The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1925, Page 141

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THE LUTHERAN PIONEER. 141

delight to the heart of every lover of missions.
Those who are responsible for this well-written and
handsomely illustrated 16-page pamphlet have taken
for granted that missions are the greatest living
issue before the Church and that facts are the fuel
with which missionary fervor is fired and fed. This
pamphlet must convince every sincere reader that
there is nothing greater in the life of a Christian
than missions, that it is the great proposition before
the Church, and it suggests definite and practical
' missionary activities to every one of its readers.
We unhesitatingly make the assertion that this
booklet will prove an intellectual and spiritual
stimulus to every one that studies it by furnishing
him an intellectual outlook and a spiritual uplook.
Pastors of the Missouri Synod should not: fail to
order a sufficient number of fake Disciples to en-
able them to put a copy into each family. This
pamphlet also appeared in a German version. The
booklets are to be had for the asking.

Important Gatherings. — The General Confer-
ence of our Colored Missions, which meets trien-
nially, convened at Concord, N. C., August 12—15.
The Board for Colored Missions was represented by
Director Drewes and Rev. Im. Albrecht. We hope
to give our readers a full report of the proceedings
next month. — The Alabama Luther Conference
convened at. Kings Landing, August 27—30. The
program contained many good things and, we are
sure, proved instructive and edifying to workers
and delegates. In connection with the conference
the annual Alabama Sunday-school Convention was
also held.

Dedication. — The new buildings of Alabama
Luther College are rapidly nearing completion.
The intention is to dedicate them on the twentieth
of this month. Director Drewes is to deliver the
dedicatory address.

Montgomery, Ala. — Missionary Weeke has suc-
ceeded in arranging for regular services at the Col-
ored State Normal School. In June he held a
service in the chapel of the school; it was attended
by over a hundred students. During the summer
ten of our Lutheran teachers attended this school.
We rejoice that in future Pastor Weeke will have
regular services at this institution, and we doubt
not that the witness he will have an opportunity to
bear for Christ will be richly blessed.

New Chapels. — New chapels are being erected
at Ingomar and Pine Hill, Ala., but several greatly
needed buildings cannot yet be erected because the
funds have not come in. The children of the Wis-

consin Synod have made a fine showing, going more
than a thousand dollars “over the top.” The same
can be said of the children of the California and
Nevada and the Northern Nebraska Districts of
the Missouri Synod. We hope that when the final
balance is made, not a District will have failed to
reach its quota.

Buffalo, N. Y.— An attempt is now being made
to begin mission-work among the approximately
12,000 colored people resident in Buffalo.
His providence has moved the heart of a young
colored man, to whom our missionaries brought the
Gospel while he was confined in a hospital, to volun-
teer for work among those of his race dwelling in
our city. The missionary zeal and generosity of
our Buffalo Christians has made it possible to en-
gage him for a canvass of the colored population.
After preliminary surveys had been made, he began
work in a section in which approximately 200 col-
ored families live, but which is several miles distant
from the nearest colored church. He reported that
65 families were interested in the establishment of

a mission in this section and had promised to sup-

port our efforts, to send their children to our
Sunday-school, and to attend Bible classes and ser-
vices. The aid of Synod’s Board for Colored Mis-
sions is now being sought, that the work in this
section may be undertaken by a missionary sent by
the Board. We hope and pray that it will be pos-
sible for the Board to send a worker to Buffalo to
labor in this most promising field. May all who
love the Lord’s kingdom join us in our prayers that
the Gospel may be brought also to our colored citi-
zens of Buffalo!

Indian Missions in South America. — There are
only seyen small evangelical missionary societies
working among the eleven million Indians of South
America, most of whom are practically pagans. The
most uncared-for sections of the “Neglected Con-
tinent” are found in Bolivia, Peru, Colombia, and
Ecuador. The climate and geographical conditions
make the work among these tribes very difficult.
On the other hand, it is claimed by those who know
conditions to a certain extent that the work among
them meets with greater success than that among
the Indians of North America. To bear out the
truth of this view, a missionary reports this expe-
rience which she had with a native Indian woman,
to whom she had told the story of Christ. As the
missionary worker was about to leave after having
told her message, the native woman urged her to
come again soon, saying, “If I didn’t want to hear

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