The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1927, Page 102

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Hunt, Grisby, and Pledger, will enter Immanuel
College, at Greensboro, N. C., next fall to begin the
study of theology, in order that they may become
ministers of the pure Word among their people here
in the Black Belt of Alabama.. The eight young
ladies, Misses Bodly, Dale, Dukes, Jenkins, McReyn-
olds, Smith, Jackson, and Steele will return to
Alabama Luther College to take the teachers’ normal
course in order that they may become Christian
teachers in our schools here in the Black Belt. May
the great God of all mercies grant them all strength
and courage to complete what they have begun!

THE LUTHERAN PIONEER.

made. Notable among them is the following reported
by Rey. L. G. Dorpat of Meherrin, Va., which shows
in a striking manner the power of the Word to lead
to repentance and to work a living faith even after
many years.

David Edward Doswell, aged 55, was baptized
and confirmed on April 3. More than forty years
ago he had attended the Lutheran school of Rev.
Buehler and Rey. Schoof. Now the seed then sown
has finally come to bear fruit!

Jackson Hunt, aged 44, was confirmed on May 8.
He is another one of those who attended our Lu-

Chapel at Meherrin, Va.

During the past year God blessed us with a
goodly number of students; we had an enrolment of
forty-four — all Lutherans. Since the beginning of
the school in 1922, none but Lutherans have been
enrolled. R. 0. L. L.

News Items.

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The Southeastern Field is reporting substantial
progress all along the line this year. In amount of
money raised during the first four months St. Paul’s,
Charlotte, N. C., reports a 95 per cent. gain over the

“same four months of a year ago. Concordia, Lower-

stone (Rockwell), N. C., reports a 69 per cent.
gain ‘and our Church in Philadelphia a gain of
28 per cent., while a number of others have reported

_ tess notable, yet healthy improvement.

In the matter of accessions, gains are also being

theran school many years ago. Now he, too, has
joined our church at Meherrin. God be praised!

In the matter of attendance at Holy Communion,
Mount Zion, Bostian Cross Roads, N.C., has a record
of 81 per cent. of her total membership attending
each communion this year. Her communicant mem-
bership now numbers twenty-eight.

Our itinerant missionary, Rey. Martin Dorpat, is
working in a number of new fields, most promising
of which seem to be Washington, D. C., Rich-
mond, Va., and Fayetteville, N. C.

J. E. ScHUFELT.

A Jubilee Book.

Our Colored Missions are this year celebrating
their Golden Jubilee. Every friend of these missions
will agree in saying that this fact naturally calls for