The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1916, Page 12

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What induced her to appeal to us? The Lu-
theran Church and its great and benevolent work
among her people were unknown to her at the time.
At a loss what to do, and yet desiring to do her
best for the school, in the interest of which she
had taken many heavy lifts, she decided to con-
sult Dr. Booker T. Washington, the great educator,
leader, and counselor of her people. He advised her
to apply to the Mission Board of the Lutheran
Church, stating, among other things, that of all
the Churches working for the uplift of the Colored
people the Lutheran Church stood in the front ranks,
because of the excellent Christian school-training
which it offers to the children. Dr. Washington
was familiar with our work, and personally ac-
quainted with some of our missionary workers, and
he knew whereof he spoke. He sent her his Year

School at Neenah, Ala.

Book, in which, among others, the address of our
chairman is given. ;

At a meeting which the writer held with the
principal and the Board of Trustees it was unani-
mously resolved to offer to deed to the Mission Board
of the Evangelical Lutheran Synodical Conference
for Colored Mission the entire school property under
the condition that said Board will conduct for seven
to nine months in the year the school for the Chris-

tian training of Colored children, and that Rosa
J. Young, the founder, be retained as a teacher.
Other resolutions were also adopted.

After the Mission Board in an extra meeting,
on January 3, had heard the report of the Field
Secretary, it resolved, confident that God had called
us to that field, to accept the offer, and requested
the writer to return to Alabama, and take charge of
the school and the mission-field. Rey. Lane, who
has been connected with our mission in St. Louis,

was appointed to accompany him.
leave on January 10.

The writer was kept busy during the time he
spent in the “Black Belt” of Alabama. On Sunday
he delivered a sermon and a lecture on the Lutheran
Church and its work. On Monday he made an ~
address to the schoolchildren. On both occasions he
had a large and appreciative audience. ‘The white
and the Colored people showed him kindness and hos-
pitality, for which he returns grateful acknowledg-
ment.

‘The assumption of this new and promising field
makes an increased demand on our mission treasury,
and we call on Lutheran Christians everywhere to
remember our Black Belt Mission in their prayers
to God for His blessing and with their generous
offerings. Help is needed now for the improve-
ment and the equipment of the school and the
completion of the chapel.

May this new year find our laborers on the field
busy in planting and watering, and keep the Lord
of all blessings busy in giving the increase. May
the Lord, our God, be with us, and prosper the
work of our hands! N. J. BAKKE.

They intend to

What Is to be Done about Carrollton?

Did you notice the remark about Carrollton in
the last number of the PIoNEER? It mentioned the
fact that, since the storm swept over New Orleans
last fall, our mission in Carrollton, a suburb of
New Orleans, is without a home. At the time we

‘wrote the remark we were under the impression

that the hall ‘in which the misssion had had its
home had also been destroyed by the storm. But
we have since been informed by Missionary Kramer
that, while the storm, indeed, is to blame for the
homelessness of our mission in Carrollton, the old
dilapidated hall is still standing. The state of
affairs is this’ When last fall the storm swept over
New Orleans, it also destroyed many of the Negro
churches of Carrollton, and when, on the Sunday
after the storm, our people gathered for Sunday-
school and worship, they found that the hall had
been rented to various other congregations for their
use from nine o’clock in the morning till mid-
night on Sunday and, besides, for every day in
the week. This left our people without a place for
worship.” :

Thus matters stand now yet. However, it goes
without saying that a change must soon take place