The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1897, Page 16

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The Lutheran Pioneer.

+ Emmanuel Burthiong. +

Sueh of our readers as read also the ‘‘Mis-
-sions-Taube,’’ will undoubtedly have been
sadly affected by the following short notice,
which appeared in the February issue of that
missionary monthly: ‘‘We have to bring our
dear readers some very sad news. Our dear
colored student Burthlong, who has already
proven himself a faithful and diligent worker
in our Mission, a faithful and gifted young
man, who would have completed his studies
in our Seminary at Springfield next summer,
is hopelessly ill with the consumption. Upon
the request of his mother and the advice of
the physicians, we have decided to send him
home to New Orleans. Wonderful are the
ways of God, but we humble ourselves under
His mighty hand. He will do all things well.’’
For such readers I now have the sad intelli-
gence that our dear friend peacefully passed
away on the 28th of February.

The deceased was born on the 22d of Feb-
ruary, 1871, in Essequina County, Miss. At
the age of seven, he removed with his parents
to New Orleans. Up to the age of eleven he
attended the public schools at intervals, but
in general his educational facilities were ex-
ceedingly limited, owing to various reasons,

till he entered our St. Paul Mission School,
then presided over by the late lamented
Charles Berg. Under the tutorship of this
excellent teacher, Emmanuel made very rapid
progress, particularly in the Catechism and
Bible History. On the 20th of April 1884,
he was baptized by Rey. Bakke, and on
May 4th of the same year, he was confirmed.

After his confirmation Emmanuel yet con-
tinued in school for some time, but was then
obliged to go to work to help his mother in
the support of her large family. However,
though he was now out of school, Emmanuel,
unlike other boys, did not put his books aside
to let the dust gather upon them. Nay, he
devoted many of his leisure moments to private
reading and study. And 60 it came that Rev.
Bakke was enabled to appoint him, in the
year 1889, to fill a vacancy which had oc-
curred in the primary department of the
Mount Zion Mission School. For two years he
satisfactorily filled this position, showing great
zeal in the prosecution of his work, and loved
by all who came in contact with him. During
these two years of teaching school, he dili-
gently applied himself to the study of the
German language, in order that he might
enter our Seminary at Springfield, where Ger-
man is the medium of instruction.

In the fall of 1891 he entered the seminary
and soon gained the love and esteem of his
professors and fellow-students by his appli-
cation to study, and Christian conversation.
Much of his leisure time he here devoted to
mission-work among his colored brethren;
Visiting and inviting them to church, playing
the organ, instructing in Sunday School, and

"preaching. The scholastic year-1894—-'95 he

passed in North Carolina, assisting our mis-
sionaries there by teaching and preaching.

Upon his return to college he pursued his
studies with the same zeal as before and would
have completed his studies this year, had not
God in His wise providence decided it to be
otherwise.

It was in November of last year that his ap-
parently so strong body suddenly broke down.
Upon examination the attending physician de-
clared that he had the consumption, that the
tight lobe of his lung was most seriously af-
fected. Three other physicians who were
called in could only substantiate the sad facts.

Upon the earnest request of his mother and
the advice of the physicians, he was brought
home to New Orleans. The hope was enter-
tained that the milder climate of the South
might somewhat check the rapid progress the
dread disease was making upon his system.
But our hopes were not to be fulfilled, for the
end came in but a few weeks after his return
home. He calmly went to sleep an hour be-
fore midnight on the 28th of February, having
yet received the Holy Supper a short time be-
fore. His last words were: ‘‘We shall meet
again in heaven.”

Thus an earnest and exemplary young
Christian and a promising missionary has
passed away from this world of sin and sorrow
to the kingdom of glory beyond.

“(His soul forever lives in God,
Whose grace his pardon hath bestowed,
Who through His Son redeemed him here
From bondage unto sin and fear.

“His trials and his griefs are past,
A blessed end is his at last;
He bore Christ’s yoke and did His will,
And though he died he liveth still.”
: F. J. LANKENAU.

—»-o~<amo.

Love One Another.

On the eve of his departure for England,
in 1874, Missionary Taylor conducted a com-
munion service in one of the native churches
of New Zealand. The church was filled with
a congregation of attentive and devoted wor-
shipers. Just as the first of the guests had
taken their place before the altar, a man, who
was kneeling among them, arose and returned
to his seat in the rear of the church. But be-
fore the missionary had recovered from his
surprise the man came back, took his former
place and received the communion. At the
conclusion of the service he asked the native
for an explanation of his singular conduct, and
received the following reply: ‘‘When I came
forward I did not know at whose side I would
find myself kneeling. Then suddenly I saw
at my side a man who, a few years ago, mur-
dered my father and drank his blood, and
whom I had vowed to kill the moment my.
eyes should fall upon him. Can you realize
how I felt when I saw him kneeling beside
me? I was completely overwhelmed, I could
not endure it, and so returned to my seat.

When I reached it, I seemed to behold the
upper sanctuary and the Great Supper, and
a voice within me said: ‘Herein shall all men
know that ye are My disciples, if ye have love
one to another.’ That overcame me; I sat
down, and at the same time I seemed to be-
hold another vision,—a cross and a Man
nailed thereon, andI heard Him say: ‘Father,
forgive them, for they know not what they
do;’ and I returned to the altar without
further hesitation.’’

OUR BOOK: TABLE.

GEPFLUECKT AM WEGE. Lieder und Gedichte von
J.W.Theiss. Mitzehn Illustrationen. St. Louis,
Mo. Price, 75 cts.; postage free.

This well printed, tastefully bound, and beauti-
fully illustrated volume of poems will be enjoyed by
all lovers of true poetry. They will be delighted with
these charming blossoms and flowers gathered by
the wayside, in the home garden, in the forests, on
the mountains and in the valleys of Oregon and Cali-
fornia, and in the green pastures and along the still
waters to which the Shepherd leads His flock.

ERZAEHLUNGEN FUER DIE JUGEND. 38. Baendchen:
Friedrich Conrad Dietrich Wyneken. Mit Bild-
niss. Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis,
Mo. Price, 25 cts.

This volume of Narratives for the young will be
especially welcome at this time when praparations
are made for the celebration of the fiftieth anniver-
sary of the Lutheran Missourl Synod. The sainted
Rev. Wyneken, whose biography is so charmingly
told in this little volume, was one of the fathers of
that Synod and has well been called the pioneer of
Lutheran missions in the West. This entertaining
and instructive story of his life should find its way
into all our German Lutheran homes. It will be en-
joyed by both young and old.

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 104 o'clock.

Sunday evening at 7}4 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 evening and at 7% Thurs-
day evening.
Sunday School meets at 9 o’clock.
Adult catechumen class meets at 734 Tucsday cvening.

E. W. Kuss, Missionary.

EY. LUTH. BETHLEHEM CHAPEL.
Cor. Washington Avenue and Dryades Str.
Divine services at 74 o'clock Sunday evening and at 7%

o'clock Thursday evening.
Sunday School at 9 o'clock.

J. W. F. KossMANN, Missionary.

Ey. Luth. Holy Trinity Church.

Springfleld, Ill.
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 Tucsday evening.

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