The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1917, Page 62

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62 The Lutheran Pioneer.

While here, she has rendered faithful service in her
special way to the cause of the Lord and toward
the spreading of His kingdom through the Lutheran
Church. The backsliders always know when Aunt
Polly is around. Jt was greatly through her wn-
tiring efforts that a number of Lutherans who
came here from Meherrin, Va., were held together
and were successful in establishing a congrega-
tion here.

However, she has never forsaken her home con-
gregation. She still claims membership in “Old
St. Matthew’s,” and from time to time sends money
for its special needs, and is a prominent member of
the Sisters’ Society of that congregation.

Having learned from the special sermons on the
Reformation which are preached from our pulpit
once a month that this is a Jubilee Year, and that
we should show our gratitude to God for the blessed

fruits of the Reformation by making special “efforts

towards mission-work, Aunt Polly has given me
25 dollars to send to the Mission Board as a thank-
offering in this Jubilee Year. But she added:
“Please send it in the name of ‘Old St. Matthew’s.’ ”

With fraternal greetings,

Yours,
W. O. Hitt.
North Carolina Sunday-School
Convention.

For the advancement of the Sunday-school in
our mission among the Colored the North Carolina
Lutheran Sunday-school Conyention was organized
about four years ago. ‘This year’s sessions were
held July 1st and 2d in Grace Church, Greens-
boro, N. C. We were glad to observe the interest
shown in the convention and in its meetings. We
also express the hope that the meetings of this year
may have aroused greater general interest in the
Sunday-school and its work, and that it will have
made us more efficient workers. ‘That is our aim
and purpose. Of course, where circumstances per-
mit, we should not fail to let the children attend
the parochial school during the week. In the
parochial school they are taught God’s Word every
day, while a child that receives its sole religious
instruction in the Sunday-school studies God’s
Word only one hour in the entire week.

A paper was read before the convention showing
the relation of the Sunday-school to the Church,
or rather, how the Sunday-school benefits the
Church. The essayist pointed out that our Sunday-

school keeps our children out of the sectarian Sun-
day-schools; it keeps the sectarian Sunday-school
literature out of our homes; it brings good Sunday-
school literature into the home; it promotes giving
for the Church; it increases the membership in
the Church; it teaches indirectly many people who
do not visit our Church or Sunday-school, as those
who visit our Sunday-school will speak at home of
what they learned there.

Two short papers were read before the con-
vention setting forth the manner of teaching the
Sunday-school lesson. One took up the Concordia

Grace Church, Greensboro, N. C.

Bible Class, the other emphasized that the teacher
must instruct the class, really instruci, TEACH, the
lesson. But we must not be satistied with having
imparted the lesson. We must also apply the lesson
to the individual person. “You ist appeal to
the heart, to the conscience, to the will,’ was the
way the essayist put it.

A fourth paper urged upon the members of the
congregation and the Sunday-school teachers to
increase the attendance at our Sunday-schools in
every legitimate way.

The Sunday-schools of North Carolina collect
for their own needs. ‘They also have a treasury for
Immanuel College. This year they collected $55.04.

May God bless our Sunday-schools! TF. W.

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