The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1887, Page 24

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Je parted this life on the 7th of May, in the 76th

_ final. He was a born leader. The work he

es The Lutheran Pioneer-

Christians. But we are glad to state that not
one of them denied his Saviour whilst tortured.
The fact ought not to be overlooked, that Mo-
hammedan missionaries are inciting the native
rulers everywhere to hostility against, the Gog.
pel. ‘They are in union with the devil, who is
fighting hard for his kingdom of darkness. But
he will not prevail; ‘‘the blood of the martyrs
is the seed of the church’s harvest.”

extraordinary merit, a theologian whose fame
was world-wide, abundant in labors, fervent in
spirit, a man of great humility, earnestness and
learning. He will be missed in the Councils
of the church,

A missionary writes from Africa: ‘The
children are poor and ignorant, and often go
about with hardly a rag of clothing; but they
are affectionate and are generally gentle and

- The Outlook from the Editor’s Window.

— AN eminent servant of our Lord, whose
praise is in all the churches, has fallen asleep
in Jesus. The Rev. Dr. C. F. W. Walther de-

year of his age. This is not the place for a
biography nor for a detailed account of his
many labors in the church. Eternity alone

will reveal the results of his manifold labors in| teachable. We have been teaching some of —<$<—<» a
the service of the Master. He now ‘‘rests| them to read and write and also teaching them ONS
from his labors” and receives from the Saviour, | about Jesus. One of the boys, Kapila, who RESOLUT

labors all the day, spends his evenings in read-
ing his Portuguese Testament and in inquiring
about the meaning of what he reads. Not long
since, as he was practicing with his pencil, he
wrote, ‘My heart rejoices now, because I am
trusting in Christ;’ and when he showed his
bigtetoetciuenie eritcanttanen ie this lack feos ree Beka Ue oa me ee
was all aglow with pleasure. There is nothing pray 'f " Pees y cep
that will make human hearts so glad, whether from out of our midst, een i
it be black children in Africa or white children | _“¢#0lved, That we have lost: in him pec
in America, as a full trust in Christ.” sonal sud rer tee supporter of our Associ-
—Forry years ago Dr. Morrison was ad-|®¥00S nteresis. “ae :
dressing in Dinskea hee room two or three|  Lbey that be wise shall shine as the bright-
ness of the firmament; and they that turn many

Chinese who listened in peril of their lives. ‘oh " f d ae
There are now in China some 50,000 converts. mae seen pada RIA OSLER
an. 12, 3.—-

“Do you think,” asked the captain of the shi 5
which took him out, ‘‘that you can make a ip 7 DAAICEECEDEE Seay
impression on the 100,000,000 Chinese???
‘‘No!”’ he answered, ‘‘ but God will.’

—Eicury-FivE years ago the honorable di-
rectors of the East India Company placed on
solemn record: ‘‘The sending of Christian mis-
iBionaries into our Eastern possessions is the
jmaddest, most expensive, most unwarrantable
project that was ever proposed by a lunatic
enthusiast.’” A few months since, Sir Rivers
Thompson, lieutenant-governor of Bengal said:
“In my judgment Christian missionaries have
done more real and lasting good to the people
of India than all other agencies combined. So
great is the difference between the fears of
prejudice and the facts of God’s hand.

— Waen the terrible labor riots in Belgium

whom he so faithfully served, the crown of
light burdened with stars. We rejoice at his
gain and deplore our loss. In him our Colored
Mission has lost one of its most devoted and
faithful friends. On the floor of the Synodical
Conference his eloquent voice was often raised
for our Colored Mission, and his mighty in-
fluence was exerted for the propagation of the
Gospel among the freedmen of the South.
That silver tongue is stilled, but let us re-
member that ‘‘he, being dead, yet speaketh,’’
Heb. 11, 4.

—Spraxrne of the death of Dr. Walther,
the Rev. Dr. Rhodes, President of the General
Synod, writes in the Observer: ‘‘Prof. Walther
came to St. Louis forty-seven years ago, and
became pastor of the first and only German
Lutheran church in this city. There are now
thirteen or more such churches, and his influ-
ence has had much to do with the growth and
moulding of every one of them. The work he
has accomplished in these years, for extent and
permanence, has perhaps no parallel in any
single life devoted to the cause of Christ in
this country. Whether we speak of the Mis-
souri Synod, the College at Fort Wayne, Con-
cordia Seminary, the large publishing house in
this city, the literature of the body, or the
many ministers sent out by it to preach the
gospel, the name and influence of this splen-

-didly endowed and faithful man cannot be
omitted. Who writes the life of Dr. Walther,
will write the history of the Missouri Lutheran

passed by the Dr. Martin Luther Monument
Association of St. Louis, Mo., in memory of
Rev. Dr. C. F. W. Walther.

Wueres, it hath pleased Almighty God to

Evangelical Lutheran Colored Churches,

NEw ORLEans, La.

EY. LUTH. ST. PAUL’S CHAPEL.
118 Annette Str., between Claiborne and Dirbigny.
Divine services at 10 o’clock Sunday morning and at TH

o’clock Wednesday ey: fi
Sunday School from 2 Yo gn

EV. LUTH. MT. ZION CHURCH.
Cor. Franklin and Thalia Strs.
wage ang at 7/4 Sunday evening and at 74 Thursdey
junday School meets at 9 o’ clock.
Adult catechumen class meets at 744 Tuesday evening.

N. J. Baxxs, Missionary.

EY. LUTH. TRINITY CHURCH.
- Zimple Str., between Monroe and Leonidas.

Church in this country. He was a man of'| were subdued by military force, Investigations | Divine services at 103, GRER Beers mornin
gentle soul, delighting most, as one of the pro-| were made as to the church connections of the sunday Schon J orguing. ie and 74

fessors informed the writer, in building up the
church; and yet as a polemic he wielded a
keen blade, and was seldom vanquished. He
was a man of well-balanced judgment, so that/
-his opinion was not only sought in all the great
movements of the body in which he was a rec-
ognized leader, but when given it was usually

strikers. It was found that not one of them
Vii to the Protestant Church, whilst all

Aua. Borcporr, Missionary.

f them acknowledged the Pope as their lord
‘and master. This is an illustration to the as-
sertion of the Romanists, that the Lutheran
Reformation is the mother of revolutions,

— In 1869 the first Protestant chapel was
opened in Madrid. Now there are about sixty
Protestant communities in Spain, and hardly

St. Paul’s Colored Lutheran Church,
Singing-school from 8—9 Wednestay srengey Sao
Ga. ALLENBACu, Missionary.

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was enabled to achieve, often under difficulties

‘that would have mastered many a man of less/a large town without a re warl i

faith and persistence, is the unanswerable testi-| church. The number of Sonal Se aon payable iat adyaneeie are foll published monthly,
mony not only to his faith in God, but also to| estants is 14,000, though there are from 26 08 included, to-wit: ollowing rates, postage
those magnificent executive gifts which belong] to 30,000 who are thought to be Prote f : st Gop eemnocec +25

to few men. It must have heen a great, joy, | heart. ; Sean at ae) «$2.00

the source of asunny hope, to this aged servant| —Tue Church Messe so « 5.00

: t ngersays: Bad newshave| Club rates only aq 9.00.

of the Lord, to look back over his long and paar aaars aly, allowed if all copies are to be sent

come from Africa. The work of the German

useful life and see what God had wrought

missionaries on the Gold-coast West Ar: All busin, Sie
through him.” was rudely interrupted by the ees a frica, | «ruth, Concordia Pub iions to be addressed to
—The Church Messenger says of Dr. Walther: | Kyebi, who took the Revs. Mohr an ng of | THRE, Agt., St, Louis, Mo. & Mouse,” “M. C. Bar-

d Draesler

He was a voluminous writer, a preacher of
: number of

prisoners and slaughtered a large

Be ent to bee auons concerning the editorial de-
pees Adams G17 = to Rey. R. A. Biscuorr,

take from out of this world, his true and beloved ,