The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1892, Page 48

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the honored missionaries is carrying on a work
in Japan of the same kind, she providing for
the entire support of herself and her co-
laborers. And scores of working men and
women—mechanics and servants—have gone
to heathen fields during the past year, under
the International Missionary Alliance, to do
what they may be able to make known the
Gospel of the grace of God to the heathen.

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that when a certain minister asked him whether
he thought it worth while to preach the Gospel
—JIw a circular recently issued to parents, | to the Hindoos, the old (CRC » What
Sunday-school superintendents and teachers, | are your marching orders, sir?’” The minister
the American Bible Society says: ‘‘Eight years} said, ‘‘Go ye into all the worldyjand preach
ago the Society began the work of placing a} the Gospel to every creature.’’ ‘‘Then follow
Bible, by sale or gift, in every home in the| your orders,’’ said the Duke; ‘‘your only
land where it would be received ; but now the | duty is to obey.”’
Society: proposes a work of still greater mag-| —Tn Bengal, India, persons traveling among
nitude and importance — a Bible of its own | the villages will constantly come across a pile
for every child that can read, with special re-| of stones placed under the shadow of a large
ference for Sunday-school use.’’ tree or on a hill for the purpose of being wor-
—Iws Great Britain there are under the di-|shiped. It is believed that every large tree,
rection of the British Sunday-school Union |hill-top and stream are haunted by gods and
45,000 schools, in which upwards of 700,000 | demons which are to be dreaded. Hence wor-
teachers are engaged instructing 7,000,000} ship is performed under the trees with the ob-
scholars. In the United States there are up-|ject of propitiating the evil beings supposed
wards of 100,000 Sunday-schools, more than | to dwell in them. The stones are looked upon
1,000,000 teachers, and 8,500,000 scholars. | as the symbol and the abode of the god; red
In the whole world the schools are said to|paint is smeared upon them, and offerings of
number 183,390; the teachers 1,999,569, and|rice, milk, fruit and flowers are presented to
the scholars 17,716,212. them daily. In some cases, where the god or
—Korea is a hopeful mission field, not-|@emon is supposed to be famous or powerful,
withstanding the edict issued by the Korean | Sacrifices of goats are made.
Government in 1888, forbidding the teaching} —Tuere are about 4,500,000 inhabitants in
or preaching of Christianity in the land. Such | Madagascar, 3,000,000 of whom are still in
an edict can not be enforced long in a country | heathen darkness.
: where the leaven of the Gospel is already at) —Arrrca, the dark continent, is about 5000
Baie work. In 1886 the first convert was baptized. | miles in length, and nearly that wide. It in-
Be The next year the congregation numbered | cludes about 11,000,000 square miles of ter-
‘ _ 20 members, and in 1888 there were 50. The ritory, or about one-half more than North
latest reports indicate that 157 people have America, which has 7,400,000 square miles.
been baptized. The missionaries feel that —Tue Missionary Herald says: ‘From all
their time can be well spent in preparation | sections of Japan and from members of many
for future work, and in auch Christian work | missionary organizations the report comes that
as will not directly antagonize the will of the! the outlook for evangelical work throughout
government. At the pregent pine Rev. H. G. | the empire is much brighter than it was a year
Underwood Is in Japan superintending the | or two since. The attitude of the Japanese
publication of a pocket dictionary and manual | toward foreigners is more friendly. - The native
of the Korean language, which will prove an | churches are feeling their responsibility for the
______ 8id to workers in the study of the Korean propagation of the Gospel, and are entering
aie language. upon the task with great self-denial and en-
—Arnica is three times the size of Europe; | thusiasm.”” epee
every pound of ivory costs one life; for every —Or the 40 principal Lutheran foreign mis-
five pounds one hut has been burned; for sionary societies, 19 are German, 15 Scandina-
every two tusks a village has been destroyed ; vian, 3 American, 1 French, 1 Finnish and
for every twenty tusks a district has been de- 1Polish. The aggregate annual income exceeds evening.
Gab $1,300,000. One thousand missionaries and| “2sing;schoo! NE lita ta Ae
—Ulission work in western Polynesia began| 4000 native assistants dre employed. ‘The | —————"__ OR
nearly 100 years ago. The first 14 years of number of members is 204,000. Sixteen hun- Ey. Luth. Holy Trinity Church.
labor were seemingly without any good results. | dred mission schools are sustained. ‘The prin- Springfield, Il.
There was not one convert. Now there are cipal mission fields are those of India, China, Divine Services at half past 10 o'clock Sunday morning

The Outlook from the Editor’s Window.

“Unto You is Born a Saviour.”

These words should melt heaven and earth,
and change, for us, death into sugar, and all
misfortunes, of which there are here more than
can be told, into pure, sweet wine. For what
man is there who can properly conceive of this, \
that the Son of God is born man, a Saviour ‘a
for us? Such treasure the angel gives not
only to His mother, the virgin Mary, but to all
of us men; ‘‘unto you,”’ he says, ‘‘is born a
Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.’’—Zuther.

Evangelical Lutheran Colored Churches,
NEw Or.Eans, La.

EV. LUTH. ST. PAUL'S CHAPEL.
113 Annette Str., between Claiborne and Dirbigny.

Divine services at 10 o’clock Sunday morning and at 4%
o’clock Wednesday evening.
Sunday School from 9'to 104%.

EY. LUTH. MT. ZION CHURCH.
Cor. Franklin and Thalia Strs.
Divine services at 744 Sunday evening and at 1% Thurs-
day evening.
Sunday School meets at 9 o'clock.
Adult catechumen class meets at 74 Tuesday evening.

¥. LANKENAU, Missionary.

EV. LUTH. TRINITY CHURCH.
Zimple Str., between Monroe and Leonidas.
CARROLLTON.

Divine services at 3 o’clock Sunday afternoon and 1%
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 ™%
o’clock Thursday evening.
Sunday School at 9 o’clock.
AUG. BURGDORF, MISSIONARY.

Evang. Luth. St. Paul’s Church.
Cor. Rock § 12th Strs., Little Rock, Ark. Ses

Divine service Sunday afternoon at 314 o'clock.
Sunday School at.10 o’clock.
Catechumen class meets from 7.30 to 8.30 Wednesday

: and at 8 o'clock Sunday evening.

00,000" . South Africa and Australia. Garey pene CARE Ae and Friday evenings. X

—Jupson worked in Burmah for 10 -years —Ow the staff of the China Inland Mission See ek er eee a Missionary. i

and had but 18 converts. The work went on, there are sixty men and women, who are work- | —=—=—=———

_ however. Now, after 75 years of labor, it is ing in the foreign field just as they would work TERMS:

estimated that there has been one new ¢ehureh | 55 their churches at home, entirely supporting} THe Lurneran Pronzer is published monthly,
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sionaries, she providing for the perpetual sup-
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