The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1901, Page 40

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The Lutheran Pioneer.

The Outlook from the Editor’s Window.

Mission Day. —On September 22 our Col-
. ored Lutheran congregation at Rockwell, N. C.,
celebrated its annual mission festival. Luther-
ans from far and near assembled in large num-
bers to listen to the Word of God preached by
our missionaries, the Revs. Oehlschlaeger,
Bakke, and Shutes. The church choir from
Concord beautified the services by singing
several anthems. ‘The very large attendance
gave evidence of the interest the people are
taking in their annual mission festival.

New Lazsorers. — The Rev. Weinhold, a
member of this year’s graduating class of our
Seminary at St. Louis, has been installed as
missionary at Mansura, La. The Rey. Buch,
a member of the same class, has taken charge
of one of our stations in North Carolina. May
God give them patience and endurance and
bless their labors in the mission field.

Crue. War.— The Lutheran says: The
Berlin Missionary Society has been informed
officially that its most important station in
South Transvaal, Botshabelo, around which
9000 native Christians are settled, was sud-
denly seized and occupied by the British, and
the missionaries together with their colonists
were ruthlessly driven to the camp at Middle-
burg. The missionaries, wherever they are,
are forbidden to hold services and to move
among the natives. Seven Berlin stations
are devastated, the natives scattered, and the
missionaries confined at Pretoria. The Her-
mannsburg Missions are suffering the same
outrageous wrong. Eleven of their stations
are wantonly destroyed, and their occupants
are banished or imprisoned. The heathen
tribes in South Africa, who had been held in
check by the Boers, are now fighting again
with each other and roam over the land as
robbers and murderers in imitation of the sol-
diers of his ‘‘gracious’’ majesty, the gentle
King of England, ‘‘Defender of the Faith!”

Carxese WoMEN Martyrs.—Every mission-
ary magazine gives us fresh stories relating to
the noble army of martyrs in China. One fine
woman, named Hsiao, who was the soul of a
part of the work in Kuauguing, was seized.
She was wealthy, and earnest in spreading the
Gospel. When the trouble broke out she was
a marked woman. ‘The rascals had an eye on
her property, and demanded it. The Deacon
Wang, her manager, made his escape, but she
manfully stood her ground, and said she was
prepared to bear witness for the Lord who
ight her. She was offered her life if she
nid recant. She refused, and only asked
they would kill her quickly. She suffered

in the most cruel manner, but up to the
kept praying. Another woman, named
, captured. As she was young and
al, her captor offered to spare her life
ould renounce Christ and become his
She replied that she had @ hope of

heaven, and whether she died or lived was of
little moment. ‘‘What is heaven? If I kill
you, what then?” ‘‘Then I shall go to heaven
at one step.’’ As she .was praying for her
enemies she was cut short with the assassin’s
sword. Her conduct made a great impression.
— Thousands of native Christians have en-
dured sufferings almost worse than death, and
yet are spared, doubtless, as living proofs of
the reality and power of the Christian religion.
Their homes have been burned, with all they
contained; their food supplies destroyed; their
wadded clothes, so needed in their cold cli-
mate, stolen, and destitute and hunted like
wild beasts, whole families of Christians are
wanderers during this winter’s cold, some of
them hiding in caves of the earth. Yet these
had the opportunity of saving homes and all
earthly possessions by simply renouncing their
faith in Jesus. They have chosen rather to

suffer and bear reproach for His name.
Faithful Witness.

MELTING THE IpoLs. — A missionary in Tray-
ancore, India, observed one morning, some
years ago, a native approaching his house with
a heavy burden. On reaching it, he laid a
sack on the ground. Unfastening it, he emp-
tied it of its contents—a number of idols.
‘‘What have you brought these here for?’’
said the missionary. ‘‘I do not want them.”
“You have taught us that we do not want them,
sir,’’ said the native ; ‘‘but we think they might
be put to some good use. Could they not be
melted down and formed into a bell to call us
to church?”’ The hint was taken; they were
sent to a bellfounder in Cochin, and by him
made into a bell, which is now used to summon
the native converts to praise and prayer.

Ir Comwetn From Asove.—In 1884 Clara
Barton and her helpers were assisting the vic-
tims of the flood along the Ohio River, and
they noticed a company of negroes huddled on
the bank of the swollen stream. A visit was
paid to them, and it was found that they were
in great want. The Government boats from
which supplies were dealt out, had passed them
unnoticed, and the water had washed away all
eatables. Miss Barton and her band left them
some food, but cautioned them not to quarrel
over it. One of their number said: ‘This is
from the Lord; we would not dare to quarrel
over it.’” When Miss Barton and her helpers
put off from the shore they expected some
shout of thanks from the people they had as-
sisted, but there was not a word uttered, and
it looked as though the negroes were ungrate-
ful. However, as the lady and her fellow
workers looked back they beheld the company
of blacks kneeling about the stock of pro-
visions giving thanks unto God. They be-
lieved that all came from above, and to the
Giver of all good they were especially careful
to render their thanksgiving and praise.

Brace Soorety Worx.—The eighty-fifth year
of the American Bible Society has just ended.

In that time it has received $30,605,000 from
various sources, and has issued 68,923,424
copies of the Scriptures, in whole or in part,
in many languages, for sale or distribution by
colporteur or otherwise throughout the globe.
The work it has done in this country has been
of inestimable value, touching every forlorn
frontier region, and every State and Territory
of the Union; but, in addition, it has helped
in an extraordinary measure every English-
speaking missionary enterprise now in exist-
ence. Just now the Gospels are being ren-
dered into several native Filipino dialects, and
in other quarters new versions are being made
whereby the Scripture will be introduced to
great multitudes who are now strangers to its
light and comfort. The income of the Society
last year was $391,382, a slight increase over
the preceding year’s record.

Acknowledgment.

Received for colored missions of Mr. John McDavid
from Holy Trinity Church in Springfield, I11., $10.00;
of Rev. J. C. Schmidt from Grace Church in Greens-
boro, N.C., 12.00; of Rev. F. J. Lankenau, New Or-
leans, La., from Mount Zion Church 25.00 and from
St. Paul’s Church 25.00; of Rev. J. Kossmann from
Bethlehem Church, New Orleans, La., 25.00.

St. Louis, Mo., Sept. 18, 1901.

A. C. Bureporr, Treas.

Evangelical Lutheran Colored Churches,
NEw ORLEANS, La.

EV. LUTH. ST. PAUL'S CHAPEL.
1625 Annette Str., between Olaiborne and Derbigny.
Divine services: Sunday morning at 94 o'clock.
Sunday evening at 734 o’clock.
Wednesday evening at 73
Sunday School: Sunday:morning at 1034 o'clock.
Adult catechumen class mects at 734 o'clock Tuesday

evening:
Singing School meets at 74 o'clock Friday evening.
F. J. LANKENAD, Missionary.

EV. LUTH. MOUNT ZION CHUROH.
Cor. 8. Franklin and Thalia Strs.
Divine services: Sunday morning at 11 o'clock.
Sunday evening at 734 o'clock.
Thursday evening at o'clock.
Sunday School: Sunday morning at 934 o'clock.
Adult catechumen class mects at 734 o'clock Friday
evening.
Young People's Concordia Circle and Singing Schoo!
meet Wednesday evening at 7% o'clock.
Kari KRETZSCHMAR, Missionary.

EV. LUTH. BETHLEHEM OHAPEL.
Cor. Washington Avenue and Dryades Str.
Divine services: Sunday evening at 74 o'clock.
Thursday evening at 734 o'clock.
Sunday School at 9% o’clock.
Adult catechumen class every Tuesday at 734 o’clock and
after the divine service on Thursday evening.
Choir practice at 734 o'clock on Tuesday evening and
after divine service on Thursday cven 3
Circle for Young ‘People mects at the school every ‘Tues-
day evening at 734 o'clock.
J. W. F. KossMANn, Missionary.

Ey. Luth. Holy Trinity Church.

Springfield, TU.
Divine services at half eee 10 o’clock Sunday morning
panday Schack ccs osicet ea
8) 001 at 3 o’clo » Me
Oatechamen Class meets Monday and Friday evenings.

Singing-school Tuesday evening.

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