The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1901, Page 16

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The Lutheran Pioneer.

The Outlook from the Editor’s Window.

A Mission Prarer.—As may be seen from
the diary of Judge Sewall for January 1, 1701,
the eighteenth century was usherd in with
great festivities in Boston. The Judge wrote
the following ‘‘mission prayer’’ for the oc-
casion:

‘*Once more! our God, vouchsafe to shine;
Correct the Coldness of our Clime,
Make haste with Thy Impartial Light,
And terminate this long dark night.
“Give the poor Indians Eyes to see
The Light of Life; and set them free.
So Men shall God in Christ adore
And worship Idols vain no more.
“So Asia, and Africa,
Europa, with America,
All Four in Consort joined, shall Sing
New Songs of Praise to Christ our King.”

A Cruev Wisu.—The Jesuits managed to
have a grand congress of worshipers of the
Virgin Mary at Lyons, France. One of these
Romish priests uttered a wish for the twentieth
century. And what a kind wish it was! He
wished that the twentieth century would bring
back the persecution of all Protestants with
fire and sword. That was his prayer for the
twentieth century. How kind!

Tue Pore’s Linen.—The Lutheran says:
The Vatican, the pope’s immense palace (he
calls it a prison) in Rome, is generally believed
to be inhabited exclusively by menfolks. This,
however, is not the case. There is a laundry
in the palace, which is ‘‘presided’’ over by
women, to whom the high privilege is accorded
to take care of the pope’s linen. The ‘‘humble
successor’’ of Simon Peter, the Galilean fisher-
man, dresses in the finest snow-white garments
of such delicate texture and color, that they
have to be changed every day in winter, and
twice or three times in summer. Silks and
laces of the very best are worn by the pope,

_ who cannot endure any spot or wrinkle on his
E dress. The robes of office are, of course, very

5 Costly, and when the pope appears in St. Peter,
: with the tiara on his head and his chasuble on
his shoulders, the weight of the gold and the
precious stones is so great that he has to sit
on his golden chair and be borne on the shoul-
ders of stalwart priests. What a spectacle for
St. Peter!

PA AE eS a Stee

_ Goop ‘Testimony. —The Viceroy of India
“writes as follows on the services of mission-
aries and others during the recent famine in
that country: ‘‘Numerous cases of devotion,
amounting to the Joftiest heroism, haye been
rought under my notice. I have heard of
iglishmen dying at their posts without a
I have seen cases where the entire
organization of a vast area and the lives of

thousands of beings rested upon the shoulders
ingle individual laboring on in silence

while his bodily strength was
; I have known of natives

who, inspired by this example, have thrown
themselves with equal ardor into the struggle,
and have unmurmuringly laid down their lives
for their countrymen. Particularly must I men-
tion the noble efforts of the missionary agencies
of various Christian denominations. Strenu-
ously and faithfully have they performed their
task.’”

A GentLe Resuxe.— That was a gentle re-
buke administered by the late Queen Victoria
to one of her Scotch attendants who had ab-
sented himself from public worship. ‘‘Why
were you not atthe kirk yesterday ?’’ ‘‘Please,
your Majesty,”’ the man answered, ‘‘the morn-
ing was wet.”’ ‘‘Oh, fie!’ said the Queen,
“who would have expected a Scotchman to
plead that excuse? It was not too wet for me.’”

_ A Tenper FareweEci. —Touching in their
tender love and simple Christian faith are the
words of the late Queen Victoria, graven over
the entrance to her husband’s tomb: ‘‘Fare-
well, well-beloved! Here at last I will rest with
thee ; with thee in Christ I will rise again.”

A Sap Picture. —That is a sad and dark
picture of Porto Rico presented by a pastor
who recently visited that island to investigate
the mission field. He writes: ‘‘For almost four
hundred years Rome has had full control over
this beautiful territory, and that, too, with-
out the slightest opposition from any quarter.
What has been the result? An editor states
that 90 per cent. of the population can neither
read nor write. The masses of the people have
lost moral consciousness. They are without
any knowledge of the truths and principles of
the Gospel. They are practically without God
and without hope in the world. The inhabit-
ants are not, as some suppose, hungering and
thirsting after righteousness. There is indiffer-
ence to the truth of God, and-to his Church.
This has arisen in a large measure from the
want of interest in thése people on the part of
the Roman Catholic church, and the evil ex-
ample set by many of its clergy. Unbelief
and indifference, as well as absolute ignorance
are hard to remove. The Americans who come
to the island leave their religion behind them.
The habits of the soldiers and officers of the
United States have had a very bad effect up-
on the lives of these people. But also those
who have been active workers in the church at
home, and who have come here for the purpose
of making money, take no interest whatever
in what the church is doing.’’

Gop’s Way Best. — A lady wanted to go out

asa foreign missionary and prepared herself ;| ~ md

but a sister was taken sick, and she had to stay
and nurse her. The sickness lasted two years,
but gave opportunity for more preparation.
But just as the sister recovered, a brother died
in the West, and left three children for the
lady to take care of. This kept her home;
but her heart was so full of work, that she

inspired these three boys‘and educated them
for missionaries, and they went to the very
field that she meant to occupy!

A Beavutirut Examprie. — The Superin-
tendent of the Lutheran Orphans’ Home at
Germantown, Pa., writes: ‘‘A few days ago
the Superintendent received a letter from one
of our pastors in a far-off town, enclosing a
dollar bill and a note, saying that it was given
by a little five-year-old girl.to the ‘poor or-
phans’ as a thank offering. The little one had
been suffering from an aflliction of the eyes,
and upon her recovery she gave the dollar,
which she had saved up penny by penny, as &
token of thanks for her recovery. What a

beautiful example!’’
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Acknowledgment.

- Received for colored missions of Rev. F. J. Lan-
kenau from St. Paul’s Church, New Orleans, La.,
$25.00; of Rev. K. Kretzschmar from Mt. Zion
Church, New Orleans, La., 25.00; of Rev. J. Koss-
mann from Bethlehem Church, New Orleans, La.,
25.00; of Rev. J. C. Schmidt from Grace Church,
Greensboro, N. C., 12.00.

St. Louis, Mo., as ae 1901.

A.C. BurGporr, Treas.

Evangelical Lutheran Colored Churches,
New OR.iEans, La.

EV. LUTH. ST. PAUL'S CHAPEL.
1625 Annette Str., between Olaiborne and Derbigny.
Divine services: Sunday morning at 934 o'clock.
Sunday evening at 740! clock.
Wednesday evening at 7
Sunday School: Sunday morning at 10% o'clock.
eanle catechumen class mects at 734 o’clock Tuesday

venin,
Singing School meets at 734 o'clock Friday evening.
F. J. LANKENAD, Missionary.

EY. LUTH. MOUNT ZION CHURCH.
Cor. S. Franklin and Thalia Stra.
Divine services: Sunday morning at 11 o'clock.
Sunda evening: ng at yg ovclack.
Sunday School: Senda aA evening t 94% o'’cl
an 00! junday morning al o'clock.
aca ceatechumen slase mectseat 1H o'clock Friday

Young. "pesple’s Concordia Circle and 1 Singing School
meet Wednesday evening at 744 0
KARL eal Nini

EV. LUTH. BETHLEHEM OHAPEL.
Cor. Washington Avenue and Dryades Str.
Divine services: pune evening at 73% o'clock.
Peerrorerrrsirts aby eveningiat 44 o'clock.
unday School at 9
gunday Sehool aS falock every Tuesday at 734 0'clock and
after the divine service on Thursday cvening.
Choir practice at 7% o'clock on Tuesday evening and
after divine service on Thursday cvenin,
Circle for Young People meets at the schoo very Tues-
day cvening at 734 o'clock.
J. W. F. Kos8MANN, Missionary.

Ey. Luth. Holy Trinity Church,

Springfield, Ti.
Divine services at half pene 10 Cato Sunday morning
8 and ate piclocs Bones ay event ing.
anda: 001 at 3 o’clock
Oatechumen class meets Monday and Friday evenings.
Singing-school Tuesday evening.

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