The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1911, Page 40

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book, that I could not do better than dedicate the
first check to the British and Foreign Bible Society ;
so here is a donation of a hundred guineas. ‘The

_ work done is enormous, and the good it accom-
plishes is beyond all calculation. ‘The Society has
proved itself and its worth beyond all praise, and
L am sure it will only grow in usefulness as it grows
in years.” We pass on this story, says an exchange,
not only because of its tribute to the Bible Society’s
work from one who spent forty years in the service
of the Chinese Government, and so gathered at first
hand the data on which to form a judgment, but
also as a gentle hint to others. Other men besides
Sir Robert Hart “open new check-books,” and they
certainly cannot do better than follow his example.
When there are so many calls for help, we often
wonder how nominally Christian men can let them
pass by as they evidently do.

A Boy’s Honrsr Conresston. — A small boy,
who was a member of a mission band, confessed
with shame that a quarter for peanuts looked like
a pinhead and a quarter for missions as big as a
cartwheel. That small boy has a great many
grown-up relations.

Prayinc AnD Givinc.— The people in India
are very poor. Yet, at one time, when a company
of native Christians had been holding a prayer-
meeting, they said, “We have been praying, now we
must give.’ The missionary replied, “You have
come a long way and need what you have.” They
answered, “We cannot pray and not give.” Our
pastors at home are not much troubled with such
requests.

Taxina Norice.— Says the editor of Watch-
word: “Mr. Haskins, the Washington expert in
statistics, has stated facts concerning the growth of
the Protestants in the United States during the
past sixteen years that ought to make us ‘stand up
and take notice.’ During the period named, be-
tween 1890 and 1906, the Lutheran Church is the
only Protestant body which has a membership
greater, in relation to the whole population of our
country, than it had at the beginning; all others
have a smaller percentage.”

PREFERRING THE Lorp’s SErvice. —'The Rev.
Cheng Ching Yi, of Peking, China, is one of the
most learned and influential leaders of the Chinese
Church, a zealous laborer in the mission among his

countrymen. He was the Chinese delegate to the
World’s Missionary Conference at Edinburgh last
He receives a salary of only $19.00 a
month, but could at any time get four times as
much by accepting a place in government service.
However, constrained by the love of Christ, he pre-
fers the Lord’s service, and will not leave it for this

summer,

world’s riches.

A) Tarce. Sunpay-Sciioon,— A report from
Korea states that one of the Sunday-schools in the
mission field has 22 classes, the whole church at-
tending. The men meet first, then go home and
take care of the house while the women come. The
youngest pupil is four years old, the oldest a woman
of seventy; she learned to read in the last few years.

Acknowledgments.

Received for Colored Missions from the following con-
gregations: Holy Trinity, Springfield, Ill., $4.05, te St. Paul,
Cc harlotte, N. G., 7.50, Mount: Zion, Meyersville, N.C
St. James, Southern Pines, N. C.,
Mount Pleasant, N.C., 2.00, St. John,
2.65, St. Matthew, Meherrin, Va., 5.68, Bethlehem,
Orleans, La., 35.00, Mount. Zion, New Orleans, La.,
St. Paul, New Orleans, La., 30.00, St. Paul, Mansur
5.00, Napoleonville, La., 14.00, Zion, Gold Hill, N. C., 3.00,
Mount Aion, The Rocks, N. C., 3.00, Concordia, Rockwell,
N. C., 2.50, Grace, St. Louis, Mo., 6.24, Grace, Greensboro,
N.C. 0. Total: $163.

St. Louis, Mo., April 15, “1911.

Hi. L. DoepERLern, Treas.
S48 E. Prairie Ave.

Evangelical Lutheran Colored Churches.

NEW ORLEANS, LA.
St. Paul’s Chapel, 1625 Annette St., near N
Ed. Schmidt, Pastor.
Divine Services : Sunday, 11 a. ac. and 7.30 Pp. M.;
Wednesday, 7.30 rp. a. *
Mount Zion Church, Franklin and Thalia Sts. .
Divine Services: Sunday, 11 a.M. and 7.30 Pp. M.;
Thursday, 7.30 r. x
Bethlehem Chapel, Washington Ave. and Dryades St.;
G. M. Kramer, Pastor.
Divine Services: Sunday, 11 A.M. and 7.30 rp. a.;
Thursday, 7.30 p.a1. Sunday School: Sunday, 10 a. a1,
SPRINGFIELD, ILL.
Holy Trinity Church.
Divine Services: pundey, 10.30 a.m. and § r. at.

2.50, Mount Calvary,
Salisbury, N. Cols
New

. Claiborne St.;

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