The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1882, Page 12

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8 The Lutheran Pioneer.
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The Outlook from the Editor’s Window. | preacher in New York tries to reach people’s Short Stops.
hearts through their stomachs, by treating

them to bread and coffee before he begins his
discourse. But the crowd move away as soon
as they have eaten the bread and drunk the

—A large number of guests were dining at a
hotel. Most of these sought to annoy a pastor,
also at the table, by mocking at God’s Word.
But he persistently remained silent. Irritated
at this eloquent silence, the one seated next to
him at last said: ‘‘ Reverend Sir, your patience
is surprising. Have you not noticed the at-
tacks made upon you?’’ The pastor replied: |
‘Sir, all these evil speeches make no impres- |
sion on me—in fact I am accustomed to them,
for Iam the pastor of an m10r ASYLUM.’’

The effect can readily be imagined. There * .
was a prolonged silence on the part of the
mockers, |

—“T fear,’’ said a pastor to his flock, ‘* when
I explained to you in my last charity sermon
that philanthropy was the love of our species,
you must have misunderstood me to say
‘specie,’ which may account for the smallness
of the collection. You will prove, I hope, by
your present contribution that you are no longer
laboring under the same mistake.”

As we go to press the sad news reaches us
of the departure of Rev. J. Fr. BuEnGeEr,
pastor of the Evy. Luth. Immanuel’s Congrega-
tion at St. Louis, Mo., and member of our
Lutheran Colored Mission Board. He fell
asleep in Jesus on January 23d, aged 72 years.

We have received the first number of The
Intheran Church Review, a quarterly of 80
pages, published for the Alumni Association of
the Theological Seminary of Philadelphia. The
price of subscription is $2.00 a year, in advance,
and orders may be addressed to Rev. F. A.
Kaehler, 5467 Main St., Germantown, Phila.—
Among the contributors to the first number
are Professors Krauth, Spaeth, Mann, Schaeffer.

Dr. Emitio Fuentes, a highly cultured and
influential ex-priest of the Romish church in
Mexico, has been received into the Protestant
Church. He is 38 years of age, and is said to
be a clear, earnest and influential preacher.

In Japan, there have very recently appeared
three tracts, aimed at the growing power of
Christianity,—one of which opens by saying
that Christianity is spreading like fire of a

grassy plain, so that in capital and country
there is no place where it is not preached.

Tue circulation of the Bible among all the
nations of the earth has greatly increased dur-
ing the present century. There are translations
of all the Sacred Scriptures into fifty-five, of
the New Testament into eighty-four, of parti-
cular parts into eighty-seven languages; and
the circulation of the Scriptures, in whole or in
part, has amounted to 148,000,000 of copies.

Srxce 1870 Protestants have built 14churches
in Rome, opened many schools, asylums and
reading-rooms, and distributed many Bibles.
Several new church buildings are soon to be
erected.

From the Philadelphia Lutheran we learn
that there is an old colored Lutheran pastor
laboring among the colored people in North
Carolina. The folks call him Uncle Tom. He
is 94 years of age. He says that he was sold
from the Mount Vernon estate after the death
of General Washington, and brought to North
Carolina. His master, who was a Lutheran,
encouraged his fondness for reading, and so
Uncle Tom became acquainted with the Lu-
theran Book of Concord and other doctrinal
books.

A MISSIONARY at Muehlenberg Station, in
Liberia, West Africa, says that ‘‘the African
is naturally polite, and a stranger is at once
struck with their numerous greetings and hearty
salutations, which are pleasant and graceful.

coffee.

Tar whole Bible has been translated into
eight African languages and portions of it into
twenty-four others, making thirty-two in all.

Tne editor of the LurHeraAN PionEER has
been elected Director of Concordia College,
Fort Wayne, Ind. The call_has been accepted.
We close our window.

Thy Will be Done.

In Germany there lived a poor widow who
had but one child, a son. Now it happened
that the child fell seriously ill and was even at
the point of death. In the beginning of the
sickness the mother had already shown great
anxiety, but when the child grew worse, she
nearly turned mad in wild despair; for the
child was dearer to her than the whole world,
yea, even God. The minister, having heard
of her condition, went to the widow’s house to
console and comfort her; but all in vain. Then
he stepped to the bed of the little sufferer and
prayed thus: ‘‘Lord, if it be Thy will, let
this boy recover.” The mother, hearing this
prayer, cried: “Not if it be His will; it must
be His will! He must not let my child die!””—
The minister was alarmed at these words and
bent his steps homeward in sorrow.—But lo!
in spite of all the evil forebodings of the doctors
and to the unspeakable joy of the mother, the
child recovered and grew—grew not only in
body but also in wickedness. From year to
year he caused his mother many griefs and
pains, till at last he ended his wicked life on
the gallows and thus caused his mother’s early
death.

—A skeptical hearer once said toa minister: + _ ¢
‘‘How do you reconcile the teachings of the
Bible with the latest conclusions of science?’’
‘*T haven’t seen this morning's papers,’’ naively
replied the minister. ‘‘ What are the latest con-
clusions of modern science ?’’

—How to turn people’s heads—come to |
church or a synodical meeting late in a pair of *
squenking boots.

Luther’s Portrait of a Good Preacher.

He should be able to teach plainly and in
order; he should have a good head; should
have good power of speech; he should have a
good voice; he should have a good memory;
should know when to stop; should be sure
what he means to say, and should study dili-'
gently. He should be ready to stake body and *
life, goods and glory, on the truth. He must
suffer himself to be vexed and criticised by
everybody.

———qo@ - oe

The Liberal Merchant.

A rich merchant in St. Petersburgh, at his
own cost, supported a number of native mis-
sionaries in India. He was asked one day how
he could do it. He replied, ‘‘When I served
the world, I did it on a grand scale, and at
princely expense, and when, by His grace,
God called me out of darkness, I resolved
Christ should have more than the world had
had. But if you would know how I can give

so much, you must ask of God who enables me
to give it. At my conversion I told the Lord] Tue Lurneran Pronexr is published monthly,

i ; ayable in advance at the following rates, postage
His cause should have a part of all my business Pade d, to-wit:

St. Paul’s Colored Lutheran Church.
LITTLE ROCK, ARK.

Chapel on corner of 12th & Rock Strs.
.’ Sunday-school meets every Sunday at 2 o'clock,
Divine services at 3 o’clock and 7 o'clock. ;
. During the season of Lent, extra services will
be held on Thursday nights. |
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TERMS:

When two intimate friends meet after a long| brought me in; and every year since I made 1 Copy .

separation, they grasp each other by the arms/}that promise it has brought me in more than 10 Copies

and embrace; but. in the ordinary hand-shake | double what it did the year before, so that I ra “

oad ee ef the right mae are Jaid in each|can and do double my gifts in His cause.”’| - Club rates only allowed if all copies are to be sent

other and drawn outward to the ti id: to one address. }
‘o the tips of the | Bunyan said: Ail basiness communications to be addressed to “|

»Luth. Concordia Publishing House“, M. C. Bar

THEL, Agt., St. Louis, Mo. a
All ean letions concerning the editorial de-
rtment to be addressed to Pror. R. A. Bisciorr,

ncordia College, Fort Wayne, Ind.

fingers, which are then snapped by a peculiar
movement.”

FANATICAL men try all sorts of foolish ways
to attract the attention of the people. A street

‘A man there was, some called him mad;
The more he cast away, the more he had.”
Gleaner.