The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1894, Page 44

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The Outlook from the Editor’s Window.

—From our German missionary paper we
learn that the Rev. F. H. Meyer has been in-
stalled as pastor of- our Colored Lutheran
church at Springfield, Ill., and the Rev. J. C.

Schmidt as pastor of our congregations in
Alamance Co., N. C. At both places the day
of installation was a day of great rejoicing
among our colored brethren and sisters.. May
God richly bless the labors of His servants in
their mission fields, and may all friends of our

- mission remember them in their prayers.

—Foreren mission work will now be carried
on in India by the Lutheran Missouri synod.
During the sessions of the Western District
of that synod at St. Charles, Mo., the Revs.
Naether and Mohn were solemnly commis-
sioned as missionaries in that distant field.
May God be with them on their voyage and
in their work among the heathen in India.

— Tue time for holding mission festivals is
past, but the interest in mission work must
continue. Indeed, the main object in holding
mission festivals is the awakening of a lasting
interest in the mission work of the Church.
The collections taken up at the mission fes-
tivals are not sufficient to carry on the work.
Our congregations must take up several ‘ol-
lections during the year, lest our mission work

. suffer for want of money.

_—A woman who had for some time heard
her husband pray, ‘‘‘Thy Kingdom come,”’ but
had seen no cash going in that direction, once
said to him, ‘Now, John, I think it is about
time to help the Kingdom of God to come by
the giving of some cash, and show that you
mean what you say.”

—Sr. Jonn’s English Lutheran Missouri
Conference of Kunsas has resolved that English
work must be begun in the larger cities of
eastern Kansas, such as Leavenworth, Kansas
City, etc., and has appointed a committee to
look after this field.

—lIn the following cities the Lutheran Church
is said to be the strongest of all Protestant
churches: Chicago, St. Louis, Milwaukee, St.
Paul, Saginaw, Cleveland, Buffalo, Detroit,
Akron, Toledo, Furt Wayne, La Crosse, Erie,
Lancaster (Pa.), Altoona, Allentown, Reading
aud Easton.

—In the Norwegian Lutheran mission school
at Wittenberg, Wis., there are 123 Indian chil-
dren who are duily instructed in Luther’s Cate-
chism. :

—Tue Norwegians will send a pastor along
with the colony of Laplanders who are to settle
as a colony at Unalaklik, on the Yucatan river,
Alaska. The colony is being established by
our government to insure the rearing of rein-
deer in behalf of the natives of that portion
of our big territory.

—Tue [celandic Lutheran Synod has already
twenty-five congregations and six pastors. An
academy will be established in Manitoba.

—TWENTY-THREE natives of Madagascar re-
cently completed their studies and have en-

tered upon the work of the ministry. They
add so many to the number of native ordained
Lutheran pastors.

—Tue size of your offering, says an ex-
change, does not depend upon what you take
out of your pocket, but upon what you leave
in it.— :

—TueE Indians at Lac Seul show the greatest
love and, enthusiasm for public worship. Their
little church has been decorated and improved
lately by their own hands. The Rev. T. H.
Pritchard writes an account of one Sunday
when he hardly thought it possible that any
one would attempt to cross the wide stretch
of water which lies between the mission and
the reserve. <A heavy fall of snow, driven by
a cold north wind, seemed likely to form an
effectual barrier between the Indians and their
beloved little church; but, to his surprise, a
widow woman and her daughter, with two
young children, arrived, having paddled about
four miles through the storm. ‘They were
covered with ice from the waves which had
splashed into the canoe. Soon afterwards
others also came, and at eleven o’clock a happy
little congregation assembled in the church for
morning service. Could not many people, to
whom a slight shower of rain, or suspicion of
east wind, is a suflicient excuse for absenting
themselves from God’s house, learn a lesson
from the love and enthusiasm of these simple
folk?

—J. Catvert, a missionary, says that when
he arrived in the Fuego Islands, it was his first

work to bury the hands, feet and heads of-

18 persons who had been eaten by the natives ;
but he lived to see a number of these cannibals
appear at the Lord’s supper, after they had
been converted to Christianity. Cannibalism is
now no longer practised on the islands. Fifty
years ago there was not a single Christian
Fuegian, now there are 1468 native preachers,
1268 chapels, 1735 weekday and Sunday-
schools, and 2526 teachers, under the care of
nine white missionaries.

—lIn Africa a mother was going through the
streets with her little daughter by her side.
A trader, before whose booth she had passed,
offered her a string of glittering beads for her
child whom he would like to have for a slave.
The mother looks at the beads in her hand
with longing eyes. The little one falls down
before her and begs the mother to keep her
and not give her to the strange man. ~ But
a stroke with the string over the face of her
prostrate daughter is the mother’s only an-
swer. ‘The trader keeps the weeping child.
The miserable ornament is dearer to the mother

than her daughter. This is a true and charac- |}

teristic illustration of one of the darkest phases
of heathenism. It is all dark, indeed, but some
parts are blacker than others. Yet, under the
power of the Gospel of Christ, even such un-
natural mothers without natural affection may
be and have been lifted up and taught the
worth not only of their children, but of their
own immortal souls.

OUR BOOK TABLE.

ERZAEHLUNGEN FUER DIE JUGEND. No. 22. Der
Kerkermeister von Norwich; No. 23. Der Schul-
meister und sein Sohn. Price 25 cts. per copy.
Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis, Mo.

Stories that are not only entertaining but also in-
structive, are most desirable works. Such are the
stories issued by our Publishing House. The two
new volumes are beautiful gift books for the Christ-
mas time and will, we doubt not, be found on the

Christmas table of many of our German families.

MAGISTER JOHANNES BRENZ. der Reformator Schwa-
bens. Ein Leben-bild aus der Reformations-
zeit, nach den Quellen zusammengestellt und
erzachlt. Concordia Publ. House, St. Louis, Mo, °
Price 35 cts.

“Biographies,’’ says one, ‘are the most interest-
ing and most instructive books.’ And here we have
the biography of John Brenz, the learned co-laborer
of Dr. Luther. The book deserves a wide circulation.

ABENDSCHULE-KALENDER fuer 1895. Louis Lange
Publishing Co., St. Louis, Mo.

The Abendschule-Kalender has for many years been

a welcome visitor in our German Christian homes.

Rarely is there an opportunity to procure so much

interesting and valuable reading fora price so small.

All who can read the German will do well to order

acopy. The price is 25 cents.

THESEN FUER DIE LEHRVERHANDLUNGEN der Mis-
souri Synode und der Synodalconferenz bis
zum Jahre 1893. Concordia Publishing House,
St. Louis, Mo. Price 35 cts. :

Pastors and teachers will thank the compiler for
this valuable work. The book contains all the doc-
trinal theses found in the many mihutes of the Mis-
souri Synod and of the Synodical Conference. An
excellent index enables the reader to see at a glance
what subjects have been discussed and what theses
have been presented on these subjects.

Evangelical Lutheran Colored Churches,
New OrxeEans, 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 Wednesduy evening.
Sunday School from 9 to 104.
F, J. LANKENAU, Missionary.

EY. LUTH. MT. ZION CHURCH.
Cor. Franklin and Thalla Strs.
Divine services at 744 Sunday evening and at 7}4 Thurs-
day evening.
Sunday School meets at 9 o'clock.
Adult catechumen class meets at 744 Tuesday evening.

E. W. Kuss, Missionary.

EV. LUTH. BETHLEHEM CHAPEL,
Cor. Washington Avenue and Dryades Str.
Divine services at 744 o’clock Sunday cyening and at 714
o’clock Thursday evening.
Sunday School at 9 o'clock. >
AuG. BuRGpoRF, 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 cluss meets from 7.30 to 8.30 Wednesday »
evening.
Singing-school from 7.30 to 8.30 Thursday evening.
Cuas. H, RUESSKAMP, Missionary.

Ey. Luth. Holy Trinity Church.
Springfield, 1.
Divine Services at half past 10 o’clock Sunday morning
and at 8 o’clock Sunday evening.
Sunday School at 3 o’clock P. M.
Catechumen class meets Monday and Friday evenings.
Singing-school Tuesduy evening.

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