The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1914, Page 46

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46 The Lutheran Pioneer.

many friends and relatives. This is the first time
in about five years that death has entered our con-
gregation, and we feel our loss greatly.

On Good Friday evening, at 8 o’clock, we held
a joint service with Immanuel College, Prof. Wah-
lers preaching the sermon. April 19, our beloved

Field Secretary, Rev. N. J. Bakke, was with us and

gave us many encouraging words. He made us feel
and also see that we are not working in vain, and
that we should be thankful for the blessed Gospel
as we receive it in our dear old Lutheran Chureh.
We were all glad to see Rev. Bakke as we had not
had that pleasure for several years.

We are glad to see spring once more, and hope
that with it new vigor will be infused into our con-
gregation. R. 0. L. L..

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Elon College, N. C.

After the long and dark winter days, we find
with the advent of spring that through the blessings
of the Lord we are still here in the same old place,
and hope to remain here for some time to come.
All told, we are doing as well as could be expected:
Now, we do not wish to complain, as we do not
believe in that, for nothing ever comes to the com-
plainer, but we do need a few things. Our building
needs a general repairing; painting, covering, win-
dow panes, ete. The building has not had a coat
of paint since its erection many years ago, so you
know that it must look pretty shabby by this time.
We also need a number of hymn-books, as we are
still using the same old books with which we began,

* the ones with the black backs, and now they are

about worn out, the leaves flying every which way.
We are very poor here in Elon College, our con-
gregation consisting of only three families. We
would be very thankful if some of our many friends
would help us out. Hoping that you will do what
you can for us, we thank you in advance for your
help which we know is coming. R. 0. L. L.

Immanuel Conference.

The pastors and teachers of Immanuel Confer-
ence met in private session at Immanuel College,
April 13 and 14. All members were present. Our
honorable Field Secretary, Rev. N. J. Bakke, graced
the conference with his presence, which made it
seem like old times. ‘The conference was opened
on Monday morning, April 13, by the undersigned,

who addressed the conference on Eph. 6, 4. In the
afternoon of the same day Rev. Alston, of Mount
Pleasant, N. C., delivered a very instructive address
from 2 Tim. 2, 15. Monday evening, at § o’clock,
Rev. Foard, of Gold Till, N. C., preached the con-
fessional sermon, basing his remarks on Matt. 11, 28.
Tuesday morning, April 14, Teacher Buntrock, of
Greensboro, N. C., read a catechesis on the Fifth
Commandment, and in the afternoon of the same
day Field Secretary Bakke addressed the conference
from Gal. 6, 9.

The conference discussed at great length the
reopening of the girls’ dormitory, and finally arrived
at the conclusion that it should be reopened. Reso-
lutions to that effect were drawn up, which are to
be submitted to the Mission Board and the Synod-
ical Conference. It was shown by clear arguments

that a dormitory for the girls, with the proper -

equipments, would not only be of great benefit to
the College, but also to our mission. It was shown

that we need a proper place to educate our girls |

for the general elevation of the negro woman, since

our Christian women can reach that element of

fallen womanhood which the male missionaries can-
not reach. It was also shown that we need teachers
in our schools, and as we-have not the men, we
must rely, to a great extent, upon our girls to fill
the need. 5
Conference closed Tuesday afternoon to meet
again in Charlotte, N. C., some time during the
summer. R. O. L. Lynn.

Items of Interest from the Colored
Mission Field.

AN Urcent Request to Our Missionaries. —
The President of the Mission Board for Colored
Missions would be pleased to have all the mission-
aries send him their reports covering the last two
years not later than the middle of July, in order
that he may utilize them in writing his report for
the Synodical Conference. The preparing of this
report is quite a task, and the missionaries should
do all they can to reduce the labor for the President
by sending him comprehensive reports covering their
work for the past two years. A little extra labor
on these reports on the part of the missionaries will
assure an interesting report from the President, and
this, in turn, will have its good influence on the
members of the Conference and redound to the wel-
fare of the whole ‘cause.

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