The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1928, Page 18

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18 THE LUTHERAN PIONEER.

I sent her to one school, and she had to kneel before
saints all day and never learned anything; and
I sent her to another school, and she is not learning
any hymns or anything about Jesus.”

“My pastor’s children go to a school like ours,
a white school, not far from here, somewhere on
Carondelet Street,” ventured Alma, whereupon,
without any further ado, she hastened to the school
and asked her pastor to go over and speak to
the lady.

Having thus gained some information about the
Lutheran schools and being impressed both by the
low tuition and by the spirit of the school, the
mother soon transferred her girl, thirteen years of
age, to the Lutheran parochial school.

At her age this girl will be able to spend only
a year in our school, but she may learn enough in
this year to bind her to Christ Jesus forever and
to give her that peace of mind which makes all men
happy — the joy of having a Savior.

Many white Lutherans have given richly for the
cause of Colored Missions, and many a colored
Christian is leading his or her white neighbor or
acquaintance to Christ. This is real Home Mission
“work and is an instance of the fulfilment of
' Eccl. 11,1: “Cast thy bread upon the waters; for
thou shalt find it after many days.” O. W. L.

Items of Missionary Interest.
(By the Eprror.)

Lamison, Ala.— This station is about twenty
months old. Till last month the congregation was
obliged to worship in an old shack. But last month
it was possible to dedicate the simple, but adequate
new place of worship. Our little flock at Lamison
is happy in the possession of the new chapel.

Ingomar, Ala. — When “Uncle Willis” died at
Ingomar a few months ago at the ripe age of 102
years, our Alabama field probably lost its oldest
member.

_ Salisbury, N.C.— A new preaching-place in a
community about five miles northeast of Salisbury
is being cared for by Pastor March. The attendance
is very satisfactory. This community is getting
new settlers from Georgia, and this fact promises
well for the future of our mission. The white land-
owners favor the work that we are doing here.

Missionaries in China. — Out of 8,000 Christian
missionaries of all denominations once in China,
only 3,000 now remain, according to a recent statis-
tical statement.. Of the 5,000 missionaries whom

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circumstances compelled to leave their fields of
labor, a number returned to their homelands, while
others are waiting in Korea and Japan for the
storm to blow over. Under ordinary conditions
700 mission-workers are located in Shanghai; but
when the troubles were worst in China, no less than
1,500 were living there. About 1,000 missionaries
are on duty in the north and along the seacoast,
and only 500 missionaries are left scattered through-
out the great areas to the south and in the interior.

Why She Sang. — A little girl in a mission-
school in India sang all day. When some one asked
her why, she replied, “I have learned about Jesus
and how He loves little children, and that makes
me sing. And I need never be afraid of idols, for
they cannot hurt me; that makes me happy. Before
I learned about Jesus, all was dark as night; now
that I know about Him, my Savior, all is as light
as noon. — Sel.

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.”

How Children Can Help Foreign Missions. —
The pupils of a Presbyterian Sunday-school in Vic-
toria, Australia, wishing to help all they could in
the foreign mission work of their Church, decided
to forego their Sunday-school prizes at the end of
last year and make the money that would otherwise
have been invested in books available for the foreign
mission treasury.

The Countryside and Church. — The days when
it could be truthfully said that our country people
were the best churchgoers are past. Only about one-
fourth of the rural population of our country at-
tends church at all. Two-fifths of the 100,000 rural
churches of the United States are standing still or
losing ground. Almost 40,000 country churches are
without pastors and are served irregularly. Only
one-fourth of the rural churches have Sunday-
schools. More than a million and a half of boys
and girls live in rural communities that have no
churches at all. Probably four and a half million

boys and girls living in the country sections of our.

land grow up without any religious teaching.
The Irava Movement in India.— This moyve-

ment has not yet subsided. The people of this caste

are still coming to our overworked missionaries,

and they are always coming with the one wish that:

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