The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1888, Page 32

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The Lutheran Pioneer.

The Outlook from the Editor’s Window.

—Awn excellent feature of the Lutheran Or-
phan’s Home at Addison, Ill., is the savings
bank, which, for the benefit of the children
who have left the Institution and are out at
service, cares for their earnings. The director
has over $3600 on deposit to their credit, whilst
several have been thus encouraged to secure
properties for themselves in Minnesota and
Towa.

—Missron Corree.—The General Synod has
a coffee farm at Muhlenberg, Liberia, where

its missionary, the Rev. Mr. Day, is:stationed..

The proceeds of the farm go to the support of
the mission work and the enterprise is evidently
a success financially. Late reports say, that
the sale of coffee shipped to this country last
year amounted to $3112.35. Besides this, a
considerable quantity was disposed of at Mon-
rovia in the way of exchange for mission sup-
plies. The coffee is of such an excellent quality
and the consequent demand for it so great,
that the supply has long since been exhausted.
Thirteen thousand coffee trees are now bearing
in the Muhlenberg Mission. During 1886; the
missionary had 8000 young trees set out, and
during last year 27,000 additional trees were
planted. This gives in all 48,000 coffee trees
of which 35,000 are not yet old enough to
bear. The missionary writes, “‘With the ex-
ception of a few acres of low land and a small
piece of two acres the entire 100 acres are now
in coffee. Our mistake was that this was not
done ten years ago.”’

—In a certain village lived a young man who
took great delight in laughing at religion. One
day, while surrounded by a large group of per-
sons, he began his foolish mockery by crying
out: ‘The world will not grow better until the
grass grows on every spot where a church now
stands!’’ ‘*Yes, and you will be the mule or
donkey that will pasture on it,” said a very
sensible man who stood by.

— INTERESTING Retic.—The Rev. Geo. Dana
Buardman has in his possession an interesting
relic of the first years of the First Baptist
Church of Philadelphia. It is the entry-book
of marriages and births, and is dated as far
back as 1690. Many of the marriage certif-
icates are‘taken out by permission of Governor
Penn, and curiously enough, the first entry in
the book is of the baptism of an infant—infant
baptism not being a feature in the doctrines of
the Baptist church. :

* —Txe English’ “Propagation Society” for
diffusing Gospel truth in heathen Jands lately
received the sum of $125,000 as a thank-offering
from a minister of the church of England.
“Ar Normoe, 2 little island in the Baltic,
about fourteen miles from the coast of Esthona,
_ a Swedish Lutheran teacher has labored for
eight o or ten. years. The population, ‘amounting
‘to 2000 “speaks ag yet the Swedish language,
D rated from Sweden ‘for ‘pearly two
“Before the arrival of the Lu:
‘the island had plenty of ale

houses; now not one remains. A thorough

awakening has gone over the island. ‘‘Mr. O.

has taught us to Jike our Bibles instead of

drinking, fighting and stealing, as we did be-
fore,’ is the description of the change given
by the peasants.

—TxeE Christian at Work, of New York, has
the following notice in its last number: ‘‘The
Lutheran Church is doing grand work and
achieving wonderful success in America. In
1870 the number of communicants in this
country was less than 400,000. Now’ there
are over 1,000,000.”’

—A WInnrrec special says: The Icelandic
movement in that province still continues.
Over 300 Icelanders arrived yesterday, and
430 more will arrive in two weeks. Mr. Bal-
winson, who engineers the movement, says
the inhabitants in the North of Iceland were on
the verge of starvation, when he left, and he
fears many will die. The island has been sur-
rounded by polar ice all the spring, and mer-
chant ships have been unable to Jand provisions.

—Awn old Chinaman made the remark to a
missionary, that he and the other missionaries
would find it too difficult to change the customs
of the country, not on account of their antiquity,
but on account of everybody's greed for money,
which prevented them from caring for spiritual
things. Still, the gospel-work is progressing
even in China, for in that very province of
Shautung, where that old man was despairing
of any reform, and where there were no Chris-
tians 25 years ago, there at-present are 300
chapels, where the soul-renewing Word is
preached and gladly listened to.

- —TsE French have taken possession of some
islands in the Pacific Ocean. One of the first
acts of the French Governor was to prohibit
the sale of Bibles and hymn-books to the na-
tives, who nearly all are Protestants. But the
same governor gave permission to the American
Mormons to preach their infamous doctrines on
the islands, and it is reported that many, de-
prived of the true light, were bewitched by the
phantom light and have become Mormons.

—JERUSALEM.—Itis the Jerusalem of history

and not that of the present day which is of in-
terest to Christian travelers. The city of the
present is evidently not very attractive. An
American gentleman traveling there now re-
ports as follows: We have been here now two
days and have seen everything there is to see.
I would have had a much better opinion of
Jerusalem if I had never seen it. It is a very
filthy place, the stench on some of the streets
was 50 great that I could hardly endure it. I
think the next Jerusalem I will go to will be
the one above. There are some things here of
great interest. The Mount of Olives, Bethany,
Calvary, the sepulchre, the upper chamber in
which the Lord’s Supper was instituted. I also
saw portions of the temple, and a portion of
the arch of the great bridge over which Solomon
went from his house to the temple. If it were
not for the sacred associations connected with
the place, Jerusalem would be nothing. *

—Tue cheapest book sold in Japan is the
English New Testament. It is bought by every
one desiring to learn English, since it can be
used alongside of the Japanese New Testament.
It is hoped that the means for acquiring the
knowledge of English will also be the means of
imparting the much more valuable knowledge
of saving Truth. The Buddhist priests of Ja-
pan begin to study the New Testament, and
many of them encourage the people to buy the
sacred books of the Christians.

—T3BE interest in female education in Japan
is increasitig. Two Japanese gentlemen have
become responsible for fifty thousand dollars
toward the establishment of a school for girls
Rouneine to ane Ee classes.

BOOK- TABLE.

VorspreLtbucn. Ein Magazin von Orgelvorspielen
aus alter und neuer Zeit zu den gebraeuchlichen
Choraelen der evangelisch-lutherischen Kirche.
Heft 5. Price $1.00.

An excellent collection of organ preludes for our
Lutheran chorales. It contains old favorites as
well as a number of new and choice pieces. The
paper is good and the type clear and distinct.
Address Mr. Dietrich Meibohm, 1431 Salisbury St.,
St. Louis, Mo.

Evangelical Lutheran Colored Churches,
New ORr.eEans, 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. LUTH. MT. ZION CHURCH.
Cor. Franklin and Thalia Strs.
Divine services at 734 Sunday evening and at 7!4 Thursday
Sunday School meets at 9 o’clock.
Adult catechumen class meets at 734 Tuesday evening.
N. J. BAKKE, Missionary.

EV. LUTH. TRINITY CHURCH.
Zimple Str., between Monroe and Leonidas.
. CARROLLTON.
Divine services at 3 o’clock Sunday afternoon and 7%

o’clock Wednesday evening.
Sunday School at 9 o’clock.

EV. LUTH. BETHLEHEM CHAPEL.
Cor. Washington Avenue and Dryades Str.
Divine services at 7} o’clock Sunday evening and at 734
o’clock Thursday evening.
Sunday School at 9 o’clock.
Ava. Buracporr, MissionaRr.

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

Divine service unde rere evening at 734 0’clock.

Sunday School fro:
Catechumen class meets from 7—S Wednesday evening.

Singing-school from 8—9 Wednesday evening.
G. ALLENBACH, Missionary.

Ey. Luth. Holy Trinity Church,
Springfield, Mls.
Sunday School at 2.30 Pp. 31.

Divine Service at 3.30 p. a1.
H. C, WYNEKEN, Missionary.

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