# The Lutheran Pioneer_St. Louis_1915_S92
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The Lutheran Pioneer.

day forenoon and afternoon, Saturday forenoon, and
Monday forenoon. All of the brethren in the Loui-
siana field were present. The Rey. W. Tervalon,
lately of Richmond, Va., and now stationed at Man-
sura, was in attendance for the first time as a mem-
ber of Luther Conference.

At the session of Friday forenoon a communi-
cation was read from Field Secretary N. J. Bakke,
expressing his regrets at not being able to attend
the conference, and giving as his reason the fact
that he was holding a series of lectures in Rich-
mond, Baltimore, and Washington, D. C. The com-
munication also stated that one of his sons was
seriously ill of pericarditis. Conference resolved to
tender its heartfelt sympathy to the Ven. Field
Secretary, and to invoke in his behalf the aid and
comfort of almighty God.

After the disposal of other preliminaries the read-
ing and*discussion of papers was begun. .Teacher
Wm. Seeberry read a well-prepared paper on “The
Preparation of the Teacher for His Work.” The
paper bristled with salient points. The essayist
showed that the teacher must be, first of all,
spiritually prepared by faith in the Word of God,
while, on the other hand, to be well prepared for his
work he must possess sufficient secular knowledge,
which, not: being innate, must be acquired by dili-
gent study. >. and must be RE eyen after
graduation. Ts

A Satechieation” on . “The Tower of Babel” was
read by ‘Teacher J ohn Thompson, of St.-Paul’s. It
was evident that the Brother had bestowed con-
scientious care in its preparation.

Saturday forenoon Teacher L. Pollert, of Beth-
lehem, read a catechization for the primary grades.
This catechization, remarkable for its simplicity
and general adaptation to the grades for which it
was intended, was accepted by Conference as ‘a model
worthy of emulation.

Monday’s session was graced with the presence
of the Rev. John Behnken, of Houston, Tex., the
Hon. H. L. Frantz, President of the Third District
Savings Bank, New Orleans, and Teacher Paul
Moerbe, of Zion School, New Orleans. This ses-
sion was devoted exclusively to the disposal of the
mass of business which had accumulated during
the proceedings of previous sessions. Important
as an innovation is the fact that Luther Conference
will convene oftener than heretofore, which has
been annually. Private sessions will again be held
in New Orleans during the Mardigras festivities in

March, at which time the advisability of holding.

open sessions twice annually,
be considered.

May God continue to shower His choicest bless-
ings upon our Lutheran Zion and upon the pro-
ceedings of Luther Conference!

Aaron WILEY, Jr.

nino

instead of once, will

Joint Reformation Festival at
Rockwell, N. C.

In the forenoon and afternoon of October 31st,
Rey. F. Foard’s congregations at Rockwell, Gold
Hill, and Rocks, ant Rev. J. Alston’s congregation
at Mount Pleasant, N. C., held a joint celebration
of the Reformation one at the Rockwell church.
The weather was fine. The church was filled at
both services, in which Prof. F. Berg, of Immanuel
College, preached. In the first sernion he showed
why we Lutherans should not forsake and leave
our Church. In the second sermon he spoke first
of the instrument with which God wrought the
Reformation, and then showed in what the Refor-
mation consisted, and what we owe to it. he
members of the Rockwell church were splendid
hosts, supplying the visitors with plenty to cat
during the day. The collections amounted to $18.

Such gatherings of our Colored Lutherans are
an inspiration to every friend of the mission that
has an opportunity to attend one of them. ‘hey
fully answer the question, Does our mission among
the Colored people pay? Ycs, it does pay. B.

News Items from Greensboro, N. C.

On the thirteenth day of October there departed
from this vale of tears the beloved wife of Teacher
E. W. Reid, of Greensboro, N. C. Mrs. Reid had
for several months been a sufferer from pellagra,
that terrible and seemingly incurable malady. At
last, however, the merciful hand of death relieved
her of her intense sufferings, the end coming on
the above-named date.

Mrs. Reid leaves a husband and five small chil-
dren, the youngest being a little over a year old.
To the bereaved we offer our sincere sympathies,
and trust that they will learn to say, though it
seem hard, with all faith and confidence: ‘Father,
Thy will be done, here upon earth also. ven
though ‘Thou hast taken wife and mother, still
we bow to Thy infinite will, and say with Job of