The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1926, Page 188

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THE LUTHERAN PIONEER.

receives them from the Immanuel Alumni Asso-
ciation. Thus you see, we are all working hand in
hand, the object being to gain additional souls
for Christ, our Savior. That He would bless this
work is the sincere prayer of your missionary.”

Items of Missionary Interest.
By the Eprror.

Lutherville, La.— Good old Cocoville is now
called Lutherville. The name plainly indicates that
it no longer is what it was twenty-five years ago.
This settlement has become practically Lutheran,
and new members are being added right along. Just
recently Pastor Thompson added six adults to his
flock by confirmation and several children by bap-
tism. The services are well attended, and the
Sunday-school enrolment is good. All the children
in the neighborhood that are of school age attend
the mission day-school. There is progress also in
matters financial, and the congregation will prob-
ably surpass the pledge it made at the beginning of
the year. The ladies of the congregation presented
the church with a handsome red altar carpet at
a cost of $56.

St. Louis, Mo. — The corner-stone of the chapel
of our congregation at St. Louis was laid last
month. Director Drewes preached the sermon. We
hope that in a few more months this station, which
has never had a home of its own, may finally have
found a permanent habitation.

Lutheran Exposition at Milwaukee. — The Mis-
souri Synod Pastoral Conference of Milwaukee had
a Lutheran Exposition like the one which was so
successful in Chicago, November 26—28, in the
American Lutheran Association Community House.
Director Drewes had an exhibit of our Negro Mis-
sions on display.

Superintendent Geo. A. Schmidt. — This faithful
and efficient worker broke down because of overwork
a few months ago. He has spent some time in
Chicago with relatives, and the last report is that
he is gradually regaining his health and strength.
‘We hope and pray that we may soon hear of his
full recovery.

Cleveland, 0.—Student Mueller, who has charge
of the colored mission-work in Cleveland under the
supervision of Pastor Katt, informs us that the
work is progressing. The attendance at services is
_ increasing with each Sunday, and also the Sunday-

school enrolment is growing. Every Sunday Student
Mueller is greeted by new faces. It is the intention
of the missionary to start a welfare society for the
purpose of assisting those in fitting themselves out
who are too poor to do so, in order that they can
attend services.

Encouraging! — A missionary writes from the
colored field: “Yes, we opened school with twenty-
one children. I had expected only fifteen out of
about fifty promised. But this time I was simply
overwhelmed when by the end of the second week
our enrolment had reached its limit, forty-three.
These are divided into seven grades. _ All grades are
represented except the eighth. Age doesn’t count.
We have fourteen-year-old children in the second
grade and one nineteen-year-old in the fourth.”

Cincinnati, 0.— Missionary Kase writes: “Our
mission is progressing under God’s grace. Seven
adults and eight children have been added to our
little flock, which now numbers twenty-eight bap-
tized and eighteen confirmed members.— A very
sensitive blow came to our mission here when
Thomas Livingston, the husband of Mrs. May
Livingston, in whose home our mission was begun
in August, 1922, was run down by an automobile
and sustained a fractured spine. This happened
October 1. He was immediately taken to the City
Hospital. At this writing he is still living, but is
expected to pass away any day. I was to see him
just a few hours ago and found him near death.
I just wish that the whole world could hear his
inspiring utterances denouncing sin and extolling

.God’s mercy and grace in Christ Jesus. I sat at his

side every day since the accident, except when I
attended our conference at Vincennes, and each time
I left his bed sad in mind over our loss, but rejoic-
ing over the power of the Gospel. ‘Tom will be our
first-fruit gathered into the garners of heaven. He
suffered no pain, and at no time was he unconscious.
Around him in his ward lay a half dozen other
colored men who all know me, as I visit this ward
every week in my institutional work. At Tom’s bed-
side I would stand and address them all. They
always await my coming with joy”? Must we not
praise the goodness of God in permitting us to have
a share in such blessed work through our faithful
missionares? Instead of grumbling at the expense
of carrying on missions, should we not rather be
grateful to God for accepting our help?

Not the Foot that Works gets Tired.—A woman
was watching a potter at his work. His one foot,
with never-slackening speed, turned the wheel,