The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1930, Page 179

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THE LUTHERAN PIONEER.

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St. Paul’s Church, New Orleans, on July 6 this
year, and Rev. A. Dreier installed him in his con-
gregations at Holy Ark and Joffre, Ala., on July 13.
He is also serving as vacancy pastor at Tuskegee.

Harvey J. Lehman.

Missionary Lehman is the son of Paul M. Leh-
man and his wife Harriet, née Thompson, and was
born at Mansura, La., October 10, 1905. Rev. F.
W. Wenzel baptized him in St. Paul’s Church, Man-
sura, on November 20 of the same year, and he was
confirmed in the same church by Pastor Wilfred
Tervalon on March 24, 1918. After completing
the course of study in the mission-school at Man-
sura, he attended Luther College four years. In
the fall of 1926 he entered Immanuel Lutheran
College at Greensboro and graduated from its theo-

same pastor, Rev. C. P. Thompson. All three were
also installed in their respective charges on the
same Sunday, July 13, 1930. Rey. Lehman was
installed in Selma, Ala., Rev. Luther Robinson in
Trinity, New Orleans, and Rey. De Witt Robinson
at Kings Landing and Maplesville, Ala., by Super-
intendent E. A. Westcott.

De Witt Robinson.

As has been stated, Rev. De Witt Robinson is
the brother of Rev. Luther Robinson. He is a year
younger than his brother, having been born in Man-
sura October 12, 1906. He was baptized by Pastor
Wenzel on November 27 of the same year. He did
supply-work at Mansura in 1928 and 1929.

God bless the labors of these young men abun-
dantly !

Albert Dominick.

Harvey J. Lehman.

logical school on May 30 of this year. In the
summer of 1927 he did supply-work in Greensboro,
and one year (1927—28) he taught in Trinity
School, New Orleans.

Luther Robinson.

Rey. Robinson is the son of Willie Louis Robin-
son and his wife Carrie, née Thompson. He was
born at Mansura, June 28, 1905, and baptized by
Pastor Wenzel July 31.

Rey. Robinson and his brother, De Witt Robin-
son, together with Rev. Harvey J. Lehman, were
‘confirmed on the same day in the same church by
the same pastor. They entered Luther College on
the same day, graduated there together, then
entered Immanuel College together, and together
graduated from the theological department of Im-
manuel College on the same day. But still more!
The three young men were ordained on the same
day in the same church, St. Paul’s, Mansura, by the

Luther Robinson. De Witt Robinson.

Southeastern News.

The Teachers’ Conference of the Southeast as-
sembled at Rockwell, N. C., on the Friday after
Thanksgiving, November 28.

Concordia Pastoral Conference met with Pastor
Foard on the same day.

An attractive folder containing the “Order of
Service for the Ordination and Installation of the
Rey. J. Schlichting as Missionary among the Col-
ored People of Baltimore,” recently came to hand.
The sermon was preached by the Rev. H. D. Men-
sing. ‘The ordination and installation were per-
formed by the Rev. P. Trumpoldt, pastor of
St. Philip’s Congregation in Philadelphia, Pa.
Pastors G. Horn and T. Sorge also assisted in the
service.

In a recent letter Pastor Schlichting wrote thus
of his field: —

“My field of work is quite extensive when you