The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1916, Page 51

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The Lutheran Pionesn! 51

several times, and helped to pave the way for the
work.

At Oak Hill, Lizzie Mae Stallworth, together
with Brother J. MeBryde, two members of Christ
Church, are taking steps to organize a Sunday-
school. At this place we held a meeting with rep-
resentative men, 23 of whom signed a petition for
a Lutheran church and school. Hight of these own
a private schoolhouse, which they resolved to donate
to the mission of the Lutheran Church. A com-
mittee was appointed to select a_ site.
A suitable location has been found, but
not purchased.

From May 28 to 31, the Rosebud School,
which by resolution of the Board has been
named Luther Institute, had its closing
exercises. On Sunday Rey. Lane delivered
a sermon on Christian Advancement along
educational lines. Rey. Lane writes: “Auto-
mobiles brought white people from Oak Hill,
Camden, and elsewhere; and Colored people
from all the near-by towns and villages came
to see what the Lutherans were doing. ‘The
exercises on Monday night increased the
number of visitors for Tuesday night. The
chapel and the hall leading to it were filled
to their utmost seating capacity. Our chil-
dren did not fail, but captivated the entire
audience. On Monday night the Hon. John
Dale, of Oak Hill, a scholar and distin-
guished citizen, delivered an excellent ad-
dress in the interest of our work, and pre-
sented the school with a check for $5. Our
white friends declare that our closing exer-
cises could not be excelled.”

May Luther Institute be a source of tem-
poral and eternal blessing unto many!

N. J. Bakke.

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News from Springfield.

It has been such a long time since the readers
of the Pronrrer have heard from Springfield that
they may be of the opinion that work at this sta-
tion has been abandoned. ‘That, however, is not
the case, and had you been with us on -the first
Sunday in June, you would have been convinced
- that Holy Trinity Congregation is quite alive. On
that Sunday members of our white sister congre-
gation, students from the Theological Seminary,
and our own faithful members with many of their

friends gathered to thank God for the-loving-kind-
ness which He again has showed us. Some two
hundred people attended this jubilee service, filling
the little church to its capacity.

And the occasion for the jubilee service? It
was the rededication of our church. God had made
the hearts of our little flock willing to have the
church, which they love, but which, after years of
service, had become dilapidated, renovated and dec-
orated. And it was indeed a willing flock which

Holy Trinity Church, Springfield, Ill.

set about to do this work. They spared .neither
time, labor, nor money to have the church, where
they sit at the feet of the Savior and- hear His
Word, beautified. And that their work has been
crowned with success is evident; for it is a beau-
tiful place of worship which they now have. The
walls have been “fresco-worked,” the woodwork re-
finished, and an indirect lighting-system installed.
Four beautiful candlesticks and a crucifix adorn
the altar, which has been covered with velour. All
this is set. off by a beautiful runner, which covers
the floor between the two rows of pews. In fact,
such a change has taken place that it is hard to