# The Lutheran Pioneer_St. Louis_1921_S26
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Dhe Lutheran Pioneer.

A MISSIONARY MONTHLY.

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PupiisHED BY THE EvancenicaL Lurieran Synopicat, ConrERENCE oF NortH AMERICA.

REv. F. J. LANKENAU, EDITOR.

Published monthly by Concordia Publishing House, St. Louls, Mo. Subscription price, 50 cis. per annum, payable aicicey In advance.
Entered as xecond-class matter at the Post Office at St. Louis, Mo., under the Act of March 3, 1879

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‘Act of October 3, 1917, authorized on ‘Inly 5, 5, 1918,

No. 4.

Up, Nations, for the Night is Coming.

Up, nations, for the night is coming,
The sum is sinking low,

Lest darkness shall o’ertake you;
And fill your hearts with woe.

Up, nations, for the night is coming,
The Lord’s day is at hand.

Oh, turn to God, ye nations,

From near and distant land.

Up, nations, for the night is coming;
Prepare for Judgment Day!

Cast out your idols, heathen,

And to the true God pray!

Up, nations, for the night is coming;
Come now and do not wait, ~N
For the fearful night is nearing

When it will be too late. A. LIESKE.

‘Dedication at Taits Place, Ala.

Another lighthouse has been erected in this sin-
and ignorance-darkened section of the Southland.
We refer to the chapel which has recently been built
at Taits Place. On Sunday, February 20, this
building was dedicated to the service of the Triune
God. It was a joyful, happy, thankful flock that
gathered for this celebration.

And surely there is every reason for joy and

_ gratitude. Like hundreds and thousands of Negroes
in Alabama, so the members belonging to our con-
gregation at Taits Place, not long ago, were sitting
in darkness and in the shadow of death. They
knew little or nothing about the truths contained

- conditions in their church.

in Scripture. They were living without God, with-
out Christ, without hope. ‘True, they had preachers
long before the Lutheran Church reached them.
But the leaders whom they had were— and are —
evidently not concerned about the souls of men.
Crowds flock to their churches to eat of the Bread
of Life, but are fed on the husks of dreams and
visions. These preachers are ignorant concerning
spiritual things, they are blind Jeaders of the blind,
having an eye only for the collections which they
are able to exact from the people. Several men at
‘Taits Place, realizing this, were dissatisfied with

which would point out to them and their children
the way to life. They heard of the Lutheran Church
and attended a service at Midway. They came back

again. {ere they found what they needed and —

wanted. They asked that we come into their commu-
nity and teach them and their families what they
must do to be saved. It was following this call
that we went to Taits Place with the old, old Gos-

. pel of the compassionate and loving Savior who

died for all, Jesus, the Redeemer of the World,
was held up before the eves of men, women, and
children in services, Sunday-school, and day-school.
The wondrous love of God in Christ Jesus which
saves man from sin, death, and hell was proclaimed.
As always, so in this case, the Word was a power
unto salvation. Many who heard the message learned
to know and loye Him who gave His life as a ran-
som. And now these people are happy in this knowl-
edge; they are grateful and have learned to give
thanks unto God, who has delivered them from dark-
ness and translated them into the einedom of His
dear Son,

They wanted a church -

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