The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1909, Page 64

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Giving All Glory to God.

A Christian is humble. He does not boast of
his own worthiness or his own doings, but gives all
glory to God. John Newton said: “I am not what
I ought to be; I am not what I wish to be; I am
not what I hope to be; but, by the grace of God,
I am not what I was. I confess with the Apostle
Paul: ‘By the grace of God I am what I am.”

All that I was, my sin, my guilt,
My death, was all my own;

All that I am, I owe to Thee,
My gracious God, alone.

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The Gifts of the Poor.

A flower-girl who sold buttonhole nosegays at
a half penny, near Charing Cross, in the heart of
London City, heard that there were millions with-
out the knowledge of salvation, and she went to the
pastor’ of one of the churches and asked him to put
her down for 40 shillings ($10.00) every twelve
months. Not long after, she was run over on the
Strand and fatally injured. At the hospital, when
her clothes were removed, a little bag was found
hanging on her neck, and on it were the words, “For
the poor heathen.” Inside were 40 farthings. This
was the way in which she was saving the promised
sum. When the facts became known, these far-
things were sold at auction and were bought for a
sovereign apiece. ‘Thus the poor girl was credited
with a donation of 40 sovereigns (almost $200.00).
Another touching case is reported of five pence given
by a poor Yorkshire woman, “to send a bit of the
bread of life to the poor heathen.” She and her
husband were among the very poor, and on investi-
gation it was ascertained that this humble couple,
whose main meal of the day consisted of “taters,”
had saved their potato peelings for a year and sold

‘them for five pence. — MM. R. W.

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The Sandboy’s Mission Gift.

William was his name, but the folks all called
him the sandboy. He was a poor boy and drove to
the city regularly with his mule, selling sand. One
day he attended a missionary meeting, where he
heard the preacher speak of the sad lot of the poor

-heathen who are without Christ, having no hope,
being without God in the world.

The Lutheran Pioneer.

William made up his mind to do something for
these poor people, that the Gospel might be brought
to them. However, the little he made with his small
trade he needed for himself and his widowed mother.
But where there’s a will there’s a way. He got up
an hour earlier and drove to the city twice instead
of once. The people soon found out why he made
that extra trip and readily bought of him.

The extra money which William thus made he
laid aside for missions. When next year’s mis-
sionary meeting was held, he was there with his
gift. And the preacher said at the close of the mect-
ing: “The sandboy has given more than all the
rich people.”

Acknowledgment.

Received for Colored Missions from the following con-
gregations: St. Paul, Charlotte, N. C., $7.00, Bethlehem,
Monroe, N. C., 2.50, St. Jame outhern Pines, N. C.
St. Paul, New Orleans, La., 00, Bethlehem, N

leans, La., 30.00, Mount Zion, New Orleans, La., 35.00,
Napoleonville, La., 10.00, Gr Concord, N. C., 15.00,
Mount Calvary, Sandy Ridge: +» 20.00, Zion, Gold Hill,

N. C., 1.70, Concordia, Rockwell, N.
Salisbury, N. C., 2.50, Grace Mission, St.
From the Hoppie Twins, St. Louis, Mo., 2.00.
$167.95.
St. Louis, Mo., July 16, 1909,
Henry A. SCHENKEL, 7'reas.
1447 John Ave.

2.75, St. John,
Louis, Mo., 2.00.
Total: -

Evangelical Lutheran Colored Churches.
NEW ORLEANS, LA.

St. Paul’s Chapel, 1625 Annette St., near N. Claiborne St.
Divine Services: Sunday, 1] a. M. and 7.30 P. .;
Wednesday, 7.30 P. M.
Mount Zion Church, Franklin and Thalia Sts.; Ed. C.
Krause, Pastor.
Divine Services: Sunday, 1] a. M. and 7.30 Pp. M.;
Thursday, 7.30 p. M. :
Bethlehem Chapel, Washington Ave. and Dryades St.;
G. M. Kramer, Pastor.
Divine Services: Sunday, 1] a. M. and 7.30 P. M.;
» Thursday, 7.30 p.m. Sunday School: Sunday, 10 a. M.

SPRINGFIELD, ILL.

Holy Trinity Church; James Doswell, Pastor.
Divine Services: Sunday, 10.30 a. M. and § p. M.

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