# The Lutheran Pioneer_St. Louis_1912_S80 # Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration) 80 ‘The Lutheran Pioneer. A Fruit of Missions. When John Hunt, in 1838, landed on Fiji, the people of those islands were perhaps as low as human beings had ever been. Infants and old people were murdered without compunction. Of all the babies born, not more than one in three escaped death at birth, while signs of age or helplessness were sure and certain signs for murder. Canni- balism was a universal and religious rite. Children from their earliest days were trained to devour human flesh. Warriors boasted. of the number of human beings they had eaten. All kinds of events, great and small, were signals for a meal on human flesh. Parents ate their children, husbands ate their wives, and children ate their parents. Even as late as 1859, one could buy a man in Fiji for thirty- eight shillings, kill and eat him. Of course, when murder and cannibalism were rife, no lesser forms of evil were lacking. Unlikely soil, surely, for the fruits of the Spirit! To-day no community on earth has a greater percentage of humble, devoted, kindly followers of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ than these selfsame Fijians. The Bible is in nearly every house, and on Sunday nine tenths of the people may be found assembled in the churches for worship. C. B. Keeleyside. — Fear Not! A pastor, speaking of the security of God’s people and the precious promises of the Bible, said, “How often the words ‘Fear not!’ occur in God’s Holy Book! I have counted up into the seventies, and I thought that was enough. I need not look for any more.” Washing Baby in Africa. ~ According to The Lutheran, we have this de- scription, from a missionary, of a baby’s bath in Africa: — “One morning I heard the baby crying as if — his little heart would break. I went to see what could be the matter with him, and found his mother washing him in front of her house. And do you think she had a nice little bathtub and scented soap and warm water? Oh, no! She was holding the little baby up on his little feet, and was pouring cold water over him by handfuls. The poor baby was screaming at the top of his lungs, and fighting against the cold water as hard as he could; but the mother paid no attention to that and went on with the washing. “Did she have nice, warm flannel cloths to dry him with, and others with which to wrap him? No; but when the washing was over, she lifted the baby up and with her mouth blew vigorously into his eyes and ears to drive out the water, and that was all the drying he got. Then she proceeded to dress him. ‘The dress consisted of a string of beads around his waist, one around his neck, and one around each one of his wrists and ankles. The air and the sun did the rest of the drying.” Acknowledgments. Received for Colored Missions from the following con- gregations: St. James, Southern Pines, N. C., $3.00; St. Peter's, Dry’s School House, N. C., 15.50; Mount Cal- vary, Mount Ple: asant, N. C., 3.00; St. Matthew’ 's, Meher- rin, Va., 10.00; St. Paul’, ‘Ss, Charlotte, N. N.C., 10.00; Bethel, Greenville, N. C., 4.00; Mount Zion, Meyersville, N. G., 2.50; Zion, Gold Hill, N. C., 3.00: Mount Zion, Rocks, N. C., 3.00; Concordia, Rockwell, N. C., 2.50; St. John’s, Salisbury, N. C., 17.61; Mount Zion, New Orleans, La., 40.00; Bethlehem, New Orleans, La., 40.00; St. Paul's, Mansura, La., 5.00; Grace, Concord, N. C., 10.00; Mount Calvary, Sandy Ridge, N. C., 16.00; Grace, Greensboro, N. C., 8.00; Grace, St. Louis, Mo., 2.10; Holy ‘Trinity, Springfield, Ill., 10.75. — Total, $205.96. St. Louis, Mo., September 16, 1912. H. L. DoepERLeEIN, 7'reas. 848 E. Prairie Ave. Evangelical Lutheran Colored Churches. NEW ORLEANS, LA. St. Paul's Chapel, 1625 Annette St., near N. Claiborne St.; Ed. Schmidt, Pastor. Divine Services: Sunday, 11 A.3f. and 7.30 p.ac; Wednes- day, 7.30 Pp. M. > Mount Zion Church, Franklin and Thalia Sts. Divine Services: Sunday, 11 a. M. and 7.30 p. M.; Thurs- day, 7.30 r. Mt. Bethlehem Chapel, Washington Ave. and Dryades St.; G. M. Kramer, Pastor. Divine Services: Sunday, 11 A. sr. and 7.30 rv. x.; Thurs- day, 7.30 rp... Sunday-School: Sunday, 10 a. wu. SPRINGFIELD, ILL. Holy Trinity Church. : Divine Services: Sunday, 10.30 a. af. and 8 P. af. TERMS: Tue LUTHERAN PIONFER is published monthly, payable in advance pe oe following rates, postage ere to-wit: 10 it GOERS 2:00 25! Copies ionic ccijcisis new cc ces 5.00 50 Copies ..........2.0eeeeee 9.00 Club rates only allowed if all copies are to be sent to one address. — In St. Louis by mail or carrier, 35 centa. All business communications to be addressed to Con- corpiA Pusiisnixa House, Jefferson Ave. and Miami St., St. Louis, Mo. All communications concerning the editorial depart- ment to be addressed to Prof. R. A. aCe Conover, Catawba Co., N. Cc.