The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1930, Sheet 93

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THE LUTHERAN PIONEER.

A sound second and third generation, instructed
through the medium of the American language,
is growing up and will take the place of their
parents.

Now the congregation has one great problem —
how to establish and finance a parochial school. She
is blessed with many children, who would fill the
classes and lay the foundation for a healthy and
prospering Missouri Synod congregation. The con-
gregation is still in need of the help and support of
the sister congregations of our Synod.

May the Lord of the Church bless all those who
in their contributions for missions remembered the
Foreign-tongue Missions and thus helped to build
up also this congregation ! Rev. J. Orszan.

She Worried About Her Parents.

A certain girl, aged fourteen, is an active little
church-member and pupil of the Sunday-school
down here in Alabama. Her parents are members
of our church, but they are slothful members, so
much so that she is somewhat worried about them.
One day, in a chat with her, I was greatly surprised
to hear her say: “Miss Rosa, I have a great deal of
mission-work to do right in my own home. I talk to
papa and mama, but cannot get them to come with
me to church. They will only promise me.” I tried
to encourage the girl not to give up, but to continue
to talk and pray that God would speak to them some
day. Since then the mother is seen in church more
regularly. Rosa J. Youne.

A Unique Manner of Reading.

Among the finger-readers of our German and
English embossed literature for the blind we have
quite a number of deaf-blind people and also several
others who are still further afflicted: For example,
there is a young deaf-blind man on our mailing-list
who tells us that he is a patient at a tuberculosis
sanatorium. In spite of their pathetic affliction of
blindness and other tragedies many of these readers
send us appreciative communications, which also
manifest a cheerfully Christian and hopeful outlook.
One man in particular deserves special mention; he
is both blind and armless, so that finger-reading is
impossible to him; yet he has learned to read with
his tongue. Recently he informed us: “Enjoyed the
Teading of your Moon type quarterly greatly and am
more than pleased tobe on fe pale
I thank you in Jesus’ name.” -

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There is at present a bill before Congress which
provides for an annual appropriation of $75,000
toward establishing centers for embossed literature
for the blind in all parts of the country. Our dear
Lutheran Church also must continue to provide the
blind with Christian literature; for the Gospel-
message alone has the power to give true comfort
and hope in spiritual darkness and despair. Human
wisdom cannot liberate the souls of men from the

Some Deaf-Mutes Who Attend Our Services
in Fremont, O.

power and dominion of sin, nor can it lead to eternal
blessedness and happiness. May we continue to sup-
port this work of sending Christian reading-matter
to the sightless!

Cleveland, O. O. C. ScrROEDER.

Home Missions in Minnesota.

KFUO Address, Delivered January 24, 1930,
by Rev. C. F. Knaurt, of McIntosh, Minn.

(Concluded.)

A Happy Surprise.

Let me relate a little incident that we shall re-
member for many years to come. It was in the
early part of December, six years ago. I had just
returned from a very exacting day of driving and
pushing the trusty Ford through some sixty miles
of heavy snow. On those off-roads, where little or
no car-driving is done at this time of the year,
with only a little sleigh-track evident, which in- |
creases the difficulty for a car to hold the road, the
huge snow-drifts are very hard to cross or to shovel
through. ‘Thanks to the stamina and endurance
gained in the Oklahoma harvest-fields during my
student years, I was not exhausted on returning
that evening, though I was tired, of course. I had
just comfortably seated myself at the radio of my
boarding quarters when at the turn of the dials to