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The Lutheran Pioneer.

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pleasure of addressing two conferences convening
at the same time on our mission. <A _ resolution
adopted by each conference to raise the necessary
funds towards the erection of two chapels for our
mission filled our heart with gratitude to God, who
had, without any efforts of ours, touched the hearts
of these brethren. We could only ejaculate, “Thank
you! God bless you!” ‘The Rey. Theodore Sorge,
of Baltimore, chairman of the English Conference,
was appointed a committee to bring this matter to
the attention of the Sunday-schools within the
bounds of the conference and. to receive the con-
tributions. As the readers will see from the article,
“Our Negro Chapel,” taken from Our Parish Paper
published by him, Rev. Sorge is already actively at
work. But we shall have some more to say about
this chapel and other chapels in the next issue of
- the Lurireran PrionEEr. ‘The German conference,
at our suggestion, will provide a chapel for Spartan-
burg, S. C., and some brethren have already sent
in their contributions.

Together with Rey. Polzin we canvassed a part
of the colored section of Richmond and found a few
Lutherans who had moved to that city from North
Carolina. Rev. Polzin, by resolution of the mission
Board, is to move to Richmond, and with the help
of an assistant open a school there in the fall.
Richmond, too, is a field ripe for the harvest. ”

On the last Sunday in April we were at J/eher-

rin, Va. ‘The attendance upon the services was
large. St. Matthew congregation has during the
last few years decreased numerically, many of its
members having moved to Yonkers, N. Y., and
other cities, but there is still a communicant mem-
bership of 40 who dearly love their church and are
not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ. Rey. Polzin
will continue to serve St. Matthew to the best of
his ability, and to provide Christian schooling for
the children. -
’. Thus has ‘the Lord been’ with us and prospered
the work of our hands. Let us not be weary in
well-doing; for in due season we shall reap, if we
faint not. N. J. B.

Who Will Do Likewise? ©

The following article, taken from Our Parish

Paper, Baltimore, Md., should be read and pon-
" dered : — zi

At Washington our conference entertained, as

a visitor, the Rev. N. J. Bakke, of St. Louis, Mo.,

long identified with the mission work of our Mis-

souri Lutheran Church among the colored people
of the South and now its general supervisor and
director. The Rev. Bakke was present in the in-
terest of his work, and in the course of the meeting
addressed the brethren on the scope and needs of
that particular department of our missionary en-
deavors.

Dwelling for some time upon the peculiar con-
ditions and obstacles encountered by our mission-
aries, and on the splendid progress the work has
been enjoying for the past decade or longer, he
impressed upon us especially the crying need of
separate chapels in the colored sections of our
Southern cities and towns as being of paramount
importance for the advancement of this worthy
cause.

Conference, touched by his appeal and mindful
of its duty also in this respect, in deliberating on
this special feature, passed the resolution to in-
terest the fourteen Sunday-schools represented by
the district in the erection of such a mission chapel,
and appointed a chairman, the pastor, to cooperate
with the Rey. Bakke in working out the details
of thé plan and presenting them to the various
schools for consideration.

The chapel, including the building site and
all furnishings, according to the estimate of
Rey. Bakke, will cost about $500. Missionary Bakke
will select the location, and also bring the whole
matter, together with a picture of the .projected
chapel, to the attention of our Sunday-schools in
a subsequent edition of our missionary paper, the
LurHeran PIONEER.

Here, then, our Sunday-schools have an ex-
cellent opportunity to be up and doing for the
kingdom of the Lord. We feel that the plan will
meet with a ready acceptance and the appeal with
a most hearty and generous response. — “Verily,
I say unto you, inasmuch as ye have done it unto
one of the least of these My brethren, ye have done
it unto Me.”

_——- -—_e.

Grace, Greensboro, N. C.

On the eighth day of April our congregation was
saddened by the death of one of its old and tried
members, Mrs. Nancy Nelson. Mrs. Nelson was
one of the first to join our church here in Greens-
boro many years ago, and she remained faithful
until death. She was a true Christian and looked
forward to the reward which she should receive
through faith, with great joy. Mrs. Nelson leaves

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