The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1916, Page 6

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The Lutheran Pioneer.

great work among the Negro people!” Rev. Bakke
said, in part: “The fact that he swept the halls
of Hampton Institute better than any one else had
ever done before was the beginning of the great
career of Booker ‘I’. Washington. He stood as a
Moses of his race, pleading for equal justice and
rights for all. . .. The race has produced no
greater man than Washington. But while he was
a great leader, he was not always a safe leader; for
no man can be a safe leader unless he is a Christian.
While I do not wish to judge Dr. Washington as to
his Christianity, I do say that if he was a Chris-
tian, he hid his light under a bushel. ‘True, he
read his Bible, but I am inclined to think he read
it more for the sake of the language than anything

else... . 4

“Twenty -five years ago Dr. Washington begat

® a school in an old, dilapidated church-building at”

the little village of Tuskegee, and to-day there stand:
there more than a hundred buildings on three thou:
sand acres of land. Years ago Dr. Washing»
ton began to “Rea this doctrine: ‘Ye Negroes,
“ye money-makers, save your money, invest it, buys,
homes” And this doctrine, this preaching, has been: .;
heard more than any other.
is good, still it is not that which we need most, but
the Gospel of Jesus Christ, which cannot be stolen,
but will remain to all eternity.”

Rey. Bakke called attention to the following les,

sons taught us by the life and work of Dr. Washing?"
ton:
come to you.
as well as you can... .
but if greatness comes to you, take it... .

Aspire not to greatness,

than he by preaching the Gospel of Jesus Christ. . .*:
Death is no respecter of persons, but all must fall
before him, both the great andthe small. ‘Be ye,.

therefore, ready also; for the Son of Man cometh :

at an hour when ye think not.’ ” R. 0. L. L.

Items of Interest from the Colored
Mission Field.

Deatir or Booker ‘I’. Wasiinaton. — This
noted Negro educator, organizer, administrator, ord-
_tor, and leader passed away at his home in Tus-
kegee, Ala., on November 14, 1915, four hours. after
his arrival from New York. ‘The cause of his death
was hardening of the arteries! For the past twenty-
five years Dr. Washington commanded the attention

“Avail yourselves of the opportunities which. ?
Do your task, be it great or small, -

While”
' the dead leader was a great man, you can be greater _

of the people at large by his writings, lectures, and,
above all, by his monumental work in building up
Tuskegee Institute. Six years after his graduation
from Hampton Institute in Virginia he came to
‘Tuskegee, — it was in the year 1891,— and in the
course of the years following succeeded in making
his institution at Tuskegee one of the leading Col-
ored schools of our country.

New Orbeans. — From New Orleans comes the
welcome news that ‘Teacher Theodore J. King, who
has been seriously ill for some time, is slowly re-
gaining his health, and soon expects to be in full
possession of his physical strength.

Mansvura, La. —'The members of our station at
Mansura heartily welcomed their new pastor, Rev.
~Wilfred Tervalon. ‘To the credit of the members
of this congregation we wish to say that they of
their own volition remodeled and repaired the church
-and parsonage just before the arrival of their new
‘pastor.

. ‘Two or Our Misstonartes Cauiep. — Rev. A.
<0, Friedrich, for over six years the efficient mis-
-sionary of Mount Zion, New Orleans, has been called

way
Now, while all thiseat® St. John’s, a white congregation of the same city.

— We also learn that Rev. Ei. H. Schmidt, the faith-
{dl pastor of St. Paul’s Mission, has received a call
to a congregation at Jonesville, Ind.» May God, in
His wisdom and grace, help these workers to make
the right decision !

. A Correction. — Rev. F. D. Alston’s ordina-
-tion, which was reported two months ago, took
place in Grace Church, Concord, N. C., and not at
_St. Paul’s, Charlotte, N. C.

Items of General Missionary Interest.

A Lanrcr Bequest. — Mrs. Mary Scheer, of Ozau-
kee, Wis., bequeathed the sum of $8,798.30 to Lu-
‘theran Foreign Missions. Of this sum two-thirds

. is for the Foreign Mission of the Missouri Synod in
India and one-third is for the mission in China con-
ducted by the Lutheran China Missionary Society.

German ForrigN Missions. — ‘The General
Missionary Conference of the German Evangelical
Churches was held at Herrnhut, on the borders of
Saxony and Bohemia, last October, for the sixth
time. In connection with this meeting the news-
papers give statistics as to the general work of
German Protestant missions. There are nearly
thirty societies in existence, and their development