The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1921, Page 63

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the end, in our. faith and our life, to the teaching
once delivered unto the saints and brought to us in
precept and in example by the now sainted Pastor
Bakke:

Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be
spread upon the minutes of Conference, and that
a copy be sent to Mrs. Bakke and her children as an
expression of our deepest. sympathy and sincerest
condolence, with the prayer that the comfort of the
divine Gospel be their consolation, and that the
faithful Lord, according to His promise, be their
Father and Provider.

(Signed by the committee:) H. Mrinous.
W. B. Seeserny, Jn.
G. M. Kramer.
New Orleans, La. May 16, 1921.

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Items of Missionary Interest.

Greensnoro, N.C. — Immanuel College will
have three new teachers on its staf! in the new
* school-year. Besides Candidate F. J. C. Lankenau,
whose acceptance of a call to this institution we
mentioned Jast month, Rev. J. E. Shufelt, of Spra-
kers, N. Y., and Mr. Paul Gose, of St. Louis, Mo.,
will be added to the faculty. — Prof. W. G. Schwehn
has accepted a call to Philadelphia, where he will
have charge of a white congregation. In him Im-
manuel College is losing an earnest and efficient
worker.

“Tre ALABAMA LuTucran.” — The first two
numbers of this new paper have come to our desk.
It is published by the laborers in our Alabama field
in the interest of their missions. It is a monthly
tract and missionary paper and is to be a witness
_ for the truth in the Black Belt of Alabama. We
bid the Alabama Lutheran a hearty welcome!

Sr. Louis, Mo. — Under date of June 28 Pastor
Claus writes: “TI feel that I must let you know about
the success which attended the third opening of our
dime-banks in St. Louis. ‘This opening took place
yesterday and netted a gain of over $80 for our
local Building Fund, — to be exact, $81.62. Sev-
eral banks were not turned in yesterday. But I am
sure that when the missing banks are emptied, the
total for this opening will exceed $90. ‘There were
some very bright spots in this affair yesterday. One
lady who has been sorely afflicted in body during the
past few years gave $10.20. She gathered this
money by taking in sewing. Her husband is out

of work, and yet he also made a splendid sacrifice,
turning in $5.60. Another, out of work, gave $5.80.
Another, also out of work, gave $2.50. Another
man, paralyzed, gave $1.70. — 1 suppose you know
that we lost. our teacher, Mr. Gose, he having been
transferred to Lmmanuel College. The hot summer
months are here, and you know how they affect
church attendance. But when attendances begin to
lapse, when it seems that every one refuses the in-
Vitations to hear the Gospel, when it seems that
nothing will go right, yet something is always bound
to turn up to impart strength to the drooping hands.
The result of our bank opening yesterday was en-
couraging indeed. ‘The total amount in our Fund
now is $161. ‘This has been gathered by our little
flock in less than a year’s time. It seems to me that

“these little pocket banks could be introduced with

good results also in other sections of our field. 1 am
not in favor of raising money by means of all sorts
of unworthy schemes. But these banks can be used
in complete harmony with the spirit of the Gospel.
They afford the holders a splendid opportunity to
save for their Church. 1 believe that if our people
were given more opportunities to give, — if they
were told when to give and how to give,— they
would give more.”

A Missionary ANNIVERSARY. — ‘Twenty-five
years ago the general convention of the Missouri
Synod, then assembled in Fort Wayne, decided to
take over the work among the deaf, which Rev. A.
Reinke, of Chicago, had been carrying on privately
for several years. The Revs. Bentrup and Wangerin
were the first missionaries, and the latter is still in
the service of the Mission. God has signally blessed
and prospered this work among the deaf-mutes dur-
ing the past twenty-five years. At the present time
thirteen missionaries are ministering to the spiritual
needs of the deaf in eight organized congregations
and at a large number of preaching-stations. At no
less than 72 different. places do the missionaries of
the Deaf Mission preach-the Word of Life.

F. J. L.

SoME ONE was commending a man for his gen-
erous contributions to anissions. “That isn’t gen-
erosity,” he returned; “it’s business. ‘The mis-
sionary job belongs to the whole Church, and the
missionary is taking care of the biggest end of the
job — the going part. When a man goes out on the -
road to transact business for me, I don’t expect
a vote of thanks for paying his expenses.” — Sel.