The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1910, Page 7

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present enrollment being about 130. In the place
of Mrs. Fred Ford, who for a number of years
presided over the kitchen and dining room, the
college has gained an efficient stewardess and ma-
tron in the person of Mrs. Mollie Lowder, of Mount
Pleasant, N. C.

The increased attendance at Grace School in
South Greensboro has justified the Mission Board
in giving Mr. Buntrock an assistant. Miss Mary
Martin, of Southern Pines, N. C., who has had one
year’s training in the Normal Department of Im-
manuel College, is teaching the second class.

As far as the writer is able to learn, our mis-
sionaries and teachers are energetic and faithful
in the discharge of their duties, and the members
are active in helping them to build up our Lutheran
Zion. May the Lord be with them also in the new
year and abundantly . bless the labors of their
hands ! N. J. B.

ee

Our Missions in New Orleans.

During the last months of the year the church
and missionary work at our three mission stations
in New Orleans has, as usual, been more active
than in the dull summer months. ‘The services
are better attended, and, in consequence, there is
an increase in the contributions also. At_all three
stations there are catechumen classes under in-
struction of the respective missionaries. In St. Paul
and Bethlehem stations the number of catechumens
is 22 and 16, respectively. In Mount Zion it is
smaller. In the two first-named congregations there
is also a number of adults under instruction. ‘The
schools have attained a fair attendance in all three
stations. Mount Zion School is still in the hands
of our two veteran teachers, Mr. Vix and Mr. Mei-
bohm. Bethlehem School has a new teacher for
its upper grades in Mr. Palm, who is laboring with
a will and evident success. The lower grades are,
as they have been for many years past, still in-
structed’ by Mr. Odendahl. St. Paul’s School has
a reduced teachers’ force this year, Miss Edna Wal-
ter having removed from New Orleans in the .be-
ginning of October. ‘The three remaining teachers,
however, Mr. Wiley, Mr.. Nap. Seeberry, and
Mr. Wm. Seeberry, can hardly be said to be over-
crowded in their classes, since for some years past
the actual attendance on any one day has rarely
exceeded 150. Nevertheless, the mission has lost in
Miss Walter an able and devoted teacher of the
little ones. May the blessing that she has wrought

among them during the years of her faithful
service redound upon herself! That all the

teachers of St. Paul’s School are colored men the
reader will probably remember.

St. Paul’s station is reviving from a kind of
lethargy into which it had fallen during a year of
vacancy. The advent, in September, of Rev. A.
Witt from the far east of our country has brought
new life and a hopeful spirit into the congregation.
There is much more interest in the services than
there has been for a long time. But, though there

is spiritual activity noticeable in all three stations, -
as it cannot but be where the pure Word of God .

is scattered broadcast by pastor and teachers, and,
with joy be it said, also by a goodly number of lay
Christians, the sad truth cannot be denied that
there is also in all the congregations an alarmingly
great number of apostates from the faith they have
once vowed to retain and uphold to their dying
day. Old men and young men, women and maidens,
have grown weary of the Bread of Life and are no
longer seen in the beautiful services before. their
God. Little wonder, then, that godliness and purity
flies from their homes and unhappiness settles
down on their souls, for they have turned their
backs on the only true friend of their souls, Jesus,
the Christ-child, the crucified Savior, who waits to
meet them and bless them Sunday after Sunday
through His Word and Sacraments.

In connection with these remarks about our
missions in New Orleans it will nof be improper to
say a few words about Luther College, an institu-
tion of higher learning founded to serve the same’
purpose as our churches and parochial schools,
namely, the glory of God and the spreading of ‘our
Lutheran Church. There are not many pupils, nor

eleven males, ten females, of the latter two, Prof.
Wilde and your humble servant. Yet we are all
very busy, as the students would testify and their
teachers could not deny. For you should remember
there is a theological department, .a normal depart-

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ment, and a preparatory department. Lessons be- ©

gin at 8 a. Mm. and are over at 4.15 Pp. u., though

not all pupils are present all that time. The theo-

logical students receive instruction also on Satur-
days till noon. We have two students in the theo-
logical department this season;
teaching the mission school at Mansura, La., for
the year. The normal department numbers eight

young men and five young ladies. A fifth part of
our students hails from Mansura, La., the rest

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