The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1919, Page 54

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The Lutheran Pioneer.

Annie Rose Lavender.

One of Our Little St. Louis Lutherans.

Here is a picture of one of our little St. Louis
Lutherans. Her name is Annie Rose Lavender,
She was baptized a year ago together with two sisters
and one brother. Early this year her mother was
confirmed, and on Palm Sunday of this year an-
other sister was baptized. Annie is five years old
and entered our school last September. Besides
being able to read and write, she knows her Savior,
can recite the Ten Commandments, the Creed, the
Lord’s Prayer, several other parts of the Catechism,
and quite a few Bible-passages and prayers. On
the picture she is holding one of our Sunday-school
cards. H. C. Craus.

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School-Closing Exercises at Rosebud and
Oak Hill, Ala.

Our Christian day-school at Rosebud closed on
the 23d of May. Rey. and Mrs. Carter had a fine
program outlined for the occasion. One of the best
parts of the program was the recitation of Bible-
verses and the Catechism by the schoolchildren.
These children clearly proved to the large audience
assembled that their teachers had imparted to them
a great store of Christian knowledge.

‘of our schools here in Alabama.

Rey. G. A. Schmidt, the superintendent of our
schools here in Alabama, delivered the annual ad-
dress. He held the audience spell-bound by his
eloquence for about the space of one hour. In
his address he showed that the Lutheran Church
stands for the Christian education of the children.
This address was very timely for this part of the
“Black-Belt,” where our people know but little of
Christian education.

One pupil graduated from the Rosebud school.
Rev. Carter has worked hard for his school, and
the Lord has crowned his efforts with success.

* * *

The school at Oak Hill closed on the 31st of May.
During the day our members gave a picnic. The
children’s program was rendered at night. People
from far and near came to witness our school-closing,
and our church was filled to its utmost capacity.
The people were very much pleased with the prog- |
ress our children are making in our school. Rey.
Schmidt was with us also here at Oak Hill,
and addressed the audience on Christian education.
Rey. Schmidt has done much for the betterment
May the Lord
continue to be with us, and bless the work of
our hands! Cras. PEAY.

News and Views.

For a long time I have hoped that some one
of our more experienced missionaries would, instead
of merely sending in their news items, write them
up in the form of a series of mission articles with
general applications and suggestions, and send them
to the Pronner for the benefit of us younger mis-
sionaries.. Such articles would prove both interest-
ing and instructive, and since the Pi0NEER reaches
the homes of most of our members, they would help
to encourage our laymen along the line of pro-
gressive congregational work. With the frank con-
fession that I am not one of the “more experienced
missionaries,” and with the hope that from the pen
of some other writer more able than myself will
come some very useful articles, I will introduce the
idea with a series under the caption of “News and
Views.”

The subject which will be treated in this series
is Church Finance. I have chosen this subject
because, in the first place, the news which I have
calls for it; and, too, because the time has come
when every one of our mission congregations must