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for they believe he died on account of some crime
she had committed. She can eat only one meal in
twenty-four hours, and that of coarse food. All
her clothing and jewelry are taken from her, and
she is the servant of all the household. — The high-
caste women of India are’ kept in seclusion and
ignorance. One has said that the wife enters her
husband’s house never to come out till she is car-
ried out a corpse. They know nothing about what
is going on in the outside world, not even what hap-
pens in their own village. The only way these can
be reached is by women.”

“A Prayine BELL.” —It is reported that the
bell in a temple in North China is being rung
without ceasing since the year 1807. The bell-
ringers are paid for their work, and the inhabitants
of the district are paying their bell-tax willingly;
for in their heathen superstition they think that
the bell prays for them. They call it the pray-
ing bell.

Power of the Printed Truth.

The following incident will show how the
printed Truth may show its power in other lands:
A single tract on the Ten Commandments fell into
a Brahmin’s hands. He,,a pagan, taught ethics,
but told his followers that this was a better system,
and went with them preaching God’s Law, having
never seen a missionary. ‘They soon after got a
New Testament, and devoured its contents.

One day, into a group of discouraged mission-
aries, the whole company marched, asking the way
of: salvation. When verses were quoted the stran-
gers said: “Yes, that is in such a chapter and in
such a verse.” Had an angel dropped from heaven,
the missionaries would hardly have been more sur-
prised than to hear these men, unknown to Chris-
tian people, tell what they had read. They all were
converted to Christ except their leader, and as a
result a mission was founded. So much for the
amazing power of the silent, printed Truth.

Dr. Scudder. -

False Peace.

Any peace that is not based upon the finished
work of the Lord Jesus is just peace with Satan,
peace in @ condemned state, and a peace that will

land you in hell. You can have no peace with God
and your sins, too. The blood that makes me a
friend to God makés me a foe to sin. — Selected.

BOOK TABLE.

STATISTISCHES JAuRBUCII der Deutschen Ey.-Luth. Synode

von Missouri, Ohio und andern Staaten fuer das Jahr ~

1907. Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis, Mo.
Price, 35 cts.
This interesting pamphlet brings the complete statis-
tics of the largest Lutheran synod in America.

MISSIONSFESTLIEDER, gesammelt von Pastor H. Bouman.
Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis, Mo. Price,
$2.50 per hundred.

A good selection of German and English missionary
hymns and prayers. The pamphlet will prove very help-
ful for mission services. It contains 30 German and
8 English hymns.

Acknowledgment.

Received for Colored Missions from St. Paul’s Church,
Charlotte, N. C., $10.00; St. James’ Church, Southern
Pines, N. C., 5.00; Bethlehem Church, Monroe, N. C., 5.00;
Mount Zion, New Orleans, La., 35.00; Bethlehem, New Or-
leans, La., 25.00; St. Paul’s Church, New Orleans, La.,
35.00; St. Paul’s Church, Mansura, La., 10.00; Grace
Church, Concord, N. C., 10.00; congregation in Napoleon-
ville, La., 2.00; Calvary Church, Sandy Ridge, N. C.,
15.00; Holy Trinity Church, Springfield, Ill., 3.25; St.
Matthew’s Church, Meherrin, Va., 12.61; Concordia Church
in Rockwell, N. C., 5.75; St. John’s Church, Salisbury,
N. C., 3.50.

St. Louis, Mo., April 16, 1908.

A. C. Buroporr, 7'reas.

—ooo SII
Evangelical Lutheran Colored Churches.
NEW ORLEANS, LA.

St. Paul’s Chapel, 1625 Annette St., near N. Claiborne St.;

F. J. Lankenau, Pastor.
Divine Services: Sunday, 11 a. mM. and 7.30 P. M.;
Wednesday, 7.30 P. x. ;
Mount Zion Church, Franklin and Thalia Sts.
Divine Services: Sunday, 11 a. x. and 7.30 P. 3f.;
Thursday, 7.30 P. wt. ‘
Bethlehem Chapel, Washington Ave. and Dryades St.;
G. M. Kramer, Pastor.
Divine Services: Sunday, 10 A. xf. and 7.30 P. 3f.;
Thursday, 7.30 P. a¢. .

SPRINGFIELD, ILL.

Holy Trinity Church; James Doswell, Pastor.
Divine Services: Sunday, 10.30 a. at. and § Pp. 3.

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