The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1907, Page 16

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The Lutheran Pioneer.

of GO hearers, and Mr. Gehner, who at the begin-
ning of November opened up a school, now has
considerably over 40 pupils enrolled. Also his Sun-
day school is well attended.

TAKEN AS A WHOLE, the work among the col-
ored people has been very prosperous during the
past year. We owe this to the Lord, and we thank
Him for it. We also pray that He may abide
among us with His blessing.

Delay Not!

A prominent business man thus expressed him-
self to a Christian minister: “I am interested in
church matters, and always glad to see ministers
when they call; but I have thought the subject
over long and carefully, and have come to the de-
liberate decision that I have no need of Jesus.”
A single week had not passed before that man was
taken sick. His disease was accompanied with such
inflammation of the throat as forbade his speaking
at all. This enforced silence continued until the
hour of death, when he was enabled to utter this
one despairing whisper: “Who shall carry me over
the river?”

Patrick Henry and the Bible.

William Wirt, in his “Life of Patrick Henry,”
says that not long before his death the great lawyer
and famous orator was visited by a friend, who
found him engaged in reading the Bible. “Here,”
said Patrick Henry, holding up the Bible, “is a
book worth more than all the other books that were
ever:printed; yet it is my misfortune never to have
found time to read it, with the proper attention
and feeling, till lately. I trust in the mercy of
Heaven that it is not yet too late.”

The Difference.

Some wealthy Africans, with whom Kruger was
traveling in the desert, found the food hampers
gone astray.

“You are a great believer in miracles, Oom
Paul,” said one of them. “Why can’t you arrange
for heaven to send me victuals by the crows, as they
were sent by the ravens to Elijah?”

“Because,” said Oom Paul, dryly, “Elijah was
a prophet with a mission—you are only a fool
with an appeti

BOOK TABLE.

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An interesting and instructive book which should find
many readers, especially among the young people, who are
often tempted by the wicked boastings of infidelity and the
vain babblings of science falsely so called. The book speaks
of the glory of God in nature, setting forth God’s power,
wisdom, and goodness as seen in the wonderful works of
creation and the manifold beauties of nature, thus leading
the Christian reader to exclaim with the psalmist: “O Lord,
how manifold are Thy works! In wisdom hast Thou made
them all: the earth is full of Thy riches.””—The many
illustrations given in the book do not merely adorn its
pages, but explain and supplement its text.

VIERZIGSTER SYNODALBERICHT DES MITTLEREN DistriKTs.
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The doctrinal paper by the Rev. C. M. Zorn is a clear
presentation of the doctrine of Holy Scripture and the Lu-
theran confessions concerning free will and conversion,
showing that the conversion of man, dead in trespasses and
sin, is entirely the work of the Holy Spirit and a miracle
of God’s grace.

Acknowledgment.

Received for colores Missions from Immanuel Chureh
in Greensboro, N. C., $8.16; from Mount Zion Chureh in
New Orleans, La., 35. do; from Bethlehem Church in New
Orleans, La., 25.00; from St. Paul’s Church in Mansura,
La., 10.00; from St. Paul’s Church in New Orleans, La.,
35.00; from Grace Church in Concord, N. C., 10.00; from
St. Paul’s Church in Charlotte, N. C., 5.00; from Mount
Zion Church in Meyersville, N. C., 2.50; from Bethlehem
Church in Monroe, N. C., 2.50.

St. Louis, Mo., January 15, 1907.

A. C. Burcporr, 7'reas.

Evangelical Lutheran Colored Churches.
NEW ORLEANS, LA.
St. Paul’s Chapel, 1625 Annette St., near N. Claiborne St.; F. J. Lan-
kenau, Pastor.
“ pa ivine Services: Sunday, 11 A. M. and 7.30 p. M.; Wednesday,
30 1. M
Mount Zion Church, Franklin and Thalia Sts. ; K. Kretzschmar, Pastor.
ee Diving Services: Sunday, L1-a. M. and 7.30 P.M. ; Thursday,
P.
Bethlehem Chapel, Wushington Ave. and Dryades
Divine Services: Sunday, 10 A. M. and 0 re M.; Thursday,

7.30 1. BM.
SPRINGFIELD, ILL.

Holy Trinity Church; L. E. Thalley, Pastor.
Divine Services: Sunday, 10.30 A. M. and 8 Pr. M.

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