The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1911, Page 95

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of the congregations and the school-children, and
the rendering of a number of anthems by a large
choir, composed of members of all churches and
ably directed by Teacher N. Seeberry, of Bethlehem
School.

May the work of the year, till the next gathering
of Luther Conference, be abundantly blessed by the
Good Shepherd of His Church, our Lord and Savior
Jesus Christ! >.

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

With the passing of the long and hot summer,
church activity is increasing in St. Paul’s. Services
and Sunday-school are being better attended, and
in general there seems to be renewed life among a
goodly portion of our members. However, there is
still much room for improvement. Too many of our
communicants attend services only now and then;
comparatively few are regularly to be seen in the
house of God, and, sad to say, some ‘do not attend
at all. “He that is of God heareth God’s words;
ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of
God,” John 8, 47. “Blessed are they that hear the
Word of God and keep it,” Luke 11, 28. May we,
with the help of God, in course of time succeed in
remedying these evils and regularly gathering a
large number of devout heayers of God’s Word!

Midweek services on Wednesdays, 7.30 P. x.,
have been resumed. We hope that especially those
who are unable to attend the Sunday services regu-
larly will gladly embrace this opportunity of feed-
ing their souls with the Bread of Life. “Let the
Word of Christ dwell in you. richly in all wisdom,
teaching and admonishing one another in psalms
and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your
hearts to the Lord,” Col. 3, 16.

In the presence of their many friends, Miss
Athanais Saulny and Mr. Omer John Labeaud were,
on Wednesday night, October 25, united in holy

wedlock by the pastor. The church was beautifully —

decorated for the occasion. May God shower His
choicest blessings upon the young couple through-
outa long and happy life!

Surely every member of St. Paul’s jis still re-
joicing and heartily thanking God for the grand
success we met with in regard to our joint Refor-
mation Festival. Not for many years did we wit-
ness such an inspiring service, such a splendid
audience, and hear such beautiful singing. The
children’s chorus and the joint choir deserve special

mention in this connection. Fully 250 people were
in attendance. The collection netted the neat sum
of $6.66. Last, but not least, Director Bakke’s edi-
fying sermon served as a most fitting climax to the
great event. We were especially pleased to behold
such a goodly number of our Bethlehem and Mount
Zion fellow-Christians present. Surely, there was
rejoicing in heaven also.

After the regular service on Sunday night, No-
vember 5, an important meeting of the congrega-
tion took place. The pastor submitted to the con-
gregation a detailed financial report covering the
first year of his pastorate. Since the monthly en-
velope contributions were not what they should have
been, the congregation decided to introduce pledge
cards. We trust that each and every member will
pledge not as little as possible toward the support
of the mission, but as much as possible, and further-
more we hope that in the future our members will
bring their envelopes regularly, and not let from
two to six months pass by without making a single
contribution. By giving regularly to the Lord, ac-
cording to the means that He has mercifully given
us, we will be able to easily more than meet all our
obligations.

The pastor furthermore reported that the con-
gregation had contributed $41.75 for the remodel-
ing of the church building. With the help of the
local Luther League, which gave $58.05, and the
Hon. Mission Board, we were able to thoroughly
remodel both the exterior and interior of our chapel.
Since, however, as one member put it, our church

building with its fine new coat of paint is “laugh- .

ing at the poor old school-building” standing there
at its side, unsightly and weather-beaten, the con-
gregation decided to raise an additional $50.00 by
extra collection and have the school painted also.
We also hope to be able to have the school lot filled
and electric lights installed in our chapel. Contri-
butions from our Northern Christian friends will
be accepted with heartfelt thanks.

Beginning with the new year, the PIoNEER will
no longer be distributed gratis among our ‘members,
but each reader of this excellent little mission paper
will be asked to pay the usual subscription price,
25 cents per year.

Before a large and attentive audience, the pastor
on Monday night, November 6, delivered his first
of a series of lectures to the Luther League, taking
for his theme, “The First Centuries of the Christian
Church.” The coming lectures, which will take
place every second Monday night in the month, will

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