# The Lutheran Pioneer_St. Louis_1911_S96 # Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration) 96 ‘The Lutheran Pioneer. treat on the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther. An informal program, consisting of musical and literary numbers, will be rendered at each meeting. At certain intervals, refreshments will be served. Remember the date of the next lecture, December 11! Our day-school is in a flourishing condition. In spite of the fact that an opposition school threat- ened to reduce our attendance, we are, with the help of God, more than holding our own, our daily at- tendance averaging 175 pupils. Indications are that in the near future a fourth teacher will have to be employed. At the present time our teachers are working hard to make our Christmas celebration bigger and better than ever. May success crown their efforts! In conclusion a brief item of a sad nature. Late Saturday night, October 14, it pleased the Lord to take from this vale of tears to His favors in heaven the soul of the infant son of Teacher A. Wiley and . wife. The following Sunday afternoon, after a short service in the home of Mr. Wiley, the corpse was taken to the church, where, in the presence of the numerous friends of the bereaved parents, a beautiful funeral service took place. ‘The pastor based his words of comfort to the grief-stricken parents on 2 Tim. 4, 18. After the address the school-children rendered an appropriate hymn. May the God of all comfort heal the wounds which He inflicted, and fill the hearts of the bereaved parents with the hope of joyfully seeing their be- loved child in the eternal mansions above! Ep. 8. ——— ---—_# ee -_-- - - — NOTES. Crosg or VoLuME.— With the last month of the year another volume of the LuriEeran PIONEER is brought to a close, and we would remind friends of our mission that the beginning of a new volume is the best time of the year to secure new subscribers. As all profits arising from our mission papers are devoted to our mission work, the securing of new subscribers will be a twofold benefit. We should thankfully appreciate all efforts made in that di- rection. May we also kindly remind all readers that subscriptions should be paid in advance. Greewszono, N. C. — On November 2, a healthy baby-girl arrived in the family of Teacher Ed. Buntrock. May God bless mother and child! M. L. Missionary Success. — Missionary Wagner, of the Papuan Mission in German New Guinea, an- nounces that 2000 heathen have, in the last fey years, joined the churches there. He describes how parties of them came from great distances to take part in the last Christmas celebration. Numbers arrived days before, and were set to work clearing away brush, weeding and setting in order the sta- tion grounds, until they fairly shone. Six hun- dred of these former cannibals packed the station church. The children from the school sang, “Peace- ful Night, Holy Night,” and the final choral was sung by the congregation with a mighty power which would have filled the friends of missions at home with delight if they could but have heard it. BOOK TABLE. THE UNITY OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. By the Rev. M. 8. Sommer. Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis, Mo. Price, 10 ets. This well-printed pamphlet of 39 pages contains the excellent timely paper read at the last convention of the Ev. Luth. Synod of Missouri and Other States. It sets forth the only true Christian unity according to God's Word, the unity without which there can be no God- pleasing union. The pamphlet deserves the widest cir- culation in our time, in which there is so much talk of church union without unity in the faith. Acknowledgments. Received for Colored Missions from the following con- gregations: St. James, Southern Pines, N. C., $5.00, Zion, Gold Hill, N. C., 3.00, Grace, Greensboro, N. C., 6.00, Con- cordia, Rockwell, N. C., 2.50, Mount Zion, Rocks, N. C., 5.00, Station in Napoleonyille, La., 15.62, St. Paul, Man- sura; La., 5.00, Grace, Concord, N. C., 10,00, Mount Cal- vary, Sandy Ridge, N. C., 20.00, St. John, Salisbury, N. C., 5.00, St. Paul, New Orleans, La., 35.00, Mount Zion, New Orleans, La., 50.00, Bethlehem, New Orleans, La., 35.00, St. Paul, Charlotte, N. C., 8.50, Bethel, Greenville, N. C., 4.00, Bethlehem, Monroe, N. C., 2.50, St. Matthew, Meher- rin, Va., 13.82, Bethany, Yonkers, N. Y., 10.00, Grace, St. Louis, Mo., 3.50. otal: $2390.44. St. Louis, Mo., November 11, 1911. H. L. DorvERtEn, 7'reas. 848 E. 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