The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1923, Page 78

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The Lutheran Pioneer.

admonition, such as are drifting, or have fallen,
away from the truth; :

*2. By supporting all projects connected with
missionary aims in our respective congregations and
in our immediate neighborhood in a financial way,
by bearing the expense of letters, cards of invita-
tion, and other publicity printing connected with
reunion services and all other similar endeavors ;
that we, furthermore,

“3. Organize our efforts as individuals and as
societies in bringing strangers under the sound and
pure Gospel by means of personal visits (canvas-
sing) in the interest of church and school, distribu-
tion of tracts, dodgers, letters of invitation, service
programs, and all the necessary follow-up work in
the interest of a healthy missionary publicity and
activity.” .

«(It is understood as a matter of course that
this effort is not to be undertaken except with the
approval of the Young People’s Board, nor without
the consent of each congregation involved and under
the leadership of its pastor. — It is also understood
that the office of the Educational Secretary will
give all information concerning this move to all
societies in need of such assistance, with the express
understanding that every society participating bear
the nominal expenses of its own effort, the office
furnishing all material for properly conducting the
entire undertaking at cost.)”

It was just after the close of the fifth session,
in which this resolution had been adopted, that the
writer arrived at the convention hall. He is not
ashamed to say that tears of joy came to his eyes
when he heard of it soon after his arrival. He
cannot but believe that the adoption of this resolu-
tion by our young people will mean, by God’s grace
and help, a wonderful expansion of our missionary
work in the future. This resolution shows that our
- young people appréciate the preciousness of man’s
soul and expresses their desire to do all they can,
to bring men to Christ, the Savior, by personal
effort. And this personal effort put forth by the
Leaguers will result in an increasing interest in the
general cause of missions. God bless all Walther
Leaguers and grant them the courage and strength

and patience to carry out their momentous reso-
lution! 2 Wed le

Kamae in ee eee

A pistincuisHED American visitor to. Siam, in-
quiring about the government schools, was told by
the viceroy that the only schools worth seeing were
those conducted by the missionaries.

Items of Missionary Interest.

Aw Orrician Visrr. — Pastor Albrecht, Pres-
ident of the Minnesota District of the Wisconsin
Synod and a member of the Colored Mission Board,
spent a few weeks in Louisiana and Alabama for
the purpose of taking an insight into the work of
our Colored Missions. From reports that have come
to us, we judge that he has been well pleased with
the work that our workers are doing and only de-
plores that more cannot be done because of the lack
of men and money. We understand, however, that
he was not well pleased with the Alabama roads and
was much surprised to see that our missionaries
succeeded in “navigating” them with their Fords.

Our Church at Pine Hill, Ala.
President Albrecht nearest to the door.

ALABAMA. — Pastor Carlson was recently in-
stalled by Superintendent G. A. Schmidt at Buena
Vista, Vredenburgh, and ‘Tinela. These three
charges are all in Monroe County. — Florence
Kruse, Paullina, Iowa, collected $60 for a new
sewing-machine, to be used at the Training-school
in Selma. — Pastor Peay and wife have been made
happy by the arrival of a little boy. — Our hearty
sympathies go out to Pastor Berger, whose mother
recently died at Mansura, La.

Sr. Louris. — Our mission in St. Louis this
month celebrates its twentieth anniversary. On the
fourteenth’ of this month it will be twenty years
that work was begun there.

Necro Missions AND THE WISCONSIN SYNOD.
At its recent convention the Joint Synod of Wis-
consin and Other States voted $35,000, to be used
for our Negro Missions during the next two years.
The Wisconsin Synod has two representatives on
the Board for Negro Missions, as this missionary,
enterprise is a common mission of the Synodical
Conference.