The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1904, Page 8

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8 The Lutheran Pioneer.

Dip nor Feet Easy.—A city missionary met a
prominent business man recently, who said, ‘‘Look-
ing over my cash account I saw this entry: ‘Pug
terrier, $10.00;’ and on the next line; ‘City Mis-
sionary Society, $5.00.’ I have not felt quite easy
about that matter ever since, and you may count
on me for an additional $5.00.’’

Mission 1n PaLestine.—The observation and
experiences of a missionary in the Holy Land are

. thus given by an exchange:

Rey. W. S. Black, an independent missionary
in Jerusalem, has been engaged in Bible distribu-
tion. He writes that he meets there people from
all parts of Europe, Asia Minor, and Northeastern
Africa, many of whom seem afraid to accept a copy
of the Gospel, and are rarely willing to pay more
than a fraction of the price. Besides the distant
pilgrims, people from scores of surrounding villages
may be met in Jerusalem every day. They arecom-
posed chiefly of Moslems, Greeks, and Latins. The
last are Roman Catholics, and, .as a rule, do not
want the Bible. The majority of those Moslems
who can read, or whose children can read, desire
the Word, if it is free, while those of the Greek
church, including Arabs and people from Greece,
may be said to be eager for the Word of God. They
are more intelligent and industrious than their Mos-
lem neighbors. Their children are crowding the
mission schools and form the most hopeful class for
missionary effort in Palestine.

PRAISE FOR MIssIoNARIES.— Bishop Brooks once
wrote from India to a friend: ‘‘The missionaries
are as noble a set of men and women as the world
has toshow. Tell your friends who do not believe
in foreign missions that they do not know what they
are talking about, and that three weeks’ sight of
mission work in India would convert them wholly.’?

A GREENLAND NEwspaPer.—The Foreign Mis-
sionary reports the following: ‘‘Kalovikmik is the
name and title of an illustrated family paper which
appears monthly at Godthaap (Good Hope), on the
west coast of Greenland. It is a welcome visitor in
the homes of the Greenland Eskimos, who are all
members of our Lutheran church and no blind
heathen any more. The editor of the paper is also
its printer, publisher, and newsboy.. The price of
the Kalovikmik is one seal for a year; two geese for
three months; and a young wild duck for a single
number.”? The editor of Kalovikmik need not look
for subscribers among the readers of the PIonEER.
We don’t know about chickens, but geese and ducks
are scarce. And then think of the seal!

The Christian Trusts God.

Those who do not know God will never trust Him.
When the world they can see fails them, they are in
despair, for they have nothing left. But the Christian
who knows God as his Father is not troubled when
the things he can see fail, forhe has God and all God’s
promises — His love, His goodness, His power, His
grace. ‘‘My God shall supply all your needs.”’

OUR BOOK TABLE.

Scuo.ia, Explanatory Notes and Interpretative Remarks on
the Text of Luther’s Small Catechism. By Prof. I.
Lindemann. Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis,
Mo. Price, 15 cts.

This is an excellent booklet from the able pen of Prof. F.
Lindemann, of our Teachers’ Seminary at Addison, Ill. Its
Notes and Remarks will be of valuable service to all who
wish to teach and help pupils to understand Luther’s Small
Catechism.

From the Louis Lange Publishing Co., St. Louis, Mo., we
have received a beautiful picture representing the FACULTY
OF OUR LUTHERAN SEMINARY aT St. Louis. It is a very
fine work of art and will prove a beautiful ornament, es-
pecially in the pastor’s study. Price, 50 cts.; handsomely
framed, $2.00.

Acknowledgment.

Received for colored missions of Rev. F. J. Lankenau
from St. Paul’s Church in New Orleans, La., $25.00; of
Rey. J. Kossmann from congregation in Mansura, La., 5.50;
of Rev. K. Kretzschmar from Mount Zion Church in New
Orleans, La., 25.00; of Mr. Geo. P. Wolf from Bethlehem
Church in New Orleans, La., 25.00; of Rev. L. E. Thalley
from congregation in Springfield, lll., 12.60; of Rev. J. C.
Schmidt from Grace Church in Greensboro, N. C., 12.00;
of Rev. J. Ph. Schmidt from Grace Church in Concord,
N.C., 10.00.

St. Louis, Dec. 15, 1903.

A. C. Bureporr, Treas.

Evangelical Lutheran Colored Churches.
NEW ORLEANS, ust,
St. Paul's Chapel, 1625 Annette St., near N. Claiborne St.; F. J. Lan-
kenau, Pastor.
70 vine Services: Sunday, 11 A. 31. and 7.30 vp. M.; Wednesday,
P.

Mount Zion Church, Franklin and Thalia Sts. ; K. Kretzschmar, Pastor
Divine Services: Sanday, 114, M. and 7.30 P.M. 5 Thursdi ny,
7.30 P.M.
Bethlehem Chapel, Washington Ave: and Dryades St.; J. W. F. Koss-
mann, Pastor.
Divine Services: Sunday, 10 A. M. and 7.30 r. M.; Thursday,

7.30 2. M.
SPRINGFIELD, ILL.

Holy Trinity Church; L. E. Thalley, Pastor.
Divine Services: Suey, 10.30 A. M. and 8 Pr. M.

Tr: E RMS:
Tue LUTHERAN PIONEER is published monthly, payable
in adyance at the following rates, postage proluded; to-wit:

50

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address.

All business communications to be addressed to Con-

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- St. Louis, Mo.

All communications concerning the editorial department
to be addressed to Prof. R. A. Brscnorr, Concordia College,
Fort Wayne, Ind.