The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1917, Page 95

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The Lutheran Pioneer. 95

Tur Misston SuprertntenpentT. —The Super-
intendent of our Colored Mission has just returned
from an inspection trip to the North Carolina field.
We shall probably be able to tell our readers of his
trip im our next number.

New Workers. — We are pleased to hear that
Prof. Th. Engelder has kindly consented to assist
in the mission-work in Springfield, IL. thus taking
the place of Prof. O. C. A. Boecler, who has ac-
cepted a call to a congregation in Chicago. The
self-sacrificing spirit betokened by various profes-
sors of the theological seminary at Springfield in
the past, and now again shown by Prof. Engelder,

Teacher Th. Rennegarbe.

is to be highly commended. — Teacher Th. Renne-
garbe began his work in the Colored mission-school
at St. Louis on October 31. Our school is enjoy-
ing great popularity among the Colored children.
The school is so crowded that three children are
obliged to sit on a seat intended for only two, —
A school has been opened at High Point, N. CG.
and Miss Mamie MeTier has been put in charge.
— A school has also been opened at Rockwell, N. C.,
which is in charge of Miss Wilma Barnhardt. —
From New Orleans come the glad tidings that Mount
Zion, after a long.vacancy, has once more its own
pastor in the person of Rev. Th. Schliepsick. He
was installed on the 25th of November.

. Mrsston-WorkeErS Servina as CHapLAIns. —
With the consent of the Board, Rey. Bd. Schmidt,

1479 N. Miro St., New Orleans, La., is attending
to the spiritual wants of our Lutheran soldier boys
at Camp Shelby, near Hattiesburg, Miss., while
Rey. G. A. Schmidt, Camden, Ala., is doing the
same for the boys at Camp Sheridan, near Mont-
gomery, Ala.

Yonkers, N. Y.— Rey. Hill writes: “We had
a glorious Imther celebration last Sunday. Our
annual special offering for the building fund in
that service amounted to $108.87. We expect to
hold our last lecture on Friday evening. Prof. G. A.
Romoser, of Bronxville, will lecture on ‘The Refor-
mation and Modern Liberty.’ A Reformation can-
tata, to be sung by about forty adults’ and children’s
voices on ‘Tuesday evening of next week, will end
our celebration. I have noticed an increase in the
attendance of strangers. This I attribute to our
Reformation cathpaign.” — Rev. Till is at present
preparing three adults for confirmation in Brooklyn.
Concerning this field he writes: “Brooklyn is a large
field, with special opportunities among the West In-
dians. It is impossible for one man to give it the
needed attention, and at the same time take care
properly of the growing field in Yonkers, especially
since it necessitates half a day of traveling every
ime the field is visited.”

MiscrLnannous. — Wisconsin is called the
greatest Lutheran State in the Union. In only
wo counties is any other denomination stronger,
and in three-fourths of the counties the Lutherans
are more numerous than all other Protestants com-
bined. — Lutherans in America now have more than
six times as many ministers as they had fifty years
ago, more than five times the number of congrega-
tions, and more than seven times the number of
communicant members. Still more cheering is the
fact that the Lutheran population, unlike that’ of
other large bodies, is rapidly increasing. Our
catechetical system insures steady growth every-
where. — In 1915 there were sixteen different Amer-
ican Lutheran synods supporting foreign missions,
with a total of 32% missionaries and 82.433 Chris-
tians. These missions are to be found in India,
Africa, Japan, Madagascar, China, and Persia,
Since then more of the work in India, orphaned by
the sending home of the German missionaries, has
been taken over by the American synods. — About
twenty-five years ago the Missouri Synod sent its
first man to Oklahoma. Now it has ninety con-
gregations and preaching places there. — Mrs. San
Yat Sen, whose husband is one of China’s great
men, was recently baptized not far from where the