The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1896, Page 32

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‘The Lutheran Pioneer.

The Outlook from the Editor’s Window.

—From Prof. Dau’s letter in this issue of
the Proneer our readers. will learn that God
has taken the beloved wife of our missionary,
She was
a true missionary’s wife, faithfully sharing
with her husband the Iasbors, and the sorrows,
May
the Lord comfort our dear missionary in his
sad bereavement. The life of faith has many
When our
Lord’s dealings with us are dark, He says:
‘‘What I do ye know not now, but ye shall
know hereafter.’’ This is frequently the only
comfort we can grasp, and it is ours to trust
God even in darkness and wait for light, know-
ing ‘‘that all things work together for good to

Rey. Bakke, to her heavenly home.
and also the joys of the mission field.

trials, and often very sore trials.

them that love God.”’

-—We have received the Catalogue of Con-
cordia College, Conover, N. C., giving the
names of the students and also an account of
the thorough work done during the past school
year. Concordia College is of great impor-
tance for our church in the South. May God
bless its work also in the future. The Cata-
logue may be obtained by addressing Rev.
Prof. W. Dau, Conover, N. C.

—Iy Chinese families, one of the most reg-
ular attendants at church is pretty certain to
be the baby. If the mother goes she never
dreams of leaving baby at home, and in any
good-sized congregation there will be a con-
siderable sprinkling of these small creatures.
When they are good and go to sleep (the best
of babies can’t do better in church) they are
probably laid carefully on their backs on the
bench, or even on the floor, while mamma fans
the little half-yellow, half-pink face and list-
ens as best she canto the sermon. When they
are naughty —arfkl what with heat, mosqui-
toes, and Chinese singing, even a Chinese
baby can be exasperated into naughtiness—
they rave and scream and refuse to be com-
forted, much as other babies sometimes do
at home. When babies in China are a month
old they have their first birthday party. Their
heads are shaved, and they are dressed in

‘no end of clothing, just the same shape as
grown-up people’s, consisting of trousers and
jacket, and a cap which so completely covers

oi them that you can only see part of a tiny face.

About four o’clock the guests arrive. All are

supposed to give a present—a toy, clothing,
or a piece of silver wrapped in red paper.

When any of the Christians have a ‘‘party’”

of this kind they invite the missionaries, and
they have to eat all kinds of funny things,
such as birds’-nest soup, which is very good,
sharks’ fins, and eggs that have been buried
for years and have turned black, using, of
course, not knives and forks, but chopsticks.

_ —Tuene has been discovered in Birming-

ham, in the very center of Christian England,

‘says the Hartfort Times, a factory, where idols

“are made for heathen nations! Many attempts

to obtain admission to the factory have been

made, but a strict watch is kept upon out-
siders anxious to pry into the secret chambers
where the heathen gods are made, and report-
ers, especially, are prevented from entering
the works. Idols of all kinds are turned out,
representing the gods of all heathen nations,
from Ookai to Timbuctoo. The export trade
to heathen countries is a fairly large one, al-
though more gods are sent out to foreign deal-
ers in curios in the bazars of Cairo, Damas-
cus, Columbo, etc., for sale to unsuspecting
travelers anxious to take home some memen-
tos of their stay abroad. The price of gods
varies greatly. You may get a’‘Birmingham
made one in a London curiosity shop for half

$100 for an especially ugly one, ‘‘stolen,’’ ac-
cording to the dealer, ‘‘by a sailor during the
Chinese war!’’ In the Cairo bazar, however,
the price of a first-class god of this kind may
run up from $100 to anything. A traveler
says that there is little difficulty in detecting
a god of native make from one of the Bir-
mingham manufacture. The first generally
displays some slight irregularity or change of
design due to the native working by hand,
while the Birmingham god is correct in form.
The trade in idols is kept such a close secret
that it is difficult to estimate the output, but
there is no doubt the trade is a fairly large
one, and that some enterprising Birmingham
men make money in the business. This is a
shame for ‘‘Christian England.’’

—Tuar was a good remark of the African
king in Zambesi to a veteran missionary on
the occasion of his recent return to Europe
on a furlough: ‘‘Ah, if I am not saved it is
not your fault. You have given yourself no
rest, but neither have you given me any.”’

—‘“Tne late Irenwus Prime was on one oc-
casion the guest of President Pierce at the
White House. While there he attended the
noonday reception. Foreign ministers, sena-
tors, governors, distinguished strangers and
fair women had congregated to do honor to
the chief magistrate of a mighty nation. Just
as the President was about entering the re-
ception room, he put his arm around the neck
of the genial Irenmus at his side, and said:
‘After all, the man who preaches the Gospel
and wins men to heaven has the highest oflice
on earth.’ And a greater than President
Pierce said: ‘I thank Christ Jesus our Lord,
who hath enabled me, for that He counted me
faithful, putting me into the ministry.’ ’’

—A tone article might be written on boys
and girls as givers. With a little attention
and intelligent direction and encouragement
they may be trained to become the most cheer-
ful and ardent givers that we have in our con-
gregations. A little girl in a church at Ash-
land, Va., was one of a band of workers to
raise money to complete their church building.
She had earned by her own work a consider-
able sum, when 2 friend heard her express a
great desire to OWn a canary bird. It was
suggested that she could easily buy one from

& crown, or you may run up the petty bill to |—

her own purse. ‘‘O,’’ she replied, ‘‘I can’t
get a thing for myself while I have that church
on my shoulders!’’ Some of the colored

people in Augusta, Ga., were taking monthly —

collections to build a church. A little girl six
years old said she must have a nickel, for next
Sunday was ‘throwing in’? Sunday. Her
mother said she shouldn’t give her one, for
she spent the last one for candy, and she
ought to have saved that. So she went off
with a basket on her arm, picked up bones,
and sold them for five cents. Then a friend
gave her another, and she remarked, ‘‘I be-
lieve I’ll put this in too, for that chureh must
be built !”’

LETTER BOX.

W. M.—Men who reject the Bible are prepared
to accept any theory, however absurd, any error,
however glaring, because ‘‘the mind of the flesh {s
enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law
of God, neither indeed can be,’’ Rom. 8, 7.

L. R.— Have ordered the Catalogue to be sent to
you. Do you know what Luther says on choosing
acollege? ‘I am afraid,” says he, ‘that universi-
ties will prove to be the great gates to hell, unless
they diligently labor in explaining the Holy Scrip-
tures, and engraving them in the hearts of youth.
I advise no one to place his child where the Scrip-
tures do not reign paramount. Every institution
in which men are not unceasingly occupied with the
Word of God must become corrupt.’’

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 0’clock.

Wednesday evening at 7% o'clock.
Sunday School: Sunday morning at 9% o'clock.
Singing School at 744 o'clock Monday evening.

F. J. LANKENAU, Missionary.

EV. LUTH. MT. ZION CHURCH.
Cor. Franklin and Thalia Strs.

Divine services at 7}4 Sunday evening and at 7% Thars-
day evening.

Sunday School meets at 9 o’clock.

Adult catechumen class meets at 74 Tuesday evening.

E. W. Kuss, Missionary.

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

Divine services at 714 0’clock Sunday evening and at 1%4
o'clock Thursday evening.
Sunday School at 9 o'clock.

J. W. F. KOSSMANN, Missionary:

Ey. Luth. Holy Trinity Church.

Springfield, Ill.
Divine Services at half past 10 o’clock Sunday morning
and at 8 o’clock Sunday evening.

Sunday School at 3 o’clock ¥. M.

Catechumen class meets Monday and Friday evenings.

Singing-school Tuesday evening.
See ee _—_
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