The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1920, Page 86

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86 The Lutheran Pioneer.
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here in the South, the following is briefly to be
brought to the attention of the pastors and congre-
gations in our Southern District.

“LLike all other missions, also the Colored Mis-
sion has been hard hit by the increase of living ex-
penses of its missionaries, which caused the Board
an increased expense for salaries. This is quite
natural, and it is but natural that the congregations
from whom the contributions come will ably second
the Board by supplying this need. Not only, how-
ever, has the demand upon the treasury been in-

' creased recently because of increase of salaries, but
also — and ‘that must fill us all with willingness to
* contribute more than ever to this glorious work —
by the many new fields that have been started, and
the many new workers 'that have been placed into
.the work. And still the work is expanding, and ex-
pansion even further is handicapped only by lack
of funds to supply’ the necessary workers. In
Plaquemine, La., one colored teacher, himself not
in the best of health, is instructing 150 scholars in
a parochial school. From White Castle, La., the
petition for a worker has gone forward to the
Board. In the Black Belt of Alabama many places
‘where our Lutheran Church might gain a foothold
must be passed by because there are no laborers, and
no funds to supply the laborers. Owing to the great
need of teachers in parochial schools and the lack of
male teachers in sufficient numbers to supply the
demands, the Board has made provisions for the
erecting of a dormitory at Greensboro, N.C., for
‘the housing of female students preparing for the
‘work in the Lutheran schools. But though the
building of this dormitory had been decided upon
in 1914, the funds necessary for the carrying out
of this decision are not on hand. -And the longer
“the erecting of this building is put off, the more
will the need of teachers be sorely felt and the
longer will the work be handicapped. According to
+ an'estimate by the Director of Colored Missions, the
Rey. C. F. Drewes, of St. Louis, the running ex-
penses for 1920 will total $80,000.

“Surely our congregations in the Southern
District, which often have occasion to see the
wonderfully blessed work of the Synodical Confer-
“ence among the Colored, ought to be willing cheer-
fully to contribute towards this God-pleasing work.
“At your earliest convenience bring this matter
to the attention of your congregation,.and God will

; - make you willing to give, and thus to assist in this

"work in the Lord’s vineyard.”

What the congregations of the Southern District
are here aspiring to do should be done by every con-
gregation in the whole Synodical Conference.

PF. J.

Lutheran Deaconess School of
Fort Wayne, Ind.

God, who is able to do exceeding abundantly
above all that we ask or think, has richly blessed
the efforts of our Deaconess Association to secure
a large number of members, who, besides having
given their first contribution for deaconess work in
our midst, speak a good word to their friends for
this work, and remember this new charitable asso-
ciation in their prayers. —'The Board of Directors
hopes to carry out the plan of opening the Dea-
coness School at Fort Wayne on September’1 of this
year. Young women of our Church desiring to pre-
pare themselves for the good work of a deaconess
are hereby asked to make application to the under-
signed before the first of August. A question blank
will be mailed to each applicant, which is to be filled
out and returned, together with a testimonial from
her pastor, bearing witness of her Christian char-
acter, and a certificate of health made out by her
physician. Those entering the school should have
a thorough knowledge of the chief doctrines of
Scripture as taught in the Lutheran Church; they
should be well versed in English, and, above all, they
should be merciful, meek, and patient, filled with
a fervent love of Him who said: “Learn of Me, for
I am meek and lowly in heart.” — May the merei-
ful Savior Himself make willing hearts to serve
Him as deaconesses in the great work of seeking
the lost, nursing and comforting the sick, taking
up forsaken children, caring for homeless old people,
and doing other works of mercy in the various
charities and missions of our Synodical Conference.

Pr. Wampsaanss, President,
2307 Broadway, Fort Wayne, Ind.

Stockfleth, Missionary Among the Lapps.

Far up in the north of Europe live the Lap-
landers. ‘The land of thé Lapps has no political
existence, and covers territory in Russia, Norway,
and Sweden. ‘The climate is typically Arctic, and
the cold is excessive. The Lapps mostly live a no-
madie life, fishing and hunting. The reindeer pro-