The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1908, Page 53

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The Lutheran Pioneer. 53

been done by the Lutheran Church towards educat-
ing and saving the colored race! Probably in the
great State of Pennsylvania, where Lutherans are
so strong and so numerous, the only organized effort
by our Church to care for the negro is the small
church, with its own pastor, in Easton.

But there is a very successful work for the col-
ored people of the South, which is conducted by
Lutherans. ‘This work, which is under the control
of the Synodical Conference, was begun in 1877,

In the city of New Orleans alone we have three
very creditable churches, having their own pastors,
caring for a total of seven hundred and_ fifty souls.
In addition there are several mission stations in the
country parishes near New Orleans, with Luther
College, on Derbigny Street, two sons of which will
go forth this year as pastors, and next year two
more. A number of their Normal course graduates
are very successful in establishing and maintain-
ing schools for colored children. The work is

Teacher Alston and-Department II of Colored Lutheran School in Charlotte, N. C.

and ‘is, therefore, a little over thirty years old. The
largest’ fields are in Louisiana and North Carolina.

In North Carolina there are four pastors, four
teachers, five professors, and twenty-one congrega-
tions. ‘There is one in Virginia, one in Illinois, and
one in Missouri, while in Louisiana there are five
congregations, five pastors, and eight teachers. In
the schools connected with these mission stations
there are upwards of 1500 pupils.

These figures, while not so large, are very en-
couraging, and show that even the negro, who, ‘as
many have supposed, could only be reached through
his emotions, will also yield to the quiet persuasive-
ness of sound Lutheran instruction.

characteristically Lutheran — quiet, but effective.
Rey. Lankenau, president of Luther College, very

pertinently says, “There is no doubt that the growth

of our work is only limited by the number of
workers we are able to put out into the field. As
long as our supply of laborers is dependent upon
the output of white schools, the number must neces-
sarily be small, because of the great demand in our
white household of faith; but, as our colored col-
leges grow, the number of workers is bound to in-
crease greatly.”

‘Besides this work in New Orleans, a splendid
college for colored youths has been developed within
the past five years at Greensboro, N. C. It is known

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