The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1899, Page 28

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The Lutheran Pioneer.

The Outlook from the Editor’s Window.

Tue Rey. Prof. H. Wyneken, who departed
this life June 22d, at Springfield, Ill., was
a faithful friend and an earnest advocate of
our mission work among the colored people.
When professor in our Seminary at Spring-
field, he, with the help of several students,
began mission work among the colored people
of that city and thus laid the foundation for a
Colored Lutheran Congregation. <A beautiful
wreath of flowers was laid upon his coffin by
the members of the colored congregation as a
token of their grateful remembrance of his
faithful and self-denying labors. A reader
of the Pioneer writes to us: ‘‘The dear pro-
fessor loved the colored people. I shall not
forget what he did for us colored folks.’’
‘Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord
from henceforth; yea, saith the Spirit, that
they may rest from their labors, and their
works do follow them.”’

THERE are within the borders of America
277,000 Indians, belonging to 50 different
tribes. Of these about 50,000 are Christians.
There is accordingly much room for mission-
ary work. Krom the time of the Lutheran
Campanius to the present, Lutheran mission-
ary work was carried on among them, but on
such a small scale that the converts were lost
almost as fast as they were made. At present,
successful work is done by the Wisconsin, Nor-
wegian.and Missouri Synod.

In Madras a native missionary met a Hindu
who seemed to- be troubled and perplexed.
He had come from another town and was car-
tying on his person a large sum of money
which he had collected of a debtor in the city.
He was haunted by the fear of being robbed
and murdered in the strange city. When he
beheld the missionary, he judged from the
manner of his dress that he was a Christian,
and requested the privilege of passing the
night in his house. ‘‘My dear sir,’’ replied

=the missionary, I am a Christian, and you are
aHindu. ‘There are thousands of Hindus in
the city.”’ ‘‘Just because you are a Chris-

‘tian,’’ said the Hindu, ‘I would lodge with
you. I can trust a Christian, but I can not
trust a Hindu.’’

A missionary in Japan writes: ‘*You have
‘probably received some accounts of the ter-
‘tible floods that occurred here last autumn,
‘and the great loss of life and ruin and distress
“that accompanied them. One result, however,

Was that a manifest expression of confidence
in the Christians as Christians was shown.
embers of the three Protestant congre-
& ions in this town combined to make an ap-

"peal to the townspeople for gifts of clothing
to send to the sufferers in the distressed dis-
* They gave notice beforehand by ad-
ements in.the newspapers and in other
and oma fixed day they. went round

with carts to collect what might be given.
They had a Christian flag, the red cross, fly-
ing so that everybody knew who they were,
and they were everywhere greeted with cries
of ‘Here come the Christians.’ The people
came out and crammed old clothing into the
carts, some even taking off what they were
wearing and throwing them in; shopkeepers
gave new goods out of their stores, and some
gave money aswell. We were told that some
of the Buddhist priests tried to put a spoke
in the wheel, not liking this demonstration
in favor of Christianity, but the people only
laughed and went on giving, and it was quite
clear that they believed they could trust the
Christians, that all they gave would reach the
persons for whom they were intended. About
fifty horse-loads of clothing were collected in
this way and forwarded, and a representative
from each congregation was sent to super-
intend the distribution.’’

“Ty the Bible is to be circulated in the
Philippines, versions will have to be printed
in about a dozen languages, Tagalog and
Visalayan being the chief, and spoken by
1,500,000 and 2,000,000 respectively.’’

One day an Indian asked Bishop Whipple] x ¢

to give him two one-dollar bills for a two-
dollar note. The Bishop asked, ‘‘Why?’’
He said, ‘‘One dollar for me to give to Jesus,
and one dollar for my wife to give.’’ The
Bishop asked him if it was all the money he
had. He said, ‘‘Yes.’? The Bishop was about
to tell him, ‘‘It is too much,’’ when an Indian
clergyman, who was standing near, whispered,
“It might be too much for a white man to give,
but not too much for an Indian who has, this
year, heard for the first time of the love of
Jesus.’”*

Last year Missionary Inspector Schreiber,
of the Rhenish Society, made a visitation of
their mission field in Sumatra, where he had
labored as missionary twenty-five years ago.
With much emotion he writes of the striking
changes that came under his observation.
Certain districts, ruled by Mohammedan in-
fluence, were not only inaccessible to the Gos-
pel then, but seemed to be impregnable strong-
holds against the light of divine truth. Those
very districts are now made radiant by the
light of Christianity, and the reception ac-
corded the visiting inspector was moat cordial
and enthusiastic. When he reached the cen-
tral station of his former labors, he was re-
joiced to see 2 number of familiar faces and
to be able to call some of his ‘former pupils
and parishioners by name. One of them,
now a man of influence in the community,
came with a wagon to convey his old teacher
to his home, and on welcoming the beloved
missionary he wept like a child. ‘Thus the
work goes on by God’s grace. They that
sow in tears shall reapin joy. Let this hope
cheer and sustain also our missionaries and
pastors amid discouraging toil and conflict.

Tne Mooncues of Africa call thunder the
“sky gun,’’ and the morning is with them the
“day’s child.”?” The Zulus call the twilight
the ‘‘eyelashes of the sun.’? An African who
came to America was shown some ice, which
he had not seen before, and he called it ‘water
fast asleep.’? When asked to give a name to
a railroad car, he said, ‘‘Him be one thunder-
mill.’”

OUR BOOK TABLE.

TRACTS ON THE CREED. American Lutheran Pub-
lication Board, Pittsburg, Pa. Price, $1.00 for
25 of each or 600 Tracts. Special price for
large orders.

We gladly recommend these excellent tracts.
They are instructive, presenting sound doctrine in
plain and simple language. They will prove a valu-
able help in mission work, making the people ac-
quainted with the Bible doctrines of our church.
As a sample we publish on the second page of this
issue the tract treating of the Holy Gospel.

Acknowledgment.

Received for colored missions ‘of Rev. F. J.
Lankenau, Missionary, New Orleans, La., from Mt.
Zion Congregation $50.00, and from St. Paul’s Con-
gregation 50.00; of Rev. D. H. Schooff, Missionary,
from congregation in Meherrin, Va., 16.00; of Rev.
J. Kossmann, Missionary, from Bethlehem Con-
gregation in New Orleans, La., 25.00; of Rev. J.C.
Schmidt, Missionary, from Grace Congregation in
Greensboro, N.C., 12.00; of Rev. J. Ph. Schmidt,
Missionary, from Grace Congregation in Concord,

- C., 10.00. A. C. Bureporr, Treas.

St. Louis, Mo., June 23, 1899. z

Evangelical Lutheran Colored Churches,
New ORLEans, La.

EY. LUTH. ST. PAUL’S CHAPEL.
1625 Annette Str., between Claiborne and Derbigny.
Divine services: Sunday morning at 914 o'clock.
Sunday evening at 7}4 o’clock.
Wednesday evening at 7% o'clock.
Sunday School: Sunday morning at 1044 o'clock.
Adult catechumen class meets at 734 o’clock Tuesday

evening:
Singing School meets at 74 o’clock Friday evening.

EV. LUTH. MOUNT ZION CHURCH.
Cor. S. Franklin and Thalia Strs.

Divine services: Sunday morning at 11 o'clock.
Sunda evening at 74 o'clock.
jursday evening at o’clock.

Sunday School: Sunday morning at 9%4 o’clock.
Adult ‘catechumen class mects at 7% o'clock Friday

evening.
Young Peoples? Concordia Circle and Singing School

meet Wednesday evening at 7% o'clock.

F. J. LANKENAD, Missionary.

EV. LUTH. BETHLEHEM CHAPEL.
Cor. Washington Avenue and Dryades Str.
Divine services: Sunday evening at 734 o'clock.
Thursday evening at 734 o'clock.
Sunday School at 54 o'clock.
Adult catechumen class every Tuesday at 7% o'clock and
after the divine service on Thursday cyening.
Choir practice at 744 o’clock on Tuesday cvening and
fter divinc service on Thursday cyen ng.
. Circle for Young Pcople meets at the school every Tues-
day cvening at 734 o’clock.
J. W. F. KossMAnn, Missionary.

Ey. Luth. Holy Trinity Church.

Springfield, Tl.
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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