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The Lutheran Pioneer.

Notes and Items. the customs of heathen religions, having com-

passion for a people bound by them; but the
News rrom New Oreans.—From St. Paul’s| heart bleeds with pity when one must see

. Station at New Orleans the missionary writes: cruelty heaped upon sorrow, sufficient of it-
‘Our school is almost filled, and we are just] self to break a tender heart.’?’

opening up. We have 178 pupils enrolled,
and I am sure that by the endof the month; Brste Worx.—Bible Societies are impor-
we shall have 200. Surely, God is pouring} tant mission agencies, and the work of mis-
down His blessings upon us! We have also| sions could scarcely be carried on without
opened up a ninth grade in our school this|their aid. From the latest Report of the
fall. Among those in attendance are several] American Bible Society we learn that most of
that want to become ministers and teachers.’’ | its work is done in foreign countries, and that

fully one half of its receipts are expended in
News rrom Norru Carotia.—From a let- printing and distributing the Bible in other
ter of one of our missionaries in North Caro- languages than the English. The extent of
lina me learn that Ms laborer has entered | its work can be estimated from the statement
that important mission field. The Rev. Essig| that the issues of the past year of Bibles,
has taken charge of the work at Monroe and| Testaments, and portions of the Bible were
Southern Pines. The new pastor was installed 1,993,558 copies, and since its organization,
at Southern Pines on the 13th of September, eighty-seven years ago, have been 72,670,783
and in Monroe on the Tuesday following. He copies. Since ‘the seed is the Word of God,”
will reside at Monroe and will give the chil-) 15 one can estimate the harvest of such a
dren his special attention; for, God willing, sowing.
he will soon establish at that place a Lutheran
school, which, no doubt, will prove a blessing
to many.

PerFectty Sare.—‘‘I was holding,’’ said
the late Bishop Whipple, ‘‘a service near an
Indian village camp. My things were scattered
about in a lodge, and when I was going out
I asked the chief if it was safe to leave them
there while I went to the village to hold a
service.’’ ‘‘Yes,’’ he said, ‘‘perfectly safe.
There is not a white man within a hundred
miles !’’

Festiva Day at Menerrin. —The first
Sunday in September was a red-letter day for
our colored Lutheran congregation at Meher-
tin, Va. On the morning of that day the con-
gregation celebrated its Harvest Home Festival
and also the 12th anniversary of the dedica-
tion of its church, the Rev. Oehlschlaeger, of
Richmond, Va., preaching an appropriate ser-
mon and the church choir beautifying the serv-| fact that in Catholic countries Protestants are
ices by the singing of several anthems. The| refused the privileges which Catholics demand
church was most beautifully decorated for the| and enjoy in Protestant countries. Peru in
glad occasion. In the afternoon the colored| South America is a case in point. Though
Lutherans celebrated their mission festival in| that country is a republic, the Roman Catholic
the grove near by, whilst the German Luther- | religion is established, and there is sufferance
ans held mission services in the church. Lu-|for none other. Protestants are not allowed
therans from Richmond and other places took| the freedom of public worship, and Protes-
part in the festivities. It was a day of re-| tant missionaries are molested in every way.
joicing and thanksgiving. Efforts have recently been made to obtain
some show of religious liberty in Peru, but

Winownoop ix Ixpra.—A General Council | without success. A Romish paper, Zhe Western
missionary in India, writing of the miseries of | Watchman, of St. Louis, advises the Peruvian
the Brahmin widows in that heathen land, says: | Government to force its subjects to be of one
“The Christian widow has sympathy and con-| religion and to prevent the preaching of non-
solation from friends. Not so the Brahmin| Catholic doctrines. Instead of enacting laws
widow. She is looked upon, more or less, 48] making the public exercise of the Protestant
the cause of her husband’s death. Eleven days religion possible, the Peruvians should, says
after his death jewels and trinkets of garments| the Jatchman, take measures to suppress it.
worn during her married life are taken from} Such is the love of Romanists for religious
her, her hair, often beautiful and abundant, liberty in countries where they have the
is shaved off, and widows’ weeds, usually of majority. If they had the power they would
awhite material, are put on her, never to be| pursue the same course in the United States
removed except she leave her caste or die.| that they have pursued in Peru and in other
‘She is usually made to do the hardest and| South American republics.

lowest work of a Hindoo household. The care
of her children is taken from her, and every-
‘thing isdone to make her widowhood miserable.
‘The life of’ a Brahmin widow, if she be tender-
hearted, is a slow dying of sorrow and cruelty.
ie death of a husband in India has more of
Sorrow in it than the taking away of the fondest
husband in America.

Rosusx Inroterance. —It -is-a well-known

OUR BOOK TABLE.

GoTres WORT EINE GOTTESKRAFT. An Beispiclen
aus alter und neuer Zeit gezeigt von HZ. Weseloh.
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Price, 80 cts. postpaid.

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library and in every Christian home. Its get-up is
as pleasing as its contents are valuable. The book
bears witness to the divine power of God’s Word by
numerous illustrations which prove the Bible to be
God’s Word since it does for man what no human
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TRIAL AND SELF-CoNVICTION OF PoPE LEO XIII.
By A. L. Graebner. Concordia Publishing House,
St. Louis, Mo. Price, 5 cts. Edition with the
Latin Quotations, 10 cts. per copy.

This is a timely publication and deserves the
widest circulation. The pamphlet shows the true
significance of the late Pope, and proves him to have
been “the most acrimonious, persistent, and dan-
gerous enemy of Protestantism and of free religious,
social, and political institutions the world has seen
for the last twenty-five years.’? The Pope is put on
trial and convicted upon evidence taken from his
own public and official writings. Whosoever reads
the evidence cannot but join in the verdict, Guilty
as charged.

OF THE DivinE WorD As THE LIGHT WHICH LEADS
To Peace. By IW. Loche, Ev. Lutheran Pastor.
Printed by Papenhagen and Deindoerfer, De-
flance, O. Price, 10 cts.

This tract of 15 pages is the first number of a pe-
riodical called Translation, issued not less than four
and not more than eight times a year. Price, 60 cts.
the year. The publishers evidently do not agree
with the Eastern D. D. who recently wrote that the
time for translations in.the Lutheran church is past
and that those who can furnish translations only
should take a back seat. This-first number of Trans-
lation is a helpful little tract well worthy of the Eng-
lish dress. It is considered ‘‘the best of Loehe’s
tracts” and presents, in an impressive manner, the
important truth that the awakened sinner can find
and retain true peace by relying, not on his feelings
and experiences, but solely on the never-fatling
promises of God’s Word.

Acknowledgment.
Received for colored missions of Rev. L. E.
Thalley from Holy Trinity Church, Springfield, Ill.,
$7.00; of Rev. J.C. Schmidt from Grace Church in

-Greensboro, N-C:, 12:00;-of Rev. P. Engelbert from

congregation in Rockwell, N. C., 10.00; of Rev. K.
Kretzschmar from Mount Zion Church, New Orleans,
La., 25.00; of Rev. F. J. Lankenau from St. Paul's
Church, New Orleans, La., 25.00; of Mr. Ed. Rischow
from Bethlehem Church in New Orleans, La., 25.00;
of Rev. D. H. Schooff from congregation in Meher-
rin, Va., 12.00; of Rev. J. Ph. Schmidt from Grace
Church, Concord, N. C., 10.00.
St. Louis, Mo., October 17, 1903.
A. C. Bureporr, Treas.

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Evangelical Lutheran Colored Churches.

NEW ORLEANS, LA.
St. Paul's
¥F. J. La

Chapel, 1625 Annette St., near N. Claiborne St.;
nkenau, Pastor. hy A
Divine Services: Sunday, 11 A. M. and 7.30 P. M.;
Wednesday, 7.30 P. a.

Mount Zion Church, Franklin and Thalia Sts.; K. Kretzsch-
mar, Pastor, *
Divine Services: Sunday, 11 A. M. and 7.30 P. M.5
Thursday, 7.30 P. M.
Bethlehem Chapel, Washington Ave. and Dryades St. ; J.W. F.
Kossmann, Pastor. " .
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.
Difine Services? Sunday, 10.30 A. 3. and 8 P. x,

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