The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1908, Page 56

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A Guinea a Year.

A rich old gentleman was, some years ago, called
upon by the members of a society which had for its
object the spread of the Gospel. and was asked to
subscribe to it. He had been thinking about it,
but would first wish to become acquainted with their
plans, and wished them to call again. Some time
after, they did so, and he told them he had made
up his mind to subscribe a guinea a year, and im-
mediately began to count out upon the table a num-
ber of guineas. When he had got to twenty-one,
the gentlemen stopped him, and said as their time
was rather precious, they should feel obliged if he
would give his subscription, that they might go.
The old gentleman still continued to count the
guineas out upon the table. ‘They interrupted him
a second time, when he simply said, he hoped the
gentlemen would suffer him to go on — and on he
went till he had counted down eighty guineas.
“There, gentlemen,” cried the old man, “I prom-
ised you a subscription of a guinea a year. I am
eighty years- old—and there are the eighty
guineas.”

A-guinea is a gold coin used in England, and
worth about $5.00:

Idleness the Devil’s Workshop.

A lazy young fellow, who mostly wasted his time
in loafing about, said, “I’ll not be chained down to
work.” But it was only a matter of time with him.
Before the year was over, he was seen working in
the chain gang. It is truly said: “Tdleness is the
devil’s workshop.”

; “In works of labor or of skill

Let me be busy too;

For Satan finds some mischief still
For idle hands to do.”

BOOK TABLE. ~

ZUM GEDAECHTNIS DES SELIGEN Pastors A. L. 'T'1sOTHEUS

STIEMKE. Seinen Gemeinden, Amtsbruedern und

Freunden gewidmet von der deutschen ev.-luth. Im-

manuels-Gemeinde, .Baltimore, Md. Price, 15 cts.

posted Address H. W. Lange, 720-S. Caroline St.,
altimore, Md. -

, This: pamphlet has been published by the German Lu-
theran Immanuel Sonor enen at Baltimore in memory
of their late beloved Pastor Stiemke, who departed this
life on the 14th of March after having labored faithfully
in the Lord’s vineyard for 34 years, the last 20 years as
pastor of Immanuel congregation in Baltimore. The pam-
phlet contains a short sketch of his life, a description of
the funeral services, and two German and one English ser-
mon delivered on that sad occasion.. .¢

The Lutheran Pioneer.

ConcorvIA INDEX. :

Our Concordia Publishing House has issued a very
practical Card Index and a Pastor’s Chronological Record
Card which will prove helpful and convenient to the pas-
tor in keeping the Church Record of his congregation.
A sample eard of each will be sent to any pastor of a con-
gregation on applying to Concordia Publishing House,
St. Louis, Mo. -

Acknowledgment.

Xeceived for Colored Missions from St. Paul’s Chureh,
Mansura, La., $10.00; Bethlehem Chureh, New Orleans,
La., 25.00; Mount Zion Church, New Orleans, La., 35.00;
St. Paul’s Chureh, New Orleans, La., 35.00; from con-
gregation in Napoleonville, La., 17.86; Grace Chureh,
Concord, N. G., 15.00; Concordia Chureh, Rockwell, N. C.,
2.50; St. John’s Chureh, Salisbury, N. C., 2.75: St. Mat-
thew’s Church, Meherrin, Va., 3.07; St. Paul's Chureh,
Charlotte, N. C., 5.00; St. James’ Chureh, Southern Pines,
N. C., 2.50; Mount Zion Church, Meyersville, N. C., 2.50;
Holy Trinity Chureh, Springfield, Tl., 7.75.

St. Louis, Mo., June 15, 1908.

A. C. Buroporr, T'reas.

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Immanuel Lutheran College, Greensboro, N.C.

A Christian Institution for Colored Boys and Girls,
under the Auspices of the Ev. Luth. Synodical Conference.

Next term begins September 9, 1908.

Catalogue sent on. application. Address —

Prov. N. J. BAKKE,
Immanuel Lutheran College, Greensboro, N. C.

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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. M. and 7.30 Pr. at.;
Wednesday, 7.30 Pr. x.
Mount Zion Church, Franklin and Thalia Sts. :
Divine Services: Sunday, 1] a. M. and 7.30 P. M.;
Thursday, 7.30 P. at. i
Bethlehem Chapel, Washington Ave. and Dryades St.;
G. M. Kramer, Pastor.
Divine Services: Sunday, 10 a. mM. and 7.30 Pp. M.;
Thursday, 7.30 P. a.

SPRINGFIELD, ILL.

Holy Trinity Church; James Doswell, Pastor.
Divine Services: Sunday, 10.30 a. Mu. and 8 p. at.

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