The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1921, Sheet 31

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The Lutheran Pioneer.

devoted twenty years of his life to missionary work
among the Negroes, as he takes us to the dining-
hall. Under the supervision of the matron, the girls
march to the hall and take their places at the tables.

The boys follow, and they have no easy road to
travel to reach their destination. The tables and the
chairs are placed so closely together that a passage
between them is out of the question. The waitresses
hand the food to the student nearest the kitchen
door, and he forwards it to another, and thus the
beans and the pork and the corn-bread are passed
in relays over the heads of the waiting, hungry
diners, until the tables are supplied with their ap-
portioned rations. When the platters and bowls are
empty, and additional supplies are desired, they make
their return trip in the same manner over the same
route until they reach the hands of the waitresses
ut the base of supply, the kitchen door. J/ore room
is needed both for the girls and the boys to wield
their knives and their forks. ‘Time and space do
not permit a description of the inadequately fur-
nished kitchen. Aunt Mollie, — God bless her good
old soul!— who for many years has faithfully pre-
sided over this establishment, can give the desired
information. :

How long is this crowded condition, this up-
hill work, to continue? Is there no more room for
Immanuel College as an educational institution ?
Has it served iis purpose, outlived its usefulness?
If it has, let it die and be buried; the sooner, the
better. If help is not rendered, and that speedily,
it will die a slow death for lack of room. If, how-
ever, we are to continue to educate missionary
laborers for our mission, — they are needed by the
hundreds, — we are under moral obligations to pro-
vide them with commodious, sanitary accommo-
dations in order that they may pursue their studies
cheerfully and unhindered, until they graduate.
T[lence, more room! More room for the 180 students
al Immanuel Lutheran College!

_ We accompany the Rey. Prof. Schwehn, a recent
valuable addition to Immanuel’s Faculty, a pro-
gressive and aggressive young man, to the morning
devotional exercises, and while we listen to his able
discourse on prayer, we ask Cod to bless Immanuel
College with its professors and students, bless it
with more room and make it a blessing unto many.

N. J. BAKKE.
so

WE cannot serve God and Mammon, but we can
serve God with Mammon.

Alabama N otes.

The Pastoral Conference held its regular monthly
meeting at Taits Place, February 18 and 19. All
the members were present, excepting Rey. Berger, -
who had been called to the bedside of his sick father.
Friday night Rev. Schmidt preached the sermon,
using as a text Matt.4,1—11. The speaker ad-
dressed the audience on “The Devil’s Temptation
of Christ and Christians,” showing 1. his object;
and 2. his manner of temptation. After the sermon,
Rev. Carter read a very interesting and instructive
paper on “Infant Baptism.” The arguments de-
duced from the Word of God by the essayist proved
conclusively that the little children should be brought
to the Lord in their early infancy through the Holy
Sacrament of Baptism. In spite of the fact that
the paper was read in a community where the Bap-
tists are strong, and many of them were out that
night, not a word was raised against what was said.
If silence is any sign, then every one present was
thoroughly convinced that little children should be
baptized.

The members at Taits Place were bubbling over
with happiness, because they now have a decent
place in which to worship, a new chapel, which
was to he dedicated on the 20th. [Be sure to read
Pastor Schmidt's account of the dedication in this
number. Eprror.] Several of the members had
dressed up their new chapel in a fresh coat of green
paint, the color of all our chapels throughout this
belt. According to one of the members, when we
first started mission-work there, they were warned
to stay away from that “ol? Lucian Chu’ch, “cause
de’l tek yuh an’ all yo° chillun an? bran’ yuh so as
dey"ll know yuh anywhere dey sees yuh.” Well, yes,
that is exactly what we have done, we have “branded”
them with the everlasting Gospel of Jesus Christ,
and we pray that our “branding-iron” may never
grow cold.

Saturday morning and afternoon the regular
business of Conference was transacted. Rev. West-
cott read a sermon on Luke 22, 39—46, in which
he showed “The Sufferings of Jesus in the Garden
ef Agonies,”-setting forth 1. how He suffered, and
2. why He suffered. The sermon was received by -
Conference with thanks to the author.

I have a little secret I want to tell you, provided
you promise me you won't tell any one else. Good!
This is the secret: In three months’ time the poor
people of the “Black Belt” of Alabama have sent