The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1914, Page 21

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The Lutheran Pioneer.

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stations and 10 preaching stations, served by 20
missionaries. In our 29 mission schools 2,000 pupils
were being instructed by 16 pastors, 12 male teachers,
9 female teachers, and two students. Immanuel Col-
lege, Greensboro, N. C., has 42 students and four
professors; Luther College at New Orleans has 41
students and two professors. Our colored Christians
contributed $5,586.51 during the past year.

Tae New ‘TREASURER oF tHE COLORED Mission
Boarp. — Mr. John H. Schulze has kindly consented
to accept the treasurership of the Mission Board.
Mr. Schulze’s address is 2211 Holly Ave.,
St. Louis, Mo. He hopes that also the readers of
‘Ture PionrER will help to keep him busy receiving
and acknowledging gifts for our Colored Mission
work. Do not disappoint him!.

A.zbum or Our CoLorep Mission. — Tield Sec-
retary Bakke is hard at work on this book, and if
all goes well, it will be put on the market some time
next month. We want all our readers to understand
that it is going to be something fine, and we hope
that every reader will buy a copy.

IumMaNnurEL CoLircr. — God graciously averted
the dreaded epidemic of smallpox from our institu-
tion. Only one student was stricken, and he is again
convalescent. — The wife of President Berg is im-
proving rapidly after the serious operation she was
obliged to undergo, and is able to sit up the greater
part of the day. — President Berg himself was on
the sick list a week, but is able to do his work again.

Concorp, N. C.— Harry Lynn, a former stu-
dent of Immanuel College, is assisting Rev. Schwehn
in the school, which has an enrollment of over 80.

GREENVILLE, N. C.— Missionary ‘Thompson is
instructing 11 children for confirmation. His school

_ is overcrowded, being attended by 57 pupils. He
wrote on January 17: “The school is full. Children
are still coming in. All the seats are taken, and some
are sitting on the rostrum. I cannot encourage any
more children to come because I have no room for
them. What am I to do?” It seems to us that the
only thing that can be done is to build Missionary
Thompson a school; don’t you think so, too?

Fayerrevitie, N. C.— Missionary March writes
concerning this new station: “I opened a school
here January 5 with 16 children, and now (one
week later) I have 45 names on the roll, and we are
expecting still more. I believe that this place will
be a good field for us, and I also have great hopes
for Wilmington.”

Sparranzune, 8S. C.— The prospects with re-
gard to this new field are also very good. The school
is attended by 30 pupils. Also a Sunday-school has
been opened. Missionary McDavid, of Charlotte,
N. C., who has the supervision of the new field in
Spartanburg, writes: “We are hampered on account
of not being able to get a suitable building. But
we are doing the best we can. We have 30 children
enrolled and an attendance of 20.” Miss Barnhardt,
the teacher in charge, writes: “The school is doing
nicely. The children seem to love me, and the
parents appreciate the school. I think that if we
had a larger place and better facilities, we could do
better work.”

Jounson, La.— This place is about sixty miles
from Napoleonville, where Missionary Berger is lo-
cated. Rev. Berger visited Johnson on January 18.
He writes the following concerning his trip: “Went
to Johnson last Sunday and had a nice crowd of
men in the service. After service we had a meeting,
in which all the people said that they wanted a
Lutheran school. ‘Those men present have 50 chil-
dren they would send to school and Sunday-school ;
but there are more than three times that many chil-
dren there. They also assured me that the services
would be well attended. The public school is only
open four months in the year. I am quite sure that
a school and church would do well. I expect to hold.
services in Johnson on the first and second Sunday
of the month. ‘There is a hall there, and they are
willing to rent it to us for a school. They have
agreed to let me have the hall free for divine services
and Sunday-school.”

Yonkers, N. Y.—Missionary W. O. Hill
writes: “The work in Yonkers is getting along well.
‘The richest blessings of God are resting on the work
in general in and about Yonkers. On Reformation
Sunday we had the largest attendance in the history
of the congregation. The collection for the day
amounted to $10.75, which has been ‘given for the
support of Immanuel College in Greensboro. Our
children’s service at Christmas was reported to have
been the best of any colored church in the city. The
early Christmas morning service has become one of
the most appreciated services by the members of
Bethany.. Quite a number went this year and at-
tended Holy Communion.”

THE whole world shall and can have no other
light by which it may be lightened than Christ only.
This faith and confession is the right foundation on
which fhe Christian Church is built. — Luther.