The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1915, Page 84

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sion sustained is of a more serious nature. Mis-
sionary Kramer writes that at first it appeared as
though Bethlehem need report merely a few minor

Luther College.

damages, but upon closer inspection it was found
that one wall of the school had been considerably
bulged out, and that it would not be safe to put
children in the upper story. The contractor whom
he consulted thought that possibly the wall could
be made plumb again, but it was more probable
that the whole wall would have to be torn down
and rebuilt.

From the above our readers will see that the
damage wrought by the storm to our various mis-
sion churches and schools, while small in comparison
to that sustained by others, is still considerable when
we consider the condition of our treasury. But God

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- Mount Zion Church and School.

_may use this visitation as a means of increasing
the interest of-our Christians in our work among
the Negroes, and of causing them to contribute more
liberally towards its maintenance. God grant that

many a willing hand may be opened at this time
of need ! —

Concerning the white Lutheran churches in New
Orleans we learn that St. Paul’s (Rev. Wegener) is
partially destroyed; the steeple is demolished. The
steeple of Zion Church (Rev. Kuss) came down, and
otherwise the building sustained serious damages.
The First English Church (Rev. Franke) suffered
the complete loss of its school. One of the walls
of St. John’s Church (Rev. Witt) has been pressed
in, and the school is considerably damaged. Christ
Church (Rev. Abel) was removed from its foun-
dation, and is leaning over. Salem (Rev. Wismar)
had its steeples torn down. F. J. L.

Golden Jubilee of Teacher D. Meibohm.

Notwithstanding the fact that the howling of
the great storm of September 29, 1915, was still
ringing in our ears, a goodly
number of Lutheran pastors,
teachers; and other friends
gathered at Mount Zion to
praise and thank the Lord for
what He has accomplished
through His servant in the
past fifty years. But let us
begin at the beginning.

Several months ago a com-
mittee, having ascertained that
Brother Meibohm’s fiftieth an-
niversary was approaching, bestirred themselves to
find out, first of all, the exact date of installation.
The records of Chester, Ill., give all data concerning
the call of Brother Meibohm from its inception
until his active service begins, but fails to give
the date of installation. Besides this, the vacation
days had come along, affording a number of co-
workers of the Joint Conference a chance to leave

Teacher D. Meibohm.

‘ with ‘their families for their Northern homes.

Again, for various reasons September offered ob-
stacles, ;which made the proper celebration of such
a ‘great event by his congregation, school, and co-
workers somewhat inconvenient in this month. The
committee, therefore, fixed the date for Sunday,

, October 3, 1915.

Meanwhile more than a score of congratulatory
messages had been received by the chairman of the
committee. These messages were from former con-
gregations and colleagues, and they had come from
nearly all points of. the compass.