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4 The Lutheran Pioneer.

The Outlook from the Editor’s Window.

—Wirx this number we begin the twentieth
volume of our paper. For nineteen years our
little Pioneer has spoken his simple words for
Jesus. May He who blesses also the work
done in weakness continue to bless the testi-
mony borne by our little monthly.

—From the reports of our missionaries at
New Orleans we learn that God has graciously
protected the members of our colored churches
and the pupils of our schools during the yellow
fever epidemic.

— Tue Rev. Siebelitz has accepted the call
of our Mission Board and has entered upon
his work in our Mission field in New Orleans.
May God’s richest blessing rest upon his
labors.

—A VISIBLE result of Protestant missions in
India is the observance of the Lord’s Day in
the larger towns. The Christians, of course,
are seen in their clean white garments going
to church, with their hymn books and Bibles
in their hands, nobody molesting them. Many
heathen close their stores and shops on Sun-
day, and sit quietly together. The mission-
aries make good use of this opportunity of
meeting the trade people at leisure, and
preach the Gospel in the markets and on the
streets.

—Onxe of the glorious fruits of Gospel work
among the heathen is the convert’s great love

_for the Word of God, which puts to shame

many a lukewarm Christian ‘tin good stand-
ing.”’? One of the Rhenish missionaries work-
ing among the Herero in Southwest Africa,
found a poor woman lying at the road-side,
whose feet had been cut off by robbers covet-
ing her iron anklets. He took her home and
not only saved her poor body but also her
soul from death. ‘he crippled woman never
missed church on week-days and Sundays,
although she had to crawl along on her knees.
She did not mind the painful motion, her
heart was fixed on hearing the Gospel.
—Accorpixe to the Jewish Year Book pub-
lished in London by Joseph Jacobs, the total
number of Jews in the world is given as
11,000,000. ‘The London Spectator has fig-
ured out that if all the Jews were transported
to Palestine, there would be nearly 2000 to
the square mile. The population would be
so dense as to make it impossible to live.
—TueE Rev. Ruttonji Nowroji, of Auranga-
bad, in Western India, writes thus of the acts
of the Hindus while suffering from famine:
‘‘The Hindus had hired Brahman priests to
keep up their noisy worship before the village
idols, and fully expected abundant rain as
the result of their worship. But after wait-
ing for days and weeks, they resolved to
punish the gods who had received costly
offerings without giving them the looked-for

blessing in return. In some places they in-

dignantly besmeared their idols all over with

-_ mud, and closed up the entrance of the tem-
ples with thorns. In others they filled up the

temples with water and blocked up the doors,
so that the idols may shiver in wet as a pun-
ishment for keeping their fields dry.’? On
the other hand, he says of the Christians:
“That their trust in God is not-shaken, and
they continue to offer their prayers to the
Lord.”’

—Two GIrLs were recently convicted of
stealing coats and hats at a church ball given
in Pittsburg. Judge White, as he looked
into their faces, could not refrain from ex-
claiming, ‘‘Oh, these balls! these balls! Do
you not know that they are the broad way
that leads to destruction? They are no proper
place for girls.’””? Here Officer Sutten inter-
posed, ‘‘But this was a church ball.” ‘I
care not whether it was a church ball or not,’”’
said the judge. ‘‘Girls should not be seen at
a church ball, for these are the very worst
kind of balls.’’ The Christian public at large
will agree with the judge.

—Tue Island of Cuba, which has now for
two years been devastated by war, has been
for many years a sphere of missionary work.
The native Cuban preacher, Diaz, who was
formerly an insurrectionary leader, and was
converted during his first exile in America,
has been very successful in founding a ‘‘Free
Chureh.’’ Diaz himself writes thus: ‘‘Our
members in Cuba have much oppression and
persecution to endure. But we do not think
much of that, for we know too well that our
evangelical church grows both outwardly and
inwardly in the fire of tribulation. It does
not merely grow outwardly in numbers, it is
purified and preserved, and its members
cleave the more closely to the Lord. There-
fore, we do not cease to pray, ‘Lord, send us
persecution and disgrace, as it may please
Thee, so that we may ever become more faith-
ful in following Thee!’ ”’

—TueE Missionary Review says that ‘‘in
1850 you could buy a man in the Fiji Islands
for seven dollars, butcher him and eat him
without even public remonstrance. ‘To-day
the Bible is in nearly every house, and on
Sunday nine-tenths of the people may be
found assembled in the church for public
worship.’”’

—Reprorts of the American Bible Society
show an increased circulation of Bibles in
South Africa and an increased demand in
Bohemia, while the circulation in South
America is not falling off.

—As we with this number begin a new
volume of our monthly, we would ask our
readers to assist us in increasing the circula-
tion of our paper, the profit from which all
goes into our missionary treasury. We hope
they will not try to find an excuse for not
complying with our humble request. You
know, when a man does not want to do a
thing, it is very easy for him to find an ex-
cuse for not doing it. An Oriental story tells
us of a man who was asked to Jend.a rope to
a neighbor. His reply was that he was in
need of the rope just then ‘‘to tie up some

sand with.’’ ‘‘To tie up some sand,’’ ex-
claimed the would-be borrower; ‘‘I do not
see how you can tie up sand with a rope.”
‘Oh, you can do almost anything with a rope
when you do not want to lend it,’’ was the
witty response. — We close our window.

OUR BOOK TABLE.

A Suort Exposition oF Dr. Martin LUTHER'S
SmaLi CaTecuisM. Concordia Publ. House,
St. Louis, Mo. Price, 20 cts.

An excellent translation from the pen of Prof.
Graebner. The Catechism was prepared by the
Rey. Dr. Schwan and adopted by the Missouri Synod
at its last session. ‘The valuable little book, taste-
fully bound, gives us ‘‘our fathers’ faith in our chil-
dren’s language.”? May it be welcomed by the chil-
dren, and may God bless its mission work in our
homes and schools.

ANILANG ZU DEN LIEDER-PERLEN.- Concordia Pub-
lishing House, St. Louis, Mo. Price, 16 cts.
Those that use the “Lieder-Perlen’’ in the family
circle or in school will surely welcome this addition
of 80 hymns and songs. The ‘Lieder-Perlen” de-
serve the welcome they have received.

LUTHERAN FOREIGN Missions. By G. W. Lose.
Lutheran Book Concern, Columbus, O. Price,
30 cts. per copy, postpaid; per dozen, $2.50;
per hundred, $ 8.00.

A well written, instructive, and interesting Httle
book, which gives un excellent summary of the
foreign mission work of our church from the time
of Luther to the present day. It will be welcomed
for the missionary information it gives and the mis-
sionary interest it excites.

Acknowledgment.

Received of the Ev. Lutheran Grace Congregation
at Greensboro, N.C., the sum of $4.42, from its
Thanksgiving collection. Herewith we express our
hearty thanks for the same. May the Lord bless
the cheerful donors, TuHaciey & DOSWELL.

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 944 o'clock.

Sunday evening at 7}% o'clock.

Wednesday evening at 74 o'clock.
Sunday School: Sunday morning at 10% ofclock.
Adult catechumen class meets at 734 o'clock Tuesday

evening.

Singing School meets at 74 o'clock Monday evening.

EV. LUTH. MT. ZION CHURCH.
Cor. Franklin and Thalia Strs.
Divine services: Sunday morning at 11 o'clock.
Sunday evening at 744 o'clock.
Tuurrday evening at 74, o'clock.
Adult catechumen class mects at 74% o'clock Friday
evening
Young Peoples’ Concordia Circle meets at 7% o'clock
evening. F, J. LANKENAU, Missionary.

EY. LUTH. BETHLEHEM CHAPEL.
Cor. Washington Avenue and Dryades Str.
Divine services at 7% o'clock Sunday evening and at 1%
o’clock Thursday evening.
Sunday School at 9 o’clock.
J. W. F. KossAnN, 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 P. M.
Catechumen class mects Monday and Friday evenings.
Singing-school Tuesday evening.
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