# The Lutheran Pioneer_St. Louis_1912_S52
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The Lutheran Pioneer. :

The Trusting Child.

A tender child of summers three,
Seeking her little bed at night,
Paused on the dark stairs timidly,
“O mother, take my hand,” said she,
“And then the dark will be all light.”

We older children grope our way
From dark behind to dark before,
And only when our hands we lay,
Dear Lord, in Thine, the night is day,
And there is darkness nevermore.

Helping the Missionary.

A Lutheran missionary in South Africa relates
that he had a blind girl in his catechumen class
who was ‘about twenty years old. If she could not
see, she could at least hear, and so earnestly and
eagerly did she take in every word that she knew
as much of God’s Word as the rest, and even more.

The blind girl had a heathen mother who was
persuaded in her old age to-join a class of catechu-
mens to be instructed preparatory to baptism. On
asking questions, the missionary was surprised to
learn that she knew the Ten Commandments by
heart. He knew she could neither read nor write,
and he asked her how she had learned them. He
was told that her blind daughter had taught her
the Catechism. The missionary was glad and
thankful to have such an active helper in his mis-
sion work.

The Larger Gift.

A man who had given $10,000 to the work of
foreign missions was spoken of as the most gen-
erous giver. “Not quite so,” was the answer. “I
know of at least one who is a more generous, giver.
But his gift is known to very few except the Lord.
The other day I was calling on a friend of mine,
a yery old man, who told me, with tears running
down his cheeks, that his only son was about to
leave home for missionary work in a far-away land.
The father had discovered that the young man felt
called of God for work in the mission field, but was

tarrying at home for his sake. ‘How could I keep

him back?’ said the old man. ‘I had been praying
-all my life, “Thy kingdom come,” and with all the
pain of parting with my boy, with the certainty that
I shall never see him again on earth, there is deep
joy in giving him up for Christ’s sake.’ ”

Immanuel College.

The annual commencement exercises of Im-
manuel College began June 2, and lasted until
June 5. On Sunday night a special service was
given to the graduates in which Prof. J. Ph.
Schmidt preached the sermon. ‘Two anthems were
rendered by the students’ choir.

On the following night the graduates gave an
entertainment. ‘They were assisted by the students’
chorus with a number of songs, and by the under-
signed with organ solos. Following is the pro-
gram: —

1. Organ Solo:,.Grand Chocur in B Flat......... Dubois
2. Opening Address.
Emma Coltrane.
“Lord, Teach a Little Child to Pray.”
“The Forest Warblers.”.........0000- Reeder
4. German Declamation: “Der Blinde Koenig.”..Uhland
Otho Lynn.
- History of the Class.
Addie MeTier.
- Organ Solos: Consolation ........0....0eee00s Reuter
Two-Part Song without Words. .Calkin
- Humorois Recitation: The Coffee Quarrel.
Louis Anderson.
8. Class Prophecy.

3. Chorus:

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Cora Hill.
. Chorus: The Lost Chord............-+++++: Sullivan
. Play: A Perplexing Situation.
Violet Deignan, Emma Coltrane, Bessie Headen,
Addie McTier, Louis Anderson, George Demouy,
Annie Newland, Douglass Dinkins, Wilfred
Tervalon, Otho Ly: mn, Pearl Windsor, Cora Hill,
Theodore King.
11. Organ Solo: Toccata in G.........c0eeeeeeeee Dubois
12. Humorous Paper.

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Otho Lynn.
13. Chorus: “There Is No Place Like Home.’’. .

On Tuesday night the children of Immanuel
School gave an entertainment. The program con-
sisted of songs, declamations, and the like.

The final exercises were held on Wednesday
afternoon. Following is the program: —

1. Processional.
2. Opening Hymn: “Take Thou My Hands.’ i)
3. Invocation.
4. Oration: “Education, Apart from Study.”
Violet Deignan.
5. Chorus: Class Poem.
Words composed by Violet Deignan.
6. Oration: “Constant Progress.”
Pearl Windsor. *
‘7. Organ Solo: Berceuse, in A..............: Delbrueck
8. Oration: “Influence of Christianity on Civilization.”
Louis Anderson.
9. Address by Rev. Prof. Ad. Haentzschel, Conover, N. C.
10. Distributing of Diplomas and Reports.
Announcements.
11. Closing Hymn: .“God Be With You.”
12. Benediction.

-Wrighton