The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1905, Page 7

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The Lutheran Pioneer. vi

Let Us Pray for One Another.

Let us pray for one another,
For so many hearts are aching,
And so many hearts are breaking,
And so many eyes are drenched with falling tears.
And so many feet are straying,
Loving hopes so long delaying,
As they hasten down the passageway of years.

Let us pray for one another,
For the sands of life are falling,
And the’ evening bells are calling,

And the end of all things earthly soon will come;
So we'll share each other’s sorrow,
Waiting for that bright to-morrow,

When God's children rest together, safe at home.

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NOTES AND ITEMS.

' Av Home wits tHe Lorp.— After a long and
painful illness, patiently borne, the Rev. Prof. A. L.
Graebner, D. D., of the Lutheran Seminary at
St. Louis, Mo., fell asleep in Jesus on the morning
of December 7, 1904, aged 55 years. The loss in
the death of this highly gifted and learned servant
of God will be keenly felt in the synod of which he
was a valuable and highly esteemed member. Never
sparing himself, he took an active interest in all
church work, also in our mission work among the
colored people. In 1896 he visited our mission
stations in North Carolina and published a very
favorable report of the work done by our mission-
aries in church and school, calling upon wealthy
members of our Lutheran congregations to help in
this important work by erecting chapels for church
and school purposes. Great is the loss of the church.
But our loss is his gain, and we may well rejoice
with him at his release from all ills. His joy is un-
speakable and fullof glory. ‘“The redeemed of the
Lord shall return, and come with singing unto Zion;
and everlasting joy shall be upon their head; they
shall obtain gladness and joy; and sorrow and
mourning shall flee away,’’ Is. 51, 11.

Louistana. — The number of pupils attending
our St. Paul’s Lutheran school in New Orleans is still
increasing. At the beginning of the school year an
assistant teacher was employed, whose class num-
bers already 150, so that it has become necessary to
call another teacher.— The Rey. Weinhold, our mis-
sionary at Mansura, La., has been called to our
colored Lutheran congregation at Springfield, Ill.,
of which he will take charge as soon as a successor

' has been secured for Mansura.

Nortu Caroiina.—Our colored Lutheran con-
gregation at Catawba, N. C., celebrated its annual
mission festival on the third Sunday in Advent.
Addresses were delivered by the Revs. Lash, Dos-
well, and Ph. Schmidt. There was a large attend-
ance of colored people who enjoyed the festival
services. One of them told us: ‘‘It was good to
be there.’’

Tue Brste Amona JAPANESE SoLpIers.—The
agent of the American Bible Society, Rev. Mr. Loo-
mis, speaks glowingly of the door that is opening to
the Bible among the wounded Japanese soldiers.
He says: ‘‘I am now much interested in the work
among the sick and wounded soldiers. Last week .
I spent two days visiting the hospitals in Tokyo.

I went also again yesterday. We have now donated

more than 32,000 Testaments and Gospels to the

Japanese soldiers, and the most of them have gone

to the sick and wounded in the hospitals. It is res

ported that there are already 45,000, and more a SS
is

coming all the time. The request has come th
morning for 5000. The applicant writes, ‘Soldie
are begging for them.’ Another missionary, to whom
I had sent 500 copies, writes, ‘The soldiers are ve ia

glad to receive them, and are very ready, in man ms
A Tiaut PLace.—There is a story told of astingy; 8YO)

MO.

cases eager, to be instructed.’”’

millionaire who was asked to contribute toward rear
ing astatue to Washington. The miser refused ees
the excuse: ‘‘I keep Washington always in ae
heart.’’ ‘‘Well,’”’ was the indignant reply, ‘‘I don’t
believe the father of his country ever got into 7

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a tight place as that.”

Are there not those who say they have the mi
sion cause at heart, whilst they contribute nothing
or very little, toward the mission treasury?

CON oN zat Ee

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Arter Many YEARs.—Dr. Paton, the well-known
missionary, tells a touching story of a visit to a neg-
lected island in the Pacific; where, to his amazement, -*
he found a sort of Sunday keeping, though no mis- Q
sionary was there or had been sent there. Two old a
men, who had a little knowledge of the truths of ‘
the Gospel, were keeping track of the days, andon ~~ ~- ~
the first day of each week they laid ordinary work by
aside, put on a calico shirt kept for the purpose,
and sat down to talk to those whom they could call
about them, and in a simple way recited the outlines
of a wonderful story they had once heard about one
Jesus. Dr. Paton inquired where they had learned

this truth, and they answered that a long time ago
a missionary had visited the island, and had given 3