The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1895, Page 44

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The Lutheran Pioneer.

The Outlook from the Editor’s Window.

—WE see it stated that a merchant of
St. Petersburg sustains at his own expense
. several missionaries in India, and when asked
why he made such a large contribution in that
one line of Christian effort, replied: ‘‘I once
served sin and Satan at a large expense, and
now that God has called me to work in His
vineyard, I wish to expend as much in His
cause as I did in the work of sin and Satan.’’
If Christians were as liberal with their money
for Christ as the votaries of Satan are in his
work, there would be no lack of funds in the
Lord’s treasury. ;

—TneE aggregate circulation of Bibles by
the thirty Bible Societies amounts to over two
hundred and forty millions. Of these copies
more than four-fifths have been issued by the
British and Foreign and the American Bible
Societies. The number seems immense, and
yet this would be but one copy to each six
persons now dwelling on the face of the earth.
There is abundant work yet for the Bible
Societies.

— Borneo was once called the ‘‘Nation of
Head-hunters,”” because the cutting off of
their enemies’ heads was the favorite occupa-
tion of the people. Now their deadly instru-
ments, which could easily cut off mens’ heads
at a single sweep, are only rusty heirlooms,
and a missionary says, ‘‘Nowhere in the world,
so far as I know, is life and property more
secure than among the once fierce head-
hunters of Borneo!’’

—JAPANESE BABIES are born with a profu-

e sion of jet black hair, but the hair is immedi-
ately shaved from their heads. The costumes
of the boys and girls of Japan are identical in
style, but the boys wear dull,. sober colors,

_ while the girls are arrayed in all the hues of
the rainbow. The Japanese boy takes as much
delight in his pockets as any boy or girl in
America. His pockets are his large, flowing
sleeves, which are sewed up part way to admit
of holding articles. The Japanese children
have a way also of tucking things inside the
belt or sash, which they always wear about
the waist.

—TueEnreE are, writes a missionary, several

& yery common fallacies concerning missionary
work, or the existing state of things among

the heathen. The most familiar of these is

the idea that the whole heathen world is stand-
ing on tip-toe, eagerly desiring the Gospel.

Nothing could he farther from the truth. The

old heathen sitting on the river’s bank, wait-
ing for the coming of the missionary, only
exists in the excited imagination of the plat-
form orator. ‘here is no natural craving for
‘the Gospel. ‘The carnal heart is still enmity
against God. In all heathen countries there
deep-seated prejudice against, and hatred
ie Gospel, and this prevails especially

‘if they could. In all this there is
g strange. It is only the old enmity

tin, the Master of the Comins Grammar School in
Boston, after having examined the work, said: ‘It
is one of the best works of its kind I have ever read.
By following its hints and suggestions, this subject,
which, as generally taught, is one of the driest and
most uninteresting, may be made one of the most
fascinating in the whole elementary course. So
highly do I value it, that I shall recommend the
teachers in the Comins School to procure it, and
adapt the ideas as far as possible to the work of the
different grades.”’

of the unrenewed heart, and confronted the
apostles just as it confronts us.

—A NaTIVE preacher in India, while on a
tour among the hills, came at night to the
‘‘dharmsala’’ (rest-house), and found the place
already occupied by a man anda woman. The
preacher asked the man who he was, and

whither he was traveling. The man replied
that he was a Rajput, the headman of a cer-
tain village, and now was on his way with his
wife, who was a leper, to a certain village,
and where was a doctor who would cure her
of her disease. The preacher replied, ‘‘I live
in that village myself, and no doctor lives
there.’’ After further conversation, the Raj-
put took the preacher aside and said, ‘‘The
truth is, I am going with this leper to the
Ganges to throw her into the stream.’’ The
preacher at once began to warn the man not
to commit such a crime; explained the com-
mandments to him, and at last made the man
agree to pray with him; so the three kneeled
together, and the preacher prayed for the man
and woman as best he could. After prayer
the man, who seemed quite broken-hearted,
said to the preacher, ‘‘I will not go to the
Ganges or do at all as I had intended. I am
very sorry now.”’ In the morning the preacher,
whose way led towards the Ganges, said to
the man, ‘‘I am going toward the Ganges: if
you are going that way we will travel to-
gether.’’ The man replied, ‘‘No, I am going
back home, and will provide a house for this
woman, and care for her as long as she lives.’’

—Tne London Times recently printed a
dispatch from Hong Kong, China, which says
that at the annual examinations in Canton
thousands of students were given copies of
an imperial decree in which the doctrines of
the Christians were fiercely condemned. The
decree uses the following language: ‘‘A stu-
pid, black-haired race is establishing sundry
sects, and they regard not their own lives, but
pretend to rise again as’immortal men and
women. They congregate, and abandoning
chastity, behave like obscene birds and beasts.
Faithful Confucians must shoot and stone
and behead them without mercy. I, the
Emperor, command the authorities to eradi-
cate these weeds and yermin. Kill the ser-
pents. Throw them to the wolves and tigers,
because there is no salvation for them either
against heaven-sent calamities or misfortunes
caused by human agencies.”’

—It is said that there are 1,300,000 people
in the world that are afilicted with leprosy.
About one half of these are in China, and
one-half of the remainder in Japan and India.
A number of missionaries are devoting their
lives in the interest of these poor souls.

OUR BOOK TABLE.

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How TO Teach ELEMENTARY GroGrarny. B
Prof. F. Lindemann.
House, St. Louis, Mo. Price 20 cts.

A yery helpful and muentatlve little work, which
allour teachers, Mr, Mar-

ought to be in the hands o

Puotrocrarn oF LUTHER.

Concordia Publishing

Cabinet size, 25 cts.;
Imperial size, 50 cts. Address Dr. Th. Diede-
rich, 1507 Tenth Street N.W., Washington, D.C.

We take special pleasure in calling the attention

of our readers to this elegant photograph of Luther,
taken from the best engraving of Kranach’s paint-
ing. It isa very fine photograph of the great Re-
former and is well worthy of a place among the
presents given to our Lutheran children on Christ-
mas day in our schools and in our homes. A sample
copy,
and teachers, in looking about for Christmas pres-
ents for the children, will do well to order a sample
copy of these photographs.

cabinet size, will be sent for 25 cts. Pastors

ADVENTSPREDIGTEN ueber ausgewaehlte Texte

nebst Anhang: Reden zur Christfeier von H.
Sieck, Pastor in Milwaukee, Wis. Concordia
Publishing House, St. Louis, Mo. Price 35 cts.

This book deserves a wide circulation. It con-

tains a number of pure Gospel sermons in plain and
simple language. There are ten sermons for the Ad-
vent Season on prophecies and types of Christ in the
Old Testament and four short sermons for Christ-
mas Eve.

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Evangelical Lutheran Colored Churches,
New ORvEans, La.

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

Divine services: Sunday morning at 10%4 o'clock.

Sunday evening at 734 o'clock.

Wednesday evening at 1% o'clock.
Sunday School: Sunday morning at 9% o'clock.
Singing School at 734 o’clock Monday evening.

F. J. LANKENAU, Missionary.

EV. LUTH. MT. ZION CHURCH.
Cor. Franklin and Thalia Strs.
Divine services at 734 Sunday evening and at 744 Thurs-
day evenin

Sunday School mects at 9 o’clock.
Adult catechumen class meets at 734 Tucsday evening.

E. W. Kuss, Missionary.

EV. LUTH. BETHLEHEM CHAPEL.
Cor. Washington Avenue and Dryades Str.
Divine services at 7% o'clock Sunday evening and at 7%4
o'clock Thursday evening. =
Sunday School at 9 o’clock.
AuG. BuRGDORF, Missionary.

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

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

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

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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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