The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1927, Sheet 43

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THE LUTHERAN PIONEER.

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We say this action was gratifying because it showed
that Synod’s heart was.in the right place. It was
putting into action the sentiment of the brother who
had said: “If we really have so few blind people
among us, we should show our gratitude to God
by providing these few with the means of making
them able to see spiritually.” And there can be no
doubt that the publication of these books and the
periodical will not only be a boon for our own blind,
but will prove a means of reaching blind people who
are not of us.

Pastor A. H. Kuntz, chairman of our Board for
Deaf-mute Missions, which board was entrusted
with the execution of the above-mentioned resolu-
tion of Synod, has been kind enough to send the
Editor a copy of the first number of the Lutheran
Messenger for the Blind, the new monthly for
our blind, which he intends to keep as a precious
souvenir.

The monthly is, of course, wholly religious in
contents. Here is a list of the articles: Introduc-
tion; Jesus Christ and the Bible; Jesus Christ and
Christianity ; Beautiful Savior (poem) ; The Blind
Man’s Rebuke; Why I Am a Lutheran; Provi-
dence (story) ; Notes and News.

Pastor Kuntz writes that he has received numer-
ous encouraging and touching letters from the
blind people to whom copies of the Jfessenger have
been sent.

The second number will contain more reading-
matter than the first. The Board has also published
Tuther’s Small Catechism with Short Explanations,
by Rev. W. Dallmann, D.D. This Catechism and
also the monthly are in Braille type, the type most
extensively used by blind people. The price of the
Catechism is $1.00; the subsription for the JJes-
senger, $2.50. But any blind person who wants a
copy is weléome to a free copy of either or both.

May God’s richest blessings rest upon this under-
taking and make many blind to see! F. J. 1.

Nore: — Order from Rey. A. H. Kuntz, Osseo,
Minn.

“He Shall Give His Angels Charge
Concerning Thee.’’
Ps. 91, 11.

A contribution for our Colored Missions which
the Editor received for transmission was accom-
panied by the’ following explanatory letter, which
he thinks well worth printing in these columns: —

~ “The enclosed gift was prompted by a contem-

plation of the heavenly Father’s kind protection
through His holy angels.

“The sender wishes to record one of many
such experiences of divine intervention for the wel-
fare of the children of God.

“Tt was past the hour of midnight, a number
of years ago, when the writer was awakened by a
dream in which the room seemed filled with light.
For a few moments he lay awake, thinking of this
strange dream. Soon he was again almost fast
asleep, when a shock, somewhat like an electric
current running through his body, thoroughly
aroused him and caused him to sit up in bed.
He now noticed distinctly the smell of smoke.
Arising quickly to investigate the cause, he entered
the corridor leading to the bedroom in which his
wife and several small children were sleeping. Here
the smell of smoke was stronger, and as he entered
the chamber, his first thought was of the night
lamp standing on the dresser. Flames and smoke
were shooting out of its chimney and would no
doubt soon have caused an explosion, the results of
which can easily be conjectured, when we realize
how rapidly flames fed by kerosene spread.

“Who was it that sent this dream? And whom
did the heavenly Father employ to produce that
nervous shock just at the opportune moment ?”

For angels’ watch, for angels’ guard
This little gift I bring:

For help in need and in distress.
It seems a paltry thing.

Yet He who sends His angel hosts
Good care of us to take

Will not despise the smallest gift
If given for Christ’s sake.

You cannot count the thousand ills
From which God’s angels shield.
Should not a heart thus blessed
be moved
The fruit of love to yield?

H.A.S.

Items of Missionary Interest.
By the Eprror.

Hankow, China. — One of our chapels in Han-
kow-was looted by vandals on last Christmas Day.
The door was broken down, pictures and Christmas
decorations were destroyed, and altar and pulpit
broken up into kindling-wood. The organ, benches,
and school desks were removed. It is estimated that

the damage done amounts to $600. ‘The teacher in

charge of the chapel, who tried to prevent the van-
dalism, was mistreated. Partitions were torn down
between rooms, electric light bulbs were stolen, the
electric meter was smashed, and faucets were re-