The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1914, Page 6

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6 The Lutheran Pioneer.

tions for our Christmas celebration from unknown
friends up North. And a little schoolboy up in
Reedsville, Wis., who reads the Missionstaube, and
who has a warm little heart for missions, the other
day wrote the pastor that a large box of clothes
and shoes for our poor colored children is on its
way to New Orleans. God bless these good Chris-
tians, and may others follow their praiseworthy ex-
ample! May the Lord also move many, many
more Christians to subscribe for, and read, our two
unequaled mission papers, the J/issionstaube and
PioneErER, and then, in course of time, there surely
will be little or no need among those dependent on
the charity.qnd love of others.

Speaking of the Pronzer, reminds me of some-
thing: Wessave fifty-two subscribers in our local
St. Paul’s $Pission. How did we get them? The
pastor wen@€around and solicited subscribers, and
the general_answer to the question, “You surely
can spare a quarter for such a splendid church-
paper, can’tffyou ?” was, “Why, yes, pastor, just put
my name a. Now if all who read these lines

would go ou®soliciting and try to get just one new |

subscriber, think of the grand result!
a Ep. H. Scumipr.

Items iipm Our Colored Mission Field.

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New Orteans.— The Redeemer School, which
was opened nly a year ago, has an enrollment of
49 pupils. tC school is in charge of Miss Sophie
Raymond.
having recerfly been closed, it is very probable that
the near fu
enrollment gf our mission school. — Missionary
Ed. H. Schmidt, of St. Paul’s, has again been dis-
turbed by a fall, but we hope that he may remain
where he is working so faithfully and successfully.

He was permitted to confirm 11 adults on Decem- .

ber 7, 1913.4 St. Paul’s School now has a fourth
teacher in the person of Miss Sylvina Raymond. —.
The Flmira Street Station, a branch of St. Paul’s,

now numbers 16 baptized members and 9 communi-.

cants. The school is attended by 31 children. Miss
Adeline Winn, the former teacher of this school,
has been transferred to,St. John’s School to replace
Student Stoll, who has gone to Greensboro to finish
his theological studies this year, while our old
friend, Peter Robinson, a faithful member of
St. Paul’s, has taken charge of the Elmira School.

a4 God bless Mr. Robinson in his new work and grant
__ him much success!

private school in the neighborhood’

e will see quite an increase in the.

Concorp, N. C.— Our young missionary, Rev.
W. G. Schwehn, who has been working in Concord
since last August, writes: “God is blessing our
congregation here in Concord in many ways. Since
October 1 we have received four new members, and
last Sunday night (November 23) we baptized
twelve children, while five more are to be chris-
tened at a later date. Our school, too, is steadily
increasing ; we now have an enrollment of 46.” Be-
sides Concord, Rev. Schwehn also serves Sandy
Ridge, situated 714 miles from Concord, and re-
cently he has opened up work at Kannapolis,, six
miles north of Concord. ‘The Concord congregation
had a double Harvest Home and Mission Festival
at which $43.20 was collected. A fine sum for
60 members!

Winston, N. C.— A new field has been opened
to us in this thriving town, ,with a colored popula-
tion of 8,000. Missionary Otho Lynn, of Greens-
boro, will preach here regularly, and he will be
assisted by the teachers and students of Immanuel
College, Greensboro.

- New Fietps 1n Norra anp Sourm Caronina.
—In Spartanburg, S. C., Superintendent Bakke
found a large colored‘ population. He also found

‘ wiundreds of colored children who go to no school.

Missionary McDavid, at Rev. Bakke’s request, spent

- about a month in working up the field. Miss Wil-

‘mar Barnhard, of Concord, has been given charge
of the school which was opened up here. The pros-
pects are bright. No doubt, South Carolina, with

“its colored population of 835,843, would have many

a. promising field for us.— Another hopeful field
for work was found in Fayetteville, N. C. A silk
factory employing colored workmen exclusively was ~
opened here some years ago, and the owners of the

factory had also built a chureh and school for their

employees and their children. Owing to financial
troubles the factory was shut down for some time,
and also the school was closed. Recently, however,
D. Ashley, of New York, bought and reopened the
plant. Rev. Bakke wrote to Mr. Ashley, explaining
to him our, work among the colored people, ‘espe-
cially our work among the colored children, and in

his prompt reply Mr. Ashley says: “You may have

the school without consideration as long as you
cooperate with the best interests of the people and
mill.” Upon recommendation of Superintendent
Bakke, Missionary March, of Southern Pines, N. C.,
will take charge of this school, and a female teacher
will replace him at Southern Pines. — Rey. Bakke
also visited Wilmington, which has'a colored popu-