The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1913, Page 31

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Rey. C. F. Drewes, published an article in our
German missionary monthly, Die Missionslaube,
asking whether the Board should call a halt in the
work. In reply to this article quite a number of
answers have come to the Board telling the brethren
to keep on and promising them loyal support. ‘Thus
a friend in Nebraska has written: “Don’t stop; keep
on!” And to show that he means what he says
he enclosed a check for $1,000.00! Another liberal
Christian in Minnesota sends the Treasurer the sum
of $2,000.00 to carry on the work. Isn’t this fine?
May many more follow with their gifts, so that
both Board and missionaries be encouraged to con-
tinue in their work. Yes, let us give what we can;
if we cannot give thousands, let us give hundreds;
and if we cannot give hundreds, let us give less.
We are told that the monthly expenses of our Col-
ored Mission are $2,500.00; so you see that your
contribution will also be needed to carry on the
work. Besides, we do not want to stop in the work
of spreading out our mission; there are yet many
places where we can find work, plenty of work, to
do among our colored brethren.

A Most AcceprabLe Grrr. — Our old acquaint-
ance, Andrew Werling of Ossian, Ind., has again
made our mission a gift of an organ. The happy
recipient this time is Luther College in New Or-
leans. ‘The organ heretofore used in the college is
now serving the new North Dupre Street Station
in the same city. The school at this station has
an enrollment of twenty-two.

Tue Cotorep PoruLation or St. Louris. —
This city has a colored population of 43,960. Of
this number only 10,108 are connected with a
church. Our congregation is growing, though its
growth is slow. There is no doubt that its growth
would be far more rapid if we had a more suitable
place of worship. ‘The present church was once
upon a time a saloon! All attempts to procure a
better location have so far been unavailing. We
hope that some day also this station may be able to
have a little chapel of its own, and may this time
not be too far distant! .

Brief Items of General Missionary Interest.

Lutuenans IN Russta.—Do you know that
there are more than 4,000,000 Lutherans in Russia?
They are divided into 612 parishes, with 1,428
churches and chapels, and are served by 680 pastors.

. Every pastor has almost 6,000 souls under his care.

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It is plain that the pastors are not able to give such
spiritual care to their people as they need, but as
we understand, the government is opposed to the in-
crease of ministers.

A Lance TrreoLocicaL Seminary. — The most
frequented theological seminary in the world is in
Kigypt. It has 319 teachers and 12,000 students!
But we are sorry to add that it is not a Christian
seminary where preachers of the Gospel are fitted
out for their holy calling, but a Mohammedan school
where men are trained to spread the false teachings
of Mohammed.

THE INDIAN Mission Fieip. — God is blessing
the labors of the missionaries of the Lutheran Mis-
souri Synod in India most wonderfully. Missionary
Nau has 600 catechumens in Trivandrum, which he
gathered in less than one year. He could have
1,000 if he had the time to instruct them. In three
different instances the missionaries have been ap-
pealed to by whole villages to instruct them in the
Christian doctrine, and in each case they have been
obliged to refuse because they were already over-
burdened with work. What a pity that these hun-
dreds, yes, thousands, must go hungry for want of
the crumbs which fall from our table unheeded. In
Nagercoil an institution has been founded to edu-
cate natives as assistants; however, the funds are
coming in so sparingly that the Board is not able
to salary them when once these men are prepared
to go out among their brethren. But, surely, God
will move the hearts of the Christians to come to the
rescue and not let this great harvest go to waste!

“Littte Drana.”—In 1888, William Taylor,
Methodist Bishop of Africa, brought from Liberia
“Little Diana,” an African child, whom he called
his “po’ lil black lamb.” He carried her with him
during a-tour of lectures, and it was his custom to
set her on the platform or bring her on his shoulder,
and to say that there were “two million more little
lambs in Africa just like her who needed shep-
“Little Diana” is now a well-educated
woman, and she lately sailed for Africa to work
among her own people. What a wonderful story
Diana will have to tell her brothers and sisters of
God’s goodness! - She should be a successful mis-
sionary. é

THe Cross IN THE EvEerRGLADES. — For some
years the Episcopal Church has been carrying on
successful work among the Seminoles in the ever-
glade swamps of Florida. Because of the ill-treat-
ment which this tribe of Indians received at the