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8 The Lutheran Pioneer.

them each a shirt, and told them something of this
story of Jesus. He asked if they could remember
the name, and they said, ‘‘Yes, it was Paton.”’
Thirty-three years before he had on his evangelist
tours stopped at this island for a few days; and here,
80 long after, was the fruit. The calico shirts had
been worn but once a week, carefully preserved for
the Lord’s day, when the two old men met others and
told what they remembered of the wonderful story.

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Another Church Dedicated.

The last Sunday in November was a day of great
rejoicing for the pastor and members of our Lutheran
congregation at Sandy Ridge, N.C. The occasion
was the dedication of a new church. Two services
were held, and both were largely attended despite
the inclemency of the weather. At the appointed
hour for opening, the people assembled before the
church. After a prayer the doors were opened, and
the pastor, reading an appropriate psalm, walked
down the aisle to the altar, followed by the officers
and the congregation. Rev.J. P.Schmidt, the pastor
in charge, preached the dedication sermon, basing
it on Rev. 3, 20, and’in the afternoon the under-
signed preached on Ps. 87,1.2. Prof. H.L. Persson
presided at the organ, and the choir of Grace Congre-
gation at Concord rendered some choice anthems.
. The church is beautiful in appearance, and will seat

a hundred persons, more or less.

The people appreciate it and are grateful to the
Mission Board. May God grant that many more
such churches may be erected among our people in
which the pure preaching of His sacred Word may
be heard, and that many souls may be blessed, in
time and eternity, by the hearing and doing thereof.

S. Doswetu.

The Father Almighty.

‘*T believe in God, the Father Almighty.’’? Such

is the confession of every true Christian. It is a
strong consolation in all the dangers and trials of
life. The Christian has a Father who is not only
willing,- but also able to help. Other helpers are
finite; they may be sincere, yet there is a limit_to
their power. But our Father is almighty! He who
is from everlasting; who spake, and it was done;
“who commanded, and it stood fast; who spread the
heavens and set the stars on high; who created the
earth and decked it with flowers, and plants, and
treés, and surrounded it with the mighty ocean—
He is our Father. His children must be safe, for
they abide beneath the shadow of THE ALMIGHTY.

Eskimo Babies.

There is a curious custom of the Eskimos that’
when a baby dies the next child born in the village
shall receive its name and take its place; and it is
always thought by the parents of the dead baby
that the new baby is in some measure their child.

They have a share in the care of it, and advise
with its own parents about the best way of bringing
it up. Sometimes the father and mother of the new
baby are too poor to feed and clothe it, and then the
other father and mother take it to their own ‘‘igloe,”’
or snowhut, and give it a home there.

I suppose they are very glad when this happens,
and the place of their own little one is filled, but of
course the parents to whom the baby really belongs
are not always willing to give it up so entirely. In
that case the foster-parents contribute something
every year to its support, and it lives at home, com-
ing, perhaps, now and then to make a long visit at
the ‘‘igloe’’ that is its other home.

Acknowledgment.

Received for colored missions of Rev. S. Doswell from
congregation at Mount Pleasant, N. C., $10.00, and from
congregation near Dry’s Schoolhouse, N.C., 15.00; of Rev.
J. Phil. Schmidt from Grace Church in Concord, N. C., 20.00;
of Rev. F. J. Lankenau from St.Paul’sChurchin New Orleans,
La., 25.00; of Rev. K. Kretzschmar from Mount Zion Church
in New Orleans, La., 26.00; of Rev. J. Kossmann from Beth-
lehem Church in New Orleans, La., 32.95; of Rev. M. Wein-
hold from St. Paul’s Church in Mansura, La., 10.00; of Rev.
J.C. Schmidt from Grace Church in Greensboro, N. C., 12.00;
of Rev. L. E. Thalley from station in St. Louis, Mo., 21.28.

St. Louis, Dec. 15, 1904. A.C. Buracporr, Treas.

Evangelical Lutheran Colored Churches.
NEW ORLEANS, LA.
St. Paul’s Chapel, 1625 Annette St., near N. Claiborne St.; F. J. Lan-

kenau, Pastor.
Diving Services: Sunday, 11 A. M. and 7.30 Pp. m.; Wednesday,

Pr.
Bount Zion a Church, Franklin and ThaliaSts. ; K. Kretzschmar, Pastor.
Pepe Services: Sunday, 11 A. M. and 7 7.30 P.M.; Thursday,
Bethlehem Chapel, Washington Ave. and Dryades St.; J. W. F. Koss-
mann, Pastor.
Divine Services: Sunday, 10 A. 3. and 7.30 Pp. M.; Thursday,

SPRINGFIELD, ILL.

Holy Trinity Church; L. E.Thalley, Pastor. —
Divine Services: Sunday, 10.30 A. uf. and 8 P. mM.

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