The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1931, Page 8

Transcription machine transcription, uncorrected

⤓ Download .txt · copy text

8 THE LUTHERAN PIONEER

and the isolated stations in the Northern cities.
He plans to continue residing in Greensboro, N. C.,
the seat of the Mission’s theological seminary.

The Lutheran Teachers’ Conference of the
Southeastern Field held a profitable meeting at
Rockwell, N. C., November 28, 1930. Papers were
presented by Prof. W. H. Beck of Immanuel Lu-
theran College, Miss Addie McTier of Grace-Luther
Memorial School of Greensboro, and Miss Hopia
Kirkpatrick of Monroe, N. C.

The work of Grace-Luther Memorial Church
and School is showing commendable growth. The
Sunday-school attendance frequently exceeds 200.
The collections are now exceeding $100 a month.
The day-school is being conducted by three expe-
rienced teachers: Mrs. A. B. Johnson, Miss Addie
McTier, and Miss Helen E. Mason. The last-named
is a new teacher here and has already won the hearts
of her coworkers. Pastor Lehman is conducting
a confirmation class among the students of Im-
manuel Lutheran College in addition to his other
duties.

The school of St. Luke’s, High Point, N. C., is
being developed into a genuine Lutheran school.

The pastor informs all parents who wish to send

their children to this school that the school is main-
tained to build the church and that it is desired to
have every child who attends the school to grow
up in the Lutheran Church. The pupils are re-
quired to attend regularly the morning service and
Sunday-school. Many of the children have been
added to the church by Baptism, and all who are
of sufficient age for confirmation either have been
confirmed or are being prepared for confirmation.
Five were confirmed last May, and a class of three
is now being prepared for confirmation.
J. E. SHUFELT.

A Letter from China.

Shasi, Hupeh, China, October 6, 1930.
DEAR FRIENDS IN THE HoMELAND : —

Greetings from Shasi!

I has been a long time since our last news-letter
went forth— June 4. Since that time much has
happened, in fact so much that we hardly had time
to write letters. :

After June 4 it got one degree hotter each day
until if reached over a hundred, and then we left
for the mountain retreat at Kuling. We shall say
nothing about China’s heat in this letter, for you

‘also had a most unusual and miserable summer.

Your summer was similar to what we have every
year here. For about two months straight the
thermometer stays right about 100 during the day
and 92 at night. On the mountains it was very
nice this year. The weather was ideal, and we
enjoyed our stay very much.

At Kuling.

During this time we were busy almost every day,
until we left, with mission business, conferences, ete.
Our General Conference meets but once a year, and
that at Kuling. This year we again had a most
blessed meeting. Much time was given to the dis-
cussing of our seminary at Hankow. We really have
the start of a fine school, and we pray God to bless
it and Missionaries Zschiegner, McLaughlin, Theiss,
and Riedel, who are doing the teaching. We also
discussed the matter of ordaining native pastors.

Missionaries’ Children in Kuling.

The school-question was also discussed. The Chinese
government has simply ordained that we may have
mission-schools, but no religion dare be taught.
Please pray that our precious schools may not have
to be closed. It might be of interest to you to know
that every mission, even though the church-body
maintaining it does not have Christian day-schools
in America, has one here. |

It might also interest you to know that our dear
Pastor Riedel and family have come back to China.

Although some of the children are in their teens,” *

nevertheless this pious family came back. Pastor
Riedel is well founded in the language and is a won-
derful asset to our mission. According to plans two
new missionary couples landed at Shanghai. They
are Pastors Buuck and Werling and their wives.
May God bless their stay in China! We had hoped
that one of them would be sent to Shasi, so that
we would haye some one to counsel with, as they
have at each of our other stations; but on account
of disturbed political conditions it has been decided
to keep them both in Hankow.