The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1888, Page 12

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12 ‘The Lutheran Pioneer.
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The Outlook from the Editor’s Window. | present number is given at more than twice as/ not be responsible for alluring by my example
many as there were ten years ago. into temptation, which, but for my self-indul-
—Muiss Sarpovu, scarcely in her teens, the} — A sELPCONCEITED INFIDEL once said to an gence, they would entirely escape.”
daughter of the great French playwright, has | old Christian, ‘‘If I had a son who wasan idiot,| ‘‘I will give you an instance of how this
SO seriously questioned her father as to why he|I’d make him a pastor.”” ‘Very probably,’’| works out. When I go to Monico, the grounds
will not permit her to go to the theater to see replied the Christian, ‘‘but I see your father | of the gambling-hell there are the most beauti-
his plays, that he promised to write one she was of a different opinion.” ful in the world. I never go near them; and
might witness. It is now finished, and iscalled| —TE Examiner says: ‘‘A b¥other, in giving| why? Not because there is any danger of my
“Te Crocodile.’’ Can anything be morestrongly | an account recently of the decline of a church| passing through the gardens to the gambling-
indicative of the true tendency of modern plays |in his town, said it had died of ‘foot-and-mouth| tables. No! But a friend of mine once related
than this? The father unwilling to risk the | disease’—that being the name ofa very trouble-| the following incident to me: One day Mr. Blane
purity of his daughter by allowing her to wit-|some disorder, which sometimes plays havoc} met me and asked me how it was I never en:
ness the production of his own plays! among herds of cattle. Being asked what he| tered his grounds. ‘Well, you see,’ I said, ‘I
— Rosseav, an infidel philosopher and an| meant, he explained that the members had| never play, and as I met no returns whatever
atheist, declared himself convinced ‘that thea- spent their time ‘running around and talking| to you, I hardly feel justified in availing myself
ters, and such like places of amusement, were|about one another.’ That is a sad disorder to| of the advantage of your grounds.’ ‘You make
in every instance schools of vice. Alas! that] break out in a ‘flock of God,’ whether the talk] great mistake,’ said Mr. Blanc. ‘If it was
that which even by unbelievers is declared to] be about fellow-members, or directed, as is too| not for you and other respectable persons like
be a school of sin, and is placed under the ban, | often the case, against the pastor. A very few| yourself who come to my grounds I should lose
should be encouraged and patronized by those| members afflicted with this kind of ‘foot-and- many of the customers who attend my gam-
who call themselves Christians. mouth disease’ can soon spread the infection | bling-saloons. Do not imagine that because
— In view of the deplorable fact thatso many throughout the whole body, causing endless| you do not play yourself that you do not by
vessels are lost on account of the drunkenness | trouble to the church, and unsettling, it may| your presence in my grounds contribute very
of the sailors, four nations bordering on the be, a pastoral relation until then useful and materially to my revenue. Numbers of persons
North Sea have joined hands to inflict the heav- satisfactory. Diseases of this kind among cat-| Who would not have thought of entering my es-
jest punishment upon all who sell intoxicants tle are generally treated by the heroic method | tablishment, feel themselves perfectly safe in fol-
to sailors. of ‘stamping out.’ . lowing you into my gardens, and thence to the
—Ar the conclusion of an historical article} _—_ A cororen clergyman in a southern town | gambling-table the transition is easy.’ After I
by Rev. Schmucker, D. D., in the February prayed the other day that the indelicate might | heard that,” continued Mr. Spurgeon, ‘‘I never
issue of Stall’s Year-Book and Historical Quar- be made delicate, the intemperate temperate, | Went near the gardens. And the same argu-
terly is given the following summary: ‘‘ There and the industrious dustrious. ment applies to the theaters.’’
are in Philadelphia 3 Swedish, 15 German, and| —TI wu tell you a good proverb—I wish Pall Mall Gazette.
17 English congregations, which have been es- you would always remember it—‘‘God has = —
tablished and maintained by the Lutheran given us eyelids as well as eyes.’’ Do you
Church. Of these one was organized before | understand it? What are eyelids for? Not to
1700; three between 1700 and 1800; two be-|see. Your eyes are to see with. Your eyelids
tween 1800 and 1829; four between 1830 and|are not to sce. Remember there are a great
1849; five between 1850 and 1859; seven be- many things in life—bad things—and God has
tween 1860 and 1869; seven between I870 and given us eyelids that we may not see them, as
1879; and six since 1880, besides several mis-| well as eyes to look at the good things. Use
sions not yet organized as congregations. These your eyelids. Do not see bad things.
congregations number 11,245 members and| — When the late Dr. Dashiell was preaching
11,208 scholars in the Sunday schools—English, | on one occasion at his old home an old colored
4,809 members, 5,293 scholars; German, 6,229] man who had taken care of him when he was
members, and 5,880 scholars; Swedish 207|a child was delighted with the sermon. At the
members and 80 scholars.”’ close of the service he shook the Doctor warmly
— Tuer: is a Lutheran church in Hawaii, by the hand, and said: “Larry, you's a good
Sandwich Islands, organized by German Lu- preacher; you’s a good preacher. I tell you,
theran mechanics, doing business there. It you’s a soundin’ brass and a tinklin’ cymbal.’’
supports a parochial school of 200 scholars. Of the same sort was the colored woman’s com-
.. 77> CBRTAIN American planter had a favor- pliment to the cultured Bishop Galloway. She
- ite colored domestic, who always stood opposite | said: “Brother Galloway always do preach a
to him when waiting at table. His master powerful ‘good tex.’??
ofen took the name of God in vain, when the —Ee
colored man made a low and solemn bow.
being asked why he did so, he replied, aoe Mr. Spurgeon on the Theaters.
he never heard that great name mentioned but| ‘Are there not many persons who find in
it ae his whole soul with reverence and awe.”’|the theater precisely that kind of recreation
MISSIONS IN CuINA.— Between nine and |and rest which is most useful for the discharge
ten years ete there was a census of the mis-|of their daily work???
CHa La teens of auselical churches| ‘It may be,” said Mr. Spurgeon, “but I
a year! Similar census was taken. | don’t know any ofthem. You see, I live ina
e) resulta! of this inquiry show: 1. Mission. | world apart from all th thi dsod
aries. In 1877, there were, men 238. part from a nese things; and so do my
, , 9 »=*~3 Women, | people. We argue this way: Granting it per-
265, total, 473. At present there are men, | fectly safe and profi
482; women, 460; total, 899. 9 “ae , y safe and profitable for myself to go to the
In the 1877 4 vos » Lonverts. | theater; if I 8, a great number of those will
year these numbered 13,515: th eats ve :
3929; the! go to whom it will do positive harm. I will

Evangelical Lutheran Colored Churches,
NEw ORLEANS, La.
EY. LUTH. ST. PAUL’S CHAPEL.
113 Annette Str., between Claiborne and Dirbigny.

Divine services at'10 o’clock Sunday morning and at THK
o’clock Wednesday evening.
Sunday School from 2 to 4.

EV. LUTH. MT. ZION CHURCH,
Cor. Franklin and Thalia Stre.
Divine services at 734 Sunday evening and at 74 Thureday
evening:
Sunday School meets at 9 0’ clock.
Adult catechumen class meets at 734 Tuesday evening.
N. J. BAKKE, Missionary.

EV. LUTH. TRINITY CHURCH.
Zimple Str., between Monroe and Leonidas.
Cannoiiron.
Divine services at 10} o’clock Sunday morning and 1%
o’clock Sunday evening.
Sunday School at 9 o’clock.
Aua. Boraporr, Missionary.
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St. Paul’s Colored Lutheran Church,
Cor. Rock § 12th Strs., Little Rock, Ark.
Divine service pundey, evening at 734 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.

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