# The Lutheran Pioneer_St. Louis_1911_S40 # Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration) 40 The Lutheran Pioneer. ————— book, that I could not do better than dedicate the first check to the British and Foreign Bible Society ; so here is a donation of a hundred guineas. ‘The _ work done is enormous, and the good it accom- plishes is beyond all calculation. ‘The Society has proved itself and its worth beyond all praise, and L am sure it will only grow in usefulness as it grows in years.” We pass on this story, says an exchange, not only because of its tribute to the Bible Society’s work from one who spent forty years in the service of the Chinese Government, and so gathered at first hand the data on which to form a judgment, but also as a gentle hint to others. Other men besides Sir Robert Hart “open new check-books,” and they certainly cannot do better than follow his example. When there are so many calls for help, we often wonder how nominally Christian men can let them pass by as they evidently do. A Boy’s Honrsr Conresston. — A small boy, who was a member of a mission band, confessed with shame that a quarter for peanuts looked like a pinhead and a quarter for missions as big as a cartwheel. That small boy has a great many grown-up relations. Prayinc AnD Givinc.— The people in India are very poor. Yet, at one time, when a company of native Christians had been holding a prayer- meeting, they said, “We have been praying, now we must give.’ The missionary replied, “You have come a long way and need what you have.” They answered, “We cannot pray and not give.” Our pastors at home are not much troubled with such requests. Taxina Norice.— Says the editor of Watch- word: “Mr. Haskins, the Washington expert in statistics, has stated facts concerning the growth of the Protestants in the United States during the past sixteen years that ought to make us ‘stand up and take notice.’ During the period named, be- tween 1890 and 1906, the Lutheran Church is the only Protestant body which has a membership greater, in relation to the whole population of our country, than it had at the beginning; all others have a smaller percentage.” PREFERRING THE Lorp’s SErvice. —'The Rev. Cheng Ching Yi, of Peking, China, is one of the most learned and influential leaders of the Chinese Church, a zealous laborer in the mission among his countrymen. He was the Chinese delegate to the World’s Missionary Conference at Edinburgh last He receives a salary of only $19.00 a month, but could at any time get four times as much by accepting a place in government service. However, constrained by the love of Christ, he pre- fers the Lord’s service, and will not leave it for this summer, world’s riches. A) Tarce. Sunpay-Sciioon,— A report from Korea states that one of the Sunday-schools in the mission field has 22 classes, the whole church at- tending. The men meet first, then go home and take care of the house while the women come. The youngest pupil is four years old, the oldest a woman of seventy; she learned to read in the last few years. Acknowledgments. Received for Colored Missions from the following con- gregations: Holy Trinity, Springfield, Ill., $4.05, te St. Paul, Cc harlotte, N. G., 7.50, Mount: Zion, Meyersville, N.C St. James, Southern Pines, N. C., Mount Pleasant, N.C., 2.00, St. John, 2.65, St. Matthew, Meherrin, Va., 5.68, Bethlehem, Orleans, La., 35.00, Mount. Zion, New Orleans, La., St. Paul, New Orleans, La., 30.00, St. Paul, Mansur 5.00, Napoleonville, La., 14.00, Zion, Gold Hill, N. C., 3.00, Mount Aion, The Rocks, N. C., 3.00, Concordia, Rockwell, N. C., 2.50, Grace, St. Louis, Mo., 6.24, Grace, Greensboro, N.C. 0. Total: $163. St. Louis, Mo., April 15, “1911. Hi. L. DoepERLern, Treas. S48 E. Prairie Ave. Evangelical Lutheran Colored Churches. NEW ORLEANS, LA. St. Paul’s Chapel, 1625 Annette St., near N Ed. Schmidt, Pastor. Divine Services : Sunday, 11 a. ac. and 7.30 Pp. M.; Wednesday, 7.30 rp. a. * Mount Zion Church, Franklin and Thalia Sts. . Divine Services: Sunday, 11 a.M. and 7.30 Pp. M.; Thursday, 7.30 r. x Bethlehem Chapel, Washington Ave. and Dryades St.; G. M. Kramer, Pastor. Divine Services: Sunday, 11 A.M. and 7.30 rp. a.; Thursday, 7.30 p.a1. Sunday School: Sunday, 10 a. a1, SPRINGFIELD, ILL. Holy Trinity Church. Divine Services: pundey, 10.30 a.m. and § r. at. 2.50, Mount Calvary, Salisbury, N. Cols New . 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