The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1911, Page 93

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The Lutheran Pioneer. 93

Christmas Day.

Dreary grows the winter,
Yet our hearts are gay,
While the bells are chiming,
Christmas comes to-day.

O the blessed Christmas!
Bid it welcome here;
Sweetest song shall greet it,
Day of all the year!

Dreary grows the winter,

Not a bird will sing;

All the flowers are sleeping,
Waiting for the spring.

But the blessed Christmas
Fills our hearts with cheer —
Day of joy and blessing.

Day of all the year!

Dreary grows the winter,
To the suffering poor,
When the tender children
Cold and want endure.

Give them from your plenty,
Fill their homes with cheer;
Make the blessed Christmas
Best of all the year.

Three Festivals at Greensboro, N. C.

On Sunday, October 29, the one hundredth an-
niversary of the birth of the Rey. Dr. C. F. W.
Walther was celebrated at Immanuel College in a
joint service with Grace congregation.. Prof. F.
Berg, who was a student of Dr. Walther, preached
the sermon. He based his remarks on Hebr. 13, 7,
showing who Dr. Walther was, and why we should
gratefully remember him with praise to God.

The second festival was the dedication of the
new school-building for the Primary Department of
Immanuel College. Although the building has been
in use since the beginning of September, the dedi-
cation was postponed until the arrival of Rev. W.
Hallerberg, of St. Louis, Mo., the Corresponding
Secretary of the Board for Colored Missions. Rev.
Hallerberg, who had arrived on the evening of No-
vember 2, was sent by: the Hon. Mission Board for

the purpose of visiting all the mission stations of

North Carolina, Virginia, and also our congrega-
tion at Yonkers, N. Y. ‘Three and one half days
of his trip were spent in Greensboro in order to see
Faculty, students, buildings, and grounds of Im-
manuel College, Grace Church and its members,
and to preach the dedication sermon.

The dedication of the school-building took place

on Sunday afternoon, November 5. Previous to the
dedication proper a service was held in the chapel
of the College. Prof. Berg offered a prayer and read
a Scripture lesson, and Rev. Hallerberg preached on
Matt. 6, 33. His subject was: “Why do we Lu-
therans support and maintain Christian schools?
We do it because they are a blessing: first, for our
homes; secondly, for our church; and thirdly, for
our country.” Besides the several hymns sung by
the congregation, the schoolchildren sang: “Seeing
I Am Jesus’ Lamb.”

Afier the rendition of this hymn. the entire
assembly walked over to the north side of the new
school-building. Hére Prof. Berg first briefly ex-
plained the Lutheran custom of a school dedication,
and after the singing of a hymn by the entire con-
gregation, and the offering ofa prayer and reading .
of a Scripture lesson, he unlocked the door of the
school in the name of the Triune God. This was
followed by the singing of “Savior, Like a Shepherd
Lead Us” and, “Jesus, Savior, Pilot Me,” by the
children, by uniting in the confession of faith and
the Lord’s Prayer, and by the benediction. Then
all present were invited to inspect the building.

The total enrollment of Immanuel School is
now 174. Of these, 40 are in Teacher Carter's,
51 in Teacher Reid’s, and 88 in Miss Brown’s class.

On the same night of the school dedication the
anniversary of the Reformation was celebrated in
Grace Church. It was again a joint service of the
students of Immanuel College and the members of
Grace congregation. Prof. Wahlers preached an
excellent sermon on Luke 12, 48. After the service
the members of Grace Church remained in order
to meet and hear Rev. Hallerberg. M. L.

From St. Matthew’s, Meherrin, Va.

William Glenn, a faithful member of St. Mat-
thew’s, and also one of the most industrious and
peaceable members of this community, on his way
home from the field, August 8, received a painful
wound, which made him totally blind. Passing
through a bit of woods, Brother Glenn heard some
persons talking, and in order to see who they were,
he stepped briskly through some bushes in their
direction. Before he could see any one’s face, or
know any person, he received a load of shot in his
face with the sad result stated.

It then appeared that the shot was fired by a
colored man, who is a widower, and who had been