The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1920, Sheet 37

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The Lutheran Pioneer.

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chapel on the second floor of Immanuel School, and
was so well attended that it-was necessary for us to
carry up seats from the first floor. But gladly
would we do this every Sunday if the people were
there to occupy the extra seats. Quite a number of
visitors from other Lutheran congregations in the
city were present. The service, of a necessity, was
rather lengthy. But it was inspiring throughout.
The examination was of especial interest to those
present, and by their answers the catechumens
proved to the assembly that they had

thoroughly grasped the essentials of the

Christian faith. The names of the cate-

chumens follow: Mrs. C. Gardner, Mrs. N.

Brooks, George Washington Roberts, 'Theo-

dore Roosevelt Roberts, George Kaiser,

Ralph Hopkins, Leo Hamblin.

On Saturday, April 3, we arrived in
Springfield, Il., to conduct the confirma-
tion service there on the following day —
aster. Just as we left the train, a few
snow-flurries were beginning to fly. ‘This
was just a slight indication of what was
to come. <A _ bit perturbed, we cagerly
scanned the weather report. When we
noticed that it predicted snow for Easter,
our spirit began to sink. But we still had
hopes, knowing that the weather-man often
is wrong in his predictions. However, all
hope was in vain. Late in the afternoon
a snowstorm came up and raged until late”
Sunday afternoon, covering Mother Earth
with a seven-inch blanket of white. Natur-
ally, the attendance at our Easter serv-
ice was much decreased by the inclem-
ent weather. But the importance and
beauty of the service were not marred.
All the catechumens were on hand, and
they were the ones about whom we  ,
were chiefly concerned. It would require too
much space to describe this service in detail.
Suffice it to say that the sight of seven adults stand-
ing before the altar and publicly confessing their
faith was cnough to make a person’s heart leap
within him. The four ladies in-this group were all
dressed in white. The two younger catechumens
were confirmed separately. Five children were bap-
tized. Student J. Lipfert acted as organist. The
names of the catechumens follow: Mr. and Mrs.
Harry Taylor, Mr. Robt. Edwards, Mrs. W. Holms,
Mrs. J. Mason, Mr. J. Nelson, Mrs. C. Robison, Carrie
Huffman, Helen Mason. In this connection we

might state that the confirmation of the adults was
a result of the Adult Membership Class, which was
organized late in January. Due credit must be
given our two student instructors, Mr. H. Lutz and
Mr. I. Westcott. The former had charge of the
children’s catechumen class, while the latter de-
livered lectures on the Catechism to the adults in
the writer’s absence every other Sunday, and also
spent many hours instructing absentees privately.
Our sincere thanks to these gentlemen!

Holy Trinity Church, Springfield, I.

May the God of all grace, who gained all these
new members for His Church, keep them steadfast
in faith, and finally grant them that crown of life
which fadeth not away! | Hersert C. Craus.

\ Colored Mission Needs.

The following we take from the Southern
Intheran: — ;

“In the interest of the mission-work being suc-
cessfully conducted by the Synodical Conference of
North America among the Colored, particularly