# The Lutheran Pioneer_St. Louis_1927_S120
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

THE LUTHERAN PIONEER.

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text the parable of the Prodigal Son, Luke 15,
11—24. Pastor G. A. Schmidt, superintendent of
the Alabama mission-field, also delivered a brief
sermon, basing his discourse on Ps. 87, 1—3.

The congregation at present consists of 29 com-
municants and 10 voting members.

Prospects for the future are very bright, and
with God’s help many more souls will be added to
the church. May the Lord of the Church extend
the walls of Zion, so that many who are still sitting

Siebelitz, of Port Arthur, Tex., preached at 8 P. M.
on 1 Cor. 15,58. Both services were very well at-
tended.

The members and friends of Augustana marched
in procession from our old building into our new
church. The customary ceremonies were performed
by the writer.

Services were continued until Wednesday night.
Rey. C. P. Thompson preached inspiring sermons,
which were heard by a goodly number of people.

Dedication at Alexandria, La., June 26.

in darkness and in the shadow of death may learn
to know Jesus as their one and only Savior and
be saved. G. G. Krert.

Dedication.at Alexandria, La.

Augustana Ey. Luth. Church was dedicated to
the service of the Triune God on June 26. And
what a celebration it was! After having had rain
for over a week, we were blessed with wonderful
weather for our festivities. You may well imagine
the rejoicing. The dedicatory services were held at
3 and 8 p.xr. In the afternoon service Superinten-
dent G.M. Kramer preached a splendid sermon,
using Eph. 2,19—21 as his text. The Rey. F. W.

Let us pray that our new Augustana may be a
source of great blessings to many people and tend
to the salvation of many precious souls.

We have a beautiful church and everything we
need except an organ. We are using an old organ,
which, however, does not play well at all. Will not
one kind reader donate us an organ? Please!

E. R. BERGER.

“OQ Ye of Little Faith!’’

Many places of the missionary work of the
Church present discouraging aspects just at this
time. ‘There are not a few among us who see only
discouragement in the threatening development in