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The Lutheran Pioneer.

the dangers and hardships of a missionary’s life.
He says: After.riding all day in a heavy rain
I called at a house and asked if I could stay
all night; as my request was granted, I soon
put Major Patson (my pony) in an old shed
and then went to the house and ate a very
poor supper, as there was but little to eat; I
then tried to dry my wet and cold clothes by
a very poor fire, but failed, and feeling very
tired I requested to be permitted to read a
chapter and have prayer and I would retire,
but with an oath the man said, ‘‘No, sir, I will
have no praying in this house.’’, So, with a
sad heart, I went to bed hungry, wet and tired,
but as soon as I Jaid down I found that the
dirty straw bed upon which I Jay had been
medicated, as there was a peculiar smell, and
I began to feel an oppressive drowsiness, so I
at once roused niyself and sat upon the side of
the bed for the rest of the night. My host I
saw, kept watch too, as from time to time he
would. come to the door which was near the
head of my bed and listen for a long time, then
he would go and sit down again. Thus we
spent the night watching each other. At day-
light I went out and saddled my pony, and
asked for my bill which was $1. I then asked
the wife where her husband was, and she said
he started very early for town, but as I had
seen him start on the same road that I was to
travel (the opposite direction from town), and
as the way led through very thick brush for
some miles, there being no house for a long
distance, I decided to take another road. I got
to my appointment safely where I learned that
the entire family made their living by theft
and the man was a desperate character, so I
thanked God for my escape. Thus you see we
have our dangers as well as hardships, but I
count them as nothing when God blesses our
labors and souls are saved.

—TaeE work in Corea has been abundantly
blessed of God. The country was opened to
the world by the treaty in 1882. Dr. Allen,
the first missionary, arrived in 1884. Others,
including the two Chinese missionaries from
the Fuh-Kien Native Church, followed in 1885.
In July, 1886, the first convert was baptized.
In the autumn of 1887 the first church was
organized with ten members. In February,
1888, a union week of prayer among the natives
was held. In May, 1888, ‘‘the check in
Corea” appeared. In July, 1888, all signs of
the ‘‘check,” as far as the land is concerned,
have disappeared, and it is stated that during
the past year (1888) the Church in Corea has
multiplied five-fold—there are now over 100
Christians in the Jand. Eight native Corean
workers spent a month just before the close of
the year at Seoul, in receiving instruction
before returning to their homes and work.
During their month’s stay there were twenty-
eight applicants for baptism, nineteen being
received. 7

—A ure box came into a missionary col-
lection inscribed with the singular words:
‘Tis But.’’ It was from a lady who had

The Outlook from the Editor’s Window.

—Tue Baltimore correspondent of the Work-
man says of our English Lutheran mission
church in Baltimore: In church circles the last
week has been an interesting one for our Mis-
souri Lutheran brethren. On Jast Tuesday the
newly acquired English church building, bought
from the Baptists, was solemnly consecrated to
the Lord. Rey. Prof. W. Miller, English pro-
fessor in the Milwaukee College, preached the
dedicatory sermon. The building cost $5000
and about $1000 more have been spent in
making it churchly, and in repairing and paint-
ing. The German churches supplied about
$4000 of this money and the balance was col-
lected from friends of the enterprise, chiefly
within the bounds of St. Paul’s German church,
near to which it stands. Rev. Mr. Johannes,
the pastor, has given the young congregation
his heartiest support and has unselfiehly sur-
rendered members and allowed collections to
be made, until now it takes its place among
the Lutheran churches, with a membership of
about 100, a flourishing Sunday-school and a
neat building almost entirely paid for. Less
than a year ago Rev. Mr. Dallman commenced
work in a hall with eight members. To the
Lord be the glory, and to the farsighted, gen-
erous policy of the German pastors in this
branch of our Zion, be the praise for this
marked success.

—To THOSE persons who are fond of speaking
and writing of missionaries’ ‘‘luxuries’’ we
commend the following passage from a mis-
sionary’s letter giving an account of a mis-
sionary tour in the Chu-chee mountains: When
at Chu-chee I am used to sleeping in dirty
places, but never had I slept in quite such a
dirty place as that provided at Hill-top. All
the Chu-chee houses are bad enough, the filthy
habits of the people, the entire absence of
pocket-handkerchiefs, the scanty use of brooms,
and downstairs the damp earth floors, the use
of which the pepole share with dogs, fowls, and
often little pigs, make the living to any one
who has been used to soap and water particu-
larly trying. The room at Hill-top in which

‘Tate, slept, and had the service was upstairs.
On the floor the black dirt of ages seemed to
have accumulated. Half the boards were so
rotten that it was dangerous to walk about.
There was a bed in the room, but it would have
required no ordinary courage to attempt to
sleepin it. There was, of course, no ceiling,
and the tiles and wood in the roof were covered
with dust and spider's webs. Bedtime came
at last with arrangements for sleeping. I on
my portable camp bedstead took the place next
the wall. Then came Luke Chow on some
matting on the floor, and by his side our cate-
chist, Nyi Liang-ping- Close to Liang-p'ing
came the bedstead upon which reposed Peace-
ful-times and a young Chu-chee Christian boy
wh with me as servant.
-Awp here is another account from a travel-
: mary in Missouri illustrating some of

never felt that she could do much for missions.
But she had been accustomed to buy a good
many things for herself which she did not ab-
solutely need, saying: ‘‘’Tis but a dollar; ’tis
but a trifle.’’ This year she determined, when
tempted, to put her ‘‘’tis but’s”’ into the mis-
sionary box, and it surprised her to find that
they amounted to $150.

—TaE number of churches burned last year
in the United States was 182, and all but
twelve of them took fire from their own furnaces.

—A Curese Christian recently asked his
American pastor whether he did not think that
having a fair in the Sunday-school rooms of a
church did not resemble the sin committed by
those who gat at the table of the money-changers
in the temple. Was John Chinaman wrong?

Acknowledgment.

Received of Rey. N. J. Bakke for the Pastors’ and
Teachers’ Widows and Orphans from the Evy. Luth.
Mt. Zion Church $11.55 and from the Ey. Luth.
St. Paul’s Church $6.00.

G. W. Frye, 38 St. Andrew St.

New Orleans, La., Sept. 7, 1889.

Evangelical Lutheran Colored Churches,
NEw ORLEANS, La.

EV. LUTH. 8T. PAUL’S CHAPEL.
113 Annette Str., between Claiborne and Dirbigny
Divine services at 10 o’clock Sunday morning and at 73¢

o’clock Wednesday evening.
Sunday School from 2 to 4.

EV. LOUTH. MT. ZION CHURCH.
Cor. Franklin and Thalia Strs.
Divine mexeioes at 734 Sunday evening and at 734 Thursday
evening.

Sunday School meets at 9 o’clock.
Adult catechumen class meets at 7/4 Tucsday evening.

N. J. Bakke, Missionary.

EY. 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 73¢ o'clock Sunday evening and at 734
o’clock Thursday evening.

Sunday School at 9 o’clock.
Ava. Borcporr, MissionaRY.

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

Divine service pay evening at 714 o’clock.
Sunday School trom 10—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 r. ut.
Divine Service at 3.30 r. x.
Hi. S. KxAnenscion, Missionary.

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