The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1916, Page 63

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The Lutheran Pioneer.

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will be our Colored Mission work. Rey. C. F.
Drewes, the President of the Board for Colored
Missions, will present the biennial report of the
Board. Let all our readers pray the Lord of the
Church that the deliberations and resolutions of
the Conference concerning our Colored Mission may
redound to His glory and the growth and strength-
ening of His kingdom!

Teacner Buntrock’s Lecrury ‘Tour. — At
the time of this writing Mr. Buntrock has completed
his lecture circuits in New York and Ohio, and is
ready to enter upon a speaking circuit in North-
western Indiana. He reports having spoken to
twelve audiences in Western New York and to fif-
teen in Northwestern Ohio. By the time the reader
sees this, he will have begun an extended tour
through the States of Nebraska and Minnesota.
Teacher Buntrock’s lectures are arousing the interest
of our people, which is shown by the collections he
is lifting at his lectures for the benefit of the work.

Reception or New Members at Concorn,
N. C.— Pastor Schwehn informs us that on Palm
Sunday he received thirteen adults by Confirmation
into the membership of Grace Congregation at
Concord. May the Lord keep them steadfast in
His Word and faith!

CoMMENCEMENT At LuTHER COoLLEGE, NEw
Or.Eeans. — At its recent commencement Luther
College graduated five students from its preparatory
department and two young ladies from its normal
department.

WeppInG Betts at New Orteans. — On Wed-
_ nesday evening, June 14, the Rev. Wilfred Tervalon,

of Mansura, and Miss Celestine Deloach, of New
Orleans, were united in the bonds of holy wedlock
in St. Paul’s Chapel. Pastor Schmidt performed
the ceremony. The bride was a member of Beth-
Iehem ; she attended the parochial school there, and
for a while also Luther College. May our young
brother and his bride have invited Jesus not only
to attend their wedding, but to be their constant
Guide and welcome Guest! — A. W., Jr.

Mission FEsTIVALS AND Our CoLoreD Misston.
— We would humbly urge our pastors and congre-
gations when apportioning the moneys gathered at
mission-festivals not to forget the needs of our
Colored Mission. The Board needs more than $3,000
every month to defray its regular running expenses.
Besides this it ought to have at least $10,000 to put
up urgently needed chapels and schools in the field.
Let us also remember the dormitory for girls, which

the Synodical Conference decided to erect at Greens-
boro two years ago, but which could not -yet be
built because the necessary $3,000 were not at hand.
If every one of the 4,000 congregations of the
Synodical Conference would remember our Colored
Mission with a small part of its collection for mis-
sions, the wants of the mission would soon be sup-
plied.

ALABAMA Fretp.— Last month we were able
to report the opening of a mission-station at Oak
Hill, about five miles east of Neenah. This month
we are able to tell our readers of another new place
that has been opened up in a county adjoining
Wilcox County. This new station is about sixteen
miles northeast of Neenah. Miss Rosa Young has
opened a Sunday-school and a day-school. The day-
school is attended by sixteen children. A number
of adults have already applied for membership and
are being instructed for confirmation. Miss Young
writes that opposition is very strong, but in her
opinion the prospects are very encouraging. — Rev.
Lane confirmed thirty-two persons on the first Sun-
day in July, and baptized sizteen on the same day
at Neenah. At the close of the school in June the
Rosebud School at Neenah was still attended by
153 pupils.

Trinity CuareL, New OrtEans. — A site for
the new chapel of this station has been secured for
$500. The new building, which is to be erected at
once, will also contain a schoolroom. Its approxi-
mate cost will be $2,000. F.J. L.

—~ Pe.

Items of General Missionary Interest.

MEN AND Missions. — When the Disciple
Church began its Six-Million Dollar Fund, one
man alone, in Kansas City, came forward with one-
sixth of it. Our rich men are just learning how to
give, but now, as always, in the total the small
gifts of the poor count largest. — A churchman in
the South has taken over a large section in Korea,
inhabited by 250,000 people, and he has become re-
sponsible for all the churches, schools, and hospitals
in this area. — A Baltimore man, president of an
insurance company, with a salary of $300,000 a
year, gives half, of his income to religious work.
He does not even own an automobile! — Another
Baltimore layman, William F. Cochran, a member
of the Protestant Episcopal Board of Missions and
a man of wealth, is spending his money to extend
the proclamation of the Gospel.