# The Lutheran Pioneer_St. Louis_1907_S6
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

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The Lutheran Pioneer.

Trust in God.

When the sky is bright and clear,
When the way seems dark and drear —
Simply trust in God.

When the griefs and sorrows flow,
When life’s joys are turned to woe —
Simply trust in God.

In the sunshine warm and bright,
In the gloomy hour of night —
Simply trust in God.

You will conquer then at last
When the storm of life is past —

If you trust in God.
EstTuer PETERSON.

New Orleans Items.

Tue Prospects of getting a pastor for Beth-
lehem Church are not very bright as yet. But the
congregation is holding its own quite well both as
to attendance at services and as to collections and
contributions.

SHORTLY AFTER THE INSTALLATION of Mr. Theo.
Wilder at Bethlehem School the congregation ten-
dered him an informal reception at the school hall.
It is certainly gratifying to note the interest shown
- by many members of Bethlehem in their school
and the encouragement given the teachers.

THE ENROLLMENT of Mount Zion School is still
increasing, and the two teachers in charge are put
to strenuous labor in their efforts to advance all
grades properly. The average daily attendance in
the two rooms during the month of November was
176 pupils. Tuition fees amounting to $53.00 were
. turned in during the same months.

Atso Sr. Paut’s Scnoot reports new pupils
still being enrolled. The tuition fees from the
four departments of this school during the month
of November aggregated $73.00.

Sr. Pavu’s Sunpay ScHoon shows very en-
couraging progress. From 100 to 120 children are
present every Sunday morning, all of them, with
but very few exceptions, remaining for the service.
This is true, in fact, of all of our local mission
churches. The Sunday morning service is in the
main a children’s service, the sermons being in a
‘way especially adapted to the needs and faculties
of the little ones.

Lutuer CoLLecEe was presented with a large
assortment of books for its library by Mr. and Mrs.
De Roussel of Mount Zion Church. Also other
members have made like donations. The library
now contains about 200 volumes.

No organ is in sight yet for the institution.
The other day organ lessons had to be dropped,
the church, which contains the only available in-
strument, being too cold for practicing.

Pror. WILDE some time ago took a special
course in taxidermy which enables him to stuff and
mount birds and animals for use in instructions
at the college. He has on hand already a large
number of specimens, but there are no cases to
preserve them in. Will some kind and generous

reader please — well, you know the rest. ,

Proressors WENGER AND MUELLER are doing
excellent work at the college and are enjoying the
confidence and good-will of all the students.

A Grumbling Wiseacre.

There was a man lying under a tree, greatly
bewailing himself that he had not a hand in Crea-
tion, declaring he could have ordered things much
better than the Creator had succeeded in doing.
After exposing many of the mistakes in the general
plan of things, he went on: “What a most absurd
arrangement that yon slender vine should be obliged
‘to bear pumpkins, while this gigantic oak over my
head has only to support these small acorns.” At
this moment an acorn fell on his head, and the
industrious neighbor near, to whom his complaint
had been made, remarked :

“Friend, if that tree had borne pumpkins, what
would have saved thy head?”

Make Good Use of Your Time.

Do not think that you will have good days in
this present world, nor wait until you shall see
better times. For times will not be better. You
always have the devil in this world who will hinder
you im every good thing and will put more and
more obstacles into your way. ‘The longer you
wait, the less you will find an opportunity to do
good, and your time wil! be lost. Let it be your
foremost care to advance the kingdom of God and
.to labor for the welfare of the Christian Church.

Lnther.