The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1923, Page 46

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The Lutheran Pioneer.

What a cruel thing slavery was! Tow glad we
should be that the hideous curse has been removed
from the bounds of our dear country !

But there is a worse slavery than that of the

body, and there are still millions upon millions of .

freedmen who are the slaves of Satan and sin. Let

us do all we can in order that the liberty which

Christ has gained also for them be brought them
through the message of the Gospel! F. J.T.

Our Cut.

This is the picture of a Baptist Colored
“church” in Milwaukee, Wis. Missionary B. Stra-
sen, now of Nagercoil, India, was kind enough to
give us the photograph quite a while ago.

What interested us was not so much the build-
ing which serves for the place of worship, —it is

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an old; abandoned store, — but rather the announce-
ment, attached to the “church.”. Whoever was
guilty of doing the job of lettering this painted

announcement was unwilling to be bound by any

conventional rules of lettering; punctuation, and
abbreviation. While all the other letters in the an-
_ nouncement are capitals, the painter dotted his “I”
in every instance, as if he wanted it to be a small
letter. You“will also notice that he is very liberal
-- with his periods, putting one after every wofd. It
may be necessary to tell our readers that the abbre-
viation “PRE.” undoubtedly stands for “preaching,”
while “PRAY.” means “prayer.” “B. Y. P. U.”
are the initials of “Baptist Young People’s Union,”
a society of young people in the Baptist Church.
BF. J. 1.

ae A Secular Editor’s Opinion.

_ We haye upon various occasions called the atten-
_ tion of our readers to the illustrated lectures which
the Board for gcclored Missions, as well as the Board

for Foreign Missions, has put out to inform the
people and interest them in the work of bringing
the Gospel of Christ to our fellow-men. Just
recently there was sent to us from Palmyra, Mo.,
a copy of the Marion County, TTerald, bearing the
date of February 14, 1923, which brings positive
proof that these illustrated lectures are indeed an
excellent means of bringing missionary information
and arousing missionary interest. Occupying a
very conspicuous place on the first page of the
paper is a very full report of an illustrated lecture °
delivered in our church at Palmyra by Rev. C.F.
Drewes, the Director of Colored Missions. From
this report we print several excerpts: —

“Notwithstanding the very inclement weather
Sunday evening, Zion Lutheran Chureh in_ this
city was comfortably filled to hear an illustrated >
lecture delivered by Rey. C. F. Drewes, of St. Louis,
who has charge of the mission-work ‘of the Lu-
theran Church [Ty. Luth. Synodical Conference of
North America] among the Colored people of the
South.

“Nev. George Moeller, the pastor of the congre-

gation, ... very earnestly called attention to the duty
the Church owes to every one, regardless of creed,
color, or nationality. Rev. Moeller’s remarks were
received with marked attention. They showed that
he has given this subject, that of missions, a great
deal of study and attention. In introducing the
speaker of the'evening, reference was made to the
great work Rev. Drewes has accomplished during
his long career in connection with the Missionary
‘Board. . :
“At the beginning of the lecture, pictures were
shown of the principal crop of the South, which is
cotton. Various scenes were used in showing to
the audience:how cotton is cultivated and how the
stalk looks in various stages of development. A pic-
ture was also shown of lumber camps with oxen
and men busy removing huge logs to the mills.

“As the scenes were thrown on the canvas,
Rey. Drewes gave a full explanation, showing that he
was very familiar with that section of the country,
having visited it on many occasions.

“A map of several counties in the State of
Alabama. which included the activities of the Mis-
sion Board was then produced, and the speaker

' Pointed out the principal towns and places where

the missions are located.

“Tn order forcibly to bring to mind the very
great disadvantages the missionaries labor under,
views were shown of the poorly equipped buildings

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