The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1904, Page 80

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ConvincEep.— Writing from Adrianople, a mis-
sionary working among the Jews says: —‘‘A pleas-
ant middle-aged man—a Jew—came to me and
related the following: ‘I once received a New Testa-
ment from you in a railway carriage, which I dil-
igently studied. I also read a good tract in the
Russian language from the pen of a converted Jew,
and I am now fully convinced that Jesus is the true
Messiah and Saviour. I am therefore ready to con-
fess my faith in Him by baptism. I am a teacher,
but not poor, as is usually the case with Jewish
teachers. I have a capital of 1200 roubles, but also
a wife and twin girls about two years of age. My
wife refuses to follow me. Will you kindly advise
me? I would have the children brought up in a
Christian way.’ I advised him to go back to his
wife and to try by love, patience, and perseverance
to persuade her to follow him. I then prayed for
him and his wife and children, and he returned
home, promising to write to me. It is my sincere
desire that the Lord may soon clear his way and
bring this whole family to Himself. There are in-
deed obstacles of various kinds in the way of a Jew
who wishes to make an open confession of his faith
in the Lord Jesus Christ.”

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The Most Valuable Discovery.

Lord Kelvin, who is regarded as being one of
the most distinguished scientists of the world, was
approached by a pompous young would-be scien-
tist, who asked the eminent man which one of all
his discoveries he considered to be the most valu-
able. The unexpected reply was: ‘‘I think that to
me the most valuable of all the discoveries I have
ever made was when I discovered my Saviour in
Jesus Christ.”’

Even For Me.

“And can it be,
In the world’s harvest fleld some sheaves for me?
The fields are white to harvest; all along
The sunlit path I hear the reapers’ song,
As forth to toil of sweet reward they go. ~
» Is this my work? The Master answers, ‘No.’
Far other labor thine, and yet to thee
Some precious tasks I give for them and me,
Send them refreshment ’mid the noontide heat;
- The cool, o’erflowing cup, the morsel sweet, .
» That shall give strength and courage all the day;
. Sing thou thy songs to cheer them by the way;
And so thou, too, when evening rest shall come,
. May’st share the joy of the glad Harvest Home.’?

Duke and Goatherd.

At a mission festival at Basel a speaker had,
among other things, told of a rich English duke
who gave every year to missions some $5000, and
had closed his speech with the remark; ‘‘As long as
we have such dukes the work of missions will not
suffer.”

Then arose another and said he had also a tale
to tell. There came one day to his brother, who
was missionary treasurer in Kornthal, a man in un-
assuming, yes, plain garb and said he had some-
thing for missions, and laid $25 on the table. The
treasurer asked him from which society this offering
came, to which the man replied that it was from no
society but his own gift. ‘‘Yes, but who are you?’”’
asked the treasurer. “The goatherd of Waldheim,”
was the answer, and the $25 was his year’s wages
which he, having other means of living, wished to
give to missions.

The speaker then closed his speech with the
words:
work of missions will not suffer.’’

Acknowledgment.

Received for colored missions of Rey. L. E. Thalley from
Holy Trinity Church in Springfield, Ill., $10.50; of Rev. J.
Kossmann from Bethlehem Church: in New Orleans, La.,
25.00; of Rev. F. J. Lankenau from St. Paul’s Church in New
Orleans, La., 25.00; 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, Sept. 15, 1904. A.C. Bureporr, Treas.

Evangelical Lutheran Colored Churches.
NEW ORLEANS, LA.

St. Paul's Chapel, 1625 Annette St., near N. Claiborne St.; F. J. Lan-
kenau, Pastor.

7.30 P.
Mount "Zion Church, Franklin and ThaliaSts. ; K. Kretzschmar, Pastor.
- pee Services: Sunday, 11 a. Mo. and 7.30 P. M. +; Thursday,

_ Bethlehem Chapel, Washington Ave. and Dryades St.; J. W. F. Koss-

mann, Pastor.
Diving Services: Sunday, 10 A. M. and 7.30 Pp. m.; Thursday,
SPRINGFIELD, ILL.

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

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“As long as we have such goatherds, the .

Diving Services: Sunday, 11 A. M. and 7.30 P. m.; Wednesday,