The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1906, Page 7

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The Lutheran Pioneer.

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NOTES.

A New Vo.tume. — With this number we begin
a new volume of the Lurmeran Pioneer. For
twenty-seven years our little monthly has been pay-
ing its visits wherever people were willing to invite
them. It has, in its humble way, contributed its
share to the advancement of Christ’s kingdom. We
thank God for blessing the work done in weakness.
May He bless our little ProNrrr again in the new
year, opening doors and hearts for his testimony
as it shall seem good in His sight.

A Goop Worx.— From papers kindly sent to
us we are glad to see that the good work of provid-
ing a Lutheran sanitarium for consumptives, at
Denver, Colo., has been successful. A large, beau-
tifully situated health farm with the necessary
buildings and with the best, most comfortable and
convenient tents has been secured, where the sick
enjoy the best of care, not only as to their bodily,
but also as to their spiritual welfare.

Improving. — We are glad to learn from the
same papers that the Rey. L. B. Thalley, our colored
missionary of Springfield, Tll., who has been a
patient at the Lutheran Sanitarium at Denver for
some time, is doing well. The paper says: “The
doctor finds him very much improved, and expects
him, in a very few months, to be in robust health.”

May God continue to bless our Lutheran Sani-
tarium, and may He raise up friends of the cause
who will with their gifts help along and enlarge the

-good work done for the sick at Denver.

A Toucui1ne Scunzr.— On Robben Island, on
the coast of South Africa, there is a settlement of
African lepers, among whom missionaries are doing
a blessed work. The Bible House at Cape Town
supplies such Scriptures as are needed for these
poor sufferers who are stricken with the dreadful
disease of leprosy. A visitor to the island thus de-
scribes a. touching scene witnessed in one of the
hospitals: “Go into the wards of the hospitals; on
one couch lies a leper whose hands are gone, and
before him an open Bible. He has reached the
bottom of the page but-cannot turn it over; and
one who ean walk, but is also without hands, takes
another who has lost his feet, on his back, and car-
ries him to the first to turn over the leaf.”

My Farner Knows. — Some years ago, in one
of the schools of a large city, while the school was
in session, a transom window fell out with a crash.

By some means the ery of “fire” was raised, and a
terrible panic ensued. The scholars rushed into the
street, shrieking in wild dismay. The alarm ex-
tended to the teachers, one of whom, a young lady,
actually jumped from the window. Among hun-
dreds of children with whom the building was
crowded, was one girl; who, through all the frightful
scene, maintained entire composure. The color, in-
deed, forsook her cheeks; her lips quivered; the
tears stood in her eyes; but she moved not. After
order had been restored, and her companions had
been brought back to their places, the question was
asked her how she came to sit so still, without ap-
parent alarm, when everybody else was in such a
fright. “My father,” said she, “is a fireman, and
knows what to do in such a case, and he told me
if there was an alarm of fire in the school, I must
just sit still’ What a beautiful illustration of
faith! “My. father told me so, and my father
knows !”

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Letter from New Orleans.

Dear Eprror oF THE PIONEER: —

So many helpful articles have appeared in the
PronEER that I feel that the cause of the Lutheran
chureh in this city is advancing with every issue
of the paper. Among the colored people there is
a growing interest in the teachings of the Lutheran Ss
church, and the more it is heard and understood, 8

the better and the stronger grows the faith among
us that the Lutheran church is destined to lead the
greatest host of all into the kingdom which Christ
Jesus purchased with His precious blood shed for
mankind. For twenty-seven years I have been a
member of the Lutheran church, and every succeed-
ing year of my membership finds me a better Lu-
theran than I was the preceding year, with a firmer
faith that I am blessed in being one of the flock.

With the force in charge of the mission work
in New Orleans working as hard as they have dur-
ing the recent years to reach and to teach the lowly
among the ignored people of our race, I feel that
the future is bright with prospects for a glorious
evangelization in this city. I pray that the PIoNEER
may keep on placing before the people good, in-
structive, and helpful reading matter, to the end
that the sermons of our ministers from the pulpit
may have the assistance and cooperation of a hand-
maid that we are always glad to welcome in our
homes.

CONCORDIA SEMINARY
oT. LOUIS, MO.

With best wishes,
WILHELMINA HOoSBAND.