The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1918, Page 46

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46 The Lutheran Pioneer.

be turned into reality. Mr. Fisch, our superin-
tendent, has asked on several occasions that the
children bring the names and addresses of such as
are not connected with any Sunday-school. <A visit
at such homes has been promised. The introduction
of leaflets bearing the weekly lesson seems to have
awakened quite a bit of interest. A reward has
heen promised to those children who have a complete
set of these cards at the end of the year.
; H. C. Craus.

A New Orleans Letter.

Dear “PIONEER” : —

St. Paul’s Station, New Orleans, La., has “gone
over the top.” Yes, we also are, or rather have been,
the proud possessors of a Liberty Bond.

True, its denomination was rather small, and
that part of our collection which “went over” was
very little, twenty-three cents; but we all feel that
we have “done our bit,” and in the majority of the
cases that means our best. So we trust the
Pioneer will not find our shouting and rejoicing
at all strange and out of place. As far as that
little surplus of twenty-three cents is concerned, we
confidently believe that by the time this article is
read by our many friends, said twenty-three cents
will have swelled into so many dollars. We have
good reason to entertain such a hopeful feeling.

 . Listen! ;

Believing that we of dear old St. Paul’s ought
also join our fellow-Lutherans round about us in
rallying to the support of our beloved country in
its endeavor to “put over” the Third Liberty Loan,
we decided on a “drive”.of one week’s duration, for
the purpose of collecting funds to purchase at least
one Liberty Bond. In order to awaken the proper
interest in the undertaking, and make it a success,
a grand patriotic meeting was held Wednesday night,
May first. Outstanding features of this meeting,

. which, by the way, drew ont what we would term

\a big crowd, were singing of national anthems by
the congregation, a selection by the newly organized
choir, and an address by the pastor, who appeared

_ in the full uniform of a Lutheran camp chaplain.

In his remarks to the congregation the speaker
dwelt mainly on his work and experiences: as In-

_ theran camp pastor of Camps Shelby and Beaure-
_ gard, winding up with an earnest appeal for loyal
_ Support of the Government and a strict observance
of all rules and regulations laid down by our

authorities toward a suecessful prosecution of
the war.

We think the collection amply proved that the
pastor’s appeal did not fall on deaf ears. Too much
credit, however, for the success of the “drive” can-
not be given to the faithful collectors, who really
did the most effective work. But let us hope that
such a truly loyal spirit to both State and Church
and such a laudable willingness to give toward the
support of same may ever rule the hearts of our
good people of St. Paul’s.

Our next “big meeting,” God willing, will take
place in the near future, when we expect to erect
in a prominent place, such as it deserves, our beauti-
ful Service Flag with nine bright stars, one for
each of our boys now serving the colors in the army
and navy. Not so bad for a small mission-station —
nine stars! Each of these boys has been brought
up in the Lutheran Church, and we hope and pray
that none will ever fail to make a good confession
of his faith before friend or foe.

On Friday night, April 26, a special farewell
service was held in honor of four of these young men
who had been drafted, and who were to leave for
Camp Pike the next day. Prof. H. Meibohm, who
serves the congregation in the absence of the pastor,
delivered a fitting address at this service.

While the “news” may be a bit old, still it will
surely interest our friends to learn that on the past
‘Easter Sunday morning eleven children were re-
ceived into communicant membership of our mis-
sion by the act of confirmation, and two received
Holy Baptism. May all of them “fight a good
fight” and be faithful unto death!

; Ep. H. Sonar.

’ Some Interesting Facts about India.

The best land in Europe can support not more
than two hundred and fifty persons to a square mile.
In India, where the land is developed to only one-
sixth of its possible efficiency, there are often eight
hundred people living directly off o single square
mile of land. The area of India is just a little less
than one-half the area of the United States and
Alaska, yet crowded into it is one-fifth of the en-
tire population of the globe. J ourteen languages
are used by more than three milions each, while -
169 others are the vernacular for a total of over

seven millions. India has seven religions, with not E

less than one million followers of each. One hun-