# The Lutheran Pioneer_St. Louis_1922_S23
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The Lutheran Pioneer.

not a word of regret was heard; not a flower was
placed upon the muddy mound. A little to one side
of the last resting-place a group of men and women
chatted in an undertone as they stretched their
hands over a blazing fire and held first one and then
the other mud-caked foot toward the glowing em-
bers. In heaven the winged messengers of the
Great King of all were joyfully weleoming one
more who “had come through great tribulation, and
washed her robes in the blood of the Lamb.” —

_ On the third day of January the parsonage at
Oak Hill was burned down. With the timely aid
of the schoolchildren Rey. Peay was able to save all
his household effects, though a good many were
broken as they were dragged from the burning
building. A defective flue was the cause of the con-
flagration. The building was insured.

The 20th of January the pastoral conference
held its monthly meeting in St. James’s Congrega-
tion, Buena Vista. In spite of heavy rains a good
audience was out to listen to the sermon which was
preached by Rev. Montgomery and an excellent
paper, “The Bible Our Guide,” read by Rev. Peay.
Tn presenting the paper, the essayist divided it into
two parts: The Bible is our guide, 1. because it is
the true Word of God; 2. because it is the only, book
which shows us the way to salvation and guides us
in this world. ‘This paper was discussed with profit
to all.

At a special service held at Buena Vista on
January 29 the little congregation there raised
thirty dollars to help erect a much-needed school-
room. For the last several years two teachers have
been instructing the children in our small chapel
there. You can imagine what a confusion there
must be when two teachers are trying to hear
classes at one and the same time in the same room.
Who will add thirty more dollars to our small be-
ginning that this condition may be relieved?

R. O. L. L.

Items of Missionary Interest.

DratH or Rey. C. A. Franz, D. D. — At
Evansville, Ind., there passed away, at the age of
almost 76 years, a staunch friend and supporter of
our Negro Mission, Pastor C. A. Frank. THe de-
parted for the better world on January 18, after an
illness of about three weeks. He looked back upon
a rich life of service in the Lord’s vineyard. He
was the founder of the Lutheran Witness, and while
its editor he more than once spoke a word of en-

couragement for the work that our Church is doing
among the freedmen. The first convention of the
Synodical Conference the editor of the Pioneey at-
tended was held at Evansville, Dr. Frank and his
people being the hosts. The editor was then a young
missionary in the service of the Colored Mission,
and he will never forget how near the genial Doctor
came to making the young missionary believe that
he was a sort of hero, just because he was working
among the freedmen of the South. And when the
young missionary left for his Southern home, with
what a° genial smile and hearty handshake did the
kind Doctor bid him Godspeed !

Our Jusiter Cortecrion. — Don’t forget the
collection that is to be lifted for our Colored Mis-
sion work, as a thank-offering to the gracious Lord
who has so bountifully blessed the Synodical Con-
ference during the fifty years of its existence. In
some parts of our large body the gathering of this
offering has already begun. One Sunday-school in
Missouri is distributing special envelopes among
its scholars, and each member of the Sunday-school
is going to try to give 10 cents a month. Another
Sunday-school has a special collection for Colored
Missions every first Sunday of the month. From
Nebraska comes the news that the work of gathering
the gifts has begun with enthusiasm. From Tllinois
comes a call for “barrels” to take care of the offer-
ings. Pastor C. F. Drewes, the Director of our
Colored Missions, as his acknowledgment shows, was
the happy and grateful recipient of $600 from two
friends of our mission in New York. The gifts were
forwarded by Pastor Otto Graesser.

PLAQUEMINE. — Sad to say, building operations
on the new church and school at Plaquemine have
not yet been begun. We sincerely hope that the
disagreeable obstacles may soon be removed, so that
the good work, so very, very necessary, may proceed
without further hindrance.

CotLEcTION IENVELOPES. — Envelopes for the
Jubilee Collection may be had for the asking. Ad-
dress Rev. C. F. Drewes, 3735 Vista Place, Pine
Lawn Branch, St. Louis, Mo.

A GENERAL ConFERENCE. — May 24—28 a gen-
eral conference of all the workers in our Colored
Mission will be held in New Orleans. ‘This will be
the first general conference held since the founding
of our Colored Missions. It is surely most appro-
priate that this general conference should be held —
for the first time in this year of the golden anni-
versary of the Synodical Conference.