The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1925, Page 138

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138 THE LUTHERAN PIONEER.

ypray!” This he did. Upon the pastor’s return at
7.30 P.m., one of the nurses attending informed
him that he had passed away at about 6.30, but
that they had not sent his body to the morgue im-
mediately as was customary. ““We just could not
do it; he was always so kind and so patient, and
we thought you might return this evening and take
the body in charge. You passed his body lying on
the cart in the corridor.” Yes; all was ended. The
pastor made the necessary arrangements for his
burial and asked the church council to attend to it.
All was in readiness for the burial the next day.

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How a Well and a Temple were Married.

A missionary in India tells this strange story:

In a certain city of India lived a prosperous
Hindu merchant and his wife. Their union had
not been blessed with children, and this greatly
troubled the couple; for in India it is regarded as
a great misfortune not to have children, a matter
of regret, shame, and distress. They consulted a
Hindu holy man in their trouble, and the fakir
(for that is what they call a holy man in India)
advised them to build a temple on a piece of waste

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The Bull, the Emblem of Shiva.

The pastor improved the opportunity by delivering
an address not in the usual manner, byt speaking
on the great theme, “Preach the Gospe] to every
creature,” “Go out into the highways and hedges
and compel them to come in.” Xp the power of
God, so he said in his appeal, go anq ;escue the
perishing.

Oh, that every one would grasp Svery OPPOF-

tunity to lead sinners to Christ! Oh, 454 every
one would cooperate with his pastox. tely; ing pim of
such as might be saved! If they woulg eck eral
in hand with him, many souls might } on for

the Church of Omt: unto the es of their
souls.

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land outside the walls of the city, dig a well near
the temple, and around it all plant a beautiful
garden. Near the place where the fakir advised
them to build the temple and construct the well
was the place where the Hindus came to burn or
cremate their dead, and the holy man told them
that if they followed his advice, their work would
have special merit, since it would be a benefit to
those who came there to burn their dead and per-
form the ceremonies connected with cremation.
Yes, the fakir felt certain that the performance
of this work would induce the gods to bless them
with offspring.

The merchant and his wife did as they were
advised. The temple was built, the well dug, and

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