The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1922, Page 51

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services were conducted by Rev. Kuechle. One’s
heart swells to hear these people, formerly poor be-
nighted heathen, giving glory to Him who has not
only redeemed them with His precious blood, but
has also brought them personally to the Way, the
Truth, and the Light.

Rey. Hamann preached the main sermon, basing
his words on Rom. 1, 13—20. The central thought
and theme of his sermon was the contents of
verse 14, where St. Paul says of himself: “I am
a debtor both to the Greeks and to the barbarians,
both to the wise and to the unwise.” Rev. Hamann
then pointed out that every Christian is a debtor.
After faith in Christ has been kindled in his
heart, he is to bring these glad tidings of salvation
through Christ to such as are still without Christ
and therefore without hope. For this purpose we
have come to India, for this purpose we also go to
other heathen countries. He then admonished the
people to bring the Gospel to their own villages, to
those in their own homes who were as ‘yet unbe-
lievers. ‘They must lead such a life as to be con-
tinually witnessing for Christ, their Savior; letting
their light shine so that others may come to the
only true Light. Even though they could not do
much financially because of their deep poverty, yet
the obligation of spreading the Gospel by word and
deed, by confessing and witnessing, will rest upon
them to their last hour.

Thus, kind reader, the work of your mission in
India is again brought to your notice. “May you
remember these people in all your future prayers!
Implore God to grant them His Holy Spirit that
their faith may wax stronger and stronger, and that
their confession in word and deed may become more
and more pronounced, so that God’s name will be
hallowed and His kingdom come here on the sunny
plains of Southern India. G. C. C. ScHroEprEr.

The Wants of Luther College,
New Orleans.

We have heard of the needs of Immanuel Col-
lege upon various occasions and have been convinced
that they are great indeed; but of the wants of our
other higher institution, Luther College in New
Orleans, we have heard very little.. However, ‘it,
too, has its wants, its great wants, and it is only
proper that they should be heard.

For one thing, the building is‘in dire need of
paint. It is years.since the exterior was painted,

and the interior has probably not been painted since
the college was built, more than fifteen years ago.
The walls are also in great need of a thorough over-
hauling; in fact, the best would be to take off the
old plaster altogether. The hurricane in 1915, you
know, unroofed a part of the building and permitted
the entrance of torrents of water, which thoroughly
drenched the walls of the building and loosened the
plaster.

The college building is also in need of a new
heating apparatus. The stoves are in a sad state
of dilapidation, having been repaired again and
again. ‘he most practical thing, probably, would
be to install a small hot-air furnace with a gas or
an oil burner.

While Luther College may need no dormitories,
since most of its students are either from town or
can stay with their relatives in town, still there is
a crying need for more room. The upper grades of
St. Paul’s School are still using one of the two first-
floor rooms, and one of the two second-floor rooms
serves four of the out-of-town students as study and
dormitory. This leaves only two rooms to serve as
classrooms and for all other purposes, such as music-
room, laboratory, sewing-room, library, assembly-
room, ete., ete.

The time, no doubt, has come when the college
should no longer be expected to furnish the class-
room for the upper grades of St. Paul’s School.
But even if this were no longer done, the situation
would nevertheless not be fully relieved.

Director Meibohm writes that it might be pos-
sible to purchase a property immediately adjoining
the present college property, and that. the acquisi-
tion of this house would give Luther College another
large building, which could be made to serve in
several ways. The purchase of this property would
also bring Luther College into direct communica-
tion with a prominent thoroughfare, a thing that
would probably be very desirable.

We are sorry that our space does not permit us
to enter into a discussion of the many needs of
Luther College as fully as we should like. But so
much is certain, if Luther ‘College is to fulfil its
purpose and to be of service in fitting out future
workers in the Colored Mission field, it will be
necessary to do something to equip the institution
better than heretofore. A students’ library is a cry-
ing need; an adequate supply of apparatus to teach
science is a necessity; a special music-room, in
which possibly the sewing-machines might also find
a’place, is essential; and an assembly-room, where