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The Outlook from the Editor’s Window.- Sad Destitution.

Tuanxs. — During the past month the Pro-
NEER received words of encouragement from
different parts of the country, even from far
San Francisco. He thanks his friends for their
kind words and hopes to prove himself worthy
of their friendship.

A trayeling missionary writes from Virginia:

old gentleman, about seventy-five years old,

which I replied, ‘I am.’
Sap. —The Rey. F. W. Weiskotten, who was

sent to India by the Foreign Mission Board of
the General Council to inspect that field, died
and was buried at sea when on his way home.
In his death the Pioneer also loses a warm

friend. May God comfort the bereaved. boy. He said he was twenty-two years old,

A Jubiter.—For twenty years the Rey:
Bakke has labored faithfully and successfully
as missionary among the colored people. His
congregations in North Carolina recently cele-
brated the twentieth anniversary of his service
with thankful hearts. Our little Proneer makes

the place, and he said, ‘It’s Busted Rock.’

‘“At a farmhouse I stayed over night, and
when we sat down at the supper table, the

looked at me and said, ‘We are not in the
habit of having a blessing here, are you?’ To
‘Give us one, then,
please,’ he said, dropping his head. In talk-
ing with him that night I found that he knew
but little about the Word of God. A few miles
from.there:I climbed the Blue Ridge. As I
rode along the top of it, I met a man and a

and his brother with him sixteen. I met them,
just ata place of the most beautiful natural
scenery that my eyes have ever beheld. Sol
stopped the man, and asked him the name of

Then looking down over a number of little
homes, in what the man called ‘Busted Rock | -

his most graceful bow and heartily congratu-

lates the beloved missionary. May God con-
tinue to bless his labors in the mission field.

Mansura.—The Rey. W. Pretzsch, who
served our mission at Mansura, La., has, on
account of sickness, accepted the call of a
congregation in the East. The station will
be supplied by a student from our Seminary
in St. Louis until a regular missionary can be
called. :

New Orveans.—Qur three colored Lu-.

theran schools in New Orleans, La., have, dur-
ing the past year, been attended by 344 pupils:

Loruer’s Catecuism ror THE Buinp.—The
Rey. G. Drach, of Philadelphia, has made
arrangements with the superintendent of the
Philadelphia Institute of the Blind to have Lu-
ther’s Small Catechism, with Scripture pas-
sages and notes, printed for the use of the
blind. The cost of each catechism will not
exceed thirty-five cents, and may be much
cheaper if there is a large demand.

ConcorpiA MAGAzINE. — We have received
the first number of the new volume of this
magazine, published by Concordia Publishing
House, St. Louis, Mo., at $1.00 per year. It
has been greatly improved and forms an ex-
cellent monthly with its various instructive
and entertaining reading matter. A venerable
Presbyterian pastor recently said, ‘The blight
of sin has fallen upon the magazine literature
ofourday. Skepticism and legalism preyail,’’
Our Concordia Magazine is a magazine for
Christian homes.

 JEwisn Missions. — The Rey. N. Friedmann,

the Lutheran missionary among the Jews in

New York City, writes that in spite of the bit-
_ter opposition on the part of the Jews, his

work is very successful. The missionary not
only conducts services on Saturday and Syn-
day, but visits from 40 to 50 families regularly
and instructs about 25 children. .

wh

church and Sunday school?’
nowhere,’ he replied.

‘Have:you a Testament?’. ‘No, sir.’

about?’ and he said he did not:

to tell about the Saviour to this man and boy,

to do this I found it necessary to tell-how sin
came into the world, and so I told of Adam

and Eve, and I asked if- they knew anything
about them, and they said. they-did not.- So
I told them in a plain, simple way the plan of.

salvation, and that the little book that I had
given them would tell them about Jesus, if
they could get some one to read it to them,
at which the man’s face brightened as he said,
‘Mother can read.’”’
—_—s oe Ce
_ Origin of the British and Foreign Bible
: Society: : <

In the library of this society there is a re-
markable Bible which reminds us of the word:
“The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of
mustard seed.’’ In a little montain village of
Wales there lived in the beginning of this cen-
tury a poor girl, named Mary Jones. She was
fond of knowledge and learned to read, an
accomplishment which was very rare in her
country. The book dearest to her was the
Bible. But in her village there was no Bible.
Twice a week she was allowed to go to a vil-
lage a mile off to a farmer who had a copy of
Holy Scriptures in his house. In the mean-
time she saved every penny she could spare in
order to be able to purchase a Bible by and by.

Cave,’ I said, ‘Where do those people go to
hey don’t go
I said, ‘What do they
do on Sunday?’ ‘They fish and hunt.’ I said,
‘Have
you the money to pay for one—only eight
cents?’ ‘No, sir; I hain’t got no money.’ I
‘gaye them-each a.Testament, and as I gave
them I said, ‘You know what a Testament is,
do: you not?” and: he said, ‘No, sir.’ I said,
‘Do you not know what the Testament reads
I said, ‘It
tells about Christ, you know about Him, do
you not?’ No, he did not.- I.then undertook

who knew not that there was a Saviour; and|

At the end of six years she had saved suf-
ficient money. She at once went over the
mountains to the pastor of Bala, who with
great interest listened to her story and sold
her a Welsh Bible. Shortly afterwards this
preacher came to London and in a meeting
spoke of the great hunger and thirst for the
Word of God in the case of Mary Jones. One
of the members present proposed to found a
Bible society for Wales. Another cried, Why
not for all England? Still another, Why not
for the entire world? The idea was realized,
and thus a poor girl, Mary Jones, was the in-
strument in the hand of God to found that
blessed British and Foreign Bible Society.
This institution has published and spread
since 1804 more than one hundred million
Bibles, in more than 250 languages. Accord-
ing to it all our Bible societies have been pat-
terned. At present anybody can obtain a Bible
for a very trifling sum or even for nothing.

Acknowledgment.

Received for colored missions of Rev. J. Koss-
mann from Bethlehem Church in New Orleans, La.,

25.00; of Rey. J. C. Schmidt from Grace Church
in Greensboro, N.C., 12.00; of Rey. Wm. Pretzsch
from congregation in Mansura, La., 25.00; of Rev.
D. H. Schooff from congregation in Meherrin, Va.,
15.00:

St. Louis, Mo., Jan. 15, 1901.

A. C. BurGpoRF, 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 9% o'clock.
Sunday evening at 7}4 o'clock.
Wednesday evening at 1% o'clock.
- Sunday School: Sunday morning at 10% o'clock.
Adult catechumen class meets at 744 o’clock Tuesday
evening.
Singing School mects at 744 o'clock Friday evening.

EY. 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 o'clock.
Sunday School: Sunday morning at 9% o'clock.
Adult catechumen class mects at 7% o’clock Friday
. evening. :
Young People’s Concordia Circle and Singing School
meet Wednesday evening at 7% o'clock. _
F, J. LANKENAUD, Missionary:

EY. 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 9% o'clock. a
Adult catechumen class every Tuesday at 744 o'clock an'
after the divine service on Thursday cyening. fl
Choir practice at 734 o’clock on Tuesday evening an
after divine service on Thursday eyen ng.
Cixels for Young Heople pacets at the school every Tacs-
ay cvening at 74% o'clock.
2 f a J. W. F. KOSSMANN, Missionary.
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Ey. Luth. Holy Trinity Church.
Springfield, Ill.

Divine services at half past 10 o'clock Sunday morning

Catechumon, class mects Monday and Friday evenings.

Singing-school Tucsday evening.
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