The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1907, Page 47

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The Lutheran Pioneer.

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There Are No Blind Ones There.

Beside her lonely bed

A blind girl knelt in prayer:

She murmured as she bowed her head,
“There are no blind ones there.”

“Dear Jesus full of love,

Come, listen to my prayer,

And take me home to heaven above,
There are no blind ones there.”

Before the morning’s light

Had come into her room

Her weary soul had taken flight,
No more she’d walk in gloom.

Above where sang the birds
They placed a marble fair.
And on it were these simple words:
“There are no blind ones there.”
ESTHER PETERSON,

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New Orleans Items.

It may interest the readers of the PionrER to
learn that our theological students, Messrs. ‘Thomp-
son and Wiley, have recently preached their first
sermons. ‘The members of the various congrega-
tions who were present at the services were greatly
delighted in listening to the Word of God resound-
ing from the lips of those who have come out of
their own midst. May God bless these firstfruits
of our Luther College, so that they may become
faithful, humble, active sefvants of Christ.

The students of Luther College are diligently
preparing themselves for the commencement exer-
cises to be held at the close of the schoolyear. It
appears as though the enrollment of students will
be a large one the coming year, since several young
men have already declared themselves willing to
enter our College next fall.

For the present, Prof. Wenger of Luther College
has taken charge of the Bethlehem congregation,
while the undersigned assists in Mount Zion and
at Napoleonville. Another missionary is, however,
sorely needed.

Our Mission School at Napoleonville is still mak-
ing progress. Recently a plat of land has been
offered to us at the price of $350.00. ‘The offer
has been submitted to the Board. The locality is
very suitable for a school building. The value of
this property is about $700.00, but, being interested
in our work among the colored people, Mr. God-
cheaux has greatly reduced the price of the lot.
We hope that with the help of God a school build-

ing may be erected upon it during the coming
summer months, so that our school may receive the
large number of pupils flocking to it. Who will
assist us? J. M.

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NOTES.

Our CorLorep Scnoots 1n New OrtEANs. —
The Catalogue of Luther College and the Parochial
Schools in New Orleans for the present school year
has been received. From it we learn that the Col-
lege was attended by 47 students and the three
parochial schools had an enrollment of 720 pupils.
The Catalogue gives an interesting account of the
work done in these schools. Our Colleges and
parochial schools are doing an important and
blessed mission work among the colored people by
giving them a Christian education. A Southern
writer recently said: “Secular and industrial edu-
cation alone will not do the colored race much good.
Such an education without Christianity has no
tendency to promote morality in any one. It is
claimed that more criminals are now found among
the educated colored people than among the igno-
rant ones. If so, it is for lack of Christian train-
ing, and [ fear that many who do school work
among the colored race, also Booker Washington,
do not realize the importance of this.”

May God bless our Christian colleges and schools
and make them more and more a power for good
in our colored mission field!

IMMANUEL CoLLEGE.— We are glad to hear
that the beautiful building for Immanuel College
at Greensboro, N. C., is quite near completion and
will be dedicated in the beginning of June at the
close of the present schoolyear. All friends of our
mission will rejoice with our brethren, and will
join them in the prayer: “God bless Immanuel
College !’”

Bisite Work. — At the recent annual meeting
of the British and Foreign Bible Society in London
it was stated that the Bible had been translated
into 409 different languages, and distributed in
various parts of the world.

Pray FOR THE MIsstoNartes. —A Christian
traveler, who has journeyed in many distant lands,
writes: “In my journeyings I have met over two
thousand missionaries, and they presented one un-
broken appeal for more prayer on the part of home
Christians. Prayer is the greatest force that we