of her charge. At Easter, the motherless girl went again to hear that music. The sharp eyes of ‘‘the sis- ter’’ and of ‘‘the father’’ were upon her, and attentions were shown, sympathy was mani- fested, books were loaned. To-day the young woman is a Romanist. Christian parents, heed the lesson! — + +e oe oe Actions Speak Louder than Words. An agent of a missionary society once vis- ited and addressed a colored church in Ken- tucky. When the collection was about to be taken, the pastor, himself a colored man, arose and said, ‘‘My dear brethren, when we have our meetings for prayer,;-you are generally present, and I am pleased to see this house filled. Whenever, at such times, anything is said about the wants of the heathen, and the duty of praying and giving for the conversion of the world, you give me groans of approba- tion. Now I wish you to come forward with your money, or I shall conclude that you did not groan honestly.’’ Acknowledgment. Received for colored missions of Rev. L. E. Thalley from Holy Trinity Church, Springfield, Il., $9.00; of Rev. K. Kretzschmar from Mount Zion Church, New Orleans, La., 25.00; of Rev. F. J. Lan- kenau from St. Paul’s Church, New Orleans, La., 25.00; of Rev. J. Ph. Schmidt from Grace Church, Concord, N. C., 10.00. St. Louis, Mo., September 15, 1903. A. C. Buraporr, Treas. Evangelical Lutheran Colored Churches. NEW ORLEANS, LA. St. Paul’s Chapel, 1625 Annette St., near N. Claiborne 8t.; F. J. Lankenau, Pastor. ; Divine Services: Sunday, 11 A. M. and 7.30 P. M.; Wednesday, 7.30 P. ot. Mount Zion Church, Franklin and Thalia Sts. ; K. Kretzsch- mar, Pastor. Divine Services: Sunday, 11 A. M. and 7.30 P. M.; Thursday, 7.30 P. M. ethleh ese Chapel, Washington Ave. and Dryades St. ; J.W.F. ossmann, Pastor. z Divine Services: Sunday, 10 a. M. and 7.30 P. M.; Thursday, 7.30 P. M. SPRINGFIELD, ILL. Holy Trinity Church; L. E. Thalley, Pastor. s, Divine Services: Sunday, 10.30 A. M. and 8 P. 31, Ne ___—__—____} —_——— TERMS: ‘Tae LurHeran Pronger is published monthly, payable in advance at the following rates, included, to-wit: to one ad nications to be addressed to uGoncordia Publishing House,” Jefferson Ave. and Miami 8t., St. Louis, Mo. i cerning the editorial de- a Caen a eceol to Prof. R. A. Brscuorr, ncordia College, Fort Wayne, Ind.