The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1893, Page 12

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—Mitwavker has twenty-one German Lu-
: theran churches, nine of which belong to the
—Txe members and friends of our English) Missouri Synod, and twelve to the Wisconsin
Lutheran Synod will be glad to hear that a|Synod. The former number 3008 members;
very liberal donation has been made to our] the latter 3039; while 5531 children attend the
English Lutheran mission. The Hon. J. P.| parochial schools.
Baden of Winfield, Kansas, a member of a] -Avyorner missionary ship is asked for
German Lutheran congregation of that place, | from the children by the American Board for
has notified our English Mission Board that} work in the Pacific Ocean. It is to be called
he will donate fifty thousand dollars for a new) Hiram Bingham, and five thousand dollars is
English Lutheran College to be erected at| needed for the work.
Winfield. The College is named St. John’s} —pDr.SHetpon Jackson, Government Super-
Lutheran College, and the buildings, for which | intendent of Schools in Alaska, has been break-
Mr. Baden gives $20,000, will be ready by the] ing up the whiskey traffic with the Indians.
fallof this year. For three years in succession | He found 380 barrels of the stuff on the whaling
Mr. Baden will donate $10,000 each year in| fleet at Port Clarence, and had the satisfaction
order to enlarge the College and to have it| of emptying it all into the sea. Besides, he
well funded. May God bless the kind donor) has been making several trips to Siberia in
and move the hearts of many of our wealthy | search of reindeer, and has imported 150,
Lutherans to follow his noble example. May | with experienced herders, to teach the Alaskan
His richest blessings also rest upon St. John’s | natives how to take care of the animals. Thus
Lutheran College. : it is expected that a new home product of
—From the report of our Immigrant mis-) flesh will be provided. Along with these en-
sionary at New York we see that his work has| couraging items, the doctor also reports that
been blessed also in the past year. 3000 church} there are now 34 Indian schools in Alaska
papers, 2554 Lutheran church almanacs and} with 1700 pupils.
many sermons and tracts were distributed) __Mr. Crawrorp, in Mexico, under date of
among the immigrants. $153,246.13 passed| Noy. 4th, writes of the work of Mr. Blackly,
through the missionary’s hands. 5399 per-| the Bible agent: ‘‘He has had great success
sons took lodgings in our Lutheran Pilgrim’s| jn the sale of Bibles in this State and in Lower
Home and were assisted in many ways by our/ California. The hand of the Lord has been
missionary. $1184.86 were given to the en-| with him in several instances, delivering him
tirely destitute and $6675.58 were loaned to/ from plots to take his life as well as in open-
those in temporary need. 4477 letters and| ing the way for the acceptance of the Word.
postal cards were received, and 2032 were| Numberless cases could be cited showing the
written by the missionary. eagerness of the people for the Bible. One
—Tne report of the Martin Luther Orphan] woman went out and pawned her flat-iron to
Home at Roxbury, Mass., has been received. | get one; another ran out and borrowed the
From it we learn that 40 orphans and 3 aged/ money; another took the money for the daily
people were in the Home during the past year. | bread of the children and self and said: ‘We
The receipts were $4372.46 and the disburse-| can eat beans to-day and will only eat once ;’
ments $3223.38, leaving cash onhand $1149.08. | and with the money got the Bible, kissing it
Additional buildings are needed, since appli-| with eager delight as she took it into her hands.
cations for admission had to be refused for) Qne day Mr. Blackly presented the Bible to
want of room. a woman going for her supply of water, which
'=—An old Scotch woman used to give a/she had to buy for the day, six cents’ worth.
penny a day for missions, and, for the sake of | She begged for a Bible and offered the half
so doing, went without some things that she/ of the water supply, saying she could save up
might otherwise have had. One day a friend | and drink less to day.’’
handed her a sixpence, so that she might
buy herself some meat, as an unusual luxury.
‘* Well, now,’’ thought the old woman, ‘I’ve
long done very well on porridge, and the Lord
shall have the sixpence, too.’’ In some way
the story came to the ears of a missionary sec-
retary who told it at a missionary breakfast.
The host was much impressed by the simple
tale, and saying that he never denied himself
@ chop for God’s word, subscribed $2500, on
the spot. Several of the guests followed his
__@xample, and $11,000 was raised before the
_ party separated.
__ —Awn English missionary in Singapore was
surprised to find the church freshly white-
: ed inside and out. Going in he found
ho had been converted, who
lone this work ‘‘to thank God.”

The Outlook from the Editor’s Window.

OUR BOOK TABLE.

DRiTTES LESEBUCH FUER EVANGELISCH - LUTHE-
RISCHE SCHULEN. Concordia Publishing House,
St. Louis, Mo. Price 50 cents.

This Reader completes the New Series of German
Readers for our Parochial Schools, and those that
have introduced the new series will be glad to hear
that the Reader has appeared in time for intro-
duction with the new school-year. Like the other
Readers of the series it deserves high praise for its
excellent and various selections. In some of the
selections from Natural History we are glad to see
the English names added to.the German, since our
children are more familiar with the former than with
the latter. But consistency, it seems to us, would
require the English names to be added to the German
also in some of the other selections, for instance in
No. 12 “‘Der Wiesenhund” (The Prairie Dog).

Das Neve TESTAMENT.
House, St. Louis, Mo. Price $2.50 (ordinary
binding) and $3.00 (half-calf).

This is the third volume of the new and thorough]
revised edition of the well known ‘Altenburger Bibel.

partment to be addressed to Pro

The Lutheran Pioneer.

werk.”? This book is, without doubt, the best for
family worship and would to God it were used in all
our German Lutheran families. In a congregation
which we served for some years, we were always
glad to see the ‘‘Altenburger Bibelwerk,”’ at least
the New Testament, among the wedding presents
given to the newly married couple. People reag
more than in former times, but the reading of the
Bible, we fear, is neglected. An old Christian farmer
once said to us: ‘*People now read so much that
they have no time for Bible reading and Bible study;
it was not so in olden times.”

GESETZ UND EVANGELIUM. Von Dr. C. F. W.
Walther. Concordia Publishing House, St,
Louis, Mo. Price 50 cents.

Those that during their course of study in the
St. Louis Semivary had the privilege of attending the
“Friday evening lectures’’ of the sainted Dr. Walther
will be glad to hear that these lectures will be issued
by our Publishing House. They will form a valuable
and much needed addition to the theological litera-
ture of our Church. The book before us contains
ten lectures on the Law and the Gospel. It is a rich
mine for every student and theologian and should
be read and studied by every pastor.

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Acknowledgment.

Received per Rev. F. J. Lankenau from the Mt.
Zion Congregation and Sunday School $23.00 for
the Mt. Zion Church Building Fund.

A. F. LEONIIARDT,

New Orleans, La., Feb. 6, 1893.

Evangelical Lutheran Colored Churches,
NEw ORr.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 74
o'clock Wednesday evening.
Sunday School from 9 to 104.

EV. LUTH. MT. ZION CHURCH.
Cor. Franklin and Thalia Stra.
Divine services at 744 Sunday evening and at 7}4 Thurs-
day evening.
Sunday School meets at 9 o’clock. 9
Adult catechumen class meets at 744 Tuesday evening.
F, LANKENAU, Missionary.

EV. LUTH. TRINITY O#1URCH.
Zimple Str., between Monroc 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 7%
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.
Divine service Sunday {ternoon at 3% o'clock.
Sunday School at 10 o’clock.
Catachomne class mects from 7.30 to 8.30 Wednesday
evening.
Singing-school from 7.30 to 8.30 Thursday evening.
Cus. H. RUESSKAMP, Missionary,

Ey. Luth. Holy Trinity Church.
Springfield, Ill,
Divine Services at half past 10 o’clock Sunday morning
and at 8 o’clock Sunday evening.
Sunday School at 3 o’clock vp. mt.
Catechumen class meets Monday and Friday evenings,
Singing-school Tuesday evening.

TERMS:
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