The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1906, Page 8

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8 The Lutheran Pioneer.

News from New Orleans.

The yellow fever in this city is again a thing of
the past, thank God! Among our colored Luther-
ans only three cases were reported, and no death.

Of course, the general business’ depression in-
cident to the quarantine regulations considerably
cut down the earnings of many of our people.
Nevertheless, when Thanksgiving Day came, our
three congregations, together with their respective
Sunday schools, took up special collections with
gratifying results, St. Paul’s Church reporting
$30.00, Bethlehem $21.00, and Mount Zion $40.00.

Our schools, which, pursuant to precautionary
measures on the part of the health authorities, did
not open their doors until the beginning of Novem-
ber, are well filled with pupils. St. Paul’s School
has 250 children enrolled and employs four teachers ;
Bethlehem School has 155 pupils, with two teachers
besides the pastor, and Mount Zion about 190 chil-
dren under two teachers. Luther College reports
an attendance of 43 students, who are in charge of
Rev. Dir. F. J. Lankenau, assisted by Prof. R. A.
Wilde and Mr. BE. Gross, a student of our Seminary
at St. Louis.

Prof. E. R. Vix, who, during the latter part of
the summer, had suffered with a severe and ex-
tremely painful inflammation of the right hand,
is again at his desk in Mount Zion School, and
though compelled to do all his writing with his left
hand, hardly able in fact to use the other, he man-
ages his eighty-odd pupils with his usual skill and
good results.

The general spirit in our congregations and
schools is one of encouraging progress and promis-
ing hope.. May the Lord continue to bless us!

Work in Faith.

Many a man put in the seed who never saw the °

harvest, just as many another brought home ripe
sheayes on which he bestowed no labor save that
of the sickle. The worker for Christ, therefore, is
to work in faith, expecting the divine hand to secure
the result. He has abundant reason to believe that.
good is done of which he has no knowledge, and will
have none until the great day. It may be necessary
to his own spiritual welfare that he should be kept
in this ignorance. And certainly he renders no small

honor to the Master when he perseveres in the face

of all discouragements.

BOOK TABLE.

Country Sermons. Vol. I. Lenten, Confessional, and
Funeral Sermons. By Rev. I’, Kucgele. Augusta
Publishing Co., Crimora, Va. Price, $1.00.

This is the first volume of a new series of sermons
from the able pen of the well-known Lutheran country
parson, who needs no introduction from us. The volume
contains 14 Passion Sermons, 16 Communion Addresses,
and 23 Funeral Orations. In plain and direct style the
sermons set forth and apply the truths of God’s Word,
knowing only Jesus Christ, and Him crucified, as the
sinner’s salvation and the Christian’s strength, hope, and
comfort.

Synopau-Bericut. Verhandlungen der deutschen ey-luth.
Synode von Missouri, Ohio und andern Staaten,
versammelt als elfte Delegatensynode. Concordia
Publishing House, St. Louis, Mo. Price, 30 ets.

These are the minutes of the proceedings of the Mis-
souri Synod assembled last summer. as Delegate Synod at

Detroit, Mich. It is a well-printed booklet of 179 pages,

and contains a fund of information concerning the edu-

cational and missionary work of the largest Lutheran

Synod in America.

Acknowledgment.

Received for Colored Missions from Mount Olive
Church, Catawba, N. C., $10.00; from Grace Church,
Concord, N. C., 20.00; from Mount Calvary Church,
Sandy Ridge, N. C., 35.00; from Grace Mission, St. Louis,
Mo., 3.00; from Zion Church, Gold Hill, N. C., 2.25; from
Concordia Church, Rockwell, N. C., 4.00; from Grace
Church, Greensboro, N. C., 12.00; from Mount Zion
Church, New Orleans, La., 25.00; from St. Paul’s Church’
in New Orleans. La., 35.00; from St. Paul’s Chureh in
Mansura, La., 10.00.

St. Louis, Mo., December 15, 1905.

A. C. Buroporr, 7'reas.

Evangelical Lutheran Colored Churches.
NEW ORLEANS, LA.
St. Paul’s Chapel, 1625 Annette St., near N. Claiborne St.; I. J. Lan-
kenau, Pastor.
Divine Services: Sunday, 11 A. M. and 7.30 Pp. M.; Wednesday,
7.30 P.M.
Mount Zion Church, Franklin and Thalia Sts. ; K. Kretzschmar, Pastor,
Divine Services: Sunday, 11 A. M. and 7.30 Pp. M.; Thursday,
7.30 vp. M.
Bethlehem Chapel, Washington Ave. and Dryades St.; J. W. F. Koss-
mann, Pastor.
Divine Services: Sunday, 10 A. M. and 7.30 rp. M.; Thursday,
7.30 P.M. ‘
SPRINGFIELD, ILL.
Holy Trinity Church; 1. K. Thalley, Pastor.
Divine Services: Sunday, 10.30 a. M. and § P.M.

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