The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1879, Page 40

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40 ‘The [Lutheran Pioneer.

Teachers’ Seminary at Addison, Ills., arrived in| froin the plague. As a parting blow, how-
the nick of time for the opening of school, of| ever, the sad news comes to us that Rev. E. G.
which he was to take charge. 83 pupils were| Friedrich, an energetic young Lutheran min-
present at the opening. - Since then that number} ister at New Orleans, died of yellow fever on
has increased to a daily attendance of 110 and| the 23th of Oct. The Lutheran Church has
more, besides those sick and otherwise neces-| lost a minister of much promise and a warm
sarily detained. It was found necessary to} friend and supporter of our mission among the
divide the school, placing the Primary Depart-| colored peoplé at New Orleans. Who will
ment in charge of Mrs. C. Reed and the In-| take his place?

termediate Department in charge of Mr. Jeske.| But I am trespassing too much already on
The former remains in the chapel, while the} your valuable space. Expect to hear from this
latter occupies a building not far away. Both] section again very soon.

schools are prospering in the way of progress} Little Rock, Ark., Nov. 6th 1879.

and increase. In spite of the powerful opposi- ; ; MisstonaRy.
tion coming from various directions, our schools 2 ~<a oo

continue to find favor with parents and children. “ ;

Let those who are determined to break up our| Read this, Boys and Girls!
schools, be reminded that ‘if this work be of
men, it will come to nought: But if it be of God,
ye cannot overthrow it.’’ Meanwhile we will
work on without fear. Our cause is God’s and
He will continue to bless the schools, until the
victory be ours.

Our Sunday School continues to grow in
knowledge and in numbers. We devote all of
the time to religious instruction, thus affording
the children an excellent opportunity to become
rich and strong in the knowledge of God’s
truth. We are gladdened by noting the pro-
gress made in this most important branch of
our mission.

Since my last report to the Pionerr, many
large congregations were assembled in the
chapel at the regular services. Particularly
so on the first anniversary of the dedication of
the chapel. It had been beautifully decorated
for that event. All enjoyed the anniversary
service held in the afternoon and at night.
One person was confirmed—Mrs. C. Reed,
having come over to us from the A. M. E.
Church. Altogether five persons have joincd
the Church since my last, and twenty-nine
children were baptized. On Sunday, Nov. 2.,
a large audience was gathered for the Cate-
chism Jubilee. The Catechism is a text-book
for religious instruction in our schools. We
too, therefore, ought to feel grateful for the
precious little book—the Small Catechism of
Dr. Martin Luther.

All in all the prospects are cheering and very
bright. Though your missionary’s life is full
of labor, disappointments, vexations and strife,
yet he is encouraged on by the thought, that
he is but a pioneer breaking the way for our
Lutheran Zion. At present, he has not the
time to spare to feel sad. It is work, work all
the time. God provides for a drop of comfort
and sweet joy amidst the many cases of un-
gratefulness, by permitting him to witness that
the word of God has taken root here and there
among young and old.

Very soon Christmas will fill all young hearts
with expectations of what it will bring. Our
children shall not be disappointed. We can
hardly await the time. Cold weather has set

not take me away from the manger of Christ;
there is nowhere a better place for me. Where
God hath sent me His Son from heaven, at the
same place will I send unto Him my soul up to
heaven.’’ In his old age he wrote: As often
as I-look at this place, my heart has a conver-
sation with the child Jesus. I say: ‘‘O Lord
Jesus, how hard is Thy couch for the sake of
my salvation; how may I ever repay Thee for
it?’’ Then I hear the child answer: .‘‘I do not
ask for anything. Do thou sing: Glory be to
God in the highest etc. and be glad of it—I
will become much more wretched yet in the
garden and on the ‘holy cross.”—Again I say:
“© dear child, I must give Thee something, I
will give Thee all my gold.’”’ The child an-
swers: ‘‘No indeed! for heavens and earth are
mine already, mine is silver and gold, I do not
want anything—give it to poor people, and I
will look upon it as though it were given to
myself.””—I say: ‘‘That I will do most will-
ingly, but I will give something to Thee also,
or I must die for sadness.”” Then I hear the
answer: ‘Well then, if thou art bound to give
something, I will tell thee what thou shalt
give me: Give unto me thy sins, thy bad con-
science and thy damnation.”—I say: “What
wilt Thou do with it?”? The child answers: ‘I
will take it upon my shoulder, that shall be my
government and noble deed, as Isaiah hath
said: His government shall be upon his
shoulder—I will bear thy sins.’’—Then I begin,
adds Jerome, to weep bitterly, and say: ‘‘O
little child, dearest Jesus, how hast Thou
moved my heart! I thought, that Thou wantest
the good I have, but Thou wantest the bad I
have. Thke then what is mine, and give me what
ts Thine: thus I am rid of sin and sure of the
- life everlasting.’’—

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Our Arkansas Letter.

A friend of ours some time ago gave us fifty
cents for our mission-school at Little Rock.
He told us to give 25 cents to each of the two
scholars who would learn Luther’s Christmas
Carol by heart. The Christmas Carol is on our
first page. Now, the Editor would surely like
to see you all come to his room and hear you
recite the hymn,.so that he could tell who learned
it best. But he lives so far away from your
home. He has therefore sent the money to
your teacher, from whom he hopes to hear
soon about the two scholars that got the Christ-
mas present. f

“Cirnist is born! tell forth His fame!
Christ from heaven! His love proclaim!
Christ on earth! exalt His name!”

Our Critic’s Corner.

Ture Lorp’s Prayer. Illustrated and ex-
plained. s

This Pamphlet, containing 28 pages 4° within a
very fine cover, is gotten up in very good style.
The letter-press is as beautiful.as any one could
wish. The explanation of the different parts of the
Lord’s Prayer is instructive and edifying. The
Illustrations are, in the main, praiseworthy. The
best of the 16 in all, according to our judgment, is
the meek and patient face of our Lord ane Saviour,
illustrating, very aptly, the third Petition. The
young mother, on the Title-page, teaching her child
to pray; the three chubby, happy-looking children
praying at the table for their daily bread; the Pha-
risee and the Publican in the Temple; the boys
tempted to steal apples—all these are very good.
But, children certainly, and, we fear, also grown
persons ought to have been told what is meant by
the pictures on pages 14, 24 and perhaps also 21.
—the translation of Luther’s explanations is taken
from the Pennsylvania Synod’s edition of the Cate-
chism.

Nobody, we are sure, will regret having sent
15 cts. fora cop , or $1.00 for 10 copies, to Brobst,
Diehl & Co., Allentown, Pa. _ CRITIC.

Vortratn Vocr’s Bm.e History for Christian
Schools, revised; together with a Short Church
History and_a map of Palestine. Re-written by
B. J. Muus, Pastor. Published by Lutheran Pub-
lishing House, Decorah, Iowa. Price per single
copy bound in cloth 30 cents.

Hymn Boox for the use of Evangelical Lutheran
Schools and Congregations. Lutheran Publishin
House, Decorah, Iowa. Price per single copy boun:
in cloth 40 cents.

The Pioncer’s Money - Box. ‘

Received for our mission per Rev. D. M. Martens from the
Ey. Luth. St. John’s congregation, Mercer Co., tbe jele:co:

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Print of the Luth. Concordia Publishing House. 4

DEAR PIONEER.— C
In the last items sent you by your corre-
spondent, mention was made of the close of our
mission-school at Little Rock for the summer
vacation. After a very satisfactory examina-
tion held on the 20th of June, the pupils and
teachers bid adieu to the laborious tasks of the
shool-room for two months. Your correspondent
hastened to his native city in Indiana, partly
for recreation and partly for the transaction of
‘private business’ of a most delicate nature.
He also had the good fortune to make a flying
_ trip to Columbus, Ohio, where the Synodical
Conference was in session just then. ‘There he
also met the editor of the PronerR. Of course
most of our talk was about the wants and suc-
_ cess of the little sheet, so important to our mis-
_ sion. _During the absence of the missionary,
mussion-church was served by Pastor Ober-
er and the assistant missionary Mr. H.
ncke. Once more at home, the missionary
his hands full to make up lost time and to
ect arrangements for the second school-|in and ‘killing frosts’ have once more de-
a. Mr. E. Jeske, a graduate of our|livered Memphis and other infected places

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