The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1910, Page 79

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tuted the committee which had mapped out the
schedule and reported to Conference. During the
last of the private sessions Rey. Lash read his paper
on “Lodges.”

Every one of the private sessions was opened
with a short address. Prof. Bakke spoke of ‘The
Pastor’s Duty towards the Sick of His Congrega-
tion, basing his remarks on James 5, 14. 15. Prof.
Wahlers expounded Acts 18, 26, speaking of The
Pastor’s Relation towards His Catechumens. Rey.
Koiner’s subject The Pastor’s Relation to-
wards Sects, based on ‘Tit. 1, 9. The undersigned,
taking for his text 1 ‘Tim. 5, 1. 2, addressed the
convention on ‘Che Pastor’s Relation towards the
Older and Younger Church Members. :

During the morning sessions of the public meet-
ings business was transacted. Rey. J. S. IXoiner,
of Meherrin, Va., and Mr. Wm. Hill, candidate of
theology, were received as new members. The re-
sult of the election of new officers was as follows:
Rev. J. S. Koiner, chairman; Rev. W. H. Lash,
vice-president ; J. Alston, secretary and treas-
urer. Among the guests present were Rev. C. Lau-
terbach, of Ridgeway, N. C.; Prof. W. Baumhoefe-
ner, of St. Paul, Minn.; and Mr. Wm. Lochner,
of St. Louis, Mo.

The afternoon sessions were devoted to a very
interesting and instructive paper by: Prof. Bakke
n “Conversion.” “In the first part of his paper the
essayist spoke of the natural condition of man;. in
the second part, of conversion itself; and finally
he showed that conversion is a work of the Holy
Ghost through the means of grace.

Services were held on Thursday and Friday
nights, with sermons by Rev. J. S. Koiner on Matt.
7, 18. 14, and by Rey. John Alston on Eph. 3,
18—21. Three services were held on Sunday with
communion in the morning. In the morning service
Prof. F. Wahlers delivered a confessional address on
Ps. 180, and Rev. I. Ford preached on Rom. 1, 16.
In the afternoon Prof. N. J. Bakke preached on
Rey. 3, 183—19, and at night Rev. .W. H. Lash on
Zech. 2, 10—13.

Next year Immanuel Conference, God willing,
will convene in St. Matthew’s Cone en at Me-
herrin, Va.

May God bless Immanuel Conference in all its
undertakings ! : M. lL.

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NOTES.

IMMANUEL CoLLEGE. — With an enrollment by
far exceeding that of any previous year Immanuel
Lutheran College opened on September 7, at 10
A. M., with a divine service in the chapel. Sixty
students were present, and as many more have ap-
plied for admission, we may expect a much better
attendance than ever before. In the opening service
the President, Prof. N. J. Bakke, delivered a ser-
mon on Col. 1, 10, and Rey. J. McDavid, of Char-
lotte, N. C., who had been soliciting in North Caro-
Jina for students during the summer, spoke words
of welcome and encouragement to the students. May.
God be with Immanuel College in the coming
school-year ! M. L.

IuportaNce oF Mission ScHoois.—In the
latest Report of the General Council’s Telugu mis-
sion in India one of the missionaries writes: “There
is no doubt that the most important and necessary,
as well as the most laborious work is the establish-
ing and keeping of schools in the villages in the
district. ‘There is no better means of reaching the
younger generation not only of the Christians, but
also the children of the heathen people, to instruct
them in the Bible and in the Catechism, and thus
pave the way for Christianity; for many heathen
parents, though they care nothing for Christianity
themselves, like to have their children receive an
education which they did not get themselves, even
if they have to take instruction in the Christian
religion into the bargain. Besides, the village
teacher becomes an agent of the spreading of the
Gospel in his village. He not only teaches the
secular branches, the Bible, and the Catechism to
the children, but he conducts the Sunday and even-
ing prayers and leads the Sunday school.”

Brste Worx. — The British and Foreign Bible
Society is the greatest of all Bible Societies. Since
its foundation, in 1804, it has issued two hundred
and twenty-two million copies of the Scriptures.
From its latest Report we learn that it now issues”
the Scriptures in 424 languages, and during the
past year has added six new languages to the list.
Of some of these the average person has never heard.
A Bantu tribe in the French Congo now can read

- the Gospel according to Matthew in Ongom. On

the south coast of British New Guinea there are
40,000 cannibals who speak Namau, and have cir-
culating among them both Matthew and John: