The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1887, Page 4

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The Lutheran Pioneer.

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The Outlook from the Editor’s Window. |are outlined on the track, and very often an/ 23,407 from 12,477; the yen being worth

engineer is so worked up over a night’s ride} about 80 cents gold.

that he is scarcely able to perform his duties.| _— Few better replies are upon record than

In the dark he goes ahead with composure, | that of the young Christian, to whom a bishop

trusting to the signals that all is right, but in| once said: “If you will tell me where GodisI

the moonlight his mind is constantly terrifying] will give you an orange.’’ “If you will tell

him by transforming empty shadows into fatal} me where He is not, I will give you two,’’ was

obstructions. The Christian has a similar ex-| the child’s answer.

perience in his journey through life. While} — Enrrror Witttam has given the sum of

he walks by faith he is at peace, but when he] $12,500 to the erection of a Luther monument «¢

looks ahead in his own feeble light he is ap-| in Berlin.

palled -by the difficulties before him, Prov.| —ArrIcan converts in Sierra Leone and the

3, 5. 6. Gold Coast, numbering 10,000, have raised a
—A CuurcuGorer of Egypt, Tenn.,inaletter | jubilee fund of $75,000. Our little PIoNEER

tells of a novel Southern method of paying off | does not dare to hope that any one will raise

the debt of achurch. The church needed some | such a fund for our Colored Mission in the new

improvements, and to aid in raising the funds year. No! He therefore closes the window

Mr. Davis proposed a cotton-picking. About] and wishes all readers

thirty men, women and children met for that A Harry New Year.

purpose. The fairest and the bravest, old and =e Se ae

young, spent the day in harvesting the fleecy

staple. The cotton was not thick, but the dea-

cons and elders certified to nearly 2,000 pounds.
—A GENTLEMAN was one day relating a tale

of deep distress, and concluded very pathetic-

ally, by saying, ‘‘I could not but feel for him.’’

‘Verily, friend,’’ replied one of his hearers,

—Tue present issue begins the ninth volume
of Tue LuTHERAN PIoNEER. We tender our
thanks to the friends of our mission who have
helped by their prayers, and aided in the cir-
culation of the Pioneer, and earnestly ask
their continued and hearty co-operation.

— Tue Editor’s Window has been removed
toa quiet country place. We have a good and
beautiful view from our window, but the Out-
look might not prove interesting to our readers.
Our friends will, therefore, do us a favor by
sending interesting items for the ‘‘Outlook.”’

— WE have not moved to Bingen on the
Rhine nor to the city of Bangor. Letters in-
tended for the editorial department of this
paper have been sent to Bangor, Maine. We
live in the good old state of Indiana, in the
beautiful county of Adams, near the flourishing
sawmill town of Bingen. Our address there-
fore is Bingen, Adams Co., Ind.

— Tue following item is sent by a friend in
New York city: A few days since we had the
novelty of a Chinese woman’s funeral, the first
that has taken place among us. There were

Acknowledgment.

I hereby gratefully acknowledge that I have re-
ceived through my Pastor, N. J. Bakke, from Mr. F.
J. Odendahl $5.00 and from Mr. H. H. Hussmann
a load of wood.

May God bless the generous givers who in my
sickness and need have so kindly remembered me.

New Orleans La., December 15., 1886.

but four Chinese women in the city, and

Mrs. Chin Shun is no more. The heathen sery-|‘‘thon didst right in that thou didst feel for thy 854 Howard St., HANNIBAL JABERS.

ices were simple. The dead woman’s friends|neighbor. But didst thou feel in the right} ieee Saal Gaba
BOOK-TABLE.

place—didst thou feel in thy pocket ?”’

—G. E. Tatmace, of China, says: There
are about 600 missionaries in the foreign field,
or about one to every 600,000 of the popula-
tion; but being mostly on the sea-coast, the
provinces of the interior are very destitute.

— Sratistics of Christian work accomplished
in the Sandwich Islands have been given at
various times, but the following facts brought
together by the Rev. Mr. Forbes, Secretary of
the Hawaiian Evangelical Association, will be
of interest. The first Hawaiian pastor was or-
dained in 1849. Since that time, 95 Hawaii-
ans have been ordained, of whom 38 are as
pastors in the home field and 9 in foreign serv-
ice, making 47 native Hawaiians who are now
either pastors or missionaries in active service.
Since 1852, when the first Hawaiians went to
Micronesia in company with Messrs. Snow, Gu-
lick and Sturges, not less than 75 Sandwich
Islanders have gone as foreign missionaries, 39
of them males, 36 females. The total sum con-
tributed at the Islands for foreign missions has
been $170,149.45. Of this amount $134,015.86

G. ALLensacn, Missionary.

were contributed by native Hawaiian churches,
the remainder by foreign churches and indivi- | —______e———
TERMS:

duals at the Island. The contributions of the
ii hurches: ll

Hawaiian churches: for all purposes from the Tae Lurnenan Pronzsr is published monthly,

payable in adyance at the following rates, po

Inc

beginning, so far as can be ascertained, amount
uded, to-wit:

gathered about the coffin. Rice, slippers and
a change of garments were put inside the box,
while peculiar mutterings were uttered. This
occurred at night; the next morning a China-
, man seated himself by the driver of the hearse,
/ and strewed bits of paper along the way to de-
¢ lay the Devil, who is supposed to stop and
‘’ examine them. The Chinese who die here are
all buried in a special part of the Evergreen
Cemetery. .
—‘*Sonre folks,’’ said an old colored deacon,
‘go to church with a pitchfork; and they pitch
a little piece of the sermon at first one acquaint-
ance and then another, till there is none left
for themselves, and then they find fault with
the preacher. But I like to see folks take a
rake with them and draw up all the little bits
that do them good and take them home with
them, and those that do this always hear good
s.””
ace Greenland there are 7,000 Esquimaux
converts unter the pe care of the Danish
Missionary Society.
Coa tae feeererred to monnlien By
5 i says a’ prominent railroa
rae oo acai hes in the course of

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areepevariancs he has found that all engi-

light nights. They try the
ni) see tre Engineers like to run

LrepErtust. Altes und Neues fuer muntere Saenger
in Kirche, Schule und Haus. Von A. Spaeth.
—F. H. Dichl, Allentown, Pa. Price 40 cts.

Evangelical Lutheran Colored Churches,
New ORLEANS, La.

EV. LUTH. ST. PAUL’S CHAPEL. a
113 Annette Str,, between Claiborne and Dirbigny.
Divine services at 10 o’clock Sunday morning and at 744
o’clock Wednesday evening.
Sunday School from 2 to 4.

EV. LUTH. MT. ZION CHURCH.
Cor. Franklin and Thalia Strs.
Divine services at 714 Sunday evening and at 7/4 Thursday
evi .
Sunday Se 001 meets at 9 o’ clock.
Adult catechumen class meets at 714 Tuesday evening.
N. J. BAKKE, Missionary.

EV. LUTH. TRINITY CHURCH.
Zimple Str., between Monroe and Leonidas.
55 CAROLLTON.
Divine services at 10} o’clock Sunday morning and 7
o’clock Sunday evening.

Sunday School at 9 o’clock.
Ava. Boroponr, Missionary.

St. Paul’s Colored Lutheran Church,
Cor, Rock § 12th Strs., Little Rock, Ark.
Divine service pune, evening at 714 o’clock.
Sunday School trom 10—12.
Catechumen cluss meets from 7—8 Wednesday evening.
Singing-school from S—9 Wednesday evening.

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