The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1892, Page 24

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and the present. He knows I am ignorant

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Cae The Lutheran Pioneer.

—A .itTLF’ Jewish girl received a present
of honey. Of the qualities of honey she knew
nothing, for of honey she had never tasted.
Her father, coming home, said, ‘‘Well, my
little girl, what have you here?’’ She tried to
tell her father something of its flavor. ‘‘It is
so sweet—it is sweet as—well, papa, if you
want to know how sweet it is, you must taste
it yourself.’’ From the inspired Word comes
the exhortation: ‘‘Oh, taste, and see that the
Lord is good!’’ Tasting, notarguing, enables
us to see the goodness of God. Itis not, taste
and also see; but it is taste, and, as a con-
sequence, you will see.

distributed as follows: United States, 3,500,-
000 square miles; Canada, 3,000,000; Aus-
tralia, 3,000,000; South Africa, 1,500,000.

—Firry-Frovr under-graduates in Cambridge
University, England, have notified the secre-
tary of the Church Missionary Society of their
willingness to enter the missionary ranks in
foreign fields.

—Tne work of the London Missionary So-
ciety in South India, including Travancore, is
carried on with great energy and success.
About 457 missionaries, male and female, in-
cluding native ordained ministers and preach-
ers, are at work in this field. The native
Christian members number 7521, and adher-
ents 57,814. 16,375 boys attend the day
schools, and 5751 girls.

—Pnoressor Kircuorr recently stated that
Chinese was the most popular language in the
world. It is spoken by 400,000,000 persons.
Hindostani is spoken by upward of 100,000,-
000; English by more than 100,000,000; Rus-
sian by more than 70,000,000 ; German by 58,-
000,000; Spanish by 48,000,000; and French
by only 40,000,000.

—A missionary of the British and Foreign
Bible Society tells of a Bible meeting held in
Madagascar which was attended by 1246 per-
sons, representing eleven churches, and com-
ing some in canoes and many on foot, a distance
of from ten to twenty miles. And another one
writes of a similar gathering held in the theatre
of a Spanish city, with an audience of 1000,
and being reported by one of the papers of
the place, the whole region heard of it.

—TneE venerable Fiji missionary, Rev. James
Calvert, who was first appointed in 1838, is en-
gaged in his retirement at Hastings on a new
edition of the Holy Scriptures for the Fiji
islanders. He writes: ‘‘I keep uncommonly
well, and hope to be quite equal to the heavy
work asked of me—to reprint the Bible in
Fijian—the third edition.’’

—A FARMER who had recently listened to
an exposition from the text found in Isaiah,
‘“The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his
master’s crib; but Israel doth not know, My
people doth not consider,’’ was giving food to
his stock when one of his oxen, evidently
grateful for his care, fell to licking his bare
arm. Instantly with this simple incident the
Holy Spirit flashed conviction on the farmer’s
mind. He burst into tears and exclaimed, ‘‘It
is all true. How wonderful is God’s Word!
This poor, dumb brute is really more grateful
to me than I am to God, and yet I am in debt
to Him for everything. What a sinner I am!?’

—‘‘I nave been a member of your church} ‘Tus Lurenan Pronger is published monthly,
for thirty years,”’ said an elderly Christian to | payable in advance at the following rates, postage
his pastor, ‘and when I was laid by with sick- | Ud, to-wit:
ness for a week or two, only one or two came
to visit me. I was shamefully neglected.”
“*My friend,”’ said the pastor, ‘‘in all those
thirty years low many sick have you visited?”
Oh,” he replied, ‘it never struck me in that
light. I thought only of the relation of others
to me, and not of my relation to them.” —

The Outlook from the Editor’s Window.

—A missionary writes from China to The
Mission Field that the wife of Prince Chung,
the son of one emperor and the brother of an-
other, has become a Christian. One of her
lady. attendants visited the missionaries and
procured a New Testament and some other
Christian books. These were seen by the wife
of the prince; she read them and became very
much interested. The Gospel was talked about
and discussed, until now there is reason to be-
lieve that_no less than thirty-one inmates of
the palace have renounced their idolatry and
professed their faith in Jesus as their Saviour.
They meet together for worship on Sunday.

—Six rYEArs ago, the chief of the Indian
tribe of Kitkatlas on the western coast of
British Columbia, in a fit of hostility to the
work of the Church Missionary Society, burned
the church, tore up the Bibles, and refused to
haye anything to do with Christianity. Last
November the chief called together all the
adult males to meet him, as they supposed to
discuss plans for the winter. He took from
him the scarlet robe and other insignia of a
heathen chief, replacing his clothing with the

garb of a Christian, and said: ‘‘What will
cover my heart? I can wrap nothing around
it. God sees it, and He knows all the past

Acknowledgments.

Received per Rev. F. J. Lankenau from the Mt.
Zion congregation for widows and orphans $4.25;
for the building fund 1.75; from the Mt. Zion S. S.
for the building fund 10.00. From St. Paul day-
school for colored mission 5.00. Total, $21.00.

A. F. Leonuarpt, Local Treasurer.

Received subscriptions for April: Caroline Hardy
$1.00; Eliz. Wubbard.50; Sam’! Hubbard .25. Total,
$1.75. F. J. LANKENAU.

Evangelical Lutheran Colored Churches,
New Oneans, La.
EV. LUTH. ST. PAUL’S CHAPEL.
113 Annette Str., between Claiborne and Dirbigny.

Divine services at 10 o’clock Sunday morning and at 74
o’clock Wednesday evening.
Sunday School from 9 to 104%.

and sinful. He has this summer made me
know it. Iam now dressed like a Christian.
Those tokens of the dark past I will never
touch again. What shall I do next? I am
too old to go to school. I cannot read; I am
like a child, knowing little but wanting to
learn. Will Jesus Christ have me? Will He
help me? Iwill never turn back. I give my-
self to God. Now pray for me—pray, pray.
I want to know what will please Him. I must
know. Begin at once to pray.’’

—TnkE first building for the new Pacific Uni-
yersity of the Norwegians at Tacoma, Wash-
ington, will soon be completed. ‘The brick-
‘work was commenced on the 9th of January
and will be done about June. ‘The exterior is
being constructed of ‘pressed Japan brick,’’
brought from Japan. It is hoped the inside

EV. LUTH. MT, ZION CHURCH.
Cor. Franklin and Thalia Strs.

Divine services at 744 Sunday evening and at 744 Thurs-
day evening.
Sunday School meets at 9 o'clock. 4
Adult catechumen class meets at 7}4 Tuesday evening.
F. LANKENAU, Missionary.

EY. LUTH. TRINITY CHURCH.
Zimple Str., between Monroe and Leonidas.
CARROLLTON.
Divine services at 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon and 74%

o'clock Wednesday evening.
Sunday School at 9 o’clock.

EY, LUTH. BETHLENEM CHAPEL.
Cor. Washington Avenue and Dryades Str.
Divine services at 744 o’clock Sunday evening and at 744
o'clock Thursday evening.
Sunday School at 9 o’clock.
AUG. BURGDORF, MISSIONARY.

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

Divine service Sunday evening at 734 o'clock.

Sunday School from 10—12.

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

can be admitted in the Fall. SAT TT
_ —Some time ago a woman living in the
‘country in one of the German States, brought
‘to her minister thirty marks ($7.50) for the
“work of missions, saying, as she laid down
er offering before him, ‘‘In former years 1
ave been obliged to pay a doctors bill of this
“amount. ‘This year there has been no sick-
“ness in my family, which enables me to give
‘80 much to the Lord.”’ At another time she

Ey. Luth, Holy Trinity Church.
Springfield, Ill.
Divine Services at half past 10 o’clock Sunday morning
. und at8 o'clock Sunday evening.

Sunday School at 3 o’clock . M.
Catechumen class mects Monday and Friday evenings.
Singing-school Tuesday evening.

° H. S. KNABENSCHUI, Missionary.

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B: ‘Many of the farmers have recently
ted by a cyclone, but we have heen
So I bring you this donation for
thank-offering.”’ ;

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