The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1909, Page 40

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sionary societies, formed in Africa the free negro
republic of Liberia. Some men expected a wonder-
ful future for the new nation, as the colored people
of America would return to Africa and spread the
Christian religion throughout the Dark Continent.
But it was only a beautiful dream. Ninety years
have passed and the dream is shattered. The colored
people of America have remained in America; Li-
beria has made hardly any progress. “To-day, in
all the vast territory, larger than that of Ohio,
there are but 50,000 civilized negroes.” Surrounded
by a million and a half barbarians, unlearned in
political and financial methods, these people re-
cently asked America for help. This is the reason
why former President Roosevelt recommended that
Congress appropriate $20,000 for a commission to
Liberia “to examine into the situation and report
as to the best manner for the United States to help
that republic under the present critical circum-
stances.” The restoring of order in the republic
would also benefit the missionary work carried on
in various parts of Liberia.

A New Frevp.—In British East Africa, says
Infe and Work, ninety miles from Kikuyu, dwells
a section of the Kikuyu people, 50,000 strong. Un-
til within the last few months their land had been
closed to the Christian missionary. Now a door
has been opened, and the call has come for mis-
sionaries to go in and possess the land for Christ.
The call has been answered, and missionaries are
already at work in this new African field.

HEATHEN CruELty. — The sick and helpless in
heathen lands are often treated with horrible cruelty.
This is also seen in the treatment of lepers. Those
afflicted with this dread disease find no mercy among
the heathen. They are treated most cruelly, espe-
cially in China. It is said that a mandarin, a Chi-
nese public officer, invited all the lepers of his
district to a meal. Whilst they were eating, the
house was set on fire. Those who tried to escape
were simply slain; the rest were burned to death.
It is known that in this cruel manner one mandarin
put out of the way 300 poor lepers in two years.

‘Another missionary tells us that among the Afri-

cans in Kamerun the cruel custom still prevails of _

burying children, whose mother has died, alive with
the corpse of the mother, whilst in China children

' who are in any way a burden to their parents are

exposed to starve to death or to be eaten by animals.
Thus Satan, like a “strong man armed, keeps

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his palace in the darkness and cruelty of heathen-
dom. But in the Gospel preached by the misiona-
ries, Christ, the stronger, still comes upon him, and
overcomes him, and takes from him all his armor.

——— wee —— -

The Alarm of Fire.

“IT suppose the bells are sounding an alarm of
fire,” snecringly said a man as the church bells
were calling the people to service one Sunday morn-
ing. <A pastor, who was just passing and who heard
the sneering remark of the unbeliever, quictly re-
plied, “Yes, my friend; but the fire is not in this
world.”

Acknowledgment.

Received for Colored Missions from the following con-
gregations: St. Matthew, Meherrin, Va., $8.20, Grace Mis-
sion Sunday Sehool, St. Louis, Mo., 1.00, St. Paul, New
Orleans, La., 40.00, Bethlehem, New Orleans, La., 35.00,
Mount Zion, New Orleans, La., 35.00, St. Paul, Charlotte,
N.C., 7.00, Mount Zion, Meyersville, N. C., 2.50, St. James,
Southern Pines, N. C., 2.50, St. John, Salisbury, N. C., 3.50,
Zion, Gold Hill, N. C., 1.70, Concordia, Rockwell, N. C.,
1.95, St. Paul, Mansura, La., 5.75, Mission at Napoleon-
ville, La., 32.00, Holy Trinity, Springfield, Il., 20.15. 7'o-
tal: $196.25.

Rey. MeDavid, Charlotte, N. C., from Mr. Willman .95.

St. Louis, Mo., April 17, 1909.

Hentty A. SCHENKEL, 1'reas.
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... and 7.30 Pp. M.;
Wednesday, 7.30 P. at.
Mount Zion Church, Franklin and Thalia Sts.; Ed. C.
Krause, Pastor.
Divine Services:
Thursday, 7.30 P. af.
Bethlehem Chapel, Washington Ave. and Dryades St.;
G. M. Kramer, Pastor.
Divine Services: Sunday, 11 a. M. and 7.30 P. M.;
Thursday, 7.30 Pp. xx. Sunday School: Sunday, 10 a. 2.

SPRINGFIELD, ILL.

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

Sunday, 11 a. mw. and 7.30 Pp. M.;

TERMS:

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