The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1897, Page 4

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4 7 The Lutheran Pioneer.

The Outlook from the Editor’s Window.

—lIwn the name of Jesus we begin a new
volume of the LuTHERAN PIONEER. May the
good Lord, who is pleased to use also the
weak things in His kingdom, continue to
bless our little paper. At the beginning of
a new volume we tender our thanks to all
friends of our mission that have aided in the
circulation of our paper, and earnestly ask
their continued and hearty co-operation.

—Iw one of the Southern States there was
a colored woman above eighty years of age,
who had such a desire to get an education
that she worked for her board during the day
and went to school in the evening. She had
to commence with the alphabet, but so con-
stant was her application that she learned the
letters in a few days. As soon as she had
mastered them she said to her teacher: ‘‘Now,

_ I want to learn to spell the name of Jesus

first, for "pears like the rest will come easier
if I learn to spell that blessed name first.’’
And so it is,.and soit ever will be. All things
will come easier to those who learn the name
of Jesus first.

—A most encouraging fact is to be found
in the statement that in the year 1800 A. D.,
the Bible was accessible to only one-fifth of
the world’s population in their native tongue,
whereas now so numerous are the translations
that nine-tenths of earth’s inhabitants can
read the inspired volume in their own tongue.

—Wirnin the last few years not less than
15 Protestant churches were built in Rome.
During the year 1895, 145,407 copies of the
Bible and New Testament were issued in the
kingdom of Italy.

—TueE Chinese element has extended itself
until now there are more than 10,000 Celes-
tials in and around New York City, and we
are told that two hundred of these are pro-
fessed Christians. A prosperous Chinese mis-
sion is carried on under the supervision of
the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions,
and five services are held every Sunday at the
headquarters in the University Place church.
Five hundred are enlisted in Sunday Schools,
and the day school in New York has had during
the past year an enro}lment of fifty-one.

—Poor Mapacascan! In Madagascar an-
archy reigns. Outside of the limits of French
tule there has been a series of organized acts
of robbery and violence. Three hundred or
four hundred churches have been burned and
many church officials put to death. A mixed
multitude of lawless Malagasy, aboriginal say-
ages, who blindly hate civilization, and mali-
ciously hate foreigners and missionaries, have
joined disbanded troops of the queen’s army
in these acts of nameless violence. They come
suddenly upon a Christian village and compel

“the inhabitants to submit or die, and which-

_ ever way they decide, their property is at the

ercy of these robbers. French occupation
broken up the native police force and

military control, but has not yet given the
Malagasy any substitute for former fairly
good government.

—Tne new French Governor of Madagas-
car, Mr. La Roche, is a Protestant, who took
pains to assure the English and Norwegian
missionaries of his high regard and deep sym-
pathy. Whether he will stay long in office re-
mains to be seen, since the Jesuits are not his
friends.

—Marryrs have fallen under Moslem ha-
tred in Turkey in the past two years. Here
is the brief record of one at Marash: ‘‘One
young man was given the alternative of death
or becoming a Moslem. He chose death, and
they struck his head off. His poor body was
taken to his mother, who, taking his hand and
kissing it, said: ‘Rather so, my son, than
living to deny our Lord and Saviour.’”’

— ATTENTION has been called to the fact
that brass images of many of the Hindu dei-
ties are manufactured in large quantities in
Birmingham and exported to heathen lands,
where they are bought and worshiped by
multitudes. Miss Brittan, formerly superin-
tendent of the Union Missionary Society’s
work in Calcutta, now of Yokohama, Japan,
was in Birmingham a few years ago. She
had a friend holding a responsible position in
one of the brass foundries, and with him she
visited the works. She says she saw thou-
sands of brass images of Krishna, Ganesha,
Vishna, Parvatti, and other.Hindu idols, ready
for shipment.

—Tne details of the terrible catastrophe
at Egin in Armenia have at last come from
trustworthy sources. The massacre exceeds
in horror all others, unless it may be that at
Oorfa. Last year the city of Egin purchased
exemption from massacre and plunder by
paying about $70,000 to the Koords. On
Monday, September 14th, some Koords ap-
peared in the vicinity and all the Armenians
closed their shops. But the next morning the
Turkish governor sent criers through the city,
ordering the shops to be opened on penalty of
fine and imprisonment, saying that the Koords
had departed, and that protection would be
given. But about noon of that day a gun was
fired and the slaughter began, followed by
plunder and burning of the Armenian houses.
Five-sixths of all the male Armenians were
killed, and five-sixths of the houses were
burned. This killing and plundering con-
tinued three days, and every imaginable out-
rage was perpetrated. A greater proportion
of women were killed than in most of the
massacres; many Were carried off, and others
threw themselves into the Euphrates. ‘There
was absolutely no resistance on the part of
the Armenians, and no Turks were injured
except in quarrels over plunder. ‘To crown
all, the Armenian bishop was compelled to
sign a telegram to Constantinople, affirming
that the massacre originated with Armenians,
and that they were only slaughtered by the
Turks in self-defence. The city is in ruins,

and there are thousands of widows and or-
phans, homeless and hopeless. <A tale of woe
very similar to this from Egin comes from
Arabkir, another city of Eastern Turkey.

Useful to the End.

John Eliot, on the day of his death, in his
eightieth year, was found teaching the alpha-
bet to an Indian child at his bedside. *

‘““Why not rest from your labors?’’ said
a friend.

‘‘Because,’’ said the venerable man, ‘‘I have
prayed toGod to make me useful in my sphere,
.and He has heard my prayer; for, now that
Ican no longer preach, He leaves me strength
enough to teach this poor child his alphabet.’’

Eighty years of age, and bed-ridden, yet
still at work for others! And shall the young
find nothing to do for those about them?

OUR BOOK TABLE.

CounTrRY SERMONS on Free Texts. Vol. II. Trinity
Cycle, with thirteen Funeral Orations added.
By Rev. F. Kuegele, Koiner’s Store, Augusta
Co., Va. Price, $1.00. Address the author or
Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis, Mo.
Those that have read the first volume of Country
Sermons will be glad to hear that the second volume
has already appeared. This volume also proclaims
Christ, and Him crucified. Simple and plain in lan-
guage, sound in doctrine, the ‘‘Lutheran Country
Parson’’ so speaks that the sheep know the voice
and gladly let him lead them into the green pastures
of God’s Word. We heartily commend the Country
Sermons to all—in the country and in the city.
There is good food for all.— The proceeds from the
sale of the book will be given to the treasury of the
English Synod of Missouri.

Eyangelical Lutheran Colored Churches,
NEw ORLeEans, La.

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

Divine services: Sunday morning at ve o'clock.

Sunday evening at 734 o'clock.

Wednesday evening at 734 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 Stra.
Divine services at 744 Sunday cvening and at 734 Thurs-
day evening.
Sunday School meets at 9 o'clock.
Adult catechumen class mects at 714 Tucsday cvening.

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.
J. W. F. KOSSMANN, Missionary.

Ey. Luth. Holy Trinity Church.
Springftld, Ill,
Divine Services at half past 10 o'clock Sunday morning
and at 8 o’clock Sunday cvening.
Sunday School at 3 o'clock ¥. M.
Catechumen class meets Monday and Friday cvenings.
Singing-school Tucsday evening.

TERMS:
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