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The Lutheran Pioneer.

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of His love.
deserved His wrath, and yet we are loaded
down with blessings.
all divine gifts are given us without any merit
or worthiness in us—that all are the free
bounties of His grace. Surely, in view of such
proofs of God’s love, we must feel constrained
to ery out in wonder and amazement as did
Moses on the mountain: ‘The Lord, the Lord
God, merciful and gracious, long-suffering,
and abundant in goodness and truth, keeping
mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and
transgression and sin,’’ Exod. 34, 6. 7. |

F. J. L.

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Bethlehem School, New Orleans, La.

On account of our sins we haye |

| called to succeed Missionary Burgdorf.
second department upon the transfer of

Mission work at Bethlehem Station, New|

|
while yet students, have had charge of this |
.department are the Revs. J. M. Eberlein,
We must confess that|of Blenheim, Md., and H. Krietemeyer, of|
Sands, Ill.
taught until, in April, 1895, the services of
Mr. B. F. Niewedde, now of Omaha, Nebr.,
were secured.
cember 1, 1896, when the great need in the
mission treasury caused the Board to leave
nothing untried to reduce current expenses.
St. Paul’sStation at that time having no teacher
and Bethlehem being supplied with two, it was
| decided to place Mr. Niewedde in charge of
the upper class at St. Paul's.

Later Rev. A. Burgdorf again

The latter remained until De-

In the meantime the undersigned had been
The

Mr. Niewedde was taken charge of by the

Orleans, La., was begun in the spring of 1887. | writer, who has continued the work to the

In conformity with Lutheran
practice a day school for the
education of the young was
almost immediately opened by
the missionary. The choice of
the location was a most happy
one. In the days of the be-
ginning, the recently erected
chapel served the purposes of
aschoolroom. ‘The missionary,
Rev. A. Burgdorf, conducted
the school which, by the sum-
mer of 1888, as we are in-
formed by the reports, had
upon its roll upward of one
hundred scholars. Being thus
encouraged and desiring to en-
large the work, the Missionary
Board decided to call a can-
didate from the Lutheran
Teachers’ Seminary at Addi-
son, lll. Mr. E. Rischow, a
graduate of that seminary,
was called, who accepted and
began his work at the school in the fall of the
year mentioned above.

‘As before, the children of the district flocked
tothe school. ‘Their numbers so increased that
the little chapel was soon found to be inad-
equate to accommodate all. For this reason,
besides others, the Board took steps toward the
erection of a proper building for the school.
At the same time it also became evident that
another teacher must be called if the blessing
of God should not go to waste. ~ The school
being erected, another candidate was called
from the Addison Seminary. Mr. G. Schaefer
accepted the call and continued at this sta-
tion until, in October, 1898, he accepted a
position at one of our Lutheran schools in Mil-
waukee, Wis.

While the upper class continued in charge
of Mr. E. Rischow, the lower one underwent
Numerous changes in teachers. AS occasion
required the pastor, at times, became teacher
in this class to fill a vacancy, or 3 theological
student was temporarily entrusted with the
care of the little ones. Among those who,

Teacher and Pupils of Bethlehem School at New Orleans.

present day. A candidate from the Addison
Seminary, however, has been called, who, it is
hoped and prayed for, will accept the impor-
tant charge and begin his work among us in
September.

The school is conducted on the same plan
carried out in all other Lutheran parochial
schools. Besides teaching all the common
branches great stress is laid upon the instruc-
tion in God’s Word, so that, by the grace of
God, the school may truly prove a nursery for
the church. And such it is. Year by year
some pupils of the school are added to the fold
of Christ, making a good confession of their
Saviour.

‘At the present writing, towards the end of
the schoolyear, our school numbers 128 schol-
ars, of whom 45 are in the first department,
and 78 in the second. J. K.

——_ Po a

Tyere are many faiths or creeds in this

Jewish, Turkish, Popish. Yet no man

world,
he be found resting on

is a Christian except
Christ. — Luther.

|
(For the LUTHERAN PIONEER.)

Immanuel Conference.

| A very blessed meeting was that of Im-

manuel Conference, which took place at Salis-
bury, N. C., from April 18 to 20. All the
missionaries and teachers of the Conference
were present, and each of the stations was
represented by a lay delegate, with the ex-
ception of two; besides, very many of our
Lutheran members from nearby stations st-
tended the sessions. It was a large gathering,
indeed. Friday morning the sessions were
begun with a devotional service, after which
the Conference was welcomed by Rev. Geo.
Schutes, pastor of Salisbury. The Hon. Presi-
dent, Rev. D. N. Schooff, responded to the
welcome address in behalf of Immanuel Con-
ference. After this, the business that lay be-
fore the Conference was trans-
acted. In the afternoon session
the doctrine of conversion was
discussed, Rev. D. N. Schooff
leading in the discussion. It
was treated under the follow-
ing heads: 1. What is con-
version? 2. the importance;
8. the author; 4. the means
of conversion. - It was shown
that man, in his natural state
of depravity, can do nothing
towards his conversion to God,
but that all is God’s work, and
that the only means by which
man is converted are the Word
of God and the Sacraments.

At the evening session
“Lutheranism, the Saviour’s
Teaching and the Apostles’
Faith,’’ was the subject laid
before the Conference by Rev.
N. J. Bakke, of Charlotte. On
Saturday morning another
business session was held, and after all the
business had been transacted, a discussion of
practical mission questions was taken up, in
which also the lay delegates joined. In the
afternoon Rev. Theo. Buch, of Southern Pines,
preached on Is. 45, 22, his subject being,
“The Life Look.’? After the sermon fol-
lowed an essay by Prof. Henry L. Persson on
“The Cooperation of the Home with the School
Training.”? It was shown how necessary it is
for parents to work hand in hand with the
teacher, in order to bring good results for
the future welfare of the children. First the
essayist showed what things we must know
regarding the training, in order that we may
cooperate; secondly, that we must consider
each child from two viewpoints, namely, from
that of nature and that of grace. Inthe even-
ing Rev. Phil. Schmidt, of Concord, preached
on Matt. 10, 31. 32, his subject being, ‘*Con-
fessing Christ.”’

On Sunday morning Rev. Paul Engelbert,
of Rockwell, preached on John 16, 16—23.
The celebration of the Lord’s Supper was con-