The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1919, Page 55

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frankly meet this subject, both to help our Mission
Board solve their present financial problems, and
for the purpose of introducing-the proper methods
into our congregations for the future welfare of
the work. The field is growing, and, thank God,
it is growing rapidly. Every new addition adds
to the yearly cost. And it is for us, among whom
the good Lord is granting such success to His Word,
to show our appreciation for this blessing by giving

_ fieely.and systematically to its every need.

Aw Epucation Society.
In a meeting, not long ago, I discussed with

a number of my members the resolution, passed in,

Immanuel Conference last summer, relative to our
assuming more of the responsibility of our synodical
work, and especially that part of the resolution which
pledges our support to our colleges. It did not
take long for me to see that among my members
there is a high regard for this part of our work,
and not only a willingness, but a desire to contribute
their “mite” to its support. The result was (to
make a long story short) that a Lutheran Education
Society was founded, with the object: “To support
and promote higher education in our Colored Mis-
sion Field.” It has a membership-fee of one dollar
per year and a provision for our other church
societies to cooperate as bodies, at the rate of five
dollars each per year. We wanted ten members to
start with, but, with a very little effort, we were
successful in getting the pledges of just twice that
number, and also of the three missionary societies
of our congregation. Of course, this one dollar per
year is not going to keep any one of us from paying
our contributions to the support of our congregation
regularly every month. This L. EH. 8. dollar is that
extra dollar, which we probably would have spent
foolishly, but which will now be consecrated to a
worthy cause. We are not going to burden our-
selves with a lot of weekly or monthly meetings of
this society, but shall meet once every three months
to keep the business going and the interést alive,
and shall observe an “Educational Day” once a year,
at which time special efforts will be made to get
new members. In this way we-expect to see to it
that the members of our congregation give regularly
to the support of our colleges.

With a little effort on the part of our mis-
sionaries, together with a few progressive laymen,
the work of the Lutheran Education Society could
be conducted throughout our entire Colored Mission
Field. Instead of the little organization here in our

congregation being the whole society, it could be
a branch, or chapter, of a general education society
which would extend its activities for this worthy
cause into many more of our congregations. With
this thought in mind, I have broadened the scope
of the L..E.S. plan so as to meet the conditions
in all parts of our mission-field. Are you interested
in such a general Education Society? In my next
article I will tell you more about the general plan.
In the mean time think it over, and lay aside
a dollar for it. W. O. Hrxt.

James Spencer,

Oldest Member of Grace Congregation, Concord, N. C.;
1 Age, 110 Years.

Items of Interest from Our Colored
Mission Field.

ALABAMA Irems.— Tilden is to have a new
parsonage. Judging from a photograph which we
saw of the old building, we have no doubt whatever
as to its necessity.— The church and school at
Possum Bend were closed for a while because of
an outbreak of smallpox. — Pastor Carter, of Rose-
bud, has now also charge of Possum Bend: —
Teacher J. S. Montgomery is preparing for the
ministry. He preached his first sermon at Kings-