# The Lutheran Pioneer_St. Louis_1915_S2
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

2 The Lutheran Pioneer.

from the nets of temptation, and be our shelter
against the threatening storms. If our burden
should grow too heavy for us, He will help us
bear it; when our eyes be not able to see the right
path, He will guide us through all its mazes and
lead us in the right way; when we grow weak,
He will strengihen us; when we stumble, He will
support us. Let this then be our prayer: O Lord,

May every plan and undertaking

This year be all begun with Thee;

When I am sleeping or am waking,

Still let me know Thou art with me;

Abroad do Thou my footsteps guide,

At home be ever at my side.

F. J.

Notes from Atlanta, Ga.

The undersigned arrived in Atlanta, Novem-
ber 4, to supply the station during the absence of
the pastor, Rey. ©. Stoll, and to assist him with
the work upon his return.

It will be remembered that Rev. Stoll, soon after
his arrival upon his new field in Atlanta, became
ill with typhoid fever and pneumonia. That he
survives is almost miraculous. At present he is
with his parents in Brooklyn, N. Y., to recuperate.

One cannot mention the young pastor’s illness
without giviig due credit to the kind people who
took him into their home and nursed him night
and day. Although he was a stranger to them, they
showed him every kindness and attention that it
would have been possible’to show a member of their
own family. ‘These good people are Mr. and

Mrs. Chas. Hart and Mrs. Hart’s grandmother,
Mrs. Charlotte Birch. Valuable aid was also ren-
dered by Mrs. Hart’s father and mother, Mr. and
Mrs. Johnson, who live across the street. ‘These
people have also shown every kindness to the new
missionary since he has been on the field.
Atlanta, the “New York of the South,” has a
negro population of nearly 80,000. It is to be
wished that we might have gotten a foothold sooner.
However, we shall work with might and main to
redeem, if possible, the time lost. We have here
a*small nucleus consisting of persons who were
members of our congregation at Charlotte, N. C.
The writer is at present preparing four persons

The Wise Men from
the East.

From the Eastern mountains
Pressing on they come,

Wise men in their wisdom
To His humble home,
Stirred by deep devotion,
Hasting from afar,

Ever journe onward,

Guided by a star.

Light of Light that shineth
Ere the worlds began,

Draw Thou near and lighten
Every heart of man.

for confirmation. Before the kind reader sees this
they will be members of our congregation here.
Our day school, owing to peculiar local conditions,
is not booming as yet. ‘Twenty-six persons are at-
tending our Sunday-school and services. ‘The pros-
pects for the future are excellent.

Pray for us and with us:that the Lord may
gather in many souls here through the work of our
dear Lutheran Church in this part of His vineyard.

M. N. Carrer.

A Joyful Message from Napoleon-
-ville, La.

On the 22d of November, a large crowd assembled
in our small chapel to witness the reception of five
converts in the persons of Mr. Robert Sheffie and -
three of his daughters, Misses Lilly, Kate, and