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us as His sons and daughters. In Christ we shall
have our portion in the skies, and those founda-
tions of jasper, those gates of pearl, and those walls
of all manner of precious stones will be ours.
Through Jesus’ bloody merit we shall enter where
we may have the palm and wear the crown.
Through Christ we shall inherit the land of pure
delight, whose very dust is of gold, and whose
meanest joys are richer than the transports of earth.
That kingdom of heaven, where the poorest is greater
than he that is the mightiest prince of the earth,
is for all those who are the children of God by
faith in Christ Jesus.

Oh, then, you who have till now trusted in your
own tears, prayers, works, and merits, turn away
from such bondage as Luther did, and trust in
Christ, who has freed you from all the slavery of
sin, hell, and death, and made you the children
of God and co-heirs, with the Son, of life eternal.

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+ Rev. Chas. F. Obermeyer. f ;

It is with a sad heart that we bring our readers
the mournful tidings of the death of our old friend,
the Rev. Chas. F. Obermeyer, of St. Louis, Mo.
Rev. Obermeyer served on the Board for Colored
Missions for twenty years, and during ten years he
was the chairman of the Board.

This true friend of the colored people was born
in St. Louis, Mo., September 21, 1851. Up to the
time of his confirmation he attended Immanuel
parochial school at St. Louis, and then went to Con-
cordia College, Fort Wayne, to prepare for the study
of theology. He graduated from the Concordia
Seminary at St. Louis in 1874. His first charge
was at Farmington, Mo., where he remained two
years. During the next thirteen years he was pastor
of a congregation at Little Rock, Ark. Here he
was instrumental in helping to organize our first
Colored Mission station. Whenever the colored sta-
tion at Little Rock had no pastor, he willingly gave
his services, and these vacancies were of frequent
occurrence. About twenty-five years ago he accepted
a call to Zion Church in St. Louis. Despite the
fact that this was a large congregation and the
pastoral work here was very arduous, Rev. Ober-
meyer served on the Board for Colored Mission
from 1888 to 1908, the last ten years of this long
period as President of the Board. In August of
this year he celebrated the twenty-fifth anniversary
of his pastorate at Zion, St. Louis, and the fortieth

anniversary of his ministry. During the past year
Rev. Obermeyer has suffered much from illness, and
August 10th he resigned his pastorate. His in-
tention was to preach his farewell sermon to his
old flock on September 27, and then remove to
Baltimore to pass the rest of his days with his son,
the Rev. Walter Obermeyer. But this was not to
be. On Friday, September 11, he was obliged to
take to bed, but on the Monday after he insisted
upon coming down and eating dinner with his
family. After dinner he again retired to his room,
and here he was found dead an hour later. He

REV. C, F. OBERMEYER.

had peacefully passed away. The funeral took place
on Thursday, September 17, at 2 p. M.

The God of all grace comfort the bereaved fam-
ily with His everlasting comfort!

Correspondence from North Carolina.

August 20—23, Immanuel Conference assembled
at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Charlotte, N. C.,
to hold its annual sessions.

Thursday morning,. at 10 o’clock, August 20,
private sessions for the pastors and teachers were
begun. After the singing of a hymn and the read-
ing of Ps. 120, the private conference was formally
organized. President F. Berg, of Immanuel Col-
lege, was elected chairman, and Teacher M. N. Car-
ter, of Immanuel School, secretary pro tem. Busi-