The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1921, Sheet 39

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The Lutheran Pioneer.

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will certainly not let us work in vain, but will give
us some, possibly many, of those 50,000 in Rich-
mond! j
With kindest greetings,
Yours,
L. G. Dorpat.

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A Test.

The following is’ a quotation from a letter
addressed to the members of Grace Congregation,
St. Louis, during the week after Palm Sunday, in
which we outlined the coming Easter service: “It
rained in Springfield last Sunday, but the attend-
ance was good. Perhaps the Lord may test our

There were five catechumens, two girls and three
men. All of them made a splendid profession. ‘The
two girls, dressed in white, unfalieringly answered
all of the catechetical questions put to them and
firmly recited their confirmation vow. It was a
pleasing sight. One of the men, Ike Buckner, being
in a paralyzed condition, had to be assisted to the
chapel, and then, during confirmation and the
Lord’s Supper, to the altar by several members.
Mr. Buckner recently told us: “I’ve heard a lot of
doctrine, but your doctrine is the best I’ve ever
heard!” Yes, fellow-Lutheran, rejoice, we have
Bible preaching in our midst! —We might also
remark that this same man was recently under-
handedly deprived of a piece of property, valued at

Our Sunday-School in St. Louis, in the School-yard of the Old Immanuel Church.
Rey. Claus at extreme right, Teacher Gose at left of picture.

constancy also by sending rain on Easter.” ‘The
possible became a fact. We were greeted on Easter
by a drenching rain, which extended over the entire
morning. Now, the reader will be interested to
know whether our people stood the test on this
occasion. We are pleased to say they did! Not
only did we enjoy a gooé church attendance on this

morning, but the attendance at the Lord’s Table ©

was the largest in the history of Grace Congregation.
Besides, on this morning over $90 was added to our
Building Fund. $61 of this came via the dime-bank
route (several banks are yet to be opened), $12.85
was contributed by the Bible Class, and $12.41 was
collected on this morning by the Sunday-school
children.

_ But what set our heart a-throbbing more than
all of the above mentioned was the privilege of again
receiving a number of people into our communion.

about $3,000, and thus left almost penniless. How-
ever, he did not come to us seeking charity. This
was proved by an urgent request for one of our
dime-banks.

As intimated in the above quotation, our con-
gregation in Springfield, Ill., also, according to our
judgment, stood the test which the Lord sent in the
form of rain on Palm Sunday. Last year we ex-
perienced the worst blizzard ofthe entire winter
season on our annual day of confirmation at this
place. ‘This year it began to rain in torrents a half
hour before the service. Nevertheless, we enjoyed
a splendid church attendance and an exceptional
attendance at the Lord’s Table, 34 partaking of the
Sacrament. Here we confirmed four boys and two
ladies and baptized two infants. We might mention
now that we have at last reached the goal for which
we haye striven for a long time, — 50 communicant