The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1925, Page 134

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THE LUTHERAN PIONEER.

wholesome reading-matter for schoolchildren and
young people. We intend starting a library in con-
nection with our work, because our observation and
experience teaches us that our colored Christians,
both old and young, are eager readers. Supplying
them with the proper reading-material will surely
have beneficent results.

Since: the dedication of our new chapel last
December, our work is progressing under divine

‘and six children.

quarter the average attendance was eighteen adults
Our Sunday-school attendance
also averaged less than the previous quarter. Out
of an enrolment of forty-eight only twenty attended.
This is not surprising to one who knows prevailing
conditions in the average homes. We confidently
believe that, if by the grace of God we can open
our Christian day-school in fall, our Sunday-school
attendance will also improve.

Adult Confirmation Class and Three Other Members of. Our Cincinnati Mission.

Left to right, standing: Mrs. Walter Brown, Dr. Robert Beverly, Thomas Livingston, Elisa Johnston,
Walter Brown, William Miller, Mrs. Thomas Livingston.
Seated: Mrs. Robert Beverly, Mrs. Dorothy Lane, Rey. G. H. Kase, Mrs. Martha Smith, Mrs. Paralee Thompson.

iblessings. Not that we can boast of large numbers,
‘but the seed of God’s pure Word has taken root in
a number of consecrated adults, who since the 14th
‘day of June are communicant members of our
Synod. On that day we confirmed our first class,
-after two years of catechetical training for most of
them; several came into the class later. On Easter
Sunday morning we had the pleasure of baptizing
‘our first colored babies, twins, two months old.
Since then we have baptized one adult and two ad-
-ditional children. The attendance at service during
‘the hot months is not so good. During the last

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Our expectations for another adult Catechism
class — the instruction is to begin September 10 —
are splendid. Many who have attended some of the
meetings of the above-mentioned confirmation class
have expressed their intention to join the next class.
Much of this enthusiasm is also a result of the work
of class-members among their friends and asso-
ciates. “We cannot but speak the things which we
have seen and heard,” is the God-born characteristic
of most of them. Their churchgoing and their gen-
eral interest in our work is 100 per cent. This is
also proved by their contributions. We now have

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