# The Lutheran Pioneer_St. Louis_1919_S59 # Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration) Shah aie The Lutheran Pioneer. 59 the light where she had found it. — Mrs. Pynchon was respected and beloved. by all who knew her. In all her ways she showed herself to be a simple, faithful child of God. She reached the age of 62 years. Mrs. Mary C. Wright, of Mount Zion, has kindly presented our Carrollton Chapel with a new bell. We hope to tell our readers of the dedication service in one of the next numbers. On the 13th of June the school-closing exer- cises were held in our Carrollton Chapel. Although the weather was everything but favorable, the chapel Helping Black Brothers and Sisters in Australia. Our fellow-Lutherans in Australia, like their brethren elsewhere, had much to suffer during the war because of the aspersions of their enemies, Slanderous tongues were busy there, as they were here, in bringing the charge of disloyalty against them and in arousing the suspicions of the govern- ment. At Koonibba, South Australia, our brethren have for years conducted a very successful mission Our School in Carrollton. was filled to the last standing-place. Felton Vorice, student from our Luther College, assisted Mr. Rob- inson by performing at the organ. Our Carrollton school has passed a successful year. — On June 14, school-closing exercises were held in Bethlehem. The program was again as fine as we are used to see it from our pupils. All the songs, recitations, dialogs, ete., were well received by the audience which packed the house to the doors. G. M. Kramer. —?>-+- ABovr 1,500 Chinese students, the future leaders of their country, are in American institutions of learning to-day. Christians in America have a great opportunity to make an impression on their lives. among the natives of Australia. This mission sta- tion is a model in many respects and may therefore be held up as an’ example of what a mission among natives should be. But when the war broke out, the lying report went out that this station was an outpost for the contemplated German invasion of the country. “Popular opinion” became go strong that for a while the South Australian Government seriously thought of taking over the station without one cent of compensation ! Later, however, better counsel prevailed. A few months ago, the Rey. J. H. Sexton, the Secretary of the Advisory Council of Aborigines, inspected the Koonibba Mission Station, and the outcome of his visit was the following report, which