The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1905, Page 87

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. ; The Lutheran Pioneer.

Mission and Harvest Home Festival at
Catawba, N.C.

The fourth Sunday in September proved to be
quite an eventful day in the history of the little
band of Lutherans at Catawba Station. As the
sun mounted in the heavens and shed his glorious
light upon the earth, the members and friends of
the congregation mounted their different convey-
ances and wended their way towards the chapel to
celebrate their mission and first harvest home fes-
tival.

They found the chapel tastefully decorated with
the fruits and flowers of the season. Indeed, this
presented a true type of the gathered harvest.

As the bell tolled the hour for the opening of
the services, the chapel was filled to its utmost;
and from every window peered eager, expectant
faces.

The pastor of the congregation, Rev. W. H.
Lash, conducted the morning service, which was
followed by a brief confessional address by the
Rev. Jas. H. Doswell, of Gold Hill, N.C. After
the administration of the Sacrament, a brief recess
for dinner was given. The friends brought their
viands which they generously spread, and all par-
took with seeming satisfaction.

The afternoon service began with a much larger
attendance than the morning service. Rev. Jas.
Doswell opened it with a well-prepared sermon to
the catechumens. A harvest home sermon was
then delivered by Prof. Weiss, of Conover, after
which three persons were confirmed by the pastor
of the congregation. The afternoon service then
closed and the congregation dispersed, to return

_ for the evening service conducted by Rev. Jas.
Doswell. The collection for the day amounted to
$11.20.

Indeed, the occasion was an encouraging one,
and we are convinced that this is only a beginning
of the successful meetings of this kind at Catawba,
N.C. M. V. G. Las.

Installation of Prof. Martin Lochner at
: Greensboro, N. C.

Saturday, September 30th, Rev. Prof. M. Loch-
ner, a graduate of Concordia Seminary, St. Louis,
Mo., arrived in Greensboro, N.C., from an extended
trip to Europe, and was inducted into his office as
Professor of Immanuel Lutheran College on Tues-
day morning, October 8d, at eight o’clock, in the
presence of the students of the college, at their tem-
porary home in this city, by Prof. N. J. Bakke. The

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President of the institution based his installation
address on 2 Tim.2, 24, and urged the new professor
to follow Christ’s example, and be 1. gentle unto all
men, 2. apt to teach, and 3. patient, if he desired to
conduct his office for the glory of God and the eter-
nal welfare of the souls entrusted to his care.

May the great Shepherd, Jesus Christ, richly
bless the work of this young laborer and make him
a chosen and faithful servant for teaching many
souls the way of peace. J.C.S.

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Letter from New Orleans.

Under date of October 3, a friend of our Colored
Missions in New Orleans informs us that during the
yellow fever epidemy God was graciously with our
congregations and proved their safe Refuge and
their mighty Delivery ‘‘from the noisome pesti-
lence.’? Our friend writes:

“(We have in New Orleans ten congregations of
the Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Missouri
Synod; of these three belong to the Colored Mis-
sion. These congregations aggregate about 5000
souls in all. I have taken pains to learn, as near
correctly as possible, the number of cases of yellow
fever which occurred in each congregation; but the
figures for each are so small that it would be a waste
of space to give them in detail; let it suffice if I say

- that the total number of fever cases in these ten con-

gregations is less than 50, and of these less than 10
were fatal.

‘‘As we pass along here in our daily vocation
we seldom, very seldom, hear anything of the fever.
If it were not for the daily papers, we would know
but very little or nothing of it. No fear or terror
affects the hearts of our Lutherans; none that the
writer knows of have gone away for fear; all are
here at their posts, fortressed, buckled, and shielded
against terror by day or by night, against the de-
struction that wasteth at noonday, and against the
pestilence that walketh at night, by the protecting
powers of the Almighty.

“‘T am writing you from the midst of the Beth-
lehem Mission. We have—thank God for His pro-
tection! —not one fever case to record. So far we
have all escaped and are all of good cheer. The
reader would be astonished to see-how little worry
and anxiety manifest themselves; not that the
gravity of God’s visitation is not appreciated, but
I think because of the patient submission, which
accepts the situation as coming from God for our
best. I know of some who stand firm on this basis,
and I doubt not that others of whom I do not know