# The Lutheran Pioneer_St. Louis_1910_S7 # Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration) Ly The Lutheran Pioneer. @ present enrollment being about 130. In the place of Mrs. Fred Ford, who for a number of years presided over the kitchen and dining room, the college has gained an efficient stewardess and ma- tron in the person of Mrs. Mollie Lowder, of Mount Pleasant, N. C. The increased attendance at Grace School in South Greensboro has justified the Mission Board in giving Mr. Buntrock an assistant. Miss Mary Martin, of Southern Pines, N. C., who has had one year’s training in the Normal Department of Im- manuel College, is teaching the second class. As far as the writer is able to learn, our mis- sionaries and teachers are energetic and faithful in the discharge of their duties, and the members are active in helping them to build up our Lutheran Zion. May the Lord be with them also in the new year and abundantly . bless the labors of their hands ! N. J. B. ee Our Missions in New Orleans. During the last months of the year the church and missionary work at our three mission stations in New Orleans has, as usual, been more active than in the dull summer months. ‘The services are better attended, and, in consequence, there is an increase in the contributions also. At_all three stations there are catechumen classes under in- struction of the respective missionaries. In St. Paul and Bethlehem stations the number of catechumens is 22 and 16, respectively. In Mount Zion it is smaller. In the two first-named congregations there is also a number of adults under instruction. ‘The schools have attained a fair attendance in all three stations. Mount Zion School is still in the hands of our two veteran teachers, Mr. Vix and Mr. Mei- bohm. Bethlehem School has a new teacher for its upper grades in Mr. Palm, who is laboring with a will and evident success. The lower grades are, as they have been for many years past, still in- structed’ by Mr. Odendahl. St. Paul’s School has a reduced teachers’ force this year, Miss Edna Wal- ter having removed from New Orleans in the .be- ginning of October. ‘The three remaining teachers, however, Mr. Wiley, Mr.. Nap. Seeberry, and Mr. Wm. Seeberry, can hardly be said to be over- crowded in their classes, since for some years past the actual attendance on any one day has rarely exceeded 150. Nevertheless, the mission has lost in Miss Walter an able and devoted teacher of the little ones. May the blessing that she has wrought among them during the years of her faithful service redound upon herself! That all the teachers of St. Paul’s School are colored men the reader will probably remember. St. Paul’s station is reviving from a kind of lethargy into which it had fallen during a year of vacancy. The advent, in September, of Rev. A. Witt from the far east of our country has brought new life and a hopeful spirit into the congregation. There is much more interest in the services than there has been for a long time. But, though there is spiritual activity noticeable in all three stations, - as it cannot but be where the pure Word of God . is scattered broadcast by pastor and teachers, and, with joy be it said, also by a goodly number of lay Christians, the sad truth cannot be denied that there is also in all the congregations an alarmingly great number of apostates from the faith they have once vowed to retain and uphold to their dying day. Old men and young men, women and maidens, have grown weary of the Bread of Life and are no longer seen in the beautiful services before. their God. Little wonder, then, that godliness and purity flies from their homes and unhappiness settles down on their souls, for they have turned their backs on the only true friend of their souls, Jesus, the Christ-child, the crucified Savior, who waits to meet them and bless them Sunday after Sunday through His Word and Sacraments. In connection with these remarks about our missions in New Orleans it will nof be improper to say a few words about Luther College, an institu- tion of higher learning founded to serve the same’ purpose as our churches and parochial schools, namely, the glory of God and the spreading of ‘our Lutheran Church. There are not many pupils, nor eleven males, ten females, of the latter two, Prof. Wilde and your humble servant. Yet we are all very busy, as the students would testify and their teachers could not deny. For you should remember there is a theological department, .a normal depart- F MEMORIAL LIBRARY CONCORDIA SEMINARY s are there many professors; of the former but 21, | Aa pl oa! Gs Gaveu tetas an -mrr ment, and a preparatory department. Lessons be- © gin at 8 a. Mm. and are over at 4.15 Pp. u., though not all pupils are present all that time. The theo- logical students receive instruction also on Satur- days till noon. We have two students in the theo- logical department this season; teaching the mission school at Mansura, La., for the year. The normal department numbers eight young men and five young ladies. A fifth part of our students hails from Mansura, La., the rest a third one is”