The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1922, Sheet 91

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Che Lutheran Pioneer.

A MISSIONARY MONTHLY.

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PUBLISHED BY THE EVANGELICAL LuTHEraN SyNopicaL CoNFERENCE oF NorTH AMERICA.

REV. F. J. LANKENAU, EDITOR.

Published monthly by Concordia Publishing House, St. Louls, Mo. Subscription price, 60 cts. per annum, payable strictly In advance.
Entered as second-class matter at the Post Office at St. Louls, Mo., under the Act of March 3, 1879.
Acceptance for mailing at special rate of postage provided for In section 1103, Act of October 3, 1917, authorized on July 5, 1918,

Vol. XLIV. ST. LOUIS, MO., NOVEMBER, 1922. No. 11.

OUR MONTHLY MISSIONARY MOTTO.

“‘The greatest foes of missions are prejudice and indifference, and ignorance. is
the mother of them both.’’

Arise and Shine! ministry and the spirit in which these duties should
(After the German of J. Sturm.) be performed. j -

—— Mount Zion is our, oldest Colored church in New

Zion, rise without delay, Orleans and was founded by Pastor Doescher almost

Rise and shine in this thy day,
For Jehovah’s brilliancy
Hath arisen over thee.

Deepest night lies heavily

On the lands surrounding thee,
But with God’s own glory bright
Thou shalt drive away that night.

Christ, our Sun, with heavenly art

Will illume the Gentile heart,

Turning darkness into day;

Zion, rise without delay! H. OsTertus.

Installation of a New Worker.

After a vacancy of several years, Mount Zion,
New Orleans, once more has its own pastor. We
are sorry that we could not bring our readers this
good news already last month, for the new pastor,
the Rev. Walter H. Beck, was installed at Mount
Zion on September 10. Pastor Beck is a graduate
of Wauwatosa Seminary, and Mount Zion will be Missionary Walter H. Beck.
his first charge. He was ordained and installed by
Pastor G. M. Kramer with the assistance of Dr. Nau, forty-five years ago in the old “Sailors’ Home.”
Professor Meibohm, and Pastors Wildgrube and Under Rev. Doescher’s successor, Pastor Bakke,
I. Kuss. Prof. Dr. Nau preached the sermon upon. Mount Zion moved to its present location, corner
the occasion, basing his discourse on Eph. 3,8. In Franklin and Thalia Sts., where the Mission Board
his sermon Dr. Nau emphasized the duties of the. bought a church-building that had been the house