The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1911, Page 7

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The Lutheran Pioneer.

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Who Is Willing to Contribute?

The Lord has this year blessed our Luther Col-
lege in New Orleans, La., with a goodly number
of students, 27 being thus far enrolled 15 of whom
are boys. The majority of these boys is preparing
for the holy ministry; some of our girls desire
later to serve as teachers in our mission schools,
should an opportunity present itself. All of our
pupils pay tuition, with the exception of four boys
from our colored Lutheran congregation in Man-

sura, La. These boys are all preparing for the
ministry, but their parenis, owing to several suc-

cessive crop-failures, can contribute but very little
to their support. A friend of our colored mission
has taken if upon himself to pay the expenses for
one student; the remaining three are dependent
entirely upon our Indigent Students’ Fund.

This fund, however; is at present entirely ex-
hausted. What shall we do? Send these students
home? Most assuredly not! “The Lord hath need”
of these young men, whose hearts THe has made will-
ing to devote their lives to His service as laborers
in His vineyard. We are, therefore, confident that
our fellow-Christians will again rally to their aid
as they have done in the past. Now, who is willing
to contribute?

Contributions may be sent to the treasurer for
Colored Missions, Mr. H. Doederlein, 848 KE. Prai-
rie Ave., St. Louis, Mo., or to

R. A. WILDE,
3332 Bell St.; New Orleans, La.

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NOTES.

FRIENDLY GreetiNGs.—An “old reader” writes:
“Permit me to send friendly greetings and best
wishes to the PronEeEr as he starts on his journey
for another year. Many years have passed since
he began to travel the ‘hard road.’ I well remember
from my childhood days the time when he paid
his first visit to our home. He has ever since been
a welcome visitor. May he be welcomed in many
more homes!” And a colored friend in the South
writes: “From the days of my earliest childhood
—TI am now twenty-six —I have enjoyed reading
the Pioneer. I wish him God’s continued bless-
ings.’ The Pioneer gives hearty thanks for all
friendly greetings, and wishes all readers a Happy
New Year.

Lest Wr Forcer.—It seems not to be gen-
erally known that according to the new postal law
subscriptions cannot remain unpaid over one year
without the payment of extra postage. That would
indeed be an unnecessary expense. Hence the kind
request. to pay subscriptions at the beginning of
the year.

A Biste ANNiversary. — The year 1911 marks
the three hundredth anniversary of our English
Bible, called “King James's Bible,” and recognized
as the “Authorized Version” wherever the English

language is spoken. This English version of the
Bible was prepared and issued in England in the
year 1611, during the reign of Ning James I.

A) Lurireran Statre.— Minnesota has _ been
called a Lutheran state, as of its 834,400 church
communicants 267,300 are reported to be Luther-
ans, so that every third church-member in that state
must be a Lutheran. Wisconsin comes next, with
284,286 out of 1,000,000 communicants. Pennsyl-
vania is third, with 335,643 out of 2,977,000 com-
municants.

In Many Lanouaces. — It is stated that God’s
Word is preached by the Lutheran Church of our
country in 24 different languages, including the
sign language, in which a blessed work is being
done by our Lutheran missionaries among the deaf-
mutes of our land.

PerstaN Mussion.— Among Persian immi-
grants who have come to our shores to better their
conditions and have settled in different cities of
our country, mission work has recently been begun
by a Lutheran pastor, who formerly labored for
many years in the mission field of Persia. May
God bless his labors among these Persian immi-
grants, so that they find in our blessed Jand not only
their earthly bread, but also the Bread of Life for
their souls’ eternal salvation.

A Great Army. — Says an exchange: “There
are 18,499 missionaries in the world, laboring in
foreign lands. Add to these the thousands of home

ST; LOUIS, MO,

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missionaries, and what a- great and glorious army ~

we have!” A great army. Yes. And what a glo-
rious army it would be, were it not for the sad fact
that so many of: them preach not the pure Gospel
of salvation by grace through faith in Christ Jesus.