The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1917, Page 52

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52 The Lutheran Pioneer.

by a consistent Christian life. In short, our Col-
ored Iutheran congregations have done much to
awaken the conscience of others, and have compelled
even those who have bitterly opposed our work to
imitate us in many ways. And while all this may
not have increased the membership of our churches,
it has been a factor working for the general uplift
of the Colored race. The example set by our Chris-
tians has not been in vain. The doctrine preached
from many Colored sectarian pulpits is more Bib-
lical‘ because of our testimony, and the lives led by
the members of other Colored churches are purer
because of the existence of our congregations. For
this let us be properly thankful, and then let us
continue our work with increased hopefulness and

vigt ‘or.

Luther College, New Orleans, La.

We arrived in New Orleans‘on Wednesday morn-
ing at eleven o’clock, and at about two o’clock on
the afternoon of the same day we were at LUTHER
Cottecr. We spent about an hour there that first
afternoon and attended two classes, a class in Eing-
lish literature ‘conducted by Prof. Meibohm, and
a German class under the tutorship of Prof. Wilde.
The English class was-reading “The Merchant of
Venice,” and the teacher showed an excellent knowl-
edge of the text and the poet’s thought. We were
surprised, very agreeably surprised, at the good
German pronunciation of the students in the Ger-
man class. Subsequently we visited Luther College

' again and attended a Catechism class conducted by

Prof. Meibohm and a beginners’ Latin class in-
structed by Prof. Wilde. —The students of Luther

College made.a very favorable impression upon me,
and with but very few exccptions seemed to fully

realize for what purpose they were there. It is only
a pity that there weren’t more of them. We should
have at least twice the number of young people at-
tending this institution. But even with the present
limited attendance, Luther College is a power for
good, and its influence is widely felt. It is a potent
missionary factor, and many a promising member
has been gained for the Church through the agency
of the college.

Upon occasion of our second visit. we also at-
tended a sewing-class conducted by Mrs. Thompson,
a good, practical seamstress. All the girls of the
college take instruction in sewing, and the work
they turn out is surprising. Mrs. Thompson showed
us a Sunday dress a girl sixteen years of age had
made for her mother, and to our eyes it seemed
good enough for anybody to wear. . Another girl
had made a very neat dress for herself; and of
a third girl the teacher told us that she did the
sewing for her whole family. The college has two
good sewing-machines, which were donated by
Northern friends.

The sewing-class is surely a fine thing “ii
should be kept up by all means; and if a little
more instruction in domestic science of a practical
nature could be added, it would be still better.
Whatever we do in fitting the Colored girl to be
a better wife, mother, and home-maker, we shall
be doing for the whole Colored race. The future
of every race is largely in the hands of the mothers.
“The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world,’
applies at all times. There is no greater task await-
ing mortals than that before the Colored wife,
mother, and home-maker. Upon her, to a great
extent, rests the burden of lifting up a race num-
bering millions. If she is to preside over a Chris-
tian home, raise a Christian family, and work in
the Christian Church, we must help her in every
way to get ready for her great work.

God open our eyes to see the needs of our Col-
ored brethren and sisters; our hearts, that they may
go out in sympathy towards them; and our hands,
that they may bring the needed help and relief!

F. J. L.

Ordination of* Rev. M. N. Carter.

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Sunday, :the Gth of May, will, without a doubt,
long be held in grateful remembrance by our dear
Rosebud, Ala., Christians. It was on. this memo-
rable day that Mr. M. N. Carter, after having been
duly examined by an accredited committee, gc