The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1894, Page 36

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The Outlook from the Editor’s Window.

— Tue Evy. Luth. Synodical Conference held | and with tears running down her poor, wan
its sessions at Milwaukee, Wis., August S—114. | cheeks, gave the congregation an earnest look,
Delegates from all the synods forming the Con- | and said: ‘Children, we is all poor; I is got
ference were present, and a delegation of the | seven children; I’s got fifteen cents; God
Norwegian Lutheran Synod brought the fra-| knows ’tis all I got. I’s walked here bare-
ternal greetings of our Norwegian brethren. | footed to bring it for our Siety in the Nort.
Two delegates were appointed to attend the|Da give us dis church and our chillun edica-
next sessions of the Norwegian synod. Most|sion. God bless them, and send them more
of the time was devoted to doctrinal discus-}money. God give me dis fifteen cents [hold-
sions. We have read in several papers that|ing it up so we could all see it]; God give us
‘taside from the discussions there was nothing | dis house; God.give us our Siety, and God is
of general interest,’’ but these papers are mis-|gwine to give it money’to help us if we help
taken. Their remark made our little ProNeER}some, too. Come, chillun, come.’ At this
feelsad. An entire session was devoted to our|she led the collection by giving her fifteen
Colored Mission, a very lengthy and encourag- | cents, and sank down weeping as if her heart
ing report being presented~by our Mission | would break.’’

Board. Mission work ought to be of general) —Tne Superintendent of the General Coun-
interest. From the Report Conference learned | cil’s foreign missions, tells of-a lady in Port-
that God has richly blessed our work among jlJand, Maine, who handed him a contribution
the colored people. ‘The Report of our treas-| for missions with the remark: ‘This is the
urer was not so encouraging. Our treasury | price of a new spring hat. I had saved the
has suffered from the hard times. It is true, | money for it. But now, since I have learned
$26,715.77 were received for our mission dur- | to know the destitution of the heathen, my old
ing the past two years, but the debt resting on | hat will do for another year.’’ Certainly a
our mission could not be paid, and the neces- | noble impulse that deserves general imitation
sary buildings could not be erected. Con-|not only among the ladies, but also among
_ ference therefore resolved that our Mission | the men.
Board send a circular to all our congregations, | —Tue late Dr. A. N. Sommerville was at
asking them to take up a Sunday collection |one time conducting a missionary meeting in
for our mission, in order to enable the Board | New Zealand. Large contributions came flow-
to pay the debt and erect the necessary build-}ing in, but one man stood up, and instead of
ings on our mission fields. May God move the | giving a sum of money, he said, ‘‘I will give
hearts of our people to come to our aid in this|one of my sons.’”” The gift was accepted by
time of need. Our mission work is the Lerd’s|God, and now with his like-minded wife that
work. Let us enter more heartily into this | son is one of the missionaries in the New Heb-
work and give it our earnest support. We | rides. :
hope all our congregations will comply with} —Liserax and cheerful giving is a better
the request of the Synodical Conference and | proof that you are interested in missions than
will send in a Sunday collection for our mis-} loud talking. -
sion work.” —Tnere are some people who always be-
—Lespinc to the Lord is casting our bread | lieve in home missions on foreign mission day,
upon the waters, and it shall return after many | and in foreign missions on home mission day,
days. To the giver, God makes these prom- |—and, if the truth were known, don’t believe
ses: ‘‘Give, and it shall be given unto you; | much in either at any time.
good measure, pressed down, and shaken to-| —In accounting for the missionary zeal of
gether, and running over, shall men give into} the Moravians, one of their pastors said that
your bosom ;”? ‘‘ The liberal soul shall be made | ‘‘when converts join us, we try to make them
fat; and he that watereth shall be watered realize that they are joining a great mission-
also himself ;”” ‘‘He which soweth sparingly | ary society.’” The Church ought certainly to
shall reap also sparingly ; and he which soweth | be a great missionary society.
bountifally shall reap also bountifully;’’ ‘‘It} —Spraxrne of the congregations of the
is more blessed to give than to receive.” Swedish Augustana synod, a writer says:
_ —Anssronany, laboring among the colored | ‘‘Our country congregations in Minnesota are
" people in the South, relates the following in-| divided into seyeral division (rotas), and in
cident, which illustrates afresh the story of} each of these the pastor has a mission meeting
; the widow’s mite, and may well touch the/once a month. Hundreds of dollars are thus
hearts of many more richly endowed with| gathered every year by each congregation to-
"means and opportunity than the poor colored | wards the home and the foreign work. In many
"widow. ‘The missionary writes: ‘The con-| places the older as well as the younger mem-
gregation came, walking in the mud and rain] bers enroll themselves as members in mission
from five to sixteen miles. One mother, a|societies, giving from 10 to 25 cents a month
dow with seyen children, came withoutshoes|or more. ‘The aim is to make the average in-
anc poorly clad and gave fifteen cents, all ske|come for missions per member at least $1.
When she hobbled up to the table, all/Our city churches have one mission sermon
th her long, muddy walk, she stamped|each month and its young people work in

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one foot on our new church floor and looked | various ways for this, the greatest work in the
all around at the neat little building inside, | world.’’

—Anp now, as we close our window, we
beg you not to forget that Sunday collection
to be taken up for our Colored Mission Treas-
ury. The treasury is open to receive your
offerings; the window — is closed.

OUR BOOK TABLE.

Dik ABENDSCHULE. Jahrgang 41. Nummer 1.

We have received the first number of the 41st yol-
ume of the Abendschule, and it gives us pleasure
to call attention to this admirable German weekly,
issued by the Louis Lange Publishing Company,
St. Louis, Mo. Its object is to furnish the Chris-
tian family with a pure and healthful literature, and
thus guard against the influences of the anti-Chris-
tian. publications of the times. The articles are in-
structive, finely illustrated, and entertaining alike
to parents and children. The subscription is only
$2.00 per annum, and those paying in advance get
ahandsome premium. The premium for this year
is a beautifully bound and illustrated volume of en-
tertaining and instructive articles called “Blaetter
und Blueten.”? The price of this volume is $1.50,
but subscribers to the Abendschule paying in advance
can get it for 50 cts.

PLEHRPLAN FUER EINE EINKLASSIGE EV.-LUTH. GE-

MEINDESCHULE mit zwei Stundenplaenen. Ent-
worfen von J. J. Simon. Concordia Publishing
House, St. Louis, Mo. Price 15 cts.
Teachers and pastors that must teach school will
find this instructive booklet a welcome aid in their
important work. :

Evangelical Lutheran Colored Churches,
New ORLEANS, 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 1044.
F. J. LANKENAD, Missionary.

EV. LUTH. MT. ZION CHURCH.
Cor. Franklin and Tialia Strs.
Divine services at 744 Sunday evening and at 744 Thurs-
day evening.
Sunday School meets at 9 o’clock.
Adult catechumen class mects at 734 Tuesday evening.
E. W. Kuss, Missionary.

EV. LUTH. BETHLEHEM CHAPEL.
Cor. Washington Avenue and Dryades Str.
e services at 744 o'clock Sunday evening and at 714
‘clock Thursday evening.
Sunday School at 9 o’clock.
AuG. BURGDORF, MISSIONARY.

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

Diyine service Sunday afternoon at 34 o'clock.
Sunday School at 10 o’clock.
Catechumen class mects from 7.30 to 8.30 Wednesday

svenings :
Singing-school from 7.30 to 8.30 Thursday evening.
- Cras. 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 cvening.
Sunday School at 3 o'clock P. M.
Catechumen class mects Monday and Friday evenings.
Singing-school Tuesday evening. ;

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