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eighteen entered our school at Concord to per-
fect herself for public teaching, the writer is
reminded that others of our girls are actively
engaged in.school work. Miss Mamie Person
has for several years conducted the primary
department of the Concord school of which
she formerly was a pupil. Miss Wilmar Barn-
heardt, who was educated at the same place,
is teaching at Rockwell, Rev. Engelbert’s
charge. Last summer Miss Mary Ann Miller
engaged in school work at Sandy Ridge. Miss
Mollie Lee Archibald, another Concord girl,
is an active worker in the Sunday school at
Charlotte, while Miss Eliza Johnsen, one of
the faithful few at Meyersyille, instructs a class
in the school at that place. Miss Mary Mel-
chor, a member of Rev. Schute’s church at
Salisbury, and a public school teacher, has
been employed by the Rev. J. C. Schmidt to
teach a few months at Elon College this sum-
mer. May God continue to bless these girls,
and make them more and more efficient in the
service of the Saviour.

During this year three more congregations
will be added to our Conference. Our people
at Mount Pleasant, Cabarrus Co., have, after
many ups and downs, at last secured a per-
manent place of worship, and the organization
of the congregation is in progress. At Sandy
Ridge, in the same county, Rev. Phil. Schmidt
will, in the near future, add another church to
his circuit. According to the present outlook
it promises to be a Lutheran stronghold. At
Monroe, Union Co., where the writer has been
preaching on week days for nearly two years,
& congregation was organized on Palm Sunday
with some 20 members. Thus, under the bless-
ing of God, the work is making progress, and
the outlook for the future is bright.

The church at Charlotte, which was in a
dilapidated state, has been extensively re-
paired inside and outside and is now an in-
viting house of worship. On the 23d of Feb-
ruary three young members were added to the
church by Confirmation. Another class of
adults was confirmed at Easter, and a class of
children will be confirmed at Pentecost. ‘The
school, under the care of Mr. Henry Persson,
has had a large attendance during the winter,
and still has, despite the inclemency of the
weather.

The hearts of the missionaries go out in
sympathy for the sick Editor, who for so many
years has devoted so much of his time and
labor to the Pioneer. May God speedily re-
cover him and restore him to his former
strength and activity. N. J. B.
sco

How He Came to be a Missionary.

News from the Colored Mission in North
Carolina.

A young church member and a diligent
reader of the Pioneer remarked to the writer
not long ago that she always looked for some
news from our churches.in North Carolina in
‘four church paper,’’ but seldom found any.
The writer felt that the remark was a gentle
rebuke for duties neglected, and promised, as
far as he was concerned, to make amends.

This apparent lack of interest in the PlonceR
on the part of the missionaries may easily be
accounted for. They are a busy little band of
workers. Some, im addition to their pastoral
and missionary duties, have large schools to
instruct. Others have three and four churches
to serve at a considerable distance from each
other. Some of these are country charges, and
to reach them, especially in the winter, is often
dangerous and at all times tiresome, owing
to the bad roads. Then we have our semi-
annual Conference. Every member is expected
to come prepared to preach at five minutes’
notice and to lead in the discussion of some
doctrinal or practical question and to answer
any question in history and theology which
inquisitive lay delegates feel called upon to
ask — for information. These Conferences,
by the way, are creating a great deal of in-
terest, are largely attended. and are a power
for good. Thus it will be seen that the life of

a missionary is a strenuous one. The spare

" moments which he may devote iv gathering
news for the church papers are few and far
between.

The Rev. Rich. Oehlschlaeger, who in the
fall of 1900 came to Winston as a missionary
among the colored people, and who, after that
field was abandoned, served churches in Ca-
barrus County, has accepted a call to Brook-
lyn, N. Y., and was installed in his new charge
on Palm Sunday. :

_ Recently Mr. and Mrs. Whit. Shankel, a
family belonging to our church at Concord,
has had another sore bereavement in the death
of their daughter Ella. Some years ago God
in His wisdom took away from the aged par-
ents two sons in the strength of their youth.
One was killed while working in a coal mine,
the other, a few months later, died at Southern
Pines. About two years ago Ella, who was a
public school teacher, married a Methodist
preacher and followed him to his field of labor
at Washington, D.C. But unlike many others
she did not marry his religion. Unto death
she remained faithful to the confession of the
Lutheran church. While at home she was a
devoted and consistent church member. It is
related that during her stay in Washington she
gathered around her a few young men and|~
“instructed them in Luther’s Catechism. Her

A young missionary tells the following beau-
tiful story as to how he was influenced to be-
come a missionary. ‘

When 2 child he often walked through a
cemetery, and one of the tombstones, erected
to the memory of a little boy eight years of
age, bore this inscription: ‘‘Mother, when I

her church by her pastor, the Rev. Phil.
Schmidt. May God in His mercy comfort the
ereaved parents.

In speaking of Miss Ella, who at the age of

grow to be a man, I should like to be a mis-
sionary. But if I should die when still a boy,
will you put it on my tomb, so that some one
passing by may read it and go instead of me?”

Through the reading of this inscription there
grew up in his mind this thought: ‘I must go
in the place of that little boy.’? And so he
was trained for the work and entered the field.

It was only a little boy’s wish that influenced
him and led him to become a missionary. Thus
God makes use of seemingly most insignificant
means to bring laborers into the field to gather
the waiting harvest. r

Acknowledgments.

Received for colored missions of Rev. K. Kretzsch-
mar from Mt. Zion Church, New Orleans, La.,
$25.00; of Rev. F. J. Lankenau from St. Paul's
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., 24.00; of Rev. D. H. Schootf
from St. Matthew’s Church, Meherrin, Va., 12.00.

A. C, BuRGDORF, Treas.

St. Louis, Mo., April 16, 1902.

The undersigned has thankfully received for the
colored students at Springfield, [ll., of Mrs. Ella
Evans, $1.00, of Willis Doswell, 5.00, Williet Johrs,
1.00, Eusebia Glenn, 1.00, Mrs. Holmes, 1.00, Keevan
Neale, 1.00, Nellie Doswell, .50, Clausell Neal, 2.00,
Emma Holmes, .50, Lavina Doswell, .50, Page Dos-
well, 1.00—all of Meherrin, Va. God bless the kind
donors. Joun C. SCuMIDT.

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 94 o'clock.
Sunday evening st 73, o'clock.
Wednesday evening at 1% o'clock.
Sunday School: Sunday morning at 10% o'clock.
Adult catechumen class meets at 734 o’clock Tuesday
evening.
Singing Scbool meets at 74 o'clock Friday evening.
¥, J. LANKENAU, Missionary.
EY. LUTH. MOUNT ZION CHUROH.
Cor. 8. Franklin and Thalia Stra.
Divine services: Sunday morning at 11 o'clock.
Sunday evening at 734 o'clock.
Thursday evening at 734 o’clock.
Sunday School: Sunday morning at 914 o'clock.
Adult catechumen class mects at 7% o'clock Friday
evening.
Young Peo le’s Concordia Circle and Singing Schoo)

meet Wednesday evening at 744 o'clock.
L KRETZSCHMAR, Missionary.

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

Divine services: panda: evening at t oiclock-s
ursday evening A o'clock.
Sunday School orclok. 5 4

at 9)
Adult catechumen ase every Tuesday at 734 o'clock and
after the divine service on Thursday cvening.
Choir practice at 734 o'clock on Tuesday evening and
after divine service on Thursday even ng.
le for Young People mects at tho school every Tucs-
day cvening at 734 o'clock.
J. W. F. KOS8sMANN, Missionary.

Ey. Luth. Holy Trinity Church.

Springfield, Ml.
Divine services at half ypest 10 o'clock Sunday morning
and at 8 o’clock Sunday cvening.
Sunday School at 3 o’clock P. M.
Oatechumen class mects Monday and Friday evenings.
Singing-school Tuesday evening.

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