The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1916, Page 70

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70 The Lutheran Pioneer.

for we believe that we can help them and that they
can help us.

In spite of the rainy weather and muddy roads
we had a fine time with the good people of Gold
Hill, and sincerely regret that our stay with them
was so short. True, as far as the place itself is
concerned, it seems to be a misnomer, for we saw
very little of that precious metal which is the maker
and breaker of kings and empires, the bane and
blessing of nearly every man, woman, and child;
yet, there are hearts of gold there, true and tried,
as was evinced by the manner in which the people
braved the incessant rain and the red, sticky mud
to attend all the sessions and services. There was
a full house at every session and service. .Some
came from as far as thirteen miles through the
country to be with us, and then had to blunder
over rough roads in the dark back home. Rev.
Foard is to be congratulated for being the pastor
of such loyal souls.

May God bless all the members of our Associa-
tion, and may its influence for good be felt in our
Sunday-schools ! R. 0. L. L.

What Might Be Done.

In view of the great need in the mission-fields
everywhere, we may well ask, “Is the Church at
large really in earnest in her missionary work?”
And because of the failure of the Church to fully
meet the need as yet, the importance of education
along the line of systematic giving to missions can-
not be overestimated. In the various schools of
our Synodical Conference we have at least 100,000
boys and girls. If these gave an average of a two-
cent postage stamp a week to missions, there would
be an income from our schoolboys and schoolgirls
of two thousand dollars every week! If they gave

‘an average of five cents every week, the sum would

amount to five thousand dollars every week and to
more than two hundred fifty thousand every year!

_ Yes, at the low rate of one cent per child a week,

our boys and girls could gather the large sum of
fifty thousand dollars a year! In other words, if
every boy and girl in our circles would give the
small sum of one cent per week, we would have
a sum sufficiently large to carry on the work of
our Colored Misssion upon its present scale!
These figures are given to show how very much

' more the gifts to missions would be if they were

placed simply on the basis of these low averages,
averages of one, two, and five cents per week. I be-

lieve that if our boys and girls would only begin
to give to missions according to ability, it would
not be long before the fathers at home would begin
to see the injustice of refusing to give weekly to
missions at least as much as the cost of one or two
cigars. And mothers would also be ready to give
a car-fare or two a week.

But, evidently, for some Christians to give to
missions each week the price of a cigar, or a plate
of ice-cream, or a car-fare, would not be the hun-

.dredth part of what they actually ought to give.

he great trouble with so many people is that they
have the idea that the great work of missions is
a penny or nickel affair, and so they judge it some-
what contemptuously. ‘They must be made to see,
that it is a world-wide enterprise, in which millions
ought to be invested and expended.

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Items of Interest from the Colored
Mission Field.

GreEENsBoro, N. C.— We are pained to hear
that the wife of Prof. F. Berg is suffering con-
siderably again. We hope and pray that the third
operation may be successful.

Concorb, N. C.— Rey. Schwehn and wife, of
Concord, have been enriched by the advent of a
baby boy to their home on July 7%. Mother and
child are reported as doing well, and the young
father’s happiness in consequence is very great.
May God graciously bless the child and its parents!

IMMANUEL CoLLeGe.— Prof. M. Lochner, of
the Teachers’ College at River Forest, Ill., formerly
a professor at Immanuel College, Greensboro, N. C.,
gave an organ recital in the chapel of Immanuel
College on July 12. The proceeds are to be for
the benefit of the college library.

Trinity, NEw OrLEANS.—Rev. Ed. H. Schmidt,
under date of August 5, writes: “We are just about _
ready to begin building down at Trinity. Circum-
stances over which we had no control delayed us
to some extent, but we have the satisfaction that
when the building will be finally finished, all con-
cerned will surely be proud of it.” He hopes to
dedicate the new chapel on October 1.

Mansoura, LA.— The next number will bring

a cut of our new chapel at Mansura, which takes the

place of the one destroyed by fire a few months ago.
We also expect to bring an account of the dedi-

cation. Various friends of our mission are show- «

ing a commendable interest in the progress of the