The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1925, Page 105

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THE LUTHERAN PIONEER.

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lege auditorium. ‘These exercises were unusually
interesting; for in addition to having high school
graduates we had also two graduates from the theo-
logical department. ‘The exercises opened with a
hymn by the audience; then followed an invoca-
tion by the Rev. J. E. Shufelt, a missionary in our
North Carolina mission-field and formerly profes-
sor at Immanuel Lutheran College. The student-
body then rendered a beautiful anthem, which filled
the chapel with sweet sounds. Following this, Miss
Helena Lynn delivered an oration on the motto of
this year’s class, “We Finish Not to End, But to
Begin.” ‘Then followed a Latin recitation by Miss
Mary Holley. After the Silvertone quartet, a very
able organization, had sung a beautiful song, Mr.
Gustavus Roberts, a theological graduate, gave a
very inspiring address on the text, “What think ye
of Christ; whose Son is He?” Mr. J. Wilbur
‘Twitty, of the high school department, then de-
livered a very able valedictory.

The speaker of the day was our efficient mis-
sionary, the Rey. G. A. Schmidt of Alabama. In a
very eloquent way he pointed out to the graduating
class that the most important work for every Chris-
tian as he goes out into the world is to win souls
for Christ. He illustrated his point by some very
interesting examples from his own experience. His
address was based on Is. 60,1: “Arise, shine; for
thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is
risen upon thee.”

After the address of the Rev. G. A. Schmidt,
Mr. J. W. Twitty, speaking for the student-body,
presented our outgoing president, Prof. J. P. Smith,
with a beautiful silver set as a token of. appreciation
from the student-body for the many kindnesses
shown them while he was president. Professor
Smith thanked them in a few well-chosen words.
The Benediction followed.

Another successful school-year has gone by.

F. C. LANKENAU.

‘All Glory Be to God on High.”’

Pentecost Sunday was a day of great joy for
our little Trinity Congregation at New Orleans.
God again permitted this congregation to see that
the Holy Ghost was promised to the colored people
also, as the Apostle Peter in his Pentecostal sermon
clearly stated, saying: “The promise is unto you
and to your children and to all that are afar off,
even as many as the Lord, our God, shall call,?? and
as God has most unmistakably shown by the con-
“version of the eunuch. Acts 8, 26—39.

By the grace of God fourteen souls were added
to ‘Trinity Congregation on Pentecost Sunday.
Eight adults and four children were confirmed,
four of those confirmed were also baptized, and two
children, five and ten years old, respectively, after
making a public confession of their faith before the
congregation, were received into membership of the
congregation by Holy Baptism. These two children
had been instructed before they were baptized.
They are the children of Mr. Lee, a mail-carrier.
Among the eight adults were Mr. Lee and his wife
and Mr. Lee’s two eldest sons, Nelson and Law-
rence. Mr. Lee and his whole family became mem-
bers of our Lutheran Church. It all happened so
wonderfully that one cannot but speak of it.

A little more than two years ago Mr. Lee’s eldest
sons attended our school and also took confirmation
instruction, but we were unable to confirm them as
they did not want to become members of our
Church. The boys were visited nevertheless, and
the visitor became acquainted with Mr. Lee and his
family. Mr. Lee was baptized, but he was no
church-member. His wife and four children were
not baptized, nor were they connected with any
church. When the first visit was made, Mr. Lee
was invited to the services at our Trinity Church.
He came a few times, but then he was not seen for
a very long time. He was visited again. This time
a discussion arose on.some of the principal teach-
ings of God’s Word. He was invited once more,
and he also came, but again he did not remain
with us.

About a year and a half rolled by since the first
visit, when he began to come to our services regu-
larly and soon asked to be prepared for confirma-
tion. He desired to become a member of Trinity
Church, for he had learned to love this church.
Since then Mr. Lee has missed only one service.
This was on Good Friday morning. He had to
carry mail on that day. From the time Mr. Lee
began to come to the services regularly, he became
more and more interested in the Lutheran Church
and attached to it. He soon brought his wife and
children with him when he came. Soon also Mrs.
Lee expressed the wish to be instructed; then came
the two eldest sons, and one day when the adult
class was being taught concerning Holy Baptism,
Mr. and Mrs. Lee immediately saw that it was their
duty to have their two youngest children prepared
for baptism.

Now the whole family belongs to us, and we are
very proud to have them with us. And we are
equally proud-to have in our Trinity Church Mr.