The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1928, Page 39

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THE LUTHERAN PIONEER.

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ssubstance? For your Old Adam would answer:
Give as little as you possibly can without endanger-
ing your respectability. What the monetary needs
-of your mission-work are, the mission-work of your
Church, you can easily learn from your church-
papers, which you will not fail to subscribe for and
read. And knowing the needs, you will gladly
‘contribute accordingly.

The door of mission opportunities stands wide
‘open to us. What will we do about it? We can
depend upon the Lord for everything we need for
-our temporal, spiritual, and eternal welfare; can
He depend upon us to improve the soul-winning
opportunities which He has so graciously placed
‘before us?

Stewardson, Ill. C. T. Serrz.

“Part of My Cotton Crop Must Go
to the Lord.”’

Two outstanding members of our Bethlehem
‘Lutheran Congregation in Holy Ark, Ala., are
Isaac and Mary Cavar. Their pastor, Missionary
Weeke, states unqualifiedly that they are the most
generous supporters of Christ’s kingdom in that
parish, and often make sacrifices which are really
astounding when one realizes the circumstances in
which these people live. Isaac is a wizen little
fellow, afflicted with chronic rheumatism, yet always
hobbling about his forty acres of rented ground in
an uncomplaining manner. And Mary, his wife, is
almost as big around as she is tall, weighing well
over 250 pounds, finding it hard to get around, but
always cheerful, “because we sho’ has a heap
0’ things to be thankful for, if we only know it.”
Childless, they have adopted their nephew and niece,
due to the fact that the brother and sister-in-law
have too many mouths to feed out of a small income.
And since the niece is a gifted girl, she was sent
to our Selma Training-school in order that she
might become a teacher and bring others to Christ.

-Isaac and Mary pay all the costs, amounting to
at least $10 a month. And when a certain orphaned
student had no home for the summer, it was none
other than Isaac and Mary who laid claim to the
orphan girl as their. own, aiding also in her endeavor
to become a worker for Christ. And this in addition
to contributing almost twenty dollars for the home
congregation last year! .

This year Isaac was elected delegate to the
Alabama Luther Conference, but he declined the
honor with the statement: “If I have.to go away

now, then I can’t get my cotton crop gathered.
That means that my two girls don’t go back to
school this year. We need teachers to bring these
black children to the Savior, and I want my two
girls to get into that work as soon as they can.
Send some young fellow who has no cotton crop to
gather; I want part of mine to go to the Lord.”

How many of our white Christians set aside a
portion of their crops or dedicate a part of their
earnings to the Lord’s cause as Isaac and Mary
have done?

A Missionary Opportunity.

Scoffers delight in ridiculing the story of Jonah
and the whale. Pastor Hageman, of Jersey City, in
simple and convincing language, tells the story of
Jonah’s life in a recent volume, The Prophet
Jonah, and brings convincing proof of the reason-
ableness of the Bible.

The book sells for $1.25, but through the kind-
ness of Mr. Henry A. Dahlen, the Walther League is
in the happy position of furnishing every one of
the public libraries of our country with a copy for
the small mailing and handling charge of only
25 cents.

We are told that if every local society of the
Walther League orders four copies, this will make
it possible to place a copy of the book in every one
of the 6,000 libraries of the country. Surely there
should be a prompt and generous response to this
liberal offer.

We have been authorized to state that congrega-
tions, pastors, and church-members not connected
with the Walther League may also secure a copy
of the book for the public library of their city or
some other city by remitting the handling charge
of 25 cents to the Hospice Department of the Wal-
ther League, 6488 Eggleston Ave., Chicago, Il.
In each case the library to be provided should be
distinctly designated, since copies of the book will
not be sent to individuals, but only to public in-
stitutions. F.J.L.

+ Mrs. Isabelle Leon Alston. +

Mrs. Isabelle Leon Alston, wife of Rey. John
Alston, was born in Concord, N. C., June 10, 1889,
and died in Atlanta, Ga., December 29, 1927. She
was married September 27, 1907.

From the time of her marriage to her last illness
she took an active and important part in the work
of her husband. She served the Church as a