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baptism, giving good evidence of a change of
heart. Besides these there are others who are
listening earnestly to the truth. In 1887 Blind
Chang went to Peking and came under the
care of Mr. Murray, whose labors for the blind
in China have been frequently alluded to. It
seems that in China blindness gives especial
privileges; the blind are treated with greatest
consideration, and although a blind man may
be a beggar, he is addressed as a scholar and
a gentleman .would be, and doors ordinarily
closed are open to him. And now Blind Chang,
having a Bible in the raised characters, so that
he can readily read it, is going from house to
house as a privileged man, reading the Word
of Life and commending the gospel with great
ardor. The work he has done is described as
wonderful.

—Veir WinsHEm, one of the Professors in
the University of Wittenberg, had an aged

The Outlook from the Editor’s Window.

—Oor Colored Mission at Meherrin, Va., is
in @ prosperous condition under the faithful
care of Mr. F. Lankenau, a student of our
Springfield Seminary. The congregation num-
bers 36 members, the day school is attended by
65 pupils, in the Sunday school there are 40
children. A class of 11 has been prepared for
confirmation. May God continue to bless the
self-denying labor of our young friend in our
Virginia mission field.

—WEHEN an aged minister was once urged to
preach up the times, on the ground that all the
brethren preached up the times he replied,
‘Well then, if all the brethren are preaching
up the times, suffer one poor brother to preach
up Jesus Christ.”” He had learned the lesson
from the apostle Paul, who says, ‘‘I determined
not to know anything among you, save Jesus

Christ, and Him crucified.”

—To-pay there are 500,000 native Chris-
Yet there was a time when a
* discouraged missionary said: ‘‘If I ever see

tians in India.

one of these natives converted to Jesus Christ,

d shall see something more nearly approaching
the resurrection of a dead body than anything

I have ever seen.”’
—We hab a little mo’ dan two hundred

members,’”’ said the colored brother, ‘but

dey’re not so many as dat when you go round
wid de collection paper for de minister’s salary.”
—How CarnesE WoMEN PRAY.—These poor

souls think they are heard for their much speak-

ing, and so they repeat the same words thou-
sands of times. They take a piece of paper in
one hand and a needle in the other, and then
again and again they say, ‘‘O great Buddha}!
O great Buddha!’’ every time piercing the
paper with the needle. Each hole stands for
@ prayer, and when the paper is full another is
taken; and after a while all these papers are
burned, to make the women sure that Buddha
is pleased with them.

—A pBLinp MaAn’s work.—The Record of

Scotland contains a striking account of “Blind
Chang,” who came to Moukden, Manchuria,
China, in 1886 seeking baptism. Unknown to
the missionary and untested, he returned to
the village greatly disappointed that he was not
permitted to be baptized, but he took back
some books which were read to him, and he
instantly began to tell the story of the gospel.
Four months later Rey. Mr. Webster went
from Moukden to the village where Blind
Chang lived, and found not this man alone,
but the whole village ready to welcome him,
where four months previous he would have
f found it difficult to find a place to lay his
| head. It seems that Blind Chang went from
| house to house, and then from village to vil-
| lage, telling the story of the gospel. At first
" everybody Jaughed af him and thought him
crazy, but those who laughed soon began to
, and Mr. Webster found the whole neigh-
d ‘‘ringing with the name of Jesus,’’
“score of men and women desiring

N.N.1.00, Total, $43.95.

mother living in France, devoted to, and zealous
in the Romish faith, and though often urged
by her son to renounce her errors, and accept
the true faith of God’s Word, as taught by the
Lutheran Church, she persistently refused.
After an absence of some years, the son again
returned home on a visit to his mother, and
learned that she had embraced the Lutheran
faith with all her heart. Anxious to know
what had produced such a change in her con-
victions, he inquired, and received the reply:
That, in her latter days, the mother had been
much around the sick and dying, and observed
that those who died in the Romish faith seemed
restless and doubtful, while those of the Lu-
theran faith, resting alone in the saving merits
and pardoning mercy of Jesus Christ had calmly
fallen asleep. This, said she, convinced me
that the words of Paul (Rom. 5, 1), ‘‘There-
fore being justified by faith, we have peace with
God through our Lord Jesus Christ’ were true;
and this induced me to embrace the Lutheran
faith, and I thank God for this great grace. —

BOOK-TABLE.

THE Last SurrEr. An excellent engraving after
the great historical painting of Leonardo Da Vinci,
representing the institution of the Lord’s Supper,
has been issued by the Pilger Book Store, Reading,
Pa. The price of the engraving, which will be an
ornament in every Christian home, is $1.00.

Acknowledgments.

Received of Rev. N. J. Bakke for the Building
Fund of the Ev.-Luth. Mt. Zion Church from the
Mt. Zion Sunday School $10.00, Mt. Zion Church
Treasury 5.00, Pioneer 6,75. Subscriptions paid
by the following members: Mr. Robert B. Johnsen
2.75, Mr. James S. Hubbard .25, Mr. Samuel Tibbs
-25, Mr. Stephen Perkins .20, Mr. James Harris
.25, Mrs. Laura Hurles 1.25, Mrs. Am. Davis 1.15,
Mrs. Caroline Hardy 1.50, Mrs. Wilh. Hosbond 1.50,
Mrs. Sophie Page 1.50, Mrs. Mary Brown .25,
Mrs. Lottie Daniels .25, Mrs. Virg. Eugene .50,
Mrs. Fellcy Benjamin 1.00, Mrs. Henr. Anderson
1.00, Mrs. Louise Green 1.00, Mrs. Francis Austin
+25, Mrs. Min. Perkins .15, Mrs Eliz. Hubbard 1.60,
Mrs. Rebecca Rowley .75, Mrs. Mary Ried =10,
Mrs. Conr. Johnsen .80, Mrs. Am. Williams .80,
Mrs. ey Armstrong 1.60, Mrs. Hesther McClay
-60, Mrs. S. Richardsen .60, Mr. Nelson Moseley .25,

Previously acknowledged

$138,55.
New Orleans, La., March 18, 1890.
A. F. LEonnanpr, Local Treasurer,

Received of Rev. N. J. Bakke for the School Fund
of the Ey. Luth. St. Paul Church, from: Mr. Victor
Marchand $ .75, Mr. Jules Fredrick .75, Mr. Cas.
Guidrey .25, Mr. Em. Burthlong 1,25, Mr. Moses
Thomas .25, Mr. Edw. Williams, Jr., .25, Mr. Edw.
Williams, Sr., 1.60, Mr. Edw. Bonfon .50, Mr. Joseph
Venoull .60, Mr. Gilbert Peters .25, Mr. John White
-50, Mr. Wm. Thomas .10, Mr. Joseph Nicholas
1.00, Mr. Ernest Joseph .75, Mr. Wm. Jean .25,
Mr. Chas. Robinson .75, Mr. Louis Thomas .60,
Mrs. Octavie Thomas .20, Mrs. Josephine Menolos
.50, Mrs. Alice Taylor .75, Mrs. Julia Williams .25,
Mrs. Mary Robinson .75, Mrs. Sophie Bonfon .10,
Mrs. Mary Thomas .50, Mrs. Cecilin Zuitan .25,
Miss Sylvana Joseph 1.00, Miss Georg. Thomas .25,
Miss Selina Thomas .25, Miss Amelia Burthlong .50,
Miss Josephine Siegel .25, Miss Gen. Johnsen .75,
Miss Louisa Joseph .50, Miss Martha Burthlong .50,
Miss Alice Mitchell .25. Total, $17,85. Previously
acknowledged $57,55.

New Orleans, La., March 18, 1890.

A. F. LEonuarpt, Local Treasurer.

Received for the Bethlehem Chapel Building Fund
from Mr. B. H. Succop, Sr., Pittsburgh, Pa., $1.00,
Mrs. Marg. Durand (4 of subscription) 4.00, Mr. Ed-
ward W. Benjamin (4 of subscription) 1.00, Mr. John
Brown (} of subscription) $1.00.

New Orleans, La., March 17, 1890.

AuG. BuRGDORF.

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 734

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

EV. LUTH. MT. ZION CHURCH.
Cor. Franklin and Thalia Stra.
Divine perrices at 74 Sunday evening and at 7}4 Thureday
evening.
Sunday School meets at 9 o’clock.

Adult catechumen class mects at 734 Tuesday evening.
N. J. BAKKE, Missionary.

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

Divine services at 3 o’clock Sunday afternoon and 734
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. Burecporr, MissionaRY.

St. Paul’s Colored Lutheran Church,
Cor. Rock § 12th Strs., Little Rock, Ark.
Divine service Sunday evening at 714 o'clock.
Sunday School from 10-12. : ges
Catechumen class meets from 7—S Wednesday evening.
Singing-school from 8—9 Wednesday evening.
G. ALLEnsAcn, Missionary.

Ey. Luth. Holy Trinity Church,
Springfield, Ils.
Divine services at half past 10 o’clock Sunday morning
and at 8 o’clock Sunday evening. .

Sunday School at 3 o’clock r. x.

Catechumen class mects Monday and Friday evenings.

Singing-school Tuesday evening. zi
H. S. Knanenscnoun, Missionary.

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