# The Lutheran Pioneer_St. Louis_1909_S48 # Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration) 48 The Lutheran Pioneer. African Journey,’ that Uganda was the only coun- try he has ever visited where every person of suit- able age to go to church went to Christian worship every Sunday morning. He estimates the native Christians in Uganda at 100,000. Bishop Tucker puts down 62,867 as the number of baptized Chris- tians in the Anglican churches of Uganda, and the average Sunday morning attendance is 52,471. The church buildings of the kingdom of Uganda have seats for 125,851. There are 2936 native Christian teachers and evangelists. And Mr. Churchill, who explored Central Africa last year, says that he never saw better order or happier homes than in this cen- tral region of the great Dark Continent, where only a few years ago pioneer missionaries were merci- lessly put to death by the natives. Uganda, shut out from the white man’s occupancy because of diseases which are fatal to the Caucasian, seems re- served for a happier lot than Madagascar.” The Difference. All sinners, says Luther, are alike in this that they give themselves into the bondage of the devil against the obedience of God. But then comes the difference. Some of them, even the majority, no matter what you may preach and tell them, always remain the same in their sin, without any change and correction. They think in their hearts: There is no danger.. God is merciful. He will be pleased whenever I may come and desire His grace. So I will first enjoy this world, afterwards I may yet go to church, hear the Gospel, and be converted. ‘These sheep do, indeed, hear the voice of the Shepherd, but they refuse to be found by Him. What will be the result? Nothing but this, that from day to day they will go more and more astray and fall into the power of the devil, so that they cannot extricate themselves. ‘This we ought to fear, and whenever we hear the yoice of the Good Shepherd, at once come to Him, that is, repent: and trust in God’s goodness and forgiveness through Christ. The Ring Without a Jewel. A young girl found a gold ring which gave her much joy. But after she had examined it more closely she noticed to her sorrow that the eye, that is, the jewel, was missing. “My child,” said her mother to her, “behold, this ring without a jewel is like youth and beauty without honor and modesty.” BOOK TABLE. IIeft. Dein ReEicite KOMME! Missionsvortraege. Erstes Price, Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis, Mo. 20 cts. This pamphlet of 64 pages contains instructive and stimulating addresses on various Lutheran missions car- ried on by the Missouri Synod. The subjects treated are: Home Missions, Life of a Traveling Preacher in the North- west, Brief Survey of Various Missions of Our Synod, Mis- sion in India, Negro Mission, Deaf and Dumb Mission. The addresses are by competent men, well acquainted with the different mission fields, and will prove most helpful to pas- tors, furnishing them the needed material for missionary sermons, by which to inform their people as to the work that is being done, and to awaken and increase their in- terest in the mission cause. Acknowledgments. Reeeived for Colored Missions from the following con- gregations: St. Matthew, Meherrin, Va., $5.40, St. Paul, New Orleans, La., 45.00, Bethlehem, ew Orleans, La., 35.00, Mount Zion, New Orleans, La., 35.00, Zion, Gold Hill, N. C., 3.70, Concordia, Rockwell, N. C., 1.80, St. John, Salisbury, N. C., 1.50, St. Paul, Charlotte, N. C., 7.00, St. James, Southern Pines, N. C., 2.50, Mount Zion, Meyers- ville, N.C., 2.50, Mission at Napoleonville, La., 37.70, Grace Mission Sunday School in St. Louis, Mo., 2.00. otal: $179.10. : St. Louis, Mo., May 16, 1909. Hi. A. Scuenket, 7'reis. 1447 John Ave. Received with thanks for indigent students from Man- sura at Luther College through Rev. Ed. Schmidt from the Young Ladies’ Society of St. John’s congregation at St. Louis, Mo., $15.00, from Rev. H. Bartels sen. 3.00, from Rey. P. G. Schmidt’s congregation, Sherwood, O., 8.50. F. WENGER. Evangelical Lutheran Colored Churches. NEW ORLEANS, LA. St. Paul’s Chapel, 1625 Annette St., near N. Claiborne St. Divine Services: Sunday, 11 a. M. and 7.30 P. Mf.; Wednesday, 7.30 Pp. ac. Mount Zion Church, Franklin and Thalia Sts.; Ed. C. Krause, Pastor. Divine Services: Sunday, 11 a. Mm. and 7.30 Pp. 3f.; Thursday, 7.30 p. a. 5 ‘ Bethlehem Chapel, Washington Ave. and Dryades St.; G. M. Kramer, Pastor. Divine Services: Sunday, 11 a. mM. and 7.30 Pp. 3f.; Thursday, 7.30 p. x1. 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