The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1897, Page 32

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The Lutheran Pioneer.

The Outlook from the Editor’s Window.

—A LuTHeRan missionary in South Africa
relates that he had a blind girl in his catechet-
ical class who was about 20 years old. If she
could not see, she could at least hear, and so
earnestly and eagerly did she take in every
word that she knew as much of God’s Word
as the rest, and even more. This blind girl
had a heathen mother who was persuaded in
her old age to join a class of catechumens.
On asking questions, the missionary was sur-
prised to learn that she knew the Ten Com-
mandments by heart. He knew she could
neither read nor write, and he asked her how
she had learned them. He was told that her
blind daughter had taught her the catechism.

—Aw aged clergyman once met a man loudly
declaiming against foreign missions. ‘‘Why,”’
said the objector, ‘‘doesn’t the church look
after the heathens at home?’’ ‘‘We do,” said
the clergyman quietly, and gave the man atract.

—A CORRESPONDENT of a London paper, de-
scribing his visit to the island of Rugen in the
Baltic Sea, says: ‘‘The entire population of
Rugen is Lutheran. Allis still primitive here,
and service continues to be held out of doors.
We went on Sunday evening, and found the
congregation awaiting the pastor in a semi-
circular space cut out of the forest. Planks
were laid on the mossy turf, and, like the early
Christians in the time of persecution, here we
sat till the pastor should arrive. His gown
and bands were hanging in readiness on a
bush hard by; and when at last he appeared,
he made his toilet for the pulpit behind a tree;
then, standing in the midst of us, preached a
sermon and gave forth the hymns, the con-
gregation forming the choir—a pretty, touch-
ing service.”’

—Unper the heading, ‘‘Old Fashioned’’, an
exchange relates the following: ‘‘A gentleman
recently stated to us that, when a boy, he was
one day, in the office of his grandfather, who
held a position under the Federal government,
and wishing to write, he was about taking a
sheet of letter-paper from the desk. ‘What
are you about there?’ said the old gentleman.
‘Getting a sheet of paper only,’ saidhe. ‘Put
it back, sir, putit back,’ exclaimed the strictly
honest official, ‘that paper belongs to the govern-
ment of the United States!’’’ — ‘‘He that is
faithful in that which is least, is faithful also
in much,”? Luke 16, 10.

—A Lurneran missionary, laboring in the
Bechuana mission in Africa, closes his last
Teport with the words: ‘‘It is almost incred-
ible how wonderfully our faithful Lord has
helped us. About cighteen years ago there
was not a single soul in this whole section of
country that knew anything about God and
‘His Word; now heathen songs have almost
ceased, and the children in the streets sing

Se and spiritual songs. Should not the
“missionary church at home rejoice in view of
this and t become atill more zealous in the work
cof, the Lord? When I go to church on Sunday

and observe some of the old people who had| emancipation of the slaves in that country

grown up and become gray in heathenism and
now sit as worshipers at the feet of Jesus, I
can not help exclaiming, Praise thou the Lord,
the omnipotent Monarch of glory!’’

—A Horrentot in Africa who was dying
was asked by the present President of Trans-
vaal, Paul Krueger, ‘‘Do you know where you
will go when you die?’’ The native answered:
‘How canI know? You nevertold me. When
I reach the other world and fare badly, how
will you answer for yourself?’’ ‘‘From that
time,’’ says Krueger, ‘‘I became a friend of
missions.’’

—Tnue British and Foreign Bible Society has
published an edition of the Scriptures of un-
usual importance. It is a translation into the
Uganda language. The book is, in shape,
very long, but is only three inches wide and
about three inches thick. A peculiar reason
occasioned the adoption of this form. In Cen-
tral Africa the white ants and other insects
rapidly destroy a book unless it is well pro-
tected. The representative of the Church Mis-
sionary Society accordingly recommended to
the Bible Society that they should issue this
edition in a form that would fit into the tin
biscuit boxes of a certain firm, which are almost
universally used in Uganda families. This has
been done and the box is just large enough to
hold this Bible, together with a small prayer
book and hymnal, and a small Biblical history.
The missionaries feel confident that this little
religious library in a tin box will be exceed-
ingly popular in Uganda.

—Tne American Bible Society has just is-
sued the Book of Psalms, translated into the
Muskokee language by Mrs. A. E. W. Robert-
son for the Creeks and Seminoles of the Indian
Territory, and the New Testament in the Tonga
language for the people in Southeastern Africa,
translated by the Rey. E. H. Richards.

—Tue inhabitants of the island of Aniwa
in the New Hebrides group, Melanesia, were
Christianized by the efforts of the well-known
Scotch missionary, Dr. Paton. His wife, who
was to him a very efficient helpmate in his
work, was repeatedly compelled by the moist
climate of Melanesia to seek recreation in the
dry air of Australia. On one occasion she
took a comely young girl along as child’s nurse.
Yawasi had come to Mrs. Paton a few years
ago 48 an untamed sayage, wearing no other
clothing but a small apron. But now she was
a Christian, and dressed accordingly in decent
appare}. Mrs. Paton, her kind mistress, wrote
in her diary: ‘‘Yawasi blushed deeply (I always
notice it when a black person blushes, by a
soft glow spreading over the dark skin), when
she saw the classic statues in Melbourne Park.
She asked me whether they had been put there
in order to show the people what black hearts
their ancestors must have had before they be-
came Christians. She did not like to go to the
park again.’’

—TueE United States Consul at Zannives, E

East Africa, writing home about the recent| |

under British protectorate, says: ‘‘It was
thought by many persons that the effect of
freeing slaves would be to throw many thou-
sand negroes on their own resources, and that
great suffering and privation would ensue for
three or four years; but from what I can see
not one person will suffer in the slightest de-
gree. In my opinion, not ten per cent. of the
present generation of slaves will leave their
masters.’’

OUR BOOK TABLE.

GotTnoLp. Eine Erzaehlung aus dem Seclsorger-
leben, von der Pastorin Anna se)bsterzachlt. Den
Amtsbruedern und Amtsbruederinnen sammt
allen christlichen Lesern gewidmet von Alfred
Ira. Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis,
Mo. Price, 40 cents.

An entertaining and instructive story from the
life of a city pastor, most charmingly told by ‘‘Anna,
the pastor’s wife.”’

BIBLE Histony for Parochial and Sunday Schools.
Illustrated. Concordia Publishing House, St.
Louis, Mo. Price, bound in cloth, 30 cents.

This Bible History will surely be welcomed by
the teachers and pupils of Parochial and Sunday

Schools. It contains 35 Bible Stories from the Old

Testament and 44 from the New Testament. The

stories are well selected and are given in the words

of the Bible. The book is beautifully illustrated,
and the paper, binding, and printing are excellent.

Acknowledgment.

The undersigned received from Mrs. H. IE. Mon-
roe, Philadelphia, and from Mrs. H. Jaulki, Erie, Pa.,
each $5.00 for the building-fund at Greensboro Mis-
sion. May the Lord reward the kind givers accord-
ing to His great mercy. JOUN C. Scumipt.

Evangelical Lutheran Colored Churches,
NEw ORLEans, La.

EV. LUTH. ST. PAUL’S CHAPEL.
1625 Annette Str., between Claiborne and Derbigny.
Divine services: Sunday morning at ny o'clock.
Sunday evening at 734 o'clock.
Wednesday evening at 40 o'clock.
Sunday School: Sunday morning at 10% ofclock.
aeDe catechumen class mects at 734 0' Sra Tuesday

‘enin,
Singing School meets at 74 o'clock Monday evening.

EV. LUTH. MT. ZION CHURCH.
Cor. Franklin and Thalia Stra.
Divine services: Sunday morning at 11 o'clock.
Sunday evening at 7} oclockers
Thursday evening at 74 o’clo
cen peatechumer! class meets at 74 aoe * Friday

Young. Speoples? Concordia: Circle meets at 7% o'clock
ning. F. J. LANKENAU, Misgionary.

EV. LUTH. BETHLEHEM CHAPEL.
Cor. Washington Avenue and Dryades Str.
pisine act ices at 74 o'clock Sunday evening and at 734
Thursday evening.
Sunday: School at 9 o’clock.
J. W. F. KoS8SMANN, Missionary.

Ey. Luth. Holy Trinity Church.

Springfield, Ill.
Divine Services at half Aa 10 o olook Sunday morning
and at 8 o'clock Sun aye syeni ing.
Sunday School at 3 o'clock
Catechumen class meets Monday and Friday evenings.
Singing-school Tucsday evening.

TERMS:
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uded, ae

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