The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1909, Page 48

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The Lutheran Pioneer.

African Journey,’ that Uganda was the only coun-
try he has ever visited where every person of suit-
able age to go to church went to Christian worship
every Sunday morning. He estimates the native
Christians in Uganda at 100,000. Bishop Tucker
puts down 62,867 as the number of baptized Chris-
tians in the Anglican churches of Uganda, and the
average Sunday morning attendance is 52,471. The
church buildings of the kingdom of Uganda have
seats for 125,851. There are 2936 native Christian
teachers and evangelists. And Mr. Churchill, who
explored Central Africa last year, says that he never
saw better order or happier homes than in this cen-
tral region of the great Dark Continent, where only
a few years ago pioneer missionaries were merci-
lessly put to death by the natives. Uganda, shut
out from the white man’s occupancy because of
diseases which are fatal to the Caucasian, seems re-
served for a happier lot than Madagascar.”

The Difference.

All sinners, says Luther, are alike in this that
they give themselves into the bondage of the devil
against the obedience of God. But then comes the
difference. Some of them, even the majority, no
matter what you may preach and tell them, always
remain the same in their sin, without any change
and correction. They think in their hearts: There
is no danger.. God is merciful. He will be pleased
whenever I may come and desire His grace. So I
will first enjoy this world, afterwards I may yet go
to church, hear the Gospel, and be converted. ‘These
sheep do, indeed, hear the voice of the Shepherd,
but they refuse to be found by Him. What will be
the result? Nothing but this, that from day to
day they will go more and more astray and fall into
the power of the devil, so that they cannot extricate
themselves. ‘This we ought to fear, and whenever
we hear the yoice of the Good Shepherd, at once
come to Him, that is, repent: and trust in God’s
goodness and forgiveness through Christ.

The Ring Without a Jewel.

A young girl found a gold ring which gave her
much joy. But after she had examined it more
closely she noticed to her sorrow that the eye, that
is, the jewel, was missing. “My child,” said her

mother to her, “behold, this ring without a jewel is

like youth and beauty without honor and modesty.”

BOOK TABLE.

IIeft.

Dein ReEicite KOMME! Missionsvortraege. Erstes
Price,

Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis, Mo.
20 cts.

This pamphlet of 64 pages contains instructive and
stimulating addresses on various Lutheran missions car-
ried on by the Missouri Synod. The subjects treated are:
Home Missions, Life of a Traveling Preacher in the North-
west, Brief Survey of Various Missions of Our Synod, Mis-
sion in India, Negro Mission, Deaf and Dumb Mission. The
addresses are by competent men, well acquainted with the
different mission fields, and will prove most helpful to pas-
tors, furnishing them the needed material for missionary
sermons, by which to inform their people as to the work
that is being done, and to awaken and increase their in-
terest in the mission cause.

Acknowledgments.

Reeeived for Colored Missions from the following con-
gregations: St. Matthew, Meherrin, Va., $5.40, St. Paul,
New Orleans, La., 45.00, Bethlehem, ew Orleans, La.,
35.00, Mount Zion, New Orleans, La., 35.00, Zion, Gold
Hill, N. C., 3.70, Concordia, Rockwell, N. C., 1.80, St. John,
Salisbury, N. C., 1.50, St. Paul, Charlotte, N. C., 7.00, St.
James, Southern Pines, N. C., 2.50, Mount Zion, Meyers-
ville, N.C., 2.50, Mission at Napoleonville, La., 37.70, Grace
Mission Sunday School in St. Louis, Mo., 2.00. otal:
$179.10. :

St. Louis, Mo., May 16, 1909.

Hi. A. Scuenket, 7'reis.
1447 John Ave.

Received with thanks for indigent students from Man-
sura at Luther College through Rev. Ed. Schmidt from the
Young Ladies’ Society of St. John’s congregation at St.
Louis, Mo., $15.00, from Rev. H. Bartels sen. 3.00, from
Rey. P. G. Schmidt’s congregation, Sherwood, O., 8.50.

F. WENGER.

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. Mf.;
Wednesday, 7.30 Pp. ac.
Mount Zion Church, Franklin and Thalia Sts.; Ed. C.
Krause, Pastor.
Divine Services: Sunday, 11 a. Mm. and 7.30 Pp. 3f.;
Thursday, 7.30 p. a. 5 ‘
Bethlehem Chapel, Washington Ave. and Dryades St.;
G. M. Kramer, Pastor.
Divine Services: Sunday, 11 a. mM. and 7.30 Pp. 3f.;
Thursday, 7.30 p. x1. Sunday School: Sunday, 10 A. 2.

SPRINGFIELD, ILL.

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

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