The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1912, Page 72

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The Lutheran Pioneer.

Poor Heathen Babies.

The wretchedness of heathenism is shown by
the way thousands of little children are treated.
One instance will suffice. In Kamerun, West Africa,
the custom prevails of burying little children with
their mother when she died young, because it was
believed that motherless little children would cause
the sudden death of other little children whom they
met. The German governor abolished this horrible
custom, but he cannot prevent that such children
are starved to death. The Lutheran missionaries
in the colony, when they hear of such children, en-
deavor to save them, and their wives are ever ready
to take charge-of these waifs. They have many of
them, babies a few months old, and toddlers of a
few years old, happy little bodies, since they are
in the charge of white Christians. The native
mothers, even the Christians, do not yet understand
what the blessed and blessing word of our Savior
means: “Whosoever shall receive a little child in
my name receiveth me.” — Busy Bee.

—>os>-

Something Harder.

It was churning-day at Mother Cline’s. Her
three blue-eyed children dearly loved that day, be-
cause that was one of the few times that the busy
mother could tell them stories, stories of days of
long ago when in the country far away from which
her parents came people were not allowed to have

_ any Bibles, or to worship God in the simple Bible

. ing his fist.

5

way. How they did eagerly listen as they heard
of men and women, and even children that would
die, burning at the stake, rather than to kneel to
the image of some Romish saint.

“J wish I had lived then,” cried Johnny, clench-
“Yd shown them a thing or two. I
would have died shouting rather than to give up.”

“Ah, my boy,” said the mother, resting on her

‘dasher, “do you not know that God asks of you

something harder than that?” :

“Farder than being burned, mother?” exclaimed
timid Ernest; “how can that be possible?”

“Yes, yes! He wants you to live for Him, boys.
Dying was over in a few moments, but living for
Him means a struggle against your own sinful
flesh and the temptations of the devil and of the
world —a hard struggle —oh, so many hours, so
many days!”

Then the dasher began its noisy work again, and
Mother Cline’s boys watched if with very sober
faces. ,

BOOK TABLE.
THE WAY OF LIFE. By George Luccke. Concordia Pub-
lishing House, St. Louis, Mo. Price: Cloth edition,
30 cts., postpnid; paper sides edition, 20 cts., post-
paid.

This is the second, revised edition of a booklet com-
mended by us a short time ago as a helpful little mis-
sionary in making plain the way of salvation. From the
fact that a second edition has already become necessary
it is evident that the book has been found serviceable.

SYNODALBERICHUT des Allantischen Distrikts. Concor-

dia Publishing House, St. Louis, Mo. Price, 12 ets.

Contains the continuation of an instructive doctrinal
paper on “The Miracles of the Christian Religion.”

DOGMATIK. Von A. Hoenceke. 13. Lieferung. North-
western Publishing House, Milwaukee, Wis. Price,

40 cts.
This is Part 13 of the late Dr. Hoenecke’s Dogmatics.
It is the beginning of the section treating of the means
by which we are made partakers of salvation. It sets
forth, in a thorough and instructive manner, the Scripture
doctrine concerning God's Word, Sacraments in General,
and Sacrament of Holy Baptism.

Acknowledgments.

Received for Colored Missions from the following con-
gregations: St. James, Southern Pines, N. C., $5.00; St.
Matthew, Meherrin, Via., 9.66; Bethany, Yonkers, N. Y.,
12.50; Mount Zion, New Orleans, La., 40.00; Bethlehem,
New Orleans, La., 40.00; - Zion, Gold Hill, N. C., 3.00;
Mount Zion, Rocks, N. C., 10.00; Concordia, Rockwell,
N. C., 2.50; Mount Calvary, Mount Pleasant, N. C., 3.00;
Immanuel, Rimerstown, N. C., 1.50; St. Paul, Charlotte,
N. C., 10.00; Bethel, Greenville, N. C., 4.00; Mount Zion,
Meyersville, N. C., 2.50; St. Paul, Mansura, La., 5.00; St.
John, Salisbury, N. C., 5.00; Grace, Concord, N. C., 10.00;
Mount Calvary, Sandy Ridge, N. C., 6.00; Grace, Greens-
boro, N. C., 8.00. — 7’olal, $177.66.

St. Louis, Mo., August 6, 1912.

H. L. Doeverern, 7'reas.
848 E. Prairie Ave.

Evangelical Lutheran Colored Churches.
NEW ORLEANS, LA.

St. Paul’s Chapel, 1625 Annette St., near N. Claiborne St.;
Ed. Schmidt, Pastor.
Divine Services: Sunday, 11 a. xt. and 7.30 p.a1; Wednes-
day, 7.30 Pp. aM.
Mount Zion Church, Franklin and Thalia Sts.
Divine Services: Sunday, 1] a. 3. and 7.30 Pp. M.; Thurs-
day, 7.30 p. x.
Bethlehem Chapel, Washington Ave. and Dryades St.;
G. M. Kramer, Pastor.
Divine Services: Sunday, 11] A. su. and 7.30 p. .; Thurs-
day, 7.30 vr. x1. Sunday-School: Sunday, 10 A. ar. :

, SPRINGFIELD, ILL.
Holy Trinity Church.
Divine Services? Sunday, 10.30 a. 31. and 8 r. af.

TERMS:

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