The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1906, Page 96

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and also to the Mission Boatd at St. Louis, im-
ploring them to send a man into the field at the
earliest possible moment. The Board did the only
thing possible under the circumstances, — a teacher
from Bethlehem School at New Orleans was trans-
ferred to Napoleonville. Circumstances prevented
Pastor Lankenau from making the trip, and so the
undersigned, together with Mr. Gehner, the new
teacher, went out to Napoleonville on Saturday,
November 3, intending to hold services there on
the next day and to open up a school on the follow-
ing Monday. Mr. Nelson had again made a can-
yass of the field ;. he had also found a hall tolerably
suited for the home of our new school. On Sunday
two services were held. In the morning between
fifty and sixty people were present, and more than
a hundred attended the night service. The lamps
for the latter had been borrowed in the neighbor-
hood, and an enthusiastic neighbor even tendered
the use of his organ, which was “toted” over into
the hall by a number of young men equally enthu-
‘siastic. We are not drawing hasty conclusions from
the interest shown by these people in our services.
Much of it will wear off in time because it is not
truly spiritual. But on the other hand, it is cer-
tainly evident that the Lord has opened a door for
us, and we would be faithless to our charge if we
did not make the most of the opportunity presented
to us.

On Monday morning the school was opened.
Twenty minutes after the doors and shutters of the
hall had been thrown open to the bright morning
sunshine Mr. Gehner had things in readiness for
the pupils that were to come. And they soon came.
Ten children made their appearance on that day
and nine more were announced by their mothers.
On a hasty canvass of several families who had
promised to send their children we found that some
were only waiting until they should hear that the
school was really in running order, while others had
already entered the Baptist school and had paid
their tuition for the month, but would come to the
Lutheran school at the beginning of the next month.
We are very hopeful in regard to this new field and
are praying to God to send us more men to do the
work that is awaiting us out there. May every
faithful friend of our Mission upon reading this
unite his prayer with ours.

KK. Krerzsomsar.

“CHRISTMAS comes but once a year,
And when it comes it brings good cheer.”

The Lutheran Pioneer.

BOOK TABLE.

AMERIKANISCHER KALENDER fuer deutsche Lutheraner auf
das Jahr 1907. Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis,
Mo. Price, 10 cts.

This welcome and useful annual contains 88 pages this
year. Besides the usual calendar and statistical matter it
contains 13 pages of entertaining and profitable reading
matter, the article of special interest being a life sketch of
Paul Gerhardt, the celebrated and beloved Lutheran hymn
writer, the three-hundredth anniversary of whose birth is
to be commemorated in March, 1907. The Almanac is
adorned with several illustrations and brings also a very
beautiful colored picture illustrating the Savior’s words:
“Behold, I stand at the door and knock,” Rey. 3, 20.

Synoparbericur des Wisconsin-Distrikts. Concordia Pub-
lishing House, St. Louis, Mo. Price, 15 cts.

This pamphlet contains the proceedings of the Wiscon-
sin District of the Missouri Synod. It may well be used
as a missionary tract to awaken greater interest in the
mission work of the Church. The President’s opening ad-
dress points out the duty of fostering our Colleges and
Seminaries, they being indispensable for preparing laborers
for the mission field. The doctrinal paper sets forth the
truth that a truly Lutheran congregation is filled with the
missionary spirit and is therefore at all times active in
mission work at home and abroad. The Report of the
Mission Board and of the Director of Missions gives an in-
teresting and encouraging account of the work done in the
large mission field of the district during the last two years.

Acknowledgment.

Received for Colored Missions from Mount Calvary
Church in Mount Pleasant, N. C., $19.00; St. Peter’s
Chureh at Dry’s Schoolhouse, N. C., 5.00; Mount Zion
Church in New Orleans, La., 35.00; Bethlehem Chureh in
New Orleans, La., 25.00; St. Paul’s Church, Mansura, La.,
10.00; St. Matthew’s Church, Meherrin, Va., 20.00; St.
Paul’s Church, New Orleans, La., 35.00; Grace Church,
Concord, N. C., 10.00; St. Paul’s Church, Charlotte, N. C.,
5.00; Bethlehem Church, Monroe, N. C., 2.50.

For Immanuel College: From Ellen Brandfort, Little
Rock, Ark., 100.00.

St. Louis, Mo., Nov. 16, 1906. A. C. Buraporr, 7’'rcas.

Evangelical Lutheran Colored Churches.
NEW ORLEANS, LA.

” St. Paul’s Chapel, 1625 Annette St., near N. Claiborne St.; F. J. Lan-

kenau, Pastor.
1 ane Services: Sunday, 11 A. M. and 7.30 Pp. m.; Wednesday,
Mount Zion Church, Franklin and Thalia Sts. ; K. Kretzschmar, Pastor.
5 pine Services: Sunday, 11 A. M. and 7.30 P. M.; Thursday,
Bethlehem Chapel, Washington Ave. and Dryades St.
Divine Services: Sunday, 10 A. M. and 7.30 Pp. M.; Thursday,

7.30 P.M.
SPRINGFIELD, ILL.

Holy Trinity Church; L. EF. Thalley, Pastor.
Divine Services: Sunday, 10.30 A. M. and 8 P. 1.

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