The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1899, Page 4

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the result that the majority died. A mis-
sionary has described how he has seen rows
of corpses lying outside a village, killed by
the poison, and left there to be devoured by
the hyenas. Butall this is now changed. The
administration have subdued and removed
most of the turbulent chiefs. They have for-
bidden the poison ordeal, under the heaviest
penalties, and now almost throughout the pro-
tectorate there is a sense of security. Vil-
lagers, who had taken refuge in marshes, and
inaccessible rayines, are returning to the open
country, and on the very war paths their old
enemies are building villages, and hoeing gar-
dens. The introduction of liquor is forbidden,
so that British Central Africa is saved from
the greatest curse of South Africa.

The Outlook from the Editor’s Window.

WisHING ALL ouR READERS a Happy New
Year, we, with this number, begin the twenty-
first volume of our Pioneer. The little fellow
is growing old, but we hope that his friends of
the past years will not forsake him and that
he will gain many new friends in the com-
ing year, in which he will continue to do his
humble work for the Master. Since all the
profit derived from the sale of our mission
papers is put into the mission treasury, the
wide circulation of these papers would be a
help for our mission work. May God open
many new homes in the coming year.

Ar Exon Cotrecre, N. C., Rev. Schmidt,
our missionary in Greensboro, preaches twice
a month. The station, however, also needs
a teacher for the instruction of the children
in Bible and Catechism. Mr. Persson, our
teacher in the school at Southern Pines, last
summer devoted all his vacation time to keep-
ing school at Elon College. God richly blessed
his labors. Parents and children were very
thankful for the instruction received.

A Missionary in the Punjab writes of there
being ‘‘one man among a million of perishing

mountainous country ;’’ and another speaks of
there being three missionaries for the Multan
district, a tract of country about the size of
England. ‘‘The laborers are few.’’

A Misstonary in Western China rented,
some time ago, a little shop in the city in
which he works. The following extract from
his letter describes it, and the good use he
makes of it: ‘It is not more than eight or
nine feet square,’’ he writes, ‘‘but there is
room for a small table, chairs and stools.
I only open it on market-days, which is nearly
every other day. The whole front of the shop
is removed, the table brought forward and
spread with our books. Opposite is a pottery
yard, and a portion is railed off for country-
men to sell sweet potatoes. ‘The shops are
all small. To the right is a boot shop, to the
left a braid shop. By about eleven o’clock
the market is in full swing, and the streets
continue to be thronged till past three in the
afternoon. As soon as one or two stop and
look at the books others also stop, and pres-
ently a crowd gathers, and I stand preaching,
and do not stop until I see that they are dis-
persing, and then I distribute sheet tracts.
Sometimes men will sit inside and read the
books, coming again and again to read and
tallx. Others are afraid to look at the books,
supposing that they will injure the eyes.
These usually walk by on the other side and
look the other way!’

Tue AMERICAN Brse Society has taken an
advanced step in respect to Bible distribution
in the Philippine Islands. In view of the pros-
pect that these islands may soon be opened
for new forms of Christian work, the secre-
taries were authorized to request the Rev. John
R. Hykes, the Society’s agent for China, to
visit Manila, to inquire into existing facts and
conditions, as a help to prompt and vigorous
action in case there should be fit opportunities
for circulating the Scriptures. To meet the
expenses incident to his journey and to pre-
liminary work, an appropriation of $1000 was
made, It was also decided to inaugurate Bible
work in Porto Rico at the earliest moment,
and to resume the operations in Cuba, which
were suspended two years ago.

A STRONG EXAMPLE of the power of the Gos-
pel is cited by the New York Observer, when
it says: ‘The transforming power of foreign
missions is tellingly illustrated by this fact,
among others, that while in 1850, in the Fiji
islands a man could be bought for seven dol-
lars, be butchered and eaten, without even a
public remonstrance, to-day, the Bible is in
nearly every house, and on Sunday, nine-
tenths of the people are assembled in the
church for public worship.”

A Missionary, writing home, gives this ac-
count of a Chinese funeral: ‘The old lady
across the street has just died. Her sons are
rich and think their money can buy happiness
for their mother’s soul. They burn make-
believe money, and say that it turns into real
gold and silver for her to use. I can’t tell
you all the things they have burned for her.
There was a paper horse for her to ride,
though the old Jady never even trusted her-
self on a donkey here; there was a cart with
a mule to pull it; paper servants to do all

TuERE is a remarkable increase of popu-
lation in British Central Africa since the pro-
tectorate was established. Formerly the coun-
try was desolated by constant intertribal wars.
The stronger peoples raided the weaker, kill-
ng thousands every year, and carrying thou-
The poison ordeal
a8 frightfully common. On the slightest
charge of witchcraft, sometimes an entire vil-
a8 compelled to drink the poison, with

souls, scattered over 10,605 square miles of |~

sorts of work, paper houses, flowers, tables,
chairs, a pig, and even an image of her pet
cat. These all were sent up in smoke, and sup-
posed to go to her, wherever she is. Several
bowls of real food that she liked best were
burned too. Ugly paper lions were burned to
guard her door and keep thieves away, for the
Chinese have no treasures in heaven, where
thieves cannot break through and steal. At
her grave two huge paper giants were burned
—one black and the other white. Their faces
were terribly fierce, and they were expected
to drive evil spirits away.’’
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“Ir we are to live after death, why don’t
we have some certain knowledge of it,’’ said a
smart young fellow one day to an old minister.
‘““Why didn’t you have some knowledge of
this world before you came into it,’’ was the
well-aimed reply.

Acknowledgment.

Received for colored missions of Rev. F. J. Lan-
kenau, Missionary, from St. Paul’s Congregation in
New Orleans, La., $25.00; of Rev. J. Kossmann,
Missionary, from Bethlehem Congregation in New
Orleans, La., $25.00; of Rev. John C. Schmidt, Mis-
sionary, from Grace Congregation in Greensboro, |
N. C., $12.00.

St. Louis, Mo., Dec. 22, 1898.

A. C. BurRGpoRF, Treas.

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 934 o'clock.
Sunday evening at 74% o'clock.
Wednesday cvening at 1% o'clock.
Sunday School: Sunday morning at 10% o'clock.
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.
5 Sunday evening at 74 o'clock.
- hureday evening at 7 o'clock.
Adult catechumen class meets at 74 o'clock Friday

evening
Young Peoples’ Concordia Circle meets at 734 o'clock
evening. F. J. LANKENAU, Missionary.

EV. LUTH. BETHLEHEM CHAPEL.
Cor. Washington Avenue and Dryades Str.
Divine services: Sunday evening at 7% o'clock.
Thursday evening at 734 o'clock.
Sunday School at 9% o'clock.
Adult catechumen class every Tuesday at 714 0'clock and
after the divine service on Thursday evening.
Choir practice at 7!4 o'clock on Tuesday evening and
after divine service on Thursday cven! ng.
Circle for Young People meets at the school every Tucs-
day evening at 74 o'clock.
J. W. F. KossMANN, Missionary.
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Ey. Luth. Holy Trinity Church.
Springfield, Il.

Divine Services at half past 10 o'clock Sunday morning

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Catechumen. rolash meets Monday and Friday evenings.

Singing-school Tuesday evening.
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TERMS:

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Bament to be addressed to Prof. R. A. BrscHOF?;

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