The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1895, Page 20

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“Protestant missionaries in China made an ap-

20 The Lutheran Pioneer.

small sections of the population, half of the
women in India are married before they are
—One of our missionaries writes: ‘‘In Car-| fifteen, and five-sixths of them just over that
rollton, the upper district of New Orleans, | age, and so long as that system continues it
a rumor had got afloat, that the Lutherans|implies all manner of degradation, suffering,
would reopen their school immediately after | and wrong.”
Easter. The missionary who was visiting some} —AccorprnG to letters from the Rev. Mr.
of his members in that part of town, was told} Walkup, from the Gilbert Islands, the King of
that the people living in the vicinity of the} Butaritari refused to allow any of his people
former school were very glad to hear such | to go to San Francisco to give a show of hea-
news, because it was so convenient to send}then dances. At five of the islands visited by
their children there while they were so small|the Morning Star, every Bible left on a pre-
that’ they could not well be sent to other|ceding trip has been sold.
schools more distant. No one, so far asthe] —In speaking of the terror in which Hindu
missionary learnt, regretted that the children} women stand because of persecution from
missed the religious instructions which are|men, Miss Swift, of Madura, writes: ‘‘I won-
given at Lutheran schools.’’ |der how many of our professing Christian
—Mnr. C. F. B. Nreweppre who has been} women in America would attend a cottage
teacher in a public school for several years, | meeting or a church service if thy were per-
but has lately had charge of one of our paroch- | fectly sure of a merciless beating and a thou-
ial schools in Benton, a suburb of St. Louis,}sand petty persecutions from the men in
Mo., has accepted a call, assigning him to the | whose power they live.’
second department of Bethlehem School at} —A sussionary in Mid-China, writes: ‘‘The
New Orleans, La. On Palm Sunday the in-| other night there was an eclipse of the moon.
stallation of this new teacher took place, and |The people in the streets here knew by their
immediately after Easter he began his work) almanacs that it was going to take place, and
with no little zeal. May the Good Shepherd | being a fine, clear night, most people turned
bless him and the lambs entrusted to his care! | eut, not merely to see it as we should, but to
— Ose of the two missionaries that left the | worship the moon, and to ring gongs and bells.
Leipzig Mission Society and entered the ser-|In the courtyard of this house all the women
vice of the Lutheran Synod of Missouri is al- | were out with tables and lighted candles, keep-
ready at work among the heathen of India. |ing up a constant dinging of the gongs, and
We learn that one more missionary has re-}now and then bowing with their heads to the
cently left the above named Society and will) ground. Why was all this?—in every temple
probably labor in the mission field of the Mis-}and house the same. Because they believe
souri Synod. ; : that when the-shadow comes over the moon
—A -Horrentor convert at a missionary |it is the work of some great monster who is
meeting in England said: “What pity ’tis, | going to swallow the moon, and that they by
what sin tis, that you have so many years|their worship save it from destruction. The
got that heavenly bread and hold it for your-| moon to them is an object of worship, and it
selves, not to give one little bit, one crumb]is considered a sin to point to it with the
to poor heathen. There are so many millions | finger !”’
of heathen and you have so much bread; and} —Bisnor Caupwett, after forty-two years
you could depend upon it you should not have |of mission work in the Madras Presidency,
less because you gave; but the Lord Jesus| gave this testimony in 1879: ‘‘I have had some
would give His blessing, and you should have | experience in the work of conversion myself,
the more.”’ ; and have tried in succession every varicty of
—Four years ago a general conference of} method. Let me mention, then, the remark-
able fact that during the whole of this long
peal for 1000 additional missionaries within| period, not one educated high-caste Hindu,
five years. Now it is announced that upward |so far as I am aware, has been converted to
of 500 missionaries have gone out to that em-/} Christianity in connection with any mission or
pire, and another appeal has been made for} church, except through the Christian educa-
the completion of the 1000 asked for. tion received in mission schools. Such con-
—Rev. W. Stevenson, in an article in The | verts may not be very numerous, and I regret
Afissions of the World, gives some figures |that they are not, but they are all that are.’
drawn from Zhe Indian Witness which show] —I~ Uganda, a field entered only a few

The Outlook from the Editor’s Window.

i that there were in India 17,928,640 girls be- years since, so rapid and wide-spread is the
‘tween the ages of five and nine, of whom| enlargement of the work that already one hun

01,404 are already, married and 64,040 are | dred native laborers are in the field, all sup-
dows.
teen there were only 12,168,592, of whom |is to secure as many more, and then let each
dows. ‘These certainly are startling figures | evangelizing work and three months of study.
give some hint of the misery endured.| —Nonwecran Lutherans began to preach
Stevenson further says: ‘‘In spite of all) the gospel in Madagascar in 1867. ‘Their la-
ons among Christians, Parsis, and other | bor of love was greatly blessed by the Lord.

Between the ages of ten and four-| ported by native contributions. And the plan |_

016,759 were married and 174,532 were} company alternate between three months of |

There are twenty-five Norwegian missionaries
there, assisted by sixty native pastors; the
number of churches is 500, and of communi-
cants, 25,000; of parochial schools, 500, and
of pupils, 35,000. There are 35,000 adult Lu-
therans in Madagascar.

OUR BOOK TABLE.

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Weare glad that our Publishing House has begun
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first volume of the Pastime Library contains two
interesting and instructive stories, which will be
read with delight by our boys and girls.

Country SERMONS on free texts by F. Kuegele, a
Lutheran country parson. Price $1.00. Address
Rey. F. Kuegele, Koiner’s Store, Augusta Co.,
Va. (Money orders to be made payable at
Waynesboro, Va.)

We take particular pleasure in recommending this
volume of sermons to our readers, who will find in
it a clear and plain exposition of the doctrines of
the Bible as confessed by our dear Lutheran church.
With masterly simplicity and loving desire for the
salvation of souls a “Lutheran Country parson” in
this volume preaches Christ and Him crucifled. We
hope the book will be welcomed as a pure Gospel
preacher in the homes of our city and country con-
gregations,

Evangelical Lutheran Colored Churches,
New ORLEANS, La.

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

Divine services: Sunday morning at 10% o'clock.

Sunday evening at 74 o'clock.

Wednesday evening at 71% o'clock.
Sunday School: Sunday morning at 944 o’clock.
Singing School at 734 o'clock Monday cyening.

F. J. LANKENAU, Missionary.

EV. LUTH. MT. ZION CHURCH.
Cor. Franklin and Tialia Strs.
Divine services at 734 Sunday evening and at 74 Thurs-
day evening.
Sunday School meets at 9 o’clock.
Adult catechumen class meets at 74 Tuesday evening.
E. W. Kuss, Missionary.

EV. LUTH. BETHLEHEM CHAPEL.
Cor. Washington Avenue and Dryades Str.
Divine services at 734 o'clock Sunday evening and at 734
o’clock Thursday evening.
Sunday School at 9 o’clock.
AUG. BuURGDORF, Missionary.
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Evang. Luth. St. Paul’s Church.
Cor. Rock § 12th Strs., Little Rock, Ark.
Diyine service Sunday afternoon at 314 o'clock.
Sunday School at 10 o’clock.
Oatechumen class mects from 7.30 to 8.30 Wednesday

evening.
Singing-school from 7.30 to 8.30 Thursday evening.

Cas. H. RUESSKAMP, Missionary.

Ey. Luth. Holy Trinity Church.
Springfield, I.
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 Tuesday evening.
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