The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1901, Page 28

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The Lutheran Pioneer.

The Outlook from the Editor’s Window.

A WELcomE Visitor. — One of our mission-
aries, the Rev. J. C. Schmidt, of Greensboro,
N.C., attended several Synodical meetings and
lectured in many of our Northern churches in
the interest of our mission among the colored
We had the pleasure of meeting him
here in Fort Wayne and were glad to hear
that our mission churches and schools in North

people.

Carolina are prospering well.

New Lasorers. —Three new laborers will
this summer enter our mission field in the

South.

A Necrectep Continent. —South America
has been called ‘‘a neglected continent.”” The
darkness of heathenism and papism rule there
Protestants have been carrying on
mission work at different places, and we are
glad to hear that the Lutheran church of our
country has also found an opening in that neg-
Three of the graduates of
our St. Louis Seminary have accepted calls to
Brazil, and the fields to which they are called

supreme.

lected continent.

appear very promising.

Mission amMonG Inp1ans. — The Lutheran
missionaries, laboring among the Apache In-

dians in Arizona, report very favorably con-

cerning their work. ‘The mission schools are

well attended and the pupils are very diligent.

One boy and ten girls were recently baptized

after having been instructed in the Catechism.
j Of these the missionary writes: ‘‘The ten
t girls that were baptized, as well as Harry, the
baptized boy, do not neglect reading the Bible
and praying every morning and evening.’’
Also in Shawano County, Wis., the Lutheran
mission among the Indians has been richly
blessed during the past year. The attendance
at services has been very good and a large
number have been baptized. The Rey. Th.
Nickel, the founder and faithful friend of this
mission, recently accepted a call to Australia.
With sad hearts the Indians bade their be-
loved friend farewell. Another laborer has
already taken charge of the congregation, and
the pure Gospel of Jesus will continue to be
proclaimed among the Indians at Shawano.

Her Oxtx Comrortr. —In a rear tenement
of lower New York lay a dying woman whose
husband, brutal through drink, would not al-
"low even hospital care. Under the bed snarled

the hungry dogs. The place was noisy and
foul and dark, but the missionary kept at his
post. §*I’ll go soon,”’ said the sufferer, ‘‘there
1s nothing more you can do—only stay—tell
the words again.’’ So over and over, until
angel of death had sealed the ears and
ed the lips, the dying woman tried to re-
‘with the missionary — ‘‘Come unto me all
iat are heavy laden, and I will give you

A Sreaprast Curistran. — The Chinese
Christians can endure persecution with great
fortitude and patience. This long-suffering
has been a marked virtue among them during
the recent troublous times. . It had also been
noticeable before in individual cases. Chang,
a gate-keeper in the imperial palace, became
a Christian and joined the Church. This
stirred up the antagonism of his family; he
was dragged-around the yard by his queue;
he had to endure petty persecution of various
kinds; his relatives even tried to prevent him
from going to church on the Sunday when he
was to be baptized. But through it all he
was steadfast, and seemed glad to suffer for
Jesus’ sake. This was seven or eight years
ago, and for some years he still retained his
position as gate-keeper in the palace. But in
1896 he resigned his office, in order to fit him-
self for special Christian work. He took a
two years’ course at the theological seminary,
and was then assigned to an outstation, twenty-
five miles southwest from Pekin. When the
country districts were being agitated by the
Boxer movement, helper Chang remained at
his post; he sent his wife and three children
to Pekin for safety, but himself continued to
live in the chapel where his work had been.
One day, however, a crowd of ruffians came up
the street, and seeing him at the chapel door,
seized some loose bricks lying near by, threw
them at him, and pounded him with them until
his back and limbs were sorely bruised. And
still he would not leave his post of duty until
the missionaries at Pekin sent a cart to bring
him into a safer place. This time, as before,
he was glad to suffer for the Master. During
the siege in Pekin, he was on sentry duty,
shouldering a rifle and standing guard under
command of the Japanese officers.

A Heartiess Reticron. —In nothing is the
contrast between the religion of the Brahmin
and the Christian stronger than in the works
of charity. This became very evident during
the Indian famine. While the Christians of
Western countries sent thousands of dollars
to relieve the terrible suffering of the famine-
stricken, the wealthy Hindus, so it is reported
by reliable persons on the field, have contrib-
uted nothing for their unfortunate brethren.
The Brahmin’s heart remains untouched by
his religion. His isa heartless religion. Natu-
rally, charity as the Christian understands it
is not found in the list of his virtues. His
belief does not bear that sort of fruit. Chris-
tianity alone does that.

—s oe

Give.
“Give as you would, if angels waited at your door;
Give as you would, if the morrow found you where
giving all is o’er;
Give as you would to the Master, if you met His
searching look;
Give as you would of your substance if His hand
your offering took.’’

OUR BOOK TABLE.

GosrkéL SERMONS, Part Second. By Rev. F. Kuegele.
Augusta Publishing Co., Crimora, Va. Price,
$1.00.

This valuable book contains sermons on the Gos-
pel lessons of the Trinity Cycle and also sermons
for Reformation, Harvest, and Mission Festivals,
and one specially for Young People. Sound in doc-
trine, plain and simple in style, the sermons of the
“country parson” should be welcomed as a genuine
treasure in all our Lutheran homes, in country and
in city.

Tne NEED OF CHRISTIAN EDUCATION BY MEANS
Or ParocniaL Scuoo.ts. Concordia Publishing
House, St. Louis, Mo. Price, 5 cents per copy;
40 cents per dozen; $2.00 per hundred.

This excellent booklet, an abstract of a paper read
before the Ev. Lutheran Synodical Conference by
Prof. J. Schaller, of New Ulm, Minn., is an able
presentation of the reasons why Christians must
establish parochial schools, if they would do thelr
full duty to the growing younger generation of the
church. The booklet ought to be widely circulated.

Acknowledgment.

Received for colored missions of Rev. J.C. Schmidt
from Grace Church, Greensboro, N. C., $12.00; of
Rev. F. J. Lankenau from St. Paul’s Church, New
Orleans, La., 25.00; of Rev. J. Kossmann from Beth-
lehem Church, New Orleans, La., 25.00; of Mr. D.
Meibohm from Mt. Zion Church, New Orleans, La.,
25.00.

St. Louis, Mo., June 15, 1901.

A. C. BurGporrF, Treas.

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 9!
Sunday evening at 7
Wednesday evening at 1% o’clock.
Sunday School: Sunday morning at 10% o’clock.
Adult catechumen class mects at 734 o’clock Tuesday

evening.
Singing ‘School mects at 7% o'clock Friday evening.
¥F. J. LANKENAU, Missionary.

EY. LUTH. MOUNT ZION CHURCH.
Cor. S. Franklin and Thalia Stra.
Divine services: Sunday morning at 11 o'clock.
Sunday evening at 734 o’clock.
sunday School: sunday Rorsing at De Selgse
junda: ool: Sunday morning a o’c!
Adult “eatechumen clase meets at 4% o'clock Friday
evenin;

Young People's Concordia Circle and Singing Schoo?
meet Wednesday evening at 734 o'clock.
Kary Kretzscoumar, Missionary.
EY. LUTH. BETHLEHEM CHAPEL.
Cor. Washington Avenue and Dryades Str.
Divine services: Sunda: evening at 7% o'clock.
Thursday cvening ut 734 o'clock.
Sunday School at 914 o'clock. 5
Adult catechumen class overy Tucsday at 734 0'clock and
after the divine service on Thursday evening. a
Choir practice at 7% o’clock on Tuesday cvening ani
after divine service on Thursday cyen! ng.
Circle for Young People meets at the school every ‘Tues-
day evening at 734 o'clock.
J. W. F. KossMann, Missionary.

Ey. Luth. Holy Trinity Church.
Springfeld, Mu. ;
Divine services at half Hae 10 o'clock Sunday morning
aunty Sekool ct ocloed Feats
Oatochamon clase meets Monday and Friday evenings.
Singing-school Tuesday evening.

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