The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1885, Page 44

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The Outlook from the Editor’s Window.

—Revy. Dr. W. Smiter, the venerable pastor

of St. Paul’s Lutheran church at Fort Wayne,
Ind:, departed this life on the 27th of October,
aged 83 years and 11 months.
one of the pioneers of our Lutheran church in
the West, and with him one of the Jandmarks
of the Missouri Synod passes away.
than forty years he labored faithfully and fear-
lessly with pen and voice in the cause of truth
as a Christian of great self-denial; sincere and
outspoken; an enemy of all sham, formalism
and hypocrisy; a man of prayer, and therefore
aman of power. His end was in simple faith
and perfect peace, he having found the sinner’s
only consolation in that favorite text of his:
‘This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all

acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the
world to save sinners; of whom I am chief,’’

1 Tim. 1, 15. By faith he entered the joy and
glory of his Lord.
righteousness shall shine as the stars for ever
and ever,” Dan. 12, 3.

—TueE English Lutheran Conference of Mis-
souri held its sessions in the latter part of Octo-
ber in the church of the Ev.-Lutheran Emma-
nuel congregation, Webster Co., Mo. The morn-
ing sessions were devoted to doctrinal discussions
on the Characteristics of a truly Lutheran Con-
gregation. The afternoon sessions were devoted
to missionary reports and business matters.
The brethren of this Conference have a large
missionary field and need the prayers and the
assistance of our Lutheran Christians for their
important work. Contributions for this English
Lutheran mission should be sent to Mr. C. F.
Lange, 509 Franklin Ave., St. Louis, Mo.

—In Parts of Minnesota one can travel
hundreds of miles and you will meet none but
Lutheran Swedes. Some of their congregations
number a thousand members.

—Nor long since a chaplain of a penitentiary
approached a convict and began to converse
with him about religious matters: the convict
said, ‘‘Betake yourself off. If it had not been
for the church fairs where I was led to raffle I
would not now be here.”’

—Less than two years ago a Bible reading
union, calling itself the ‘‘ Society of the Friends
of the Bible,’”” was formed in Japan, and already
it numbers nearly 2,000 members; passages are
prepared, and every one promises to read one
daily. ;

—Tae German Bible for the blind costs $25,
and consists of no fewer than sixty-four vol-
umes. This is owing to the fact that the letters
have to be very large, that they are in haut-
relief, and can therefore be printed on one side
only, and that the paper must be very thick.
Some of the blind can read five or six hours
without feeling fatigued. They use both hands

‘in reading, the right forefinger being used
chiefly to separate the words and ‘syllables,
hile the left forefinger recognizes the word

‘Time proprietor of one of the Philadelphia!

Dr. Sihler was

For more

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The Lutheran Pioneer.

Theatres has been fined $100 for exposing
pictures which both judge and jury decided to
be obscene. The judge expressed himself very
decidedly that this “infernal business’? must be
stopped. The community is indebted to him
for making a stand so important for the pre-
servation of morals.

—WE see it stated that President Cleveland
recently informed a delegation that he distinctly
remembered the whole of the catechism which
he learned in his youth. The same retentive-
ness of memory was laid claim to by a recent
Governor of Pennsylvania. That the lessons
of youth are retained in the memory, unaffected
by the whirl and hurry connected with public
life, shows how indelible are the impressions
made upon the memory in youth. Is it not
then of the first importance that our children
should commit to memory verses of Scripture,
our beautiful Lutheran hymns, and our ex-
cellent Lutheran catechism?

—IN a recent speech the aged German Em-
peror William said: ‘‘In my old days I can
call Heaven to witness that I have ever looked
upon religion as the sole foundation on which
everything reposes, and as the highest good of
my people.”

—A WESTERN paper condenses a whole dis-
course on the absurdities and inconsistencies of
communism in the following item: ‘‘At the
last Sunday socialistic picnic in Chicago, a
banner was displayed with the legend ‘Our
children cry-for bread.” Three hundred-kegs
of beer are reported to have been consumed
during the festivities. No wonder the children
cry for bread!”’ :

—Ir 1s painful to the ear of those not pract-
iced in sin to listen to the profanity indulged
in by mere boys on the streets. That a boy of
12 or 15 years, well raised, should pollute the
air with such oaths as some of the sons of
prominent citizens give utterance to is simply
astounding. It is nearly time for a moral
police to prevent this kind of language being
used in the presence of decent citizens.

A Lonvon paper (Judeo-German) says: ‘‘At
Vienna, last year, no Jess than two hundred
and sixty-three Jews became Christians—among
whom were thirteen barristers, nine physicians,
four journalists, three professors, three judges,
seventeen merchants and manufacturers.”

—Ir 1s reported that since June last fifty
churches, besides other property belonging to
Christians, have been destroyed in Cochin
China, and eight missionaries massacred.

—WHEN a visitor at the Carlisle Indian
School asked a young Cheyenne girl if she was
a member of a church she answered, ‘‘ Not
much, just a little.’” There are hundreds of
other church-members similarly affected.

—In our Jast issue we told our readers that
the judgment of the members of the Romish
Inquisition against those whom they considered
heretics was called by the pope’s church Auto
da Fe, which means Act of Faith. Now one of
our learned readers informs us that we should not
have written Auto da Fe, but Auto de Fe,.‘‘de

being the Spanish article.”’ Many thanks for
this very learned information about the Span-
ish article! But, following Prescott and others,
we prefer writing Auto da Fe, da being the
Portuguese article. Auto de Fe is Spanish,
Auto da Fe is Portuguese. Try again!—
After this very learned item the little PlonreR
with a solemn air closes the window.

BOOK-TABLE.

TANZ UND THEATERBESUCII. Addresses on these
subjects delivered before the Lutheran congre-
gation at St. Louis by Dr. C. F. W. Walther,
Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis, Mo.
Price 40 cts., postage 7 cts.

The impression left by reading this excellent book
will be one of thankfulness for the clear testimony
it bears against the worldly dance and _ theatre,
while it appeals with much force and loving kind-
ness to all the followers of Jesus to abstain from
worldly pleasures as unbecoming the Christian, to
whom the world is crucified, not only during the
time of Lent, as some people seem to think, but
during the whole time of his earthly pilgrimage.
We heartily recommend the book to all our readers
who understand: the German language, especially to
our young people.

AMERIKANISCHER KALENDER fiir deutsche Luthe-
raner auf das Jahr 1886. Concordia Publishing
House, St. Louis, Mo. Price 10 cts., postage
2 cents. '

On Lutneran Doctrine. A Colloquy. Lutheran
Tract No.1. Published by the Committee for
English Lutheran Missions. (Western District
of the Ev. Lutheran Synod of Missouri, Ohio
and other states). Address F. Dette, 710 Frank- \
lin Ave., St. Louis, Mo. Price, two copies +
5 cts.; 12 copies 20 cts., postpaid.

DER PILGER KALENDER fiir das Jahr 1886. Pilger
Book Store, Reading, Pa. Price single copy
10 cts.; per dozen 75 cts.; per hundred $5.00.

HOSIANNA.~ Hubsche bilder in arbendruck aus“)
dem Leben des Heilandes. Mit Versen fiir die |
licbe Jugend. Pilger Book Store, Reading, Pa. |

Price, 20 cts., by the dozen 16 cts. per copy. j

DER ENGELEIN WEIHNaCIITSGRUSS un die lieben
Kleinen. Mithiibschen Bildern. Brobst, Diehl
&Co., Allentown, Pa. Price, 15 cts.; per dozen
$1.60; per hundred $12.00.

Evangelical Lutheran Colored Churches,
NEw ORLEANS, La.

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EV. LUTH. ST. PAUL’S CHAPEL. j
113 Annette Str., between Claiborne and Dirbigny. t
Divine services at 10 o’clock Sunday morning and at 74 |
o’clock Wednesday evening.
Sunday School from 2 to 4. |
EV. LUTH. MT. ZION CHURCH. i
Cor. Franklin and Thalia Strs. fi
Divine pervices at 714 Sunday evening and at 7}4 Thuraday {
evening.
Sunday School meets at 9 o’clock.
Adult catechumen class meets at 714 Tuesday evening.
N. J. BAKKE, Missionary.

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

Divine service Sunday evening at 74 0’clocl..
Sunday School from 10—12.
Catechumen class meets from 7—8 Wednesday evening.
Singing-school from 8—9 Wednesday evening.

G. ALLEeNnacn, Missionary.

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