The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1882, Page 40

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The Outlook from the Editor’s Window.

LurHeranisM.—The growth of Lutheranism
in this country during the past thirty years is
certainly wonderful, says the Christian at Work.
Especially in the great Northwest has the num-
ber of their communicants increased wonder-
fully. They have several theological Semina-
ries and Colleges, attended by a large number
of students. Most of their churches have pa-
rochial schools, in which many thousands of
children not only receive a literary education,
but are also thoroughly instructed in the cat-
echism. The Missouri Synod alone is said to
have 868 parochial schools, with 43,323 schol-
ars. They support quite a number of Orphans’
Homes and other benevolent institutions, and
issue many periodical publications. Even this
does not half tell the story of what has been
accomplished by these poor Germans of the
Northwest. They have built churches, school-
houses and parsonages in Jarge numbers, and
supported their pastors almost entirely without
aid from abroad. Many of their churches are
large and fine, and some of them cost frém
$50,000 to $100,000 each.

A New Transtation.—Luther’s Comment-
ary on the Epistle to the Galatians is being
translated into classic English and will appear
in due time. It will be the first of a series of
doctrinal, practical and devotional books which
will be published from the office of the Work-
man at Pittsburgh, Pa.

A Lrcacy.—By the death of an old settler
in Wisconsin, the Norwegian Luther College
at Decorah, Ia., obtained 2 legacy of $6,000.

Luraer’s Faxity.—There is said to be still
living a lineal descendant of Martin Luther in
the person of one Herr W. Wolters, of Stutt-
gart. He claims descent through Luther’s
daughter Anna. The male line has long been
extinct, the last representative of it having
died in 1720. This was Professor Luther, of
Leipzig.

Lurner’s Music ro THE Fronr.—At ‘the
great musical festival held in New York re-
cently, Luther’s ‘‘A Mighty Fortress is our
God’? was sung by a choir of 1700 voices, ac-
companied by a full orchestra, including 3
trumpets, 2 oboes, string quartet, organ, kettle-
drums, flutes, English horn, 4 clarinets, 3 bas-
goons, contra-bassoons, 3 trombones and tuba.
The arrangement of the music was that of Bach.

THe Latest New TestamMent.—A certain
Baptist minister informs us that he has a Tes-
tament on his table in which he cannot find
the Lord’s command to baptize all nations. That
must be quite a new New Testament. We ad-
vice our Baptist friend to throw it out of the
window. It must be bogus. Somebody has
imposed upon him. In the genuine N. T. the
command is found in Matthew 28, 19., ‘‘Go
ye and make disciples of all nations, baptizing
them”? (i. e., baptizing all nations), &c.—Church

RosusH Dorxes.—Roman Catholics, on a
recent Sunday, near one of their churches in

New York attacked a man who was distribut-
ing tracts, beat him on the head and threw
him into a gutter in a bleeding condition. It
is reported that they were incited by their
priest to this shameful conduct.

Fr. Wayne, Ixp.—The Lutheran St. Paul’s
congregation at this place, Revs. Sihler and
Sauer, pastors, has taken the first steps towards
organizing another congregation in the south-
ern part of the city. Lots have been bought
and a school-house is being erected in which a
Parochial School will be opened, and services
will be held for the present. The new congre-
gation will start with 100 members and will, we
doubt not, increase rapidly.—The large and
beautiful parsonage of the Lutheran Imman-
uel’s congregation, Rev. C. Gross, pastor, is
now finished. The cost of the parsonage is
$5,000.

Apams County, Inp.—We had the pleasure
of spending a few days of our vacation in
Adams county, Ind., where the lamented Rev.
F. Wyneken, the pioneer of Lutheran missions
in the West, began his mission work in the
year 1838. There are now several congrega-
tions in the county which are all in a prosper-
ous condition. The old people still speak with
loving gratitude of the self-sacrificing labors
of their ‘‘beloved Wyneken.”’ The old ‘“‘par-
sonage”’ is still to be seen. It is an old log-
house, having but one room. ‘That one room
was not only Wyneken’s dwelling but it was
also the school-room and the church. In the
old church-yard we also saw the beautiful mon-
ument which the congregation erected in mem-
ory of the lamented Rev. Jaebker, who was
Wyneken’s successor and who faithfully served
the church for many years.

Lurneran Orpnans’ Home.—The annual
report of the Lutheran Orphans’ Home at Ad-
dison, Ill., has been published, showing the
most gratifying state of affairs in this import-
ant institution. There are 103 inmates in the
Home. The gross income for the year was
$7,331.82. The expenditures amounted to
$6,304.95, leaving a balance in the treasury.

Wir tHe Lorp.—The Rey. A. S. Bartholo-
mew, sen., of Lima, O., departed this life on
September 24th. His mortal remains were
taken to Fort Wayne, Ind., and laid to rest in
the Lutheran cemetery of the Missouri Synod
churches in compliance with the request of the
departed brother. May the God of all conso-
lation comfort the hearts of the bereaved.

Wat Wer Nrep.—We are glad to see from
the papers that at the opening of our Lutheran
Colleges and Seminaries a large number of new

students have been enrolled. The Lutheran ;

Church needs laborers for the great work which
God has given her todo. Some one lately re-
marked that all the people of the United States
need, to possess the finest navy in the world, is
ships—for they have plenty of water. So we
may say we have plenty of fields of Jabor, but
we need laborers to go out into those fields.
We have only to contemplate the thousands
and tens of thousands that annually come to

‘The Lutheran Pioneer.

us from Germany, and Norway, and Sweden,
and Denmark, and other European countries,
swelling our numbers and increasing our work,
to be convinced how great the need of laborers
in the Lord’s vineyard is in this land. But we
shall not write a long article on this subject.
We hope no one will deny the truth of what
we said, and—we close our window.

“No one,’’ says Jerome, ‘‘loves to tell a tale \
of scandal except to him who loves to hear it. }
Learn, then, to rebuke and check the detract-/
ing tongue, by showing that you do not listen
to it with pleasure.”

BOOK-TABLE.

SECOND READER. ILLUSTRATED.
lishing House, St. Louis, Mo.
Well done! The Committee that has selected and
compiled the lessons for this Reader has done its
work well. Our Publishing House, in procuring
good paper, clear print, strong binding, and last,
but not least, a large number of beautiful engray-
ings, has also done its work well. Yes, they have
all done their work well and the result is that we
have a most charming Reader which will be a joy to
the little ones in our schools. The price of the
book is 80 cts. per copy; postage, 5 cts.

ABENDSCIULE-KALENDER fiir das christliche Haus
auf das Jahr 1883.

This Almanac will be welcomed in all our German
Christian homes. It contains 232 pages of useful
and entertaining reading matter, and is handsomely
illustrated. The price is 30 cts. per copy. Address,
Mr. L. Lange, cor. Clara and Miami sts., St. Louis,
Mo.

OuTLINEs or CuuRcnH History. Illustrated. Pil-
ger Book Store, Reading, Pa. Price, bound in
muslin, 40 cts.; by the 100 copies, 25 cts. each.

Sunpaxy-ScHoor ALBuM, containing 64 texts from
Holy Scripture. Arranged after the German of
Karl Gerok. With translations by Miss Mary
Welden. With illustrations. Ig. Kohler, 911
Arch st., Philadelphia. Price, 30 cts. per copy;
$2.25 per doz.

HUEBNER’s Brpxuicat Srories, from the Old and
New Testaments, for youth and public schools,
translated from the German. Published by
I. Kohler, Philadelphia. Cheap school edition,
60 cts.; cloth, $1.00; leather, $1.25.

Concordia Pub-

Moncey - Box.

Received of Rev. H. Engelbrecht for an English
Lutheran library, $1.00; of ‘‘a lover of the Word
in Zanesville, O.,’? for the support of two English
students at Springfield, Ill., $1.00, and per Rev.
G. Polack of widow R. Hemmann, $1.00.

C. L. JANZow,
Frohna, Perry Co., Mo.

St. Paul’s Colored Lutheran Church,
Litr.e Kock, Ark.
Chapel on corner of 12th and Rock Sts.
Sunday-school meets every Sunday at 2 0’clock.
Divine services at 3 o’clock and 7 0’clock.

Colored Lutheran Churches in New Orleans, La,
MOUNT ZION COLORED LUTHERAN CHURCH.

Sunday-school meets every Sunday in ‘‘ Sailors’ Home’?

on Erato St. at 2 0’clock.
Divine services at 3 o’clock every Sunday and at 7.30 every

Thursday evening.
ST. PAUL’S COLORED LUTHERAN CHURCH.
Chapel on Clayborn St., between St. Bernard and Annette.

Sunday-school every Sunday at 10 a. x.
Divine services at 7.30 every Sunday and Wednesday even-

ing.

TERMS:
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included, to-wit:

50 COOOL

Club rates only allowed if all copies are to be sent
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