The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1889, Page 36

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Capital, a work which is startling in some re-

The Outlook from the Editor’s Window.

their eyes to how things are, they will protest
to the shedding of blood, to this Romanizing
of our country. The priesthood is the evil of
this Romish religion. There are in the United
States 8000 priests, and one-fourth of them are
members of orders, anti-American, Jesuits, Do-
minicans, Franciscans. A!] of these orders
through all of their history, have been subject
to the Pope of Rome more than to the govern-
ment of the countries that have sheltered them,
or even to the God of Heaven. The first of
these orders is simply a political lobbying ma-
chine run in the interest of the men in the
Vatican.

—Muiss Ropenrick, one of the agents of the
Union Missionary Society, tells ofa little Hindu
woman who is an example to the students in
our own land: ‘In one of my zenanas lives|
one of the most gentle little wives I have ever
seen. She makes a delightful pupil, as she is
very industrious. She told me one day that
when she had no time in the day to study,
owing to press of housework, she sat up till
midnight to get her lessons. With student-
lamps and ‘other modern conveniences - this
would not seem hard to do, but this ‘Bo’ uses
a lamp that her forefathers used for generations
before her; and the amount of light such a
lamp gives is no inducement to study, for it is
only an earthen vessel filled with oil in which
burns a thick wick of twisted rag, and placed
on a high brass stand with a circular foot.’’

—TseE Protestant Church of Spain numbers
at present 112 chapels and school houses, 111
parochial schools, with 61 male and 78 female
teachers, 2545 boys and 2095 girls. There are
80 Sunday Schools -with 183 helpers and 2231
scholars... The churches are ministered “unto
by 56 pastors and 35 evangelists; the number
of regular attendants of Divine Service is 9164,
of communicants 3442,

—A CuINESE merchant came into the Ameri-
can mission-chapel in Shanghai, and, after talk-
ing with him for a short time, Dr. Yates sold
him a copy of the New Testament. He took
it to his home, two or three hundred miles
away, and after about three months appeared
again in the chapel. He came back to say that
he was under the impression that the book was
not complete—that surely it must have other
parts; and so he came to get the Old Testa-
ment, as he had read and studied the New.
What had he done with the New Testament?
He had taken it home and had shown it to the
school-masters and the reading people. ‘They
said, ‘* This is 2 good book; Confucius himself
must have had something to do with it.”” As
there was only one copy, they unstitched this
one and took it leaf by leaf, and all those who
could write took a leaf home. They made
twelve or fifteen complete copies of the New
Testament, and introduced it into their schools
without any “‘conscience clause.’? It was in-
troduced as a class-book throughout the district
for heathen schools.

—Oor colored Lutheran missionary station
at Meherrin, Va., will for one year be supplied
by Mr. F. Lankenau, a student of our Semi-
nary at Springfield. We hope the people there
will treat him kindly and that his labors among
them will be richly blessed.

—Aw English Lutheran congregation of the
Missouri Synod is to be organized in St. Louis.
Rey. Adams, a graduate of our Seminary at
St. Louis, has already taken charge of the

"miesion:

—TxE Ghurch Messenger says: The Missouri
Synod, always alive to the true interests of our
dear Lutheran Church, has recently placed three
traveling missionaries in its Eastern District,
whose salaries are paid out of the Mission
treasury, and whose labors are confined to the
New England States, where the German popu-
lation, particularly in the manufacturing dis-

.tricts, is rapidly increasing. We are sure the

Lutheran leaven will be a blessing to that sec-
tion of our couftry which has so long, and so
largely, been ruled by science and the ‘‘ New
Theology.”

. —In the National Library at Washington
there is a curious old German Bible printed in
1743—the first American-made Bible printed
in any European language. It is about six
inches thick; eight inches wide, by ten or twelve
inches long, bound in oak boards covered with
rich brown leather; on its corners are heavy
brass bosses with little heads jutting out to
keep the leather from resting on the table.
Its clasps are of leather, with brass fasteners.
Its paper, yellow with age, is printed in queer
old German type. ‘The first-page is in colors,
and on the fly-leaves are several genealogical
records. It was bought in 1798 by Enoch
Rittenhouse. Two years ago Mr. Spofford
bought it for our National Library. He came
across it at a book-auction.

—TueE Chinese Evangelist gives a list of 128
Chinese schools and missions in this country.
The average attendance, so far as given, is
about 1600. This total does not include the
missions of the Pacific coast, in connection with
which there are 217 Christians. In New York
and Brooklyn there are 35 schools, with an
average attendance of 700.

—WueEn Dr. Livingstone visited England

* after his great exploring tour, he was much
praised for his sacrifices. In reply he said:
"People talk of the sacrifices I made in spend-
ing so large a portion of my life in Africa.
_ Can you call that a sacrifice which is only a
"small payment on that great debt to God
which can neyer be fully discharged? Say,
"rather, that it is a privilege. I have never
"made a sacrifice.”’
_ —A GoRRESPONDENT in Washington city
Writes: In order to aid in’ exposing Romanism
Americans, I have set to myself the task of
examination of some of the best writings
; the press, and algo to a careful ex-
on of Rome's secret work here at the

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spects. When the American people once open }-

W. Walther.
sammelt.

KEITSGEMEINDE in St. Louis, Mo.
fuenfzigjehrigen Jubileums verfasst von C. J. Otto
Hanser. Price 35 cts.; postage 5 cts.

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Weighty Words.

A poor man in Fife, before eating, asked a.

blessing in these weighty words which were
found after the Duchess of Gordon’s death,
written on aslip of paper in her band: ‘Lord,
give me grace to feel my need of grace; and
give me grace to ask for grace; and give me
grace to receive grace; and O Lord, when grace
is given, give me grace to use it.

Amen.”’

BOOK-TABLE.

To those of our readers who understand the Ger-

man language we heartily recommend the follow-
ing books recently issued by Concordia Publishing
House, St. Louis, Mo.
circulation.

They are worthy of a wide

CASUAL-PREDIGTEN UND -REDEN. Von Dr. C.F.
Aus seinem schriftlichen Nachlass ge-
Price $2.25; postage 20 cts.

&
Dr. JOHANN GERHARD’sS HEILIGE BETRACHTUN-

GEN. Von nevem aus dem Lateinischen ucbersetzt.
Price 75 cts.; postage 5 cts.

GESCHIONTE DER ERSTEN EV.-LUTI. DREIEINIG-
Zur Feier ihres

Evangelical Lutheran Colored Churches,
New ORvEans, La.
EV. LUTH. 8ST. PAUL’S CHAPEL.
133 Annette Str., between Claiborne and Dirbigny.
Divine services at 10 o’clock Sunday morning and at 7
o’clock Wednesday evening.
Sunday School from 2 to 4.
EV. LUTH. MT. ZION CHURCH.
Cor. Franklin and Thalia Stra.
Divine perv ices at 74 Sunday evening and at 74 Thursday
ven!

e ing.
- Sunday ‘School meets at 9 o’clock.

Adult catechumen class meets at 734 Tuesday evening.
N. J. Baxxe, Missionary.

EV. LUTH. TRINITY CHURCH.
Zimple Str., between Monroe and Leonidas.
CARROLLTON.

Divine services at 3 o’clock Sunday afternoon and 73¢
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 eveni dat 7
o’clock Thursday evening. Abr e bs

Sunday Schoo) at 9 o’clock.
Ava. Buroporr, MissionaRyY.

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

Diyine service ponder evening at 714 o’clock.
Sunday School trom [0—12.

Catechumen class meets from 7—8 Wednesday evening.
Singing-school from 8—9 Wednesday evening.

G. ALLENBACH, Missionary.

Ey. Luth. Holy Trinity Church, -

Springfield, Mis.
Sunday .School at 2.30 p. a.
Divine Service at 3.30 r. x.

H. S. KNAvnenscirun, Missionary.

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