# The Lutheran Pioneer_St. Louis_1927_S181
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THE LUTHERAN PIONEER.

The slump in our collections for the summer
quarter is due to the fact that during the vacation
period our attendance was noticeably smaller.
However, collections for the single month of Octo-
ber show a decided improvement, and it is very
apparent that our attendance is again increasing.

Mr. Albert Charles is superintendent of our
Sunday-school, which has a membership of about
one hundred. He is assisted by a corps of efficient
and enthusiastic teachers.

our new classes, and the many visitors who fill our
pews Sunday after Sunday, are outward signs of
the good impression and the excellent influence
being spread abroad by our church.

We earnestly pray that God may strengthen us
with His grace to abide by the pure Word and to
glory in the chief treasure of that Word, which is
justification by grace through faith in Jesus Christ,
our Lord.

Beatrice Harotp Wiuuis, Correspondent.

St. Philip’s Church, Chicago.

A year ago a volunteer choir was organized here
at St. Philip’s, and we are quite proud of the work
being done by this little body. The officers are:
Mr. A. Khaton, president; Miss Ruth Trevan,
secretary-treasurer; Mr. Carl Stoll, director; Miss
- Sarah Sanders, organist.

; Among the many out-of-town visitors who wor-
shiped with us this summer were Professors R. 0.
Lynn, president, and P. D. Lehman, secretary, of
Luther College at Selma, Ala. These two gentle-
men gave very freely of their time and effort in
both our church services and our choir work.

Pastor Carter is doing an excellent work in our
Chicago field, and the outlook is especially bright.
Our steady increase in membership, the growth of

Our Buffalo Mission.

The following is taken from the November issue
of the Bulletin of the Buffalo Institutional Mis-
sions : —

“The Lord has seen fit to commit the work of
ministering to the colored people in our territory
into the hands of the institutional missionaries.
During the summer months we were assisted in
this work by a student. A student of our college for
colored Lutherans in Greensboro, N. C., will assist
in this work during the coming year.

“Statistics reveal that fifty-four services were
conducted during the past year in the mission, fifty-
two Sunday-school sessions were held, thirty-two