The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1930, Page 8

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8 THE LUTHERAN PIONEER.

mon was delivered by Pastor Wildgrube, who chose
as his text the admonition of St. Paul to Timothy
in 1 Tim. 4, 13. The preacher appealed to his
brethren to give diligent attendance to the reading
of the Holy Scriptures, pointing out the profit ac-
eruing therefrom to themselves and to them whom
the Lord has placed in their charge.

The time of Luther Conference, however, was
given not only to the reading and discussion of
papers and the disposal of business. Each day, at
noon, we paused in our deliberations and entered
the classroom behind the chapel. There lay before
us, on an extended table, a sumptuous repast. The
Thanksgiving bird reposed upon a large dish,
trussed up in brown gravy. Surrounding him were
appetizing dainties— salads and what not. What
a pitiless onslaught those brethren and sisters made
upon that bird! Seriously, may the Lord bounti-
fully reward the good members of Concordia for
their kindness and hospitality to us! ;

Now, Lord Jesus, Thou, who hast again crowned
our convention with success, vouchsafe to us Thy
gracious presence till we meet again and graciously
bless our work. A. WaLEy.

Immanuel Lutheran College Chronicle.

Rosa Young’s delightful and inspiring volume
Inght in the Dark Belt promises to be one of the
most popular books on the list of required readings
in English.

Both congregations in Greensboro are now with-
out regular pastors. The Hon. Mission Board has
thus far been unable to obtain a suitable pastor for
Grace Luther Memorial Church, where a vacancy
has existed for more than a year. And in December
the Rev. W. D. Spencer, pastor of Ebenezer Church,
of which the faculty and their families are members,
accepted a call to Baltimore, although the local
church unanimously requested him to decline the
call. That vacancies in the pastorates exist is very
undesirable especially at this time, since both con-
gregations will, if it pleases God, dedicate new
church-buildings in a few months.

Wa. H. Genre.

Who Will Read It and — Help?

Under this heading we published in the Mis-
stonstaube, the German sister of the PioNErER, the
situation in which one of our worthy students at
Immanuel Lutheran College, Greensboro, N. C.,
finds himself, and on the strength of it we asked for

help. Even before the paper came into our hands,
letters came in from far and near; and before two
weeks had passed, the student’s needs were supplied,
and his entire education for the ministry among the
colored people was assured. Our mission-friends’
most willing and exceedingly liberal response to
a definite need and the cheerfulness on the part of
the donors as well as the gratitude expressed in the
many letters received for being permitted to help
prepare a worker for the harvest of the Lord, causes
us not to withhold the same privilege and pleasure
from the readers of the PIONEER.

Besides the student whose needs were so splen-
didly and promptly met by readers of the Missions-
taube, we have two more here in whose behalf we
should like to intercede with the readers of the
PIONEER.

The first one is Clemonce Sabourin, from Mount
Zion Congregation in New Orleans, La. Clem, as we
call him, was one of our pupils in the days when old
Luther College in New Orleans was not yet closed.
When this institution shut its doors in 1925, Clem
could not come along with us to Greensboro because
his parents had become impoverished through the
destruction of their house by fire. Three years later,
however, his pastor succeeded in sending him to
Immanuel Lutheran College at Greensboro. Mean-
while Clem had grown and had become a fine young
man, earnest, sincere, with a definite purpose in
life—the ministry, splendidly gifted, and willing
to use his gifts in the very best way possible. From
him radiates a wholesome influence upon all who
come in contact with him.
~ He is now in the Junior Class of the high school
and, without question, the outstanding student in
our whole high-school department. But he has no
money, neither have his parents. We have, however,
kept him here, without having received any remu-
neration for his board, tuition, ete.; and we are
going to keep him here until he has reached the
goal. We are now offering to the friends of our
mission the privilege to invest in this promising
young man some of the money they are willing to
give to the Lord. Humanly speaking, this young
man is a gold-edged security for the money. If the
Lord keeps him in good health and, through His
Spirit in His Word, as humble and as determined
as he is now, our mission will receive in him a first-
tate minister.

The second boy is James Winbush, Peanuts, as
his fellow-students call him. He hails from Me-
herrin, Va. His father is somewhere in these United
States. His mother has remarried, lives in New