The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1904, Page 55

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Immanuel College Wishes to Be Remembered
to You and by You.

No doubt, our many friends, who are interested
in the spreading of the Gospel among all nations,
and daily pray and labor that our dear E Evangelical
Lutheran Zion will .gtow and prosper in her glo-
rious work among the Afro-American people of this
land, would like to hear something of the Imman-
uel College which was begun some time ago for
the instruction of our Afro-American youths, and
to whose subsistence they have so liberally contrib-
uted.

In the last week in May Immanuel College closed
for its summer vacation. The writer had the pleas-
ure of being present at the closing exercises, and, in-
deed, it was a pleasure. The exercises were largely
attended by people of various denominations and
races, who were loud and liberal in their praises
and commendations. The exercises demonstrated,
among other things, what the Afro-American youths
are capable of if put under the proper training. The
Lutherans of North Carolina have begun to look
with pride on the institution, which promises to be
a blessing, a source of strength, not only to the
Church, but to the race as such. I only express the
feeling of all when I say that Immanuel College is
the thing we ought to have had long ago. May the
Lord bless her, and may she be a blessing to genera-
tions yet unborn.

During the summer the missionaries will work
with might and main to swell the number of stu-
dents for next year, but there is a great want which
they hope to see supplied before that time, and that
is the need of a building, or the want of better ac-
commodations. This need is great, and may the
PIoNnEER help sound it into the ears of all. Imman-
uel College needs an adequate building. ‘When
Rey. Bakke was authorized to take charge of the
school, he began in the upper story of the school-
house belonging to Grace Congregation, and the
school has been held there ever since. The number
of students has been steadily increasing, and that
room is inadequate to accommodate such a body.

‘The one room was used for lecture-room and dor-
mitory, and the boys scarcely had elbow room. Its
inadequacy was keenly felt already last term by
teachers and students, and will be felt all the more
this term, if the boys are crowded into that room,
as the number of students will be greatly increased
by then.

The need, then, is great. Who will help? May
the Lord open many hands and hearts for this
cause. Reader, while praying for the spread of the

Gospel, put into your prayer a petition for blessings
upon Immanuel College, and don’t forget to remem-
ber her with your gifts. As the meeting of Synod-
ical Conference will soon take place, we hope that
Immanuel College may have many strong and warm
advocates there who will do all they can toward sup-
plying the above-mentioned want. s.D.

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Meeting of Immanuel Conference.

Immanuel Conference held its sessions in the
midst of St. Paul Congregation in Charlotte, N.C.,
May 6 to 8. Various doctrines were discussed,
among them a number that are distinctively Lu-
theran. Both ministers and lay members took a
great interest in the proceedings. A large number
of visiting Lutherans from other stations attended
the meetings, and when Conference closed, all left
for their homes edified and strengthened in the
faith. The next meeting will be held at Salisbury,
N.C., this fall. THEO. Bucu.

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A Dollar for Missions.

In a German village, near Bremen, lived’a poor

workingwoman who loved the Lord. Her husband ~

was a good-for-nothing and drank up his wages.
So she had to work all the harder to help keep the
family. Nevertheless, she managed to save a dollar
each year.for missions. Suddenly her husband died
and left her nothing but debts. When she wanted
to give her dollar for missions the next year, her
pastor told her that would not do, first she must

,pay her debts. She left feeling sad at heart.

About three months later, the pastor was walk-
ing along the street, when he heard a voice calling,
“Pastor! Pastor!’? As he turned about he saw
a boy running up to him with a coin in his hand.
The pastor recognized him at once—it was ene
widow’s son.

‘Pastor, here is a dollar for missions,”’ said the
boy, his face beaming with joy.

“No, no, my boy, take the dollar back to your ~

mother, I cannot take it.’’

“But, dear pastor, the dollar is not from my
mother; it is my own.”

‘‘How did you get so much money?” he asked
earnestly.

“‘Oh, my mother was so sad because she could
give nothing for missions, so I thought I must doit
for her. I went into the woods picking berries and
in this way I earned penny after penny, and look, _
Pastor, now Ivhave a whole dollar.’’— Kindergabe.