The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1908, Page 8

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S The Lutheran Pioneer.

Amid Snow and Ice.

Greenland has long ceased to be a “green land.”
Bitter experience writes it a land of snow and ice,
and of weather that is fearfully cold. Jn Uperna-
vik, the most northern colony, the missionaries re-
port that, in a room warmed by fire, the wine has
frozen in the cup during the celebration of the
Holy Supper. During the short summer, the nights
are seldom without frost. In May, the snow yet lies
on the ground to the depth-of five or six feet. Only
in June does the ice covering the Jand-sea vanish,
to appear again in September. During the fourteen
summer weeks, the heat is quite perceptible; but it
soon passes away, and leaves a place so cold that we,
in this latitude, can form no proper conceptions
of it. In this inhospitable clime, missionaries of
our Chureh have been at work since the days of
Hans Egede, and several thousand members, as well
as some native pastors, attest the success of their
labors. — Our Church Work.

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A Christian’s Care for Others.

A Christian cannot be so heartless that he should
not care for other men, whether they believe or not.
He must remember all- men, always sighing and
praying for them: “that God’s name may be hal-
lowed, His kingdom come, His will be done,” and

that the will of the devil, who is a liar and mur-
derer from the beginning, should be hindered and
brought to naught. — Luther.

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f The Faith of a Child.

A little boy lay very sick.
to see him, but finding him weak, spoke few sen-
tences. Before parting, however, he gave the child
a verse of five words to remember, a word for each
finger of one hand. The sick boy counted over the
words on his pale fingers. Yes; there they were,
five only, and one for each knuckle: “Ihe — Lord:
—is —my— Shepherd.” “And ae is the best of
the five,” he said..

A few days later another visit was paid to that
same home. At the door the sorrowing mother met
the minister. “It is all over,” she said; “my little
son is dead. But come and see him.” And she led
the way to the darkened room. Very thin and white
was the little face, very peaceful was the counte-
nance of the little sleeper. ‘Then the mother drew

His minister came.

down the coyerlet, and turning to the minister, said:
“That’s the best.” The little hands were crossed,
and on the fourth knuckle of the left hand rested
still a finger of the other hand. In silence the life
had sped with the hands clasped to utter, “The Lord
is my Shepherd.” — Selected.

: BOOK TABLE.

SYNODALBERICHT DES CALIFORNIA- UND NEVADA-DISTRIKTS.
Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis, Mo. Price,
25 cents.

The pamphlet contains an instructive doctrinal paper
on the comforting doctrine concerning the resurrection of
the body, and also a timely treatise on the heathen ecus-
tom of cremating the bodies of the dead.

Acknowledgment.
Received for Colored Missions from Mount Calvary
Chureh in Mount Pleasant, N. C., $5.00; St. Peter's

Chureh near Dry

Beboollicnse, N.C
in Gold ITill, N. C., 5

00;

5.00; Zion Chureh
John’s Church in Salisbury

N. C., 3.25 and 4. Chureh in Roe kwell, om
2.10 ‘and 3.00; Missi apoleonyille, Li, 4, 9.50
and 1.50; Bethlehem Chureh in New Orleans, La., 25.00;

Holy Trinity Church, Springfield, 111., 10.00; Mount Zion
Chureh, New Orleans, La., 35.00; St. Paul’s Chureh, New
Orleans, La., 35.00; St. Paul’s Chureh, Mansura, La.,
25.00; St. Paul’s Chureh, Charlotte, N. C., 5.00; Mount
Zion Church, Meyersville, N. C., 2.50; Grace Church, Con-
cord, N..C., 10.00; Immanuel Church, Greensboro, N. C.,
18.83 and 4.00.

St. Louis, Mo., December

21, 1907.
“A. C. Buraporr, 7'reas.

Evangelical Lutheran Colored Churches.
NEW ORLEANS, LA.
St. Paul’s Chapel, 1625 Annette St., near N. Claibor: ne St.;
F. J. Lankenau, Pastor.
Divine Services: Sunday,
Wednesday, 7.30 Pp. M.
Mount Zion Church, Franklin and Thalia Sts.
Divine Services: Sunday, 11 a. M. and 7.30 Pp. M.;
Thursday, 7.30 P.M.
Bethlehem Chapel, Washington Ave.
G. M. Kramer, Pastor.
Divine Services: Sunday, 10 a. M.
Thursday, 7.30 p. M.

SPRINGFIELD, ILL.

Holy Trinity Church; James Doswell, Pastor.
Divine Services: Sunday, 10.30 a. M. and 8 pv. M.

11 a. M. and 7.30 Pp. M.;

and Dryades St.;

and 7.30 P. M.;

TERMS:

THE LUTHERAN PIONEER is published monthly, payable
in advance at the following rates, postage ineluded, to-wit:
$ .25

Club rates only allowed if all- copies are to be sent to
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All business communications to be addressed to Con-
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