The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1920, Sheet 73

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‘The Lutheran Pioneer.

Two Hearts.

A converted heathen once called upon a mis-
sionary and tearfully discovered to him his trouble.
“How is this? When I was yet a heathen, I had
only one heart, a black one; now that I am a Chris-
tian. I have two hearts, one black and one white.
The black heart always wills what the devil wills,
and the white heart always wills what God wills.
' The white heart says, ‘Go and pray’; the black
heart, “You have no time for prayer.’ The white
heart: says, ‘Go to church.’ The black heart resists
and says, ‘Go to work,’ or, ‘Rest yourself awhile.’
And so it keeps on; the black and the white heart
always strive together, and are never of one mind.”

“Go, my son,” the missionary said to him, “let
the strife keep on, and be not uneasy about that.
Since you have two hearts, you may be sure that
you are a Christian; the heathen have only one.
Go on with this striving; only be sure that the
white heart always gains the victory. Then all will
be right, and you shall receive the crown of- eternal
life. When you are with Jesus in heaven, the black
heart will have disappeared.”

Items of Missionary Interest.

Kannavouis, N. C.— The last Sunday in June
was a day of rejoicing for the congregation of Pastor
F. Alston at Kannapolis (Sandy Ridge), for on
that day the Lord added eight souls to His flock
at that place. The class of eight catechumens had
been well instructed by the teacher, Mr. Gordon
Ferguson, and readily answered the ‘questions put
to them. — On the same day the congregation also
raised. its quota of the $1,600 mission-drive. ‘Che
collection amounted to $28, and others individually
gathered another $12, thus making the total gather-
ing for the day the sum of $40.

Sauissury, N. C. — On the first Sunday in July
the congregation at Salisbury, emulating the ex-

ample of the people at Kannapolis, decided to bring

up their proportion of the drive. The Salisbury

quota was $40. Because the attendance was small, ©

-it was feared that this quota might not be reached.
You may imagine the surprise of the pastor, Rev.
Alston, and the preacher of the day, Rev. McDavid,
when the collection totaled no less than $46.
ATLANTA, GA. — Missionary Alston is of the
opinion that the chapel of our mission in Atlanta

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is not favorably situated, and he proposes a different
locality for the chapel and the use of the present
chapel for school purposes, since the building now
serving for school purposes is a most dilapidated
shack. He and his wife are teaching 81 pupils in
the mission-school. Lack of funds has prevented
the execution of Pastor Alston’s plans.

Spartansunc, S.C.— The school at Spartan-
burg is flourishing. It has an enviable reputation
for thoroughness and good discipline. For this
reason it is crowded to overflowing. No less than
177 pupils were enrolled last year. Another school-
room is a crying need, and another teacher should
be engaged to help take care of the great number
of pupils that aré clamoring for admission.

Wasuineron, D.: C. — Missionary Fuller is
working hard in this city, but he is greatly handi-
capped by the lack of a suitable place of worship.
The services must still be held in a lodge-room!
Washington has a colored population of 100,000,
and among them are many that are favorably dis-
posed toward us; but we cannot expect much growth
as long as we cannot invite these people to a better
place of worship. It would probably cost $20,000
to procure a chapel of our own; but don’t our
readers think if worth that to have a chapel in the
capital of our country and in so promising a field?

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. — Rey. E. Polzin, formerly
in the service of the Colored Mission Board, but
now in charge of a white congregation in Phila-
delphia, has been serving a small number of colored
Lutherans that migrated to his city from New
Orleans. In this respect Rev. Polzin is following
the example of Pastor Poppe, of Little Rock, Ark.,
who has so kindly taken spiritual care of our little
Lutheran flock in his city these many years. Such
kind services are most commendable and are highly
appreciated, we are sure.

Brookiyn, N. Y. — Rev. W. O. Hill, the pastor
of our fine little congregation at Yonkers, N. Y.,
has found a large number of West Indians in Brook-
lyn, and he is of the opinion that among them
would be a prosperous ‘mission-field. or various
reasons he is not able to: give the field the time and
attention it deserves, and has called on the Board
to place the field in charge of a special worker.
The Board is convinced that Pastor Hill is right,
but hasn’t the available man nor the available funds.
What a pity, should this promising harvest be
gathered by some one else because of our neglect!

Our Unknown BENEFACTOR. — That. great- :

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