The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1900, Page 44

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The Lutheran Pioneer.

The Outlook from the Editor’s Window.

A SENSIBLE Protest. —‘‘We,’’ remarked a copies.
Missouri editor, ‘‘are getting a little tired of
When a man
dies nowadays the first thing they ask is:
The
papers also generally wind up the obituary
Soon
the obituary notices will read something like
‘Peter Jones died and left a wife and two
Loss fully covered by insurance.’
Or, if the deceased is not insured, it will read
about as follows: ‘John Smith is dead. He

this life insurance business.
‘Was he insured, and for how much?’
notice with the amount of insurance.
this:

children.

leaves a wife. Total loss: no insurance.’’’

Cotorep, Stupents. — At the Lutheran
Teachers’ Seminary, New Ulm, Minnesota,
three colored boys are in attendance, prepar-

ing themselves for the work of the Church.

Kepr 1n IcNorance. —The papers report a
curious matter, which is said to have come to
light recently in Illinois. An aged negro with
his wife and daughter came to that State from
Mississippi, having escaped from slavery a few
He claimed that he had never
heard of the Civil War and the freeing of the
slaves until last week, and that his master, a
planter named Crowder, living near the Yazoo
mountains, still held about seventy-five other
negroes in the same ignorant condition. — We

days before.

do not know whether the story is true or not,

but we do know that large numbers of colored

people are still in ignorance of the redemption
of Christ procured for all sinners more than
eighteen hundred years ago.
kept by Satan in the slavery of sin.

be brought to them, that they may become the
free children of God.

Inpia. — The famine in India is about
over owing to heavy recent rains throughout
the country. While America sent at least

$1,000,000 to the sufferers, and England,
; Germany, and other countries large sums, the
rich Hindus, with few exceptions, have re-
fused to lift a finger in aid of their starving
brethren. At the same time they have spent
large sums of money to save the lives of the
sacred fish in a lake that was drying up, by
removing them to a river. This furnishes a
striking comparison of the Christian religion
with that of the Hindu religion.

British Biste Socrery.—The new report
of the British and Foreign Bible Society tes-
tifies to the enormous increase in the demand
for the Scriptures, both at home and abroad.
The total issues for the year amounted to

_ 5,047,792 as against 4,479,439 in the previous
twelve months. The contributions, etc., have
‘not; however, increased in like proportion.

_ Asertcan Brste Socrery.— The American
Bible Society has just issued its eighty-fourth

They are still
May the
Gospel tidings of salvation and liberty in Christ

year at home and abroad to be 1,406,801
Of this amount, 832,496 were dis-
tributed outside of this country. More than
half of the issue was manufactured at the
Bible House, in New York, and a large part
of the rest was printed in Turkey, Syria,
China, and Japan. The Society received
$287,409.04 during the year.

CotorepD PEorLE ror Arrica.—It is re-
ported that the German Government, wishing
to develop its colonies in West Africa, has just
closed a contract with Booker T. Washington,
of Tuskegee College, Alabama, to furnish col-
ored students trained in his school who will go
to the colonies and instruct the natives in cot-
ton-raising. If those that are sent over are
true Christians, this step may prove of great
importance to the Dark Continent.

A CueEerrut Giver. —A poor shepherd had
wished to give something for missions. Night
and day he thought of it, but he was so poor
that it seemed as if he had nothing to give but
a heart full of love to Christ and His cause.
One day, ‘however, he came to his mistress
and asked her to give him his cap full of po-
tatoes. ‘‘Willingly,’’ said she. He took his
prize with him, and that day drove the cows
to a distant part of the common. There he
found a piece of ground, and he began to dig
and take the stones out of it. He worked at
odd times; then-he planted_his potatoes and
waited, asking God to bless his little patch of
ground. When autumn came, and he dug his
potatoes up, he found he had a peck, which
he sold and gave the money to missions.

oe

Harvest Home and Mission Festival.

On the third Sunday in September the Con-
gregation at Elon College celebrated a Harvest
Home and Mission Festival. —Early on Sun-
day morning we pastors and the congregation
at Greensboro boarded the train, and after a
short but interesting trip through the pictur-
esque country we arrived at our destination —
Elon College.

At the church everything had been prepared
for the event. There were all kinds of fruits
and vegetables. Cornstalks formed a very
pretty aisle in the center, and cedar wreaths
all around the walls of the church gave it a
festival appearance.

From far and near the people had come to
the celebration. At 10:30. a. the pastor of

the church, Rey. J. C. Schmidt, opened the| P'

service. It was a heart-warming thing to hear
the songs of praise and thanks offered up to
God by the assembled congregation. Rev. J. C.
Schmidt occupied the pulpit in the morning
service, and the people gave him their un-

divided attention.

After services dinner was served. And that

the dinner was also well appreciated, can be Boncordia College, Fort Wayne, Ind.

annual report, showing its total issues for the | seen from a remark made by one of the guests:

“You people have certainly treated us people
fine. First you give us plenty of spiritual food
and then you also give us people a fine dinner,
which I certainly like. You ought to have
festivals oftener out here.’’

In the evening two services were held. In
the first service the writer preached a mission
sermon on Luke 15, 1—10.

In the second service Rev. Geo. Schutes
from Salisbury occupied the pulpit and de-
livered the harvest home sermon, basing it on
John 4, 35—38.

The people cheerfully contributed the col-
lection, which amounted to eight dollars.

All parted with happy and thankful hearts
to God. P. ENGELBERT.

Acknowledgment.

Received for colored missions of Rev. J. Koss-
mann, Missionary, from Bethlehem Congregation in
New Orleans, La., ’325, 00; of Rev. J.C. epee ray
sionary, from Grace Church in Greensboro, N
12.00; of Rev. J. Ph. Schmidt, Missionary, oe
Grace Church in Concord, N. C., 10.00; of Rev.
Wm. Pretzsch, Missionary, from congregation in
Mansura, La., 25.00.

St. Louis, Mo., Oct. 20, 1900.

A. C. BuRGDORF, 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 ats 9) o'clock.
Sunday evening at 7% o'clock.
Wednesday evening. at 1% foistook:
Sunday School: Sunday morning at 1
panlt, poatechumen class meets at 7} aelock "Tuesday -

Singing rBckool mects at 74 o’clock ane evening.

EV. LUTH. MOUNT ZION CHURCH.
Cor. S. Franklin and Thalia Strs.
Divine services: Sunday morning at 11 o’clock.
Sunday evening at 7% o’clock.  .
Thursday evening at 7% o'clock.
Sunday School: Sunday morning at 9% o'clock.
Adult catechumen class mects at MH o’clock Friday

evenin;
Young Pesple’ ’s Concordia Circle and Singing School
mect Wednesday evening at 7% o’clock.
¥. J. LANKENAD, Missionary.

EV. LUTH. BETHLEHEM CHAPEL.
Cor. Washington Avenue and Dryades Str.

_ Divine services: poe evening at T% o'clock.
‘hurs ay ¢ evening at 734 o'clock.
Sunday School at 9% o'clock.

Adult catechumen class every Tuesday at 740" clock and
aftcr the ‘aivine’ service on Thursday evening,

Choir practice at 734 o'clock on praesday) ovosing and
after divine service on Thursday even. ng.

Circle for Young People meets at the school every Tacs-
day evening at 74 o'clock.

J. W. F. KossMANN, Missionary.

Ey. Luth. Holy Trinity Church,

Springfteld, Iu,
Divine services at half past 10 o'clock Sunday morning
and at 8 o'clock Sunday evening?
Sunday School at 3 o'clock P.
Oatechumen class meets Monday and Friday evenings.
Singing-school Tuesday evening.

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