# The Lutheran Pioneer_St. Louis_1906_S96 # Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration) and also to the Mission Boatd at St. Louis, im- ploring them to send a man into the field at the earliest possible moment. The Board did the only thing possible under the circumstances, — a teacher from Bethlehem School at New Orleans was trans- ferred to Napoleonville. Circumstances prevented Pastor Lankenau from making the trip, and so the undersigned, together with Mr. Gehner, the new teacher, went out to Napoleonville on Saturday, November 3, intending to hold services there on the next day and to open up a school on the follow- ing Monday. Mr. Nelson had again made a can- yass of the field ;. he had also found a hall tolerably suited for the home of our new school. On Sunday two services were held. In the morning between fifty and sixty people were present, and more than a hundred attended the night service. The lamps for the latter had been borrowed in the neighbor- hood, and an enthusiastic neighbor even tendered the use of his organ, which was “toted” over into the hall by a number of young men equally enthu- ‘siastic. We are not drawing hasty conclusions from the interest shown by these people in our services. Much of it will wear off in time because it is not truly spiritual. But on the other hand, it is cer- tainly evident that the Lord has opened a door for us, and we would be faithless to our charge if we did not make the most of the opportunity presented to us. On Monday morning the school was opened. Twenty minutes after the doors and shutters of the hall had been thrown open to the bright morning sunshine Mr. Gehner had things in readiness for the pupils that were to come. And they soon came. Ten children made their appearance on that day and nine more were announced by their mothers. On a hasty canvass of several families who had promised to send their children we found that some were only waiting until they should hear that the school was really in running order, while others had already entered the Baptist school and had paid their tuition for the month, but would come to the Lutheran school at the beginning of the next month. We are very hopeful in regard to this new field and are praying to God to send us more men to do the work that is awaiting us out there. May every faithful friend of our Mission upon reading this unite his prayer with ours. KK. Krerzsomsar. “CHRISTMAS comes but once a year, And when it comes it brings good cheer.” The Lutheran Pioneer. BOOK TABLE. AMERIKANISCHER KALENDER fuer deutsche Lutheraner auf das Jahr 1907. Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis, Mo. Price, 10 cts. This welcome and useful annual contains 88 pages this year. Besides the usual calendar and statistical matter it contains 13 pages of entertaining and profitable reading matter, the article of special interest being a life sketch of Paul Gerhardt, the celebrated and beloved Lutheran hymn writer, the three-hundredth anniversary of whose birth is to be commemorated in March, 1907. The Almanac is adorned with several illustrations and brings also a very beautiful colored picture illustrating the Savior’s words: “Behold, I stand at the door and knock,” Rey. 3, 20. Synoparbericur des Wisconsin-Distrikts. Concordia Pub- lishing House, St. Louis, Mo. Price, 15 cts. This pamphlet contains the proceedings of the Wiscon- sin District of the Missouri Synod. It may well be used as a missionary tract to awaken greater interest in the mission work of the Church. The President’s opening ad- dress points out the duty of fostering our Colleges and Seminaries, they being indispensable for preparing laborers for the mission field. The doctrinal paper sets forth the truth that a truly Lutheran congregation is filled with the missionary spirit and is therefore at all times active in mission work at home and abroad. The Report of the Mission Board and of the Director of Missions gives an in- teresting and encouraging account of the work done in the large mission field of the district during the last two years. Acknowledgment. Received for Colored Missions from Mount Calvary Church in Mount Pleasant, N. C., $19.00; St. Peter’s Chureh at Dry’s Schoolhouse, N. C., 5.00; Mount Zion Church in New Orleans, La., 35.00; Bethlehem Chureh in New Orleans, La., 25.00; St. Paul’s Church, Mansura, La., 10.00; St. Matthew’s Church, Meherrin, Va., 20.00; St. Paul’s Church, New Orleans, La., 35.00; Grace Church, Concord, N. C., 10.00; St. Paul’s Church, Charlotte, N. C., 5.00; Bethlehem Church, Monroe, N. C., 2.50. For Immanuel College: From Ellen Brandfort, Little Rock, Ark., 100.00. St. Louis, Mo., Nov. 16, 1906. A. C. 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