The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1913, Page 56

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56 The Lutheran Pioneer.

Forbidden Pleasures.

An English traveler tells of a beautiful, though
deadly garden in Italy. In the center of this gar-
den is a clear pool, surrounded by a profusion of
plants and flowers. In the midst of all this beauty,
however, lurks great danger for the lonely stranger,
for it is said that if he suecumbs to the drowsy in-
fluence of the garden and lies down to slumber, cer-
tain miasmatic vapors, arising in the shaded walks
of the garden, will cause the certain death of the
sleeper.

In this strange garden, with its deadly influences,
we have a picture of the danger of yielding to the
allurements of this world. This world of ours is
a beautiful world, but it is filled with lurking dan-
gers for the soul. The lust of the eyes, and the lust
of the flesh, and the pride of life first allure, then
enslave, and at last destroy. The atmosphere of this
world tends to make the Christian drowsy and care-
less to the dangers by which he is surrounded on
all sides. The sins that are the most dangerous for
the Christian are those that mask themselves in the
dress of harmlessness and even purity, those whose
real nature is often not seen until one is enslaved
by them. Yes, let the Christian pilgrim, while wan-
dering through the lovely garden of this world, be
watchful and vigilant, and never forget that vice,
when first it approaches us, as a rule, hides its true
nature and deadly purpose. Test your pleasures and
see that they are clean and wholesome. No matter
how innocent they may seem at the beginning, trust
them not until you have prayerfully examined them
in the light of God’s Word. — Adapted.

“Trre is not a thing to be frittered away in
jest and nonsense. It is a serious thing to live.
God calls us to work in His vineyard. Our highest

duty and interest lie in our obedience to that call; .

and with grateful earnestness we should give our-
selves to it, and throw into it all the talents and
power God has given.”

BOOK TABLE.

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postpaid.

This handsome volume of VII and 275 » printed
on good paper and tastefully bound in silk cloth, con-
tains a fine selection of in’ ing chapters from the
chief historians of the moeiieh language. The book is

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reading-matter of the day. The extracts given

the trashy
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present the struggle of humanity for liberty and true
enlightenment against tyranny and superstition, a theme
that should appeal to everybody. May the book accom-
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DER SAENGERBOTE. Editor, P. W. Herzberger. The
Success Printing Co., 408 N. Third St., St. Louis, Mo.
Price, 15.cts. per copy; 50 cts. per year.

The second number of this lyric quarterly is three
times the size of the first number, and contains no less
than fifty-one original poems, among them seven beauti-
ful lyries written by the late Rev. F. Lochner. ‘The mu-
sical supplement brings the poetical gem “Bitte” set, to
music by Walter Wismar. The two poems, “Vor Jesu
Kreuz” and “Mein letzter Gruss,” are also set to music.
The editorials and short articles found on the last four-
teen pages of this number will prove interesting to many.

Acknowledgments.

Received for Colored Missions from the following Col-
ored congregations: Bethlehem, New Orleans, La., $50.00;
Mount Zion, New Orleans, La., 40.00; St. Paul, New Or-
leans, La., 40.00; St. Matthew, Meherrin, Va., 2.33; Beth-
any, Yonkers, N. Y., 12.50; St. Paul, Charlotte, N. C.,
14.00; Mount Zion, Meyersville, N. C., 3.00; Mount Cal-
vary, Mount Pleasant, N. C., 3.00; Grace, Greensboro,
N. C., 10.00; Grace, Concord, N. C., 15.00; Bethel, Green-
ville, N. C., 5.00; St. John, Salisbury, N. C.,; 6.00; Zion,
Gold Hill, N. C., 5.00; Mount Zion, Rocks, N. C., 5.00;
Concordia, Rockwell, N. C., 2.50; St. James, Southern
Pines, N. C., 5.00; Grace, St. Louis, Mo., 3.50; station
at Napoleonville, La., 7.06; station at Elon College, N. C.,
-95; North Dupre St. Mission at New Orleans, La., 3.96.
— Total, $233.80.

St. Louis, Mo., June 16, 1913.

H. L. Doeper.ern, 7'reas.
848 E. Prairie Ave.

Evangelical Lutheran Colored Churches.
NEW ORLEANS, LA.

8t. Paul’s Chapel, 1625 Annette St., near N. Claiborne St.;
Ed. Schmidt, Pastor.
Divine Services: Sunday, 114.a. and 7.30 p.at.; Wednes-
day, 7.30 Pp. a.
Mount Zion Church, Franklin and Thalia Sts.; Alb. O.
Friedrich, Pastor.
Divine Services: Sunday, 11 a. M. and 7.30 P. a.; Thurs-
day, 7.30 p. Mt.
Bethlehem Chapel, Washington Ave. and Dryades St.;
G. M. Kramer, Pastor.
Divine Services: Sunday, 11 a. ut. and 7.30 Pp. ut.; Thurs-
day, 7.30 p.1. Sunday-School: Sunday, 10 a. x1.

SPRINGFIELD, ILL.

Holy Trinity Church.
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