# The Lutheran Pioneer_St. Louis_1910_S95
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Rey. G. M. Kramer, pastor of Bethlehem, conducted
the service. ‘Taking his text from Phil. 1, 83—11,
he delivered an edifying sermon on the theme:
“St. Paul, an Example for a ‘True Christian
Preacher.” The choir of St. Paul’s, consisting of
sixteen voices, the direction of the under-
signed, rendered the anthem, “Sing Praise unto the

Lord.”

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The following Tuesday night, the congregation,
under the auspices of St. Paul’s Lutheran League,
tendered a reception to the new pastor and his wife.
The undersigned spoke a few words of welcome, to
which the pastor responded feelingly.
on that memorable occasion, exhorting his members
to work together, and to “put their shoulders to the
wheel” for the upbuilding of Christ’s kingdom,
made a deep and, we hope, a lasting impression

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upon his hearers.

Miss dna who graduated from the
Normal Department of Luther College last June,
has been appointed by the Mission Board to fill the
place in the Primary Department of St. Paul’s
School, made yacant by the transfer of ‘Teacher
Napoleon Seeberry. She is busily engaged with her
St. Paul’s School has enrolled a
larger number of pupils this term than it has for
a number of years past. Judging from the steady
stream of new arrivals every Monday morning, the
enrollment bids fair to reach 225, and quite pos-
sibly 250 .

Thomas,

large classes.

‘The feeling now prevailing is the feeling of love
and unity. .ach one seems determined to put his
best foot forward to advance the good work in
which we are all engaged, namely, the work of up-
building the kingdom of Christ.

May God, who so bountifully blessed us in the
past, and whose providence rests with us at present,
be with us also in the future!

AARON Wana, JR.

NOTES.

NAPOLEONVILLE, La.— The mission school at
Napoleonville is in charge of Teacher W. Schrieber,
who was installed by the Rey. I. Schmidt. The
school last month was attended by 67 pupils.

A Generous Frrenp.— A ‘generous, mission
friend in Nebraska has given $1000.00 for Immanuel
College. The money is to be safely invested, and

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the proceeds of such investment are to be used for
the support of indigent colored students who are
preparing for the ministry in our mission field.

ISNCOURAGING NEws’ From InprA. — The latest
reports from the Missouri Synod’s mission field in
India bring encouraging news, which should glad-
den the hearts of all mission friends. At one of the
stations 16 souls were recently baptized, and a num-
ber of catechumens are being instructed preparatory
to baptism. At another station 61 persons — men,
and children —were received into the
church by holy baptism. It is also reported that
the native Christians at the different stations ear-
nestly strive to lead a godly life, and that they prove
faithful, often even in the face of persecutions
which they must endure at the hands of their
heathen countrymen. We were also glad to hear
that the new missionary, the Rev. F. R. Zucker,
arrived safe and well in the mission field.

women,

Brste Work. — At the beginning of the present
year the American Bible Society established an
agency in the Isthmus of Panama for the circula-
tion of the Bible among the negroes, many of whom
have been drawn to the isthmus by the digging of
the Panama Canal. The Bible agent sells on the
street, usually following the pay-car each month,
stopping at the villages in the Canal Zone. At other
times in the month he visits the negro quarters, ‘the
outlying settlements, and the villages in the bush.
“In this way many copies of the Bible, the silent
missionary, have been brought into the homes of
such as can read.” The Society has also presented
Bibles to hospitals and sick-camps along the line
of the canal and to the penitentiary.

Tur DirrerENcE.— Dr. E. Spencer recently
stated in a public address that within a year a
Romish priest in Italy said to a Protestant colpor-
teur, or Bible-seller: “Go on with your Bible-sell-
ing, and we will go on with our Bible-burning.”

CiosE or VorumE.—This number closes an-
other volume of the LutHERAN PIONEER, and we
would remind our readers and friends of our mis-
sion among the colored people that the beginning
of a new volume is a favorable time to secure new
subscribers. Such kindness would be thankfully _
appreciated. As any profits arising from our mis-
sion papers go into the mission treasury, the circu-
lation of these papers is a twofold benefit.