The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1881, Page 44

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44 The Lutheran Pioneer.

to the venerable and beloved Professor from all] —A PLEAsAn’ little story is related of Gov-
parts of the country on that day of joy and |ernor Holliday, of Virginia. One evening last
Tue Rev. J. T. Brohm, one of the oldest} thanksgiving. May the Lord bless His faith-| week an old colored woman on crutches entered
members of the Lutheran Synod of Missouri, | ful servant out of Zion and let him see the good |a railway car in Washington. The car was
departed this life on the 24th of September at | of Jerusalem all the coming days of his life. crowded, and the old woman requieated a colored
Addison, Ill., aged 78 years. He was for many| Tne Lutheran St. Paul’s congregation of|man to give her his seat, as it was im possible
years a faithful pastor of the Lutheran Church | Pittsburgh, Pa., Rev. P. Brand, pastor, laid | for her to stand. The man refused. Governor
at New York and St. Louis. In the latter city | the corner-stone of a new Parochial Schoolhouse | Holliday, who was in the car, overheard the
he also assisted as teacher of the Hebrew lan-/} a few Sundays ago with appropriate ceremonies. | conversation, and promptly tendered the old
guage in the Lutheran Seminary. The evening | It was a day of rejoicing to all the members of | woman his seat, which was accepted with thanks.
life he spent at the home of his son, Prof. Th. | the church who know that the Word of God,} —Bos InGerso“t MAN. The most notorious
Brohm of Addison, Ill., waiting for the sum-| which is taught in our Parish Schools, is the} outlaw known in the criminal annals of the
mons of his dear Lord and Saviour. The faith-| corner stone of a true Christian education. West—Frank Rande—stood some time ago at
ful servant has now been called tohisreward) Sr, Paut’s and Immanuel’s congregation of | the bar of his cell in St. Louis, the very imper-
by the Master, the weary pilgrim is gone to rest | Fort Wayne, Ind., at a recent meeting resolved | sonation of every crime, and with the air of a
in heaven. How sweet that rest will be to/to erect a monument in the Lutheran cemetery | braggart said to preachers and policemen, to
him! of that city, to the memory of the lamented] throngs of men and women—‘I am a Bob
Wuitsr we are writing this, we are reminded | Rey. W. Stubnatzy. Ingersoll man’’—and every man and woman in
of an incident which occurred some years ago! ‘Tye Rey. J. Bading, President of the Lu- | the land believe him!
at St. Louis, when we were yet a student at| theran Wisconsin Synod, has returned from his} —A Brete Dermrrion.—aA friend of-ours,
the Seminary of that place. We one day rode voyage to Europe and was joyfully welcomed | who was one day hearing his little six-year-old
in the streetcar with the:Hev, Brohm: There home by his beloved congregation at Milwau-| Alice say her ‘‘definitions,’’ asked her the
Wwerestwo infidels pn the car, speaking Against | kee, Wis. : meaning of ‘‘earthquake”’ and ‘‘ voleano.”’
religion and the Bible. One of them cried out,/ 4 \foxusenr to the memory of the sainted| ‘I know, father, God tells us in the Bible
“Yes, I tell you, all ministers ought to be/p,o¢ J W. Lehmann has been erected in| what they are.”’
driven out of the land; they do. more harm] Green Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio, by} Does he? Why, where, Allie?”
than good.”’ The pastor fixed his eyes upon | the thankful pupils of the lamented Professor.| “In the 104th Psalm, 32d verse.”
the speaker, and in his kind and friendly way| 4 gyares of English Readers for our Lu-| Now turn to that passage, and see if this
he said, ‘‘And what harm have those ministers
done you, my friend?” The infidel looked up pared for some time. ‘The Second Reader is | answer.
os e . cones Peay vere oer aie now in the hands of the Revising Committee] «To gry children good instruction and a
OD CA OOO) eee ep’ vent. _|and will soon be published by our Publishing | had example,” says an old theologian, ‘is but
Two Srupents of theology, one of them the | touse at St. Louis Nositeaigh ith teehee them
son of Prof. A. Craemer, lately departed this eee : . pre hare rn er dl ieee pee
a ‘ : Cotontes of Lutherans are to he formed in] the way to heaven, while we take them by the
life in our Seminary at Sp: ringfield, Til. | They Arkansas on a large tract of good and cheap | other and lead them to holl.”
Ae oat ea oligreatsp eae giligentty land. ‘The Rail Road Company has promised ——— ee
PRS PAL Og) themselves to proclaim the grace of to pay the salary of a Lutheran missionary for} ‘Worldly gifts cannot bear up the spirits
God as ministers of we Gospel. But our the first two years. from fainting and sinking when trials and
ARAN EO a earl UROL AZ le galled Tue model for the statue of Dr. Martin Lu-| troubles come, no more than headache can be
CD tM Pope be elory of iis grace in the ther to be erected in his birthplace, Eisleben, | cured by a golden crown and toothache by a
church triumphant. P is now completed. It is to be finished by his | chain of pearl.”
“Tae harvest truly is plenteous, but the la-| 44, pirthday, 1883. ‘The great Reformer is ++

The Outlook from the Editor’s Window.

Short. Stops.

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noe ae ae a adnan oe ee represented with bold and energetic features. Old Uncle’s Dislike.
Georgi alee “Never have we lee a people WARSI ADB HM WO 8) - as C20 popes **T nebber likes de cullud man dat thinks.too much
gia 7 died P a bull and is ready to cast it into the fire. His on ently "+>
A pe to roi Nis Fg cay oe ae left hand holds a Bible. May the statue re-| Dat frolics froo de wukin’ days, sudimoozes at de
own their c a nt : A stints 2
mind the dear German people of the Bible faith kes fons inde. Church’wan Skeeps
broken to them. Everywhere we went wo met or he great Reformer! Dat makes profeson t= do Chi ugh
Lut crane, 0 sald, m us a missionary an Wuy is the closing of our window like the An’ pulls his water-milions in Se t)
we will build a church.’’ Dear reader, ‘pray a case . : ight”?
Ahotiardior theikaevests that he will Pah d forth motion to adjourn?—Because it is ‘‘always in SS
: : on I us r ve cl indow. ul’s Colored Lutheran Church.
laborers into his harvest,’’ Matthew 9, 38. order. And 0 \we close our window St. Pa erie Rook vas!

Tre members of St. Paul's Church at Fort | Chapel on comer of 12th & Rock Strs.,
Wayne, Ind., have already subscribed over Sunday-school meets every Sunday ot ge ock,
$3000.00 towards the building of 2 new Lu- Divine services at 3 o’clock and 7 o’clock.
theran Seminary at St. Louis. Well done! —Tue Emperor William of Germany was re- TERMS:

Ar the reopening of Concordia College at}cently presented with a curious pen, that sup-} Tue Lurmeran Pronger is published monthly,

payable in adyance at the following rates, postage

Fort Wayne, on October Ist, 42 new scholars | plies itself with ink while writing. The old pended tecmte:

were added to the College classes. As we see | Emperor thanked the donor and said, ‘‘I should Lent Copy

from the papers the number of students in all} like to own a pen that would write only what is ae i

our Lutheran institutions has been greatly in-| good and true; and then I wish all our jour- ry Gs = 9.00 :
Club rates only allowed if-all copies are to be sent

creased this fall. nalists and reporters might each have one just

On the 25th of October the Rev. Prof. C. | like it and use no others.’’ He evidently is not So one seliiteae: eommiinications to'be addressed to

,,Luth. Concordia Publishing House“; M. A

THEL, Agt., St. Louis, Mo.  - , vies
‘All communications concerning the editorial de-
artment to be addressed to Pror. R. A- BiscHoFF,

Goncerdia College, Fort Wayne, Ind.

F. W Walther of the Lutheran Seminary at/|one of those who make it their business to call
St. Louis, Mo., celebrated his 70th birthday. | the attention of others to the Eighth Command-
- Our little PronEER heartily joins in the many | ment whilst they themselves most shamefully

congratulations and good wishes that were sent | transgress it in their writings.

theran Parochial Schools has been being pre-| little student of the ‘Bible didn’t make a good _ |

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