The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1926, Sheet 190

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THE LUTHERAN PIONEER.

187,

from the first report of the young missionary. From
these extracts the reader may judge what the nature
and the probable success of these endeavors of the
young missionary will be.

“At Fayetteville, N. C., I made twenty-one calls
in search of former students of Immanuel College.
Six of these were unsuccessful, for they brought
no information relative to the parties I was looking
for. I met five of the former students and ten
relatives of former students. On one evening we
had a meeting at one of the homes. The opening
of a mission in Fayetteville was discussed. Two
of those present, one a former student, the other
the father of another student, are members of the
Board of Control of an old schoolhouse on Gil-
lispie St. I tried to obtain permission from the
manager of this building to use it for Lutheran
services; however, he was out of town. The mem-
ber of the Board of Control who was formerly a
student of Immanuel promised to obtain permission
from the manager upon his return, as well as the
consent of the entire Board of Control.

“Brom Fayetteville I left for Rocky Mount, N.C.
The two members of the Board of Control accom-
panied me to the station. In Rocky Mount I made
eight calls, of which three were unsuccessful. I met
two former students and the relatives of three
others. I was not successful in finding a suitable
building in which to conduct services.

“The addresses of all former students of Im-
manuel who moved away from.Rocky Mount and
Fayetteville to New York and Philadelphia, as far
as I was able to procure them, I shall forward to
Pastors Hill and Trumpoldt.

“Since one of the former students from Rocky
Mount attends the North Carolina College for
Negroes at Durham, N.C., I went from Rocky
Mount to Durham, arriving there at 1.20 in the
morning. As I could find no hotel that was able
to supply me with a bed, I looked about for some
other place to stay for the rest of the night. I was
directed to go to a boarding house some blocks
away. On the way there I was surprised by @
cloudburst. Finding shelter in the hall of a Meth-
odist Church, I remained there until after four
o’clock. I slept on the floor, using newspaper
sections as bedsheets. When I awoke, the rain had
stopped; so I returned to the station and slept there,
with my head resting on the Travelers’ Aid desk, till
morning. After eating breakfast, I took a bus trip
to the college and asked for the student in question.
He was not there when I arrived, and I was told
that he would not return till the next day. I be-

came acquainted with the president of the school
and received an invitation from him to address the
student-body, which circumstances, however, did
not permit me to accept. I made a number of calls
in Durham and obtained a list of names of such
as I considered prospective subscribers of the
Colored Lutheran. This list I intend to use in
sending out our old extra copies. On Friday after-
noon I telephoned to the college, asking whether
the student had returned. I was told that he was
still in South Carolina with the football team and
was not expected to return before Saturday evening
or Sunday morning. Although I was rather anxious
to see this student, since I was told that he carried
on an extensive correspondence with former Im-
manuel students, I did not wait for his return, but
left for Lynchburg, Va., that afternoon.

“In Lynchburg I met Mrs. Sutton, the mother
of Mrs. Beulah Barksdale, a former student of
Immanuel. Mrs. Barksdale was not at home. That
evening I conducted services near the home of
Mrs. Barksdale in the hall of the colored hospital.
Thirteen were present, five men and eight women.
Besides these a cripple listened to the service in
a room next to the hall. I visited the sick woman
before and after the service. She said, ‘I heard
every word you preached.’ The following morning
I left Lynchburg for Burkeville, Va.

“In Burkeville I saw how the children of a
colored Sunday-school laughed at a barefoot boy
dressed in ragged overalls. I asked him why he
was not going with them to the Sunday-school. He
then confided to me that his father had died and
that since then his clothes had become shabbier
and shabbier, until he was ashamed to go to
Sunday-school in them, because the other children
would laugh at him, as I had just witnessed. I told
him that Jesus loved him even if he did not have
fine clothes and shoes. I went with him to his
home and there preached to a gathering of nine,
two men, two women, and four children besides
the boy. I preached until my train arrived, and
I had to run to get it. I arrived in Meherrin on
Sunday evening.

“Prof, W. H. Kampschmidt received the list
of former students from me for the college records.
I sent the list, together with a copy of this letter,
to him, so that the faculty at Greensboro might
know what I had found at the various places I had
visited. Professor Beck has aided me in locating
the former students in the cities that I visited by
supplying me with a number of addresses for each.
He has offered to send additonal addresses as he

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