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The Liutheran Pioneer.

support it rightly deserves when it resolved to estab-
lish a hospice in Pittsburgh, if feasible.
The Foreign Missions endeavor has been instru-

mental in arousing great interest in our mission-’

work. Twelve districts of the League now support
thirteen missionaries. The last district to pledge
itself to the support of an ambassador for Christ
in heathen lands is the Eastern District. When it
is considered that this resolution was adopted in
addition to the resolution pledging the establish-
ment of a hospice, both at the same convention, it
is indeed encouraging and is expressive of the
Christian optimism and faith that is guiding the
~ resolutions and accomplishments of our conventions.
The Pennsylvania District, with only 295 mem-
bers, again oversubscribed by several hundred dol-
Jars the amount pledged for the support of a for-
eign missionary. The Missouri District, which
offered to contribute $1,800, raised over two thou-
sand. Ina recent bulletin it was reported that the
Northern California and Nevada District had ex-
ceeded its pledged amount. All this is in harmony
with the convention: motto, which has been chosen
with a view to leading the Leaguers on to greater
heights of sacrifice and service: “Let us go on unto
perfection.” P.G.P.

“De Min’s of All Dese Yere White
People.”’

At a meeting held recently in Virginia an old
Colored preacher, in opening the service, prayed
thus: “OQ God of all races, will you please, Sir,
come in an’ take charge of de min’s of all dese yere
white people an’ fix dem so dat deyll know an’
understan’ dat all of us Colored folks is not lazy,
dirty, dishones’, an’ no “count, an’ help dem, Lord,
to see dat most of us is prayin’, workin’, an’ strivin’
to get some land, some houses, an’ some ed’cation
for ourselves an’ our chillun, an’ get true ‘ligion,
an’ dat most eve’y Negro in Northampton County
is doin’ his lebel bes’ to make frien’s an’ get along
wid de white folks. Help dese yere white folks,
O Lord, to understan’ dis thing. Lord, while you is
takin’ charge of de min’s of dese white people, don’
pass by de Colored folks, for dey is not perfec’ —
dey needs you as much as de white folks does. Open
de Negro’s blin’ eyes dat he may sce dat all of de
white folks is not mean an’ dishones’ an’ prejudice’
ag’inst de Colored folks, dat dere is hones’, hard-
workin’, jus’, an’ God-fearin’ white folks in dis yere
community who is tryin’ de bes’ dey know how, wid

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‘Orleans, 15.00; Bethlehem, New Orleans, 57.50;

de cir’umstances ag’inst dem, to be fair in dere
dealin’s wid de Colored folks, an’ help dem to be
*spectable men an’ women. Help us, Lord, black
an’ white, to understan’ cach other more eve’y day.”

The prayer of this old Colored man expresses,
in a crude, but effective fashion, the feeling and
desires of the best Negroes and the best white people
of the South. — The Southern Workman.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.

Received for Colored Missions from the following Col-
ored congregations: For March: Selma, $5.80; St. John’s,
Joffre, 6.10; Bethany, Nyland, 5.00; St. Peter’s, Pine Hill,
4.17; Birmingham, 1.20; St. James’s, Buena Vista, 2.24;
Our Redeemer, Longmile, 3.73; Zion, Taits Place, 5.07;
Bethlehem, Holy Ark, 8.95; St. Andrew’s, Vredenburgh,
9.33; Christ, Rosebud, 7.83; St. Paul's, Oak Hill, 5.70;
Grace, Ingomar, 1.76; Mount Calvary, Tilden, 7.56; Mount
Olive, Tinela, 4.67; Mount Carmel, Midway, 2.98; Our
Savior, Possum Bend, 5.72. For April: Mobile, Ala., 1.25;
St. Peter's, Pine Hill, 4.06; Bethany, Nyland, 5.15; Bir-
mingham, Ala., 2.77; Grace, Ingomar, 1.24; Mount Cal-
vary, Tilden, 10.04; St. Paul’s, Oak Hill, 4.94; Christ,
Rosebud, 12.00; Our Redeemer, Longmile, 2.99;  Beth-
Ichem, Holy Ark, 2.21; Mount Olive, Tincla 3; St.
James’s, Buena Vista, 5.55; St. Andrew’s, Vredenburgh,
5.54; Mount Carmel, Midway, 3.74; Our Savior, Possum
Bend, 4.78; Zion, Taits Place, 4.02; Selma, Ala., 1.31;
Alabama, .90, 11.00, and 2.95; Bethany, Yonkers, 50.00;
Bethel, Conover, 1.50; Concordia, Rockwell, 7.00; Grace,
Greensboro, 6.73; Grace, Ingomar, 1.00; Immanuel, Brook-
lyn, 3.00; Immanuel Lutheran College, Greensboro, 693.80;
Lecture tour, Rev. M. N. Carter, 36.65; Luther College,
New Orleans, 25.00; Mount Calvary, Kannapolis, 14.00;
Mount Calvary, Mount Pleasant, 7.00; Mount Olive, Ca-
tawba, 3.00; Mount Zion, New Orleans, 40.00; Mount
Zion, Rocks, 10.00; St. James’s, Southern Pines, 8.28; St.
John’s, Salisbury, 14:00; St. Luke's, Spartanburg, 15.00;
St. Mark’s, Atlanta, 7.00; St. Mark’s, Winston-Salem,
20.46; St. Matthew’s, Meherrin, 38.60; Mount Zion, Char-
lotte, 16.00; St. Paul’s, Charlotte, 32.00; St. Paul’s, Man-
sura, 12.50; St. Paul’s, Napoleonville, 23.00; St. Philip's,
Philadelphia, 5.00; Zion, Gold Hill, 7.00; Concordia, New
St. Pe-
ter’s, Drys Schoolhouse, 15.00; Grace, Concord, 40.00.—
Total, $1,403.17.

., St. Louis, Mo., June 1, 1923.
H. A. Dirrman, Asst. J'reas.,
5329 Cote Brilliante Ave.
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