The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1922, Page 70

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The Lutheran Pioneer.

pends on us, whether he will go on in ignorance,
superstition, and vice, or whether he will be called
out of darkness and the shadow of death into the
marvelous light of the Gospel, by learning to believe
that the “fairest among the children of men, the
Chief among ten thousand, and the One altogether
lovely” has shed as many drops of His divine,
precious blood for the lowest of these unbleached
Americans, as for the greatest white saint in Chris-
tendom.

We are occupying lands that formerly belonged
to these original Yankees. Is it asking too much if,
in return, we teach them that through the grace of
God. in Christ they can reach “the land of pure de-
light, where saints immortal reign,”
where no one can displace them from
the mansions which Jesus has pre-
pared for them, as they have been
displaced, cheated, and dispossessed
from the lands of their fathers in
this free country?

Dear reader, are you letting your
light shine towards the Indians?
Are you one of the good Samaritans
who are trying to bring the wounded
souls of these American aborigines
into the saving inn of the Church?
one who daily goes to the Throne
of Mercy, appealing to the ever-
adorable Redeemer to make these
’ strangers and foreigners from His
covenants to become fellow-citizens
with the saints and heirs of God?

Do you make for yourself friends
with the mammon of unrighteous-
ness that missionaries can be sent to these step-
children of nature to lead them to the “Desire of
the Nations,” who bought them ‘also with a price?

Northwestern Lutheran. .

Items of Missionary Interest.

ALABAMA Missionary Statistics. — While the
collections on our Alabama mission-field amounted
to $1,160.27 during the first six months of 1921,
the collections for’ the first half-year of 1922 were
$1,638.66. When we consider the fact that this has
been the “sorriest” year financially that the Black
Belt has experienced for a long time, we must say
that this increase is remarkable. — We now have
934 baptized and 502 communicant members in this

Upper row, left to right:
Lillegard, Rey. BE, L. Arndt.

Lower row, left to right:
son, Rey. H. Gibring, Vice-President I’. Brand, Mrs. Riedel and son, Mrs. and
Rey. H. Bentrup and son, Rey. A. Gebhardt; below:

field. The number of accessions from January to
June this year was 224, 120 by confirmation and
102 by Baptism. The six pastors in this field
preached 405 sermons in the six months, and the
various laborers made 3,071 visits during the period.

An ORDINATION. — On Sunday, August 6,
Superintendent Geo. A. Schmidt of the Alabama
field ordained and installed Rev. Eugene B. Cozart,
at Selma, Ala. Rev. Cozart graduated from Im-
manuel College, Greensboro, N.C., in May. May
God be with the young laborer and bless him
abundantly !

OTHER ORDINATIONS. — On August 27 Candi-
date G@. Kroenk, a graduate of Concordia Seminary,

Conference of Mission Workers at Kuling,
July 11 to August 7, 1921.
Mrs. and Rev. L. Meyer, Mrs. and Rey. Geo. O.

Rey. E. Riedel, Rey. and Mrs. Schwartzkopf and

Dorothea and Paul Riedel.

Springfield, Ill., was ordained by Missionary Claus
in St. Louis. Superintendent of Missions Pastor
C. F. Drewes preached the sermon on this occasion.
— Candidate Walter Beck was ordained at New Or-
leans, as well as installed, on September 10. Rev.
Beck is a graduate of Wauwatosa Seminary. May
God, who has so graciously given our Colored Mis-
sion these laborers, bless them with His continual
presence and help! —

Growrm!— The Director of Colored Missions,
Rev. C. F. Drewes, writes: “According to the re-
ports which have lately come in, our Mission now
numbers 3,720 baptized members, which is a net
gain of 267 since January 1, 1922, and of 1,382
since January 1, 1917. God be praised!” é

New Carers. — At last Tinela, Ala., is to have
a chapel! And Longmile, a new station in the same

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