The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1909, Page 32

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built, and the whistles of locomotives are heard
daily in the capitals of Dahomey and Ashanti,
once notorious as the scenes of wholesale human
butchery. Africa owes much to the self-denying
labors of Christian missionaries; but there is still
much work to be done there for Jesus and His
kingdom, and the changes that have come during
the last years will serve, not only the material, but
also the spiritual welfare of millions of the black
race.

Stave TrapE IN ArrioA.— The same writer
tells us that slave trading in Africa is coming to
an end. Africa, excepting a bit of it in the Sou-
dan, is now redeemed from the shame of Arab
slave raiding. Thirty-five years ago, the towns of
Mombasa, Tanga, and Dar cs Salaam on the eastern
coast were known chiefly as places where miserable
gangs of captives were marched through to be sold
into slavery. But all this has changed, and these
once notorious towns are now thriving young cities,
with well-kept streets, public gardens, hospitals, and
railroads stretching far into the interior. They
are ports of call for several steamship lines and
carry on a large trade in hemp, cotton, ground-nuts,
hides, and other articles.

A Good Illustration.

A clergyman once tried to teach some children
that the soul would live after they were all dead;
they listened, but evidently did not understand.
Taking out his watch, he said:

“James, what is this I hold in my hand?”

“A watch, sir.”

“How do you know it is a watch?”

“Because we see it, and hear it tick.”

“Very good.”

He then took off the case, and held it.in one
hand, and the watch in the other.

“Now, children, which is the watch? You see
there are two which look like watches. Now I will
lay the case aside—put it away down here in my
hat. Now, let us see if you can hear the watch tick.”

‘Yes, sir, we hear it,” exclaimed several voices.

‘Well, the watch can tick, go, and keep time,
as you see, when the case is taken off and put in
my hat, just as well. So it is with you, children.
“Your body is nothing but the case; the body may
be taken off, and buried in the ground, and the
soul will live just as well as this watch will go
when the case is taken off.”

BOOK TABLE.

VERHANDLUNGEN DER 22. VERSAMMLUNG DER SYNODALKON-
FERENZ. Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis, Mo.
Price, 15 ets.

This pamphlet brings the proceedings of the latest ses-
sion of the Ey. Luth. Synodical Conference. It contains
an important and instructive doctrinal paper on the Great
Blessing of Brotherly Fellowship and a comprehensive re-
port of our mission work among the colored people.

Sratistisciues JAurBuci der Deutschen Ey. Luth. Synode
von Missouri, Ohio u. a. St. fuer das Jahr 1908. Con-
cordia Publishing Mouse, St. Louis, Mo. Price, 40 cts.

A storehouse of information regarding the missionary,
the educational, and the charitable work of the largest

Lutheran synod in America.

Acknowledgment.

Received for Colored Missions from the following con-
gregations: St. Matthew, Meherrin, Va., $11.65, St. Paul,
New Orleans, La., 35.00, Bethlehem, New Orleans, La.,
35.00, Mount Zion, New Orleans, La., 35.00, St. Paul, Man-
sura, La., 6.05, Napoleonville, La., 20.65, St. Paul, Char-
lotte, N. C., 7.00, St. James, Southern Pines, N. C., 2.50,
Bethlehem, Monroe, N.,C., 2.50, St. John, Salisbury, N. C.,
3.80, Zion, Gold Hill, N. C., 3.00, Concordia, Rockwell,
N. C., 1.60, Holy Trinity, Springfield, Ill., 5.75, Grace Mis-
sion Sunday School, St. Louis, Mo., 1.00. Total: $170.50.

St. Louis, Mo., March 16, 1909.

Henry A. SCHENKEL, Treas.
1447 John Ave.

Evangelical Lutheran Colored Churches.
NEW ORLEANS, LA.

St. Paul’s Chapel, 1625 Annette St., near N. Claiborne St.
Divine Services: Sunday, 11 A. M. and 7.30 P. M.;
Wednesday, 7.30 Pr. M.
Mount Zion Church, Franklin and Thalia Sts.; Ed. C.
Krause, Pastor.
Divine Services: Sunday, 11 a. a. and 7.30 P. .;
Thursday, 7.30 P. wt. :
Bethlehem Chapel, Washington Ave. and Dryades St.;
G. M. Kramer, Pastor. ‘ e
Divine Services: Sunday, 11 a. x. and 7.30 P. M.;
Thursday, 7.30 Pp... Sunday School: Sunday, 10 a. af.

SPRINGFIELD, ILL.

Holy Trinity Church; James Doswell, Pastor.
Divine Services: Sunday, 10.30 a. xf. and 8 P. af.

TERMS:

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