The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1925, Page 12

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THE LUTHERAN PIONEER.

Sunday-school, to assist the city missionaries as
organists and singers, to fill pulpits in mission-
places and organized congregations, and to canvass
new parts of the city of St. Louis with the view of
establishing congregations. We are not informed
as to the membership of this Missionary Society,
but we take it for granted that not a single student
of Concordia Seminary is neglecting to take ad-
vantage of the privilege a membership in this so-
ciety would give him. — We are pleased to say that
the Students’ Missionary Society is greatly in-
terested in the welfare of our Colored Mission in
St. Louis. This is shown by the fact that a small
box has been placed in each room into which the
students are expected to place their contributions
to help raise funds to build a much-needed chapel
_ for the St. Louis Negro congregation.

Firry Yrars or Service. — The German pub-
lishing house of Johannes Herrmann, Zwickaw, Sax-
ony, looks back upon fifty years of faithful service
rendered the Lord of the Church. It is an irrefut-
able argument of the fact that it is possible even in
this age to prosper in the service of the Lord’s king-
dom. It has done most laudable missionary work
by putting on the market its clean, uplifting, and
positively Christian publications.

A Laupaste Exampre. — The Pastoral Con-
ference of Southern Indiana at its recent meeting
passed the resolution that a native student in India
be supported from the Indigent Students’ Fund of
the conference district, the cost to be approximately
$40 per year. —If we are to have indigenous In-
dian and Chinese Lutheran Churches, we shall have
to have a native ministry, first of all. And if we
want a native ministry, we shall have to do as this
conference did to get one. The same holds good
with regard to an indigenous Negro Lutheran
Church; we shall need more and more Negro
workers in the field to attain the goal of a self-
supporting, self-governing, and self-propagating
Negro Lutheran Church. By all means, help the
mission boards in their endeavors to train a native
ministry !

Forma. — Last month we made brief mention
of the fact that our young missionary at Mobile,
Ala., had also begun work in Pensacola, Fla. Since
then we have heard that while he had only four
attendants at his first service, which he was per-
mitted to hold in the sacristy of the church of our
white brethren, his second service already had ten
attendants. If the attendance should continue to
increase at this rate, our young brother will soon
have a fine audience at Pensacola!

Catirornia.— Our readers have heard of the
unselfish labors of Pastors Theiss and 'Troeger of
Los Angeles and Santa Monica, Cal., in behalf of
our colored people who moved to those cities from
New Orleans, where they had been members of our
Negro churches. Encouraged by the last conven-
tion of the Synodical Conference, the Board for
Negro Missions has decided to put a man in that
promising field. he Gospel is now being preached
by Lutheran pastors of the Synodical Conference
to Negroes in fifteen States!

ALExANpRIA, La. — Missionary Berger recently
confirmed ten persons at this new station, and he
is preparing six more to be received into the mem-
bership of his church. The school is still obliged
to send away applicants for admission because of
lack of room. The Sunday-school is well attended.
If only a new building could soon be placed at the
disposal of the missionary!

THE ALABAMA “Buack Brut.” — Our last num-
ber reported that three new places had been opened
by our workers in Alabama. Since then two more
appeals have reached Pastor Schmidt, one of which
comes from a white planter. Listen to what this
white man has to say about the work of our
Church: “I am writing to learn whether there is
any chance of getting a Lutheran church near here
for the Negroes. The preachers they have in the
churches around here are doing very little good,
and there are many persons that do not belong to
any church at all. I know you could do a lot of
good if you had a church here. The preachers in

' the Negro churches are not educated and are doing

all they can against the Lutheran Church. They
know that they will lose their members if a Church
comes here that has men that are able to teach the
true Word of God. I am willing to give the land
or buy some for you, so that the Negroes on my.
place can be taught the true Word of God. Please
look into this and let me hear from you as soon as
you can.” Isn’t that encouraging for our workers
and for us? God grant that our people will make
it possible for our Church to answer every appeal
of such a nature! ~ F. J. L.
ee

A Glimpse of Korean Customs.

In the study of any nation or people, however |
interesting we may find the history and geography
of the country, and however thrilling may be the
incidents connected with its national life, the cus-
toms of that nation really tell us more of its people