The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1926, Page 8

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8 THE LUTHERAN PIONEER.

Look from Thy sphere of endless day,
O God of mercy and of might;

In pity look on those who stray
Benighted in this land of light.

Send forth Thy heralds, Lord, to call
The thoughtless young, the hardened old,
A’scattered, homeless flock, till all

Be gathered to Thy peaceful fold.

Send them Thy mighty words to speak,
Till faith shall dawn and doubt depart,
To awe the bold, to stay the weak,
And bind and heal the broken heart.

(Hymn 479, 1.3. 4.)
Any donations will be gladly accepted by the
undersigned for the above hospital. And may God
bless both the gifts and the ones who give to this
worthy mission endeavor!
Yours in the service of Christ,

Paur J. G. WEEKE,
306 Plum St., Montgomery, cla.

Happenings on the Eastern Field.

The Lutheran Hospice and Institutional Mis-
sions Bulletin, in its annual review number, con-
tains the following report on Negro Missions at
Buffalo: —

“One of the new activities undertaken in the
past year by our Institutional Missions was the
work of Negro Missions. Our missionary did not
seek this added labor, but could not fail to see the
Lord’s guiding hand in the events that led up to
the beginning of this work. A young Negro to

- whom he had been ministering in one of the insti-
tutions of the city for about one and a half years,
an earnest Christian, desired, after his recovery,
to dedicate his life to the service of the Lord. We
realized that this was an opportunity to begin work
among the many unchurched Negroes of the city
of Buffalo, and with the cooperation and consent
of the pastors and churches of Buffalo a canvass

of the colored population of the city was undertaken

by this young man. After more than two months
of daily canvassing a total of 237 families was
found .who pledged themselves to attend services
in a mission to be founded by us.
these families live in a section populated by higher-
class colored people where there is no established
church. Accordingly, the Board for Negro Mis-
sions was asked to undertake the work of founding
‘a mission among these people. While the Board
for Negro Missions was unable to undertake the

Sixty-five of:

he is away from home.

work through a resident missionary at this time,
it did consent to release one of its missionaries for
two months for the work in Buffalo. This colored
pastor has just arrived in Buffalo and is now be-
ginning the work of revisiting all families and
establishing a mission-station. Our Institutional
Missions will aid as much as possible in this work
also in the future. :

“The first-fruit of our work among colored
people in Buffalo is the young man who conducted
the canvass. He was carefully instructed in the
fundamentals of our faith and was confirmed Sep-
tember 6, 1925, and received as a member of our
Church. On the evening of the same day he de-
parted for Immanuel College, Greensboro, N. C.,
there to prepare himself for the ministry among
his people. The expenses for his education are
being borne by a big-hearted member of our church
in Buffalo, while his
clothing and other nec-
essities of life are pro-
vided for through gifts
from individuals and
societies.”

* a *

Rev. GC. R. March, ©
Salisbury, N. C., left
home at the beginning
of November to do mis-
sion-work at Buffalo for
six weeks or two months.
During his absence Im-
manuel Lutheran Col-
lege is supplying his stations with preaching.
Brother March is very much impressed with the
possibilities of the work at Buffalo. He has a spe-
cial reason, however, for remembering his present
sojourn at Buffalo. To his great astonishment he
one day received a telegram that his wife had given
birth to a little girl on November 18 last. Natur-
ally, Brother March felt like taking the next train
home to see the latest arrival in his family, but he
concluded that the Lord’s work came first and that
he had to remain to finish his mission. At the
present writing he is still at Buffalo, and mother
and daughter, Doris Eulalia, are doing well at
Salisbury. Pane Coen ae :

Rev. March also received another news item and
now almost feels as if everything is happening while
On Thanksgiving Day his
teacher at Salisbury, Mfr. Douglass Dinkins, was
hurt in an automobile accident. Mr. Dinkins was

Rev. C. R. March.