# The Lutheran Pioneer_St. Louis_1913_S30
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‘The Lutheran Pioneer.

school. An amendment to this bill, however, is
suggested, “that the proposed law would allow the
county: superintendents of schools to pass on the
competency of private or church schooling children
are receiving in lieu of the public school course.”
We do not fear the passing on the competency of
our parochial schools. We have always tried to make
our children competent, for our children’s own sake
as well as for the sake of the state. But we do
doubt that all county superintendents will and can
appreciate our parochial school system by which we
do what we have right to do as citizens, and what
we ought to do as Christians, namely, to train up
our children in the nurture and admonition of the
Lord, besides teaching them the useful knowledge
necessary for this life. ‘The proposed amendment
does not necessarily work hardship on us, but it
might. We, therefore, hope that the honorable As-
sembly will vote it down.

Prof. J. P. Schmidt, who again is serving Con-
cord, N. C., and Sandy Ridge, since October, 1912,
reports that the congregation at Sandy Ridge has
renovated its church, repaired the windows, and
given the whole church a new coat of paint. The
church now presents a beautiful appearance as it
stands there on the sandy ridge. But more attract-
ive it is on Sunday when the people gather there
for Sunday-school, or when the comforting message
is proclaimed that Christ was “delivered for
our offenses, and raised again for our justification.”

The school at Sandy Ridge was interrupted by
the sickness of Miss Addie McTier. A bleeding in
the mouth set in caused, it is presumed, by blood
poisoning. A few days later she found it necessary
to undergo an operation at a hospital in Greens-
boro, where she went after she became ill. The
operation was successful, and she is recovering.

F. W.

The Right Spirit.

A church-member who had just suffered very
heavy losses in. business asked his pastor one day
about the missionary collection. The pastor re-
plied, “I have already taken it up; but knowing
that you had been a great loser this year, I did not
think it proper to call on you for the usual dona-
tion.” “My dear sir,” replied the gentleman, “it
is true that I have had great financial losses during
the past year, and that I must be prudent in my
expenditures; but I think retrenchment should not
begin at the house of God.” Did this man have the
right spirit? He surely did.

Brief Items from the Colored Mission Field.

Our Stations Iv New Orteans. — The South-
ern Iatheran says the following about our Colored
Mission in New Orleans: “Our Colored Mission
work in New Orleans is expanding on all sides.
All the congregations, as well as the professors of
Luther College, have of late started new missions
elsewhere in the city. ‘The day-schools, especially,
are in a flourishing condition. Bethlehem and
Mount Zion congregations have raised during the
past year $875.92 and $847.79, respectively, the
former remitting to the Board $480.00 and the
latter $520.00.”

Mansura, La.— About a year ago the chapel
of our congregation at Mansura was damaged by
a storm. Owing to the failure oftheir cotton crop
the good people were not able to fully repair the
damage. We now learn that a dear old Christian
lady has come to the rescue of our old friends in
Mansura. Mrs. Maria Stark, of Arcadia, Mich.
(Rev. Fr. Sievers), an aged widow of seventy-six
years, has given the $50.00 necessary to repair the
chapel.

Meuernrin, Va.— Our new missionary at Me-
herrin, Rev. Polzin, is doing splendid and very
successful work at Meherrin. He has fifty-one pu-
pils enrolled in his school at the present time. At
the end of 1912, his enrollment was forty-one. But
we are sorry to learn that his work in the school
has caused an old eye-trouble to set in again. God
grant that he may soon gain relief!

Mount Preasant, N. C.— Missionary Alston
writes: “Iverything is progressing nicely. in my
field of labor. Attendance at church services, as
well as at school, has been good this winter.” ‘The

readers will be pleased to see a picture of Rev. Al-'

ston’s flourishing school in this issue of the
PIoNEER.

Fietp Secretary Bakxe.— Our readers will
rejoice to know that Rev. Bakke has so far recovered
that he has already begun to plan for his spring
work. It is his intention to visit our North Caro-
lina stations this spring. We hope he will have
the strength to do so.

Our Mission Treasury.— The winter months
are always hard on our Mission Treasury; the cx-
penses go on, but the receipts drop off. About a
month ago the funds were so low that the Board

earnestly thought of telling the missionaries that -

they must stop opening up new fields if the receipts
did not pick up. The President. of the Board,

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