The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1925, Page 158

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158 . THE LUTHERAN PIONEER.

Greensboro, N. C. — September 9 was a very
important day in the history of Immanuel Lu-
theran College. The opening service took place in
the morning. Dr. H. Nau, the new president, and
Prof. W. H. Beck were inducted into office by

- Superintendent J. P. Smith, who stressed the work

that was to be done and the far-reaching effect of
this work. Superintendent Smith also read a tel-
egram of congratulations from the Mission Board,
signed by Prof. Theo. Graebner., This message not
only wished the new teachers God’s blessing, but
contained the joyful news that it had been resolved
to erect a dormitory this year at a cost of about
$50,000. ‘The assembly rose and sang that grand
doxology “Praise God from whom All Blessings
Flow,” after which Dr. Nau made a brief address,
expressing his feeling of the need of divine gui-
dance and asking for the cooperation of his col-
leagues and of the students.

Atlanta, Ga. — The members of St. Mark’s, At-
lanta, are rejoicing over the fact that the Mission
Board has purchased a favorably located building
site on which a new chapel is to be erected. It is
expected that the actual work on the new chapel
will begin in the near future. The members of
St. Mark’s have pledged themselves to make a con-
siderable contribution to the building fund and are
living up to their pledges. The pastor of St. Mark’s,
Rev. J. Alston, asks the Pionrer to express the
hearty thanks of the congregation to the children
of the Central District of the Missouri Synod for
having made it possible, by their liberal gifts, to
erect this chapel. In passing, it may be well, how-
ever, for the editor of the Pronrrr to state that
there are still some children in the Central District
who have not contributed to this worthy cause and
that for this reason the amount necessary to com-
plete the chapel is not yet on hand.

A New Missionary Enterprise. — The Lutheran
University Association has decided to purchase
Valparaiso University and make of it a Lutheran
university. Funds are now being gathered to pur-
chase the plant, complete the equipment, and estab--
lish an adequate endowment fund. This institution
of learning will prove a great ETE agency
for the Church.

New Mission Enterprises. — At its last conven-

tion the Texas District of the Missouri Synod

decided to put another missionary into the Mexican
field and to begin work among the native Mexicans
in Texas. It was also resolved to begin a mission

among the Bohemians of Texas.

A Church with Mission Spirit.— The congrega-
tion of Pastor F.C. Streufert in Chicago has re-
cently organized its fourth mission. Besides a
German-English mission, this congregation has
called into being a Slovak mission, a Lithuanian
mission, and an Italian mission.

What You Can Do.—'I'hough you cannot go
in person and preach the Gospel to the natives of
India or China or to those who are yet sitting in
darkness in our own country, you can assist in the
preaching and assure greater success to those who
are laboring in the mission-field by praying for
these workers and those among whom they are
working. The more fervent your prayer, the
greater will be the success of our missionaries.
Our missionaries often have not the success they
ought to have because we are not assisting them
as we should with our prayers and intercessions.

Formosa. — The native Christians of Japan are
carrying on the work of evangelizing Formosa
without any outside help. Since expenses are very
high on the island and the laborers in Formosa
must be given higher salaries:than are paid the
native workers of Japan, we may readily appreciate
the task that the Japanese native Church has
shouldered.

Importance of News from the Field. — In a re-
cent address a member of the American Board,
a man of long and wide experience in mission
matters, placed much emphasis upon the importance
of fresh news from the mission-fields. ° If the people
are to be interested, if their hearts are to be won.
and their pocketbooks reached, they must be made
acquainted with current conditions, present prob-
lems, new needs, and the latest triumphs on the
various fields. What a pity it is that our mission-
workers in the home and foreign fields do not
realize better than they seem to do the great im-
portance of this fact and furnish our columns with
such up-to-date news!

Caste Bonds Breaking. — Thousands of out-
castes in South India are forming processions and
marching through streets which ordinarily are
closed to them, drinking at public wells and enter-
ing temples which they were always barred from
entering. It is said that no less than a hundred
million people are thus rising to a gradual sense
of personal and social worth. ‘

A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing. — The following
story comes from Benares, the *“holy city? of
Northern India: An educated Hindu one day came
to a ‘missionary and professed to be a Christian.