The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1926, Page 171

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THE LUTHERAN PIONEER.

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Missions as well as for other missions would in-
crease considerably. The fact remains that in
these two publications missionary reading-matter is
brought to their readers which cannot be brought
through any other organ of Synod. And since
this is so, we are convinced also of this, that our
pastors cannot do a greater service for the kingdom
of our Lord Jesus than earnestly to work for the
greater distribution of these publications.”

18. Property owned by our Negro Missions:
Two colleges, three professors’ residences (Greens-
boro), sixteen chapels, four chapels in which
schools are conducted, twenty-three chapels and
schools under one roof, nine schoolhouses, eleven
pastors’ residences, and three small houses occupied
by church janitors, besides the ground which be-
longs to them. The total value of the property
is approximately $300,000.

14. Missionary Workers. — The following
workers are serving our Negro Missions: One
Director of Missions, three superintendents, who also

serve at mission-posts, one assistant to the super-'

intendent, six white and four colored professors,
several of whom also serve mission-congregations,
two colored matrons, fifteen white pastors, nineteen
colored pastors, eighteen colored teachers, one
white and forty-three colored woman teachers —
a total of 113 persons (26 white and 87 colored).
To our exalted Lord and Savior Jesus Christ be
praise and glory for the great and noticeable bless-
ings which He has given to our mission-workers!
May He fill their hearts with joy and love and
endurance in their strenuous, but wonderfully
blessed work! May He make us all more fervent
in prayer and cheerful in giving for this blessed
mission-work, which is growing and spreading from
year to year! May He let us see, here in time and
yonder in blissful eternity, how true are the words
of the royal singer David: “Ethiopia shall soon
stretch out her hands unto God”!
In the name and by order of the Board for
Colored Missions, CunrisTorHeErR I’. DREWES,
Director of Missions.

Alabama Notes.

September 2—5 Alabama Luther Conference
convened at Ingomar, some thirty miles from
Selma. Prof. P.D. Lehman preached the opening
sermon, basing his remarks on the words of
St. Paul: “Brethren, my heart’s desire and
Prayer to God for Israel is that they might be

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saved.” Rom. 10,1. From the above text the
speaker drew as his theme, “The Christian’s Zeal
for the Salvation of Souls.” He stressed the fact
that unbelief is the order of the day, and urged
that Christians be zealous in the preaching of
Christ’s saving Gospel, that they lead a life that
exemplifies the Christian faith and testifies to God’s
unmerited love.

A few words of welcome were spoken by
Mr. Geo. Cook, member of the Ingomar congre-
gation. Pastor E. A. Westcott responded. The
roll-call showed that the majority of the members
of conference were present. Conference was organ-
ized with the following results: Rev. Chas. Peay,
chairman; Rev. E. A. Westcott, vice-chairman;
Rev. P. J. G. Weeke, secretary; Superintendent
G. A. Schmidt, treasurer.

After the organization, conference “rolled up
its sleeves and went to work.” It was resolved:
that the harvest-home and mission festival collec-
tions of 1926 be devoted to Alabama Luther College
at Selma, Ala. The need for a laundry building
at this institution is very great; furthermore, the
dormitories are not as yet fully-equipped. Con-
ference resolved to relieve the situation as far as
possible by voting the festival collections for this
purpose. The reception-room in the girls’ dormitory
is bare, and the offices have not the proper equip-
ment; hence Conference resolved to lend a helping ~
hand. The authorities at the school are sincerely
grateful for the resolution.

Rev. Westcott read Pastor W. H. Wind’s tract
The Passion for Souls. Conference was so im-
pressed with this tract that the secretary was
requested to send each member of the. conference
a copy at the-expense of the conference. In the
afternoon session Teacher Steward read a very good
catechization on “The Raising of the Youth of
Nain.” This catechization was discussed with
profit to all. .

The undersigned read a paper on “Gaining New
Members in Communities Where Our Lutheran
Church has been Established for a Longer Period
of Time’ He asked, How can this be done with
more success than at present? He undertook to
show that the preaching of the Gospel is the most

"powerful and effective means of gaining members

for the cause of Christ.

Pastor Kreft, of Mobile, then read a very in-
structive paper on “The Reliability of the Bible.”
The essayist proved that the Bible is reliable be-
cause it is, without doubt, the Word of God.