# The Lutheran Pioneer_St. Louis_1927_S117
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

116 THE LUTHERAN PIONEER.

Rev. C. F. W. Sapper,

First Secretary of the Board for
Colored Missions.

Rev. J. F. Buenger,

First Chairman of the Board for
Colored Missions.

Rev. J. F. Doescher,
Our First Missionary Among the Freedmen.

considered the support of missionaries their cause,
because they recognized it as the cause of Christ.

But why refer to other days? We have the
present necessities to face: Our missions need
money to enable missionaries to live and to build
up the work in their respective fields. And we are
the persons from whom this needed money must
come. Shall we refuse to do the work which the
Lord has plainly appointed us to do? Shall we
prove traitors to the cause of our King?

May it never be truthfully said of any of us that
we are to be blamed that Christ died in vain for
the teeming millions of the Hast. All things are
ready and fully prepared for the rescue of the sub-
merged heathen nations. The Savior has com-
pleted His work of redemption; He has entrusted
His Church with the Word of Reconciliation; the
Lord’s missionary armies are ready for the march.
The Lord’s arms are outstretched to embrace the
fallen world. The harvest is ripe and waiting to be
gathered, and we have the means of gathering it.
All that is needed is that we in all earnestness set
out to do our work and carry out our ap-
pointed task.

Let us no longer turn a deaf ear to the cry of
need coming up from the heathen world. Let us
determine to set aside a certain sum regularly for
the work of missions. Let this sum be our tribute
to the King, our Savior; let this be our investment
in heaven’s bank. Let us all do this in accordance
with our means, and our’ missionaries will no longer
need beg to carry on their heaven-appointed work.

Let us bear in mind: “He which soweth

sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which.

soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.
Every man according as he purposeth in his heart,
so let him give; not grudgingly or of necessity;
for God loveth a cheerful giver.” F. J. L.

Dedication at Rosebud, Ala.

Sunday, June 19, was a day of great rejoicing
for the pastor.and members of Christ Ev. Luth.
Church, Rosebud, Ala. On that day they dedicated
their new chapel to the service of the Triune God.
Two services were held, one in the forenoon and the
other in the afternoon. While the forenoon service
was well attended, the afternoon service was not, as
we had a heavy rain. The ceremonies began with
a brief service held outside the chapel, in which
the dedicatory act was performed by the local pastor.