The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1880, Page 24

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24 The Lutheran Pioneer.

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The Outlook from the Editor’s Window. |nouncing from their pulpits that they would God in All Things.
“drop all Christian doctrines” and preach only
what is ‘‘reasonable.’’ Those men, we fear,
had no Christian doctrines to ‘‘drop.’? They
always preached their own notions instead of
God’s Word.

Tus REMINDS us of the woman who one day
told the quaint English preacher, Rowland Hill,
that she had been of late among heretics, and
that they had almost tempted her to change
her religion. ‘Indeed, madam,” said the
preacher, ‘‘I was not aware until now that you
had any religion to’change.’’

A “CoLoreD FRIEND’ wrote to us about
worldly matters. We cannot make any use of
his writing, since our Pioneer is only a re-
ligious paper. Our friend hopes that our ‘‘in-
telligence will not be insulted’? and that we
will “not get angry’’ if he wishes anything
“unsuitable.” We can assure our friend that
we are always glad to hear from our readers
and always try to comply with their wishes, if
possible. And we do not get angry so easily.
Oh, no! Even in those hot days of the summer
season we are as happy as a May morning, and
we—close our window.

————s +o o>
Neddie and me.

In earth, in ocean, sky and air,

All that is excellent and fair,
Seen, felt or understood,

From one eternal cause descends,
To one eternal centre tends—-

With God begins, continues, ends,
The source and streams of good.

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“God Bless You, Papa.”

Our JUBILEE in commemoration of the Augs-

burg Confession and the Book of Concord was
celebrated by our Lutheran congregations all
over the land. Besides the Jubilee ‘services in
the churches processions were arranged in the
larger cities. The largest procession was held
in St. Louis. It was many miles long and took
about two hours to pass a given point. It is
said to have been one of the largest street-
parades seen there for years. In many portions
of the city private residences and churches
were decorated, and at various points along the
route of the procession triumphal arches were
stretched across the street. We see from the
_papers that one of the most’ beautiful arches
.was erected by the colored people near the
Fair Grounds.—In Columbus, Ohio, the Luther-
ans had an extra Jubilee on-the 23d of June.
They on that day celebrated with joy and
thanksgiving the 50th anniversary of the Luth-
eran University of that place. On the follow-
ing days the Concordia Jubilee was celebrated
with appropriate services in the Lutheran
churches of the city.—In Fort Wayne, Indiana,
the Lutherans. celebrated the Jubilee with
festival services and a street-parade. The pro-
cession was one of the largest ever seen in the
city, it being over three miles long. The 25th
of June was indeed a grand day of Jubilee for
all Lutherans who remembered with joy and
thanksgiving the great blessings bestowed upon
our. Church by the good and merciful God.

Our CotteGes AND SEMINARIES are closed
for the summer. Although the number of
graduates in our Seminaries was very large this
year, still the calls for ministers could not all
be met. We are glad to hear that one of the
graduates will accept a call as missionary among
the freedmen of the South. ;

Our Lurperan Dear ann Dump Asytum
near Detroit, Michigan, has completed its
seventh year. ‘The institution suffered a great
loss in thé death of its worthy Director, Rev.
G. Speckhard. The services of Mr. L. Zeile,
of Germany, were secured, and a third teacher
has been called from our Seminary at Addison,

- Hil. There were 36 children in the institution
~at the close of the session, 6 of whom were
prepared for confirmation.
r- THE CHEAPEST CHURCH we ever heard of was
sae erected by Lutherans in Nebraska. The walls
and roof are made of sods of turf, and the cost
of the church is only ten dollars. ‘There is no
debt resting on the church, and the people are
glad that they have a place where they can
hear the pure Gospel of Christ. By the preach-

Joseph Barker was for many years a leading
infidel, lecturing against the Bible throughout
Great Britain and the United States, perfectly
familiar with all the arguments oi' the infidels,
and challenging every minister fo public dis-
cussion. On one occasion when he was leaving
his house to stand before the people as an am-
bassador of Satan, his little child followed him
to the door and said, ‘‘God bless you, Papa.”
That little voice kept ringing in his heart.
“God bless me!’’ he cried out; ‘‘ (tod bless me
for what? God bless me in what?’ For hating
His Son? In seeking to destroy His Word?”
Nor could he get rid of that voice until he
bowed at the feet of the crucified but risen
Jesus, and found pardon and salvation for the
chief of sinners. ‘‘God bless you, Papa’’—
-these few sweet words from the lips of the dear
little child God used as a means for arresting
the great infidel on his way to perdition, after
he had listened in vain to the arguments of
many a learned minister. He died a few years
ago, trusting simply in the blood of Christ to
wash away his deep guilt.

———. <a o>

Love One Another.

A preacher in England was once talking

about the heathen, and telling how much they
needed Bibles to teach them of Jesuss In the
congregation was a little boy, who became in-
tensely interested. He-wished to help buy
Bibles for the heathen. But he and his mother
were very poor, and at first he was puzzled to
know how to raise the money.
’ Finally he hit upon the plan. The people
of England use rubbing or door stones for polish-
ing their hearths and scouring their wooden
floors. These stones are bits of marble or free-
stone begged from the stone-cutters’or marble-
workers. ;

This little boy had a favorite donkey, named
Neddie. He thought it would be nice to have
Neddie help in the benevolent work. So he
harnessed him up and loaded him with stones,
and went around calling:

“Do you want any door stones???

Before long he raised fifteen dollars. And
then he went to the minister and said:

“Please, sir, send this money to the heathen.”

“But, my dear little fellow, I must have a
name to acknowledge it.’’ .

The Jad hesitated, as if he did not under-
stand.

“You must tell me your name,’’ reported
the minister, “‘that we may know who gave the

A little girl, three or four years old, learned’
the Bible text, ‘‘Love one another.”’ ‘““What
does ‘love one another’ mean?” asked her next
oldest sister, in honest doubt as to the mean-
ing. “Why, I must love you, snd you must
love me; and I’m one and you're another,’ was
the answer. Who can give a better explana-
tion ! :

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Christ, the Only Door.

Though there were many rooms in the ark,
there was only one door. ‘‘And the door of the
ark shalt thou set in the side thereof.’ And so
there is only one door in the ark of our salva-
tion, and that is Christ, :

TERMS:

payable in advance at the following rates, postage
included, to-wit: .

_,. ing of this Gospel only a church-building be-
ag comes a house of God, and a congregation | ™oney-”’ t Bou + 00 :
| __ hearing the pure Gospel in the cheapest build-| “©, well, then, sir, please put it down to elope v= 2.00
Eo a ing is better off than many a large and rich Neddie and me; that will do, wont it, sir?”” 25 ecbeonrn sosesceseees - 4.00 ‘
= Saat Gonk Honnnrour larger cities listening to the 4 aoe pas Bony, allowed if all copies are to be sen
a Lurser was once asked how it came'that he| All business communications to be addressed to

human opinions and notions of their pastor in
a beautiful church-building.
+ WE LATELy read of two ministers who ‘‘cre-
___ ated a sensation”’ in their congregations by an-

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preached so powerfully as to move the hearts
of his hearers so deeply, He replied: ‘‘My
afflictions have instructed me in this.’

cordia College, Fort Wayne, Ind.

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