# The Lutheran Pioneer_St. Louis_1907_S16 # Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration) 16 The Lutheran Pioneer. of GO hearers, and Mr. Gehner, who at the begin- ning of November opened up a school, now has considerably over 40 pupils enrolled. Also his Sun- day school is well attended. TAKEN AS A WHOLE, the work among the col- ored people has been very prosperous during the past year. We owe this to the Lord, and we thank Him for it. We also pray that He may abide among us with His blessing. Delay Not! A prominent business man thus expressed him- self to a Christian minister: “I am interested in church matters, and always glad to see ministers when they call; but I have thought the subject over long and carefully, and have come to the de- liberate decision that I have no need of Jesus.” A single week had not passed before that man was taken sick. His disease was accompanied with such inflammation of the throat as forbade his speaking at all. This enforced silence continued until the hour of death, when he was enabled to utter this one despairing whisper: “Who shall carry me over the river?” Patrick Henry and the Bible. William Wirt, in his “Life of Patrick Henry,” says that not long before his death the great lawyer and famous orator was visited by a friend, who found him engaged in reading the Bible. “Here,” said Patrick Henry, holding up the Bible, “is a book worth more than all the other books that were ever:printed; yet it is my misfortune never to have found time to read it, with the proper attention and feeling, till lately. I trust in the mercy of Heaven that it is not yet too late.” The Difference. Some wealthy Africans, with whom Kruger was traveling in the desert, found the food hampers gone astray. “You are a great believer in miracles, Oom Paul,” said one of them. “Why can’t you arrange for heaven to send me victuals by the crows, as they were sent by the ravens to Elijah?” “Because,” said Oom Paul, dryly, “Elijah was a prophet with a mission—you are only a fool with an appeti BOOK TABLE. Dik HERRLICHKEIT Gorres LN DER Natur. Von //. Weseloh, Pastor der ey.-luth. Immanuelsgemeinde zu Cleve- land, O. Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis, Mo. Price, 50 ets. An interesting and instructive book which should find many readers, especially among the young people, who are often tempted by the wicked boastings of infidelity and the vain babblings of science falsely so called. The book speaks of the glory of God in nature, setting forth God’s power, wisdom, and goodness as seen in the wonderful works of creation and the manifold beauties of nature, thus leading the Christian reader to exclaim with the psalmist: “O Lord, how manifold are Thy works! In wisdom hast Thou made them all: the earth is full of Thy riches.””—The many illustrations given in the book do not merely adorn its pages, but explain and supplement its text. VIERZIGSTER SYNODALBERICHT DES MITTLEREN DistriKTs. Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis, Mo. Price, 18 cts. The doctrinal paper by the Rev. C. M. Zorn is a clear presentation of the doctrine of Holy Scripture and the Lu- theran confessions concerning free will and conversion, showing that the conversion of man, dead in trespasses and sin, is entirely the work of the Holy Spirit and a miracle of God’s grace. Acknowledgment. Received for colores Missions from Immanuel Chureh in Greensboro, N. C., $8.16; from Mount Zion Chureh in New Orleans, La., 35. do; from Bethlehem Church in New Orleans, La., 25.00; from St. Paul’s Church in Mansura, La., 10.00; from St. Paul’s Church in New Orleans, La., 35.00; from Grace Church in Concord, N. C., 10.00; from St. Paul’s Church in Charlotte, N. C., 5.00; from Mount Zion Church in Meyersville, N. C., 2.50; from Bethlehem Church in Monroe, N. C., 2.50. St. Louis, Mo., January 15, 1907. A. C. Burcporr, 7'reas. Evangelical Lutheran Colored Churches. NEW ORLEANS, LA. St. Paul’s Chapel, 1625 Annette St., near N. Claiborne St.; F. J. Lan- kenau, Pastor. “ pa ivine Services: Sunday, 11 A. M. and 7.30 p. M.; Wednesday, 30 1. M Mount Zion Church, Franklin and Thalia Sts. ; K. Kretzschmar, Pastor. ee Diving Services: Sunday, L1-a. M. and 7.30 P.M. ; Thursday, P. Bethlehem Chapel, Wushington Ave. and Dryades Divine Services: Sunday, 10 A. M. and 0 re M.; Thursday, 7.30 1. BM. SPRINGFIELD, ILL. Holy Trinity Church; L. E. Thalley, Pastor. 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