# The Lutheran Pioneer_St. Louis_1923_S35
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The Lutheran Pioneer. 35

connections. It was explained to him that lodge-
membership is inconsistent with true Christianity.
[He left the lodge. On Easter Sunday he was bap-
tized. As he stepped forward, sobbing and with his
handkerchief to his eyes, to the baptismal font to
confess his faith and receive the washing of regen-
eration, a hush of reverence came over the assembled
congregation, and many hearts, no doubt, thanked
God for having brought this person in the very eve-
ning of his life to a knowledge of, and faith in,
the Savior. —

A confirmation service was held in Springfield,
Ill., on Palm Sunday. Four girls were received as
communicant members. The church auditorium
was beautifully decorated with ferns and flowers
by our Ladies’ Aid Society. We extend
thanks to Students F. Raasch and A. Schulze
for instructing these young people in the
truths of Christianity.

It is now thirty-five years since Holy
Trinity Chureh, Springfield, was founded
by the sainted Prof. H. C. Wyneken, and
twenty years since the founding of Grace
Chureh, St. Louis. Both congregations are
planning’ anniversary celebrations for the
fall of the years We recently saw con-
firmation certificates issued to two of the
first members of Holy Trinity Church. The
inscriptions on these time-worn certificates
are a work of art. ‘lhe embellishments,
consisting of fancy flourishes and painted
and finely drawn shadings, which must
have cost Prof. Wyneken hours of work,
reflect the pains which he must have taken
with, and the pride he must have felt in,
these first-fruits of his mission-work among
the Colored people in Springfield.

As an expression of thankfulness to God
for the gift of His pure Word for so many
years, Holy Trinity, Springfield, during the next few
months will endeavor to raise about $300 to make
much-needed improvements on our church property.
The Ladies’ Aid and Friendship Young People’s So-
cicties have undertaken, besides, to add a kitchen to
the church parlor. Grace Congregation, St. Louis,

will make special efforts in behalf of their Building.

Fund.

May the Lord continue to bless our work among
the Colored people to the salvation of many precious,
blood-bought souls! Hernert C. Craus.

TE goal of history is the redemption of the world.

Twelfth Annual General Conference of
Our East India Missionaries.

This conference, which was held at Trivandrum,
November 22—30, 1922, was attended by all or-
dained missionaries in both fields of our India Mis-
sion. ‘Trivandrum is the parklike, extensive capital
of the native kingdom of ‘Travancore, which in-
cludes within its bounds the southernmost point of
India, Cape Comorin. When the conference had
last assembled there, a year after the war, there
were exactly five men on the whole field. Now
there are more than three times that number. Our
ranks were augmented even during the conference
sessions by the arrival of the Pastors Lutz and

' Twelfth General Conference at Trivandrum, 1922.

Standing: Revs. Harms, Gutknecht, Levihn, Lutz, Oberheu, Heckel,
Fritze, Blaess, Jesudason; Dr. Doederlein.
Kneeling: Revs. Boriack, Meinzen, Kuechle, Noffke, Schroeter,
Bachmann, Kauffeld, Strasen.
Missing: Revs. Zucker, Samuel.
(Jesudason and Samuel are native Indian pastors.)

The conference was held in the leafy pandal in the rear, erected
especially for the conference sessions the day before the opening, but
blown down on the Iast day of the conference by a cyclone.

We are able to furnish our readers this interesting cut through the
kindness of Dr. Doederlein, who surrendered his private photograph for
the purpose.

Meinzen. Besides, there was Teacher Bachmann,
who since June of last year is in charge of our
Kodaikanal home and school for missionaries’
children.

The conference partook of the nature of a jubilee
gathering. We celebrated the diamond jubilee of
the home Church (the East is proverbially slow) !
The sermon, based on Eph. 3, 1—12, held up
St. Paul as an example to show us how to celebrate
in a God-pleasing manner, 1. by acknowledging, like
Paul, our unworthiness, 2. by extolling the grace of
God, 3. by rededicating ourselves to the preaching
of the unsearchable riches of Christ as contained in