# The Lutheran Pioneer_St. Louis_1908_S48
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Beautiful Table Customs.

Quite recently, says a traveler, I visited a Ger-
man widow living in a delightful country seat, with
a little son of eight and a daughter of five. As we
sat down to the well-spread table, the little boy,
folding his hands and closing his eyes, thanked our
Father in heaven for the food before us, and asked
Him to bless it. Then the little girl, in childish
accents, prayed:

“Come, Lord Jesus, be Thou our guest,

And let this meal to us be blest.” :
From the devout manner of the little ones it could
be seen that they were taught by their pious mother
to think whom they were addressing in their prayers.

In some families I found the beautiful custom
of joining in the Creed and the Lord’s Prayer at
breakfast, and in one that we often visited last
summer the twenty-third Psalm was also recited on

‘Sunday. For a Sunday morning, after a week of
plenty and joy, what can be more suitable?

A Missionary’s Passion for Souls.

- David Brainerd, the well-known, faithful mis-
sionary, wrote: .

- “I cared not where or how I lived, or what'hard-
ships I went through, so that I could but gain souls
‘to Christ. While I was asleep, I dreamed of these
things; and when I waked, the first thing I thought
of was this great work. I longed to be a flame of
fire continually glowing in the service of God, and
building up Christ’s kingdom to my latest, my
dying moments.” ;

Thy Will Be Done. i
A father had a lovely son, who was lying dan-
gerously ill with brain fever.
In his great grief and agony he clung to his
' child, crying out to the Lord, “Oh, I cannot give
him up, my darling! I cannot let Thee have him !”
The father’s desire was granted. The child re-
covered, but the disease had so seriously affected
its brain that its reason was gone. —
_> It is no light matter for a Christian parent,,
when ‘a dear child is prostrated upon a bed of sick-
ness and possibly death, to bow submissively and
say, “Lord, Thy will be done!” ‘The necessary
strength can come alone from Him who says: “My
grace is sufficient for thee.” — Fr.

'The Lutheran Pioneer.

BOOK TABLE.

Dre PFLICHT CHRISTLICHER ELTERN GEGEN IIRE KINDER.
By Rev. R. Miessler. Concordia Publishing House,
St. Louis, Mo. Price, 35 ets.

_ On the basis of Holy Scripture, and with reference to
our time and country, this pamphlet of 144 pages very
clearly sets forth the duty of Christian parents toward
their children—a very timely subject and all-important
for the welfare of the family, the church, and the state.

SYNODALBERICHT DES MITTLEREN Distrixts. Concordia
Publishing House, St. Louis, Mo. Price, 12 ets.

This Synodical Report contains an instructive and edi-
fying treatise on the Spiritual Life of the Christians.

SyNopALBERIcuT DES WESTLICHEN DisTrixts. Concordia
Publishing House, St. Louis, Mo. Price, 10 cts.

This pamphlet brings the conclusion of an excellent
doctrinal paper on the Trinity of God. *

Acknowledgment.

Received for Colored Missions from Bethlehem Church,
New Orleans, La., $25.00; Mount Zion Church, New Or-
leans, La., 35.00; St. Paul’s Church, New Orleans, La.,
35.00; St. Paul’s Church, Mansura, La., 10.00; Grace
Church, Concord, N. C., 10.00; congregation in Napoleon-
ville, La., 26.60; Immanuel’s Church in Greensboro, N. C.,
25.00 and 24.60; St. Paul’s Church, Charlotte, N. C., 5.00;
St. James’ Church, Southern Pines, N. C., 3.00; Mount
Zion Church, Meyersville, N. C., 2.00; Concordia Church,
Rockwell, N. C., 1.80; St. John’s Church, Salisbury, N. C.,
3.75; Holy Trinity Church, Springfield, Ill., 9.25; St. Mat-
thew’s Church, Meherrin, Va., 4.68.

St. Louis, Mo., May 16, 1908. | .

A. C. Buraporr,' Treas.

Evangelical Lutheran Colored Churches.
i NEW ORLEANS, LA. i
St. Paul’s Chapel, 1625 Annette St., near N. Claiborne St.;
F. J. Lankenau, Pastor.
Divine=Services: Sunday, 11 a. M. and 7.30 P. 3f.;
Wednesday, 7.30 Pr. M.
Mount Zion Church, Franklin and Thalia Sts.

Divine Services: Sunday, 11 a. ut. and 7.30 P.° Bf.5
Thursday, 7.30 P. a1. ;
Bethlehem Chapel, Washington Ave. and Dryades St.;

G. M. Kramer, Pastor.
Divine Services: Sunday, 10 a. xr. and 7.30 P. 3f.;
Thursday, 7.30 P. af.

SPRINGFIELD, ILL.

Holy Trinity Church; James Doswell, Pastor.
Divine Services: Sunday, 10.30 a. at. and 8 Pp. M,

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