The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1909, Page 15

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The ‘Lutheran Pioneer.

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A Prayer for Guidance.

Heavenly Father, lead and guide me,
Lest my feet should go astray;
Through life’s pathway walk beside me,
Keep me in the narrow way.

Through the vale of tears be near me,
When life’s joys are turned to grief,
With Thy love and blessing cheer me,
And my soul shall find relief.

Gentle Savior, hear my pleading,
Help ime live more close to Thee,
Turn not from my prayer unheeding,

Let a blessing rest on me.

When dark shadows fall around me
And the way seems dark and drear,
With Thy precious love surround me,
Let me feel Thy presence near.

When death’s darkness shall o’ertake me,
May I feel Thy guiding hand,
Through the gloom do not forsake me,
Lead me to the better land,
To the land where all is gladness,
Where there’s naught but peace and love;
Let me leave this world of sadness
Soon to rest with Thee above.
EstHerR PETERSON.

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NOTES.

Mission’ iN Prrrspurc.— The Rev. J. C.
Schmidt, formerly missionary among the colored
people at Greensboro, N. C., and at present city
missionary in Pittsburg, Pa., does also some mis-
sion work among the colored people in that large
city, in connection with his city mission. In a re-
port of his work as city missionary we read: “Since
February, 1908, the missionary has also given some
attention to the children of Ham by serving colored
Lutherans, some of whom were members of our
Negro Mission in Virginia and North Carolina.
On Tuesday nights he preaches to them the Word
of Life. Three catechumens are looking forward
with joy to their confirmation.”

Lirrtte Roox, Arx.— From The Arkansas
Lutheran we take the following:

“Sunday afternoon, December 27th, Rev. Poppe
(Little Rock, Ark.) had an extra Christmas service
in his church. He had invited the colored mission
for a Christmas celebration. Only those who were
ill were absent. O how the old Lutheran songs
rang out, with a vim, known only by the colored!
The Christmas Gospel was well answered, and parts
of the Catechism said with emphasis. The pastor

preaches every other Sunday afternoon to the mis-
sion, although his work is amply arduous in his
own congregation. The Christmas tree was re-
splendent with its 100 vari-colored electric lights.
Each child received a ‘bag’ as usual, the gifts of
the white Sunday school. May God prosper the
negro mission work, that soon they may be able to
have their own pastor!”

JewisH Missions. — The Rey. N. Friedmann,
our missionary among the Jews in New York, finds
his arduous work richly blessed. The chapel of the
mission has often been too small to accommodate
those desiring to attend services. For the Christ-
mas services a large hall had to be rented, which
was filled by an attentive audience. The missionary
regularly instructs about 100 Jewish children.

TurKIsH HATRED OF THE Savior. — The Turks
hate the Savior and want him not for Turkish
sinners. A writer, who vouches for the truth of
the story, relates the following: “When William
Jennings Bryan, during his recent tour of the
globe, was leaving Syria for Constantinople, a zeal-
ous missionary, bidding him farewell, pressed into
the hand of the Nebraskan a religious tract which
was headed, ‘Christ Came to Earth to Save All
Sinners.’ Mr. Bryan placed the tract in the top
of his trunk, and upon his arrival at Constantinople
it was promptly confiscated by the police, together
with all his other literature. A protest was made
through the American Ambassador, and three days
later his books and papers were returned uninjured.
The tract alone had been tampered with, and that,
by the clever use of red ink, had been made to read,
‘Christ Came to Earth to Save All Christian
Sinners.’ ”

Yes, they hate Jesus, the divine Savior of all
sinners. Therefore Luther sang:

Lord, keep us in Thy Word and work,
Restrain the murderous Pope and Turk

Who fain would tear from off Thy throne
Christ Jesus, Thy beloved Son.

Cuina.— The latest report of the China In-
land Mission. shows that during the last year 2796
persons were added to its churches in China. Since
the beginning of its work its missionaries have
baptized 28,000 persons. During the first thirty.
years of the existence of the Mission, 13,000 per-
sons were baptized, and during the years since 1900
and the Boxer outbreak, 15,000 have been baptized.