The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1915, Page 71

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Items of Interest from Our Colored
Mission Field.

IMMANUEL CONFERENCE. — Immanuel Confer-
cence, consisting of the workers in our eastern
Colored Mission field, convened from August 5 to
8 in Grace Church, Greensboro, N. C. The sessions
on ‘Thursday were private, and attended only by
the mission workers. The meetings on Friday and
Saturday were open to the public. In these open
sessions several very interesting papers were dis-
cussed. Pastor March presented a paper on “Re-
Vivals,” in which he showed how unbiblical and
pernicious in their influence sectarian revivals are,
and that the only proper way of gaining people for
Christ is to teach them the Scriptures, thus bring-
ing them to a knowledge of their sins by the preach-
ing of the Law and to the knowledge of their Savior
from sin by the preaching of the Gospel, which is
the power of God unto salvation. Pastor Foard
read a very interesting paper on “Unionism.” —
The open meetings were attended not only by our
Lutheran members, but also by a considerable num-
ber of members of other denominations. One of
the latter remarked, “Your remarks hurt, but are
true and benefit us.” ‘The correctness of our Tn-
theran position toward revivals was also admitted
by a Methodist preacher after hearing Pastor
March’s paper; he admitted that at revivals many
a person is admitted to membership in the Church
who does not know what Christianity is, and who is
wholly ignorant of the confession of the Church he
joins. ‘There can be no doubt that these two papers
were of the greatest practical value to our workers
and members, since revivalism and unionism are
the two great hindrances that our mission workers
have to contend with.— The next meeting of the
Conference will be held at Meherrin, Va. At this
next meeting plans will be made to properly cele-
brate the quadricentennial of the Reformation.
Among the welcome guests of the Conference were

Pastors L. Lauterbach and O. Hill and Candidate

O. Pfotenhauer.

Norv Carorina. —IIl health compelled Rev.
W. G. Schwehn to take a short vacation, which he
spent in the North. — Candidate Daehnke, of York,
Pa., left for Concord, N. C., August 16. He will
teach school there during the next year, and assist
Pastor Schwehn in preaching as much as possible.
—We are sorry to report that Rev. Ad. Schaller,
who was called to a professorship at Immanuel Col-

_ lege, Greensboro, has declined the call. — Pastor

Thompson, of Charlotte, whom ill health compelled
to take a vacation, may not be able to resume his
work for several months.

Two New, Missronartes. — Rev. Wm. Lane,
formerly a minister of the Cumberland Presby-
terian Church, passed a satisfactory examination
in Lutheran theology a month ago, and will soon
be assigned to his field of labor. — Teacher Aaron
Wiley, of New Orleans, who has been the principal
of St. Paul’s Mission School for almost ten years,
resumed his theological studies, which he had aban-
doned years ago on account of illness, about a year
ago, and is now ready for examination. We are
pleased to note that Mr. Wiley again took up the
study of theology, and is now so far that by God’s
grace he soon will be admitted to the ministry.

F. J. L.

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No Time to Pray?

There are many Christians who think they have
no time to spare for the reading of God’s Word
and for prayer. But that is really not true. One
of the busiest men that ever lived was without
a doubt Dr. Luther. And yet this very busy man
found the time to spend the first two hours of the

morning in reading God’s Word and in prayer.’

Yes, Luther could never have done what he did if he
had not thus spent the first hours of the busy day.

A yery busy man was the English statesman
Gladstone. In his carly manhood he was a good
lawyer, whose services were in great ‘demand.
When, in later years, he entered the field of poli-
tics, his hours were even more precious. One day
his old uncle paid him a visit and asked him, “Do
you still read your Bible? And do you pray?”
“Uncle. how-can 1? I often lack the time to do
even the most pressing work.” His uncle re-
sponded, “My dear nephew, just because you have
no time for God’s Word and prayer, you are lack-
ing the time to do your other work.” Gladstone
took the reprimand of his uncle to” heart,. and
though, as time passed on, his work became heavier
and heavier, he never lacked time to read his Bible
and turn to his God in prayer. As Prime Minister

of England he was a very busy man, yet he found.

time to go to church every Sunday, and even two
times at that; and he had great contempt for those
who went but once. So important was family wor-
ship in the eyes of the old statesman that even the
presence of visitors at the house did not prevent him
from conducting his regular family prayers.