The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1881, Page 36

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36 The Lutheran Pioneer.

The Outlook from the Editor’s Window.

Tue Lutheran Central Bible Society of St.
Louis celebrated the 25th anniversary of its ex-
istence in 1878. The society was formed April
24th, 1853, by the congregation then served by
Dr. Walther. The sales for 25 years amount
to 28,669 copies of the Bible, 12,670 of New
Testaments and 15,331 volumes of the so-called
Altenburger Bible, an excellent book, well
adapted to family worship.

Tue Lutheran congregation at Youngstown,
O., Rev. Meiser, pastor, having become too
large to accommodate its members in the old
church, has organized a second congregation
and is now building a church and school for
this ‘‘daughter-congregation’’ in another part
of the city.

A Frrenp sends us the following item from
the last minutes of the Missouri Synod: The
congregations of the Lutheran Synod of Mis-
souri, Ohio and other States have 40,341 voting
members, and 44,304 children in their Parochial
Schools. During the past year 18,575 persons
were baptized, 8,379 were confirmed, 3,471
couples were married, and 6,640 persons were
buried. The statistics are not complete, since
52 pastors did not send in their report.

Rev. B. Car.sen, who was sent to Australia
as missionary by the Lutheran Norwegian Synod,
reports favorably upon the work done. He has
organized congregations in Sidney and Mel-
bourne, and expects to do likewise at Adelaide.

Tue Lutheran association of New York city,
formed for the purpose of erecting a Lutheran
Hospital in that great and populous city, has
secured a valuable property in East New York
near the Lutheran Wartburg Home for Old
People. It consists of 19 lots on which is erected
a substantial mansion and other necessary out-
houses. Most of the money needed for the
purchase of this valuable property has already
been paid and the Lutheran Hospital will now
soon be opened.

Preraratory Scuoors for the purpose of
preparing scholars for the middle classes of our
Lutheran College at Fort Wayne, will be opened
this fall in Milwaukee, New York and New
Orleans. s

Tue second volume of Luther’s Works has
lately been published by our Publishing House
in St. Louis. Of this re-publishing of the works
of the great Reformer, the Rev. Dr. Krauth of
Philadelphia snys: ‘It is, under the circum-
stances, a stupendous undertaking, and the
successful completion of it will be one of the
most wonderful events in the literary history
of theology.”

Ar a mission festival, recently held by the
Lutheran congregations of Chicago, $742.71
were collected for our Lutheran mission in
Oregon.

A Micuiaan paper well says: ‘‘Bob Inger-
soll, who is seeking to destroy Christianity, walks
up to a large, ancient structure, shakes his fist,
pulls off his coat, and goes to work to tear it
down. ‘‘ What are you doing, ‘Bob???’ asks a

looker-on. ‘‘Going to tear the old thing down,”

says Bob; ‘‘don’t like the looks of it.”” ‘‘Well,’””

says the looker-on, ‘‘suppose now, instead of

trying to tear that ‘old thing’ down, you go to
work and put up another to beat it; and if you
beat it, why, then [ll turn in and help you pull
down this one.” ‘Oh go West,” says Bob,
“T’'m no architect.””

Anp the New York ‘‘Herald”’ also told
Colonel Ingersoll the truth when it said, ‘‘ Col-
onel Ingersoll delighted an immense audience
last night and can be sure of many more, for
every bad character in New York wants to be-
lieve that Christianity is a fraud.’”

Durine our recent visit to Pittsburgh we
heard of the Christian liberality of one of our
Lutheran church members in that city. Mr.
G. D. Simen, member of St. John’s Church,
presented a valuable piece of land, on which he
had erected an elegant chapel, to the Lutheran
mission congregation, recently organized in the
western part of Allegheny City.

Ar the annual festival of the Lutheran Or-
phan’s Home at Mount Vernon, N. Y., 2 mem-
ber of one of our congregations in New York
gave $1000 to ‘the7Home.

Ir would be well if such Christian liberality
could become epidemic among the rich members
of our Lutheran Church. Our churches would
not die of such an epidemic. No! The old col-
ored preacher was right when he said, ‘‘I’ve
known many a church to die ’cause it didn’t
give enough; but I neber knowed a church to
die ’cause it gave too much.’’

This is 2 good place to close our window.

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(For the ‘‘Lutheran Pioneer?’ .)
Pray for;.Your Pastor.

A certain pastor, after many years labor
among his people, was supposed to have de-
clined much in his vigor and usefulness; in
consequence of which two gentlemen waited
upon him and brought forth their complaints.
Their minister received them with affection,
and assured them that he was equally sensible
of his languor and want of success, and that
the cause of it had given him very great un-
easiness. The two gentlemen wished he would
mention what he thought was the cause. With-
out hesitation the pastor replied: ‘Zhe loss oj
my prayer book.’’ ‘*Your prayer book?!” said
one of the gentlemen with surprise, ‘‘I never
knew that you used one.”’ ‘Yes, I have en-
joyed the benefit of one for many years until
jaiely, and I attribute my want of success to
the loss of it. The prayers of my people were
my prayer book; and it has occasioned great
grief to me that they have laid it aside. Now
(said the pastor), if you, gentlemen, will re-
turn and procure me the use of my prayer
book again, I doubt not I shall preach much
better, and that you will hear more profitably.’’

Gal. 6, 6. 7.: “Let him that is taught in
the word communicate unto him that teacheth
in all good things. Be not deceived; God is
not mocked; for whatsoever a man soweth,

that shall he also reap.”
“And persevere in prayer for all men.”
1 Tim. 2, 1. OBE.

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Trove charity has no memory.

Short Stops.

—‘T am a skeptic,” said a young person of
the masculine gender, in a haughty strain.
‘An epileptic?” asked an old lady, somewhat
hard of hearing. ‘Poor boy! you look like it,
so you do.”’ While the smile went round, the
youth went out.

—<J have been a member of your church
for thirty. years,” said an elderly Christian to
his pastor, ‘‘and when I was laid by with sick-
ness for a week or two only one or two came to
visit me. I was shamefully neglected.” ‘‘My

ears how many sick have you visited ?”’ “Oh, u
he replied, “it never struck me in that light.”

—They were speaking of a miser who had
just died. “Did he leave anything?” asked
Smith. ‘He had to,” was the short answer of
Mr. Jones.

—The Inte Dean Stanley is said to have
rarely made a gesture when preaching. One
day after morning service he asked his wife if
she had noticed the intensity with which the
congregation had gazed upon him during the
sermon. ‘How could they help it, my dear,’”
said Lady Augusta, ‘when one of your gloves
was on the top of your head the whole time?”
The Dean having taken his hat off before enter-
ing the pulpit, the glove lying therein had fal-
len on his head, and as he stood quite still when
preaching, there it remained.

—A good colored man once said, ‘‘Breddrin,
when I wasa boy, I took a hatchet and went
into the woods. When I found a tree dat was
straight, big and solid, I didn’t get down dat
tree; but when I found one leaning a little and
hollow inside, I soon had him down. So when
de debbil goes after Christians, he don’t get dem
down dat stand straight and true, but dem dat.
lean a little and are hollow inside.”

BOOK-TABLE.

Der ABENDSCHULE-KALENDER FUER DAS JAR 1882.
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St. Paul’s Colored Lutheran Church.
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Chapel on corner of 12th & Rock Strs.
Sunday-school meets every Sunday at 2 o'clock.
Divine services at 8 o’clock and 7 o'clock.
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friend,” said the pastor, ‘‘in all those thirty