The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1911, Page 31

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{teacher at St. Paul’s, were united in the bonds of
Iholy wedlock, in St. Paul’s Chapel. The sacred
‘edifice was crowded to its utmost capacity. Men-
‘delssolin’s beautiful wedding march was played by
Teacher Wm. B. Seeberry. Pastor Schmidt made a
brief, but beautiful and eloquent address.

The attendance at the services of St. Paul’s
Chapel is improving, but there are still a few de-
linquent ones whom we hope to induce, by the grace
of God, to attend regularly. The congregation is
making preparations to thoroughly renovate its
chapel. A substantial offering for this purpose was
made by St. Paul’s Luther League in the form of
sixty-five dollars., With this amount, and with the
donations which other members have promised to
make, together with another offering which the
League will make, we hope to raise one hundred and
fifty dollars to defray the expense incurred.

Another illustrated lecture will be given on
March 28, by the Rev. Wambsganss and his asso-
ciates, at Luther College, under the auspices of
St. Paul’s Luther League. The subject of the lec-
ture is, “The Suffering of the Savior.”

The League is a body consisting of some fifty
members, organized a year and a half ago. It will
give its annual concert about the latter part of May.

A. Winey, Jnr.

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NOTES.

Staristics oF Our CoLorep Missions. — From
the Stalistical Year Book of the Missouri Synod
we take the following statistics of the Colored
Missions of the Synodical Conference for the year
1910: At the close of the year there were 31 con-
gregations and preaching-places (19-in North Caro-
lina, 6 in Louisiana, 1 in Virginia, 1 in Mississippi,
1 in Arkansas, 1 in Illinois, 1 in Missouri, 1 in
New York). There were 37 persons laboring in
this large mission field: 13 white pastors and pro-
fessors, 8 colored pastors, 4 white and 7 colored
teachers, 3 colored lady teachers, and 2 students as
assistants. The mission numbered 2171 baptized
souls, 851 communicant members, and 233 voting
members. ‘The parochial schools were attended by
1478, the Sunday schools by 1157 pupils. 1895
ecmmuned during the year, 74 were baptized, and
G4 confirmed. ‘There were 9 marriages and 34
burials. Immanuel College, Greensboro, N. C.,
with 4 professors and 1 assistant, had an enroll-
ment of 105 students; Luther College, at New Or-

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leans, with 1 professor and 1 assistant, had an at-
tendance of 27 students. Contributions to the
mission treasury during the year amounted to
$33,066.72, of which sum the colored congregations
contributed $1950.74.

Room For InproveMeNt.— In the year 1910
the contributions of our colored congregations for
the mission treasury amounted to $1950.74, whilst
in 1909 they amounted to $2002.60. So there was
a small decrease, and there is certainly room for
improvement, not downward, but upward. Let us
hope that there will be an increase during the
present year. The apostle says: “He which soweth
sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which
soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully. God
loveth a cheerful giver,” 2 Cor. 9, 6. 7.

Nor Weary 1n WEtt-Dornc. — For the four-
teenth time an unknown and unnamed mission
friend recently brought to our treasurer in St. Louis
his yearly gift of $500.00 for our Colored Mission.
Unknown to men, he is known to God, whose apostle
says: “Let us not be weary in well-doing; for in
due season we shall reap, if we faint not,” Gal. 6, 9.

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Cau AccEerrep. — The Rey. Prof. N. J. Bakke,
of Greensboro, N. C., has accepted the call as Di-
rector of our Colored Missions, and will enter upon
the duties of his office as soon as his successor has
been secured in the professorship of Immanuel Col-
lege. May God be with him in his important work’
and bless his labors for the salvation of many souls!

Aprreciative. — A Southern bishop, speaking
recently of men from the North who came South to
work among the colored people in church and school,
said: “If they had spent their lives as missionaries
to China or Africa, they would have been looked
upon as heroes, but the posts which they have ac-
tually held involved in many respects a larger
amount of self-sacrifice than would have been called
for on any foreign field.”

Tue NEED oF THE CotorED Race.—A field
secretary for mission work writes: “In our mis-
sionary journey we reached the southern part of the
United States, and found the great problem there
to be the colored people. There are ten million of
them, a race which must be trained for Christ in