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$19,000 for church music, and gave $6000 for | especially the province of Tigre, bas suffered
foreign missions. On which state of things| from destructive locust swarms and nothing of
Dr. Gordon makes the comment that “‘the|last years’ crops was saved; the western sec-
church has come to be valued by many simply | tions, the Derwishes, are constantly engaged
for the amount of enjoyment it can afford to|in plundering and murdering expeditions. The
its members, not for the amount of sacrifice and | Christian Falashas, who during all these years
service it can move them to put forth.’’ have managed from time to time to correspond

—A GREEDY farmer, being pressed with} with Flad, have remained true to their faith,
work, and desiring to get all the good possible} and have been much strengthened by this con-
out of his hired hands, began to omit the family | ference. The native Abyssinian church repre-
worship. He would hurry off to the field in|sents a corrupt and stagnant form of Oriental
the morning and work until his wife would call | Christianity, merely the hull of a Christian -
for breakfast. Then hastily eating, would again | church with the kernel decayed. For fifty and
go to the field. But one morning his wife did | more years constant efforts have been made to
not call for breakfast. Enraged at the delay the |introduce new life and Gospel Christianity,
farmer came to the house, and was surprised | but the attempts have not been very successful.
to see no signs of breakfast, and to find his wife | Yet Abyssinia is the only even nominal Chris-
knitting. ‘‘ What does this mean?’’ he said. | tian nation on the Dark Continent. ‘This fact
“Do you think we can live without eating?’’|alone shows how great is yet the work which
She answered: ‘‘ We can live without eating|Christian missions must perform before the
as well as without praying.’’ The farmer took | Gospel has been established at all the ends of
the rebuke, and said: ‘‘ Well, get us some| the earth.
breakfast, and after this we will have worship
as before.”

—BE sure that the children understand what
they learn by rote in school. One little fellow
innocently asked his teacher who Nora was,
having been accustomed to repeat the Tenth
Commandment as if it read, ‘‘Nora’s ox, Nora’s
ass.’’ Similar blunders are made sometimes
by older people. The Cornhill Magazine tells
an amusing story of an ignorant Yorkshire man
who persisted in using a positively harmful
quack medicine. The rector appealed to the
man’s wife to exercise her influence, saying that
her husband was surely killing himself. To
which she tearfully replied: ‘“‘I know it, and
many’s a time I’ve prayed against it in the
church-service,’”’ referring to a passage in the
litany which she had always rendered, ‘‘ From
all false doctoring, good Lord, deliver us!”’

—Anyssin14.—The veteran missionary Flad,
of Kornthal, Wuerttemberg, who nearly forty
years ago established Christian missions among
the Falashas, or Black Jews of Abyssinia,
and after laboring for twelve and a half years
among them with great success, was for almost
five years imprisoned by King Theodorus, and
only released by the British expedition under
the lately deceased Lord Napier, returned to

The Outlook from the Editor’s Window.

—WITtH great zeal and self-denial the Rev.
F. Kroeger has been laboring in our English
mission field in Pendleton Co., W. Va., during
the past 18 months. He is at present serving
six stations, at some of which over 200 persons
assemble regularly to hear the preaching of the
Gospel. 20 persons have been confirmed and
51 baptized. Among the latter there were seven
adults. At present there are 40 persons being
instructed and prepared for confirmation.

—TueE VinvIcATOR—this is the name of a
new lively little monthly published at Pitts-
burgh, Pa., in the interest of our English Lu-
theran mission work. Speaking of the aim of
the paper, the editor says: ‘‘We believe that
if our dear Lutheran church is to continue in
its growth in this country it will be absolutely
necessary to establish English Lutheran churches
wherever an opportunity offers. To call attention
to the necessity of this work as well as to the
wants and needs of it, to acquaint our readers
with its progress, and to create and strengthen
interest in it, shall be the main object always
kept in view.’’ The price of the monthly is
$5 cents. Address Rey. C. Spannuth, Lock
Box 284, Pittsburgh, Pa.

— Te Moravians number 98,227, and yet
we are told that they have sent out, during the
century, twenty five thousand missionaries, and
three hundred thousand dollars yearly. They
have nine mission ships. Recently they have
projected a mission on the Victoria Nyanza,
but have been unable to establish it by the lack
of funds. Just before the opening of their
general synod this year, news was brought that
a legacy of between $25,000 and $30,000 had
fallen to the Church, and it is probable that
the work will speedily be carried forward, as
the men are ready. *

— Qn Livingstone’s return to England, in
1856, after sixteen years of self-inflicted banish-
ment in the heart of the lost continent, he said:
I have opened the door, and I leave it with you
to see that no one closes it after me.”

—A very interesting anecdote was told a
few weeks ago by Sir Harry Verney at a con-
ference of workers at the Bible House, London.

Evangelical Lutheran Colored Churches,
New ORLEANS, La.

EV. LUTH. 8ST. 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 Stre.
Divine services at 734 Sunday evening and at 734 Thureday
evening.

Sunday School meets at 9 o’clock.
Adult catechumen class meets at 714 Tucsday evening.
N. J. BaAxxe, Missionary.

EY. LUTH. TRINITY CHURCH.
Zimple Str., between Monroe and Leonidas.
CARROLLTON,
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 734 o’clock Sunday evening and ‘at 734
o’clock Thursday evening.

Sunday School at 9 o’clock.

Ava. Buraporr, MissionaRY.

St. Paul’s Colored Lutheran Church,
Cor. Rock & 12th Strs., Little Rock, Ark.
Divine service pane, evening at 714 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.

Ey. Luth. Holy Trinity Church,

He said: ‘‘I was sitting a few days ago next
to Mr. Stanley, the great African traveler, and
. in conversation he told me that just before he
started for Africa, Sir W. Mackinnon said to
him, ‘Now I want to give you something, but
I should like you to choose for yourself. I
shall have the utmost pleasure in presenting

Abyssinia early this year in the hopes that the
accession of Menelik of Shva would result in
the reopening of Abyssinia to the represen-
tatives of Evangelical Christianity. In this he
was disappointed. Recently he returned to
Europe and reported that on the borders of

Springfield, Mis.
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 meets Monday and Friday evenings.
Singing-school Tuesday evening. _
H. S. KNABENscnun, Missionary.

TERMS:
Tae LurHeraN PionzeR is published monthly,

Abyssinia he had a conference with the native

you with anything you like. Never mind the
Jeaders of his former congregations, some of

Just say what you would like?’ payable in advance at the following rates, postage
inc

expense. y
Mr. Stanley replied, ‘Give me a Bible.’ The| whom had come the distance of fifty and sixty mdot teow:

desired gift was soon in his possession. “Just | days’ journeys to consult with their old spiritual 10 Copies

the Bible I wanted,’ added Mr. Stanley to} father. ‘The conference lasted sixteen days 73 iales "* aye

Sir H. Verney; ‘and during-my absence in| and the object was to re-establish the Falasha a aerate iee at

“Africa I have read that Bible through three] missions. Fad reports that a terrible condition ery aire NEC ber Ed seed gla

All business communications to be addressed to
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of affairs prevails in Abyssinia, The wars and
rebellions of recent years have ruined the whole
communications concerning the editorial de-

country. ‘Poverty and ‘distress prevail every- ‘
where. In addition to this the eastern portion, Roncordia Colteae Kore Woone Tage Raeonane

“Luth. Concordia Publishing House,” M. C.
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times.’””
 —Jn is asserted by the Rey. Dr. A. J.
‘Gordon, of Boston, that ten of the largest and

: ‘strongest churches of that city last year spent