# The Lutheran Pioneer_St. Louis_1907_S93
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The Lutheran Pioneer.

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The Christmas Chimes.

The Christmas chimes are pealing high
Beneath the solemn Christmas. sky,

And blowing winds their notes prolong,
Like echoes from an angel’s song.

“Good will and peace, peace and good will,”
ting out the carols glad and gay,

Telling the heavenly message still

That Christ the Child was born to-day.

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Immanuel Conference.

From October 24 to 27, the Immanuel Lutheran
Conference of North Carolina and Virginia held its
regular fall session at Charlotte, N. C.

The first day was devoted to short discussions
of some theological subjects, to matters pertaining
to local work, and miscellaneous business. Only the
pastors and teachers attended these meetings. - The
discussions proved very satisfactory and profitable
to all the brethren.

On Friday morning public sessions began with
many visitors, friends, and delegates in attendance
from all the nearby congregations. After devotional

exercises Rey. J. McDavid made the welcome address
and was responded to by Prof. M. N. Carter, of Con-
cord, N. C. The chairman then declared conference
open and ready for business.

The subject of the paper read and discussed was:
“Justification before God.” Rev. J. Ph. Schmidt,
of Concord, N. C., presented this paper, and how
ably our essayist treated this grand and glorious
doctrine we will leave for our readers to judge, as
it will appear in the Pronger. Conference voted
to publish it in this organ, so that all our members
ean get the benefit of it.

Divine services were held each night during the
week and all day Sunday with the celebration of
the Lord’s Supper at the 11 o’clock service. All the
services were well attended, and a large number
communed.

The absence of three familiar faces at this con-
ference was quite conspicuous, and the ripe scholar-
ship and wide experience of the absent were missed.
The brethren to whom I refer were Prof. N. J.
Bakke, Rev. J. C. Schmidt, and Rev. D. H. Schooff.
Prof. Bakke’s absence was due to sickness in his
family. Revs. Schmidt and Schooff have accepted
calls elsewhere, and hence their absence. Confer-
ence regrets the fact that Revs. Schooff and Schmidt
will be with us no more. They have been in the
field many years, were among the founders of the
conference, and have done much good among our
people. We pray, however, that the Lord’s blessing
will attend their labors in their new fields. Their
leaving makes us two men short, and this reminds
us that the harvest is great, but the laborers are few.
Pray, dear readers, that the Lord may send forth
laborers into our mission field.

The next meeting will be held at Concord, N. C.,
in the month of August, 1908. Instead of two ses-
sions conference decided to have but one, and that
one to be in midsummer — a time suitable alike to
farmers and professors.

It would be doing the people of Charlotte an in-
justice, were we unmindful of the kindness and
many courtesies extended to us while there. Many
who were not of our faith received us into their
homes and made us welcome. We are very thank-
ful for such kindness, and I know that I express
the sentiments of all the visitors and delegates
when I say that Rev. McDavid and his congrega-
tion cannot invite us back too soon.

The Charlotte congregation is growing, and we
hope for its continued growth under its young and
energetic pastor. All were greatly surprised at the