The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1926, Page 55

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THE LUTHERAN PIONEER.

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there is no reason why we could not have colored
Lutheran churches in most of these cities. Shall
we stand idle and see the other denominations dig
the dirt from under our feet? ‘The Lord forbid it!
The Catholic Church is making great headway
among the Negroes in the North, and no less than
‘one hundred colored men are said to be preparing
for the Catholic priesthood.

What about the Cost?

That may be a little higher in the North than
in the South, but I doubt it, considering the results
to be’expected and the material to work with. The

our colored people in Northern cities would soon
become self-supporting, because our people in the
North would be more able to contribute toward the
support of the work than is the case in the South,
where the income of Negroes is small as a rule. We
also feel that missionary societies and young people’s
societies of the white churches in these cities could
and would, no doubt, gladly give assistance to these
missionary enterprises among the colored people of
their cities. Being in their midst and. the results
of their help being visible to them, their interest
would naturally be greater than if they were sup-
porting an enterprise which they could not watch.

Left:

doctrine pure.

Our St. Paul’s School in New Orleans, La.

Teacher Wm. Seeberry and Missionary E.H. Wildgrube. Right: Teachers S. Raymond and A. Berger.
In our 48. recieredl day-schools three to four thousand children are instructed in God’s Word and Luther’s

Who would not gladly support this richly blessed mission?:

cost is nothing when one considers the investment
in souls saved. ‘Then, too, the pastor of the colored
Lutheran church could be:a city missionary and
work among the colored people ‘in ‘hospitals and
other public institutions, be they of a benevolent or

Penal character. These people, as matters are now,.

are often neglected altogether, and it would really
be a fine missionary undertaking to take up work
among them. i

We are of the opinion that these churches among

The Unadulterated Message.

The pure Word of God is what the Negroes need
and want, and that is what thé Lutheran Church
teaches and preaches. In her Gospel-message the
Lutheran Church has the only panacea for the
world’s ills, that remedy which will never lose its
healing power. Oh, that we would always remem-
ber this and then be filled with the passionate de-
sire to bring this healing power of the blessed Gos-
pel to every wounded heart and soul! The Negro