The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1929, Page 28

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THE LUTHERAN PIONEER.

If it is God’s will, I shall conduct services at
Fort Wilkins every Sunday afternoon next summer ;
indeed, I shall also try to conduct such services at
another park, which will give me an opportunity
to conduct two outdoor services every Sunday. If
I can have several of my members who possess
enough courage to go with me to help along with
the singing of hymns, I shall also conduct a service
on Saturday nights on some busy street-corner. If
the service conducted, the sermons preached, and
the hymns sung are soundly Lutheran (Christian),
what harm is there in such service? Is it wrong to
preach to people in the open if we can bring them
under the influence of God’s Word, gain them for the
Church, for Christ’s kingdom? Is it wrong to have
such services because sectarians have them?

Where and how did Jesus preach? Where and
how did Paul preach? Oh, let us not only say:
“Go! Preach!” but let us convert the assertions
made by our lips into actions.

The good and gracious Lord alone knows that
I conduct such services, not for-vainglory and fame,
but only for the salvation of sinners and for the
glory of Jesus, whose holy Word I am proclaiming.

Yours for a greater mission-activity,
A.S. Luoas, Laurium, Mich., in the Messenger.

Items of Missionary Interest.
(By the Eprror.)

Our Northern Workers.—A year ago the workers
of our Colored Missions in Chicago, Cincinnati,
Cleveland, St. Louis, and Springfield founded a con-
ference. This conference met for the second time
in St. Louis on January 2 and 3. All the workers
were able to attend it. (See page 22.)

New Chapel in Greensboro, N. C. — Building
operations for the new chapel and school at Greens-
boro are to begin in the near future. “Mr. Theo-
Steinmeyer, the architect, will make a trip to
Greensboro to take the initial steps. The'building
will cost about $35,000. The new chapel and school
will be about five blocks from the college and will
also serve the students as a church home. Much of
the sum needed for this combined chapel and school
has not as yet been collected. Who will help?

- Miss Rosa Young. — Miss Young was compelled
to spend the month of December in a hospital at
Selma, Ala. She has been an invalid for several
years. During her illness she has not been wholly
‘idle, however. Whenever her illness permitted it,

she was busy writing her biography. Director
Drewes of our Colored Missions says that it is one
of the most interesting books he has ever read.
Concordia Publishing House will soon put this book
on the market.

New Bern, N. C. — This city lies about 225 miles
east of Greensboro. A very promising field has been
opened for us here. Pastor Martin Dorpat has been
called to this new field, and he began his work there
on December 27, 1928.

Wedding-Bells.— Pastor L. Gauthreaux, of Ala-
bama, recently entered holy wedlock. His bride, like
himself, is a native of the State of Louisiana.

Negro Population of New York City. — The
Negro population of New York is reported to be
almost. 260,000; 170,000 of these live in Harlem
and 40,000 in Brooklyn. The average weekly in-
come of Negro heads of families in New York is
claimed to be less than’ twenty dollars a week, while
the average monthly rental is over forty dollars.
The Negro, as these figures show, is compelled to
work for lower wages than the average, while he is
forced to pay a higher rent than do most white
laborers.

St. Philip’s, New York.—This is a colored Epis-
copal church situated in the heart of Harlem, New
York City. Its church-school has an enrolment of
1,200 pupils, 485 of whom are in the high-school
division. The five-story parish-house has accom-
modation for the church-school and other activities
of the congregation. The total annual budget is
almost $70,000, most of which comes from invest-
ments in Harlem real estate, valued at about three-
fourths million dollars. The services are well at-
tended. Much social work is done by this church.

Missions in Africa. — The Protestant foreign
missionary staff in Africa is 6,289; the total native
staff-numbers over 43,000, among whom are more
than 2,000 ordained men. The native Christian
community numbers about 2,600,000. In the
17,000 mission-schools there are almost a million
pupils. The Protestant missionary agencies in
Africa are conducting 116 hospitals and 366 dis-
pensaries, with 139 physicians and 235 nurses. —
The Catholics have more than. 2,600 foreign priests
in Africa; also 145 native priests, 1,600 Brothers,
and 6,500 Sisters. Their schools are attended by
800,000 pupils. The native Catholic communicant
membership in Africa is about-3,000,000. The Bible
has been given the Africans in 244 different lan-
guages and dialects. _