The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1921, Page 94

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208 baptisms have taken place in the last biennium.
Of this number Rev. Guenther himself baptized
45 adults in one class. ‘They were pupils in his
Sunday-school class in the Government boarding-
school in ‘Whiteriver.

Work is now being done at nine stations, to
which a tenth is soon to be added. The mission
personnel at present consists of nine ordained men
and one ‘native evangelist. ‘To this number there
will soon be added an ordained assistant for the
Superintendent and a woman assistant for the East
Fork station. At nearly all the stations there is
a trained interpreter, who is not steadily employed,
but who translates the Sunday sermon into Apache
and who accompanies the missionary on his trips to
the Indian tepees whenever necessary.

The three day-schools, the curriculum in which

Parsonage, Church, and School of Indian Mission,
Globe, Ariz.

corresponds to that of the Lutheran parochial
schools in the East, are attended by over 100 In-
dian children between the ages of 6 and 18 years.
.A boarding-school is seriously being contemplated
and will no doubt materialize in a few years.

The total Indian population of the two exten-
sive reservations on which our brethren are working
is five thousand. Of these, about 400 are com-
municant members of the Lutheran Church. The
mission has not yet reached the stage of organized
congregations, but there are hopeful signs in that
direction.

A new roomy parsonage and a beautiful white
stone chapel with a seating capacity of 200 are
nearing their completion at Rice. The combined
cost of these two buildings will be almost $15,000.
Another chapel, which will cost $10,000 and which
will seat 300, has just been begun at Whiteriver.
At Rice and Whiteriver the Government has large
boarding-schools for the Apache youth. At Bylas,

a station which is about one year old, a chapel
costing $4,000 and seating about 200 will be built
this year.

The budget which the Wisconsin Synod appro-
priated unanimously for its Indian Mission for the
next two years totals $64,000.

The Franciscan Fathers have started a counter-
mission among the Apaches. They have one priest
and a beautiful chapel at Rice. But although he
has been working there for nearly three years, his
success has not been very flattering.

Please remember your Apache brethren in your
prayers. H. C. N.

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Dedication of a New Bell at St. Mat-
thew’s, Meherrrin, Va.

Our old bell that had been donated to our church
years ago, having cracked and become useless, our
members took it down and went to work to collect
for a new one. ‘This task was completed in Septem-
ber, and a new bell was ordered at once. The price
is $79.90, plus $10.62 freight, the bell weighing
950 pounds. St. Matthew’s Ladies’ Aid contributed
$31.12, and the male members volunteered to do the
work of hauling and hoisting. On October 25 the
work was done, and on Sunday, October 30, Refor-
mation Festival, the bell was dedicated to the service
of God. It is to call us and our children to come
and hear God’s holy Word for the salvation of our
souls. — What is noteworthy about this is that God
gave us grace to accomplish this without any out-
side help. May He graciously bless the ringing of
this bell and continue to prosper our congregation
for the glory of His holy name! LL. G. Dorrat.

A Successful Mission-Festival and
Harvest-Home Celebration.

A communication from Miss Rosa J. Young in-
forms us that Christ Church, Rosebud, Ala., cel-
ebrated a most successful harvest home festival and
had a glorious missionary meeting on Sunday, Octo-
ber 16. The chapel had been appropriately deco-
rated with the fruits of the field for the occasion.
Pastor Peay preached the harvest home sermon in
the morning before a large gathering of people, and
after the sermon a considerable number of members
partook of Holy Communion. The collection in the
morning amounted to $30, the children raising