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The Lutheran Pioneer.

nected with this service.

confessional sermon.

In the afternoon and evening services were
held in the tabernacle, a building raised and
owned by the white people of Salisbury for
religious gatherings, holding several thousand
people, the attendance upon the services of
the Conference being so large that the chapel
The afternoon
service was attended by over 400 people and
Rey. J. C.
Schmidt, of Greensboro, preached a mission
sermon in the afternoon on Acts 16, 8—10.
In the evening Rey. N. J. Bakke, of Charlotte,
officiated, preaching on Gen. 19, 17, his sub-
ject being, ‘‘Escape for thy life, look not be-
After this service the Conference

could not hold all the people.

the evening service by over 600.

hind thee!’’
adjourned.

Judging from the attendance —for all-the
services were well attended— and from the
attentiveness of the hearers, we may hope that
In the entire his-

much good will redound.
tory of our Colored Mission, there were, prob-

ably, never so many colored people brought

under the influence of God’s pure Word, as
on this day, the 20th of April. May the Lord,
whose assurance we have that His Word will
not come back void, bestow His blessings on
Immanuel Conference and the Colored Mission.
May He grant that many, who are yet groping
in darkness and are being Jed by the delusions
of their feelings, be truly converted unto Him.
And now, ‘‘let the beauty of the Lord our God
be upon us, and establish Thou the work of
our hands upon us; yea, the work of our hands
establish Thou it.’’ E. A. H. Buntrock.

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Items from Louisiana.

Our Mansura Mission sustained a great loss

in the death of its founder, Henry Thomas.

Mr. Thomas was ao native of New Orleans

and for a number of years a member of our

St. Paul’s Mission. Several years ago his

business interests induced him to move to

Mansura, Avoyelles Parish, La. Here he soon

Baw an opening for us, and it was principally

through his efforts, next to God’s grace, that

our Mansura Mission came into existence,

A few months ago he returned to his native

city for a brief stay, hoping soon to return to

| Mansura. But the Lord’s thoughts were dif-

j ferent: He in His wisdom took him from us

to Himself in heaven. He leaves a widow and

a little son of about two years. Concerning

the latter his fond wish always was that he

might grow in the wisdom of the Lord and

become a missionary among his people. May

our heavenly Father grant the desixe of his
heart!

On the last Sunday in April thirteen young

Christians renewed their baptismal covenant

_ inour St. Paul’s Chapel, New Orleans. This

is the largest class of catechumens it has been

‘our pleasure to receive into full communion

A goodly number
: communed. Rey. Geo. Schutes preached the

of the church since the beginning of St. Paul’s
Mission. May they all remain faithful to their
vows!

In Bethlehem, New Orleans, Rev. Kossmann
is preparing a class of twelve catechumens for
Confirmation. Rev. Kretzschmar, of Mount
Zion, New Orleans, has a class of fourteen
which he is instructing with the same end in
view. Both these missionaries expect to con-
firm their catechumens in the near future.

Mr. R. A. Wilde, of Hobart, Ind., has been
called to take charge of the upper room of our
St. Paul’s School in New Orleans. He has
accepted the call, but will not enter upon his
duties in the new field of labor till September.
By- next fall the Mission Board for Colored

for the lower room of our Bethlehem School
in New Orleans.

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Items from Springfield, Ill.

There are eight colored students attending
Concordia College. On the 24th of June, God
willing, two of them, Mr. Lucius Thalley and
Mr. Stewart Doswell, will graduate. They will
be ordained at the Synodical Conference this
summer at Milwaukee.
stationed at Charlotte, N. C., where he will
work side by side with our oldest missionary,
the venerable Rey. N. J. Bakke. Mr. Lucius
Thalley is to remain temporarily in Springfield
and take charge of our mission there.

Prof. J. Herzer has conducted this mission
for more than eight years. When he took
charge of our church, the Board was think-
ing of abandoning the place. He has worked
among our people with indefatigable zeal, and
has won the confidence of our people. We
sincerely regret that he must now turn the
work over to another.

In the last few years quite a number of
young people have been confirmed, and these
have added new zeal to the church.

On Easter Sunday three young men, one a
Porto Rican, and two girls, were added to our
church by Confirmation.

On April 6, Mrs. N. Williams, who, while
sick with consumption, was instructed in the
saving truth of the Christian doctrine, was
confirmed. She fell asleep in Christ May 7,
and was buried from the church.

Another class will be confirmed on the
second Sunday in June. Since this class
started, four adults have applied for instruc-
tions.

Our Sunday school is fairly well attended.
Both old and young people come.

Our parochial school is progressing nicely,
when we take into consideration the almost in-
superable obstacles it has to contend with. —
May our heavenly Father who will have all
men sayed and come to a knowledge of the
truth, and who has given us the promise that

His Word shall not return void, contin to| All communications con

bless and uphold our Mission.

Missions also expects to have found a teacher | =

Mr. Doswell will be} —

Work for All.

In a factory the workingmen are not all
engaged in the same kind of work, but every
man has his particular work to do, and must
do it if things are to prosper. In the railroad
business there is work of many kinds to be
done. There are superintendents, managers,
despatchers, inspectors, engineers, conduc-
tors, brakemen, porters, switchmen, and many
others. One cannot do everything; every man
has his task todo. Thus it is also with work
in God’s kingdom here on earth. There is
work for all, work of many kinds. ‘The Lord
needs many workers. Are you one of them? 5
Do you do your task?

Acknowledgment.

Received for colored missions of Rey. Paul Engel-
bert from Concordia Church in Rockwell, N. C.,
$1.00, and from Zion Church in Gold Hill, N.C.,
1.00; of Rev. J. C. Schmidt from Grace Church in
Greensboro, N. C., 25.00; of Rev. K. Kretzschmar
from Mt. Zion Church in New Orleans, La., 25.00;
of Rev. F. J. Lankenau from St. Paul’s Church in
New Orleans, La., 25.00; of Rey. J. Kossmann from ~
Bethlehem Church in New Orleans, La., 25.00. .

A.C. BurGporr, Treas.

St. Louis, -Mo., May 17, 1902.

Evangelical Lutheran Colored Churches,
New ORLEans, La.

EV. LUTH. ST. PAUL’S CHAPEL.
1625 Annette Str., between Olalborne and Derbigny. d
Divine services: Sunday morning at 9% o'clock.
Sunday ovening at 7% o’clock.
Wednesday evening at 7% o'clock.
Sunday School: Sunday morning at 10% o’clock.
OG soatechumon class meets at 7% o’clock “Tuesday

Singing ae eon mects at 1% o’clock Friday cvening.
F. J. LANKENAO, Missionary.

EV. LUTH. MOUNT ZION CHURCH.
Cor. S. Franklin and Thalia Strs.
Divine services: Sunday morning at 11 o'clock.
Sunday evening at 7% o’clock.
Thursday evening at o'clock.
Sunday School: Sunday morning at 914 o'clock.
Adult ee TE class mects at 7% o'clock ‘Friday
evi
Young People's Concordia Circle and Singing School
meet Bednesdavie) evening at 7% o'clock.
KARL KReETzsCUMAR, Missionary.

EV. LUTH. BETHLEHEM CHAPEL.
Cor. Washington Avenue and Dryades Str.
Divine services: panda evening at 7% o'clock.

ara! aye evening at 7% o'clock.

Sunday School at 540 o'cloc!

Adult catechumen class one Tuesday at 7% o'clock and
after the divine service on Thursday cvening.

Ohoir practice at 734 o’clock on Tuesday evening and
after divine service on Thursday even’ Dg

Circle for Young Peo, ple meets at the school overy Tues-
day cvening at 7 oF slo lock.

W.F. KOS8S8MANN, Missionary.

Ey. Luth. Hoty Rxinity Church,
id, TU.
Divine services at helt paat 7) enclose Sunday morning
and at 8 o’clock Sun ay syeni ng.
Sunday School at 3 o'clock P.
OGatechumen class mects Monday and Friday cvenings.
Singing-school Tuesday evening.

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