The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1915, Page 44

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44 : The Lutheran Pioneer.

You ask who will be the next to follow her example.
I say: I am the next. I send you enclosed a draft
for $1,000. May the Lord Jesus give His bless-
ing that many more children of Ham may be
saved! . .. Do -not mention my name. Jesus
knows it; that is sufficient.”

You will remember that I asked for only a mil-
lion dollars. If I had that, I could turn into the
treasury every month about $6,500 without touch-
ing the capital. That would pay all our expenses
of carrying on our mission-work among the ‘colored
people. Now, dear brother, I ask once more, Who

Bethlehem, New Orleans, La.

Things in Bethlehem are taking their usual
course. The school is doing well in spite of the
many changes this term has brought in the teach-
ing force. Although the enrolment is not quite as
high as it was last year at this time, there are still
263 pupils attending school.

The attendance at divine services is also holding
its own. But there is a marked falling off in the
collections and contributions. Many of our mem-
bers are out of work, others catch, as it were, only

¢ MOT OF YOURSEWWES, iy,

yOR FS OF feo

Rev. G. M. Kramer, New Orleans, and His Class of Catechumens.

will be the next one? Just send in your checks.
Though a $10,000 draft might cause palpitation
of the heart, —and my doctor says I have heart-
trouble, —I hope none of our readers will stand
back on that account. Here is a chance to enter
in on the ground floor. Just crowd me with mail,
I can stand it.— All credits will be published.

‘I will receive my mail at the old stand. Just

address, Pastor ApotpH H. Poprr
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314 E. Eighth St., Little Rock, Ark.

Nor, How much of my money will I give to
God? but, How much of God’s money will I keep
for myself, if I am not willing to contribute as
I should to missions?

a few days’ wages here and there, and are, there-
fore, unable to keep up their regular weekly offer-
ings. Others again are careless about the affairs
of the Lord’s kingdom and neglect to give even
when they are able to do so. And the sad result
of all this is: Bethlehem had to take a step back-

wards, and reduce its monthly contribution to the »

Mission Treasury, and will have to step back far-
ther still, if the receipts of the congregation do
not improve.

On Palm Sunday ten children and three adults
were received into communicant membership by
confirmation. The children were: Hernando Wal-
ters, David Reed, Osborne Williams, Eldridge Mor-
ton, Richard Washington, Joseph Andrew Seraile,

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