The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1933, Page 7

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enterprise, we must not forget the daily institutes
during the months of July and August, held every
morning at the Senior Camp and in the Casino.
The attendance at these is quite gratifying as to
number and very encouraging as to the interest

-_ Vesper Landing.

y Pr Scene of the Sunday evening services.

~ show n by those in attendance. It hardly ever hap-
Bens that the lecturer in the daily institute hour
fis not asked questions by one or the other of his
earers concerning the subject that may have been
“under discussion, and in many cases the questioner
a As a person who is not a professing Christian. What
5 = 2 blessed opportunity this affords the lecturer to
‘expound the truth still more and to touch the heart!
Similarly happy is the experience the instructor
"="has in the afternoon Bible hour. The writer is still
“thankful to the Lord for making use of his feeble
=efforts in bringing back a stray sheep to the Lu-
Py eran fold the past summer and in causing a per-
son who had never seriously concerned herself about
say her soul’s salvation to begin to realize that after all
sit would profit a man nothing if he gained the
4 whole world and lost his soul.
«nem The reader will pardon the writer if he once
== more refers to the morning institute hour’ at the
Senior Camp. The interest shown by the young
men and women of the camp in the daily lectures
compe Was actually astounding. The average attendance
é “soe during our stay was about 95 per cent. of the
« guests. Those who were absent, in almost every
2 > Jet had really good excuses, being absent either
because of illness or for some equally satisfying
reason.
In a personal interview last summer with Rey.
H. H. Gallman, the pastor of the Lutherland
church, the writer was assured that the spiritual
and religious work which Lutherland does among
its many guests is really the reason for its existence
and that all other purposes are secondary as com-
pared with this primary aim. He stated that Dr.
W. A. Maier, who has been the dean of Lutherland

during the months of July and August for three
years past, by his efficient work in and out of the
pulpit had done much to help in the attainment
of this aim.

Similar were the words of Mr. Henry Dahlen,
the president of the Lutherland Association. He
said to the writer: “Hot July and August days are
not usually considered the best offering the calendar
has to make to the cause of the Church. There are
people who say you cannot get the people to attend
services on a hot day while they are enjoying their
vacation in some summer camp. But it is being
done at Lutherland. In these hot summer-days, as
you see, our services are well attended, some of the
people coming from distant resorts. You have seen
again how well the institutes and Bible hours are
attended. I feel that my every effort in behalf of
Lutherland has been repaid by the spiritual bless-
ings that come to thousands of people through this
enterprise.”

To both of these expressions the writer could
only add: “As I see it, Lutherland has been, and
truly is, a missionary enterprise; and I for one
can only say, ‘God bless you for having taken ad-

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ness of Christ and His salvation. ”

May God continue to bless Lutherland in its
mission among the thousands of vacationists in the
beautiful land of the Poconos and help to make
Christ ever better known among men! F.J.L.

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“THE passion for humanity is born in every
heart that has Jesus Christ as guest.”

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