The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1924, Page 59

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The Lutheran Pioneer.

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Word of God —as is done daily by the Modernists
when they proclaim an un-Biblical “jambalaya” and
divergent opinions, —and we are lost. ‘The Bible
is the only guide-post that points the way to
eternal life.

The writer takes opportunity here again to
thank the Rev. Kramer, Bethlehem Congregation,
and, especially, the dear ladies — that “Noon Com-
mittee” — who so cheerfully and abundantly sup-
plied us with a lot of things and proved themselves
most delightful hosts and hostesses.

Conference closed with a brief address by Pro-
fessor Meibohm.

We are still, dear reader, standing on two feet,
and striking straight out in the Lord’s cause. No
stagnation, no blocking! — We are going right on
“in fellowship and in prayer,” — happy in the so-
ciety of those who know that all our success is His
blessing.

To His glory be the end and aim of all our
activities ! W. B. SEEBERRY, JR.

In Memory of the Late Teacher
D. Meibohm.

We are sorry to be obliged to come with this
tardy obituary of our beloved and honored friend’s
death, but the first intimation we had that our dear
old brother was no longer among the living came
to us through.the brief item which Director Drewes
was kind enough to insert in the July number of
the PIONEER.

he writer’s acquaintance with Teacher Mei-
bohm goes back to November, 1893, when the de-
parted came to New Orleans to take charge of the
primary department of Mount Zion School. ‘Teacher
Meibohm’s family not being with him during his
first year at New Orleans, thus depriving him of
the accustomed family life, the deceased gladly took
advantage of our invitation to come to our house
as often as he felt inclined to do so. And these
welcome visits our friend continued as long as we
lived in New Orleans. As we look back at the time
of this writing, we can truthfully say that we felt
lost if for some reason Mr. Meibohm did not pay
his accustomed weekly visit. And when we sixteen
years ago removed to the North, it was these regular
visits of our dear old friend that we missed almost
more than any other thing that we had learned to
love in New Orleans. These visits were most in-
structive and inspiring. Mr. Meibohm was a great

reader and a deep thinker, and upon occasion of
these visits the topics of conversation took a very
wide range, though we can truthfully say that mat-
ters of Christian doctrine and practise were always
the main subjects that occupied our attention, and
that in these conversations Mr. Meibohm gave far
more than he received, so that the profit was prac-
tically all on the part of the writer.

It was always a strong bond of sympathy be-
tween Mr. Meibohm and the writer that both of
them had started out as teachers at the youthful
age of only sixteen years, and we often shook our
heads in sorrow when we thought of the blunders
which we had made because of our inexperience and
lack of preparation.

‘The writer feels that never was another pastor
favored with two such teachers as he had in
Teachers Vix and Meibohm. In every perplexity
he knew that he could go to them for counsel and
advice, and when disheartening experiences brought
his youthful courage to a low ebb, these veterans of
the Lord were ever ready to cheer him up. If there
were disagreeable cases of discipline in the congre-
gation, they were always ready to help; and if
differences occurred among the members, they never
refused to assist in bringing about peace.

Mr. Meibohm was born December 23, 1845, in
Oldenburg, Germany. He came to America in
1865. After graduating from the Normal School
at Addison, Ill., in June, 1866, he took charge of
the school at Chester, Ill., for several years. From
Chester he went to St: Charles, Mo., where he was
active in school till September, 1873. Seventeen
years he taught one of the’ classes of the Bethlehem
School in St. Louis, and two years he was in charge
of a school in ‘Terre Haute, Ind. From November,
1893, till the spring of 1923, almost for thirty
years, he taught the primary children of Mount
Zion Colored School at New Orleans.

On Sunday morning, June 15, the Lord called
his weary servant home into his eternal rest. The
funeral services were held on Wednesday, June 18.
He attained the age of 78 years, 5 months, and
23 days, and spent almost sixty years in teaching
God’s little ones in Christian day-schools in this
country and Germany. May God comfort the aged
widow and the children of the departed with His
abiding comfort ! F.J.L.

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Let the home Church be filled with the Spirit
of Christ, and the Church in the foreign field will
soon know it.