The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1917, Page 39

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y ¥] The Lutheran Pioneer.

+! of St. Paul’s Luther League, have been exceedingly

well attended. The schoolchildren ably assisted the

1] pastor and young people in advertising the lectures.

} — Trinity Chapel now has a bell. It was dedi-

| cated on the Sunday after Easter. May it call many
» a person to the house of God! F. J. L.

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| Grace Alone.

Spurgeon somewhere tells of an old coachman

- who once carried him in his cab. As Spurgeon
', entered the vehicle, he dropped a remark concern-
' ing the coachman’s age, and then added, “Well,
I hope that you have seen to it that yours will be
a pleasant lot when this life comes to an end.”
_ “Yes, sir,” answered the old coachman, “I think
I have; for, as far as I know, I have never been
drunk in my life, I have never used a profane
, word, and, then, I also go to church now and
| then.” He seemed to be quite satisfied-with him-
, self and was greatly surprised when Spurgeon ex-

pressed his grave doubt as to his going to heaven
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if he should die in such a self-righteous state of
» mind.
Pa This self-confidence is quite common among

persons that bear the Christian name; and even

though they may not always express it in the words

of the old hansom driver, it is always the same
| idea: that they will get to heaven because of the
| good they have done, or the evil they have left
‘undone. Their lips sing: —

| Not the labor of my hands

i Can fulfil Thy Law’s demands;
Tests Should my zeal no languor know,
mis Should my tears forever flow,

i . These for sin cannot atone:

} Thou must save, and -Thou alone,

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_ but in their inmost heart they, despite all such
| singing, trust in their own works, and build their
jhope of salvation upon their own labors. And
yet, we are saved alone by God’s grace, throug
‘the redemption which is in Christ Jesus. :

BOOK TABLE.

KING orTo's CROWN. By Mary Ireland. Concordia
; Publishing House, St. Louis, Mo. Red vellum bind-

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ing; 139 pages. Price, 44 cts. - ;
This is the translation of a German juvenile nove!
/ with a fine old-fashioned romantic flavor. The tale is
‘so well devised and so fascinatingly told that the reader’s
‘ attention is held to the close.
’ based on events that occurred during the xelga of Otto
‘the Great, who ruled over Germany in the tenth century,
, time very rich in romantic adventures. The translation
by Mrs. Ireland is most excellent and would not be recog-
as a translation by the reader if not so informed.

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¢ historical setting is —

Clinton St., Napoleon,

QUADRICENTENNIAL REFORMATION TRACTS. Pub-
lished by the American Lutheran Publicity Bureau,
Dept. T, 901 Summit Ave., Jersey City, N. J. Titles
of tracts so far published: Was the Reformation
Needed? The Augsburg Confession, the First Prot-
estant Confession of Faith. The Reformation and |
the Open Bible. Luther in His Home. Luther on 4
the Bible. Price, 35 cts. per hundred.

Every congregation should keep a supply of these tracts 5;
on hand, and distribute them on every possible occasion. ©
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PAGANISM VS. AMERICANISM. By Augustus Conrad
ELkholm. Beacon Publishing Co., Atlantic City, N. J.
60 pages. Price, 25 cts., postpaid.

A pamphlet containing four chapters against Ro-
manism. We found the second of the four chapters the
most interesting, because it recounts the personal expe-
rience of the author at the hands of the Romanists. It
brings convincing and damaging evidence of Rome’s man-
ner of dealing with those who dare oppose her. As for
the other chapters, we may, probably, be able to agree
with Mr. Ekholm in the main in his contentions against
Rome, but we cannot approve his manner of argumenta-
tion in every instance. Thus, the author’s denunciation "3
of all parochial schools,'and his suggestion that every . 4
child be compelled to attend the public school, casts a dark P|
shadow upon what he says in his first chapter on “Lib- °
erty.” It certainly savors of injustice to condemn all i
parochial schools, just because Rome’s parochial schools |
are subversive of true Americanism. We challenge Mr.
Ekholm or anybody else to show us better nurseries of
true Americanism than our Lutheran parochial schools.
— We wish to call the author’s attention to the fact that
Leviticus is not the name of a prophet, as he seems to
think (p. 3), but the Latin name given to the third book
of Moses. F. J. L.

Acknowledgments.

Received for Colored Missions from the following Col-
ored congregations: Immanuel College, Greensboro,
$180.75; Immanuel School, 8.95; Luther College, New
Orleans, 14.00; Grace, Greensboro, 17.42; Redeemer, New
Orleans, 6.63; St. Mark, Atlanta, 2.28; St. Paul, New
Orleans, 30.00; St. Paul, Napoleonville, 13.62; Trinity,
Johnson, 12.05; Trinity, New Orleans, 5.00; St. John,
Salisbury, 15.00; station at Catherine, 10.40; station at
Oak Hill, 1.35; Grace, Concord, 70.00; Mount Calvary,
Sandy Ridge, 10.00; Mount Calvary, Mount Pleasant,
3.00; St. Peter, Drys School House, 3.00; St. Paul, Man-
sura, 5.00; St. James,-Southern Pines, 5.00; Bethlehem,
New Orleans, 40.00; Mount Zion, New Orleans, 40,00;
Concordia, Rockwell, 3.00; Mount Zion, Rocks, 3.00;
Trinity, Albemarle, 2.00; Zion, Gold Hill, 3.00; Bethany,
Yonkers, 16.00; Immanuel, Brooklyn, 2.00; Mount Zion, ”
Meyersville, 3.00; St. Paul, Charlotte, 11.00; station at
Washington, 1.75; St. Matthew,-Meherrin, 10.13; Trin-
ay Elon College, .63; station at Winston, 1.05; St. Mark,

ilmington, 5.00. — Total, $555.01.

St. Louis, Mo., March 31, 1917.
fers 3 E. ScHuETTNER, Treas.,
323 Merchants-Laclede Bldg.

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