The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1925, Page 190

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THE LUTHERAN PIONEER.

Gary, Ind. — Pastor August Rump, of Gary,
Ind., recently wrote that conditions in Gary looked
very favorable also for the inauguration of colored
work in that great industrial center.

Spartanburg, S. C. — All available space in our
Spartanburg school is taken. The pastor and two
teachers are busy taking care of 166 pupils. An-
other teacher and more room are needed here.

Collections in the Southeastern Field. — During
_the first nine months of this.year the total income
from the southeastern part of our Colored Mission
field totaled $9,148.03.

Rockwell, N.C.— The people of Rockwell are
happy, for they have made the final payment on
their loan from the Mission Board, which they. had
obtained when they added another room to their
church to serve as a school. The missionary and
his members did the work, while the Board ad-
vanced them the money for the material. Now this,
too, has been paid.

Winston-Salem, N. C. — Rev. Jesse Hunt re-
cently had his. tonsils removed. Pastor Hunt has
had trouble with his throat for years, and it is hoped
that this operation will end these troubles for good.

Charlotte, N. C. — Our Charlotte congregation
lost a very aged member in the death of Lyncie
Lyles, who died at the advanced age of 111 years,
6 months, and 7 days.

Greensboro, N. C. — The Board for Colored Mis-
sions is enlisting the cooperation of our Walther
Leaguers in their efforts to provide Immanuel Lu-
theran College with dormitory facilities, which have
been a crying need at that institution for years. We
are taking the liberty of publishing in this issue the
eloquent plea of the Board. Read it!

Wheat Ridge Christmas Seals.

As in former years, Wheat
Ridge Christmas Seals are again
being sold to raise funds for the

- fight against the dread White
Plague which annually carries
away many thousands of young
people in our country. The
funds realized through the sale
of the seals enables many a Lu-
theran to wage his fight against

ERAN SAMITARIUN

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the dread disease, not among strangers, but among ™

. friends and fellow-Lutherans at our model Lu-
theran Sanitarium at Wheat Ridge, Colo.

No one is immune from tuberculosis. You are
probably already infected, although you are in no
danger therefrom as long as you keep well and
strong enough to resist the attack of the germs.
There is, however, only one sure way for you and
everybody to avoid the disease, and that is to check
its spread or to stamp it out entirely. There is hope
that this may be done. The fight against tuber-
culosis has achieved results. To-day only one per-
son dies of consumption where two died before.
Christmas seals helped save the other life.

Six and one half million Wheat Ridge Christ-
mas Seals are being offered for sale during this
festival season. The number is large enough to
insure putting a seal on every Christmas-letter and
-card sent by Lutherans within the Synodical Con-
ference. If this is done, more than the needed sum
of $50,000 will be realized, and our Lutheran Sani-
tarium Will again be able to go forward in its
blessed work of not only relieving bodily distress,
but doing also a far nobler work, helping, through
Lutheran pastors, doctors, and nurses, to proclaim
the love of God in Christ Jesus to the sufferer. For
Intherans there can be no question but that their
own sanitarium shall be the beneficiary of the ex-
cellent custom of using Christmas seals. Order .
Wheat Ridge Christmas Seals from the Walther
League, 6438 Eggleston Ave., Chicago, Ill.

Bringing the Other Sheep..

Jesus, the Good Shepherd, says: “Other sheep
I have, which are not of this fold; them also I must
bring, and they shall hear My voice; and there shall
be one flock and one Shepherd.” John 10,16. Not
only the lost sheep of the house of Israel, but also
the lost and scattered sheep of the Gentile nations
must be brought into the fold of the Good Shepherd.

The Good Shepherd laid down His life for the
sheep. He redeemed the lost from sin, death, and
the devil that they might be His own. On Calvary’s
holy mountain that work of redemption was “fin-
ished’ when the Good Shepherd died.

But the task of “bringing the other sheep” will
not be accomplished until the lost of all nations
have heard the glad tidings of redemption and the
entire flock of the Good Shepherd has been “gath-

-ered together in one” — one flock, one Shepherd, in

paradise.

“T must bring them,” the Good Shepherd says.
Not one of My sheep shall be lost.

“How does the Good Shepherd bring them?