The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1894, Page 8

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‘ the Editor’s Window. |dens, which among Australians is women’s | the Church, will continue to be of great value to all
; The Outlook from special duty. that earnestly strive for the truth. The doctrine of

—We must not expect to reap where we the Church and the Ministry has been and still js,

in certain quarters, a subject of warm debate. Of
have not sown, nor become impatient and de-| that doctrine, which is of great importance in the
spondent when fruits do not at once appear. | development of a true Church life and of a proper
In due season we shall reap if we faint not. | activity in the Christian work, the book treats. It
In Tahiti fourteen years passed without. con- | Sets forth the scriptural doctrine concerning the
ere ere hrc 00 ce istnte 1 eng a re ctasioas freus the Latheran Confessions
ern Polynesia. At the end of sony, care pncson and a writers of acknowledged ability that that
had only 18 to show as the fruit of his toil;) scriptural doctrine is maintained in its purity in the
since then the rate of increase has been so} Church that bears the name of Luther. May God
great in Burmah that during the interval a| continue to bless the book to the glory of His great
new church has, on an average, been estab- name and to the welfare of His beloved Church.
lished every three weeks. Ground was first
broken in China in 1842; now there have been
gathered into Christian churches nearly 50,000
converts. Missionaries entered the Fiji Islands
in 1835, where the darkness of heathenism
reigned everywhere; in 1885 there were 1300
churches in the group, with 104,000 habitual
attendants on public worship.

—Japan has now 600 Protestant mission-
aries, 630 Japanese ministers and evangelists,
and over 200 churches with 30,000 members.
The whole Bible has been published in Jap-
anese, with commentaries on the New Testa-
ment. Other books and tracts are in prepa-
ration and a beginning has been made in
hymnology. :

—Ir costs something to confess Christ in
the province of Honan, China. The follow-
ing proclamation was issued some time ago:
‘*Should any one become bewitched by the
foreign doctrines and not be willing to sacri-
fice either to Confucius or to the spirits of his
ancestors, he must be severely dealt with by
his clan. His name must be erased from the
family register and his whole family driven
from the province.’”’ .

—Henrr Canne, formerly Governor of West-
ern Sumatra, gives an interesting description
of the activity of the Rhenish missionaries as
he had become acquainted with them on his
visits: ‘*Scarcely had day dawned when from
all sides you would see the sick hastening to
procure hel]p-and adyice. Such as were too
sick to come to the house were visited at their
own homes. Meanwhile, not only the sick, but
all that needed help, came to the missionaries.
All manner of disputes were submitted to their
arbitration. Their advice was asked about
everything. A still further claim was laid on
their-time for the giving of instruction, ordi-
nary and catechetical. From early morning
till late at night they were busy. Their wives
gave instruction in sewing and other manual
arts. The households of the missionaries were TERMS:
in everything pioneers of culture, and a bless-). Ty Lurmeran Proxrer is published monthly,
ing to thousands.’’ . | payable in adyance at the following rates, postage

: included, to-wit: =
OUR BOOK TABLE.

_=Oor missionary at Bethlehem Chapel,
New Orleans, sends us the following news:
With doors and windows wide open to admit
‘the balmy breezes, Christmas was celebrated
asusual. The attendance was gratifying. The
audience appeared very attentive. The hymns
sung by the children, especially a solo and cho-
rus rendered by the first department, pleased
the people very much. A number of our young
members have, of their own accord, organized
a Circle for the purpose of siding indigent
students, preparing themselves for the minis-
try. This is highly commendable! The Lord
who said: ‘‘Whosoever shall give you a cup
of water to drink in my name, because ye be-
Jong to Christ, verily I say unto you, he shall
not lose-his reward,’’ will surely bless the
mites gathered by the Circle, and the mem-
bers of the Circle as well. God speed the
organization, grant it perseverance, and let
its members never grow weary in well-doing.

—Tue following figures indicate a condition
of things in this country startling to every
Christian citizen: In 1889 there were in the

United States 3568 murders; in 1890 there
were 4290, an increase of 772; in 1891 there
were 5908, and in 1892 there were 6790. These
were discovered murders, and do not include
secret murders. In four years there were
90,557 murders in the United States.

—Tue Rev. F. B. Meyer, of London, says
‘an exchange, tells of one whose income is
$10,000 yearly, who lives on $1000 and gives
the remaining $9000 to_the cause of foreign
missions. Another, whose income is $10,000,
who lives on $1200 and gives away the re-
mainder. A governess who earns $500, of
‘which she gives $250. Another who has a
comfortable competence, remains in business,
all the profits of which he gives. Sarah Hos-
, mer, a worker.in a factory, supported a student
Be in the Nestorian Seminary. Five times she
% gave $50, and sent five native preachers.

A? —Tne Independent says that more than one
half (or three and a quarter millions) of the
immigrants that came to this country during
the past decade were members of the Roman
Catholic Church, the greater part of whom

* could neither read nor write their own lan-

“guage. ‘‘According to the work-house reports
for 1892 the Roman Catholic Church, with six
per cent of the population of Minneapolis, fur-
mished 941 out of the 1738 persons sent there
for’crime; in Toledo, with fourteen per cent
of the population, 841, out of 1437, and in

_ Cleveland, with about the same per cent of

the population as in Toledo, it furnished 2138
‘ont of a total of 3569.” i e

__ —Aw Australian tribe when they first saw a

fagon drawn by oxen were much puzzled as

what the oxen could be. It afterward ap-

Acknowledgments.

Received per Rev. G. J. F. Koch, Elmore, Ohio,
from his school children $1 45 as a Christmas pres-
ent for the Colored children of Concord, for which
grateful acknowledgment is herewith returned.

3 : N. J. Bakke.

Received from the Mt. Zion Colored Congregation
$30.00 for their Building Fund.

: A. F. LEONmARDT.

- New Orleans, January 16th, 1894.

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 0’clock Sunday morning and at 7%
o'clock Wednesday evening.
Sunday School from 9 to 104.

EV. LUTH. MT. ZION CHURCH.
Cor. Franklin and Thalia Stra. ‘
Divine services at 714 Sunday evening and at 744 Thurs-
day evening.
Sunday School meets at 9 o’clock.
Adult catechumen class mects ut 744 Tucsday evening.
F. LANKENAO, Missionary.

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

Divine services at 1044 o’clock Sunday morning and 73
o'clock Wednesday evening.
Sunday School at 914 0’clock. E. W. Kuss, Missionary.

EV. LUTH. BETHLENEM CHAPEL.
Cor, Washington Avenue and Dryades Str.

Divine services at 74 o’clock Sunday evening and at 7%
o’clock Thursday evening.
Sunday School at 9 o'clock.
AuG. BuURGDORF, MISSIONARY.

Evang. Luth. St. Paul’s Church.
Cor. Rock § 12th Strs., Little Rock, Ark.
Divine service Sunday afternoon at 3% o'clock.

Sunday School at 10 o'clock.
Catechumen class meets from 7.30 to 8.30 Wednesday

evening.
Singing-school from 7.30 to 8.30 Thursday evening.
Cnas. H. RuESSKAMP, Missionary.

Ey. Luth. Holy Trinity Church.

Springfield, Ill.
Divine Services at half past 10 o’clock Sunday morning
. and at8 o’clock Sunday evening.
Sunday School at 3 o’clock ». M.
Catechumen class mects Monday and Friday evenings.
Singing-school Tuesday evening.

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