The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1928, Page 100

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THE LUTHERAN PIONEER.

on this day, we were cheered at the prospect of
having him among us a few days later. Greetings
from the Alabama brethren and from the Colored
Lutheran gladdened our hearts, as did also the
message of congratulation delivered by Pastor
Lankenau in behalf of the Mission Board and of
the Missouri Synod, without which body Mount
Zion would not to-day be in existence, much less
celebrate its fiftieth birthday. May the Lord, on
the Last Day, richly reward those who have so
freely extended their love and mercy to His people
of the South. Mount Zion still has great need of
both the help and the prayers of its many friends

Teacher T. Schroeder.

and benefactors; but it looks longingly toward the
day wlien it may also be a friend and a benefactor
to others who are weak.

In commemoration of its golden jubilee the
congregation printed a twenty-page souvenir book-
let, including pictures of both church and school,
of a Sunday-school group of 186 children, and of
the immortal trio Vix-Bakke-Meibohm, who de-
voted the best part of their lives to the service of
Mount Zion. Also those old mothers who helped
to build the church since its infancy — Mothers
Hosband and Wright— were not forgotten. The
276 souls are listed by name, being all that are on
hand of the 1,000 souls confirmed and baptized
during the fifty years. The booklet included a page
on “What the Lutheran Church Stands For,”

stressing the authority of the canonical Bible, lay
responsibility, antiunionism, the Church and State
policy, the Christian day-school, education of
pastors and teachers, the necessity of Baptism and
the importance of confirmation, the duty of dealing
with an erring brother according to Matt.18, the
family altar, church organization and extension.

An article headed “Church Obligations” lists
the things that the church-member should put into
practise. They are: church attendance twice a
week, Communion once a month, weekly contribu-
tions, Christianizing one’s family, daily family de-
votion, subscribing for church periodicals, patron-
izing the Christian day-school, bringing the whole
family to church, regular attendance at congrega-
tional meetings, loyalty to the brethren, admonition
according to Matt. 18, talking of one’s Church to
strangers, bringing friends to church, encouraging
boys to study for the ministry. A half-page church

Teacher E. R. Vix.

Teacher D. Meibohm.

bulletin lists the services and activities of the
church, and a short historical sketch records a few
landmarks’ of Mount Zion’s course through these
fifty years. This sketch will be interesting to many
and is here quoted verbatim. Following the sketch
is a short article written by Mount Zion’s head
teacher and printed by the leading colored news-
paper of New Orleans, the Louisiana Weekly. We
feel that Mount Zion stands in the midst of a fertile
and extensive field and that there are great things
in store for her. Join us in praying the Lord that
He would make us fit and willing to perform the

great task which by your hands He has placed at

our very threshold.

Historical Sketch of Mount Zion.

On April 7, 1878, a white missionary, Rev. C.
F. Doescher, having arrived at New Orleans from
Little Rock, Ark., established a Lutheran Sunday-

school among the colored people of New Orleans in _

a large building on the river front, now best known
as Old Sailors’ Home. Then Rev. Doescher re-