The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1898, Page 20

Transcription machine transcription, uncorrected

⤓ Download .txt · copy text

:
i

20 The Lutheran Pioneer.

The Outlook from the Editor’s Window.

—Tue Lutheran Orphans’ Home at Addi-
son, Ill., will this year celebrate its twenty-
fifth anniversary, it having been founded in
the year 1873 by a number of Lutheran con-
gregations in northern Illinois. In commem-
oration of this notable event the Association
has issued a pamphlet, presenting an instruct-
ive and interesting history of the Home which
has been richly blessed by God during the past
twenty-five years.

— One remarkable feature in the Malagasy
character is that as soon as one of them be-
comes a Christian his first thought is to spread
the good news. In the persecuting days the
Christians were driven from their homes into

,ll parts of the island, and at all times they

are in the habit of traveling about a good deal
on their way to the coast, for the purpose of
trade and other things; and it has come about
that there are many companies of Christians
scattered in town and villages, who never even
saw a European missionary.

—Ir is related that a certain bishop met an
English sportsman in Calcutta. The former
was visiting the native Christians under his
care, and the latter was after large game. In
the conversation between the two the sports-
man remarked that he had met no native Chris-
tians in his travels, and did not believe that
missionary work was producing any effect.
‘But,’ said the bishop, ‘‘have you seen any
tigers?’’ The Englishman replied, ‘‘Oh, yes,
hundreds of them.’’ ‘‘Well,’’ responded the
bishop, ‘‘I myself have traveled extensively
through India, and I have seen hundreds of
native Christians, but I have not seen one
tiger: shall I therefore say there are no tigers
in India? It is probable that we have both
seen just what we were looking for.’’

—A missionary in Japan writes: The re-
markable conversion of a Japanese school-
master in my district this year reminds me
of Bunyan’s pilgrim. He was brought to a
knowledge of his sins by the simple reading
of the New Testament, and he was led to the
Saviour, where he found peace by the study
of the Word. Formerly a staunch Buddhist,
he had no idea of sin, and was set against
Christianity. The book told him he was a
sinner, and he believed it. For several weeks
he could do nothing but pray and weep, greatly
to the alarm of his wife, who could not under-
stand what had come overhim. After having
found pardon for sin in the blood of the Lamb,
he gave in his name as a candidate, and was
baptized a few weeks ago in the Ainu Church
at Piratori, having walked more than twelve
miles for that purpose. His wife did all she
could to restrain him, and when she found
that he could not be moved, she asked him to
divorce her. But being ready to forsake all
for Christ, he came and was baptized. Through
his tears and prayers the Lord has graciously
touched the heart of his wife also, who now

_ Wishes for baptism.

—Sowne twelve years since, Lough Fook, a
Chinese Christian, moved with compassion for
the coolies in the South American mines, sold
himself for a term of five years as a coolie
slave, and was transported to Demerara, that
he might carry the Gospel to his countrymen
working there. He toiled in the mines with
them, and preached Jesus while he toiled,
until he had won to the Saviour nearly two
hundred disciples. He died two years ago.

— There is a Sunday School in Siam taught
by the missionaries directly after their return
from church. The children attend the church,
and then in Sunday School they are asked
what they can remember of the sermon. On
most Sundays they have something to tell;
but one day nota child could tell a thing that
had been said by the preacher. The silence
grew longer and longer. At last a little fel-
low piped up: ‘'Teacher, while I was there I
caught a whole bowl full, but I spilled it on the
way home.’’ Do any of you spill the sermon
or the Sunday School lesson on the way home?

—Tue king of Uganda, in Africa, is now
learning to read and write, taking lessons
three times a week. It is good news that he
now drinks milk almost entirely, and so has
ceased to be a drunkard. During the last
eight months his subjects have bought 13,200
Bibles or parts of Bibles. When Bishop
Tucker first went to Uganda there was but
one church in the nation; now there are three
hundred and twenty. Then there were but
few native teachers, now there are over eight
hundred. ‘Twenty thousand of the inhabi-
tants can read the Bible.

— Iw the northwestern part of the island of
Sumatra there lies the Toba Sea. In 1878,
when the people were subjugated by Holland,
missionaries from the West entered the field.
At that time war, robbery, bloodshed, slavery,
tyranny and cannibalism held sway among the
inhabitants. Now word comes from mission-
ary Warneck telling of a missionary festival,
held by these same people, where between
seven and eight thousand people were assem-
bled and took part. Delivered from their for-
mer ferocity, they now seek to extend the
blessed kingdom of Christ.

—A Baste missionary, who has been lately
traveling in the German Soudan, met in a
remote village two traveling Mohammedans,
one from Sokoto and one from Timbuctoo.
‘**The latter was a Mohammedan teacher, who
carried with him the Koran and wooden writ-
ing tables. Every evening he went through
his prayers in public, in the most careful and
impressive way. He travels about as a teacher
of Islam, and stops at all places which have
small Mohammedan colonies. He gathers the
children of Moslems and teaches them the art
of reading and writing. ‘They have to learn
by heart in Arabic verses of the Koran and
prayers. ‘The teacher also carries on a little
trade in beads, kola-nuts, etc. When ascholar
has completed his course, which is soon done,
as the instruction is of the most superficial

kind, his father has to pay a cow or produce
of the country to the value of about forty
shillings to the teacher. In this. way these
Mohammedan priests support themselves and
lead a very comfortable life. Thus the teach-
ing of the false prophet is slowly and surely
diffused without the Mohammedans at home
having to support their missionaries in any
way. ‘he plan has been cleverly laid in
Mecea, and is now beginning to be carried
out. It is terrible to think of the immense
and irresponsible indifference which Christen-
dom shows to this deadly propaganda. But
if Christians in general keep quiet in face of
this war of annihilation, it behooves us mis-
sionary people to do something. We must
not allow the population of the basin of the
Niger to be swallowed up by Islam. We must
not allow Christendom to sit still and tran-
quilly watch this well-planned campaign of
the followers of Mohammed. We must ven-
ture and dare something; there is still time to
save these tribes for Christ. ‘Therefore, up
into the Soudan before it is too late! Im-
mense regions lie open to us, and are for the
most part still heathen.”’

Acknowledgment.

Received for colored missions of Rev. J. Koss-
mann, Missionary, from his Bethlehem congrega-
tion in New Orleans, La., $25.00; of Rev. F.J. Lan-
kenau, Missionary, from his St. Paul’s congregation
in New Orleans, La., $20.00; of Rey. N. J. Bakke,
Missionary, from his Grace congregation in Con-
cord, N. C., $10.00.

St. Louis, Mo., April 23, 1898.

A. C. Bureporr, Treas.
Evangelical Lutheran Colored Churches,
New Or.Eans, La.
EV. LUTH. ST. PAUL’S CHAPEL.
1625 Annette Str., between Claiborne and Derbigny.

Divine services: Sunday morning at 94 o’clock.
Sunday evening at 734 o’clock.
Wednesday evening at i% o’clock.
Sunday School: Sunday morning at 10% ofclock.
Adult catechumen class mects at 734 o’clock Tuesday

evening.
Singing School meets at 734 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 7% 0’clock.
Thursday evening at 734 o'clock.
Adult catechumen class meets at 734 o’clock Friday

evening. .
Young Peoples’ Concordia Circle meets at 4 o'clock
evening. F., J. LANKENAD, Missionary.
EV. LUTH. BETHLEHEM OHAPEL.
Cor. Washington Avenue and Dryades Str.
Divine services at 74 o’clock Sunday evening and at 7%
o’clock Thursday evening.

0
Sunday School at 9 o'clock.
if J. W. F. KOSSMANN, Missionary.

Ey. Luth, Holy Trinity Church.
Springfield, Ml.
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 cyening®.
Singing-school Tucaday evening.

TERMS:
Tax Luraeran Pronger is published monthly,
pa able in advance at the following rates, P' 5
included, to-wit:

1 Copy Petuentencrarcccesessa wee 220
10 Co: 1 - 2.00
pga ‘5.00

toe aes only allowed if all copies are to be sent:
one address.
All busineas communications to be addressed to
“Concordia Publishing House,” St. Louis, Mo. aot
1! communications concerning the editorial S
Partment to be addressed to Prof. R. A. BiscHOFF,.
mcordia College, Fort Wayne, Ind.