# The Lutheran Pioneer_St. Louis_1916_S63 # Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration) The Lutheran Pioneer. 63 v will be our Colored Mission work. Rey. C. F. Drewes, the President of the Board for Colored Missions, will present the biennial report of the Board. Let all our readers pray the Lord of the Church that the deliberations and resolutions of the Conference concerning our Colored Mission may redound to His glory and the growth and strength- ening of His kingdom! Teacner Buntrock’s Lecrury ‘Tour. — At the time of this writing Mr. Buntrock has completed his lecture circuits in New York and Ohio, and is ready to enter upon a speaking circuit in North- western Indiana. He reports having spoken to twelve audiences in Western New York and to fif- teen in Northwestern Ohio. By the time the reader sees this, he will have begun an extended tour through the States of Nebraska and Minnesota. Teacher Buntrock’s lectures are arousing the interest of our people, which is shown by the collections he is lifting at his lectures for the benefit of the work. Reception or New Members at Concorn, N. C.— Pastor Schwehn informs us that on Palm Sunday he received thirteen adults by Confirmation into the membership of Grace Congregation at Concord. May the Lord keep them steadfast in His Word and faith! CoMMENCEMENT At LuTHER COoLLEGE, NEw Or.Eeans. — At its recent commencement Luther College graduated five students from its preparatory department and two young ladies from its normal department. WeppInG Betts at New Orteans. — On Wed- _ nesday evening, June 14, the Rev. Wilfred Tervalon, of Mansura, and Miss Celestine Deloach, of New Orleans, were united in the bonds of holy wedlock in St. Paul’s Chapel. Pastor Schmidt performed the ceremony. The bride was a member of Beth- Iehem ; she attended the parochial school there, and for a while also Luther College. May our young brother and his bride have invited Jesus not only to attend their wedding, but to be their constant Guide and welcome Guest! — A. W., Jr. Mission FEsTIVALS AND Our CoLoreD Misston. — We would humbly urge our pastors and congre- gations when apportioning the moneys gathered at mission-festivals not to forget the needs of our Colored Mission. The Board needs more than $3,000 every month to defray its regular running expenses. Besides this it ought to have at least $10,000 to put up urgently needed chapels and schools in the field. Let us also remember the dormitory for girls, which the Synodical Conference decided to erect at Greens- boro two years ago, but which could not -yet be built because the necessary $3,000 were not at hand. If every one of the 4,000 congregations of the Synodical Conference would remember our Colored Mission with a small part of its collection for mis- sions, the wants of the mission would soon be sup- plied. ALABAMA Fretp.— Last month we were able to report the opening of a mission-station at Oak Hill, about five miles east of Neenah. This month we are able to tell our readers of another new place that has been opened up in a county adjoining Wilcox County. This new station is about sixteen miles northeast of Neenah. Miss Rosa Young has opened a Sunday-school and a day-school. The day- school is attended by sixteen children. A number of adults have already applied for membership and are being instructed for confirmation. Miss Young writes that opposition is very strong, but in her opinion the prospects are very encouraging. — Rev. Lane confirmed thirty-two persons on the first Sun- day in July, and baptized sizteen on the same day at Neenah. At the close of the school in June the Rosebud School at Neenah was still attended by 153 pupils. Trinity CuareL, New OrtEans. — A site for the new chapel of this station has been secured for $500. The new building, which is to be erected at once, will also contain a schoolroom. Its approxi- mate cost will be $2,000. F.J. L. —~ Pe. Items of General Missionary Interest. MEN AND Missions. — When the Disciple Church began its Six-Million Dollar Fund, one man alone, in Kansas City, came forward with one- sixth of it. Our rich men are just learning how to give, but now, as always, in the total the small gifts of the poor count largest. — A churchman in the South has taken over a large section in Korea, inhabited by 250,000 people, and he has become re- sponsible for all the churches, schools, and hospitals in this area. — A Baltimore man, president of an insurance company, with a salary of $300,000 a year, gives half, of his income to religious work. He does not even own an automobile! — Another Baltimore layman, William F. Cochran, a member of the Protestant Episcopal Board of Missions and a man of wealth, is spending his money to extend the proclamation of the Gospel.