The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1911, Page 43

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The Lutheran Pioneer.

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On Saturday afternoon so-called business mat-
ters were taken up.

At the suggestion of our Field Secretary, a com-
mittee, consisting of 'l'eachers Palm, Vix, and Wiley
and Rev. Kramer, was elected to confer with the
brethren in North Carolina for the purpose of
arranging a uniform curriculum and daily program
for all of our mission schools.

Greetings were exchanged with the North Caro-
lina workers through Director Bakke, who, besides
greatly adding to the interest and success of our
infant conference by his able discussion of various
topics, encouraged and strengthened us not a little
by his many timely remarks and heart to heart talks.

These sessions, which were especially for the
pastors and teachers, were brought to a close late
Saturday afternoon with the Lord’s Prayer.

But in order that our beloved lay members might
-also be benefited by our ‘conference, special sessions
and services were arranged for them. On Friday
* night our lay members congregated in St. Paul’s
renovated chapel’ and listened to a discussion on
“Christian Marriage,” led by Rev. Kramer, with
profound interest and, we hope, lasting benefit.
On this occasion also Director Bakke, with over
thirty years’ experience in our blessed work to draw
from, brought home to our people both instruction
and admonition, which they surely will remember
all their days.

On Sunday night, April 30, St. Paul’s again
had the pleasure of entertaining our people at a
Joint service of our three local congregations held
in its chapel. Rev. C. Peay from Mansura, La.,
-delivered an interesting sermon on Ex. 14, 15.

On Monday night, May 1, all the congregations
united for another service in Bethlehem Chapel and
had the pleasure of hearing Director Bakke, who
preached a most instructive and uplifting sermon
on Acts 9, Ga. After the service proper Revs. Peay
and Schmidt gave detailed reports of the status,
growth, prospects, etc., of the missions at Mansura,
Napoleonville, and Bertrandville, La., and Bay
St. Louis, Miss. We hope in this way to interest
our New Orleans Lutherans in our outlying smaller
stations and to encourage them to work and pray
for them also.

This service really closed our conference sessions.
However, in order to give our beloved Mount Zion
people an opportunity to “play the host” and to
satisfy their desire to hear their former pastor,
Rey. Bakke, in their own house of worship, a third
joint service was held in Mount Zion Chapel on

Wednesday night, May 3. As was the case in the
previous services in St. Paul’s and Bethlehem, a
large and enthusiastic audience greeted the veteran
missionary, and they greatly enjoyed his able dis-
course.

The collections taken at these ‘three services
netted the neat sum of $20.00. Of this amount
$12.60 was set aside for expenses connected with
the conference, and the remaining sum was given
toward the erecting of a new building at Immanuel
College, Greensboro, N. C.

Luther Conference will meet again October 29,
30, and 31, at Bethlehem Station, New Orleans.

At this writing all of the brethren who con-
vened for the first session of Luther Conference are
again at their various posts of duty, humbly and
faithfully working for our Lord’s cause. But to
state that our conference sessions were instrumental
in encouraging and strengthening us in our work
would be but half expressing our sentiments. . We.
féel that God has blessed our meetings. All of: us,
pastors, teachers, and lay members, have been more
firmly’ united with the bonds of love; we realize |
more fully the importance and blessedness of our
humble efforts in the Lord’s vineyard.

. May God’s choicest blessings ever rest on -our
Luther Conference sessions for the spiritual benefit
of pastors, teachers, and lay members! Ep. S.

Brief Notes from St. Paul’s Station, —
New Orleans, La.

» Our chapel, adorned with a new coat of paint,
both inside and. outside, now presents a. more beau-
tiful and inviting appearance, and, we trust, will in
the future contain larger and more devout audiences
when services are held. However, to make the reno-
vation complete, we ought to have electric lights
installed, our gas lights giving very poor service
and producing an immense amount of heat. We
have already raised over $100.00 for our remodel-
ing fund, but we need more money to carry out our
plans. A special effort on’ the part of our people ~
is necessary, otherwise the work will have to stand
but partly finished. Perhaps some good Christians
up North, after reading these lines, will be willing
to help us. May God make willing hands!

Palm Sunday and Easter were most fitly cele-
brated in St. Paul’s. Palm Sunday morning 15
catechumens were examined, and at night three of -
the number were baptized by the pastor. Easter