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myself at any time as to swear you will oblige
me if you will caution me about it.’’ The
young man instantly apologized, and offended
no more. Do not allow profaneness or ob-
scenity in your presence.
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halls, but poor Patrick and his Bridget were
not there; neither were my Irish servant and
her beau, Mike O’Flannagan. It cost too much.’

—THERE was an addition of twenty thousand
pupils to the schools of the Norwegian Lutheran
missions in the interior of Madagascar last year.

—How wonderfully the Spirit of God works
through the Word of God! A touching inci-
dent is given by an English missionary in Cen-
tral Africa concerning a slave boy, Dumurila,
who had read the Testament with him for a
while, but afterward was missed, and it was not
known where he was. One day a heathen lad
brought to the missionary a copy of the Testa-
ment, saying that Dumurila had died, and the
day before his death had read the Gospel all
day long; that he had asked this companion to
bring water from a pool near by, and when it
was brought bade him sprinkle it upon his
head, and name over him the names of the
Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost. He
charged his friend to take the Testament to
the missionary, and soon after died.

—Txar is a pleasant and touching story told
of the work of Miss Isabella A. Nassau on the
Western coast of Africa, who was for several
years the only white person in her locality.
She devoted most of her time to teaching little
African boys. After the lessons of the day
were over the evening hours were devoted to
their amusement. She would chat with them
about her far-off country, sing to them beautiful Publishing House, St. Louis, Mo. Price $1.25,
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The Master was ever near, blessing the work Wes postage Grate
so lovingly and faithfully done for Him. One
after another of those boys—there were twenty
of them—was brought to a personal knowledge
of.Him.

—CLosInG our window, we wish all our con-
tributors—where are they ?—and all our friends
and readers 5
A Harry New Year.

The Outlook from the Editor’s Window.

—Tne present issue begins the Seventh vol-
ume of Tae LurHeran Pioneer. It is a cause
for gratitude to the Master to learn from letters
recently received that He has used it also dur-
ing the past year for the spread and the growth
of His kingdom. We consider it a precious
privilege to minister to a congregation of 5000
readers, but under the burden of other labors
we also feel the responsibility resting upon us,
and gladly would we have laid down our pen.
But it seems to be the will of the Lord that we
continue in our work and we do it with the
prayer that He may be pleased to use ‘the
weak things’’ in His kingdom also in the com-
ing year.

—Tue New York Nation, commenting on
the panic and the business failures of the past
year, says: ‘‘The great trouble of the day is,
that religion does not interfere enough with
business life. The separation of religion and
business has Jong been painfully evident. It is
too much the custom for business men to leave
their religion up town during business hours.
It is told of one of our prominent financiers,
that, being reproached with some sharp practice
in Wall Street, as unbecoming in so prominent
a professer of religion as he was, he said, ‘Up
town I endeavor to do my duty to God, the
Church and my family, but down town I have
to take care of mnyself.’”’

—Dorine the Romish Council, recently held
in Baltimore, one of the bishops said, ‘‘Protest-
antism did nothing for liberty.’? The bishop
perhaps does not know that one of the greatest
Roman-catholic writers of recent times says:
“Tt ig not incorrect to say, that Luther has

been the restorer of liberty in modern times.
. .. To whom do I owe'the power of publishing
what I am now inditing except to thisliberator?’’

—ComMENTING on the claim made by the
Romish bishops in Baltimore that the world
owes all liberty to the pope's church, Harper's
Weekly says: ‘They claim for their church
what the facts of history positively deny. They
can hardly expect Americans to accept such an
astounding statement. The liberty which the
Roman-catholic church enjoys in the United
States is the product of Protestantism—a liberty
which the Roman church never conceded when
possessed of political power. At the time of
the Reformation this church was crushing
liberty, and but for the intervention of the Re-
former would have held the world in bondage
until this day. Luther spoke the truth when
he said that but for the revival of which he
was the leader, religion would have become

A preacher said there were three things a
woman should be and not be at the same time.
First, she should be like the snail, always keep-
ing within her own house; but she should not
do like the snail, which carries all it has upon
its back. Second, she should be like an echo,
and speak when she is spoken to; but she
should not be like an echo, which always
manages to have the last word. Third, she
should be like the town clock, and always keep
time and regularity; but she should not be like
the town clock, which speaks so loud that all
the town can hear it.

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TRIALS and crosses are part of your daily
portion; but God promises you strength accord-
ing to your day, therefure expect strength in
every trying season.

BOOK-TABLE.

Gotr SEGNE Dicu! Eine Auswahl von Stamm-
buchversen, Neujahrs-, Gcburtstags-, Paten-,
Hochzeits- und sonstigen Segenswinschen, ge-
sammelt von August Crull, Professor am Con-
cordia College zu Fort Wayne, Ind.—Concordia

Evangelical Lutheran Colored Churches,
New ORLEANS, La.

EV. LUTH. ST. PAUL’S CHAPEL.
113 Annette Str., between Claiborne and Dirbigny.
Divine services at 10 o’clock Sunday morning and at 734

o’clock Wednesday evening.
Sunday School from 2 to 4.

EV. LUTIH. MT. ZION CHURCH.
Cor. Franklin and Thalia Stra.
Divine services at 7/4 Sunday evening and at 714 Thursday
evening.
Sunday School meets at 9 o’clock.
Adult catechumen class meets at 714 Tuesday evening.
N. J. BAxxe, Missionary.

Short Stops.

St. Paul’s Colored Lutheran Church,
Cor. Rock § 12th Strs., Little Rock, Ark.

Divine service punday evening at 74 o’clock.
Sunday School from 10—12.
Catechumen class meets from 7—8 Wednesday evening.
Singing-school from 8—9 Wednesday evening. -

G. ALLENBACH, Missionary.

—A PREACHER remarked one Sunday that it
was said that liberalism is creeping into all the
churches. ‘If that is so,’’ he continued, ‘I
hope it will soon strike the contribution boxes.’’

—A cerrarn little Pharisee, who was pray-
ing for his big brother, showed a good deal of
human nature, even if he was only six years
old. He prayed, ‘‘Oh Lord, bless brother Bill,
and make him as good a boy as I am.’? |e Con A

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_ —A corresronpEnt of a Philadelphia paper,
king of the Romish council in Baltimore,
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ish dignitaries in one of our public

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they stopped to change horses the Christian
said to him, ‘‘Young man, I perceive from the
registry books that you and I are going to
travel together a long distance in this coach.
Thave a favor to ask of you. Iam getting to
be an old man, and if I should so far forget

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