The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1915, Page 29

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the receipts by $2,324.00. If matters continue this
way, the Board’s treasurer will have a deficit of
$7,000 to report at the end of next month. <A friend,
in sending a gift for the Spartanburg school, makes
a suggestion, which, if followed, would relieve the
Board of all worry. He suggests that all congre-
gations in the Synodical Conference lift a special
collection for our Negro Mission in the near future.
He adds that if this collection would be preceded
by hearty prayer, no doubt, the treasury would soon
be in a condition to meet all ordinary demands
made upon it. God grant that many, if not all,
of our congregations may feel constrained to carry
out the suggestion of this kind, friend! 1t is not
charitable on our part to increase the great burden

already resting upon the Board members unneces-
sarily by adding to it the worry of a large deficit
in the treasury.

Sparranpune, 8. C.— We hope that the exam-
ple of the kind friend mentioned above will find
many imitators, so that this: new station may soon
be provided with a building of its own, to serve
as a chapel and school. Missionary Kent has an
applicant for membership whom he is preparing
for admission, and he hopes soon to be able to
report more. ‘Lhe number of pupils in the day-
school has increased to 49, despite the fact that
the present home of the school is a wretched shack.

ArLANtTA, GA. — Those of our readers that read
Teacher Carter’s interesting article in our last issue
on the work in Atlanta will remember that he
speaks very encouragingly of the outlook. He also
speaks of the inadequacy of the present home of
the mission. From another source we learn that
services and school are conducted in a dilapidated
building, containing three small rooms, and that

the missionary, Rey. Stoll, and the teacher, Mr. Car-,

ter, are “baching it” in the rear room. ‘This small
room serves them for kitchen, dining-room, study,
and bedroom. Surely, a chapel is needed here;
$1,000 would build one. Who will help?

Lurimeran Nrcroes 1n Sourm Canouina BE-
FORE TItE Civ, War. — At the beginning of the
Civil War the South Carolina Synod had a colored
membership of over. 900 communicants. What
a great pity that this fine number of Negro Chris-
tians was not taken care of and held in the Church!
Tt will take years of patient and faithful labor to
again reach that number. But now that a beginning
has been made at Spartanburg, may God graciously
bless the work, and grant us the joy of recovering
the lost ground!

NATIONAL NEGRO Heantit Weex.— The colored
people of the nation were asked to unite in ob-
serving a national health week, March 21—27. We
hope that our Lutheran colored Christians entered
into the spirit of this movement with heart and
soul, and did what they could to bring about better
sanitary conditions in country and town. While
the death-rate among Negroes has decreased in late
years, it is still far too high. ITumanly speaking,
almost one-half of all the deaths among the Negroes
of the South could be prevented if better sanitary
conditions would prevail. And the betterment of
the sanitary conditions rests, in a large measure,
with the colored people themselves. If the instrue-
tions given for “cleaning-up” week were conscien-
tiously followed, and conditions brought about by
following the instructions would be made perma-
nent, a remarkable falling off in the death-rate
would soon show itself. :

Items from the Foreign Mission Field
of the Missouri Synod.
Misstonary G. ELveEBENER, who recently bap-
tized 21 persons in Kalunkadi and 9 in Kirangulam,
reports that his churches have not suffered from the
effects of the war. Being an American citizen, he
is permitted to go about his work unhindered. — ~
The Institute at Nagercoil has not been disturbed,
and everything is in a normal condition.
Missionary Tirko. GurKNecut, who has been
greatly troubled with malaria, intends to come to
America on furlough in. the near’ future. It is,
however, possible that the British authorities will
not permit him to depart, as he still is a German
citizen. Our: American consul in Madras, Mr. José
de Olivares, has been asked by the Mission Board
to assist him in getting permission to come to
America. If permission should be granted, the.
missionary will come by way of the Pacific.

Missionary H. SvaLuMANN in Ambur IT, who
is still a German citizen, has not yet been interned.
This is probably due to the fact that by advice of.
an official of the government he procured certificates
of character from two high British officials. ‘These
certificates of character he showed the Police In-
spector, in consequence of which he has so far'not ~
heen disturbed. It is to be hoped that he may per-
manently escape internment.

- Miss ELLERMANN is now living at Bargur, and
is occupying the home of the late Missionary Keller-