# The Lutheran Pioneer_St. Louis_1928_S137
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THE LUTHERAN PIONEER.

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selves worthy of your confidence and show our
appreciation at all times for your liberality. We
shall work together with our superiors in gaining
the end for which this building has been erected, and
we shall do our utmost to keep it in good condition.
Yours respectfully, The Students of Immanuel
College.”
Our Higher Institutions.

We have two higher institutions in which colored
students are prepared for service in our Negro Mis-
sions, either as pastors or as teachers (male and
female).

1. Immanuel Lutheran College, Greensboro,
N.C. Founded 1903. President, since June, 1927,
Dr. Henry Nau. At the beginning of the past
scholastic year the high school had 106 students
(37 young men, 69 girls). Eleven students are
attending the theological seminary. In the prepara-
tory school were nineteen pupils. Upon the whole,
the deportment of the students has been quite satis-
factory. Owing to illness, Prof. Walter Beck was
obliged to take a leave of absence for a year. This
vacancy was filled by Pastor Martin Dorpat. Pastor
Wm. Gehrke, of Augusta, Mo., accepted the call of
the Board and in January of this year became the
successor of Prof. F. C. Lankenau. Prof. H.
Naether, who taught at the college since September,
1928, resigned in June of this year. A man to fill
this vacancy in the faculty is being called now.
Prof. Frederick Berg, who has served the institution
since June, 1911, and is highly respected by his
students, was able to celebrate his Golden Anniver-
sary as pastor in May of this year. — The institu-
tion is in great need of two new buildings.

2. Alabama Luther College, Selma, Ala. This
institution was founded in 1922. Its president is
Prof. Otho Lynn since 1922. The faculty consists
of the following four colored teachers: Prof. O.
Lynn, Prof. Paul D. Lehman, Prof. Isaac Holness,
and Miss Anna J. Hudson. Mrs. Lynn and Mrs.
Edwards have assisted during the past school-year.
Mr. J. Wilbur Twitty, a graduate of Immanuel Col-
lege, will become a member of the faculty this fall.
Mrs. Lou Jenkins is the matron. This institution
has the purpose of educating colored lady teachers.
The school had an enrolment of forty-nine during
the past year, all of whom were Lutherans. An
addition to the building of Alabama Luther Col-
lege, for which an appropriation was made two years
ago, could not be erected for want of funds.

(To be concluded.)

Luther Conference.

Luther Conference held its summer session at
Trinity Chapel, New Orleans. In the opening
service, on Wednesday evening, Holy Communion
was celebrated, the pastors, teachers, and delegates
attending in a body. The confessional address was
delivered by Rey. C. P. Thompson, of Mansura. His
text was taken from Gen. 3,9: “And the Lord God
called unto Adam and said unto him: Where art
thou?” Pastor Thompson showed that this question
is addressed also to us Christians to-day and that it
should cause us to acknowledge our guilt instead of
seeking to hide it as Adam did; then, having con-
fessed our sin, to partake of the forgiveness offered
us in the Sacrament.

The opening sermon was delivered on the same
evening by Rev. W. Tervalon, of Napoleonville, La.,

Trinity Church, New Orleans, La.

on Neh. 4, 16—18: “And it came to pass from that
time forth that the half of my servants wrought in
the work, and the other half of them held both the
spears, the shields, and the bows, and the haber-:
geons; and the rulers were behind all the house of
Judah. They which builded on the wall and they
that bare burdens, with those that laded, every one
with one of his hands wrought in the work and with
the other hand held a weapon. For the builders,
every one had his sword girded by his side, and so
builded. And he that sounded the trumpet was
by me.” A difficult task faced by the Jews who had
returned from the Babylonian Captivity! Our task
of building the Lord’s temple is also an arduous
one, the speaker said; we also are beset by enemies
on every side. But in spite of difficulties, in spite
of the evil designs of our enemies, we are to go for-
ward with the work. God will give us strength to
overcome all obstacles, and He has placed powerful