The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1927, Page 79

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THE LUTHERAN PIONEER.

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St. Louis, Mo. — God willing, the beautiful new
chapel of our St. Louis mission will be dedicated on
Sunday, May 8. Later the Pioneer will show a
picture of this pretty chapel and tell all about the
dedicatory services. C.F. D.

Immanuel Lutheran College- — Two theological
candidates will graduate from our institution at
Greensboro, Lloyd Gauthreaux and Felton Vorice.
Both are from our congregation near Mansura (now
called Lutherville, La. This congregation, situated
in the country, has furnished a number of ministers
for our Colored Missions. C. F. D.

_ Winston-Salem, N. C. — Pastor J. A. Hunt
wishes to express his hearty thanks to the members
of Immanuel Lutheran Church, Verdi, Minn., and
its pastor, Rev. Paul W. Spaude, for a box of good
clothing.

A Christian Martyr. — Dr. J. E. Williams, of
Nanking University, recently met death at the
hands of Chinese looters. The press report says
that he “figuratively turned the other cheek” when
he was attacked, meeting the attackers with a smile
expressive of the good will that for years had guided
his relations with the Chinese.

How to Get Interested in Missions. — A young
lady said to her friend, “I cannot get interested in
missions.” “No,” replied her friend, “you can
hardly expect to. It is just like getting interest
in a bank. You have to put something in before
you can get interest. And the more you put in, —
time, money, prayer, — the more the interest
grows.” — Lutheran Watchman.

-— What May He Have Meant? — One friend said
to another: “I don’t think it right to send so much
money out of the country to carry on missions
among the heathen. There is so much misery and
need in our own country, and it would be better for
us to use our money here.” His friend looked at
-him for a moment and then said very soberly:

“Yowre right, old fellow! ‘There is indeed much

need in our city, and I feel that I shall have to

better myself and do more for the poor in the future.

As a proof of my good will I am ready to pledge
myself to give double of what you give. How much

will you do?” ‘The other plainly showed his em-
barrassment, but finally stuttered: “That isn’t what

I meant; I was only thinking that we ought to con-

sider the benevolent institutions in our country be-

fore we send our good money to the heathen.” The
friend very quietly responded: “You are perfectly
right; and I shall gladly follow your example and
also give twice as much as you are ready to give to

the charitable institutions of our country. How
much do you give?” The other became even more
embarrassed and then said: “Yes, but that wasn’t
what I meant!” — We are still wondering what he
really did mean! Do you know?

Giving for Missions. — Probably the most pa-
thetic gift for missions received for a long time was
that given by a widow in New York. She gave five
dollars which she made by raising chickens on the
roof of the tenement whose attic she occupied. It
took her a whole summer to raise that amount. Do
you know of anybody who gave more than this poor
widow did?

New Dormitory at Greensboro, N.C.
In course of construction.

Why Not Sooner? — A poor heathen woman
with tearful eyes came to a missionary after he had
preached the Gospel, says Freimund, and asked him,
“Ts that true?” “Yes,” answered the missionary,
“Tt is true. You only need to believe it.” The
woman was not satisfied. “You say it is true what
you have just told us, and yet I have heard it for
the first time to-day,” she said. “I have lived until
now before hearing the wonderful story of salvation.
Was Jesus born only last year?” “Ono; this hap-
pened long ago,” the missionary replied. “Was it
ten years ago?” she asked.. “Much longer,” he an-
swered. “O, then, perhaps it was fifty years ago,”
she said to him. The missionary then told her that
it was nearly two thousand years ago that our Lord
Jesus died for us. She could not comprehend why
some one did not come earlier to bring her and her
people this wonderful message, why the people in.
Christian lands kept the living Word to themselves
without spreading it abroad. — How many there are
even in the homeland who do not know this joyful
message ! : we :