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46 The Lutheran Pioneer.

was transferred to the German Missionary
Society of Basle. In that time the number
of stations has grown from 6 to 50, with a
present roll of 900 communicants, 1400 chil-
dren in the schools, and 50 students in train-
ing as helpers. Efforts will soon be made to
extend operations to the Bakosi mountains.
Thirty-five condemned railway station bells
were sent to Cameroon and were eagerly
bought up at $12.50 each. The natives gather
in large crowds at the tolling of these novel
chureh bells.

—Next to cannibalism the most terrible
practice in the Congo basin in Africa is that
of human sacrifices on the occasion of the fu-
neral ceremonies of important persons. The
richer the family of the deceased person, the
more numerous are the victims. Because far
up the tributaries slaves can be bought much
cheaper than on the Congo, canoe parties are
sent for hundreds of miles for the sole purpose
of buying victims for human sacrifices. They
are blindfolded, bound to a stake in a sitting
or kneeling posture, and a single blow of the
skillful executioner’s knife decapitates them.
Though men form the greater number of vic-
tims, wives or female slaves are‘often stran-
gled and thrown into the open grave, or buried
alive in it. :

—Tnuenre used to be a sharp story told of
a stingy millionaire in New York, who was
solicited to contribute toward rearing a statue
to Washington. - The miser refused with the
excuse: ‘‘I keep ‘Washington always in my
heart.’’ ‘‘Well,’’ replied the indignant so-
licitor, ‘*I don’t believe the father of his coun-
try ever got into such a tight place as that.”

_—A Taoist priest of Lin-kia, Kiang-si, who
first heard the Gospel in 1892, has given up
everything connected with his former religion.
His books, charms and idols were the accumu-
lation of many years, his ancestors for seven
generations having been Taoist priests, and
were esteemed of great value. This collec-
tion he freely brought, with his own hands lit
the fire, and stirred the flames until -all were
consumed. The following day he was bap-

The Outlook from the Editor's Window. -

—TzakE first book translated into the language
of the North American Indian was Luther’s
Smaller Catechism. The first Orphan’s Home
established by the Church in America was by
Lutherans. And a Lutheran missionary was
the first to give to the people of India a trans-
lation of the New Testament in their own lan-
guage.

—Tuenz are 25,530 negro schools now in the
South, where 2,250,000 negroes have learned
to read, and most of them to write. In the
colored schools are 238,000 pupils and 20,000
negro teachers. There are 150 schools for
advanced education, and 7 colleges adminis-

_ tered by negro presidents and faculties, and
of these presidents 3 were formerly slaves.
There are 154 negro editors, 250 lawyers, 740

" physicians, and there are now educating them-

selves in European universities 247 negros
from the South. What the colored man needs
is not merely culture, but an education in the
pure word of God.

—Borneo was once called the ‘‘Nation of
Head-hunters,’’ because the cutting off of their
enemies’ heads was their-favorite occupation.

_ Now their deadly instruments, which could
easily cut off men’s heads at a single sweep,
are only rusty heirlooms, and a missionary
says, ‘‘ Nowhere in the world, so far as I know,
are life and property more secure than among

~ the once fierce head-hunters of Borneo.”
Dr. Grirrita Joun, the veteran mission-
iF ary in China, tells of a native Christian whose

Bi: consistency and faithfulness were such that) tized. ‘

I his native friends said to him, ‘‘There is no —Makansita, who was the great slave-

j j difference between him and the Book.’’ ‘| trading chief on Lake Nyasa in Africa, and

a —Jaran.—An agitation against foreigners is/ the most powerful enemy of the British offi-

E _ increasing in energy. In Kumamoto petition) cials on the lake, has died. He died by the

was circulated and signed with 150,000 names| hand of an assassin in revenge for the killing
to move the government to assign special quar-| by this chief of a prominent native, named
ters for all resident foreigners. Makwinja. The story is told that after Ma-

* —Pror. Saves Ives Curtiss has been send-) kanjila had killed this man, he kept the body |

ing some more literature to this country from] in his hut, and then prepared a great feast in

Sweden. Among other good things of the| which the body of his victim was cooked with

' people there he has this'to say: ‘One can lie} those of three oxen and the flesh mixed with

_ down in confidence in Sweden without fear) other articles, making a mountain of food.

Of thieves. In certain parts of the country, | Theguests, including the Mohammedans, came

‘whither strangers have not come, it is said to) and gorged themselves, ndt suspecting the

be customary for the people to sleep without} composition of the viands. After the banquet

Jocking thefr doors, or even with them open. | Makanjila taunted them: ‘‘I thought it was
your boast that you never would eat human

certain Swede who had lived in a place fre-
ented by strangers, where the people were| flesh. Why, then, have you eaten Makwinja
@ habit of locking their doors, came to| to-day?’ A great uproar.followed, and the
ommunity as I Have just described-| guests resolved that Makanjila should die.
t he locked his door as before. The] The vow was fulfilled later.
V —Cameroon Lanp in Africa is attracting

‘What kind of a man is Mr.——?
oor, ‘and yet he professes to be the attention of the friends of missions more

OUR BOOK TABLE.

LIEDER-PERLEN. Eine Sammlung von Liedern geist-
lichen und gemischten Inhalts, theils in deut-
scher, theils in englischer Sprache, ein-, zwei-
und dreistimmig gesetzt fuer unsere Schulen.
Price 30 cents per copy; $2.75 per dozen. Con-
cordia Publishing House, St. Loui8, Mo.

This handsomely bound volume contains truly the
pearls of hymns for our parochial’ schools. The
compilers have succeeded admirably in collecting
the choicest old and more recent hymns from nearly
every publication of hymns with which any reader
is famillar. The possession of a copy will add daily
enjoyment and benefit to the pupils in our schools.

Evangelical Lutheran Colored Churches,
NEw OrveEans, La.

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

Divine services at 10 o’clock Sunday morning and at 7%
o'clock Wednesday evening.
Sunday School from 9 to 10}4.

s

EV. LUTH. MT. ZION CHURCH.
Cor. Franklin and Thalia Strs.
Divine services at 744 Sunday evening and ‘at 74 Thurs-
day evening.
Sunday School meets at 9 o’clock.
Adult catechumen class mects at 7}4 Tuesday evening.
% ¥F. LANKENAD, Missionary.

EY. LUTH. TRINITY CHURCH. :
Zimple Str., between Monroe and Leonidas.
CARROLLTON.
Divine services at 10% o'clock Sunday morning and 7%
o’clock Wednesday evening.
Sunday School at 94o'clock. E.W. Kuss, Missionary.

EY. LUTH. BETHLEHEM CHAPEL.
Cor. Washington Avente and Dryades Str.

Divine services at 714 o’clock Sunday evening and at 7%
o’clock Thursday cvening.
Sunday School at 9 o’clock.

-Eyang. Luth. St. Paul’s Cliurch.
Cor. Rock § 12th Strs., Little Rock, Ark. °

Divine service Sunday afternoon at 3} o’clock.
Sunday Schoo! at 10 o'clock. s

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

Ey. Luth. Holy Trinity Church.
. Springfleld, Il.

and at 8 o'clock Sunday evening. ~
eee peticol at3 oiclook x: of a
jatechumen Class mee onday and Frid 5
Singing-school Tucsday evening, ji ran CvenISes

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TERMS:

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= than formerly. The German government has 1 Cop: $ 25
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38| of the-natives. It will be a difficult work, for
4 in the back country idolatry, witchcraft and
never ending wars hinder the progress of civ-
ilization.’ ‘Six ‘years ago the English mission

All business communications to be addressed to
“Concordia Publishing House”, St. Louis, Mo.

All communications concerning the editorial de=

rtment to be addressed to Prof. R. A. BiscHO¥?,

mcordia College, Fort Wayne, Ind. °

AuG. Buroporr, MISSIONARY.

Catechumen class meets from 7.30 to 8.30 Wednesday

Divine Services at-half past 10 o’clock Sunday morning

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