The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1903, Page 40

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theory of the heathen teachers in Persia con-

uJ tains as much truth as many of the theories
WHAT, THE caunce Ee Se a writer proclaimed by so-called scientists in Christian
in one of our ‘‘up-to-date’’ magazines: ‘‘The|).1 4s as ‘‘scientific facts.”

mission of the church is to study and solve the
problems of our day scientifically, and she] Tue Pops’s BLessrnc. — And now we are
therefore needs scientific preachers, able to| told that the new pope sent his blessings ‘‘es-
apply the truths of science.’’ ‘‘The truths of| pecially to the American people.’ America
science,’ indeed! What does the writer mean?! does not want his blessing. A writer in the
He means the theories and reasonings of s0-| Recorder says: ‘‘The popes’ blessings are
called scientists, which have proved false again | curses. The pope sent his blessing to the King
and again. He may like empty straw, but he| of Naples, and in a few months he lost his
cannot speak for others. The mission of the} crown and kingdom. The pope sent his bless-
Church has always been and still is to save ing to the Emperor of Austria, and within a
sinners, and she therefore needs Gospel year the Emperor had lost his Venetian domin-
preachers, able to apply the truths of God’s| ions. The pope blessed the Empress Eugenie,
Word for the salvation of souls. Christ told| who declared she had made the war with Ger-
His messengers to preach, not science, not the} many, and in less than twelve months she
opinions and views of man, but the Gospel.|had to flee with the Emperor from France,
He said unto them, ‘‘Go ye into all the world, | which was defeated by Protestant Germany.
and preach the Gospel to every creature,’’| Mrs. General Sherman was given the Golden
Mark 16, 15. Rose by the pope with his blessing, and she
quickly died. The pope sent his blessing to
Boulanger, and. in two weeks he had to flee
for his life. -The ex-Princess of Brazil asked
the prayer of the pope and his blessing for her
unborn child—the child was born deformed.
The pope gave his blessing to Maximilian, and
in a few months he was executed. His wife
went to Rome for the pope’s blessing, received
it, and shortly after became insane. The Em-
press of Brazil was blessed by the pope, and
three days after broke her leg.’’? The pope
may curse us as he curses Luther and his Bible
doctrines, but we want none of his blessings.

Notes.

A Screntiric PreacHER.—We are reminded
of a “‘scientific preacher”’ of whom we recently
read. He was a colored preacher down in
South Carolina. Speaking of the passage
of the Israelites over the Red Sea, he said,
“‘Breddren, let me explain this matter scien-
tifically.’” And then he advanced the theory,
that it was in winter and the sea was frozen
and the Israelites of course had no difficulty
in walking over the deep. An old colored
grandfather, however, was not satisfied with
- this explanation.--He rose to offer his-objec-
tions and stated, that from what he had learned

in his geography the Red Sea wasinthe East,| Gyixese Lier aLitr. — A congregation of

where they had the tropical climate, and where| 195 Christian Chinese contributed $2000.00
the thermometer never went down to the freez-| ¢,, Foreign Mission work.

ing point. The preacher, not willing to have
his ‘‘scientific’’ theory exploded, promptly re-} Luraeran Orrnans’ Home. —We recently
plied, ‘‘That may all be true, but remember) received the Annual Report of our Lutheran
that this happened many thousand years ago, | Orphans’ Home at Addison, Il]. At present
and at that time they had no geographies, | 98 children find shelter in the Home, which
tropical climates, and thermometers!’? Thus|is in a very prosperous condition. What a
the dispute was settled ‘‘scientifically.”’ glorious work this work of mercy is among
Christ’s little ones! Who can estimate the
AxoTHeR “‘Sorentiric’” Exrianation. —It| blessings of the quiet work of such a Chris-
seems that also in heathen countries there are] tjan Home in 81 years! In such a Home the
those who explain matters “‘scientifically.””| children are prepared for the journey of life,
A missionary in Persia tells us that the earth-| and their hearts are directed to that better
quake is thus explained ‘‘scientifically’’ by the | home in heaven. God bless the orphans and
religious leaders of that country: ‘‘They teach] aj) that care for them!
that the earth stands on the back of a very
large ox, and the ox, inturn, standsontheback| Tne Power or Love.— When on a visit to
‘of a fish. On each side of the ox there is some | Great Britain Bishop Ridley told of ten heroic
“fresh green hay, of which he is very fond. | Christian Indians who braved the open seas for

| When he has eaten up all the grass nearest) three days in a “‘dug-out’’ canoe, in order to

whim; he is obliged to stretch his neck for)bring a doctor sixty miles away, to save the
‘that which fs a little way off. This act causes] life of a missionary lady. When the Indians’
ly a slight motion of the earth. But what|captain was asked afterwards what reward
© ox most is a bumble-bee that| should be given for this heroic service he was
6 into his ear. This maddens| distressed, and said, ‘‘Do not breathe such an
{ he shakes his head and hisjidea to my men. It would break their hearts.
@ great effort to put the bee] You are a sailor, you know that no amount of
id, by doing this, causes those terrific) gold would have tempted us out on that sea.

kes that destroy so many lives and 60} But she loved us and would have died for us.
sf How foolish! “And yet this} And we would die for her if need be,”

A WarninG TO Parents. —A reader in one
of our Southern cities sends us the following:
Twelve years ago, a Protestant mother took
her little twelve-year-old girl to a Romish
church ‘‘to hear the Easter music.’’ The next
year she took the girl again to the same attrac-
tion. Before the third Easter, the mother had
been called to give an account of her charge.
At Easter, the motherless girl went again to
hear that music. The sharp eyes of ‘‘the sis-
ter’’ and of ‘‘the father’’ were upon her, and
attentions were shown, sympathy was mani-
fested, books were loaned. To-day the young
woman is a Romanist. Christian parents, heed

the lesson!
— + +e oe oe

Actions Speak Louder than Words.

An agent of a missionary society once vis-
ited and addressed a colored church in Ken-
tucky. When the collection was about to be
taken, the pastor, himself a colored man, arose
and said, ‘‘My dear brethren, when we have
our meetings for prayer,;-you are generally
present, and I am pleased to see this house
filled. Whenever, at such times, anything is
said about the wants of the heathen, and the
duty of praying and giving for the conversion
of the world, you give me groans of approba-
tion. Now I wish you to come forward with
your money, or I shall conclude that you did
not groan honestly.’’

Acknowledgment.

Received for colored missions of Rev. L. E.
Thalley from Holy Trinity Church, Springfield, Il.,
$9.00; of Rev. K. Kretzschmar from Mount Zion
Church, New Orleans, La., 25.00; of Rev. F. J. Lan-
kenau from St. Paul’s Church, New Orleans, La.,
25.00; of Rev. J. Ph. Schmidt from Grace Church,
Concord, N. C., 10.00.

St. Louis, Mo., September 15, 1903.

A. C. Buraporr, Treas.

Evangelical Lutheran Colored Churches.
NEW ORLEANS, LA.

St. Paul’s Chapel, 1625 Annette St., near N. Claiborne 8t.;

F. J. Lankenau, Pastor. ;

Divine Services: Sunday, 11 A. M. and 7.30 P. M.;
Wednesday, 7.30 P. ot.

Mount Zion Church, Franklin and Thalia Sts. ; K. Kretzsch-

mar, Pastor.

Divine Services: Sunday, 11 A. M. and 7.30 P. M.;
Thursday, 7.30 P. M.

ethleh ese Chapel, Washington Ave. and Dryades St. ; J.W.F.
ossmann, Pastor. z
Divine Services: Sunday, 10 a. M. and 7.30 P. M.;
Thursday, 7.30 P. M.
SPRINGFIELD, ILL.

Holy Trinity Church; L. E. Thalley, Pastor.
s, Divine Services: Sunday, 10.30 A. M. and 8 P. 31,

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