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dition of the inhabitants in Formosa, an island | our muskets by our side, and our hearts palpi-
in the China Sea. The population here is mixed| tating with alarm. We have the Bible, we
in character, being partly Chinese and partly | know the Saviour; and if all knew Hin, if all
wild tribes. Among the latter people the mis-| obeyed Him, there would be no more war.’
sionary began some fourteen years ago to labor. | Their weapons, at the period referred to, were
At that time idolatry held sway, and hatred | either destroyed, or converted into implements
was felt and expressed’for the foreignera. The|of husbandry; or, if suffered to retain their
difficulties and obstacles in the way seemed | former shape, it was only as a relic of former
almost insuperable, but the workers had faith | days. South Sea Missions.

The Outlook from the Editor’s Window.

—Tse Lutherans of Norway are very active
in the work of foreign missions. The whole
kingdom is divided into eight collection dis-
tricts; 900 collectors are regularly gathering
contributions, and 3000 societies are praying
and working for the cause. The country gave
last year $50,000. The Norwegians have 10
stations and 32 churches among the Zulus in
South Africa; and 300 churches with 19,000
adult members in Madagascar.

—A NEwspPaPER tells us that there is a little
church at Benita, Africa, where, on Sunday
morning, a number of boys and girls are to be
seen with slates in their hands, taking notes of
the sermon; and some of the older ones copy
their notes on paper, and give them to other
native Christians, that they may use them at
meetings they hold in the towns near.

—SrerrA LEONE, on the Western coast of
Africa, at the beginning of this century, was
one of the most degraded places on the surface
of the globe. Ship-loads of slaves were turned
adrift, the place reeked with every kind of
abomination, and no Jess than fifty-three mis-
sionaries and their wives died in-twenty years.
Now, under the presidency of a native, Bishop
Crowther—once a slave boy, sold for a horse,
returned as a bad bargain, sold twice for rum
and tobacco, then converted, liberated, or-
dained—the colony is full of Christian places

and energy, and God was with them. They |=————
gradually found favor, and their Jabors proved BOOK-TABLE.
successful. Now 12,000 conversions are re- a
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ported, and churches are in full operation. raner auf das Jahr 1891. Concordia Publishing
Schools have also been started, a native ministry House, St. Louis, Mo. Price 10 cents.
is being trained, and hospitals have been estab-| This well-known German Lutheran Almanac has
lished. Christianity has thus gained a strong made its appearance in its usual form and with a
footing The next fourteen years should, with variety of instructive and timely reading matter,

: : i bringing also an excellent portrait of the Rev. Prof,
such a wonderful foundation, manifest most A. Craemer, whose praise as a self-denying and
remarkable gains in this island, and its com-| successful laborer in the Lord’s vineyard is in all
plete domination by Christ may be expected in| the churches. The Almanac also contains accurate
the near future. God has His own way of | Statistics and information concerning the Synodical
working; but whether it be by slow or by | Comference. = :
pees eae Jetjnaziot despair of4the power Evangelical Lutheran Colored Churches,
SED hal sr : New OrveEans, La.

—REceEntT trustworthy calculations of the EVaTTTHisTePAUL's (CHAPELS
population of the Chinese Empire, by Russian 113 Annette Str., between Claiborne and Dirbigny
authorities, reckon it at 382,000,000, and the Divine services at 10 o’clock Sunday morning and at 736
annual increase at 4,000,000. Not one in cot heehee Ay or
10,000 ever heard of the religion of Jesus Christ. EV. LUTH. MT. ZION CHURCH.

—Mr. C. F. Strupp, onefof the China Inland Cor. Franklin and Thalia Strs.
missionaries, had a fortune of some £100,000. | Divine services at 774 Sunday evening and at 774 Thursday
On determining to consecrate himself wholly faunleccvecintnne elses easctarae ThgTnesday, ora

of worship. 3 .
t to the Lord, he placed this whole sum in the| , N. J. BAKKE, Missionary.
ioral toe i ittraen at Sa santon hands of trustees, the interest to go to the mis- EV. LUTH. TRINITY CHURCH.
Fave e ‘ a : ae : Neca €5 sion, while he himself went to China to engage Zimple Str., between Monroe and Leonidas.
pe aamenucera comp oted s) Ele Poros begins) inthe work: sharing the common lot of the AOD
Divine~ services at 3 o’clock Sunday afternoon and 73%

at Matadi, which is at the western end of the
road, ninety miles from the sea. The principal
difficulties lie in the building of the first ten
miles before the level plateau of the Congo hills
isreached. Twenty-five Europeans superintend
the work.

—On the Congo, says the Afissionary Herald,
the missionaries of the English Baptist Society
have been earnestly engaged in preparing a
Christian literature for the people who live
along the great river. It is reported from the
Underhill Station that, with the help of two
native compositors, 3860 books have been
printed, with a total of 135,830 pages. These
books are printed in three different languages:
Kixi Kongo, the language of the Lower Congo,
Kiteke, the language of Stanley Pool, and
Kibangi, the language of Botobo, Sukulela and
beyond. : ,

—A Missionary, laboring among the Indians
in the. West writes: “We are sorry to say many

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

—In one of the villages in China a successful |
evangelical i : ‘ah Gf EY. LUTH. BETHLEHEM CHAPEL.
5 work is carried on which is Jargely Cor. Washington Avenue and Dryades Str.

dependent upon the labors of one woman; all Divine services at 74 o’clock Sunday evening and at 7%

the people in the place are very poor, and work ope

hard during the day to provide food for them- ‘Ava. Buneponr, MisstonaRy.

poles » yet wat of them sit up half the night St. Paul’s Colored Lutheran Church,
to spin thread in order to earn money to build Cor. Rock § 12th Strs., Little Rock, Ark.

a little chapel. Their united Jabors have re- Divine seryion pnnday evening at 714 o’clock.
in ~ junday School trom 10—12.
sulted in the collection of only fifteen dollars, Catechumen class meets from 7—8 Wednesday evening.
but they are working on in hope. Singing-school from &—9 Wednesday evening.
G. ALLENBACH, Missionary.

2 ta or
Ey. Luth. Holy Trinity Church,

Good Will towar Springfield, Is.
o) LED. Divine services at half past 10 o’clock Sunday morning

and at 8 o’clock Sunduy evening.
Sunday School ut 3 o’cluck vr. ou.

The power of the Gospel is b i Catechumen class meets Monday and Friday evenings.
po jn) eautifully shown Singing-schoo) Luesday evenly Y be

in{the change wrought in the South Sea Islands 1. S. KNAnenacnon, Missionary.
by the introduction of Christianity. The love
of peace, said the missionaries in 1822, among TERMS:

the natives, seems to exceed their former de-| T= LurHeran Pronxer is published monthly,
syable in advance at the following rates, postage

young men come out to the North-West, and | light in war; and their desires to perpetuate it BR ded, to-wit:

when they come there you would never think |are continually strengthened. Their feelings ct Cop ae

they came from a Christian country, and the|in regard to it are expressed in terms like the 10 Copies on

‘Indians inquire why these young men do not | following: ‘‘Let our hands forget how to lift i Th ae 1. 9.00

the club or throw the spear. Let our guns| lub rates only allowed if all copies are to be sent
decay with rust, we do not want them. Though| * De address. 4
we have been pierced with balls or spears, if Corn ee ea oo ame

we pierce each other now, let it be with the| THEL, Agt., St. Louis, Mo.

word of God. How happy are we now! Wel” ep enaunicanousconcsrning, Fe ealtoraa) de-
; 7 ent to he to Prof. , BiscHoFF
sleep not ith our cartridges under our heads, | Concordia College, Fort Wayne, Ind. :

worship God.”’ :

—SoME persons complain that the missionary
‘work advances so slowly, but God often shows
_ that He can accomplish His ends rapidly. One
_ Of the latest instances of rapid progress is the
_ change wrought in the moral and religious con-