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ST. LOUIS, MO., JA.NUARI, 19ll. J e BUS.

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As tho New Yenr's d1Lw11 sprcnds o'er us; ,le us' 1111mo nlonc will wo ,.\ s our tnml:ud boar before 11 ; l n H is co,·cnnnt we sLnnd, ,Journeying lo tho Fromisccl Lnnd. ,Tt:sus• nnmc nnd Jc us' \Vord

Shn11 resound in Iulhist 11u:11s11rc Ju our churches, nmt be hcnrcl. 1\C:ly we trcn,I H is cour ts with plens uro, 'J'hnt our J1cn.rt11 through gmco nnow l)a·o,·c n. holy temple, too. JP.SUS' 11nmo shall lighten pnin, .And in nil our ills rclie,·o us; . Losses thus shall turn to gain · .And to blessings what seemed grie,·ous. Jesus' nnme is Sun nnd Shield, Hore must nil our sorrows yield.

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One Thing Needful. At the beginning of n ne,v ·yenr it is well to remember the Sn.vipr's words: "One thing is need:!ul." He spoke these words in the home of the two sisters Mnrthn. n.nd l{o.ry. Martlm wns busy, "cumbered nbout much serving;" but Mary "sat nt J csus' feet nnd l1eard His word." When l\fortha complained that she was le:£-t to serve nlone, Jesus said to her: "Martha, Martha, thou nrt careful and troubl0<l about. many things; but one thing is needful; and l!ary hath chosen thnt good part, which shall not be taken away from her," Luke 10, 41. 42. The one thing needful, which Mary l1ad chosen ns tl1e good pn.r t, was the l1enriog of Jesus' words for her soul's salvation. One thing is needful I Words of warning not to neglect· the heari~g of God's Word, the Gospel of Jesus, in which salvation is brought to us and

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by which we are lecl to !nith in the Snvior nnd also kept in the true fnith until our enrthly pilgrimage is ended ! The passing years remind us thnt we also shnll pnss away. Every ·year brings us nearer the grave nncl the judgment. What folly to neglect or reject the Gospel o·f Jesus nod thus neglect nncl reject salvation I What fools are they who seek only the ricl1cs, the honors, the pleasures of this pnssiug worlcl nnd neglect the eternnl welfare o[ their immortal souls! How snd will be the lot or him who wns nil his life "careful and troubled about many things/' while the "one thing needful" was forgotten! "Whnt is 'a man profited, i:f he shall gufo the whole world and lose his own soul? · Or • whn.t shall a man give in exchange for his soul P''. liatt. 16, 26. One thing is needCul ! Words o.f comfort for God's children ! They know not whnt the ne,v year will bring them. It may bring earthly losses and sorrows and sicl...-ness nnd death. But they can be of good cheer. Having the one thing needful, they will have a hnppy DC\\' year, though all that the world calls happiness .be tnken from them. In the Gospel of Jesus they ha,,e the assurance that their sins are forgiven ; that they are heirs of heaven; that Jesus is their Guide even unto death, and that He "'ill receh•e them to glory when life's little day is ended. One thing is needful I Words of encouragement in all our mission work I In bringing the Gospel of Jesus to perishing sinners, we bring them the one tl1ing needful, not a mere earthly blessing; but a heavenly blessing for their overlnsting salvation. There cannot be a more important, a more blessed work for thoso who, like Mary, have learned at J esur feet the blessedness of the one thing needful.

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with their lips onlJ. , uch a worship would be an ubominntion to }I im who lo,·ctl us and gave RimU there be one nnmc wccter than :mother in .cl( ror 11 • Our wor-l1ip nm t s1>ring from n bcn belie,·cr's cnr it is the ntnnc oC ,Jc· u~. In that lic,·incr hear t. 'J'hcn °frin "' out or lo,•c to the nnmc l1c hns pnr<llln nncl snknlion. 1 L i· the lif' • awior will be II purt or 0 111· worship. How cnn we of nil his joys bnlm for nil hi wounrls. com£ort in r :111.,, lcn-c Him if wu nr • not will h1ir to g h·c, thut nil his sorrows. Hi ki ngclo111 nm.,· be cxtcntlccl ? J-low can we' be Some ~·cnrs ngo n Ion•• tmin wn. pccclin~ :1 ro!IS rcmll.,· thnnkrul for Hi · nn penka~Jle lo,·e i[ we luwc the plains oC ~linnc·ntn in the cnrly night. A the nbili ty to help to sprcncl the ,o J>l'I His snlthe comlucior pn sing through the t rnin, cnme inlu m Lion, but nrc loo RI ing.,· lo ,lo so? hri t hns the parlor c11r1 he tokl the Jl ll en••ers lhat om - irh·en to )-1 is <l i ·ci1>lc · of :111 f.imc • unlo the encl oC thing t111cl Juul hnppcnecl. "'l'here is n cur in front," the worlcl tJ1• cn1111nission.: • Go ye into nll the he snicl " fillerl wi th , wcclish in11ni" rnnts1 nncl in worltl, :mcl 1n·cnch the Gospel lo ,wcry crcnture. ' tlmt car there i n womnn holcling her clcatl bnb~· H ow ('1111 WC really be H ii, clisciphr i£ WC re.tu-c 00 in her arms. 'l'hc child took sick surlclcnly. r do fl is wili? Not o,·cry Oh ristinn ma.v be able lo clitln't know whnt to tlo. 'J'hcrc wn no rloctor. "O in J>Crson,. bu t he cnn do the l[ustcl"'s wm by Before '[ knew how serious it w11s1 Lhc •hilcl diecl.' prcscnt intr hi "irt., Umt others may be p1·cpure,l 'l'hc Jntc BishoJ> \\ hipplc, o.C l\linncsotn was n nnd sent uncl SUJ>])Orl'Ctl . , 'uch g irts !or the SJ>rcud pnsacngcr in the Pullman cnr. On hearing the con- or the Gospc·t nre giCt.'i !or Jesus. 'J'l1c.r nrc the best cluctor's sncl stor~·, lie immccliatcly hurried !orwnrd thank-offering thnt we can b1·ing to the 'hristnncl founcl the little !nmily gmu1> just ns the con- child. f.ct us, then, nbouncl in the rrrnce of tti\-inrr ductor ·110cl clescribed it. He spoke to the womnn, for the extension of His kinrrtlo111. ' li"1Jr ye know but found thnt she could not speak one worcl of the grace o:C ou r J..orcl J esus hri t, lhnt U1ou,.,1t H e English nor could he unclerstnncl her Sweclish wns rich, yet for your akc~ H e bccnme poor, thnl tongue. But ns she looked llp to him, she guessed ye through Ris po,·erLy migl1t be rich," 2 or. S, 9. from his clrcss thnt he was n. preacher. She rcache<.l down into the :Coltls 0£ her clress nncl took !rom them Day by Day. her Lutheran Prayer Dook in the Swedish language. Turning o,•cr its pages, she put her finger Tf tlic Lord in His dealings wi th you wer e to on a word that is the same in e,•cry language, the adopt your plan of gh•ing c,•erything at once, then, name Jesus. And then she looked 111> into the 1>rc11cher's fnce with n. peaceful smile of hope ancl on the first clay 0£ Jnnunry, you might hn\'c in your J>O!lSCssion nltogetl1cr enough to meet yom: every comfort. want :Cor n. whole year. 'l'o that amount, ,1ow0Yer, How 8\\'.CCt t.11e IUUIIO of ,Jes1111 IIOUIHIS in a belle,-er'11 enr I no !urthcr ndtliti.ons could be ndclccl until the year lt &00tl;C!8 hii. aorrow@, henls his wounds, was out. N ow, SUJ>pr>sc you nnd others shoul<l be And drh·ci, nwny his _fcnr. trcntccl in that wn.y, what would be your condition on<l the condition of others, sn.y, at the encl of six months? You sec, s11cl1 an nrrnngcmcnt woulcl not Gifts for Ja1u1. nnswer at an. But the plan whicl1 the Lord adopts When the \\'isc men of the East !buud the Christ- docs answer. He gives you enough to satisfy your child in Betlilehem, '"they feU down n.nd worshipecl neecls for the year, but instead of giving it all at ' Him." They \\•orshiped Him as their Lord nnd once, He gh•cs only n little nt a time, ancl often; Sa,·ior. And their worship was not mere lip- iri a, worcl, He gh•cs your doily bread. Jie gi"es seh•ice', not an empty outward :Corm. It sprang c"cry dn.y what tl1c wnnts of the day require; nnd from a belie,·ing, grateful heart. For "when they so the whole supply lasts throughout the year, n.nd had opened their treasure&', they presented unto keeps you comfortable to the end. Whereas, if you Hhn ·gilts: gold and frankincense ancl myrrh!' were gh•cn . nll at once, your experience with it By their gifts for Jesus they pro,·ed the sincerity might be a ,•ery sad one indeed. - Lu.l1iar.

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. of their wonbip and their Jo,•e for the Savior. This action of tbe wise men should ser,·e ns· an example to every Christian: Ohrjst!qns must not worship

Day by clay the ma.nnn fell ; 011, to learn thi11 lesson well: Still by constnnt ·mercy fed, Git'O 011, J..ord, our daily brend I

The Lutheran Pioneer. Only One Life. 'l'he captnin ot n British ,•c~ cl rclntctl tho following incident from J1i/ Ii re on t he o ·can. One clny the SCl'ew of hi \"CSsel broke, nml wh il t r pail".~ were mutle it hnppcucll thl'ough the cn1·clcs ncs o[ one or the cl'ew that the wnter ru hed into the hip which soon IJcgnn to sink. '!'he boats wc1·e got read.,·. nnd the CUJ>tnin teppe<l in to one whirh wn already o,·erc1·owded. It wu~ n d:u·k. slorm~· ni 11·ht, and the men hnd hut little hope or b fog rcscuccl. \rtcr n while lhes a~,· in the tli ·tnncc the light of an upprouchincr steamer; but how could U1ey aLtra t nttcn tion? 'J'hcy scnrchetl Lhe bout nml iouud 1111 olll lantern with n short cmulle eml. 'J'hcm they looked !01· n malch. Each searched his pocket ; IJut no mntch was to be round. 'l'he captai n orclcrC(l them to sea rch . again aml to Lurn the lining or o,·el'J 1>0 ·kct. At 111 ·t n match wa .round in the cori1cr or n pocket and was g h·cn to the cnptaiu. 'l'he sailors stood close around him, keeping their e,ycs fixe,l on him ancl hole.li ng theit· jnckets so as Lo keep olf lhe wind. ' l'he ca ptain hud fearlcs ly faced ni:m.,· u tl iflicul ty, 1111111.,• 11 (lann-er, but as he him: •Ir Inter snicl he nc,•cr felt snch 1:esponsibility n nt thnt 1110111enL when 110 wa. to strike that match'. But he dicl it. Anrl when the Jnn tern was lightccl, it wn · wn,· •d o n 1:1 irr1_111I for help. 'l'his was obser,·ecl b_,. the men on the steamer, who soon reached the boat nnd res ·netl tho •111>tain aml l1is men from n wn tery gra ,·e. But whut g,we Umt match ib! grent ' v,due? It wa\S the only one the men in the boat Juul. .Aml it is this which g h·es )"Our life hero on earth such groat ,•aduu. It is t ho ouly one you hnve, gi\'Cll to you as n time of 1>reparuti1>n for cterni t)·· H thnt one life is wnstccl in sin nntl lost in eternal death, which is e,·erh1sting damnation, then you ha,·e no other life to make good thnt loss. 'l'hel'C[ore remember the warniug lesson of the passing years: "Prepare- to meet thy God !"

Trust Your Gulde. Blincl persons !rcqucntly ha,·c no an~ious expression as they 1110,•e about alone. But if they ha\"e n guicle who can see, they trust thcmseh·cs to thnt guide nncl then walk without .Coar. We oursch-cs nrc blincl as to tho !uturc, but the Lord knows it nil ; thcro:!orc Gails chilclrco may commit their wny unto Him ancl rest nssurccl that He will guide them sai:cly to the end. Ho has given

Lhcm the promise: "[ will g uitlc thee with mine eye• Ps. !32 . 'l'he promise is not, • [ will guide thee wi Lh t.hin C)'O • IJut "I will g uitlc thee with mine •~·c. God's •ye not ours. Docs not much of ou r trouble come Crom our wanting God to rruidc u · wi th our own •)·ca aml not with His - from wnnLincr to walk b~· icrht rather than hy faith? It will sn,·c us 11111 ·h worry a nd trouble if: we trust our h1idc 11ml Collow Hi m with at! unciucstioning foith. , ·ome Lime il"O n tra,=eter in •'outh Africa was nnxiou. lt1 go lo n certain pla ·c which coulcl be ren ·hcd only by the aid o[ nn African g nillc. 'rho ttm·eler a~·s : " lt wa not loner beCore I :f'ountl that the old man was guitling me along some path well known to him, but not ,·isiblo to my e_ycs - a po.th, howo,·cl', which wns plainly dcsignec.l to carry us rouncl clump o[ thorn and t rcnchcrons stones. Not a murk conlcl J sec to show the turnings or the path; but the g uicle was no,·er at a loss, and by trustingly following him l reached the place in sa:Cqty." Oocl's chihlrcn, in their journ~ · through- life, hn,·e the Lorcl as their Guillc, who hiJs gi\•cn them tho un.rniling promise : ' ' [ will guide thee with mine eye. '· 'l'hey shoulcl nt all t imes simply trust Him, nc,·cr doubting thnt Re will· guide them aright nml bring them safely honic. 1 know not the woy I 11111 going, Dnt well do T know my Guide; With a chil<lli~e trust I gh-c my hond To t he mighty Frieml Rt my aide. The only thing tlu1t 1 l!lly to Him .As He tnkllil it is, "Hold it fnst; S111Ter me not to lose my wny, Ami ~ring me Imme l\t Inst!" As when some helplllils wanderer, Alone in ,m, unknown hmd, '1'e ll11 the guide ·his dcstincd pince of, re11t, And lel\\"Cil nil· chio in his hnnd. '"J'i11 home, 'tis home thnt we long to reach; He who g11itles 1111 11111y chOOilO the way; Little we hood wh11t path ,,-c take, lf nenrer · home· cnch dny.

Christ Only. In tl1c days of the flood there was only one pince of safety, and that was the ark. It was not the ark and something else, but the ark alone. So the only pince of s&'fety :Cor sinners is in Christ. Not Christ and something else, but Obrist alone. "Believe on the Lord Jesus Obrist, and thou shalt be sn,•C<l," says the apostle. And again it is \\"ritten: "Neither is there salvation in any other; for there. is none other name under hca,•en gi,•en among men whereby we must be saved!'

The Lutheran l:'ioneer. God's Protecting Care. On December 30 1 55, snys nn old Rui: ·inn onlccr I \\11 trn\"cling in n idci"'h with my wile some miles to the home of my !nther-in-lnw. N ext tln.y wns my i'nther-in-lnw"s birthcln ·. Our t wo JiUle ones only six months· old, were 1clt nt home in I.he cnre oi' u t ru twor thy nurse. We pn ~ d the birfah-

At Jesus' feet.· (LVD 10, 38-42.)

Oh that I could formir 1lt With llary at tha llutar'1 feotl Be thl■ my happy choice!

117 only care, delight, nnd bliu, Ky J07, Ill)' heaven OD earth be thl■, To bear ID.)" Savior'■ voice.

day very enjoyably. But towards evening my wife

wu llebed with a longing to see our twin children. Aa I also had this demre for our babes, and besides began to fear we might not be able to reach home

with the 1 igh iu pnrtic11l01·1 that we would not be nblc to cro I.he rhicr Vj tula, we set ou t lownrd ,. ning [or home. 'l'hc road was plcndid, the hors • ~J>t:tl nlon" nml t-0,,·nrcl nine o lock we re11t!ltcll the w l1 near Ost1-omcl.zko. 'J'ltc air became <'lc:ircr nnll :1 f"w slara bcgnu to nJ>pcnr. 'J'hcn the hori;e:~ begun to get u neasy; they rctu·ccl n · i I" th<:.r woultl go 110 fn1·thcr, .ind then began to r1111lt rnrwnrrl in Ci-untie 1111 to. At n dislnnc· • wu hc111'll the ho:n"c barking o[ two clc1•!)1. huL no other ouncl. Olcl l!-,mnzck, our clrh·cr. clill all he could to quiet the lmr,; •· : but in \fain, - on they mndJy r11:J1c<l. A lhc barkin"' c.amc n arcr I looked nround 11ml nw two olcl lcnn dogs :Collowin" our slcicrh. "L,ct U1cm come n aror :incl cu t them with the whip," I ordcrccl th clri ,·er not yet suspecting any • clanger. J\11 " he g1-onncd1 "they arc woh•cs I I He was old, born in tlint neighborhoocl, a nd k new t hem :Crom cm·licr clny . At the time o.f which I speak, woh•cs were sclclom seen, and were only tlri\"co from their h iding-places thnt year by tho now wh ich began to :Cnll cnrly noel continued long. H unger made them ra\"enou . I lashed the horses to drh•c them nt their u tmost speed; they flew along wi th the sleigh, our p ursuers pan ting os they · chased us. My wile sat ' BJ>ccchlcss, pale as death, nnd I thought I al ready felt the hot breath of the beasts behind me. When they were quite ncnr the sleigh, Franzek threw down bis f urcont. We l1card them f nlling upon it in a :i'ury, struggling for the prey, and we gained on them n. little. But soon t he barking and panting came nearer again, and our fear increased. Only n. little way yet I The farm lay before us. If now the gate were closed, as we were not expected home before the following day, what then would become of us ? The wolves had almost reached us when we found the gate open. With thanks to God we entered our home. \Ve first went to the children's room. We opened the door. A thick vapor came into our faces; the nurse lay in bed, breathing heavily; the children were quiet and pale in the cradle. We hurriedly carried them to our bed-

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•chamber, sent lor the doctor, who, luckily, was I have dooc much to gtvc you an education, scanty :ot home, nnd with uuitccl cftorts we roused them though it is. I will do more if you retain caste. · :all to Ii Cc. 'l'hc room hatl been heated"in the e\•cu- l nm willing to sell the little patrimony' (on which ing with pent. l 1 robably n. piece had fallen out the subsistence of our family depends) 'to provide nnd g r:ulunlly kindlccl the boards of the floor, n. :tor your expenses 1·cquiretl to prosecute your stuspot or which was quite charrccl. Hnd we arrived dies. 'l'akc now ns large a sum of money as is rehol[ an hour later, our effor ts nt sn.ving o,1r chil- quired, but grant me only this petition, Preserve clrcn woulcl likely hnve Leen iu vain. 'l'hat night the life or motlier, who will certainly pine o.way to 1 learn cl to thunk God :Cor Ris prot.ccLion. Jt was llcath in youl· absence. Worship whom you will, O\·iclcnt thn t His gmcious J1aml wn in it. All bnt retain caste. I could bear these things no we hod 11assctl through hncl coml.Jin cl to 1n·cscn ·c longer, so, bcscccliing them to ta.kc food, I retired the Jh·cs o.C om· children. 'l'he wild animals which to 1>my. . . . I clearly sec tl1nt dear and affectionate we cuuntcll om· persecutors must be the deliverers l'riencls on cn1·th must be forsaken, if necessary, in oC om· children. But t he la ·t c,·cning o[ the year order that one may be 'rich towards God.' But this l 1111,·c nlwnys incc spent at home. is a truth Yery difficult to net out. I do not fear either kind o.f persecution. If the wbole world stnnds ngninst me, I am ready to be crushed for "A Man's Foes Shall be They of His Own Him who died for us w11ile we were sinners. Lord, Household." · I am 'l'bine for evermore." At the close of his letter he says, "I can do notl1ing for my mother Olll'isLians in this land do not apprehend what but p1·ny that she may be led to sec the blessedness lea...Cul tl"ials most I:Iindoos must pass through in of the course I have taken. All of you constantly torsnking their ow11 religion and entering the Chris- 1>rny fo1· me nnd my friends. I don't know ho,v to tian 1]mrch. It ·would be compn.rativcly easy to express my :£eeling of gratitude. Your humble bca1· physical tortures, il these were all, but in most brother in Christ Jesus."-ll!issuma·r g Herald. coses methods arc employed to 1nevcnt the converts :Crom coni'.cssiµg their :! nith, w}1ich appeal strongly to their :Cecling; they must literally forsake fafher Our Father Who Art In Beaven. and mother for Christ's sake. A young Hindoo who had received . Christio.n Once in a great storm at sea the passengers on Baptism ga\"c a touching description of the trials board n. ship were all terribly ·alarmed and diswhich he unden,•cnt. "I f.ear," he said, "I cannot tressed. One· o.f them obser,·ed thnt a little boy convey to you any idea of wbat my mourning mother was the only persou who seemed calm n.nd happy. is doing. She scarcely cats at all. During these "Arc you .not n:Craid, my child?" ll\'C or six dn.ys my sister has been reduced to o.lmost "No, sir.'' n. skeleton. \Vhcne,•er I think of or look at her, ' "Wby not, wben we are in such danger?" my heart nearly breaks. When I think tl10.t they "I am not afraid, because my father is at the nrc suffering so much mental a~ony :£or me, I pray helm." to God, and find consolation in the thought that He was the capto.in's son, and he trusted that God and truth are the cause of this lamentation. his father would bring the vessel safely through the Last evening I went to bed after prayer. In a little storm. So those who know God as their Father in while my sister called me to ho.ve my supper. I was heaven may always feel safe and happy. introduced to a scene which must remain indelibly impressed upon my memory as long as I live. My The Chrl■tlan'■ 'Journey. mother was lying prostrated on a · bed overwhelmed with grief. Now and then she was sighing. Beside A Christian, being only a traveler through this me wall' my elder brother, weeping like a tenderhearted woman. He wept and wept and wept till "•orld, must expect a traveler's fare - bad roads I could no longer bear to remain there. When I sometimes, bad weather, and bad accommodation. was about to len.ve, my brother told me to remain a But since his journey is short and his home is in little while. '!'hen he described the piteous condi- heaven, hie actions, sufferings, prayers, and conturn. that way. tion of our family, and he pleaded, 'My dear brother, versation .

The ~uthera.n Pioneer. The Bellmaker of St. Gall.

In the olden time when church bells were not ~o common os they nrc now. n monk o[ ' t. Onll in Fronc.-c suet'eedccl in mnkin"' one or o sweet nnd solemn n tone thnt it clmrnu.•,l o,·ery listener nml soon no ser,·icc o'f tho church wn thought complete without the rin ...ing o[ the bell. 'J'he J~mperor hnrlomngne hennl it, nncl sent the monk 11 quantity or silver to mnke n second hell thinking thnt it finer metnl were use<l in the making, it would hn'"e o slill S\\1cctcr sound thou the other. \\ hen the monk sow the sih-er, ho begnn to wish thnt he coufd keep it for himself; and, .fnncying that no one woultl know the dHrereuco, he dctermiuecl to mnke the bell o! inferior, mixotl metnl, nnd let it pnss for sil\"cr. When the bell was finished and hung, in position, tl1e monk, wishing to see if it worked properlJ, got too near, tmtl nt the first stroke the heawy clapper swung ngninst his henrl nnd killecl him. 'l'he :tmml was soon discovered, nml the pco1>le thought he lul(l been justly punishccl. But suppose it had ne,·er been cletcctoo., and he had Jh•ed to enjoy his iJI-gotten gains, woulcl he ha.ve been nny l~ wicked? No, 11ml at lost he would hnve l1ncl to answer :f'or his sins just the snme to Gml, who hates deceit o! e,·ery kind. Sometimes J>eople think it does not matter if they do chent n. little, so long as they are not fo1md out; but they ought to remember that God k11ows nil about it, e,·en if no one else tloes, antl though He may wait o. Jong time, He wm surely c11JI them to account.

The Shoemaker's Defense. The "ife of 11 shoemaker nt Hngcnnu hacl, against her husband's wiJl, bought :Crom o. seller of indulgences, or letters of pardon, a Jetter of the pope's indulgence in which it was snid : "I remit the pains thou wouldst h&\'e had to endure in purgatory. At the moment of death the gates of tlie place of torment shall be shut against thee, and the gate of the paradise of joy shall be opened unto thee!' She bad 1>11id a gold florin for that Jetter of indulgence. Shortly after, ~be died, and as the widower omitted to have masa said for the repose o! her soul, the priest cliarged him with contempt of ,religion, and

"Is your wile dend ?" nskecl the judge. 'Yes, · nnswerecl the shoemaker. ' Whnt hn,•c you clone with her?" "J lmrictl her uml commended her soul to Goel/' ·•nut hu,·o you Juul no muss snill :Cor the snh·n.tion of her out ?"' " J hn,·e noL · it wo · not necessary; she went to hc:w cn in the moment or he1· denth!' 'How do you know thutf' 'Herc i the o,·iilencc or it/ saicl the willower, tlrnwing from his pocket lho indulgence. 'l'he jmlge, in Lh prc;icncc o! the priest, rend, in so mnn.r wor(l , Lhnt in the moment or tleuth the woman who hacl I oh·cll the Jetter of imlulgcncc woulcl go, not in to p ur•.-atory but straight into hea,·en. "rf the 1,ricst pretends U111 t n moss is necessary n:Cter thnt snid the shoemaker, "then my wi Cc hos been chcotecl by t he pope; but if he ha · not been cheatecl, then the priest is trying to cheat me! 'l'here wns 110 1·eplying to the hocmnke1·'s tlcfense, nntl ho was ucquittetl.

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4 Ble11ed Year for the Believer. Blessed ycnr in ·which he tlics who J111s n 'n,•ior I It is the year of his true birth; it is the year oC his e,•erlnsting snlvntion; it is the ycnr in which he celebrntcs his wedtling; it is· the truly "acccptnblc year oJ: the Lord," tho e,•erlnsting year of jubilee, in which nil his lnmentations will sink into e,•erlnsting silence. 'l'hen, at lust, will he toke his hnrp from the willows or gric[, encircle his brow· with never-fading Rowers of spring, nnd sing nnd. J>lny with angelic choirs, forever and e,·cr, the new song to God and the Lamb. - lValt/1,cr.

The Dlfterenoe.

They were speaking of the devil's temptations, when on old colored uncle sni<l: "Brethren, there is a difference. When I was a boy, I took o. hatchet and went into the woods. When I found n tree tbat was straight, big, and solid, I didn't get down that tree; but when I found one leaning n Jittlo the judge o! Hngenau summoned the shoemaker to . and holJow inside, I soon hnd him down. So when appear before him. 'rhe sbocmaker put in bis the de,•il goes ofter Christians, he cloesn't get tbOBe pocket his wife's indulgence and went to tho place down easily that stand etraigbt and true, but thOBO of summons. that Jenn a little and arc hollow inside!'

The Lutheran Pioneer. Who Is Wllllng to Contribute? 1.'he Lorll lms this ycm· hlcsscll our Luther College in New Orleuns Lu., with a gooclly 11mnbc1· o.l: students, 2, I.icing thus ·( nr enrolled, 13 n.f whom nre boys. 'l'hc mu.jori Ly o[ these boys is prcporing :Cor the J1oly ministry; some or our girls desire lntcr to scr\'e ns tcncl1crs i n our mis ion schools td1ould nn oppu1·t1111ity pr<IBcnt Hs"lr. ;\ II o[ our 1>11pil pn~• t uition, with th• exception ot four hny;; from our colorc<l J.nthernn cong r •gation in l\[nnsum Lu. 'l'hci;c bo,rz- nr nil prcpm·fog rnr thu minii;tr,r but H1uir pu1·unls owing f;o sc,· •ml !-lm:ccssin: ·rop-!nilurcs, ·1111 c,mLribulc but ,·cry litth: lo their ·upport: A fricncl or our •olored mi sion hus b1kcn it upon him ·cir to pay the expenses :for one t1Ludent; the remuining t hree ore dcpcmlcnt entirely upon our :Cncligcnt ' tmlcnt • Funil. 'J'his Cun<l, ho,,·c,·cr; is n.t llrcscnt entirely exhuustc,1. \\ hnt shnll we clo? encl t hese students h,ome? lfost 1rsureclly not! '"fhc Lorcl l1ath need" or these young men, whose hcnrb; Ile hns nuulc willing to dc,·olc llloi r Ih·es lo Ifis scl'\·ice as loborers · i n Hi· ,·incyunl. \\ c nrc thcrcCorc, confiden t tlu1t our fellow- hristinns will ngn.i n rnlly to t heir nitl 11t1 tho.,· 1111\"c clone in tl1c pnst. Now, who is willing to contri bute? • Cont ributions mny be sent td the treasurer for 'olorccl Missions, l\[r. li. Doederlcin, 848 E . Pmide 1h c. St. Louis, 1\Io., or to ·

R. A. W1Lo1-:, 3332 Bell St.; New Orleans,

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NOTBS. FHIENDJ,Y GnEJo;TJN0S. -An "old render" writes: "Permit me to send friciully greetings nnd best wishes to the P10NJmH ns he storts on his journey for another ycnr. l\[nny ycnrs hO\'C pnssctl since he l1cg11n to tnwcl the ' hnrcl road/ I well remember f rom my chilclhood days the time when he paicl his :first "isit to our home. Re bas c,•er since been a welcome \'isitor. }[ay he be wclcomec:1 in many more homes !" And a. colored friend in the South writes: "From the days of my earliest childhood - I nm now twenty-six - I hn,•c enjoyed reading the PlONEEH. I wish bim God's continued blessings." The PIONEER gives _hearty thanks for· nll frienclly greetings, and ,,,iahes all readers n Happy New Year.

T~ui.·t W1~ FonOJ-!T. - It seems not to be gcncrnlly known thnt nccording to the new postnl law subscriptions cannot remain unpaid O\'cr one year without t he payment oC cxlra postll"'C. 'l'hat woulrl imleell he an mmcccs nr_y expense. Hence· t he kind 1·cl1ucst to pay subscript ions nt lhc beginning of the yeur. 'l'he .,·cu r ]{)11 mn.rks the llm-c lnuulrcu th 1mnh·crsnr.,· or our English 'Bibi• l ullc1l King Jnm :s's Biblct nncl recqgnizccl 11s Lhe " A11 thorizcd Yur:!ioo.. whcrC\'Cr the E nglish la11g11n~u iiS :;pokcn. 'l'his 1•:nglish ,·crsion or the BilJlc wng prcpnrcil 11ml iisimccl in Bngh111<l in the yc11r Jlil,'J d uring the reign of King Jamc.-s I. 1\ B1111.1~ A~~1,·1msAJ1, · . 0

A Lu·1·111m,,x .'T,\TJ~. -:i\Iinncsobt hns been cnllcd n. L!1theran stnte, 11s of its 834,400 church ~ comm1m1cnnts 267,300 nre rcportccl to be Luther-! nns, so that e,•cry third church-member in that state nrnst be a Lutheron. Wisconsin comes next, \\"ith ~84,28(i out of 1,000,000 communic11nt.s. Pennsyl- ~ wmia is third, with 335,G4a out or 2,977,000 com-;J -( municnnts. _ __ ~

IN MANY LAN0U,\0ES. - It is stat.eel that God's )1 Worcl is preached by the Lutheran Churclt of our O ~ country in 24 different languages, including the ~~ sign l.11ngn11ge, in whicli n. blessed work is being Q done by our Lutheran missionaries among the deafa=; .: mutes of our land. _ __ · ~

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PJ-:nsIAN )I1s,10N. -Among Persian immi-; grants who ha,•e come to our shores to better their 0 conditions and ha\'e settled in different cities of our country, mission work has recently been begun by n Luthemn pastor, who formerly labored for Q,.i many years in the mission field of Persia. May God bless his labors among these Persian immigrants, BO that they find in our blessed land not only their earthly brcacl, but also the Bread o·f Life for their souls' ctem11I snh•ation.

A Gui-:,\"r AutY.-So.ys an exchange: "Thero arc 18,499 miuionarics in the worlcl, laboring in foreign lands. Add to these the thouaanda of home miuionarics, and what a• great and glorious army we ha,•c ,.. A great army. Yes. And what a glorious army it would be, were it not :Cor the sad fact that BO many o'f- them preach not the puro Gospel of anh•ation by grace through faith in Christ Jesus.

The .Lutheran Pioneer.

They per,•ert the Gospel of Christ nnd preach nnother gospel thnn that which the apostles preach ed. I n such St. Paul saw nothing glorious. H e said : "'!'hough we, or on nngel from hcn\'en, }~reach nny other gospel unto you than that which we ha"c preached 1mto you, let him be nccursccl !" Gal. 1, S.

A llanuaorlpt Bible for a Plllow.

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Just ns Dr. Judson J1nd :finished tTnnslating the New Testn.ment into Burmese 110 wns cast in to prison. His wi:Cc took the precious manuscript nnd buried it in the ground. But if lcrt there it would soon dccny, while to rc,,cnl its existence to its foes "·ould surely lend to its destruction. So it wns arranged that. she should put it within n roll of cotton and bring it to him in the form of a pillow, so hard that even the keeper of the prison did not CO'\"ct it. Alter se,•en months this pillow (so unin"":·, ·iting ext-ernnlly, so pl"CCioua to Mm) wna taken ,. -: away, and then Ma wife redeemed .it by giving a . better one in exchange. Some t ime after he ,vns ., hurried off to another prison, lca,•iug everything "i}Jchind him, and bis old pillow wns thrown into tbe ~ ·- prison yard to be trodden under foot na worthlCSB -cotton; but after a few l1oura one of the native • OJ1ristiona disco,•cred the roll and took it home ns a relic or the prisoner j and there, long•afterward, the manuscript was. found within t!1e cotton, t:om: plcte and uninjured. Surely, we may soy the hand of the Lord " ' DB · , interposed to aa,•c from destruction the fruit of years of toil, so important for those who were to rend the Burmese Bible. ·

God•• Goodness. In the spring there first appear the bloasoma; and theq, shortly after, the strawberries and cherries; and then, ere long, plums, apples, and berries of vinous juice and virtue. To these we are to add the infioit.e variety of herbs and odors. An.cl then, at the time of harvest, our hams are filled with wheat, rye, barley, and com, and grain of every kind. In the autumn, our presses overflow with wine of an infinit.e variety of tast.e and fragrance, and our vats are filled to the brim. Thua the Lord fills the whole revolution of the year, and every part of it, with His overJlowing and in1lnite good-L,d~.

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BOOK TABLE. C ONt.'01:nL\ P IUl l AII\: LEU ' LETS

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nrc ~xccllcn_t l~clps ror Sundl\y•achools, pnbli11l1cd by Con• corth n. P ubh slung House, St.- r.ouis, Mo. Tho L eaflet, nro intended for lhc -Primnry Dcpnr tmcnt nnd t.ho Lca,0111 for the J unior nnd nior Dcpnrll!tcnts. Pnstors nnd tc:\chcrs wl10 ha,·o t.he cn ro or uncln~·- chools will do well to send for 1111mplc copies. 'l'hcy will upon c.,:nmh111tion find t hese Lct1flcta.nnd l,cs,0111 inm lunblo for t he instruct ion of Sun• ~ny-school chilclrcn i11 Bible llistory nnd Cntccltism. T he rnr mcr urc publishccl qunrtcrh- (30 le sons IL yenr1 with Biblicnl p ict ures in colom; 15 "ct . 1>er nnnum) , tho ll\tter mont.hly (1L IC!l,ion ror ll,·cry ' nndny, nlso illust rn.ted; 25 eta. per ycnr ) . YNon.u.u.:111c 1tT tics Nor th Dnkot:n- u nd Montnun. -Dis• t rikl.s. Conccmti,i l 'nhlis hing ITonsc, St. Louis, l\lo. Price, 1O els. '£his pnmphl •t brings t he pru°'---cclini;,'il or t he fi rst meoting or t ho Nor t h Dakota. :md )(ontnnn. Dist rict. Jt co11tnin11 I.ho opening sermon, I.ho S~•nodicnl .Address, 1111 instrnct.h·o essay on t. 'Pnnl'e 1111 siomiry lnbors, 1md nn encourag ing report or I.ho Sy1101l's c.,:tcnsivo mission field.

Acknowledgment. Recch·cd for Colored .U iBBio11a from I.he following congregations : St. l\rnt.thew, Moherrin, Vn., $7.30, St. P nul, Mnnsurn, Ln., 5.00, l\Iouut Cnh•nry, l\Iount Plcnl!lln t, N. C., 5.00, St. . Pnul, Now Orleans, J.n., 30.00, Bethlehem, New Orlenns, Ln., 30.00, l\Iount Zion, New Orlcnna L'l., 35.00, Napolconvillo, Ln., li.08, Om oo, Concord, N. C., 10.00, Mount Cnh•nry, Sandy Ridge, N. C., 7.00, S t. J ohn, Salis• bury, N. C., 2.05, St. Pl\111, Chrirlot te, N. O., 7.50, Mount Zion, l\foyeraville, N. C., 2.60, St . Jnmcs, Southern P ines, N. C., 2.60, Zion, Gold Hill, N. C., 3.00, Concordin, Rock• well, N. C., 2.50, Mount Zion, The Rookl'I, N. C., 3.00. Total: $170.03. St. Louie, Mo., Dcc:ombcr 10, 1010. • H. L. DoEDEBLEIN, f'rcaa. 848 E. Pmirle Ave.

Evangelical Lutheran Cotored Churoha. NE\IV ORLEANS, LA. SI. Pard'a Chapel, 1025 Annetta St., nC!llr N. Claiborne St.; Ed. Schmidt, Pns tor. Dh•ino Son•i CCA : Sundny, 11 A . :ar. and 7.30 I'. :ar.; \Vedncsdn.y, 7.30 r. :ar. Mount .Zitm Church , li'mnklin nnd Thalin. S t.a. . Dh•ine Services: Snndny, 11 A. u. and 7.30 I'. :ar.; · Thursday, 7.30 I'. :u. Bolh.lohcm Chapel~ Wnslllngton Ave. n.nd Dryndes St.; G. )f. Krnmer, Pastor. . . Divino "Scn•iCC8: Sunday, 11 A. u. and 7.30 I'. u.; ~ureclay, 7.30 I'. u. Sunday School: Sundn.y, 10 A. u, SPRINGFIELD, ILL. 11oly !l'ri11ity Ohvroh. DMno Services: Sundny, 10.30. A. ir. nnd 8 I'. u.

'l'EBKS: P10:cm ii published montliJ:,, payablo ,,. advanao at tho following rntee, poatngo included, to-wit: Ti111: LUTJIERAK

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Club rntee only allowed if nil copies nra to be sent to one ILddreu. - In St. Louis by mall or carrier, 35 ccnta. All buelnou communications to be addrcuod to Col'fCOBDIA Pum.1anmo Houas, Jefl'onon Aw. and l\linmi St., St. Louia, Mo. All communications concerning the aditoria.l department to be addraaecl to Prof. R. A. Bl80Jlon, Conovor, Catawba. Co., N. 0.

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A MISSIONARY ~IONTHLY.

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BY THE EvANGE1,1cA1, L UTHERAN S\'NODICAL Co?-"l-'ERENCE o~· No1tT11 AMEllICA.

R. A. BISCHOFF, E»l'l:on. Entcrcll nt lho l'ost o mco nl

'Vol. X.XXIII.

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ST. LOUIS, M.O., .l!'EUltUA.RI, 1911.

Work While It Is Day I White nrc the flchh1 lo hnn-c.st, 'l'hc lnbon:rs nrc {cw; Al'i e nnd for the MasLer 'l'ho glorious wnrk renew! Work while I.ho dnylight In Let h; nlmLion frco 1uocluim; :l\lnkc known f.h roughont I.he tmLions 'l'hc ..,1l\'ior•15 Jlreciou name!

Interest In Mission Work. 'l'hc uim of the C'Jmrch in nil her mission work is the sulvuLion of souls. 'l'o this .cud she mnkes known the Go pol of snlvutiou in obedience to the words or her Lo.rd : "Oo ye into nl1 the world, and preach the Gospel lo c,•cry c1·entnre. He that bclic,•cth ancl is b1Lptizcd slinll be sn,•ed; but he that bclic,1cth not sJ1ull be tlumnctl.11 So long as a person is no true Cln·istinn lie will not take a sincere intc1-cst in such work of the Church. He that is not concerned for his o,m sulvntiou will not be concerned for the salvation o.f others. He that cares not for his owu soul will not care for the souls of others. JI~ may care for their bodily wcl.Cnrc, but not for the cterno.l welfare of tl1cir souls. He may, from a certain natural kindness, contribute towards the support of missionaries, because he knows that by their work civilization and culture are n1so spread and tho physical and social conditions of tho people are improved, but the true aim of the mission work of tho Ohureh interests and moves him not. It is different witli the true Christian. He by faith has found salvation in the Gospel of Jesus,

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nod his heart's desire nod prayer to God for others i , that t hey nlso might be sa,•ed. He thcrc!ore takes n heartEclt nnd active interest in the missions o.f the Ohurch, by u:liich the Gospel i,s made known for the salvation of sinners. "A. Ohristian,11 Luther snys, "cannot be so heartless that he should not cure for other men, whether they believe or not. He must remember all men, always sighing and pray-· ing !or th9m: that God's name may be hallowed, His kingdom come, His will be done, and that the will of the rle,•il, who is u liar and murderer from the beginning, shoultl be hindered and brought to nnught.11 Aud again he s1iys: "Ye Christians have rcccivell the blessing of God not for yourselves alone, but in order that ye should bless also those that ATC still under the curse, that is, pray for them that they also mo.y be brought to faith. 'l.1he blessing is not temporal, for this present life, but it is this, that through Ohrist ye are in a state of grace, having forgiveness o! sins and being delivered from tlcath and the devil, looking forward to the glory of everlasting li.fe.11 Surely, those ,vho enjoy this blessing of God in the sah•ation of their own sonls must be filled with n longing to bring, or help to bring, thilf bless~g to otl1ers. Having by fo.ith seep Jesua in the Gospel nnd heard His gracious ,•oice for their own salvation, they will say witl1 tho apostles: "We cannot but speak tho things which we have seen and hca.rd,11 A.eta 4, 20.

Cheap Charity. Some men are so charitable that they are willing to contribute to any good cause every cent they can · got their neighbors to give up.

The Lutheran Pioneer. Salvation In Christ.

Little Annie had well lcurnccl at school the Gospel plnn of sah·ntion in Christ. One dny the teacher mid to her, "Annie, what will you do when you die nod nrc called upon to stund before the judgment.sent of God ?" Her face glowed with emotion as she nuswcred, " Obrist died for sinners. / liitlo bal,i,id Hi11t. God will not look nt 1no. He will look at 01,rUJt." Boouti!ul thought ! 'l'o bide bchiml Christ, to lose ourselves in Him, nml, costing aside our own works, .to rest solely and entirely on FCis finished work for salvation!

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What Lutheranism Teaches.

o. " good" man, but he is no Christian, becn.\188 •hc docs not belie,•e in Christ. 'l'he renl "goodness" consists iu faith in Christ. . A. real Christion is n child of God, nu heir of the kingdom, a brother o.f Christ, a companion of the angels, n lord o.f the unh•ersc, partaking of the ,c:lh•ine nature of his Lord nnd Savior. A real Christion is n, better and more useCul mun than un~· other mnn on earth. A Ohristinn ranks highest, nl thoug h he 11111y be n poor cobblc1·. If you bclie,•e in Uhrist, hear R is Word willing ly, nncl recch·c it sincerely, you nre n 1·cnl Oliris. Linn, notwi thstnncJing •om· si11! 11h1css. R e who in nil things will heed that cnpital word, '·'l'Jms Stlith the Lord," mny nhrnys live in f ull hope nnd happiness. 'l'he greatest ,•irtue or n. renl Christion is his humility. H is greatest danger is to become proud, CSJ>ccinlly if he is endowed with mental girts and tnlcnts. A rcnl Christian is n sniut, whether he be o. luymau or o. minister, u. man or o. woman. Who disputes this, sets nt naught the sacrament of Baptism, the blood of Christ, nod the grace of tl1e H oly Ghost. A real Christion will bear in mind that his dni ly conversation is 11. gospel to ltis neighbors. It will not do to hicle his faith; he must show .it in order to promote the wcl.fnrc or his neighbors' souls. I Atll,or.

Lutheranism teaches thnt God hates no mnn, thnt He Io,·es nil men, and wills thnt nll men be snvcd. It teaches, !urther, that the Son o.f God . hns propitiated God !or nil men, o.nd 1·edcemed them, and thnt He hns blotted out the sins of nll men, nnd purchased for all the forgiveness of their sins nnd a perfect righteousness. It teaches thnt God passes over no one, but earnestly urges every one to receive His grace. It teaches thnt the Gospel is a great, universal absolution, which God has already proclaimed to all men, which every one can ·take to himself, nnd e,•cry one - even the greatest sinner- cnn depend upon as certainly as God is How the Scandal Grew. true. It t.encbes that even those who have !nllen o!ten can return and agnin fiud grace. It tencl1cs l\[rs. A. (to Mrs. B.): "'l'bat Mrs. Ncwc.-omer that tho dccish·e question is not whether man feel ill so :Coutl of her chilclrcn. 'l'he other day when I grace and J>C8C8 with God ancl the forgiveness of callccl she was blowing soop bubbles with them sins, but whether he believe the promise o.f grnce through o common clay pipe." and lorgivcness; for as man believes from the heart l\[1'8. B. (to lfrs. C.): "'l'bnt Mrs. Newcomer God to be, whether angry or gracious, so is He. It is so f unny. Mrs. A. snw her amusing her cltildrcn teaches that only two classes of men will not be with n. common clay pipe." saved; namely, those who want to help themselves l\Irs. C. (to Mrs. D.) : "Just think I 'l'hnt out of their sins, and those who want to remain in Mrs. Newcomer smokes a common cln.y pipe." their aina. - Dr. 1Vall1,er. lfrs. D. (to l{rs. E.): ''Well, well I That Mrs. Newcomer smokes n. horrid pipe. I don't see how nny woman in her sober senses could do that." Real Chl'l■tlans. lirs. E. ( to l{rs. F.) : "Did you ever hear the Whoever is not Christ's own is tho devil's like? That Mrs. Newcomer smokes a pipe and drinks awfully I" J>roperty. And so the scandal grew from mouth to mouth A Christian ~ not made, but born, that is, he is not faabioned by the power of man, but planted as the snowball grows when rolled through the snow. But remember: ''He that speaketh lies shall by the hand of God. It is a great deal more to be a real Christian not escape," Prov. 19, 5. "Speak not evil one of than to be a "good" mao, Many a one is seemingly another," James 4, 11.

The Lutheran Pioneer.

The Three Slaves.

were the words which roached the ear of the listener outside. " O mnmma I" cried little Blnnche Philpott. " I must sec the m an who can sing like that in "I hem·ll such n talc nbou t Edith Howard ! I did such a pince ns this," t hought the missionary, ridnot think she could be so very naughty. One -" ing up to the cabin and alighting from his horse. "My clear," interrupted llrs. P hil1>ott, " before J.\. :Ceeblc "Come !" co.me :Crom within, in answer you continue, we will see if your story will l)llSS lo h is knock; nnd, entering, he found himself in the th1·ec sieves. ' the one smnll room o.E tho cabin, which was almost " Whnt does thnt mean, mnmmn. ?" inqui red tlestitnte of ! um iture. Blnnche. In one c:ornor n r ude bedstead had been con"I wHl explain it. I n the first place, t"s it tm o'! '' slrncted o.f bonrcls nnd rude pieces of timber, on "I suppose so; I got it i L-om l\Ciss. White, nnd which some old blankets were spread; and on this she is n g rent friencl o.E Edith's." ha rd bed lay n mnn, evidently very near to death. " And docs she show her :Cricnclship by telling "Dying alone, in this situation, twenty miles talcs o.f hOL'? In t ho uo~t pince, though yon can from the nearest camp, still his look into the beprove i t to be true, is ,it "ki1tcl ?" yond seemed so clear, so real, that the language of . "1 clo not mean to be unkh1d, but I nm nfrnicl the hymn he feebly sang was indeed the lnngunge it wns. I should not like Eclith to spenk of mo ns of his hear t,' snid the missionnry, as he related the C tu.we o.f her." inc1dent afterward. "He died that night, and I ",1.\ ncl, is it 1u1ccssary 9" ha,·e never ceased to feel a thrill of thankfulness " No, of course, mnmmn; there was no need i or whenever I t hink of him, that "I was belated that mo l;o mention it nt nll." clay, and so enabled to be with that man when the "'l'hon put n bridle on your tongue. If we cnn' t encl came. Surely, that which satisfies a man, when s1>enk well, speak not at nU." dying in the midst of such surroundings, is not a thing to be lightly rejected. When a young man leaves the home of his boyhood, he cannot afford to The Dying lllner. · leave the religion of Christ, too.'' - Golden Days. 'J.'wcnty miles f rom camp, and night nppronoh.. ing. A. yo\mg home missionary, working for bis A11uranoe of Paith. ) foster in ono·of the mining communities of Colorado, -:touml himself in this situation one day, and When G. H. von Schubert, the distinguished was beginning to look nbout him for a desirable German naturalist and Christian writer, was asked . ploce in which · to spend the night, when, a little n few weeks before bis death if lie was sure of his way nhead, he <lescried a rude cabin. salvation, he replied with undoubting confidence: Approaching nearer, he saw it was one of the " Yes, quite sure. There can be nothing surer than poorest o:C these rough habitations, and much of the · that. I ha,•e a merit before which heaven's door " chinking" between the logs had fallen out, render- must open. It is indeed not my o~ merit, but ing the place additionally unco.mfortable. the merit of my Lord Jesus Christ. 'Who can rob "Such a. place as that is surely deserted," said me of my heaven That God's Son As my own To the young minister to himself; ." and I am inelined my faith hath given P'" to think I would rather sleep out of doors to-night In this assurance of faith he patiently and cheerthan inside that shell, even if it should prove to fully bore all the pains and sufferings of his last be inhabited by one who would make me welcome.'' days. In an hour of great suffering he once aaid: At that moment, t~e sound of song :floated out "God's campnsssions are new every morning, and through tbe openings between tbe logs, and our His love faileth never. For fo_rty-aeven yeara my traveler stopped his horse to listen to a man's weak faithful wife has stood by my aide, and her love voice singing that dear old bom~ng - ''The Home baa always remained ~ same. ~ such un.of the Soul.'' · . changing love in the heart of~man who by- nature is Oh, th11t home of the soul I in my vi1lon1 11nd drenm■ fnithleaa? The Lord has given her this' love. .. But Its bright, ja■per wa.lla I can ■ec, if He gives a love that does not fail, how,," than.. Till I fADcy but dimly the veil Intervene■ l fail· . · " ! ,:--;-if can 'Cl':-· .u.m OT8 r · . • • l3ctween that fair city and me ... , _..

The Lutheran Pioneer.

· The Scarlet Lina. .\ml she bound t he l!cnrlet line In the window. J osh. 2, 2 1.

Wcnry p ilgrim on life's wny l'm,·cling brawcl~• tiny by dny, .Arc . your biirden hnrd to bcllr, Wcighc,I tlown b>· ,i lonJ or cnre? •r r n"t. in Gotl, Ji is righlconsnl"ss, rre ulonc cnn Lrul,r IJlcss. 8'."<'k snlmtion while you mn~·, G1111,1> l ho cn rhit. li no to-dny! Cling f:lSt t.lmt you may find rest ln I.he mnn iom1 of t ho blcst.l Kneel ,lown by t ho t.l1rone o( gmco Jn some quiet., Jlilncoful 1>lnco; lTohl ru t to lhil'.I curlot. cord Sent l o you by Christ, I.ho Lortl; Seek tho Sn.,·ior ero too lalo; Enter t.hrough t he narrow gnte l lbtbnb in tbo Bible days Ohnugcd her wicked, sinful wo.y s. And she showed true courngo rnro, \Vhilo the spies wore Jiiding thoro, As she Jet them anfcly down From her window in the town, By a aenrlet lino held fast, Thnt they might bo snfe at Jut. 0 how fast the momenta flJ", Daya and years go B)Yiftly by I Ah, your end may, soon bo near, When you will bo called from here. Christ is plea.ding: "Como to me; Take aalvation full and freel" Li~ten to tbe vdice divine. Grasp the outstretched scarlet line I . •. •

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Give you peace and hope within. ' Fight your battlea brave and true; Farther on tbere's rest for you, •Help those who nre a.rone astray, .Point. them to tl1e bea,"Cnly wny; Speak to them of Cbrlat divine ; Tell t.bem of the scarlet line; ·L ead them upwards to the light, That their pat.bway 1110.7 bo bright, And when life's 1l1ort day ia put They may rest wllib Ood at last.

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cc,ul{l not nltord to buy one; ·:[or he lived n good mony ycnrs ngo, w11en Bibles cost mo1·e t han t hey clo now. nc day L"·o strnngc gentlemen came to the house: nncl nskctl his mother :Cor something to cat. \ lt;hough . he luul only plnin food, she E,'lL\"C them ;\ wl'lrom • to what she llllt As they ntc, they snw Lhc liLUc IJO.)' looking sml. 'J'hey asked him wlmt hu wnnt •11, :md he lulll them lie w:1s wishing to h:wc u liiblc. J:Iis mo·ther said, "Never mincl . Do.u't f1·ct nbout that. I'll take you to sec General W:isllington next week." "But I'd 1·ather have ·o. Bib1e than go to see General Washington," Lhe boy said. One of the gentlemen seemed much pleased with this, nod told liim he hoped he would always be as fond of the Bible. 'l'he next day the little boy receh•cd n. beautiful Bible, and on tbe :fly-len..f was written, "From George Washington." The little boy did not know it, but he bad been talking to General Wasl1ington himself the dn.y before. - Ez.

What a Church .Means. A crew of liailors, who said they did not " talce uuy stock in missions to the cannibals," by o. some,vhat rough experience changed their minds. Cruising among one of the Pacific groups, their vessel struck o. reef 1111d foundered. There was nothing to do but to take to the boats and row ashore, although, according to their information, it was a choice between the sho.rks and the wild natives. 1.'be part of the coast where they landed ho.ppened to be uninhabited. They hid themselves in a hollow until it became necessary to procure something to ent, e,•cn at the risk of being eaten themselves. At length one oI the boldest \•entured to climb to the' top of 11 hill, where he could look over into the populous \•alley .beyond. All at once his :!carstricken companions saw him spring to his feet and swing his hat, shouting, ".Come on boys, I see a church I"

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'l'hore. was. a little boy who wanted 11 Bible very indeed-wanted it more than anything else ho could think of: But he wu . a poor boy, and 111JJcl1

A Safa Bridge. A native Christian in China joyfully said in Ms dying hour: "Jesus is my "bridge out of time into eternity."

The Lutheran Pioneer. A Hindu Idol.

In n recent number or the PIONEER it was stated Umt in lite ity o[ Bcunr , in Jndin, "the golden I •mple is tl e,•otcd to lhc wor hi1> of Gnncsl1a t he hell,\• go,1, n mo t hidco11 imnge wi th nn clcplmn ts It ' 'I ll." Our pictme 1·eprc. ut thnt hiflcous idol . 11ml tl1c young 1·cadcr who inquil·cll wh , ' Lhnt h nth n go,1 is called hclly god" may fin,l U1e nnw t· in Lhe J)it·Lurc. A 111i1rio11:Lry in lmlin. wri tes LhJ1s nl1n11t this itlol :

heathen god counot even take care of himself. It would mnkc you very sad to -sec the poor children taught to lcnecl noel worship such on idol. P erhntJ yon would like to know how this god enme to 1,nvc nn elephants head. 'J.'his is the story the heathen l ll nhout it. 'l'hey say : "One day his mother w •nt into her prh•nte 1"00m oml , tnhl h •r son to eronrl gunr(l nt t.lte door nnd let no one come in. , '0011 lier husband U1e god hivn, came nnd waute<l to go in: but Gnncsha would not let liim. 'l'hcn hivn. tl1c father, E,rrew ,·cry angry,

A Hindu Idol. 'J.'J1e people in H industan ha,•c very, very many gods, ancl all of tbcm arc hideous images. But I want to ten you about one commonly worshiped ond founcl · in c,•ery shop oud house in Indio. I think it can be found in every H indu school, where it is worshiped by the children. Tbe nnrne of the idol is Goncsha; nnd nt the top of every nl1>habet card or copy for writing the children see the words, " Shri Ganesho," which mean, "The Blessed Gnneshn." . 'l'his god is always represented ,vith an elephan t's head on a \Tery fnt body, and as having mn.ny honcls. He is o:Ctcn surrounded by attendants, whose business it is to keep off the flies; for the

nnd cut off tlie boy's· head. When the mother knew it, she was wild with grief, and Shiva comforied her by promising that he would give the boy the head of the first living thing that came along. it happened that an elephant waa the firat living thing to come. So Shiva cut off the head of the elephant, placed it on the boy's body, and gave him back alive to his mother, saying, 'See what a fine aon you ha,Te I The elephant ia the wisest of animala, and your eon shall be the god of wisdom.' " So, e,•er since, Ganeaha baa been wonhiped u the god of wisdom. What a silly story it ia I And how sad that thcso heathen "believe such silly sfpriea and worship such hideous idola I How thankful

The Lutheran Pioneer. we should be that we bavc God's Word, :Crom which we learn to 1..-now the true God and our Savior Jesus Christ! And how gladly we shoulcl help to spread the knowledge o! the true Goel and IIis salvation among the poor heathen, that they mn,y be delh•ered :Crom the 1>owcr oC clarkncss and trnnslnted into the king<lom oC Gocl's clear on, in whom we 1111.vc redemption through H is bloocl, c,•en the l orgh•cness o:C sins."

Jottings from New Orleans. In t:hc month of No,•cmbcr, 1910, Bet~tlelic~ a.n d St. Paul, two o! our col?rccl co?gregations m New Orleans, were !n,•ored with an illu strated Iceture on the lile of Christ. At the latter station t he lecture wos given at Luther College, under the auspices of St. Pa~l's Luthera~ League. . . Each congregat1on showed li:s npprccintion by n very lnr~ _nttcndnnce. . . . TJ~e or1gmators of tins ~ ost :nppro~riate instruct1on may feel well rewarded :Cor.. the1r efforts, :Cor such a vivid illustration, 'liftording more thnn a gl~ce into the_ life of our Sn~ior, -~is birth, suffermg, and ultnnatc death! - 18 balm indeed to the heart that seeks shelter m the Bock of Ages, and a road that lends to the haven of rest for the wanderer. · From .Ii recent article it "'ill be. recalled that Teacher Nap. Seeberry, formerly of St. Paul's School, was· transferred to Bethlehem School. Since entering upon duty in .liis DC\\' field, . ,we ore delighted to note ,a decided increase in the' enrollment of this station, -as well as an increase financially. Teaci1er Seetierry bas been compelled to ask for an 888iatant, his eil'rOlhuent having exceeded the hundred mark. This request bas been granted ·by the . lliuion Board. · A short time ago, Bev. Calvin ThoD).pson, who recently graduated from the Theological Department of Luther College (when this depatbnent existed here), endea,•ored to found a mission in Mm;igold, Mias: Owing, however, to the much needed assistance in New Orleans, Rev. Thompson has been called from Merigold to assist, generally, here. He is, temporarily, the above-mentioned assistant in · Bethlehem· ·School, but deliv~- frequent sermons in the local congregations. · Ogr· St. Paul'~ station, as is the case with Bethlehem,• Jraa also been compelled' to lnl.ve an assistant teacher on account· of ita lar~ enrollment. We

luwc been provicled !or in this in lfr. Arthur Berger, n. student of Luther College. ) Cay God continue to

bless our mission stations ! Jnclicnt ions nrc that l\Count Zion is still holclillg i ts own. 'J'ho Cliri tinns program in onr three stations was well cnrriccl out. 'l'he nclllrcs cs, which broke the continuity o! the Christmas story 1>rope1·, were cordinlly rcceivccl, ns were nlso the songs that were mo. t bcn11tiC111ly remlerccl by the ,·tll'ious clnS!:CS. t\ cting upon the ncl\licc of a Lutheran member, n mission hns been st.artcd nt l3ny 't. Lonie, Miss. Shor tly niter Christmas, this new mission was · -visitecl by P 1·of. Wilde of Luther College, and Mr. George Demouy, n stuclent of the snmc institut ion. 1.'he enrollment o'f this station now nncler Mr. Demouy, numbers but fifteen. ' 'l'his number rrnincd in so short n t ime is imlced encourogi;,g~ ' On the second Sunday in i'Jonuary, Be,•. E d. Schmidt, the new pnsto.r of _S t. ·P aul's congregntion, paid a ,,isit to this 1_1ew station and delh•ered a very npproprintc sermon. Bev. Scl1midt endcn,•ored to set before his hearers the object o.f this ne,v mission, namely, the· spreod o! Christ's kingdom and the bringing up of their children in the nurture and admonition of the Lo1·'1. H is efforts were not in vain, his a,1diencc demonst1·nting greatest appreciation of this ne,v interest in the u·elfare of their souls. l\iay God pour out H is blessings u1>on this new sta tion and in B is bountiful goodness aml mercy direct us into ways whereby His kingdom bere 11pon earth may be spread. Wir. B. SEEDERRY, Jn.

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Following the custom o~ late years, I mmanuel Lutheran College celebrated Christmas E,•e by a . special Children's Service in the chapel. After • Prof. Bakke had pointed out the object of the meeting in a 11hort introductory address, the liturgy . was carried out by the primary classes under the .direction of Teachers Carter and Reid. I n song and prose the cheerful little children proclaimed •·the Christmaa tidings. Especially touching waa · _the song, "Silent Night, Holy Nigl1t," as rendered . -by four ;ypung girls, accompanied by Prof. Lochner • on th!! orpn.

The Lutheran Pioneer. Also at Grace congregation in Warncrsville, C hristmns E,•c was celebrated in o. proper wlly. 'rhe celusscs or 'l'cachcrs Buntrock and Ardell Johnson wxccutCll the ci,ristmo liturgy in a very plea ing mumncr. Alter the services the hristmos gi[ts, ,which hotl been p1·cscntcd by friends o! the mission, \A\'Crc distributed. Although Jmmam1cl is alw11ys o. Ji"ely place ulm·ing tl1c school-ycnr, it was more so on t.hc 20th mud 30th or Dcccmbc1·, w11 n tl1c mis ionorica among mur colol' d people in Nodh nrolinn aud Virginia m1ct fo1· their miclwintcr on rercncc. 'rhc 1·0II coll !found thi rteen pnstors aml l.cnchcrs pre cnt, while ttwo were missing. Jlc,,. Jit1utcrbach from Virginia, lthc theological tudcnts of Immanuel nnd the un1dcrsignccl al o attended mo t or the meetings. Each 1scs ion was opened by a short odd rcss based on 1so111c 'cripturc pa age. nc,•. Koiner oclmonished the conference to al o prca ·h the Ln.w diligently nnd .in ull its power. Ile,·. l\IcD1wid cncourogccl us in our mi ion work. Uc"· John Alston spoke on Rom. 1-1, 10: Let 11 thcrcCorc follow n[tcr the things whi h mnkc :Cor J)Cll c. Re\'. Schmidt, expounding " Tim. , 211- 26, l.nucrht 11s how the pnstor is to tlcnl with gain ayer o.f his congregation. 'l'hrcc p11pcri1 were J>rc.cntcd to the Con[crcnce : !. \ cntcchisaLion on the 'rhircl Commnml111cnt, by 'l'cnchcr F . Alston. 2. A treatise on the question: How Cun We Eradicate 'l'ardiness in Our chools? b , Jlc\P. l\fcDn\'id. 3. An essay on Absolution nnd Bxcommu11icaLio11, by Pro!. l\[. Lochner. 'l'hc Inst paper was not :finished and will be taken up ngain during the next meeting o-f the Conference. On 'l'hursdny evening o. con-fcssional SCl'\'icc aml tlii;tribution of the Lord's Supper took 1>lncc. Prof. l!\ \\ uhlors tlclh•ercu the c.-on!cssionnl sermon on " Cur. 8, 0. Tnstructions nt Immnnucl were token 111> agniu 011 )[ondn.y, Jmmnry 2, a!tcr the scholars had enjo. ·cd n few doys' rest during tl1c Conference. Prof. Loclmcr's :Cornily wns cast into deep mourning on December 29, when their only daughter passccl away nt the ago of .fi,,c weeks. W. n.

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'!'mi: Nuo OP THB COLORED RACE. - Speaking of the need of the colored race, o. writer in Tho Recorder says : "'l'ho need of the colored rnce is the mission work of the Church. The conviction ia daily gaining ground that if there is to be a aub-

stnntial nd\Pnnce along moral and other lines, it cnn be secured only by laying a foundation !or it by the preaching o.r the Gospel, and the regenerat ion o[ the heart. 'l'bis secured, there will undoubtedly follow· a rc[ormatiou o.f li{c in every relation." R-i-:ttocoNs OP urn WORLD. -Herr Zeller, di1·cctor o[ the , tntistical Bureau of Stuttgart, Germany has recently published a religious census of the world in which he computes the number of humnn beings living as 1 544,510,000, of which mnnbcr more thnn one third, or 534,040,000, are. p rofcs ed Christians ; 175,290,000 arc Mohammedan 10, 60,000 nrc Jews. The remainder, who ompri c about one half of the total population of the world, nre placed under a general hcnd and incl udc 300,000,000 Confucians, 314,000,000 Brnhmins, and 121,000,000 Budclhisb!, with other bodies o.f less numbers. According to these figures, of e,·cry thousand of the earth's inl1abitnnb! 346 arc pro.fessed Christians, 114 are l\Iohammedans, 7 are Israelites, and 533 ore of other religions. - What o. grcnt field for work still lies before the Church thnt has recei"ed from her Lord the commission: "Go ye into all the world, and preach the Gospel lo every creature !" 811:ALL D.•:ouLAR

GIFTS. - How much good can

be done by smnll gi!b! laid osicle regularly for

church work can be seen from the following report in Tito Forci!J1& llli,sionarg: ,- "Under date of December i.i, 1909, J. S. \\•rote to tho pastor o.f tho Church o·f the Atonement, Philadelphia, ns follows: 'I attended thcs missionary scr,•icc ot the Evangelical Luthcmn Church of the Atonement. Dr. Harpster spoke on the ncctl of supporting foreign miBBions. Ho asked 11& to do,·ote one trolley faro per weok, five ccnb!, for the cause. I resol\'ed to do the same.' One year n!tenvard, in December, 1910, J. S., who, by the wo.y, is not a member of the. congregation, hnndcd the pastor o,•cr six dollara for our foreign miSBions. He had kept his resolutio·n. He had proved that the weekly offering for rniaaiona bringa the best rcsulb!. Had ho boon asked o. year ago to contribute $6.00 to foreign miaiona., he, probably, would have refused." BISHOP HBBBR'B MlssIONABY Hnar. - In answer to an inquiry ·regarding "the origin of the famous miaaionary hymn, 'From Greenland'• Icy Hountaina,'" we give the following: The hymn

The Lutheran. Pioneer. wu \\•ritten by Bishop Heber, wbo spent the Inst yean of his Jile in India and at all times took acti,•e interest · in mission work. In 1819, when Heber was still pastor in England, a royal letter authorized collections for mission to be taken in e,·ery church and chapel in England connected with tbo State church. On the evening of P entecost Sunday, which was the day appointed for the pur1>088, ·Heber had been engaged to dclh•cr the first of a series of Sunday c,·ening lectures in the church nt Wrexham, which was in charge of his .father-in-law, tbe Bev. Dr. Shipley. On the Saturday pre,iou , as they were scnted around the table in the parsonage, Dr. Shipley requested his son-in-ln.w to write something for them to sing in the morning that would be suitable to the missionary service. Heber at once retired from the circle o.f friends to IL corner of the room. After n while bis fntherin-law inquired, "What have you written?" Heber then read the :first three ,·erses, which lie had already produced, "There, ,that will do very well," said Dr. Shipley. "No, no," said Heber, "the sense is not complete." Accordingly, he added the fourth ,·crse, commencing; "Waft, wart, yo winds, His story." Next morning it was sung ,at tho miBBion service and soon .became "the famous missionary hynm." O.f Bishop Heber's fifty-nine hymns none are so widely known or so frequently sung as his missionary hymn, "From Grecnhmd's Icy 1\foun-

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A Leuon In Giving. Sometimes people make the excuse thnt they are too _poor to gh·e anything for missions. Sucl1 people might learn a good lesson, indc.'Cd, from the f'ollowing: "About eighty-six years a~. Sally '!'homos, IL senaut whose highest wages were filty cents n week, ·died leaving '345.83 to missi9ns of tho American Board out ol an estate ol $500.00. 'l'his was the Jlrat legacy tl1,e Board had. "This 11•oman bad worked for h~r board $26.00 a year•. No doubt each year she gave some to the Lord, and the '500.00 she probably saved for the time when she would not be able to work.• But if the Lord should take her home before she needed it, she willed it to Him. She ·should have a record beeide that of the widow who cut in her two mites. If we all had her spirit., how BOOn our miuionary treasuries would be full and overflowing I"

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Prayer for Lent. P1·01>nrc us, Lord, lo ,·iow Thy cross, Who nil our sins hn t borne,; 'l'o look 011 Thee whom we 111\\'c pierced, 'J'o look 0 11 Thee nml mourn. \Vhilc t.hus wo mourn, we would rejoice, Aml n Thy ero we cc, J. t. enoh cxclnim, in fniLh nml ho JC, "'J:ho i;;,n"ior diucl for mo!" 'l'. O.

LeBSona of Lent. 'l'hc !urLy tlttyi; 1,cCore J-:ustcr m-o cullcll the i:c111oo11 ·oc J.unt. 'J'his scuson o! the church-year is de,·otctl to pcc:fal meditation on the suf[erings and dcuth of our So.,•ior. Such meditation should tcacl1 us muny importunt lessons. :h'rom the sutre1·it1bri; nml clenth of Christ we iShould lcatrn whut IL horrible thing sin is. Men mukc Jight o1 a,in. llut sin ii, on awful thing. It iis the transg1·ession or God's holy Lt1w und brings upon the sinner the cm~e o! thut Law. "For it is written, Cursed .is e,·01·y one thnt continuetb not in all things which arc written in tho book of the Law to do them I" Gal. 3, 10. Sin is rebellion against Goel, who lmtcs sin, nml ,vJ,ose justice demands the punishment of sin. It wus for sin that Christ su1'Jcrcd mnl cliucl. Not for His sin. He hnd no sin. He wns "holy, hu1·mlcss, undefiled, separate :Crom sinners/' Hehr. 7, 26. He "did no sin, neither was guile :lound in J:Iis mouth," 1 Pot. 2, 22. Christ suftercd ancl die<l for our sins, for the sins of the world. "'rho !:Ard hath laid on Him the iniquity of us all," says tl1e prophet. "He bore our sins in His own body ou the tree,'' says the apostle. It

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was our sin that brought 111)011 the holy, belo,,cd on o1 Goel Lho~e bitter sufterings and thot painful clcath upon the cross. 'l'hc sin-hating God spared not His own belo,•.cd 'on when He saw Him laden with the sins of the world. What a dread'ful thing must sin be that 1·equircd such n sacrifice! How deep, how black its guilt! · Well mn.r we mourn o,•cr our sins ancl learn to hate sin, us we behold the suffering and dying Stwior. From the sufferings and cleath of Christ we should also learn how unspeakably great God's lo,•e is for sinners. It was lo"e 'that mo\'~d God to gh•c His own 'on into sul[criugs and dcnth. God so lo,·cc.1 the world ! "Goel conuncncleth Ris lo,•c tow1ml us, in thnt, while we were yet sinners, Christ diecl :£or us,' says the apostle. lt wns lo,·c that JJlO\'Cll the Son o1 God to come into this sin-cursccl worlcl and make Himself o. sacrifice !or sin that sitmc1·s might escape c,·erlnsting clanmation. He "lo"ccl me and ga,•e Himself for me/' s11ys the npo ·tic. · Such lo,•c should melt the sinner's heart 11ml clrnw him to that Jo,,jng SaL,·ior who surely will not cnst out the sinner thatt comei5 unto Him for pardon and snh-ntion. We should learn nlso ho\\• precious num's soul i11 in the sight o1 Goel. Not corruptible things like sih•er 1md gold, but the life ol (4od's own Son wos the ransom paid for our souls• .redemption. We woru "rcclccmcd with the pn.>cious blood of Christ, 111.; o[ a Lamb witl1out blemish and without spot." Who cam measure the preciousness or the soul as it ii. thus valued by God? And yet so many neglect their souls' salvation. They ruin tboir souls by sin and regard their soul as of less value than tbe passing trcaaurea and pleasures of this world. May wo learn tho true value of our souls, and may our

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greatest cnre be the cnre :Cor our souls. We sbnll then core also for the souls of others, knowing tliat "he who con,·erteth the sinner from the error of his " 'llY shall s11,•e a soul :Crom death" - a soul ror which Christ died, shcdcling His blood for its redemption. A Bad Excuse.

"We ha,·c so much to do nt home that we cannot do anything for missions nmong others," is o. bod excuse. You should do the one and not lcnvc the other undone. It hns been well said : "The mnn who excuses himscll from contributing to :foreign missions on the ground that he wants to keep his money for home missions, gcncra11y finds some excuse for withbolding his money c,•cn from home missions." And the Jntc Re,•. J. G. Paton, the pioneer missionary to the New Hebrides, nCter nn experience o.f many years in mission work, 1micl: "Those tlmt do most !or tl1e hcnthen abroad arc those who do most for the heathen. a.t home." Ja■us

Is Stl'Onger.

A little boy cnmo to his fat her, looking ,•cry much in earnest, and askc-d, ".J,,athcr, is Soton stronger than I om?" "Yes, my boy," said tho fa.thcr. "Is lie stronger than you, father ?" "Yes, my boy, be is"strongcr than your father.': 'rhe boy looked surprised, but thought again and then asked; "ls ho stronger than Jesus?" "No, my boy," said the ruthcr, "J ci;us is stronger than he.'' The little :Cellow, os be turned nwuy, said with a smile, "Then I nm not afraid o.f him." Yes, Satan is strong, but Jesus is stronger. He has overcome Satan, as it is written: "When n strong man armed keepeth his pnloce, his goods ore in peace. But when a stronger than ho shall come upon him and o,•crcomcth him, ho taketh o.woy :Crom him all his armor wherein bo trusted, ancl div.ideth the spoils," Luke 11, 21. 22. And Jesus still overcomes Satan in the mission work of the Church. An aged Luthemn missionary wrote~ "\Ve laborers in the mission fields see how Satan tries .t.o keep hia palaces of sin, o.nd superstition, and unbelief in tho hearts of men. But we also sco daily bt>w Jesus, the Stronger One, over-

comes him through t.he preaching o.f H is Worcl. " e know Umt , ntnn is strong. " D p guile nnd g reat mighL .,\ re hi dread nrm in llghL; On enrLh i noL hi equal .

"But we ueed not ienr and ueed not lose heart iI~ our work. We rely not on our own might, but on J:Iim who in His Word is with us in the mission field nnd who i stronger than atan. ",\ ~k ye, Who •is t his T J esus ChrisL ii. is Or , abnoLh Lord, Ami t here's none otl1er Goel ; JTc hnlds t he field forc,·er.''

The Power or Christ's Love. 'l'hc Iulo Amcricnu missionary, Dr. Chamberlain, told nn experience of his i11 ludin ns .folloi,·s : Whon we enmc to t he city Hydcrnbad Lo preach the Gospel, the people rose again t us nncl thrcmtcnccl to cnst 11s out if we preached about ony other god t.lmn thofr illols. I snw them picking UJ> stones, ' . to cast them at 11s. 1-cmly at n, moment's 11ot1cc I begged them to let me tell them a slory, a.Cler wbich they might stone me j[ they de ·i reel. At Inst they conscnlccl. J\s they gnthcrecl urouml me wi th the stones till in thch· hands, I tolil them or the wonderful lite o[ Jesus, nud cr pcciully o[ lJis ·ur:Cedngs nnd clcath. While r yet spuke, lhc pcoplu went aml threw their stones into t he gutte1· 1111d cnme bnck to me, while down the fnC'C oC the mnn who hnd been loudest iu clcnumdinrr my clco.th Jlowccl -tears. l tolrl U1cm ognin t hey might 11tonu me j[ U1u.r wishu1l. :But they would not, but u11swe1·cll, "'We hml 110 hle:1 you would tell us sur:h a wonderCul story."

The Twenty-Third Psalm. 'l'ho twenty-third Psalm, beginning \\:ith the wonls: "'l'hc Lord is my Shepherd," is o. short but lull de&cription o.f the Lord's wo.tchlul care o.f His people in life and in death. It hos been n :Cnvoritc psalm with mnny of God's children, who found in its precious words rest and cotnfort and strength. A dear old Christian woman l1sed to sny that when she wos weary, when things went ,vrong, when lier load wos hcnvy, she liked "to go and lie down awhile on tl10 tweuty-tlµrd Psalm.''

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Chrlst Is My Saorlftce."

Later, ns Lhe time of her departure came, she tled down into the pillows, folded her arms upon her breast, saying, '"!'here - it is all over ! Blessed re: tr' , he tried to sing, but nrtcr one s,veet note her Yoice :Cailcd, and she was gone to see the King in H i Leall ty, o.f whom, in His sufferings, she \\'Tote on ,oou llridtLy, only n few weeks before her cleath:

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eye-witness 1·clntcs the .Collowing: A :Carmer drove with two high-mettled horses :in to town. Stop1>iug in .! rout of one o.f the stores, :Ju: wns nbout to cuter when his horses took M ght. :He s1>rung in :Crout or them, and heroically seized · the r eins. Madclened by strange noises, the ho1·ses ,dashed down the st1·cet the man still clinging to the bridles. 011 they 1·ushcd, until the horses, wilrl with frenzy, 1·osc on their hannchcs, ancl leaping upon the man, nll came with n. crash to U10 earth. When people al'l'h•ed and rescued the blcetli ng bocly or the man, aml rouncl h im :Catally wounded, n :Criend, bending tenderly o,•er him, asked, "Why did you sacrifice your life for horses nnd wagon?" He replied in a feeble voice, "Go aucl look in the wagon." 'l'hey t.1.1rned, and there, sd e in the straw, lny his little boy. '!'hen the :C-ricnd saitl to him, "God will be g1·acious to you for such a sacrifice." But the dying man feebly shook his head and whis11ered, "Christ is my sacrifice." Wl1en t hey laid the mangled :£01·m o.f the Clll'istinn :fa1·mer to r est, the preacher spoke on the words of the apostle: "Chl'ist hath loved us and hath given Himself :£or us au o[el'ing and a sacrifice to God." God is gracious to us for Christ's sake only, nnd we are s1wcd, not by any sac1·ificcs that we make, but by the sacrifice which Christ made for us. He put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself, Hebr. 9, 26. .1~1

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Dying In the Lord. Frnuces Ridley Havcrgal, a devout Christian womnn, who wrote many religious verses which endeared her to her readers, was the daughter o:f an English clergyman. She was born in 1837 nnd. died in 1879. In her last illness, while suffering intensely :Crom a high :Cover, she said in patient submission, "God's will is delicious; He mnkes no mistakes." Bidding one o.f her physicians good-bye, she nsked, "Do you r eally tltink I am going?" "Yes/' he answered. "To-day ?" she inquired. "Probably," was the reply. Then she exclaimed, "Beautiful, too good to be true I" and looking up with a. smile, added, 'lSplendid to be so near the gntes of heaven I" She then spoke of ·the Snvior, whose blood eleo.nseth from nll sin, and who opened heaven for us.

Uchold your l,ing, with His sorrow crowned! ,\lone, nlonc in l hc ,·nllcy is He! T he shndr,ws or dea th nrc gathering round, Aml lho ro s 11111st follow Gcthscmnnc. Jl:Lrkcr nml cfarkcr the gloom must fall, l "illccl is lhc cuJ>, - Ile must drink it all! Oh, L11ink oC Mi sorrow, t.hnt we mn.y know H i s wondrous lo,·c in Jlis womlrous woe!

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.Dlother, I've Got It."

A little Sunday-scholar inn 11mnll French villnge was one day sent by his mother to the shop to buy her a little sonp. When the shopwomnn had weighed it, she wnf about to tear n leaf out of o. large old Bible which lay upon the counter, and to wrap the sonp up in it. " What arc you gotng to do?" snid the little boy, wiLh a. look o.f astonishment and indignation. ''Do _you know that that is o. Bible??' • "What of that?" answerep. the shopwoman; "it w iII do· "cry well to wrap up this bit of soap." "indeed, mo.'01!1," .replied the child, "you 9ught not to tear up a Bible for such o. purpose." "Why, child," snid the woman contemptuoualy, 'I bought it on purpose to use ns waste paper." ''Bought. the Bible on purpQsc to make waste paJ>er of it? Oh, tbnt I hnd got it! · I ~ould take good care not to mnke such a use of it." "Well, if you like to pay "'hnt it cost me, you shall have it." · "011, tltpnk you, tbnnk you I I will run to mother nnd ask her for the money." And darting out o:£ the shop, away he rnn. ".Mother, mother I" he called out, "do give me some money I" "Whnt for, dear?" "To buy a Bible. The lady in the shop wanted to tear one up, and I told her, indeed, she ought not to do it; so she said I might buy it of her. Do, dear mother;· give me some money, that I may save il from being torn up." · 1 •"My denr child, I cannot pay for it. I have no money." The little fellow burst into tean, and•• · turned to· the•shop broken-hearted. · ; · ..: ··

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' )[othcr·s too 1>0or · ~he hn no money to gh·e me; but l llo beg or you 11ot to teur the Bible.. '!'cacher sa,·~ it is God own \\ ord.11 1 \\"ell, don t er,·: chihl; iC you cnn brin" me its weight in waste paper you shnll Lill hnxe it.' Dcli"htecl with thi~ Uiou"hl. amt~· he rnn n!!nin to his mother nml tolcl her nil that hncl pa~~cll. 'he gnve him nll the old Jlttper- she po~ csi-ccl. 'l'hcn he went round to nll the n Mihor nnd hn,,in~ collcctetl all the.· could gh· him. 1· turn cl t th ·hop with the bundle oE th m mnl r hi nrm. "llcrc [

it mother I I',•c got it- l ' "e got the Bible I' He would not hnve been hnlC ns huppy hntl 1_10 !ound the richest ti·cn ure hid in the field. ow, my elem· render, iC you po~ c n Bible, 1 would nsk you whether you prize it n highl • ns lhi little boy ~id? nn you in rel · . ny, "J'he Lnw or 'fhy mouth i dearer to me thnn thou nn<ls or golcl nml ih-er' ? Do you ns trnly belic,·e ns ho clitl thnt it i th Wora or God? Ancl if omc or you do noL y t J>O~ . ~ one. clo you t r • ni; enrnc tly tog tone, 11ml do you I I n. happy when you lin\'c obtnin d it? l ll'n\'e it to your con ·cicncc to nn Wl'r the ·c questions. - , •1.

"In the Lord Put I l'lly Trust." 'l'hc Lord promi cs to tnke care or u .. He n ks u to trust Rim. It is not always en y to clo this. In danger, in trouble, in orrow, nncl in iekne s it i not en y to trust in the Lord. 'l'he devil then tri to mnkc us nrrnid. He tells us that the Lord will not keep His promi e - thnt He hn Corgolten u . But thnt i f nlsc. '1,he Lorcl is true lo II is word. Woulcl thnt we would nlwnys sny: 'In the Lorcl put I my trust." I once rend o! n woman who hnd learned to sny these words. She lh·ed in n lnrge house that stoocl out in n lonely plnce by itself. She hnd two maids to keep her company. Every e,·ening she nnd her maids woulcl go through the house to sec thnt nil the window nnd doors were closed. One night he hncl been nround nncl hnd just told the mnicls thnt they might go to their own room -t:or the night. On entering her bccl-chnmber she nw n mnn under the bed. What could she do? She knew that she Chrilt CrucUled. would be powerless to protect herself. But she put "They crueiRcd Him, nnd t.wo other wit.h Him, on citl1cr her trust in the Lord. She closed her door nnd ldo one, nnd·Jesua in the midst." :fohn 10, 18. locked it ns usunl. She then took her Bible nncl rentl aloud the 91st Psalm. Have you ever rend it? nm, ma'am," snid he, "und here is nil the pnJ>er I Such words os these ore found there: "He thnt cun a:,rct." dwelletlt in the secret place of the Most High shnll "\\ ell, stop n bit, my boy, nnd l will weigh it , nbide under the shadow of the Almighty. He shall for you." co,,cr thee with His feathers, ond under His wings 1'lte shopwomon put the Bible in one scale aml shalt thou trust." "Because thou hast mndc the the paper in the other. 'fhe boy fixccl bis eyes in- Lord, even the lfost High, thy habitation, there tc:ntly on the scale, a,\'oiting the result with breath- shall no c,·il befall thee, neither shnll any plague less anxiety, when, to his inc."(pressible joy, the come nigh thy dwelling." 1,apcr outweighed the Bible. When she hod read the Psalm, she offered n "It's mine!" be shouted, with tears o! joy, prayer aloud, committi.n g l1cnelf and her servants "that Bible's mine!" He took it up and all the to God's protection. She pleaded that God would way back to his cottage kept calling out, "I've got keep His promife, ond preserve lier from l10Tm.

The Lutheran l?ionee1". 'l 'hen she p ut ou t th light nncl lny cl own i n bed. 'J'ruly, she did trust Lite r .01·cl. Arter n while the mnn cam<! out from umler the bctl. lie SJ>Okc 'to lier, t •lling h er not to he rri crht;.. ened. He saicl : '1 cnmc to rob you · but a [l;c1· the word you have 1· ad and Lhe 1>raye1·s you ha\'e oftered n othing on ca rlh woul cl jmluc' n io lo hur t you, 0 1· touch n. LMng in this house. [ shnll now lcm"e, but Jh·~t ask ·0 11 lo gi,· • me tl1e honk out or

Ingratitude to Parents. 'f hcrc one wn n. fa ther who gn,·e up c,•erytbing l'o his child r •n - h iij house, his fielcl, his goods aml •xpcctccl that I.01· thii; act h is chilclren would :upJ)ort him. n ut an •r 1,e had been omc t ime wit h his Jrlcst . on lhc latter g re\\• t ire.:1 0£ him nnrl sni<l to J,im " Fath r l have hncl n son born lo me this night. 111111 whcr your nrm-clmir tnncl

• I'". Urc wci<, 8ccrc u,ry. H ••·· r•• ,\ . Wli'lcr. <=•J'I'• i!,.,,i., 111. .....,,, . )Ir. II. t .. JJnccl,•rl •In, ·rr,ms nrc r. no,·. W. ll11llerborg, Cor111sp. Sccreln~·. l'mr. (;. )lczgcr. Ito,•. II. ,>Joyer, Ch11lr1111111. lie ,·.

The llrti11ion Board for our Colored llrti11ion1. which you read. I nc,·er hearcl uch worcls before." , 'he gn\'e him t he book. nncl he lcCt t he house. The woman t hen :Cell nslc •p, aml re ted sweetly till mo1·oing. 'l'he lncly 11e\'e1· hea1·d o.f the thieC unt il years after. At the meeting o.f n Bible I ocicty in a. town in Enghincl after sc,·ernl ministers had SJ>Okcn, l], 111110 who i:;old ancl ga,·e away l3ibles £01· the society arose, nncl tolcl the stor_,, o.f tl1e lncly a.ud the robber. Re eonclucleu by saying : " I wn that 1·obber. • 'l'his Chl'istinn womnu wns present, aml thereupon nrosc and saitl : " It's all true; I nm the Indy.':

Lutli. 0 11.t"ld,'8 l'o,per.

we mu t put the cradle. Would you not rather go to brother J ohn, who has n lnrger room?" Aftel' be Juul been some time with the second son, he also grew tirecl o.f him, and said, "Father, you like n wn:rm room, mul that hurts my head. Will you not go to my brother, the baker?" The :Cuther went, nncl fl'fte1· he had been some time witl1 the third son, he also found the parent troublesome, and said to bim, "l!,nther, the people run in nod out here ns if it were a pigeon-<.'Oop, and you cannot tnke yom· noon-clay nnp. " ould you not be better oit nt my sister Kate's, near the town wall?" 'l'he old num 11oticcd how the •wincl bl'e"·, and

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said to himself, "Yes, I will do so; I will go and try it with my daughter Kate. Women ha,•e softer hearts." But after he bad spent some time with his daughter, she grew wenry ol him, nnd said she was always so lenrful when her :Cather went to church or anywhere else, ancl was obliged to descend the steep st.airs; nnd o.t her sister Elizabeth's he would not be obliged to climb nny stnirs ns she lived on the grow1Cl floor. For the sake o·f peace the old mnn nsscntecl, nnd went to his second daughter. But n.Iter some time sh~ too, was tired of him, n.nd hnd a third person tell him that her house nenr the water wns too damp for a man who sutrerecl with rhcmnntism, and :her sister, the grave-digger's wife nt St. John's, had much drier lodgings. The old man himself thought she was right, and went outside the go.te to his youngest daughter, Helen. But after he had been three days with ber, her little son so.id to bis grandfather, "Mother said yesterday to· aunt Elizabeth that there l\•as no better chamber for you than such a one as father makes with a spade." These word11 broke the old man's beart; so he sank back in His chair and died. - Luther.

nCter death." "But nre you not so1·ry for tit.is on my account?" snid the philosopher, not h little "sur-

prised. "Yes, indeed, very sorry," quickly said the little one, and solemnly ncldecl : "I also pray to God for you." ".Ab! nnd what do you so.y to Goel !" "I say, '0 my Goel, show· this mn.u that 'l'hou nl't Goel.' ''

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"Whosoever Shall Confess Me."

:Uissionn1·y Lcupolt related the following soulstirl"ing expc1·icnce : . A lcnrncll Hindoo, Samal Dns by name, taught me the Hindost-nui language, and as he \'isited me often for this purpose, I hnd •:frequent con"ersations with him about the truth of Christianity. My eflorts, however, appeared~ be fruitless; he remained unchangecl. One day I learned that he was sick, and, hastening to his bedside, I found him to be dangerously ill. I talked with him, reminded him of our mo.ny conversations, nnd besought him to take refuge in Jesus. He made no reply, and so, having spoken to him earnestly and urgeutly, but fruitlessly, for a whole hour, I returned in sadness _to my home. On the following day I \'isited llim The Unbeliever and the Child. ago.in, but found no warmer reception than before, so that I withdrew in deep sorrow and commended The celebrated English philosopher; David his soul to God in fer,•ent prayer. On the third day Hume, of Edinburgh, one day dined with one of I sought his house again. As I stepped into his h.is most trusted friends. · After they bad eaten, room, I found that he was dying. N o,v, thougllt I, Hume allowed himself to make a very offensive re- there is no time·to be lost, now is tl1e time to speak mark concerning religion, whereupon one of his to bim frankly . and plainly. friends said, "If you hold such views, one does you "Samal Das," so.id I, "you are very sick, and I no :wrong by regarding you as an unbeliever." A believe your hours here below are numbered, delay little girl, who had loved the philosopher ,,er)• much not therefore to make your peace with God!' "I and with whom he delighted to be, was in an ad- kno,v it," l1e replied, "I will not outlive this day!' . joining room, and, unobserved by all, listened very "Well, then," I continued, "I earnestly beseech you, attentively to the conversation. Some days after, hasten to Jesus. You know that your gods are Hume again visited his friend, and, as he entered vanity, and that there is none other name under the room, he found the little girl a.lone and at her h_eaven gi\'en among men whereby we must be saved, play. He approached her, and, as had been bis except the name of Jesus Christ. Now, now there CUBtom, sought to encircle her in his arms in order is still time for you to seek His pardon and mercy. that he might kiss her. But the child extricated- Oh I hasten to Christ before this day of salvation heraelf, and went away from him. "But what ·does ends, lest you be summoned before His judgment this mean, my little one?'' said Hume. "Have I seat, where you would find Him no longer a Savior, offended you in any ·way?'' "No, you have done but a Judge. Oh I how dreadful it would be for· me no harm," she replied, "but you are an unbe- you, should you reject Him now, while He comes liever." "An unbeliever, and what kind of a per- to you still as a Savior, a merciful Savior, and be son is that?'' "That is," said the child, who had compelled to meet Him tl1ere ns Judge, a item been instructed by her mother, "one who neither Judge, who knows no mercy!" The sick man had liai:elled attentively; then, believes in God or Ohriat, heaven or hell, or a life

The Lutheran Pioneer. summoning all his remammg strength, he raised himself up in his bed and cost upon me o. look that 1 shall never forget, - despnir wns stamped l!pon his countenance. "You know not what you nre saying I" lie cried hoarsely. "Do you not know whnt your Book says: 'Whosoever shall clcny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in hcnven ;· nncl whosoever shnll be nsho.med of mo nnd o:f my words, o:f him will I also bo osho.mecl before my Father nnd His 011gels'? For thirteen ycnrs ho.ve I 1.."Jlown the Gospel, noel during the lnst se,•cn ye..1,rs I hnve had the conviction that it wns my cluty to make o. public profession o.f Chr.istio.nity; yet I did it not: I 110.,•c been ashmnecl of Christ oe:Corc men, I ho.ve denied Him I" Then he smote upon his brenst nod criecl, "The sentence o.f damnation is written here I I nm lost !" He grasped me violently by the nrm, hurbid me :from his bed, nnd cried, "Begone I I can enclure the sight of you no longer." O,•erwhelmccl in spirit, I left tl1e J>Oor man nud with hc1wy henrt besought the Lord not to remo,•e him from the lo.nd of the living until he had :Cound mercy. On the :[ollowing morning before six o'clock I wns ut l1is door ngnin. On being admitted I en1111ircd, "How is Snmnl Das?" nod received the 1111swer, "'l 'his morning he wns cremated." "How clicl he die?" I asked, deeply moved. llis heathen roln.th·cs replied, "In nbout the same condition iu which you le:lt him yesterday. He talked con.fusedly about denying and con.fessing, but we could not understand what he mcnut." 'l'his informa~ion cut me to the quick, nud I could no louger rcstmin the tenrs. 1t wns n huncntable tlcnthbed - n wnrning to us nil. 1,ilt/o .i ll i1111io11arg.

Items from Immanuel College. On "J!'ebrunry 1 began tl1e second term o.f the eighth scholastic ycnr of Imn1onuel College. Reports for Lhe .first term were gh•en to the students on this doy, after Prof. l3akke had n.ddl"Cl!Scd tho student body, lll"ging them to greater cliligoncc in the new te:rm. The ~nrollment now shows 113 students. . In tho earlier part o.f January, the celebrated reader, Richard B. Harrison, gave us another cital. His program consisted of tho rendition of n long portion of Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar" and n. number of humorous selections from Paul Dunbar. A few organ solos were played by "tho writer.·

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In the middle o.f the month Dr. Kendrick C. Babcock, specialist in higher education, of tho Depn.rtment o.f Education at Washington, D. C., paid us a \'isit and addressed the students and schoolchildren in· the Chapel. Since No,•ember of lost year, a new society has been organized at the College under the name of Students' l\Iissionnry Society. Its purpose is to increase interest nnd zeal in mission work. The parochio.l school at the College has grown to such proportions - 14.4 pupils have been enrolled, - thnt o. third class hncl to be formed. This class is instructed by the students of the Seminary o.nd Normnl Deportments who take turns in this work. M. L.

NOT BS. Oun l\IISSJON BOAllD. - It gives us pleasure to present to our readers in this issue a picture of our 1\lission Bonrd for Colored L11theran liissions. They ore the men who ha\'e the supervision of the various mission fields, and who de,•ot.c much time and care to the interests of our work among the colored people. 'l'hcir task is not an easy one. May God grant them strength and wisdom, nod ubundnntly bless their work nnd labor of love ! STATIS'l'IOAT, REJ.>ORT }'JIOl[ NEW 0BLB."-N8. -

l!'rom the 8oul1,om Lut1,era11, we take the following stutisticul report of our three Colored Lutheran congregations in New Orleans !or the year 1910: Souls, 737; communicant members, 314; voting members, 52; teachers, 0; pupils in day schools, 503; communicants, 648; baptizccl, 23; confirmed, 27; mar1·fogcs, 3; burials, 15; Sunday scbool pupils, 3.7 3. M1ssIONA11r STATISTICS. -One o.f the cditon o.f 2'11,0 Jfiuio11arg Rovic,o of U,,o World has compiled and published the sf;atistica"of foreign missions for 1010. We are told that the year has been one of gain. In America, the ·contributions ha,•e increnaed by $600,000, tho total standing at $12,000,000. England has done still better. Laat year it gave $11,000,000, a gain of $1,500,000 o~ tho year before. There is also a gain in Germany, but not nearly as much. All Christendom has gi'V811 $26,800,000, as over against . '24,600,000 in 1909. The native churches lut year gave '5,150,000, a gnin of $400,000. Laat year's additiODI to ·the native churcbea representing convert& from paganiam

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nmountecl to 140,000, n gnin of 5000 n. yenl' o,·er the pre,,fous twel\le months. 'l'he comnmnicnnt members in t he nnth·e churches now number o,•er ~22~000; adherents, upw11rds o:C lh-e millions. 'l'hcre nrc in the foreign mi ion schools one million nnd n l1nlf o.f boys nncl girls under hrUian instmction. l\IJSSIOY WORK OJ!" lflNDU CHIU TLlNS. -

Christian Hindu tcncher in Nellore, John Rnnginh se,·en ycnrs ngo wns sent to open ~1p Christinn work nmong the Hindus who ]ind emigrutcd to Nntnl, Airicn. .As n fruit of this fil'st foreign missionnry work of Hindu hristinns, six churches hn\'e been organized, nnd in nine other places little congrcgntions meet !or worship. 'J'he entm·pri ·e is wholly self-supportiug.

Co11cordi11 Publishing Ho1111c, St. Louis, l\ro. l'ril-c, 22 els. Contnins 1m insf.ruct.h·e l!l!l'ny by P,·of. I,. " ' · Dorn on Tho Source or Christinn Doct.rine, showing t.lmt. t he ourco of Christinn <loclrinc is not hunmn rcn 011 nor n,w no"' nwehttion, but the Dible only, t he writ.ten \\ ord of God. \ "NODAJ,1n; 1uc 11T o.-.s 'X'EXAH•D1sT111K1"K.

Sv:soo.u.K0:SPEllt::SZ-BE111c11T. Com.-ordin Pnbli hing Houso, St. I.ouis, l\lo. ]>1·ic<!, 12 cf.11. '.l'his J>amphlct conlnins nn inlere;aLing 11nd cdif1•ing p1111cr by I.he Re,·. " '· Dnllmnnn 0 11 the 1111mcs l\nd titles gh·en lo Chrislinns in the New l"cslnmcnt. ] t contains nl o II full rc1iort or our olorccl :.\Ii!! ion nnd or tho net.ion taken by I.he :)"nodicnl onfercncc in regard to t.lmt mi sion. Concorcliai Publi hing Houso, St.. J~ouis, l\ro. Price per 100 cnnls, 50 els. In lots or !iOO or more, <JO els. 1>er JOO ennls. A prncticnl cnrd system. which will t>ro,·e helpful in kcc11ing n 1.-orrcet n•gi ler or nil I.he pupils in f.hu school. Pn I.ors nrnl tcnchers will do well lo npply for ~nmple. Co:sco11111.\ PUPILS' RoSTEH.

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the lnrge misUccch·c,1 for Colorc,t ,11 issio11s from I.he following con• sion field of Chinn, ns in nll other mission fields, ~rcgntion : Bethlehem, New Orlcan , f.n., $35.00, IIount the want or laborers is pninCully felt. It is repor ted Zion, Now Orlcnns, l.11., 31j.OO, !-;t. lfntt.hcw, l\fch •rrin, Va., that many districts could be occupied if the Jnborcrs . 11.4-1, l\rount Cnh·nr.,,. Mount Plen nnt, N. C., 3.00, Zion, Goltl Hill, N. C., :1.00, Concordfa, Rockwell, X. ., 2.60, were at hand. From one district n missionary re- )fount Zion, T he Rock , N. C., 3.00, St. Pnul, .\fan urn, ceived an urgent cnll telling him: "We long .for you Ln., G.00, St. JoJm, Snli bury, N. C., 2.06, Cme -•, Concord, N. O., 8.00, St. Poul, Cfinrlot.te, N. 0., ?.GO, .Mount Zion, ns one longs :!or rnin in the se,·enth nnd the eighth l\foyerin-ille, N. O., 2.G0, St. Jnmc.s, Southern l~in •s, N. O., 2.60. Grncc, Grcensbol"(1, N. C., 3.00. 7'otc,t: $1:!4.00. month." S t~ J.011it1, Mo., Fchrmtry

.A l\!ODJ~L AFute:\N K1No. - \ 111ii;sionu1·y j1l Urica writes from Angola: "'l'he Christian yjJJage of Hombo is 11 proof of the 1,owcr oI the Gospul. At J1Lybrcak o,·ery moming the horn is blown, nntl tl1e people assemble at the king's l1ousc to hclLr the Wo1·d or God reall, and to prnisc and pray. Witchcraft 1111d superstition )111\'e :f'.11Ue11 umler the power of the Gospel, nnd the hcntheu are taking knowledge of ·it. 'fhe native church at Louoda contributes $17.00 a month for the sup1>ort o.f nati,•c workers on a native station in the interior of ..t\11!,'0lu/'

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Easter Day.

No. 4.

But did Jic finish· the work which He came to do? On the c1·oss He· cried out: "It is finished!" Then 0 ,lny or joy nncl glndncss, He bowed His head in cleath, and His body was laid This is l.11c day oC dnys ; in the grave. Had He remained in death and the Awny nll tcnrs nml sndncss, gL"O.vc, then we might well doubt that the work of And rni11c tl1c hymns or praise! our redemption is :finished. We could then not For Chri t, tho Lord, is risen, builcl our hope on J esus' blood and righteousness Lat earth wit.11 nntl1ems ring ! with the :Cull nssuronce tl1at we shall not be disHa burst the bar or prison, nppointed. The Apostle Paul says: "If Christ be .Aml rose triumphant King. uot risen, tl1en is our preaching vain, nod your faith 0 ,lny or grncc aml s11lcmlor, is also ,•ain. lf Christ be not raised, ye are yet in 0 cJuy or holy joy! yom sins. Then they also which arc fallen asleep To '!'hoc just pmisa we rendc1· in Christ are perished." · For pence none can dest roy. It is tho old, ohl story, But Christ clicl not remain in death and the Yot nlwn.y s c,·or new, gra,·c. On the third day He rose from the dead. .Thn.t Christ, the Lor,1 or glory, On E oster morning the grave was found empty,. ·.!\rose t his dny for you. and an angel brought the glad message: "He is risen ! He is not here I" Before tltis ~lorious Easter 0 day or joy nml glndncs , 0 l,lcssc,1 dny of days ! message e,•cry shadow of doubt must vanish as the Aw:iy ull tears 1u1d sndnClls ; shodows of darkness ,•anish before the rising sun. With so111,rs our ,,oiccs rniRc ! Christ is risen I The work of our redemption is We'll sing the new old story f01isl1ecl. The Christian's faith is not vain. The 'l'ill nll the wide world rings, resurrection of Christ gives him the assurance that Our Christ is JCing in glory, in Christ he has redemption through His blood, And Ho is King of kings! c,·cu the forgh,eness of .sins. Christ "was delivered Amelia 8tarktocat1,cr. for our offenses, and was raised again for our justification," says .the apostle. By rnising Christ from the dend God the Father declared Himself perfectly Baster Message. satisfied with the work of His Son, and justified us '.rh9 believer's hope is built "on nothing Jess in Him who was our Substitute. thon Jesus' blood nnd righteousness." Is that a From Christ's resurrection we see, that He has good :Counclotion on which to builcl our hope of rnncle full atonement for sin; that His blood cleanses us from all sin, that. He lins procured for us a rightsnl vntioil ? 'J.'rue, Jesus came into the world to redeem sin- eousness in which we can stand before God. The · ners by :Culfilling all righteousness in their stead and believer, in Jesus, therefore, has a good fou~dation by shedding His blood for the remiuion of sins. on which to build his hope of salvation. In the

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,·cry :Cncc of dcnth he, in hi dying hour, can sny ,ritli firm con fidcncc: l Coll ru!loop in J:• u ' wounds 'Ihero 1>nrdon for my ins nboumls; Yen J esus• blo0tl nml righleou n • M,· j wcls "nrc my glorio, drcs1<. Wherein before my Coo I lnml Whcm I sl1111l rcnch the hcn,·enly lnnd.

All that truly bclie\'c in the risen Sa,•ior, wl10 conquered dcnth nnd the grave for us, con trimnphnntly ny with the snmc apostle: "0 death, where i11 thy ting? 0 grn,·c, where is thy \"ictory? 'J'hnnks be to Goel, wl10 gi"cth us the \'ictory througl1 om· Lord J'c us Christ I"

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Blessed En ter mes ngc : 'Christ i risen ! ' It Blessed Easter Tidings. •h·cs us n firm :Coundntion :Cor our Chri tinn l1opc in JiCc nnd in dcnth. As tl1c mes ngc fLlls our hcnrt.s Jn the sepulcher Jtc wos imprisonccl who Imel with joy nud com:Cort in the blc cd Enster scnson, tnkcn our sin UJ>On Himself. B ut beh old! t he stone let us remember those who know not the true mennis ro11cd nwny th°' CJ>ulchcr is empty, and shining ing of Christ's death nnd resurrection, nnd who nrc m ~ ngcr of God proclnim: "HE JS RTSJ~N I" t herefore without hope in this world, or nre build0 bl cd tidi11gs ! Repenting the triumphant ing fnlse hoJ>CS on ground which is but sinking shout oC t he hc1wcnly mes engcr c,•cry hri tinn ~nll<l )fay the power or Christ's resu rrection mo,•c mny now cxclnim: Ha1lelujah I Rnllclujuh ! 'J'he us to b}"ing them tl1c Gospel of the lh•ing Savior, stone i roHed nwny :Crom the gra\'c o.f my sins, t,hnt they also may trust in Rim nlonc who wns · o.f my death, of my clomuation ! My J3onclsmnn is clclh•crccl :Cor our offenses, nnd wns raised ngain for risen. He is free, nnd triumphnntly Ife waves His our justificntion. stnnclnrtl of \'ictory.

The Difference. A distinguished doctor, who l1nd ntbmdcd mnny <lying persons, snid: "Nothing hos moclc a deeper impression on my mind during my pro!cssionnl li!c Uum the mo011cr in whiclt men hove clicd. '£110 clcnth of the unbclie,•cr is mnrkcd with cloubt noel hopclCSBncss, C\'Cn though occosionnlly o mon or strong spirit nod nenc may clic with a sort ol cnlm, cold resignation; but the death ol the Christinn is mnrkcd -with hope nud pence nod joy." Another prominent physician 110s snid: "Nothing can make n. deathbed peaceful but Christian faith." 'rhe physician of tl1c grcnt French infidel Voltaire gives the following description of the death of thnt arch-enemy ol the Christinn faith : It was my lot that this man sl1ould die 1mdcr my care. I had often defended the . Truth in his presence, and when his end came, Volta.ire said to me: !'Had 1 :CoUowed your ad,icc, I would not now be in my present hopeless state of mind. l bnve swallowed smoke and intoxicated myself with it until my bend has become dizzy. Pity me, :lor I nm a fool I" How different the language of the great Apostle: "I am now ready to be offered, and tho time of my departure is at hand; I hn.ve fought a good fight; I have· kept tho faith; henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteouBDeu, which the Lord, tho righteous Judge, shall give me in that day."

"f i Ile in whom I t.ru. t, )'or He lmlh mntlc me j usl. J\11 lhnt J inned oml erred, Ile in tho gm,•c inter red .And 11,1 i ly kc11t it tl1ero, '!'here it. remain forc'cr.

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The Fruit ol Christ's Resurrection. We sec whnt fruit the resuI"rcctiou of Christ ·should J>rolluce in us, nnmely, that we sh ould 110 longer be nCrnid, but recognize Cini t ns our brother, ond glory in Him, and find com:Cort in the preciO\IB inheritance which He hns obtained :Cor us; nod, likewise, tl1nt we should so Ih,c that wo mny not, like wnywn.rd children, lose such inheritance by our disobedience. This, then, wil1 bo employing the glorious resurrection rightly nnd properly and cclebrn.ting Easter in the right wny. But if this is not done; if, instead, people wish to persist in sin and disobedience, or refuse to lay hold of this comfort in tribulntion and temptntion, nothing can be more certain tbnn that such p eople ha.vo no share in, nor knowledge of, this glorious inheritance. lfoy God, for Christ's sake, grant us Hi■ Holy Spirit, that we may find true com.fort in tho resurrection of Christ, and that we may, :CTOm dn.y to dn.y, increase in BUch fn.ith, confidence, and hope, and finally be eternally saved by it. - Lutl,or.

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"Cun n woman .forget her sucking child, that she should not hn,•e compassion on the son or her wo111 b ? Yen, they m:ty J'o1·g et, yet will I 11ot forget t!1cc,' Is. •19 15. !t was Lhc morni11g or a re tivnl. At an curly hom· the ,·illngcrs luul nsscmblcd on lhc g reen. 1\ bo,•c them the pcnks o! the Alps towm·cd in 111nj ~Lie grandcu t·. 'l'hc hnppy chilcl rcn were sporting in g rou1r, when a loud sc1·cam :nrcslcd lite nttcnLion or nil. 1.\ mountain eagle l1:1u swooped 11111,cr(•cived, nil() to the horro1· ot the bystanders l'OSc with n child strnggling in i ts talon . I n the terror nod ·oniusion it was some time before it was known who jt was, nnd a deep g ronn bur:;t_from the crowd when jt was !ound thnt it wns a beau tiful cl1ilcl, lhe olc' com!ort or a widow. "My child! my dnrling child I" she cried, ns, wri ng ing hcl' hands i n agony, wi th streaming eyes, 1;he wntel1cd Lhc nigh t o! tl1c power.Cul bird, while Lite pa tor vainly tried to comfort her. Se,•cml 111ountuinecrs instantly prnng to the cliffs, nou all •yes !ollowccl them ns slower nnd slower t hey ns,-emlcd. ,, t length ns tho englc disappeared beyond th abrupt precipice, th y were seen to pause nnd nil but two gn,·c up the al.tempt. At Inst, as rocks lowc1·cd nLo\le rocks Lhcse gnve up the desperate puruit, nnd 1 g ronn from t he beholdera told thnt nil hope wa o,•cr. With her face blanched by despair, her gaze l'i vctccl upon the precipice, the mother had 1.ood motionlc s unt il now; but when she saw the [llll' ucrs fnl tcr, with n cry o:C agony she sprang 11p the almo t 1>erpcndicular ascen t. Upward, still UP.wa rd, she held her perilous wny until she gained the point which seemed to dciy f urther progress, nnd there the cliffs rose high nnd bold be!ore her; but where efl'.ort failed in others, she, impelled by lo,•c, ner\lcd every power, nnd, pausing not· at dnnger, her bare nod tender feet caught upon the lichens, and upward she pressed to the admirat ion and terror of the beholders. Once, and once only, she pn.used to ghmce below. When midway to the summit wbnt n. startlingly bcnutif ul view greeted her eyes. Fnr down the winding ,•alley wns a dense mnss of human beings. Not one wns standing, not a bend wns covered, but sire and. youth and child were kneeling in :Cenent supplication, while :Crom the village the tolling bell met her cnr calling on the neighboring inhabitants to rally. At length she gained. the summit, and to· her speechless joy she beheld her cbild still nlh-e in the nest. On rapid wing the eagle wns

wheeli ng nml circling abo,•c her. To grasp the ·hild, clusp it to her bosom, ancl bind it to her with lier shawl w11s the work oC a moment. Commcndinrr 0 herclC to the lo,·ing Fathc1·, she turned to dcscencl. ·1~cudul Juul been the ascen t, but more !earlully porilo11s s mccl the descent. On reaching the diffi·<'11lt s1,ol with n tlizzy brain and sinldng heart she pau:.cd t in. ping her child to her bo om with n sl111tlclc1·. At Lhat moment her car caug ht the faint bleat or ll goat guiding its kid down another ,vay. With 1111 1,caknblc gratitude to God she crossed over to cle ccnrl by thut bcrorc unknown path, nnd she l1ciml the di tant houts o[ joy :Crom the villager Lelow. '0011 trong arms were by her side, nncl she wns saCc with the child. J.o,·c hncl borne her alo[t where Alpine ·climbera ·onld not.go. Yet the love Divine goes far beyond. 'As the hc.·wcn arc higher than the ear th, so are my ll1oughts than your thoughts, saith the Lord.'' Dear suf[cring one, bclie"c it a.nd rest on Christ, your S ubstit ute, for "He tnkcth pleasure in those t.hnt hope in H is mercy." llis is lm·o beyond n. mother's, J~nit l1 ful, free, nml know no ond.

J.B. P.

Giving God Her Best. L\ miesionary in CJunn. writes: -

In the Lord's work in China we orten hnve bitter disappointments, but we have also much joy. A !riend tells of n thanksgiving service they bcld, where one g i'~t thnt wns presented to God ·"•ns tbe li ttle son of n yo1mg Christian mother, who hnd but recently come to fnith in lier Savior, and whose hear t was filled with gratitude to God for His great mercy. '!'his is the substance of her prn.yer: "0 God, my hea,•enly Father, 'l'hou hnst gi,•en Tby best to me, 'l'hinc own Son, to be my Savior. I cnn nover offer 'l'hec anything in comparison with Thy gift. I nm 1m wortliy to offer anything, but, Lord, tnke my little one; it is such a poor offering, but it is my best. Lord, tnke bim nnd keep him all his life Thine own. Lord Jesus, put Thy hnnda on my little child nnd bless him I" As her child wns to be given lo God in baptism, she, with her husband, had &e11rchecl the Bible to Jind a nnme for the little boy, nnd had fixed on "Pnhfu," wlµcl1 means Beatitudes. When told that wns not really a name, she said: "We found it wns one of the headings of Matthew 5, and thought it Inr nicer thnn any of our ordinary Chinese nnmes. So we decided to Cllll him this."

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nway from my fellow 'hristiaus, yet I in spirit celebrate with th m the joyous rcsurrocLion !esti\•al. lfony ycn1-s ngo n. German youth wns taken 'l'he om er oI the German go,·ernmcnt succ clccl pri oncl' by tho 'l' urk • and ns nothing was douo in obtaining the man s freedom, nnd the f or 111 1, !or hi rolcn~o, ho· was compelled to lh•o among ltwe went bnck to his own Christian country where these :Cnnaticnl followers of tl1e :Calso prophet l\fo- he lh-cd to celebrate muny an En tcr Day with Lh . luunmed, nnd to work as n. captive sln,·e Ior n r,,llowcr oC the 1·i en Lonl. 'l'urkish mnster. But he ne,·er gave up hi Lufhornn !oith. He put nJl his trust in Jesus, tho .I.JJc ;:cd a,ior, who diccl ·:Cor oul' oltcnse , mu] was "The Blind Shall See." rni cu ngniu for om ju tificntion. :one c,·ening nbout sundown/' ays the lfov. R One Ea ter morning he had to plow his 'l'urkish mnstor' field, but none tl1e less ns ho Iollowcd tho Kin aid, :t mi · ionary tQ I ndia, "I stopped nt n •iLy plow he kept the "rent :Ccstivnl day in mind, nnd on the I1·awaddy. I snt on the boat, n. sl1ort dis-

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his heart rejoiced in the risen Lo.r d. As he walked in the furrow behind the plow, he song in his mother tongue one of Luther's goocl old Enster hymns:

tance from tho bank, nnd begnn to rend from my trnets. 'l'he people sat on the shore; some, howe,•er, went to the town to sny thnt 11 foreign teacher hod come. '!'he crowd increased~ and I rend on till Jesus Christ to-day is risen, sundown. At length n tall young mnu came wadAnd o'er Death t.riumplmnt reigns; ing to the boat and so.id, 'Teacher, J1ave you the Ho hns burst tl10 gnn-e's strong prison, Lending Sin hcr6Clf in elulins. Acts of the Apostles?' Imagine my surp1·ise nt At that moment the representative of tl1e Ger- hearing such n gucation in that place. I replied, man government, who was stationed at Constanti- 'Yes.' He said again, 'Teacher, have you the Gosnople, happened to be riding by. Surprised at pel of J obu ?' He was e,•iclently well educnted; hearing a German ehurcb hymn in that _land and I asked, therefore, 'How did you learn about these place, be got out of his carriage and went to the books?' He told me that long ago his gmnd:Cnther singer. The man told him bis story and closed by had obtained tllem f-rom }Ir. Judson, but hacl lost snying: "I don't thi.n k tl111t I shall e,•er be able them in a. great fire; n.nd 110,v, hearing o.f the to go back to my :Catherla~d, but I shall keep my foreign teacher, tl1e old man h,ad sent him in the Ohristian :Caith, thougli I live aDtong Turks. I hope o! getting them again. I complied with hi11 know that this is Easter Dny, and though I nm far request, ancl he hastened nwn.y. A storm· soon cnme

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upon us, nncl I removed my bout to nnothcr pnrt One dny one o[ the sisters said to her, "You lhc ciLy, two mile~ ui lout. Protestants have no r pcct !or the Virgin i\Iary, " \ l,out eight o'clock i11 the evening lite, young whom the angel called IJlcs~etl among women." 1111111 ·ame ugni n ; he hnd 1,ccn scna ·hing nil along :'No respect?" replied Lhc sick womau,."I shoulcl the shore !or me. Ou his return to hie grandCuthcr, like to know how many 'ntholics there are that lite l11Ltc1· inquircu iC he had a kcd lhc Lcucher Lo -~Loom so highly Lhe only C't>mmand of the mother lny wiLh him; and he had now u111e to invite me or our L orcl and so fuiLhCully try to follow it ns Lt: his hou ·c. l went, nml iound the old mun senlotl lhe Protestants." · in the midst oC his fami ly. lie 1>ut ont his hand :which commnnd? n keel the sister. t(; !eel !o1· m , uud I pcrcciveJ lhat he was blind. '·Why/' replied the womnn, "the only command J I i !nmily hml rc:ul to him, aml lie spoke oi Lhc ~he c,·er gave nnd whi ·h was gh·en a t the marriage ru111Cort he had derived !1·om John anJ lhc Acts. nt 'nun when }Cu1·y commanded : ~Vhntsoever Ire ''J'he uy :; oC my body, he snitl, 'arc llnrk; 1,ut lhc saith unto you, do it! \\ c P rotestan ts do whnt l'Jc o f 111y 111i nd nre opened/ : - 'b':,;. J e:;us says."

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Jesus Paid It All.

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idiot boy }Mug on Lhe con t o.C l•:11',lnml. JI • l111u lelll·ncJ en~ug h to know thnt he wn 1L i,inn01·. nml that he owed n debt lo od which h l'ould not 1>ny. He was one day ilting on lhc I, •nt:h w ' J>in" for fear that God would hut him up in pri on. \ hrisLinn lncly took his trembling hand in her 11111I gently snid, "x•o, !\InLt, you need n,Jt be ~hut up in pr i on !01· J esus h n paitl your ti •ht: · Hite then told the p or b v in 1L very simple w:1y ll!nL Jt: 11: paid our debt o.C in wi th H is own . bluoil nnd lhnt H i ri ing from lhe grn,·c was the pr110C thnL Lh pay men t has been a ccptcu, so that 1111 who I.rust. in H im need not !001· to be shut up in pl"i on inco Je·u paid it nil. l3y the power c,f lhe H oly 1>irit the sort ligh t oC the Gospel glnncetl ioLo his d1ukencd mintl, and Lhc snviug Oo pol t rnth wns canicd home to hi h.enrt. R e Jiflcd hi Lr :uniog eye~ to hea,•cn wi th the joy.Cul ·ry, " Man t hat paid, Mnt.t says, 'l'hnnk you, thank you!' 'J.'rusLing in what Jesus did :tor bim, his fear wns gone, his heart wns filled with joy, antl he wns o!lcn hcnrtl 11ying1 "Jesus paid it all."

F rom the l'C~ll l'l'C t ion oC J esus Christ \\'0 sec Lhn t Jic i the Lord c,•cn of the king of tcr.rors, oC death; the Lol'll o[ him thnt binds with inilcslmctible r ttcr nml lllys nt his feet every creature comincr i~,lo hi~ realm. - D,-. Walll,cr.

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A Good Reply~ An Irish woman, who bnd Jert the Romish sect and hnd embraced the evangelical faith, was in her illness taken to n hospital in which Catholic "sitftcrs or mercy" were employed as nurses. She was bodily well taken cnrc of, but hnd to cnduro much reproof nnd ridicule nml mnny t.rinls .Cor hn,•ing become n. J,rotestnn t.

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Ordination of Rev. W. O. Hlll. Grace Congregation o.C Greensboro, N. C., hnd the great J>leasure 0£ witnessing the ordination o.C one of her sons, nnmely, thnt of \V. O. HilL In 11 solcmn aCtcnioon service, on Sundo.y, llnrch 5, said cnndidnte of theology wns ordained !or the office o! the holy ministry by Prot N. J. Bakke, the other professors of Immnnuel College assisting nt the ceremony. Pro£. Bakke also preached n. ,•ery impressh•c sermon.,. basing his rem111·ks on 1 'rim. 4, 16. He pointed out the arduous task nntl the glorious rcw1ml o! a cundidate o.C theology. Be,·. W. O. Hill grnduated from Immanuel Col.. ll'ge Inst S(lring and bncl until now nssistcd Re,·. J. McDnvid, of Ohnrlot.tc, N. C., in his miaion 1b1tions. Now the Boonl fo'r N cgro }[issions Imel called Re,•. Hill to Yonkers, N. Y., \\"hero he is to

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scr,•c our Lutheran brethren who moved there !rom St. l\fotthew's Congregation, Meherrin, Va. Re,•. Hill is the fourth graduate of Immanuel College t\mt has entered "the office o.f the holy ministry and the fi!th son of Grace Congl'egation that hns become n. worker in the Lord's vineyard. Mny others !ollow the exmnple or Grace Congregat ion ! And may the Shepherd o.f our souls richly bless the work of this young lnborcr nnu make him 11 chosen and fnitltful senrant :Cor instructing many in U1c wny of snlvntion ! · l\[. L.

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Dedication of the· New Parsonage at Mount Pleasant, N. c. Sunday, l\Jarch 12, the pnrsonngc recently. comJ>lctctl nt Mount Pleasant, N. 0., was formally dedicated unto t'he Lord. It was n dny of great rejoicing· and thanksgiving for the menibers o.f the three congregations ser,•ed by .the undersigned. lfony of tbe members from the sister congregations, St. Peter, Dry's Schoolhouse, and .Irnmqnuel, Reim9rstown, were present. At 11 o'clock a short address was delivered from tl1e porch of the parsonage by Prof. Bakke. The speaker based his remarks on tbe words of J oshuo ( cl1. 24, 15) : dBut as for me and my bouse, we will serve the Lord." The assembled congregation gathered around the porch and listened attcnth•ely as they were told that, wbile it is not customary among our people to dedicate their homes and all they have unto the sonice of God,-it is ne,•ertheless pleasing unto Him. In the afternoon, Prof. Bakke delivered a very able sermon from Jer. 31~ 3. By this time many ,·isitors had arrh•ed from our congregation in Concord. This service was "'ell attended. It was indeed a day of joy and gladness. Especially the members of tl\e above-mentioned congregations o.re ,•ery grateful for this building- a home !or those whom it shall please the Lord to send to labor in their midst. The MiBBion Board furnished the material used in this building, and the congregations erected it. The ~ew parsonage is situated on the church lot, west of the present site of the chapel. It is a neat four-room cottage. May the kind heavenly Father, who has so riehly blessed the labors of our hands., continue to bless us, and by His Holy Spirit lead us at all times to . know tha.t without Him we can do nothing.

ALSTON.

Notes from New Orleans. On llcbrm1ry 7 the colo1-cd nud white b1·ethren in the olorcd mission assembled in Luther College for t he 1>m1>osc of nrrang.iug n. program !or the permanent orgnnizi11g o.C n conference in the month or .A pril. '!'hose p resent :it the prelimi1101·y mcctiJ1g were : P1·of. n. A. Wilde of L u ther College, Rev. l!:tl. , 'chm idt, l:C,·. C. P. 'l'hompson, Rev. G. :i\I. K rame1·, 'J"cn •hc1-s E . Vix, n. l\Ieibolm1, Nnp. , eeberry, Wm. B. , 'eebcl"l"y, r,. 'J\C. P alm, nnd the unclcrsig ne<.l. 'l'hc J:c,•. Chas. l'cay, o·f 1\[nnsurn, La., nod '!'cacher Walter Schrieber, or N:1polcom,jlle, La., were not i n ottcmlnncc. 'l'hey will be present, however, nt t he conference 1u·opcl'. 'l 'hc meeting ncloptcd the nnmc of Luther Con-Ccrcnce, nnd henceforth shall be known under thnt nppellntion. . A provisionnry 1n·ogrnm was offered by Lh c ]:Cv. Kramer nnd •reacher Pnlm. ,..l'his p1·ogmm wns ncceJ>ted with n .fe\\• amendments: .According ly, t he initinl session of Luther Conference will toke plncc Fridny morning, April 28, nt nine o'clock, nt Lu ther CoJlege, nnd continue throughout the dn.y. 'nturda.y there will be another aJl-da.y session. At these sessions 1>0.pcrs will be rend and discussed. 'l'he subjects of the papers are as f ollows: "Fnith!ulncss in Office/' by Teacher E. Vix; "Justi6ca.tion" (a cntechisntion), by 'l'encher Wm. B. Seaberry; "Sehool-Mnnagement," by Teacher" Nap. Seeberry; n. sermon to be read by the Rev. O. P. 'l'hom1>son; "The Relath•e Importance of Religious to Secular Education," by the undersigned. Sundo.y night, April 30, there will be o. joint senice of the three local congregations, in St. Pnul's Cbapel. The sermon will be preached by the R.ev. Chas. Pea.y, of lfonsura. On Monday nigbt, May 1, there will be a. session in which the members of the local congregations, with delegates from M~nsura : and Napoleonville, will participate. At this session the Rev. Kra.mcr will deliver an address, reports of the stations will be made by the pastors, and such other business regarding mission wo_rk as will interest and encourage the brethren will be transacted. With this session Luther Conference will be brought to a. close. May God bless the labors of the infant conference for the sake of His Son, Jesus Clmst, that they may bear fruit a hundredfold in due season! On the evening of Wednesday, Febn1ary 22, the Rev. 0. P. Thompson, assistant minister a.nd teacher in N e,v Orleans, and Miss Edna. Thomas, former

The Lutheran Pioneer. ttcncher nt St. Pnul's, were united in the bonds of lholy wedlock, in St. Paul's Chapel. The sacrecl •edHice wns crowded to its utmost capacity. l\Cen1delssolm's beautiful weclcling march wns 11layed by "l'cncher Wm. B. Seeberry. Pastor Schmidt mode n brief, but benuti:Cul nud eloquent address. 'l'he attendance at the services o.f St. Paul's 'Impel is impro,•ing, but the1·e a·1·e still n icw delinquent ones whom we hope to induce, by the g1·ace o[ Goel, to attend regulady. 'l' he congregation is muking prepn1·ations to thoro11ghly renovate its chn11el. A substantial oftering for this purpose was made by S·t. Paul's Luther League in t he :for m o·f s.i xty-fivp tlollm·s. • With this nmoun·t, and with the i'.lonntions wMch other members ]1a"e promised to mukc, together with another offering whic:h the Lcngue will make, we hope to raise one hundrecl nm1 fi tty c1o11n.r s to de:frny t he expense incurred . .Anotl1er illustrated lecture will be given on Murch 28, by t he R.cv. Wambsganss nnd his associates, at Luther College, under the auspices of 't. Paul's L11tl1cr League. 'l'he subject o:f the lecture is, "'l'hc S uf[c1·i11g of the Savior." 'l'hc League is a body consisting o.f some filty members, org:mizcll a year and a hnl.f ngo. It will gh·c its 11111111111 concert about the latter part of May. A. Wrr,MY, Jn.

leans, with 1 professor nnd 1 nssistn.nt, hod nn ntt<:ndancc of 27 students. Contributions to the mission trensury cluring the year amounted to $33,0GG.72, o.f which sum the colored congregations contributed $1950.74. Roo::-.t 1to1t I:.,.n•novJ-:MENT. - In the year 1010 the contributions of our colored congregations for the mission treasury amounted to $1950.74, whilst 111 100!) t hey ainountec1 to $2002.G0. So there was n. small cl.ecrcasc, and there is certainly room :£or improvement, not downward, but upwnrd. Let us hope that there will be an increase ,luring the p1·cscnt year. 'l'he apostle says : "He which soweth . puringly sliall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountH111Jy shall r enp also bountHully. Gocl loveth n cheerful giver," 2 Cor. 9, G. 7. No:r WEARY IN WELI..-DoINo. -For the :Courtecnth time nn unknown and unnamed mission f l'icnd recently brought to our trens11rer in St. Lo11is his yearly gift of $500.00 for our Colored l\'Iission. Unknown to men, he is known to .God, whose apostle snys: "Let us not be weary in well-doing; for in due season we sbnll reap, if we faint not," Gnl. G, 9.

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CAr,r, AccBl'TJ~o. - 'rhe Rev. Prof. N. J. Bakke, of Greensboro, N. C.• hns accepted the call as Di1·cctor of our Colored Missions, and will enter upon the duties of his office ns soon ns his· successor has been S(l(lured in the professorship of Immanuel College. l\In.y God be with him in his important work· aml bless bis'Inbors for the snlvn'tion of many souls!

S'J.'A'.CJSTICS 01!' O0ll COLORED MISSIONS. -1!,rom the BlaU#t".caZ Year Bool~ of the Missouri Synod we tukc the :following statistics of the Colored Missions o·f the Synodical Conference for the year 1910: At the close of the year there were 31 con:. A1•1•RECIATIVE. - A Southern bishop, speaking gl'cgntions nnd preaching-places (19 ·in North Co.rorecently of men from the North who came South t.o linn, G in Louisiana, 1 in Virginia, 1 in Mississippi, work among the colored people in church and school, 1 in Arko.nsns, 1 in Illinois, 1 in Missouri, 1 in said : '~If they hod spent their lives ns missionaries N'ew York). There were 37 persons laboring in to Chinn or Africa, they would have been looked this large mission field: 13 white pastors and proupon as heroes, but the posts which they have acfessors, 8 colored pastors, 4 wbite and 7 colored tually held involved in many respects a. l~Tger tenclte1'S, 3 colored Indy teachers, and 2 students ns amount of self-sacrifice than would have been called nssistn.nts. Tbe mission numbered 2171 baptized for on any foreign field." souls, 851 communicant members, and 233 ,•oting members. The parochial schools were attended by THE NEBD OF THE COLORED RA0E, -A field l •l:78, the Sunday schools by 1157 pupils. 1895 secretory for mission work writes: "In our miscommuned during the year, 74 were ba~tized, and sionary journey we reacl1ed the southern part of the 64 confirmed. There were 9 marriages and 34 burinls. Immanuel College, Greensboro, N. 0., .United Stntea, and found the great problem there with 4 professors and i" assistant, had an enroll- to be the colored people. There a:,:e ten million of ment of 105 students; Luther College, at New Or- them, a. race which must be trained for Christ in

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obedience to lli commnnd to disciple nil people. 'l'hc solution of the colored problem is Clrristinn eclucation. 'l'hc colored people 110011 Chri~tfou churches nnd hristin'n schools. JTighcr cducntion in Christion colleges is ncce~snry nlso :Cor colored tcmchers nnd prcnel1crs, ns only through them cnn the lc:n•en work !nster thnn the nclvnncing pop,1lntion. Said n Sontl1ern editor: "J'he ncg ro is hero to st.ny, nnd we shall hm·e to mnke the best or him. The way ~ do this is to help him mnkc the be t o! himself by gi."ing him n. good eclucntion in hristinn schools: - mnrk well, I sny, 01£ri.stia,i schools.' " INDIA._: According to recent reports !rom the l\Iissouri Synods mission field in India the work is ti)l progressing. At one of the stations the missionary, within a year, baptized 56 souls. The ser,iccs ore remnrknbly well nttcnued, ancl the nn. th•e Christians contribute regularly aml hold nlso regular congregn.tionnl meetings. In another district the missionary bnntized in n, Sm1dny morning scnico Gl persons, children aucl adults. In this clistrict there is a catecheticnl school :Cor prepm·ing nati\·e Christians· for· ,vork in the mission fi eld. 'l'his school bas an nttendnnco of 20. Friends of the mission will be glad to hear that one of the lost yc..1r grnauntcs of our St. •Louis Seminary lms accepted · n. cnll to the India mission field nnd will start :Cor that hcntl1cn lnnd soon ofter Easter.

i;hllc; 11:1mely, l17,t21J. In Arizonn, wl1ere Luthcmns arc doing mission work, there nrc :.m,000, ir. Wj consin where th r is nlso n L11thcrnn mis-

BOOK TABLE. J .,mmuon clcr Deutsel1e11 E,•.-Lut h. Synodc 'lHissonri. Oh io 11. 11. St. focr <lns JtLhr 1010. Concordin. Pnbli hing Hom,c, St. T.ouis, l\Co. Price, •l0 elll. 'J'his Stnli11lic11 I Ycmr-JJonk of I.ho largest L uthcrnn 11y11orl in .America J.,rini;,r,; .complcle reports or I.he ,•nrious works cnrriccl on by llml ".,·norl for the .sprcn1ling n.ml np• bnililing of Chri f.'s kini;,,rlom. , · ~0D.\Lnt!r.10 11T m:s loW.\• D1 s1·1111,Ts. Concordia Publi hing llou1,c t. T.oni , :'lfo. Pric-c, Ja els. 011lni11s 1111 insLr ncl.h·o 1>:11>cr on Jsrncl's Jonrncw t.o the Promi d J.:md. ~ S1·., T 1s ·r1s •m ;s , ·0 11

Acknowledgments. Rccch·cd for Ooloro,i .lliBsi o11s from lhc following congrcgnf.ions : Holy Trinity, Springfield, Ill., $6.00, llcLhlchcm, New Orlenmi, J..n., 35.00, l\rount Zion, Ncw,Orlcmns, J.n .. 35.00, St. Pnnl, New Orlcnns, J.n., 35.00, Zion, Gold JTill, N. C., 3.00, Concordin, Rockwell, N. C., 2.50, Mount Zion, The Rocks, N. C., 3.00, t. John, Salislmry, N. C., 2.G5, St. Pnul, l\fansurn, L:1., G.00, Mount Cahmry, l\fount Plens:mt, N. C., 1.21, Nnpolcon\'illo, Ln., 2•J.00, t. 1•1ml, hnrlol.tc, N. 0., 7.50, Dothlohcm, ~fonroc, N. C., 2.50, , t . J nmcs, Southern Pines, N. C., 2.50, Grncc, Concor,I, N. C., i.50, Mount Cnll'nry, Snully lliclgo, N. C., 7.00, $1;. l\fuf.t.hcw, l[chcr.rin, Vn., 8.02, Grncc1 Orccnsboro, N. C., :J.00. Tott1l: $1!)1.JS. St. J..ouis, Mo., :Mnrch lG, 10)). JI. L. DoEl)ERLEtN, i •,·cas. SJ.8 E. Pmirie A,•c.

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JJADoJUms. - Six new missionary laborers,

gracluatcs of our St. Louis and Springfield Seminaries, left iu the ln.t tcr part of March for South America, to enter the large and promising Lutheran miuion field in Brazil and Argentine, where the work is progressing so rapidly tl1nt tho need for more men nnd means hos become very urgent. FAlrINE IN CHJNA. -Sad stories of misery in tho famine-stricken regio11s of Chinn are reported. A missionary reports tbnt "c;bildren nre sold into sla,•ory for Jess than two pounds of bread. People exelmngc almost all their clothing for a few morsels of food, and then perish from exposure to the wintry storms." But he reports also tha·t many Chinese Christians "pro,•c, e,•en in the face of death, their Christian bopo and trust and tl1cir pntient submission to God's will."

NEW ORLEANS, LA. Bt. l'aul'• Cl,apcl, 1025 Annette St., ncnr N. Chliborno St.;

l~cl. Schmidt, Pnstor. Dh•ino Scr,•iccs: Sundny, 11 A. 1,. nnd 7.30 J.>. >,[.; Wcdncscln.y, 7.30 J.>. J.t. • A/01111& Zion Ol111rcl1,· J<' mnklin nnd Timlin. Sta. Dh·ino Scn·iccs: Sundny, 11 A. :u. and 7.30 J.>. )[.; Tburado.y, 7.30 l'. It. Bethlehem 01,apol, Wnshlngton Aw. and Dryndca St.; G. M. Krnmcr, Pastor. . Dh•ino Scn•icca: Sundny, 11 A.)[. and 7.30 J.>. x.; Thundlly, 7.so· J.>. x. Sundn.y School: Sunday, 10 A. u, SPRlNGFIELD, ILL. Tlaly 7'1-inity Church. Divino Scrvicca: Sunday, 10.30 A. >L and 8 l". 1,.

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Ascended Into Heaven. Chri!!L lo h<':n·cn i gone beror J II Lhc hody here He woro; · Uc lhnL n our JJrothcr clic<l I on r Drol.hcr glnrifle<l. l ~<'a r noL, ye or liLtlc faith, l•'or Jlc lmlh nholishC<l den Lit; Ami 110 lonser now we die, W I.mt follow hris L on hig h. ·'·" our Shepherd He is l.hcrc, Wi t h Lhc comfort of Uis cure; l•'••a r 110 c,·il I Don ht 110 more! Chri L id gone Lo hc:l,·cn licforc. • Gcor9c llaicso11.

Christ In Glory. Christ, n.Ctcr His resurrection, tarric<l on Ctuth !orty clays, showing Himself nlh•e to His disciples lit difret"Cnt times nncl nt different ploccs. At Inst Re lecl them out to n mount culled Olh•et, where He nsccndcd into hca.\'cn. While He blessed them, He wns pnrtcd !rom them nncl corriecl up into heaven. 'l'hus He thnt was God mnni!cst in the llcsh wos "rcceivecl up into glory," 1 'l'im. 3, 16. Christ in glory I '!'his gives us the nssurance thut tho work which He came to do on earth for the sohrntion o.f sinners is finished, that Bis sncrificc for sin hos forever satisfied the Father. He who in liis sufferings was crowned with thorns is now crowned with e\'erlasting glory. He tl1at was forsaken by God on Cal\'ary is now glorified by God in hea,,en. Our sins wbic]1 nailed Him to the cross, our juclgment which put Him to death, arc gone in His sufferings. Through sufferings He entered into His glory, Luke 24, 26. Tho battle with our

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enemies in, de.1th, devil, ond hell, has hnd a "lorious outcome. In His triumphant resurrection Oh_rist trinmphccl over these our enemies, and in IJis glorious ascension we sec them led captive by lhc mighty Conqueror, who enters into the glory which He hod with the Fnther be!ore the world was. Hence it is written o:C the ascended Savior: "Thou host ascenclcd on high; 'l'hou hast led captivity cn.ptive," Ps. GB, 18. 'l'hereforc Christ, before His 111; ension, g1we H is clisciplcs the command: "Go ye into nll tl1e worlcl, nnd prcnch the Gospel to every crcnttire !" The Gospel is the glnd news of a finished redemption, to be accepted by faith for the sinner's solvation. Christ in glory ! This gh•es all true belic,·crs the· ossur1mce that they also will come to glory, Christ Himself will lend them there. He said: "Let not your hearts be troubled; ye believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father's house arc many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go to prepare a place for you; I will come again and receive you unto myself, that where I nm, there ye may be also," John 14, 1--3. In our li'fe's journey there is much to dishearten us. But our hearts need not be troubled. Jesus Himself is leading us step by step to our bcave~y Father's house, where He has prepared a place for us. A little while, and all the labors and sufferings of earth shall be past, and wo shall be with Him in glory. Bis prayer, the prayer of our great High Priest, will be fulfilled : "Father, I will that they also whom Thou hast given me bo with me where I am, that they may behold my glory which Thou hast given me," John 17, 24.

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Christ in glory! 'l'his gi"cs n11 lnborors in "hrist's kingtlom tho ·u~ urnncc thnt thcjr lnborz1 nrc not in ,·nin. hrist in glory siUcth nt the right hnncl of God the ll"'nthcr Almi••hLy. 'l'hnt i not n ccrtnin pince fnr nwny. God's right hnml is Gocl's nlmighty 1>9wor, which is e,·crywhcrc nnd with which He rules nml go,·cms nll things. '"'hri. t 11s,•CJ1dccl 111> :Cnr ubo,·o nil hcn,•cns, thnt H e might Jill nil things/' sny t he nJ>O tic. He now nccordinir lo His human nnture nlso, continuoJtsly exercises clhiine power nnd mnjl'SLy. He, the God-mnn, is J1l'C$cnt e,·erywhcrc, nnu though not pre cnt to Ute eye, His presence is none the less renl. Ho is trnly present with us in nil our mission work for the s11rcnding nnd UJ>building o.f His kingdom through His DJ>pointcd mc11ns of grace. or the disei1>lcs it is snicl thnt 11ftcr Christ's nsccnsion "they went forth, 11ncl prcnehe<l e,·erywhcre, the Lord working with them." And still to-dny the 11sccndcd Lortl is with those who preneh His Gospel, working with them :£or tho snh•ntion of lost souls. Christ in glory is willing nnd nblc to keep the promise which He nddcd to tho comm:md to prcnch the Gospel to e,·cry crenturc. 'l'his is His promise: · "LoJ I nm with _you olwny, c,·en uut-0 the cml of lhe worl,l."

That Plank Carries. Our nsccnrlccl Sn,•ior is "nblo to sn,•e them Lo f.110 uttermost thnt come unto Goel by Him, seeing J re e,·cr lh•cth to mnko -i11tcrccssion :lor them," Hobr. 7, 26. He is our grcnt High Priest who by 11 is own blooll entered the holy place of henven, n[ter htwing of[erccl up Himself on the cross us n &u:rific.-o for sin. In Rim tbe sinner cnn slllely Lrust :£or salvation. A snilor, morl.ully woumlcd, wns c11st nshorc by f.110 wa,·cs. He lny dying in n hospital. 'J'ho mini1.1tor spoke to him of tho Rcclccmer. 'l'ho snilor mnclo 110 roply. 'l1 he minister, thinking tlmt J10 did not understand wl1at · wos said, asked him if ho bclic,•ed God's Wonl 1md ncccptctl tho Savior. Then the dying man J>Ointcd to tho cross on tbe back of tho Bible, nnd, with tho cleath rattle in his throat, said, "'!'hat plank carries I''

The Only Way. I£ a man expects to get to"the heavenly home, he mUBt lake tho way that leads there. 'Jesus says: "I am tho Way. No one cometh unto tho Father but by mo." There is no other way.

The Fruit of Christ's Ascension. ]):l\"icl says rs. G thnt Christ r cceivetl gi[ts ••for lhe rcbcl_liou · nlso. ' Wl111t g irt th ~e 11rc 'hdi;t tells His dis(•iplcs b ,rorcltnnd wit n He says: ""1 HI you tho truth; it is expedient :tor yon tlint I " O nwn,r · for H 1 go not 11way, the Comforter will not come un Lo you; IJut if I cl epnrt, I will llCJICl Him unlo you. ' H is, therefore, the Holy :'pirit with nil H is ,..irl:; whom Itri t JI OW sends n(tcr H e sat down nt the right haml or God. 'l'he frui t o[ Ute usC.'ensinn ji; fhcreiorc, remaining ; :£or 'hrist :onLinuously soml U is Word inl:o the world nml cnll 1110 11 into ]!is kingclom, g uides Lhc bclic\"er · in Lo nll t rnth, om (or ts lhem in all LribulnLion, llo not sulT r His Church to pcri h in pitc or nil uttncks of the cle,•il nnd lhe worlll und in spite o[ nll often cs ; lCc protects it invisibly, so Umt cvw1 the.gates or hell cniinot prcvnil uguinst it. Dr. ll'tt1tlw1·.

Two Enda. 1n 1111 nddrcz;s, ut II mccling ur yo1111g 1110 11, the spcnkcr snill: "When n smnll boy, l wns currying u nut ,•ery lnrge huhlcr, when Lherc wns tL crnsh. An unlucky 1110,·oment hnu brought the rcnr cml o[ the lndclcr :l"nin t n window. Instcncl or scolcli11g me, my fnther made me stop nml suid \'Cry quietly, 'Look here, my son, there is one thing 1 wi h you to remember; thnt· is, rmc1·g ladder lws two ands.' I nc\'er Jmve fm·gotten it, though mnny yc:n·s htL\'e gone. Do we not cnrry things bcsiclcs lnddcrs thnt hnxe two ends? When 1 sec a young mnn gettipg 'Inst' hnbits, I think he secs only 0110 encl o.f tho lndcler, the 0110 pointing Lownrds pleasure, nnd tlmt he docis not know the other is wounding his pnronts' heart. Ali I yes, o,·ery htddcr hos two cmls, and it is n. thing to be remembered in more wnya Uuu1 one.'' "

Love not the World! A Christion living in the world is like 11. sbiJ> sailing on tho ocenn. It is not tbe ship's being in tho water ,vhich w~ll sink it, but tho water getting into tho ship.. So tho world with its love of plcnsure getting into tho hearts of Christians bu ruined millions. Tho Apostle John says: ''Love not tho world, neither tho things thnt ore in tbo world. · H any man love tho world, tho love of the

The Lutheran Pioneer. lt'nthc1· is not in him. For nll that is in Lhc wol'lcl, the lust o.f the flesh, aml Lite lust of the eyes, uml Lhc p riclc of lilc, is not o.f the Fntl1cr, but or the worh.1. An d the world pn~ cth tl.Wtty, uml Lhc 111 t lhercor; bu~ he Lhnt cloeth t he wHI o[ Goel nliidcth rorc,•01=. Aml Lhc A postlc run l nys : " tr ye lie ri11c11 with IHist, seek · thoso th ing:; wllich nrc alJo,·e whe1·e 'hrist sill th on U1e ri •ht hnml o[ llull. ' •L your nfrccLion 011 l,hingia uh,wc: nriL on l.hin•!l! 1111 Lhc carLh /'

Christ Comes as a Savior. 'h ri t, wh n H o comCR, is nothing but joy nntl Ln • Lo 11. Lrembling nml broken 11 •m·t, ns Pn.ul wiLn ,;:15 •1:1 who · •ts H im rort h wi th the swcetc.il anti 11111:.t f'lllll rorLing Litle when ho SILYII : ' Who IO\'Crl 1111• anti ga,·o .II i111 clC for me.'' - J.11thr l'.

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her stay nt Lhc miR. ion, hnrl hntl Christian teaching a nd hucl lcnm cu to lo\'o Liao Lorll J esus Christ. Wilh hc1· rnLher she went 11,,·ny to tile huntingg round i n lho ~ c,rlh. 'J'hrcc yea rs Inter the bishop nnulc n \"Cry long journey, t rM·cli ng !rom Ed monIon ha ·k Lu ll ud. n :Bny · when no thommnd rn ilc.,; frnrn 'hurchill h • c·amc upon n. c·n.mp o[ some 011 h un1lrc1l mul I.wen Ly ]~ski 1110. . About one hmul r cl or Lhcm hn1l 11 ,,. •r sc.-cn :L whi le mnn, much ICJ s n 111 i::l!ionn ry · 111111 Lhc hi shop bcgnn to lcn •h them Lite thing.; o( 1ml. H e was surprisccl to he::ir Lhnt Lite Go;-:1101 wn. not new to them. He .rouncl thnt Lhe little 'hristinn l~skimo girl, ot whom n() miRionory 11:ul heard since she hncl lc!t Churchill three y •ars b •ror hn,I spent tho winter in thnt cnmp l111ll a ·I.ell a · I.heir 'hrisLi:1n Lcnehcr, rcnrling the \\ orcl o r llotl wilh tho l~i:k imo chilclrcn in their snowhou. c.-s nnJ on , ' umlny gathering the people for worship. ']'he ·tory oC Lhis Eskimo girl who pnssccl on to nl.hcr the ghul Li cl ingz:; she h1ul hcunl is but one i11sl11ncc or t he cumcstncss or many oC the Tncli1m nml J!}skimo Christians.

1n 11 ehu r h 11t Wi Ltcnbcr•• n mcmorinl tnblct ,,·11: long ngo rn toned O"nin t Lhc·wnll in h onor o[ Lho uld LuU1e1·1111 Lhcologinn, D r. Mujor. 'l'he IlicLure ·ro1>rcso11 l tho nsccnsiou oC Christ. 'l'hc clisOld Uncle's Answer of Faith. ·iplc:; nr • seen standing m:onncl tho spot .f rom which the , 'n vior l1ail just asccmlecl, nnd di1·eeting their One clny tlll'cc young men were clesccn<ling :Crom eyes to their nscc11cling Lor d. Bu t nround the d ist he Jitth story of one o.f Cineinnnti's lnrgest buil<l<·iplcs :1 still wiclcr circle o.f Jlcrsons is formed, nil ings in nu elevator con trolled by nn elderly colored o! t hem looking up to heaven nod beh olding the . mnn. '!' hey were tliscussing the question of whnt won,lor of their Lord's nscension with anxious yet tho result woulll be i[ tl1e elevator should fnll, nnd ho1>ol'ul eyes. '!'hey nil belon g to the .l:nmily o.f one o.f them suicl, "I don' t co.re :Cor myself, but I ] r. l\l'itjor. lt is n. ben.utii'.ul picture, writes n nm nuxious for my old :friend here," alluding to LuLhcrnn divine, nnd ltns n dec1> nnd bcnu ti1ul ~he colored man. ;!'urning to him, he snid, "Uncle, mcnning. It teaches what t he attit ude a£ e,•ery where do you . think you would nlight?" The. old ' Christinn :fnmily ·should be. 'l'he eyes of nil its ntnn rcplieu promJ>tly, "I woulll light in the arms members should be clirect.ed to H im who went be:Core o.f Jesus I Where would you light?" The 1·otmg 11s to prepare a. plnec.!or IIis own in H is Father's man was si.lenccc1, and. left the ele,•o.tor without anhouse, and tl1c hearts • of nU should be set upon other wo1'tl. things tlu1t n.re nbo,•e, where Christ sitteth nt the r ight hnnd of God. Blessed f amily whose members An African King's Jubilee. nre nil hetwcnly-mimlcd I '!'heir henr ts being set u1>on the treasures of hcn.\'en I Blessed ho111e in · The well-known Christi1111 King Khnma, eliieC which children learn to prn.y, nnd hear the Word o· [ nn African tribe in Beebuanalnud, South Africa, of God I cclcbro.tecl, a short time ogo, the filtieth anniversary of bis baptism. An immense crowd, estimated A Little Jll11lonary. nt 10,000, had gathered in the capitol city, an,1 A few ycnrs ngo nn Eskimo Jnnn nncl his two the king made a touching addresa in which ho r.hiltlrcn were ba.ptizCtl at Clmrcbill, on the shores nvowe<l his continued loyalty to his Lord. Lifting of T-Iuclson Bny, in Northwest Conntln. One of up a New 'l'cstament, which Queen Victoria had . the chiltlren wns n uine-yenr-oltl girl, who, cluring presented to him when ho visited England years

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ago, he repented the worcls whj h she poke on the occnsion: ' 1Wnlk nccorcling t o these wol'cls, nml it will be well with yourel:C nnd wit h your people/ ' Khnmn wa baptizcc.l as a young man by the Lutheran missionary clmlenburg nnd there wus much ren on on the do.y 0£ jubilee for gi\•ing tfumks to God who hud Jed him and prcscncJ him o wonderfully in trial und pcr ccu tion. At the time or hi ~ baptism the young mnu had to uffer much from J1is enraged father, who even nttcmptccl to kill him. H e hns been Joyal to Christ tln·ough-

welfare or hi pco1>le. 'l' hc whi te t mde1·s cnme to mnk thcfr objc Lions and to arg ue with him, but tho king 1·cmuinel.1 fi rm. He 1·eminclc(l them 0£ the promis ~ which lhcy hull broken, and said, among other things : '" ell: 1 nm bluck; but i.f I um blnck, I um chief or my cuunti-y t1t pr• cut. When you white 111011 1·11lc in the ountry you will do us you like · nt pr ont I rule und l hall muinto.in my laws, whi h y u in ult nncl c.lcspisc. You hnvc i nsnltcll a ncl ,le pis 1.1 me b nu c I am a black mun, und i11

"Come, Lord J'e1u1, Be Thou Our out the years and has been a real fTiend of ltis 1,eo1>le, by aiding the missionaries in every way. Perhnps readers of the PJONEElt remember thnt it was King Khamo. who, some yenrs ogo, protected his people from the wicked influence of white traders. When he sow that his people were led into drunkenness by the whisky trade ol Europe1Lns, he mo.de regulntions and laws for their protection. When the white _traders, in spite of their promise to obey the laws, disregarded the regulations and Jaws or his country, he c11Tnestly wnrnecl them. His warnings were nlso disregarded by the white men, because, as he hnd reason to believe, they despised bis nationality and color. Re then resolved to banish them from his country Cor the

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my own town; you do so b.ecnusc you despise the block men in your hcnrts. . If you clespise us, what do you wnnt here in the countTy tho.t God hns given us? Go back to your own country I Take nil that is yours and go ! I nm trying to lend my peo1>lc to net in nccordance with · thn,t Word of God which I we got :Crom you white people, and you show them nn exnmJ>le o.f wickedness such' ns we ne,,cr knew. I mo)5e :m encl o[ it to-day. Go, toke your cnttl , nnd leave my .town, und never come back ago.in !" 'l'he uf.1:ermost silence followed the king's words. Shnme n'nd utter bewHderment fell on most of them. 'l'hey l,n.cl expected nothing like this, and tl1ey lost tl1e very power to reply. Brnve Christio.n king I

The Lutheran Pionee r. Always With Us. l,o, I am 1aill, yo" ul,ouy, even 1mto Ille eml of tl,e 1corld. llrllL :! • :!O.

Alwuys wit h we, n lwnys wit.It us, h, whnt wor,ls of hope nncl cheer! 'l'houuh our da;:w1 lie IUlcd wit.h Lrialls, , Lill lh Loni is c,· •r 11e1u·. Oh, wlml, bit? sc,1 pence nml eo111fo1·t, Knowing h ri I, will be om· ,uidcl Ir we t.ru"lt. Him, s imply t ru<Jt. lli111, 'l' hen 110 ill can e'er bcLidc. ' ' l'hrnugh dent.h's ,•ullcy d:trk nn<l d reary lie will i;uid • us nil Lhc w:1y, '.L'ill we: r ~ach I.he !'Carly 11orlal11 C>f n, brighter, 1J •Ll •r clny. •~s ·1· m :11 P ~:TFJlSO~.

A Word in Season. ' l'wn mer ·hunt · th· d 11 ·u· 11 •iorhlJo, .. in 11 uburl, 0 111' 1L 1111·" • •iLy 111111 rode Ln ancl. J'rom Lh il· bnsinc · in 1.11• 111or11 i1w 111111 •ning t rains. 'J' hoy saw each ,,Lh •r ,,. •r.,· day. hu t w •r • not in Li male fri nd , aml w{•ru ,. •ry :: •ldum Lugcth •r. 'J'hc you ng r one wns a 'hri~Linn. ai ul Lh • 1Jltl •t· wn · noL. 'L'hc hri ·fom hupc I lh11L ·0111 • duy O!)JJlH'tlm iLy might offer Lo ~JJl'ak a wcml rur .J •·u~ wi Lh h i!; neighbor. On • dny iL hnpp •n •d Lhn t Lhe two mer ·h:ints 11r,·11picd lh . :1111 ·l.'nL in Lhe ·111·. 'l 'alkiorr about b1111i1rni:11 n,nU •rifo lh 'Y :1lso poke of Lhcir sncce. . •·I t hu · bcl'n a I11 •ky ycm· for mu1 snid Lhe •lei, .. 111' the Lw . " 1 UJ)l)O c I oulu 1· tire wiLh 11 hunclr d thousand dollars. 'J'hnt is cnough1 and I clon·t kn w n 1 cnre fo t· :111y more. · Y ", that i · enough/ r •plied the young r. ·Yon ar • pro\'iclell for. 1 ·1 SIIJIJ)O c [ a m.1 =1,'ur l/,i ti re,' said Lhc younger on "E.x u.c m , may J a k how nhnnt Lite next - the life beyonrl ?" " Olt1 I don t wor1·y about tlu.1t 111 " But wouMn' t it be wise now to gi\'e serious thought Lo whllt ·omcs after death ?" " l can see no use in it. '!'hose matters arc beyond om con t rol. 1 ,•e no fcar1 but it will nil come out right. 'But isn't that o. 1·11thcr uncertain trust? We clo not a •t so in our business mutters, and they surely arc oCles impol'ta!1ce than our soul's eternal destiny. J'n l.hiR matter we wn.nt all thin&rs plain1 nncl the worcls or Christ luwc mnde them so. He snyi;: '(foe] so loved the worlcl1 tlmt H c · guve His ouly-hegottcn Son, that whosoever bclic,1cth in Him shoulll not porii;h, hut luwe c,1erlasting lite. He ... tluit bclic\'cth on Him is not condemnecl; but he

t hat believcth not is condemned nlrcady1 been.use he hnth not believed in th e name of the only-bcgotlcn 'on o_f Ood.1 urcly1 Lhesc words arc quite plaiu. And it is also plainly written: 'He Lhat hath t hu , 'on hnth life; aml he that hath n ot the , on o.r Goel hath not life. " 'l'hc rnct· hnnls parted, the one wit h the praycl' in ltis heart Lhnt his words might be bles eel tor lhe stth-nLion or nn immortal oul Lhc other taken up wiLh tl1e present l ife oncl with no thought Cor the lire to come. So opporLuniLy o curred to renew their co1wers:1t.io11. \ Cler a rew months t he older merchant wa lnkcn ill. His neighbor mi ~ d him from the rlaily train . H e inquir ~ after lti,;1, but learned or no alm·ming tlis n C or danger.

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Oar Lutheran lll11loaari11 at Tra•ancore, IDdla, ancl thelr lfati•• Helpen.

At la t, one clny1 while he wns in the city, n tclcg r::uu sent at the sick mnn1s 11?quest1 wns ho.ncled to him in his office. 'l'he message wns: "A. is dying nncl wisl1cs to see you.11 The mcrchnnt Jmrrfod away1 and at the earliest possible moment stood by- his neighbor's bedside. "I could not die/1 the sick man whispered, "tiJl I had seen you nnd thanked you. What you snid that morning on the cnr can1e up to me since I hu\'C been confined at home. I ha,•e thougbt o,•cr it and prnycd o,·er it. I'm going now1 but going in pence. Ohrist1 tbe Son of God; is my Savior. lly trust and hope are in Him.'' The young Christian merchant's heart was failed with joy nnd thankfulness. He hnd been u home missionary, nnd God had blessed his wonls spoken for Jesus. "He who converts the sinner :.Crom tl1e error or his wny shnll s11.,•e a soul from death;" Jnmes 5, 20•

The Lutheran Pioneei·. A Child's Prayer.

In n, time o[ cruel wnr, about one lnmclrcll ycm·s ngo some F rench soldiers came l.o n Gcmrn.n ,•illngc 11ml looking !ol' 1>ro,•isio11 · rusho,1 into n. hmnbl ' 11w lling. where the mother wns lying ick with r ,,·01· 11J)11lll a l1cc1 or stmw. l3csillo her 1:mt hur liLLlo d:rnghf •r. singing one or her r,wori lu h111m1s. ~l'hc noisy cnf •ring o[ the sullli •1·s hntl :o dbtrLlccl :11111 senrcc1 the Jittle girl thn t she rcll ulr her bcneh. llut she quii:kly 1·:1isell h rsel r. OJI hc1· knees, nll(l rol1ling hur lt:1ncJ , 1n·:1JccJ : 'tDc1u· Lorcl J esus, h:t\'C 111 •rcy upon my mothu1· nml mnkc the sol<lic1·s friendly :1ml kiml. Gh·c them Lo cat :mil to <-l rink n.t omc other· plocc ; :Cor you know thnt my·mothcr ii- 1>001· :mcl hns _notlting.' One o[ the soltlicrs, who coulcl umlcr:-tnncl 111111 , 1,cmk Oe1·111:m, touched by Ute child"s prnyer . niil to her '·~\I~· dc:ir clnughtcr-, who fnught you ln Jlr:t,\' so well ?" "'l 'he Lorcl J esus nncl my mother, wns the e;,hilil"s rcJ,ly. With tcnrs in his eyes tl1e soWicr lnirl n. piece o[ money h1 the little gh·l's h11>, saying, "'J'hcrc 1lc11r cl,ilcl, you hn,·e something ! 0 1· your mother. Pr11,· i'or us nlso P' ire then kissed the chilcl nncl hurriecl n_w~y with hii; comrndcs.

The Sad Lot of Woman In Heathen Lands.

As soon n they nrc nblc lo knock about, they nrc J -rt practicnlly Lo nrc !or themselves ; J1cncc the ,·cry smnll af[cction they shuw tow:ml theh· 1>a1·cJ1 ts, whi h re:mlt · in the ugcll who arc unable Lo work _huin" neglccl.ccl, slnl'\'cil to J cnlh a111l somctiuws c,· n more llirccLly ond \'iolc11Uy cl troy ll. A lmnLhcn boy's cd ucnLion con ·i ·t i n Jping l:111,.,ht In :ti111 skill l'nll,r wilh Lho bow, Lhrow l.11• lllll':ll' fa11ll.lcl'li.lly nL II mnrk, Lo wichl 11owcrl'111ly Lhe ·lnb 11 1111 l~111111h:1wk and lo : hoot w II wi th 11111:;kut or r •\'Oh-er wl.-.11 I.hes • •:111 bo ulil:ninctl. He ac"•01111>:u1i •=his fnf.h r :11111 hrot.1,cr in nil the wnrs n.1111 pr JJ:1rnLions !or war, mul is cl iligcnUy initinlctl inlo nll · their cr1Pltios nn,1 111. L us the '"' l'Y prcr"1111isitc or his b inct r •gnr1I •II :1ml acknnwl tlgod lo b It mt111 nml a warrior. 'l'ho girl. h:wo:. with I.heir moU1 •r :11111 sislcrs Lo Loil 111111 l1wc in Lhe ,·illnirc plunl.11tiun.' IO JJI' Jl lll'C :111 l:he malcrinIs ror r ' II ing Lhe~t' nromul, to bcnr e\'cry btmlon, oml lo be lmu k •ii nbout at will by men nncl boys. 0 how nd nml clegrncl rl j · Lhc po. ition or. ,,·n1111rn who,·c the I.caching of Chri11I, is 1111k11ow11, nr 1lii-rucrnr1lcil tho11gl1 known!"

Not Taxable. An :lSSCSSOl' cnme tn It J>OOT 01111try J)lll'SOll to mnke out the tax list. "H ow much 1>rOJ>crf.y hnvc you ?" he uskccl. " Oh," rcpliccl the prcncl1er, "I nm n. rich nutn/' 'l'he nSJ cssor opened his book, shni·penctl hii. pencil, nncl suicl, "WclJ, whnt tlo you possess ?'' ." A Sn.vior who procured snhtntion 'lor me aml mine, n:ncl who hos gone to prepare n 1>lncc ror us in H is Fnthcr's house, where tl1ero nre mnny mn11sions." "Wha.t else?" "A good, God-fearing wi·[c. O·f such n wife yon kno,,•, Solomon soys : 'Her price is ·rnr abov0 rubies.'" "What else?" "A chcedul, God-trusting heart, so that I con joyously journey throl1gh life.'' 'l'bc assessor closed his book ond soicl, "You nt:c imlccd a rich man, but your riches 11.rc not taxable."

Sad, imlecd, is the .Jot ol wom,m in heathen lunds, os c11n be seen :.£1"9111 the reports o! missionitrics. 'l'hc lntc J : G. Paton, pioneer missionary to the Ne"· Hebrides, described the sad :Cumily liCe oC the heathen ns he :Cound it otter he lind settlecl ns missionary nt 'ranna, in the yenr 185S. He snys : · "Amongst the heathen, in the New Hebrides, and cspcciolly nt 'l'anna, woman is the downtrodden slave of man. She is kept working hard, and bears nU the heavier burdens, while be walks by her side witb musket, club, or S}>Cnr. l:[ she oJfends bim, he bents her or abuses her at pleasure. A snvngc gn,•o his poor wife a severe beating in :trout o! our house nod just bcfoTe our eyes, while in ,•ain we stro,•e to 1>revent it. Such scenes were so common · that no one thought of interfering. Even if tbe . Thinking About the Sheep. \\"Oman died in his bands, or immediately thcrcnrter, neighbors took little notice, if any nt all. And A missionary, while rending a tract to n comtheir cJ1iJdren were so little cared :for that my con- 1>nny o! 1>eoJ>)c in Southern Indio, observccl thot stant \\"Oncler wos how any o! them survh•c.'Cl nt all. I-rom time to Lime some one went into the next ·

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The Lutheran Pioneer. house for n. 1110111cnt, 1111d when one ·nmc back another. ,,·ent. When the trnct was 1mlf rentl, n. woman, who Imel ex1w f!etl g 1·e11t 1·eaclin s to hear, came forwurd mul saicl 'ir we hould like to l1enr more, hut we hn,·e someLhiug to <lo. We ha,·c this c,·cning killecl n shec1> nn,1 arc just mnking it rendy. Now our henl'l. nre l/d11ki11g abot1t 11,c s1tccp, and so we ·annot listen well to what is 1·cnd. ome, lhc1•cro re, a t another Li me, when we shnll 1,e able lo nLlencl wHh om henrtiS. ' All the others conlir111cl1 Lhis nn,l joinctl in Lhe 1· quest. 'J'h missionary toltl them they might clic be11 c·nme ngain all(l then they oukl <lo no 111m·c for Lhci r soul . 'l'o this they rcpliecl, "'!'hat is Lrue, but now we arc thinking o:C onr shecJ>. ' J [ow like L11cse heathen arc many in Christian lancls - cr e1· 'Lhinkin" of the sheep' when the Wo rtl o( Goel i' prcachecl. Their thoughlr; nre o o ·11piccl with l:hc things oI tl1is worlcl tlmt they fowc no lime !01· t hings that beloug to their pence nncl Lheii· souls' snh•ation.

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~\ bout four years ngo n. mission school !or colorccl 'hildr II wus 01>cncd with 25 pupils near !mmanuel ollegu, at Greensboro. The ·hoof hns g rown to J-LO pupil aml hnd to be taught i n some o[ tbe c·lm;~-1·00111s oC Lite 'ollegc. But this cnn no longer be done, a· the CoUegc is overerowclecl, there being 2:;o pupils ancl studen ts. . , o a. buil<li ng is sorely uccclcfl [or Lhis 'hristion m is ion school, which has been a hlcs~ing lo many colo1-ccl chilclren, nncl will l,e 11, l,lc~. in(I' lo still more childt·cn in the ! ut nrc. We hope the n1>peal !or help will fiocl a rcacly nnrl liberal rc.:;1,011sc. Aml the pupils o[ our colorccl schools nrc not ex ·lnrlccl. 'J'hcy nlso mtiy Inll in line with Lhci r pennies, nod nickels, nncl <l imes. ]~,·cry liLLle helps you know.

Jlow TO Gin:. - We 1-cncl in Ezra 2, GO : ''l'hcy "n,·e a[tcr their nbiliLy!' Aml in Acts 11, 20 we rcncl : "E,•c1·y mn.n neeorcling Lo liis ability." Not accor dincr to his moocl aml !nucy, but "c,•cry mun according to bis ability." Not nccorcling to other people's g i\'ing 01· other people's ability, but " c,•cry mnn nccol"ding to lri& ability!' How well supplied Conftrmatlon. wouhl nil the church tL·cu.suries be if nll gave after their ability, i f the r cco"nizcd standard o.f· gh·iug \ I, ll r "usboro, N . .• 1L considernblc 11u111I, •r oC were : 'E,•c1·y mun nc-corcling to his ability." _\"111111g people 1· ncwccl Lheir IJaptis mnl co,•cnnn t on 1'111111 , ' 11ncln.y, the <lny which is set asiclc by so A Ornmmmr, Gl\' E U, - In the 'J.'rcasttrg a min1111111,r r,uLhcrnn ·0110-recrnLions 11 Conlirmnt ion Day. i: lcr tells nn insLTuctivc story about giving. ln \ L I mmunucl College, :l?ror. B;1kkc co11firn1ell qnc o.f his clmrgcs n. wenlthy mnn regularly conLuu ·Lml nts viz., three bt>ys nnd SC\'CII 0 'irls. 'l'hc tributcll c,•cry Lorcl's clay Jh•c clollars for the supceremony of confirmntion wns prceeclc<l by nn cxport ol the church, nud as regularly n poor wiclow nmim1 t ion on lhc chic[ tloctrincs o[ tho Lnthcr1u1 put in Jh-c cent~. oil she could spn.ro, as she snpChurch by the bnptism o.f one o.f the stuclcnts, mul portccl l1craclt nml six chilclrcn by toking in wns!1IJy 1111 mlch·e s on l\fatt. 2G, 41. ing. One dn.y the wealthy mnn came to the mint\t Orncc Church Lwo young lnllies ancl one ister nnd snicl tlmt the 1>oor wiclow· ought 11ot to gcntlcmnn were confirmecl by Pro.f. Wnhlcrs, 11£tcr pay n11yU1ing, an,, thn.t he woulcl 1>11.y the ih•c cents they hml " h•cu proof o[ ha,1i11g acqnirecl a. suOicicnt !or her c,•cry week. 'l'hc mit!ister called to tell her knowledge o1 the Lutheran doctrine. Prof. Wahof this offer, which he <lid ns clclicntcly ns he could. lers bnsecl his nclclress 011 Ps. 11!>, 106. 'l'his was her reply ns the t.cars stnrtcc:1 to lier eyes: 1\Cny these 11coplc continue stcnd£nst in Lhc con"Do they wnnt to take from me the comfort I ex.fession oI our church ! l\{. L. perience in gMng to the Lord? 'l'hink ho,,• much I owe to Him ! )Iy health is good, my children keep weli, nncl I receive 80 mnny blessings that I feel I NOT.BS. could not lh•c if I did •not make my little olTering A CALI, FOR HEL1'. -Our Mission Boord, in to J csus each week." 11ccordnncc with a resolution passed by the SynodA GENTLB Hun:. - A good cxamplo bas been ical C01r[crcncc at its rcc;ent meeting, has issued n letter to nll the children in the day-schools and set by Sir Robert Hart, for 80 many years Director Sunday-schools of the Conference, calling upon of Chinese Customs. He wrote tocently to the them to help by tl1eir contributions in building a British and Foreign Bible Society as followi: "It sorely uccdcd school-house n.t Greensboro, N. 9. occurs to me, as I nm just opening a DO\\" check-

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book thnt l coulcl not do better tlmn dcclicntc the •01111Lt·ymon. I fo wns lite 'ltiucso dalo,,ato lo tho fi~t ch k t,o the Jlritish nnd Foreign Bible, ociof..' · \\ orlcrs Missionary 'ouror 11cc at Edinbm•n-11 last n h •re is n. <lo"'n ation or n. Jnmdrecl guiu ns. '.l'lio ·ummcr. H o 1·oceh,cs 11, snlnry of only !j;l9.00 1.t work done i enormous, nnd the goocl it nccom- mon th but ould at nny time got [our times n. plishcs is bcyoncl nil cnlculation. 'l'hc ociety hns much l.Jy a •ceJlting a p lace ill "O"cm mont ser,·ico. pro,·cd it-elf nnd its wor th bcyoml nll 1u·nisc, nncl JTowo,·cr, construinccl by the lo\'C o.C Itri.s t ho prol nm sure i t will only grow in u e:Cnlncss ns it grows .Car tho Lorcl sol'\•icc, and will not foa,•o it .Cor Lhis in years:" We 1>11ss on t his story, says 1111 oxchung worltl's riches. not only boo11usc or i ts tribute to tho Bible ocioty's \ J,., 11GM . UN D,\ '.\"•, O11oor,. - ' \ repor t f rom work from one wl10 spent .Corty .vcnr- fo tho ser,•i o K oren stntcs f:hnt one o{ t ho 'unclay-schools in the o:£ tho Chiucso Go,·ornment nncl so gnthorcd nt :first mission Jiolrl has 9 2 clns e : tho whole church atlmncl tho clnta on which lo io.r m n juclg mont, but tending. 'Ihe men moot first. then go homo :m cl nlso ns a gentle hint to others. Other men besides Sir Uobort Hort ffopon now check-books • nnd they lnko core oC t ho house while tho women come. 'J'J1c cort-Oinly cannot cl o bot.tor thou :Collow his oxnm1>lo. youn n-est 1>u1>il is four years olcl tho oldest n. woman WJ1cn there ore so many calls .Coi: help, we often of so,· nty · she le11m o,l to rend ht tho Inst few yom-s. ' womler l1ow nominally Cbristinn men cnu lot them Acknowledgments. 1>ns by ns they ovid.ontly do.

-1\ s1111111 boy, who was n member 0£ a mission bancl, con.Ces eel ·with shnmo thnt a quarter ior pon11uts lookccl like a 1>inhencl n11d a quarter i or mis ions ns big ns a cart"·hecl. That smnll boy has a great mnny grown-up relations. Boy's HONES~ CoN1m ss1ON .

PHAYJNG ,\ND G1vrNG. - The people in Indio urc very poor. Yet, nt one time, when a company o.f nath·o Christians hnd been holding a prayormecting, they saicl, rt\Vo ho.\fo been praying, now we must gi,10." Tho missionary replied, "You ba"o come n long wny nnd need whnt you hnvo.'' 'fhey nnsworod, "We cannot pray and not gh•o." Our 1,nstors at homo nro not much troubled with such requests. 'l',\KJNG NOTco1~. - Says tho eclitor o! Walc:1'woril: ttMr. Haskins, tho Wasl1ington export in statistics, has stntcd incts concerning tho growth o! tho Protestants in tho Unitecl States during tho J>nst sixteen years that ought to moke us 'stand up nnrl take notice.' Duriug the period named, between 1890 nnd 1906, the Lutheran Church is tho only Protestant hotly which l1as n membership greater, in relation to the whole population of our country, thnn it hod nt tho beginning j all . others

hn,•e a smnllor percentage.''

Lonu's SERVICE. - 'l'he Re,•. Cheng Ching Yi, of Poking, China, is one of tho most learned and influential leaders of the Chinese Church, a zealous laborer in tho miuion among his PHBFERRINO THE

:Rccch·c<l for Colorc,l .llissio11s from Lhc following con::;rcgntions : lfoly Trinity, 1>ring field, 111., $,J.0G, St. r a ul, Clu!rloLte, N. C., 7.50, l\£ounL Zion, l\fcyeno•ille, . C., 2.50, t. ,Jnme , Southern P inc, , N. C., 2.50, Mount Cn h•ar y, l\fount Phmsant, N. C., 2.00, , t. J ohn, nlisbury, N. C., 2.05, t. l\faLt hcw l\lchcrrin, Vn., 5.08, DcLhlchem, New Orlcnns, Ln., 35.00, l\fo1i11L Zion. New Orfonns, I..:1., 35.00, t. l,nul, New Orlcnns, JJn., 30.00, t. Pn.ul, M11nsum, Ln., 5.00, ;; n.polcon,·illc., J...n., M.00, Zion, Gold Bill, N. C., 3.00, Mount Zion, '!'he Rocks, :r. C., 3.00, Concordin, Uockwcll, N. C., 2.50, Grnce, St. Louis, Mo., G.24, Grncc, Ore 11sboro, N. O., 3.00. 'J'otal: $1G3.G2. St. J. ouis, l\fo., April 15, 1911. )1. I,, DO>!DF.l&r,ElN, 2'1·ca11.

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Prayer to the Holy Spirit. Holy pirit, t rong nml mighl.y, Thou who mnkc t nil thing new, Mnko 'l'hy work within mo perfect, Help me by Thy Word most Lruc ; .i \ rm me wit h t.hnt swor<l or Thine, And t he ,·icLory shnll be mine. I n I.he rnil.h, 0 mnkc me slendfnst; l,ct 110 1. nln.n, dcnLh, or shn.1110 o r my confidence ,lcprh·e me; Lord, my refuge is Thy nnme! When lhe fie h inclines to ill, I.ct Thy Word pro,•e stronger sl.ill.

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The Holy Spirit's Work. Salvation hns been prepared !or nll men by the li:Ce, sufferings, and death of Christ, "the Lamb of God which taketh o.way the sin of the world." But from this it docs not :Collow that el'ery man will be s1wccl. ;l'he Bible plninly teaches that he that belie,,eth slmll be slwed, but he that believeth not shall be damned. 'l'he salvation which is in Christ :Cor e,•ery man must be taken by faith if it is to become man's. own personal possession. Mo.n cannot bring himself to faith and to Ch-rist; :Cor man, as the Bible says, is "dead in treapaaaea and sins," without the least spa-rk o:C spiritual life. "The natural man reeeiveth not the things of the Spirit of God; f~r they are fooliahncas unto him; Jleither cnn he know them, because they a-re spiritually discerned," says the apostle. Therefore we confess in our Catechism: "I ,believe that I cannot by my~ reason or strength believe in Jesus Christ or come to mm!' The Apostle Paul says: ''No man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghoat." He that knows Jesua to be God over all,

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and tru ts in Rim ns his So.,•ior, and obeys Him ns Lord, must, ns we do in our Catechism, confess: "Thct Holy Ghost lms called me by the Gospel, enl~ghtened me with His gifts, sanctified nud kept me in the true faith." It is all the Holy Spirit's work. He who on the day of Pentecost came to the disciples still comes to us, though not in such e.""ttmordina-ry way. He comes to 11s by the Gospel. By this He co.Us us, through this He exercises His saving power, working faith in our hearts and keeping us in the true faith until our journey's end. Whosoever would be saved must therefore diligently use the Gospel; whosoever would save others must diligently npplf the Gospel. That is the means by whicl1 the Holy Spira does His work and accomplishes His wonders of grace. Therefore St. Poul, the great missiona-ry apostle, says: "I am not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ; for it is the power of God unto sah•ation to every one that bclieveth." What a great blessing it is to have the Gospel in which the Comforter, the Holy Spirit, comes to us with nll the consolations that are in Christ Jesus I Let us be thankful for the blessed gift, n.ncl diligently use it for our own salvation. We shall then also become more zealous in caring for the salvation of others by sending them the Gospel, so that they, too, may enjoy the blessings of the Holy Spirit's work. Jly God.

To say there is a God is not much. It ii like saying there ii a bank. There may be a bank, and you may be miserably poor. There certainly is a God. But that God may be, not a· source of comfort, but a source of terror to you. The devils a1ao know and believe that there ii a God, but they

The Luthe1...an Pioneer. tremble, Jomes 2, 19. 'l'he joy nnd comfor-t lies sin; and so <lcnth pnssed upon all men !or that all in tl1nt word "my." Only the tr110 believer, recon- ha"e sinned,' says the Apostle Pnul. Ancl tho ciled to God in Christ J esus, can say with n trust- Apostle J ohn writes : '.He that committeth sin is of tl1e dc,il.' And those who li"e in sin ho cnlls ing heart: "Ny God." · 'children o:f tho devil.'"

From Webster's Confession of Faith. • Under dnte of August S 1807 Daniel Webster, the great American statesman nnd jurist, wrote his " Confession of Fnith," in wllich lie states his belie! in the Triune God, in the Bible as Gods Word, and in snbation through tho merits of the DMne Savior. These nrc Ms stntements : "I believe in the existence of Almighty God, who created nnd go,,crns the whole world. I nm taught this by the works o:C nature and tho words of revelation. "I belie,,e that God exists in three persons; this I learn from re,•elation nlonc. Nor is it mty objection to tl1is belief that I cnunot comprehend •how one. can be three, or three one. I bold it to be my duty to believe, not whnt I can comprchencl, or account for, but what· my Master teacl1es me. ''I belie,•e the Scriptures of the Old aucl New Testaments to be tl1e will nnd word of Goel. I believe Jesus Christ to be the Son of God. And I belie,•e there is no other wny of snlvntion than through the mcrit-s of His atonement."

Luther Conference.

As per pre,•ious announcement, Luther Conlercncc, consisting of the Louisiana workers of our colorecl miesion, met ·nt Luther College, Now Orleans, April 2S to l\'fay 1. Sessions wore O}lcncd with the singhlg of n hymn by the assembly and tho reading of n cripture lesson nod prayer by the Re,,. G. l\I. Kramer. 'file !ollowing brethren were 1ncse11t : Revs. Kramer and Schmidt of New Orleans; Rel'. Peay, oi l\Iansurn, Ln. ; P rof. R. Wilde, of Luther College; Teachers Vix, Mcibolm1, N. Secberry, W. Seeberry, Palm, nml Wiley, of New Orletms, W. Schrieber o:C Napoleom•iUe, Ln., and Student Geo. Demouy oC Bay St. Louis, l\fiss. Director N. J. Bakke, of Greensboro, N. C., the newly elected Field Secretnry of our colorecl missions, l\{r. Robinson, representing tho congregation at l\'Innsura, Ln., nnd se,,ernl students of Luther College appeared as guests. The election of officers result-ed ns follows : Ro"· G. 1\1. Kramer, President; Rev. C. Peay, , riceP residcnt; 'reacher N. Seeberry, Secretory. .llan's Worst Enemy. Tencher Eug. R. Vi~, of our local Mount Zion School, a veteran in our colored mission work, read In a Sunday n!tcrnoon scnice, in which both young and old were examinccl in the Cntccllism, an elllborate paper on "Faithfulness in Office.'' In the pastor asked tho question, "Which nre man's developing this theme, l\fr. Vix set forth these worst and most power£1.1l enemies?'' '£he nnswer three chief points : I. We-must be faithful to God. II. We must be fnith:C1.1l to those who have been was, "Sin, deatl1, nnd the clcvil." Turning to "one of the children, the }lastor entn1sted to our cnre. III. We must kno,v ourselves. Quite a lh•ely discussion, porticipatecl in by asked, "Which of these three is tho worst?" "Death," answered the cl1ild j "I do wnut to practically every brotl1er present, followed the rend- · ing of each separate part, giving e,•idenee of the go to heaven, but I do not want to clie.'' The pastor put the same question to one of the great amount of interest taken in the essay and in · young men, who answered, "The devil is our wont our blessed calling. · enemy; for it makes me slmdder .when I think or Tbe closing moment.a of Friday's session and all of Saturday morning were devoted to the reading tb.e t.errors of hell." The pastor finally put the question to a wise and discussing of a lengthy and :interesting paper old man, who was well versed in the Scriptures. on "School ){anagement," by Teacher N. Seaberry. The old Christian's answer was, "Sin is man's worst Both papers were accepted. with thanks by the Conenemy; for had tb.is deadly enemy not bound us, ference. . tb.e otb.er two would have no power over us.'' ~ essay by Teacl1er Wiley and a catechisation "Yes," said the pastor, "it is by sin that we are by Teacher N. Seeberry had to be reserved for our held in tb.e bondage of death and the devil. 'By nm meeting, which ii to take place in October of one man sin ent.ered :into the world, and death by tb.is year.

The Lutheran Pioneer. On Saturday afternoon so-called business matters were tnken up. At the suggestion o.f our l!"icld Secretary, a committee, consisting of 'l'cachcrs Pnlm, Vix, nnd Wiley and B.c v. Kramer, was elected to confer witll tho brethren in Nor th Ca1-olina :!or tho purpose o.f arranging n. un il'.orm curriculum and claily program for nil of our mission schools. G1·ectings were exchanged with the .c orth Carolina workers through Dh·cct.or Bakke, who, besides greatly adding to the intc1·cst and success of our infant conference by his able discussion of various topics, encouraged and st1·engtheoed us not a little by his many timely remarks and heart to heart talks. 'l'hcse sessions, which were especially fo1· the ))astors and teachers, were . brought to a close late Saturday nftemoon with the Lord's Prayer. But iu ordc1· that our beloved lay members might • also be benefitecl by onr ·conference, special session~ and services were atTtmged for them. On Friday • night our lay members congregated in St. Paul's renovated chnpcr and listened to a discussion on "Christian l'Inrr.iagc," led by Bev. Kramer, with profound interest nnd, we hope, lasting bencfi.t. On tbis occasion also Director Bakke, with over thirty years• experience in our blessed work to draw from, brought home to our people both instruction and admonition, wl1ich they surely will remember all their days. On Sunday night, April 30, St. Paul's again had the pleasure of entertaining our people at a joint service of our three local congregations held in its chapel. Rev. C. Peay from Mansura, La., ,delivered an interesting sermon on Ex. 14, 15. On l\'Ionday night, May 1, all the congregations 1mitcd for another service in Bethlehem Chapel and had the pleasure of hearing Director Bakke, wbo preached a most instructive and uplifting sermon on Acts 9, Ga. After the service proper Revs. Peay ind Schmidt gave detailed reports of the status, growth, prospects, etc., of tlie missions at Mansura, Napoleonville, and l3ertrandville, La., and Bay St. Louis, Miss. We hope in this miy to int-crest our New Orleans Lutherans in our outlying smaller stations and to encourage them to work and pray for them also. This service really closed our conference sessions. However, in order to give our beloved Mount Zion people an opportunjty to "play the host". and to satisfy their desire to hear their former pastor, Rev. Bakke, in their own house of worship, a third joint service was held in Mount ZioJJ. Chapel on

Wcdncaday night, l\Iay 3. As was the case in the prc,•ious scr,•iccs in St. Paul's and Bethlehem, a Jorge nud enthusiastic audience greeted the veteran missionary, and they greatly enjoyed his able discourse. 'l'he collections taken at t hese • three services ucttcd the neat sum o.f $20.00. Of this amount $12.G0 was set aside :!or C.'tpenscs connected with the conference, nud the remaining sum was given toward the erecting of a new building at Immanuel College,. Greensboro, N. C. Luther Conference will meet again October 29, 30, and 31, at Bethlehem Station, New Orleans. At this writing all of the brethren who con,,ened for the first session of Luther Conference are again at their various posts of duty, humbly and fqitbfully working for our Lord's cause. But to tate that our conference sessions were instrumental h; encouraging nod strc11gthening us in our work "~01tld be but half expressing our sentiments. We !~cl· that God lms blcsse<l our meetings. All of· us,· 1>llstors, teachers, and lay members, have been more fi~mly· united with the bonds of lo,·e; we realize 1~ore ,fully the importance and blessedness· of our• hfJmble efforts in the Lord's vineyard. 1• May God's choicest blessings ever rest on ·our L¥thcr Conference sessions for the spiritual ~eflt of pastors, teo.chers, o.nd lay members I Eo. S.

Brief Notes from St. Paul's Station, . New Orleans, La. , Our chapel, adorned with a new coat of paint, both· inside and outside, 110\\' presents a more beautiful and im•iting appearance, and, we trust, will in the future contain larger and more de,·out audiences when scr,•ices arc held. However, to mak.c the reno,,ation complete, we ought to have electric lights installed, our gas lights giving very poor service nnd producing an immense amount of heat. We have already raised over $100.00 for our remodeling fund, but we need more money to carry out our J>lans. A special effort on· the part of our people is necessary, otltcrwise the work will have to stand but partly finished. Perhaps aome good Christiana up North, after reading these lines, will be willing to help us. May God make willing hands I Palm Sunday and Easter were most fitly celebrated in St. Paul's. Palm Sunday morning 15 catechumens were examined, and at night three of the number were baptized by the pastor. Eaater

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Sunday morning, before o. very large and ntt.entive o.udience, the church being beo.utifully decorated with palms, ferns, :ind flowers, 13 • of these cnteclmmens publicly confessed their faith, mo.de their vows unto the Lord, and partook of the Lord's Supper. May tbey remain faithful unto death and receh•e the crown of life I The two cntechumens who were examined, but not confirmed, will be received into clmrcb on tl1e first Sunday in June. Sunday, May 14, God willing, three adults will be confirmed and ndmittcd to Lord's Supper. T rue to His promise, God is abundantly blessing the

ones mnde, Re,•. Bakke still being held in high esteem by oul' people nnd many othe1'S who were instructed by him. May God bless his work ns Field Secretary o.f our missions ! Since April 3, the P rimary Depai·tment of our school has been in charge of Miss Jessie R. H amann :Crom Chicago, I ll. Miss Hnmnnn is a \'Oluntcer in tbis work. We believe that om· P rimary Department is in goocl hnnds, nnd we hope thnt our school and mission will, with the Lo1·d s hcl1>, be much benefited through her efforts. Eo. '

Learning to Give.

Teacller Fnaal: J\laton.

Rev. w. o. BIii. . lleY. John lUcDavld.

Laboren In Oar K111lon Field.

preaclling and teaching o! His Word in our midst. May we experience still greater blessings in the future I

Our services were well attended during bmt and on Easter Sunday, but the indfoations are that some · of our people are falling back into the old rut of appearing but infrequently during the rest of the year. Let us bear in mind that a. true lover of God and His Word will gladly hear and ,learn it nil the year round. , Sunday morning, April 30, to our great delight, our old pastor and the founder of St. Paul's, Bav. Bakke, occupied the pulpit. After tlte service mq.y old. acquaintances were renewed and new

A pastor one dn,y ,·i ilcd a poor woman who Jived in .a smnll 1-00111 cam ing h r doily ln·cad by taking in sewing. D uring hi. \'isit the woman gn"e him twel\'e shHlii1gz; (ulmost · tln·cc clollo.rs) snyi11g, '''!'his i my contribu tion towaud tl1c su1,port o( the church /' '·But," nid the pnslor, "you arc not at nil able to give so mucl1." ·.'Indeed, I um,' replied the womun, l have now learned to gh•e.' How o ?" asked the ustouishcd i>nstor. "Well," replied the woman, "do you not remember that you enid in your sermon, a !cw months ago, t hnt you clid not belie,,c t hc1·e was C\ICD one amoug your members so poo1· us not to be nble to find menus nncl wnys to show his lo,•e :Col' the Savior by 11 g ift, be it c,•cr so small•? On thnt dny, after the ser,•ice, 1 went home crying on accoun t of your words. I said to -myself, 'The pastor does not know how poor I o.m~ else he ne\'er would hnve s1>oken ' so.' However, the more I thought on your words, the .clearer it become to me tbo.t you might be right, after all. I made up my mind to give like o. little cl1ild. Whenever I had a penny to spnre, I laid it aside, nnd in this way I saved these twelve shillings. · Since I give my mites to tlte Lord, I seem to have more money for my own use·; and it is quite wonderful how· mucl1 work is now brought to my 'room. Formerly I had to borrow money to pay my rent, but that is no longer the case. The dear Lord is indeed a true Father." The poor woman brought her pnstor no less than fifteen dollars in five months and in one year a little over twenty dollars. She had learned to give by laying nside. regularly every wedk o. small gift for her Savior. She had also learned tp love giving for her Savior's cause•.

The Lutheran Pipneer. No Room·ror Jesus? No room in yom· henrt tor Jesus, Ctircless, imJifl'ercnt one! Oh, soon t he night will be coming When tho race of life is run. At 1my unheeded moment., ~Vhn.tc,·er the hour mny be, 1'1~e nngel of dcaLh may enter .And silent ly call tor t.hee. No room in your heart for Jean , '.l'hc 1>rccious avior nnd ]~iug? 0 11c11 the door; lcL H im enter! Bio ing mul JJCacc will He bring. liow can you journ~~• wiLhout Him S1l\'ior, Companion, :ind l•'ricnd ? ltc will go wit h you 11ml guide you, lfolJ>ing yon 0 11 lo the end. EiiTnt:R Pfl'l'ERSO;\',

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prisoner. About twenty years of his lilc he spent in 1>rison. During Ms last imprisonment he was saved by God's grace', ns· he himself said, "like a brand plucked out of the fire/' 'l'he story is told thus:At an evening service a well-known preacher delivered a very earnest sermon on the Philippian jailer, who t remblingly asked Paul and Silas, "What must I clo to be saved?'' and who was told by the upostlcs, "Believe on the Lord Jesus Cln·i t, nn,1 thou shalt be savecl." •'l'hc sermon was published in one or the , t. T,ouis morning papers. The reporter had, witl1011t the knowlellge of the 1n·eacher, gh·en it the rather scnsntionnl hc{ldliue : ' How the Jailer nt Philippi wn Caught." As Bm·kc glnnccd o,•er the paper the

C~rner-Stone Laying of Immanuel School, Greensboro, N. C.

In the pr ~eu •c oC a huge uudiencc the cornerstone oC t he new ]mmanuel School was laid on Aj)J'i) 2a. 'J'hc celcbrn tion wus begun with n re"ular dh•ine scl'\•icc held in the chupcl or Immnnuctcollegc. Here of , 'Prof. .i:r. J. Bnkkc.• after the sht"ilv,. 0 0 Lwo l1y111ns clcl h•er d nn impressi\le sel'mon. Basing hi11 woi·cls 0 11 J~ph. G, ,J, he showed his hearers why they should gi,·c theit· children a Christian education, -vi.z., fi r11t b • uuse God couuuanded it, aml · _secondly, becnu ·c it is necessary. .A:[ter the singing o.f another hymn the entire uudience, consisting of about 300 peopJc mm·chetl in procession to the new school-builcling, about 200 feet south of the College. New Parochial School at Grecns~oro, N. c., 'rhe p1·ocession was headed by the Faculty of Imnow la cuar,e or co11,u·uct1011. manuel College nnd the teachers of the school. 'l'hcn came the schoolchildren 1111.d students and, lastly, headline caught his eye. 'l'hinking that it was the remainder of the audience: Into the corner- some jail uewa, he began to read it. He wos anxious stone WllS laid n box containing the following arti- to sec ho~• the jailer woe caught. He thought be cles: a. history of the school, a. list of all scholars hnd once passed through a. tow11 in Illinois ca.Ued a.ud teachers, a catalogue o.f the college, Luther's Philippi, a~d supposed this was the place refern.>d Catechism, tbe Augsburg Confession, copies of tbc to. But as he rend on about man's sin and about Miuionslaube, PIONEER, Lullicrancr, Lut1,craa lVll- salvation in Christ, he wondered wbat ba.d happen~ to the paper, and a.t :first felt disgusted. However, 11C88., Lut1tera,i H crald, Greensboro DaUy Record, Gr,m"!boro Da:i.ly l!t7c,os, aud a. few• coins. 'l'be work he could not get rid of the text, which was quoted at the new building is progressing rapidly, •BO that nine times in the sermon : "Believe on the Lord it ma.y be used at once at the beginning of the new Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved." The Ho1y Spirit carried these words home to his heart. He ~ion. _ _ __ __ _ _ M. L. was brought to a sense of his sin and his need of salvation. He soon came to -tho Savior just as be A Brand Plucked out of the Fire. was, and trusted f(?r salvation in Him who came Valentine Burke was one of, the worst characters into the world to save sinners, even the chief of known to t11e St.'Louis.poliee mauy years ago. We sinners. In his prison cell he pr,ayed for the first rem.em.be~ . nearing of him as ~eing a notorio111 time in his life.

'l,he butheran Pioneer.

From thnt time Burke wns a changed man. He gladly con,·erscd with those who did mission work among tl1e prisoncra. The sheriff t hought he was playing n part. He hnd no confidence in his professed com·ersion, nnd hnd him closely watched after bis release from prison~ when Burke wos tr,}'i ng for some months to find work. His looldng for. work was in ,,oin, os no one would tnke him, knowing his pnst history. One dny the sheriff hnd Burke to come to bis office in the old court house, where he greeted him ,·cry kindly. He told bim : "I ho,•e had )!Oll shadowed e,•er since you left jail. I suspected your religion was a fraud. But I nm con\'inced that you ore sincere, as you'"e lived on honest Christian life, and I htwc sent for you to offer you a deputyship under me. You may begin ot once." From that dn,>• Burke, enjoying the confidence of all, was employed in the sheriff's office until his death, which occurrecl in 1905. One who knew him well writes: "Volentine Burke Jived on acti"c, consistent Christion life in his position until God called him home. One of his favorite texts was: 'This is o. faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief.' "

Heathen Despair.

woman's baby died a few· days ngo. See I She bleeds herself with grief. ~'bot is nll !" Grie.f I Tbnt is nll ! Oh, the misery and pity of it all! 'r be touching sadness of the scene would ha\'e mo\'ed a henrt o.f. stone. As a mother, this woman bnd cherished oud lo\'ed her child ; as a heathen sa.vnge, ignorn11t o.f faith nnd fol"lorn, ahe moul"lled hc1· in:Cnut's 4eat h, sorrowing as one that has 110 hope. ' It was the dcspuir of hca.thc11ism, found not ouly in the darkness o.f Central Africa! \Ve have nu Africa in our own loud. Wherever the Gospel ligh t docs not shine people live without Christ, without God, without hope in this world. For the Christlcss nnd godle~s t here is nothing but darkness ond despair here nnd hereafter. 'rhose who by Gocl's grace enjoy the blcssiI1gs und consolations o.f Christ's Gos1>cl of hope and salvatiol\ should earnestly strive ¥> s1>rcod the comforting light •o.f the Gospel in the dark places of our own nnd other Janda.

The Lord's Kingdom. Our dear Lord rules in the kingdom of God ns the director of n hospital docs among the sick, t he poor, nnd the infirm inmates; for to this kingdom none but sinners and miserable men belong whose sins nre forgiven. - Ltttlicr.

In a. recently published account of his experiences, an African traveler, wbo spent several years among the natives of Central Africa, relates the Lutheran Churoh In Chloago. following instance of heathen despair: One day, wbilst strolling through a native vil\Vben the patriarch of the Lutheran Church in lage, my attention was attracted by the pitiful Cl1icago, now 82 yean old, the Rev. Dr. H. Wunder, moaning of a. woman. I found her lying on a heap tGok charge, September ·21, 1851, of the Lutheran of refuse-banana. peelings. sweepings, :fishbones, St. Paul's"Church, which he is still serving, his conand rubbish, oll seething in the hot sun. The poor gregation was the first and only Lutheran church creature appeared to be in great dis~. Her in Chicago. boc}y wu ameared with blood and filth, and the God bu abundantly blessed his and his brethflesh was literally tom from either side. of her face, ren'& fa.ithful work in His vineyard and has granted leaving her temples bare and ra\\•. His aged servant the grace to see in hia old age the In her agony ahe had clawed and her flesh wondrous fruit of their labon for the spread of with her finger nails. Her despair waa indeed piti- Christ's kingdom. ful to behold, and I sought to soothe her, but all The latest staijstics, compiled J>y order of the in vain. City Directory Publishing Co., by the aged Vaudois Turning to a native who wu standing by, I missionary, show that the Lutheran Church in Chiinquired in the native language, "What ails this cago hu grown, within sixty years, from one small woman P What manner of malady is this P Quickly congregation to the number of 202 congregations tell me words to explain this I" and missions. God's Word and Luther's doetrine is, preached The savage .ahraggecl his ahouldera, and with a acomful t.oaa of his head he replied, "a1hat in mteen. different. languages in Chicago,_ and.in a

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fe,v months two more will be added, v~.• :M:agynrian, o! seven colored catcchumens tlutt will be ready for or Hungarian, and Persian. confirmation in the near future. lfoy God gh•c The Synodical Conference is lending with 65 them constancy to learn, be confirmed, and remain congregations and missions, and with eigl1t out of true to their God a!tcr receiving the rite of conaixt.een languages. The Vaudois mission is the firmation I" fi~t and only French Lutheran mission in the United States. CA.LL ACCEPTED. - We nre glnd to hear that Chicago is now the most polyglot Lutheran city the Rev. F .. Berg, of Bearclstown, Ill., has accepted on earth. F. L. B. the call to the prcsiclcncy of Immanuel College, • Greensboro, N. C. Re,•. Berg was our first resident missionary at Little Rqck and is well acquainted NOTES. with the mission field in the South. l\'!ay God's A Ptl•:A FOR AFRICA AT l:Io:m~. - From a secu- grace and richest blessing be with him in his new lar paper we learn tlint Ex-Go"eroor Northen, of and important office! Georgia, recently called upon the people of the South to take n. more active interest in the mission MOUNT ZION, NEW ORLEANS. - From our work among the colored people of their own com- Mount Zion Colored Lutheran church in New Ormunity. "If we do not," he says, "the ch•ilization lenns ''Uncle Bob" reports the following in Tha of the South is doometl to final dccn.y and thousands Boutliarn Ltitl,aran,: of human souls to eternal death." He warns against "Easter Day was one of great rcjoicing·in lfount race prejudice. "Such prejudice is born of the Zion. Nearly n. year ago Mrs. Mary C. ·Wright, natural man, .and is not the spirit of Christ." Thosc a staunch Lutl1eran since the days of the old Sailors' who consider the work hopeless, the race being thor- Home, set up a. memorial altar to the Lord as a ougltly had and dcgcncr_a.te, are told: "The most gift to Mount Zion. It was her cnmcst wish then striking clement m the plan of the Gospel is its · to fill the central panel with the Ascension of Christ. power to save to the uttermost. Jesus came to call But owing to circumstances her wish could not be sinners, not 'nice people,' to repentance." He can- realized until tl1is Easter, when the clcdication of not sec why it is that people interest tl1cmschrcs in "the altar took place. The Ascension of Jesus is the missions in distant Africa, but neglect- our own work of an eminent nrtist, :Mr. Klngstnd of l\'InrlAfricn. nt home. He says: "I lin.ve heard many nctte, Wis. Uncle Bob has ha.rdly seen a finer repsermons preacl1ed on missions to A:Crican negroes, rcsentation than this one. It now grnces the central but never one on missions to those in our South. y,ancl of the new altar. I have heard many public prayers offered for the "Mrs. Wright, conscious of the many evidences success of missions in Africa, but never one :!or tl1e of God's. grace and mercy, hns here set up n. mesalvation of our own ncgroes. But whnt is the morial unto the living God. The Lord, who hos difference between an unsaved negro in A:Crica and blessed her with both spiritual and temporal blessan unsaved negro here?" ings, be lier constant comfort in the evening of l_ife I She has set us on example how we shall emLITTLE Rocx, Anx. - Our mission station at ploy our temporal gifts in order that we mn.y sho,v Little Rock has :Cor some yen.rs been faithfully ser"ed our gratitude towards God. Her act has also stirred by the Rev. A. H. Poppe, pastor of the German- up others. We are no,v also promised the calciminEnglish Lutheran church in that city. From his ing of the church gratis by another member. "The biblical inscriptions in the two side panels latest parish report in Tlio .d.rl:a11sas Lutliaran we take the .following item: "The pastor baptized of tlie altar are also gifts, namely, by anotlier old Grace Lo.,•augbn Kau:Cmann,. infant a,ughter of Sailors' irome member. Thus the only two remainEdward· Kaufmann and Josie, nee Brooks. This ing m8J11bers have linked the old mission with the is a little oolored baby born in Joplin, Mo., where present one, and left footprints on the sands of the parcn.t s now reside. Mrs: .lu.11fmann was in- time to remember the ever-abiding love of God. "The members and young people, not wishing structed in our Lutheran ·teaching and confirmed in the same, and knowing sl1e would visit her parents, to be outdone, furnished Mount Zion wit'b a new she wanted 'her. pastor' to baptize 'her baby. We carpet and trimmed the altar-table.and pulpit with may add that we are at present instructing a clasa new velvet and gold braid.

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"'!'hanks nrc herewith lcnclctcd to nil who hn,•c in nny \my contributed :md nssistcd in t ho dcclic:tlion oC lho nlt:1r in order to mnko it n succc . ' Lrn1m,\L Grnn . - 'l'hc Lutheran missiounry who is lnboring nmong tho Austrnlinn uogrocs on tl10 Wcslcm const of Austrnli:\_ reports thnt n cong1·c'"lltion oCnnth·c Christians. numbering only 21 com• nnmicnnt-membors, coutributed cluring tho pnst ye:-n· :Cor olmrch purpose~ $590.00. 'l'heso people mu t off;cn work for low wng , nncl still tl1cy gi"o on tho twcrnge nbout $2 .00 for c,•cry comnmnicnnt member. Those blnck Christinns surely sot nn exnrn1>le :Cor others to :Collow. LAnGE .MrssroN~\nY OFFERING. -At n recent \\ omnu's j\[issionnry Jubilee meeting it wns stated thnt during tl10 pnst fifty yenrs American women raised :Cor foreign missions tho sum oC :Corty-one million dollnts. Their aim is to rnise this ycnr 11 jubilee o.ftering of one million clo11nrs. 1.'ho Jnrger port of this sum was alrendy pleclged nbout Raster time. AN OLD PAS-ron's AD\'lCE. - "I ,·entured once, snys 11 missionary, "to consult nu old pastor nbout tho choice of n. place. Tho word 'choice' did not plense llim at nll. 'Young men· must not pick nn4 choose. Young men must go wl1ere tl1cj• arc sent/ snicl the old hero who hnd grown gray in the Lord's ser,ice. Then, with n. :Catherly hnnd upon my shoulder, he snid, 'Go where Christ is not, nnd toke Him there.' Five years in tl1e mission field of Africa was tl1e result of that one sentence."

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Thy Kingdom Come I .Fnl.her, enlhroned in he1n·cn nbo,·c, '!hou only source or life nnd Io,·c, 'l'hy lo,·o rc,•enl to nil mankind, And eye un nl t.hnt now nrc blind Thy kingtlom come! o mnny hcc1> nrc scnt.lcrcd still • In c,·cry ,·ale, on c,·cry hill, .\nd night i lhcrc o dnrk nnd cold; 13ring I.hem within Thy peaceful fold 'l'hy kingdom come! J. 8. 8.

Liberty to the Captives. We read of a tra\'eler who stood one day beside the engcs of some birds, which were exposed for sole, nnd which ruffied their sunny fenthers on the wire, struggling to be free. The traveler, o. wo.yworn and sun-browned man, just returned from foreign lands, looked thoughtfully nnd sadly on these co.ptivcs till tenrs started in his eyes. Turning round on their owner, he asked the price of one. He pnid that price in strange gold, o.nd opening the cage, set .the prisoner free. ' Thus he did with captive after captive, till e,•ery bird was o.way soaring to the skies and singing on the wings of liberf;y. The crowd stared and stood amnzed. They thought him mad, till to the question of their curiosif;y he replied, "I was once myself IL captive; I know ~he sweets of liberty.11 Christians h11ve been set free from the captivity of sin. By God's grace they have come to know the misery 0£ that captivity. They have felt the terrors of t11e Lo.w, the sting of conscience, the wretchedness of those who are without God and without hope in tbe world, on the wo.y to ever-

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In ting woe. Grace hns set them free !-rom this cnpti"ity, this bondage of sin, nnd has mnde them God' !rec children through faith in the Savior. 'J'hey know the peace of :fnith, the joys of hope, the lo"e, the light, the liberty the li:te, the unspeakable blcs ing that are !ound in Jesus. Christians ho.ve thcmsclv been the capth'es of sin·; they know the sweets 0£ liberty. They pity those tho.t are still in the captivity of sin, nnd their heart's desire is to bring them into the liberty 0£ God's cli°ildren, bought with tho precious blood of God's own Son. 'l'hey therefore take nn acth•e interest in all mission work by which the Gospel of sal\'ation is brought to sinners. In the Gospel Jesus Himself still comes' "to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening o.f the prison to them that o.re bound,11 Ts. 61, 1.

None Other Name. '!'here was only one place of safef;y when the flood C11IJ1e. That place was the ark. There was but one man in Egypt to whom the people could go for corn during the famine in thnt country. That one mnn was Josepb. There was but one way' to keep off the angel of death that passed through Egypt in the PaSBOver night, slaying all the firstborn in the land. That one way was the blood of the Passo,,er lamb sprinkled upon the lintel and the side posts of the door of the Israelites' dwelling. So there is but one name in which there is aa.lvation from sin. That one name is the name of Jesus, "in whom,11 the apostle aa.ys, "we have redemption through His blood, even the forgiveness of aim." ''Neither is there salvation in o.ny other; for there is none other nlLDle under heaven given among men ,vhereby ·we must be aa.ved," Acta 4, 18.

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A Lesson from Samuel's Experience.

'l'he Bible is everybody's book. Some books urc written !or t he rich some !or the poor, s01Ue Ior the lcnrned, some :Cor the ig norant, ome for the wise, others :Cor the sim1>le; some :Cor little children, others !or grown people. Some nrc for pco1>le or one lnngungc some tor those of another, nucl some :Cor people o.C one occup11tion, which l1n,,·c no interest to people who follow other pursuits. 'rhcrc nrc works on 111Lvigotion, ngriculturc, mechnnies minonilogy, milling, nsti-onomy, geology, biology, theology, finance, politics, nrchroology, etymology, ornithology, icl1thyology, nnd so on to the end of the chapter. Then there arc works 011 mnthemntics, music, nrt, sculpture, arcl1itccturc, pointing, drawing, and o,, ery other conccivoble subject. .All these ruu in spccinl lines, enter to specinl tastes, ond reach special classes. 'rhe Bible touches e,·ery closs. 'l'rnnslatcd into hundreds of lnnguages, it meets tl1e wnnts of people on e,·ery continent and every shore. The aged lo,•e it, the young deligbt in it, little children lisp its sacred lessons, nud ngcd men and women murmur its words of promise with broken ,,oice and tcnr!ul eyes. Men in the ,,igor o.f hcnlth rejoice in tl1e words of hea\'cnly grucc; wcnry souls on beds of 1>ain ond siclmess arc comforted by its clMno consoln.t ions. Thousands o.l ycnrs ogo, men :Cound these words o.C God more precious thon necessary !ood; now, n:Ctcr centur!CS ho.vc gone by, still they 1-cmnin the solace and the joy o.f ·trusting hearts. Savnge nations find tbcir best litcrnturc nnd instruction in this first book they leorn to rend, and the civilized,. the imlightencd, those who lend the march of human progress, nnd know the blessings of culture and refinement, prize this book nbove other books the worlcl l1ns lmown. -Tlic Armory.

Our sJiip, write an A:Cricau missionary, Jny ht the harbor or Port Nntnl. .My b1·other-in-law had ~ent amuel n b11ptizcd Zulu, to meet me nod to be m." g uide on lho journey to the m ission station. Ho h:ul to tuy sc,•ernl days on t he ship boC01·e we . ·oul cl ot oJr on om Jh·o cluys jour ney on .root. On , 11111.f ay morning we were 1>ot·mittcd to use frc h water for washing omselves, while 0 11 tho othct· tlnys o[ f.11e week we wn ·h od our h·c only witl1 1mlt w11ler. WJ1cn I was through washing on 'unclay moming, I Jen tJ1c rnin water to 'anrnel nml went below clock :Cot· n. l1ort time. Ou my return I could sec nrnucl nowhere. 'oap and towel were al o gone. At 1n t I looked o,·crbom·d, nncl s ure enough there stood ~nniuel on the sl1ip s lndclet· washing him elf with sonp nnd snit wntc1·. But salt water, you k now, will n ot admit soap. 'lhcy will not mix. Ancl so Samuel had rnbbed the whi te soop in Jiis :Coco nnd hair, and he surely wns a igh t to laugh at. He wns n ot clean, bu t looked 1111n11.turnlly white in his !nee, honcls, n,nd hair. l t took much effort nnd much ·Crcsh wn tor to rit.l him o.f the soap. Samuel's cxpcrie11cc, la tot· on, oCtcu SCI'\' •il rnc ns 1111 illustrution to impress an fo1porta11 t Jcsso11 on the utimls nncl h earts o! my hcnrct-s. 'J'h • lesson is this: As black nnmcl used the wrong ki nd or wnter to wnsh l1imself oncl did not get clcun, but dirtier thnu l1c wns bc[ot·c, so mnny people 11s0 t he wrong menus to cleanse thcmsel\'cs f rom tho filth o.f sin. 'l'ho h cnLhcn Lry mn:ny foolisl1, wicked ways to rid thcmschics o..f sin. Papists. want to get rid of sin by the iutcrccssi9n of Mother ·Mary and by tl1cir owu works. Fnnntics think the mournct·s' bench o. means o.f gmcc, nud trust in their net·vous shouting nnd wilt.l screaming nnd good feeli ngs. Hut all in n1i11. 'l'herc is but one thing which cleanses us :Erom sin. It is tho blood of Christ, offered to us iii the Gospel by God Himself. "'l'hc blood o..f J csus Christ, .His Son, clen,n seth us from all sin," 1 John 1, 7.

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The man who bas no money mu.y be called poor; tbe man, howe,•er, who hos nothing but money is poorer still. A sla,•e of mammon, whose heart clung to his money, said to Jolin Bright, the distinguished Englishman, "Do you kno,v, sir, that I nm worth a million pounds sterling?" "Yes," wu the calm, but significant reply, "I clo; and I know thnt it is nll you are worth.'' If five million dollars is all that a man is worth, then he is not worth much. True worth consists not in the amount money a man hos.

Christ Is All In All. Christ is the ce~ter of nll writings o..f the apostles nnd prophets, the foundation of the Church, the treosure o.f our hope, the source of solvntion and gmec; o{tcr Hi)!l we are cnUed Christians, from Him flows nll that is necessary for om salvation. - Waltl,cr.

The Lutheran Pioneer; Casper Maler. D uring the 'l'hil'l;y Yenrs' War in Germany the J mpcd ai troops outcL·ecl tho Rhine country, tmcl. mnrcl1ccl townrcls the town of P.l'.01·zheim, which l1nd incurrcrl their especial w1·ath Irom i ts loyalty to the ProLc8bmt :fuil;h. '1'110 citizens flccl with all spL-ed to tho otl1cL' side or the R11inc, and sought sillcty in Lho c11 mp. a per Maler, a mnn o.f nu honest ancl tr ue 1,cnrt, fo·ed in P101"Zhcim. Ho bnd lost his wi.Co, lmt 110 hnll his aged mother nncl liis c:hilclrcn i n his J101nc and his soul t rembled for them as 110 thought o.f the ru thless soldiers who would soon !Jo mastoL'S of ihc city. 'r he :few bolder c•itizens who hnd hi ther to remained :flccl now, and among t hem MnleL· got rcacly to )eiwe bis home, thnt Ju; m igh t sa\'C Ms life nud his lo,•ed ones. But am 1mlookccl-!01· lliiTicul ty m-osc. Neither cui·t 1101· cu1weyo11 c oJ: nny k iucl could be procm ed, C\'en for the ofter o.r lm·gc sums of money. E ,·cry ,•chicle hncl b en 11 ·ed by its owner in his own fligh t. 'n: peL' oulcl not h a\'e p1·ocurcd n horse or mule if he ha,1 paiu its weight in gold for it. For himself n,,d h is young sons he wos not troubled, for they co uld go 011 foot ond carry n. l1ea,1y lond besides; . but his moth er was eighty years of age, and unable to walk. What was to be clone with hcl'? L Cil\'C her behind? No, he would sooner die the most cruel cleath than think of dcscr ~ing her. But he wns sorely 11uzzled how to carry her off out of the way o.C dnngcr. '!'here was no time to think long, :COL' the enemy's troops were pushing nearer a ncl nearer ; a nd alrcacly tho smoke of burning l'illagcs was rolling O\'er the neighboring hillsides: •rruc lo\,e shrinks neither from trouble nor clifliculty. .L\ !-ter n. hasty search Maler found n. light cart in the yard o.f some neighbors who had left the town. He quickly fnstcuccJ.. some feo.ther-bcds on it, nnd tlieu li!ting up the aged mother -:Crom her nrm-chair by the fireside, he laid her on the cart; then he and his son harnessed themselves to the . pole, nnd his other two lads pushed behind. Besides t he nged mother, the cnl't was loaded with o.11 the most valuable property which they could stow on it, so thn.t it took their united strength to drag nnd push it along. The first day they succeedecl iu lea\ling their home ten miles behind them; and though the labor ,was great, yet not one of them· uttered a. word of coinplo.iut. After several do.ye of similar fat igue, borne with equal patience, they reached the shore of the B.hine, on the other side of which they would be so:Cc. 'l'hey were

ull weak noel worn out, but, alas ! their labors were not yet nt on encl. 'J'hc wntcrs or t he Uhinc were swollen, the wal'cs m u high, nncl the wind was boisterous. 'r ho ferryboat lay near the bank, but no ferry-man was to be cen. 1\CnlcL· hocl uo,·er handled an oar fn his Jifo, but 110 ·ow the smoke, which tolcl of burning ,•Hinges and t he :Coe :Collowing hard in tl1e very di rection which they hnd tokcin. He knew that they would soon be upon them. 'l'hcn he prayed : "0 Lord, who sa.\'cst f rom death, :Co1·sako us not ! 'l'hou nrt mighty, even in the wcuk ! 'l'hou Im t given us strength to draw the den1· mother thus far. Oh, help us uow to yondel' shore .o.f safety !" '!'hen 110 dL-cw the cnrt, with his mother in it, on board the bont, aml h is sons jumped in. After loosening (;he bon.t :Crom its moorings he pushed off !caulcssly from the shoL·c. Ho seized the oars; but ns he clid not know how to use them, t he boat was (l ri ,1011 nbou t at the mercy of the wo.\'es. • lint, though alarmed, they wpre not utterly dishcnrtenccl. '!' he , lads knelt do,m, n.~d the aged grandmother clas1>ed bcr withered bands in prayer j ancl Maler, too, as he lo.bored at the oar, poured out his en.most supplication to the Lord. And nrtcr long, anxious hours, the boat drifted o,,er to the other shore of the rh•er, and at lost it grounded on a low, sandy bn.nk. Joyfully tbe Inds leaped into the sbnllow water, and dragged the boat higher up the bank. Kneeling down upon the strand, they gave thanks to God. Then carefully tbcy drew the ca1·t, with the aged mother in it, to the land again, and set out on their strange journey. At Lancln.u they found a plac.o of safety among their rclatil'es, nud they enjoyed the blessing promised in that commandment, "Honor tby father and thy mother, thnt it mo.y be well with thee, nod that thou mayest live long on the earth." When the .troubles of wnr were o,•er, they returned borne to Pfo.rzheim, and the Lord made thetn . to prosper; but the dear mother, for \\•hose sake they hnd labored, they hod lnid in her quiet rest in the churchyard at Landau. - 0. B.

Strange. Tbe la1nb will not follow the wolf; the c1,,icken will not follow the fo:r:; the 1,an will not follow the dog - why, then, will nran follow the devil, that -roaring Zion V ·

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• How God Punished a Great Sin.

The Good Shepherd. Jeaua 'Twna 'Twu 'Twna

my Shepherd fa; Be thnt. Jo,ied my soul, Be tbnt wnahC!d me fn Hla blood, Be tbnt mnde me whole. 'Twa1 He thnt 10Ugbt the lo■t, That round the wnnderiJlg 1l1eep; 'Twa1 He thnt brought n1e to the fold, "1'11 Be that ■till dot.h keep.

They Went to See Grandma. Little Annie was begging her father to take her to visit her grandmother, who lived at a distance. To get rid of her he said, "It coats 11.,•e dollars every time "'0 go to see grandma, Annie, and five dollars don't grow on every bush.'' "But, dear papa," said the child, '~we've not aeen grandma for so long, and grandmas don't grow · OD ffflfr1 bush neither." They went to see grandma·.

I ha,•e cen little :!olks, nnd also big "iolks, who t.or tured insect.s, birds, nnd brutes, nnd seemed to enjoy watching them su ffer. 'l'hat is cmel untl wickecl. I waut to toll you of a boy who did such things, nod I hope his ex1>erience will be n. warning und n Jo son to any of you who do not cn1·e to give dumb creniures pnin wl1en not necessary. Ilomming, tho son of n farmer who lived in Germnuy, is the person oi whom I wish to tell you. When but n. child, it seemed t.o give him great pl ensure to torture unu torment innocen t creatures. He woultl catch young sparrows and slowly torture them to death. He would seize bugs nnd flies and tear off their wings. II he would sec n. worm, he would cut it in two nnd watch it wr ithe. He kept Jiis pockets Iull o! stones, and when he came nc1·oss n cow, or o. sheep, or a horse, or a dog, it wo.s f un to hit them o.ncl sec them limp, 01· henr them howl. If he caught n cat, he was just as likely to cut ofl' its toil or en.rs or n foot, ns not: He would 1·ob birds' 11ests. He would catch the sweet singers nud pull out their fcnthcrs. His parents nnd tcnchcrs often bll~ed to him, nnd told him whut n sin it ,ras to abuse God's creatures in. that way. But it. did no good. He grew up to be o: mnn, and wns still nbout ns heartless ns C\'er. He was engaged by o. beer-brewer. One dny while sta.nding by a tub or vnt f ull oC boiling beer bis hnt fell in. In trying to cntch i t, he lost his balnncc nnd iell in. He caught by tho sides o.f the vnt and kept all but bis legs out o.f -the boiling beer. He cried loudly and pitifully ior help, and wns soon taken out and carried to his home. He was ill greo.t pain. For some distance people could hoor his cries and groans. All o.t once be became quiet, nnd remained ·so, in deep thought, for n hal.f-hour. He then ask~ to see a minister. As soon as the minister came, Rom.ming begun · to cry, "Oh, my sins, my sins I" He spoke of who.t a cruel person be ho.d always been. He lamented that he lmd always taken pleasure in torturing_ God's creatures. Ho feared God would not forgive him. He wo.a very miserable. And all the more so "'lten the doctor told him that both his legs muat be taken off. But the minister spoke words of comfort to him, assuring him that God, for Christ's aake, would forgive the chief o( sinners. . Romming got well, and lived as a cripple for twenty-five years. .But he lived to teach others to be merciful to God's creatures.

The Lutheran Pioneer. A Youthful Martyr. I n the first ngcs or the Church o.f Christ, in the city o.f Antioch, a bclie,,er was cnrried forth to die os o. mnrtyr. "Ask :my little child," said be, "whether it were 'bcLter to worship one God, the ~Inker or hcnvcu and earth, and one Snvior, who is nble to save us, or to worshi1> Lhc many false gods whom U1e heathen. ser ,•e." A hri tian mother came to tho spot, holding in her hand a HL-tle sou of about nine or ten yenrs old, 11nmed yril. T he heathen juclgc no sooner heu.ru the mnrty1·'s worcls thnn his eye rested on Lhe ch ild and he clesil·cd tl1e question to be put to him. · 'l' he question wns nsked, and, to the surprise of tho e who heard it, the boy replied, " God is one, nncl Jesus Chri t is one with the Fnthcr.11 'l 'he j udge wns filled with rnge. " Oh I base Christia n !" he cried, " thou hnst taught tl1at child to answer tl m ." 'l'hcn turning to tl1c boy, he so.id, more mildly, ' 'l'ell me, child, how did you learn this fai th ?" 'l'he boy looked lovingly in his mother's fnce nod rCJ>licd, ·1t was God's grnce thot taught it to my clear mothe1·, and she tnught it to me." "Let us now sec what the lo,•c of Christ can do ·:ror you, ' cried the cruel judge; nnd, at a sign from him, the ofHccrs who stood ready with their wooden · rods, alter the fashion of tl1e Romans, instantly seized the boy. Gladly would the motlier have sn,•ed her timid do,,e, e\lCll a t the cost or her own life, but she could n ot do so; howe,•er, she whispered to him to trust in the love o.f Christ, und to spenk tbe truth. " " hnt can the love or C,'11rist do !or him now?" asked the judge. "It ena bles him to endure n1l for his Savior," wns the reply. And ngnin they smote th~ child. "Whot can the lo"e of Christ do for him?" And tears fell even from the ey~ of the heathen as that mother, ns muelJ tortured as her son, answered, "It teaelies him to forgh•e his persecutors." 'rhe boy watel1ed his mother's eyes as they rose up to heaven for him; and when his tormentors asked, whether he would not now nclmowledge the gods they served, and deny Christ, he still cried, "No; there is no other God but one; and Jesus Christ is the Redeemer of the world. He lpvecl me, nnd I love Him for His love." . The poor boy now fainted between the repeot.ed strokes, and they cast the bruised body into the

mother's arms, crying, "Seo what the love o.f your Christ can do for him now." 'l'he mother, pressing her eliild gently to her own crushed heart, answered, "Thnt loYe will take liim Irom the \\'lat h o.f man to the rest o.f hea\len." "Mother!' ·cried the dying boy, "give me a drop or wnter :from our cool well upon my tongue.'' 'l'he mother snid, "Already, dearest, host thou tnstcd or the well tbnt springeth up to everlnstiug Jife - t he g race which Christ gives to His little one . 'l'hou hn t spoken the truth in love ; arise now, !or thy avior cnlleth for thee. l\fay He grant thy poor mother g race to follow in thy bright path I" 'l'he little martyr faintly raised his eyes, and aid again, 'There is but one God, nnd Jesus Christ whom He hn sen t ;" and so saying, he gn"e up his life.'!- Goldtm S ayings for tl&c Young.

The Christian's Way of Giving. 'l' he true Christinn does not, like the hypocrite, sound a. trumpet before him, to inform the people of his cliaritnble gifts. H e is not like ~ rushing, artificial well which pours forth its ,vater with mucl1 noise; but he is like the sweet, natural spring, which gh•es forth its water silently. · He is not like the 11en, which fills the barnyard -w ith its cockling noise every time she lms laid an egg; but be is rather like the sheep, whicl1 gives up its. wool without opening its mouth. He, in his giving, remembers tl1e words of Christ: "Tnkc heed that ye do 11ot your nlms before men, to be seen of them; otl1erwise ye 1uwe no rewntd of your Father which is in heaven. 'fherefore, when thou doest thine nlms, do not sound a trumpet before th~ oa the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they mo.y have glory o.f men. Verily, I sny unto you, 'l'hey have their reward. But when ·thou· doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth, that thine alma be in secret; and thy Father, which seeth in secret, Himself shalJ reward thee openly," Matt. 6, 1-4.

God the Preaaner. God did not make the world aa a builder constructs a house, and, being done with His work, departs and leaves it Alone. But God abides with His work and preserves what He baa made, otherwise it· could not continue to exist. -Luther.

The Lutheran Pioneer. Items from Greensboro.

lh·crcd a speech on some suitable theme. They were !ollowccl by Jfo,•. 0 . 0. Smith, of Olnremqnt, N. 0., who tlcl~vc1·cll t he nunual address. H e spoke on ' 'Education, 01· n. 'l'rafocd Mind, a. Power in Mee(;.. ing the D mamls oi Liic." In short, tdking entc111·cs he ~howcu how the trougest powers o( m n 11r in the bruin, oucl exemplified this by instnnce~ 1rom e\'orycl:ty lire. '.turning to the g md untes, ho rcminde,1 U1c111 or their J·csponsibilities,- nnu urged th m. f.o u e the trnining which they hncl reccivetl tlul'ing f.110 In t Ic\\• yea r in l'\'ing God, t he ncighlJOr, and t he oun try. In pres nti1irr the uiplomas, P roC. Bakke 111ncl \'cry approprinl.e rcmnrk , electing this theme : ' o rim thnt ye may obf;ni n !" ..t\iteJ.· the 1·e1,ol'l.s Janel been distributccl, n clo ing hymn wn. ung nml e,·erybody 1-cpnircd to t heir ltomc:- or room . Aud now, ·my dear 1·cnders, let us be thank Cul to the Lord, who hns allowed us to suece s Cully encl nnothcr choolycor nt Immanuel. Auel, .forthermorc, let us a k Him to guide, guard, and keep t he institution in the :Cuture ns He hns done in t he pn t. 'J.'hc coming year wHl be of specinl imporl:m1ce, since, aside :Crom otl1er el10ngcs, Prof. Bakke s 1>0 ition will be JHlcd by Be". Berg of Bea.rdstow11, 111. l\fay the Lord bless the work of Bev. Berg nnd strengthen him in his strenuous colling, nnd may He also fill the benrts of many colored youths witli the desire to enter Immanuel next September, in order to dwell there in the nurture nnd ndmouitiou· o.f the Lord, and finally enter the service of our colo1-cd mission in church nnd school. W. R.,

Immanuel Lutbcrnn Co11egc hns n~rnin Jini hell f.110 Inst nnd most exciting week oC a choolyenr, the ~·enr 1910-11. '!'he ntt.onduntc wo ex.tmordinnry clnring the entire week. Whc:i Pro!. N. J. Bnkke prcnel1ecl the 11nm1t1l sermon unclny night, }fn.y 28, . the chn1>cl could not hold the n,ullience. '!'he :Cn t thnt Prof. Bokke, who hns been nt the heacl oi the institution since its "ery beginning, will lca\'o for n. Jnrger field, lent ndclitiounl interes~ to the ser..,ice. Ci1oosing Acts 20, 32 ns 1lis text, he gn,ve wholesome counsel to the grnduntcs nnd also commended the institution with nll thnt ore connected with or intcrcsfod in it to God nnd the Word o.f His grace ns the one thlng necd:Cul nnd the only thing thnt will procure losting lmppiness. - Aiter completing his work ot Immanuel, Prof. Bnkke wiH assume his duties ns director of the en.tire Colored Mission o( tl1e Evnugelicol Luthernn Synodical Conference. The nnnunl concert on the following •.ruesdny night turned out to be n, success. A. smnll admission fee wns charged to cover e.~penses. Mony people wpuld undoubtedly be glad to pay more, in order to hear Prof. Lochner's interpretation of difficult selections. The audience wos especially dcJighted "·ith the Fnntosin on "Duke Street/' the Andante in A Flnt, by Lemnrc, o.nd the Rondo ·ooprice, op. 35, by Buck. Se\'erol solos by Tenel1er lI. A. Corter were also rcceh•ed with npplause. Although the weather was rather un:Co.vorable, ,,cry many flocked to witness the exercises of the Primary Department on Wednesday night. The audience was very much impressed by the ,•ocnl From Mount Zion, New Orleans. selections. Teacher F. Alston, of Charlotte, mo.de an address, urging the clrlldren to remember thnt youth is the springtime of life, in whiel1 "they arc lfoy 28, Bev. G. l[. Km.mer confirmecl three to practice tmth and honesty, and in closing em- boys. Uncle Bob is proud to sn.y thnt the boys phasized the need of.ho.ving Christ ns their partner answered . well. 'rho exo.mino.tion wns n success. throughout life. 'J'he boys knew what they were doing. In short, On Thursday night tl1e graduating classes gave tl1e public examination of this small class was emio.n entertainment. The audience was highly pleased nently satisfactory. with the program, composed of declamations, diaA public exnminn.tion should ·differ from the logues, organ and vocal solos. The proceeds will regular closs-work. In the latter, the examiner goes go to the organ fund. _into ~ more minute analysis, end draws out tbc 'l'he Commencement Exercises took place on details; in o. public cxo.mino.tion, tl1e examiner . Friday, June 2. Amid tl1e sweet strnins o.f the should confine himself as much ns possible to lendorgan, the professors, teachers, and gn1dlintes of ing questions, nnd dro.w out the fundo.mentols of the institution, DB well ns several other teacl1ers doctrine. Re,•. Kromer succeeded admirably in this nod pastors, marched to the rostrum o.f the el10.pel. when he con0rmed l1is three boys. After tl1e opening hymn nnd an invocntion by Rev. Confirmation is o. serious and· trying time nt C. Thompson, of Obar]otte, several gn1d11ates de- best, especially for the co.techumens. Many unCm•or-

The Lutheran Pioneer. nble nnd untown.r d con tingencies inny arise to pJn.y on their Rlrcndy o,·erstrung nen ·cs. Add to this 11 detailed nunlysis o.f innny catechism questions, nncl ner,•ousness nnd confusion will be the result, besides heartaches l1erc and there. I n Mount Zion the examination wns of the right kind, and ended in rejoicing !01· pn tor, catechumens, nnd congregation. 'l'o iltc boy conlil'mcd I say : God bless you, cl1ild1:011, ancl keep you ·teudfnst in the good CO!l!cssiou which you ha\"e mudc ! ) [ore 1111011. UNCLI~ Bon.

Confirmation at Mansura, La. l'cu Lecost unclay was n dny o.f great rejoicing iu t. I'n ul s congregation, Mansura, La. It wns the clay appointed i or confi rmation. On that day !our soung Indies nod three yo1mg men were confirm ed. A l:ll'gc crowd of people gathered nt the church to witness the solemn net. One of the young men, not luwing 1·cceivcd the Sacrament or Baptism ii1 infancy, was first baptized. A!ter t he bnptism (:he boys and girls were examined publicly in the six chief pnr ls o.f our Ca techism. •~•hey answercil U1e ftlle t ions well, thereby giving satis Cac1:o.ry evid •ncc thut tl1ey lmll 11cc1ui re1l the knowJeclge oC the 'ltristinn doctrine ucccssary for confirmation." .:\Itc1· they had mnde t heir confirmation vows, the pustor nddre ed them on P 1·ov. 151 32. Holy Communion wns nlso celcbratecl, nucl not only the confir med, but nlso most o! the members of the church partook of this Sneromcnt. · God has ricl1ly blessed us here at Mans11ra with both spiri tual and temporal blessings. We hope, by the l1elp of God, t o add more souls to our clear Lt1them11 church. May Goel continually shower down H is ble..C1Sincrs upou us ns H e lias done in the past! CHAS. P EAY.

l [Iss10Ns. - At the recent meeting of tbe Synocl of l\Cissom·i, Ohio, and other States much time was de,•otcd to the ,,arious missions carried on by that ~ynod at home and abroad. Reporb! from the diflercnt fields were very encouraging, nncl it ,vas resolved to push forward the :work \Vith still greater zeal. A rcp.r esentntive, ench, from Indio. and frolll South America were present, bringing reports from their respective fields, and pointing out the great need of- men and money. In the interest of the

mjssion carried on by the Ev. Luth. Synodical Con.Cercncc among the colored people of our country, lhe Director or this mission, t he Re,•. N. J. Bakke, mnde nn cnrncst pica, calJing attention to the great importance nnd t he pl'e~ ing needs o.f this work.

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o! the lute t 1·eport o.f the Lutheran City Mission in Milwaukee. 'l'he mission this year celebrated its tenth annh-ersary, it luwing been :founded by the L utheran cong regations o.C Milwaukee in May, 1001. In nll these years the Lord nbundnntly blessed t he lnbors oI tl1e mis ionary, ihe Rev. E. Duemling. Etemi ty only will reveal all the fruit o.f this blcssecl \\'Ork. Also in t.be past ycnr the Gospel of Him who came to seek nnd to s:we that which is lost was brought to t he many inmates o.f state and county institutions and to the destitute in their humble homes. "l[y Wor d shall not return unto ine void, liut it slmll accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I dent it/' says the Lord, Is. 551 11.

A On-T OF G n,\ Tl'l 'UD.E. - A. poor, sick patieut, who l1ad lost all his former wealth,- enjoyed the comCorting spit-itual care of our Lutheran city mis~ siouary in the l lilwnnkcc County Hospital. Shortly be.fore his death he handed the missionary a sealed en"clopc, with the request to open it only alter his departure. When this was done, it was found that the em·elope contained forty dollars .with a note saying : " Out o.f tbanldulness, for the City Mission." O.f his wnnt nnd penury he had thankfully gh·en all that he had to the mission cause for the spread of his Savior's kingdom. A C1tY1NG " HEU. - Says 1.'lic Recorder: It seems almost incredible, but is nevertheless true, that thel'c n1·0 one thousand communities iu cle,•eu )Iomitnin ancl Pncifie States that arc destitute o.f churches. :'l'hcse arc not isolated hamlet.a 9·f two or three houses, but pne Western State alone comprises ono hundred nnd tbirty-thrce places containing from one hundred and fi!ty to o. tbousnnd souls that ha\'e no Protestant elmrcl1. In addition to tbcsc, there aro in one State four hundred and twenty-eight communities of sufficient importance to have post offices, but ontirely destitute of churches. Romembcr also that one third of the population of Now York City, one fourth of •~ o.t of Philadelphia and Chicago, one filth of that of Pittsburg, Cin-

The Lutheran Pioneer. BOOK TABLE.

cinnnti, nud St. Louis, nnd one hnlf of tbnt of .,nu Frnncieco nnd Seattle, is prncticnlly heathen. You will then ,realize the crying need for work in the ,,nst mis~iou field of our country. rl' hcre is a loud cnll for more lnborers. 'lThe harvest, truly, is great,. but the laborers nre few. Prny ye therefore the Lord o.f the hnn,cst thot He "·ould send forth lnborcrs into His hnl'vest," Luke 10, 2.

l,t:lll•!~SIIIIJJt:11 A 8 DEii GESCHlCIITt: 0 1::ll CIIIIISTLICII Y.N K mum:. .E'ucr lulhcri clto Leser Nordnmcrikns 11us• gc ucht uml bcnrooitct Yon B • .tl. lV. Kra11a11, Profos• sor nm Concordhi• cminnr zu St. Louis, Mo. 70•1 1>agc . l •ricc, $2.60. Concordia Publishing House, 't. Lou i , l\Jo. A c:1pilnl book. worthy of hig h commcndnl.ion. Ju clcn r nnrrnl.h•c stylo 11ml in nn intcrc Ling, cntcr tn ining mnnncr " Iii •1>icturc11," or chnmclcr 11kctcl1CB, Irom t he hi tory of the Chri t.iun Church nrc presented, from I.ho time or the nposll lo I.ho pre cnt dny. A friend, nrtcr rending t ho book, wrote: "I felt like one who pa es I.J1rough nu in t ructh·c 1>icturo r,•illlory under I.ho gu1dnnc • BmLE Wonx. - F rom the latest yenrly report oi n. lcnrnC<l nnd trustworthy guide." Tho book•mnking is t ho binding Ycry nt.lrncth·e. The numerous c.~of the British ond Foreign Bible Society we lcnrn excellent, ccllent illu tmtions, mnny of t hem full-pngc, ndd much lo thnt eight new versions of the Bible ho.,•e been ndded · l ho in t ructivcn . nnd nttrnctivanc of t ha ,·olumc, which i ndmirnbly ud:lptcd !or prc· cmtnt ion purposes. to the Society's list, which now includes 432 disS\"N00ALDFJUCIIT DES \ VF.STLICIIEN' D ISTRTKTS. Concordiri tinct forms of speech. The year's issue represents Publishing Mouse, St. Louis, l\Io. P rice, 10 cts. close upon seven nullion copies of the Scriptures, Contains 11 t.imcly, prncticnl pn.pcr by t ho nc,,. R. making a total of two hundred and twenty-nine Kretz clunnr on '.l'hc Cora or Our Confirmed Yout h.

million since the foundation of the Society. One thousand one hundred colportours, or Bible agents, ore employed, who trnvel in all pnrt-s of the world, and who last year sold more thnn three million copies of the Bible. They report thnt Roman Catholic priests often show their hatred of this Bible work. Some of these priests in Ceylon denounced the Bible as poison and burned copies of the precious book, while in Salvator a. priest told the colporteur he was "worse than yellow fever.'' But in spite of difficulties and pers~utions the colportours continue their blessed work. "These men are found everywhere - in the coldest countries of the far North, the crowded 1'am of India and Russia, the barracks of •Siberia, the diamond fields of Africa., the banana plantations of Guatemala, tl1e rice-fields of Bengal - everywhere."

Acknowledgments. Rcceh-cd for Colored. Mia11io11a from t ho followi ng con• grcgnt.ions : l\Iount Cnh•nry, l\Iount Plensnnt, N. C., $3.00 St. Pnul, New Orlc:111 , Lit., 25.00, Mount Zion, Now Or• Jenna, Ln., 35.00, St. Pnnl, Charlotte, N. C., 7.50, St. Jnmcs, Southern P ines, N. O., 2.60, l\Iount Zion, l\Ioycrs,•illc, N. C., 2.60, Gm cc, Coneortl, N. C., 7.50, St. John, Salisbury, N. C., 3.45, St. l\fntthcw, Mchcrrin, Vn., G.13, St. Pnul, l\Innsnrn, Ln., 7.00, Bct hnny, Yonker!!, N. Y., 10.00, Mount Zion, '.l'ho Rocks, N: C., 3.00, Zion, Gold H ill, N; C., 3.00, Concordin, Rockwell, N. C., 2.50, Crncc, Greensboro, N. C., 3.00. 1'olflt: $121.08.

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NEW ORLEANS, LA. St. Paul'• Ohapt:l, 10215 Annette St., near N. Claiborne St.; Ed. Schmidt, Pnstor. Divine Sen•ice11: Sunday, 11 A. u. and 7.30 r. 11. ; Wedneaday, 7.30 r. u. Jlovrd .Zin Ohurch, Franklin and Thalia. Sta. Divine Service•: Sunday, 11 A. x. and 7.30 r. 11. ; ..Thunday, 7.30 P. u. Bot1ile1iem Ohapel, Wubington Ave. and Dryadea St. ; G. If. Kramer, Pn1tor. Divine Servicca: Sunday, 11 A, u. and 7.30 P. u.; Thunda7, 7.30 r. :ar. Sunda:7 School : Sunda7, 10 A. x,

KOREA, - In 1884, miuions were begun in Korea. On Christmas Day, 1887, seven baptized Christians met behind closed doors for the · first communion service. To-day the land is said to be SPRINGFIELD, ILL. wide open to missions. There are over 2po,ooo Bol11 f'rin,ey Ohuroh. Divine. Servicca: 8und1i7, 10:30 A. IL 'l!nd 8 I', 11. native Christians, and the number is said to be ateadiiy increasing. "The Koreans," writes one TEB]l[S: who recently visited that country, "are Bible-studyTDI: LUTJJDAK P10Kna Ii publi1hed monthl7, payable ing Christiana. Tho Bible is the book ho.Ying the '" acluanae at the following p01tage included, to-wit: l CoP7 ..................... 8 .215 largest sale among them. It bu been spread even · 10 Coplea • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 2.00 215 Copla • .. .. .. .. • .. • • • .. .. 15.00 to tbe remotest villages. It is no uncommon thing ao eo~•• . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . o.oo for ChriatiaJ.;ll there to make a ten days' jo~ey °j'n7 1~ ,1 to attend a gathering for Bible study. They are All bulneu communicaUon1 to be addreued to Cox· also., I think., the moat liberal-giving Christians, •COIIDU. PUDLUIDIBO Houu. Jefl'enon Ave. lllld Miami St., according to means. Eighty per cenl of the work St. Loula, Ko. All oommunleatlona concerning the editorial dopant• of the Korean church is aelf-111pporting.11 ment to be acldnaed to Prof. B. A. Bl80ll0n Conover,

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he left her pitcher at tlio well, And to her homo returned, T he welcome news of life to tell 'l'hnt in her full ltcn.r t burne,1.

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Jesus at the Well. A. weary one sa.t at Jacob's well nenT the city As He, wcaTy of His journey, sits there to rest, IL woman comes with her waterpot to the well to draw water. She is a despised Samaritan, and that is not all -.- she is a poor, wretched being, living in open sin. S4e little know!t that she is about to meet the eye of Him who knows all that ever she did. She reaches the well, and is astonislted that Jesus, being a Jew, should ask hex: to give Him to drink. "Jesus answ81'ed and said unto her, If thou kncnvest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me

s,f Sycho.T in SamaTin. It was Jesus.

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to drink, thou wouldest have asked of H im, and He would have given thee lh•ing water." He did not say, If thou wcrt not so great a. sinner. He did not say, If thou wilt reform and become a. holy woman, then I will give thee living water. No, no I He let hel' know that He knew · all that ever she had done. ;But He did not cast her away. I n His great pity and compassion H e tenderly led l1er to the knowledge of ihe true God and H is sabation. He led her to clrink of the water of life which He gives to sinners, that their souls shall never thirst. "Whosoever," He said, "drinketh of the water that I sbnll give him sball never thirst; but the wate, that I shall gh•e him shall be in him a. well of water springing up into everlasting life}' As He so tenderly spoke with the woman, He was r evealed to hel' as the promised Messiah, and leaving her waterpot, she went to the city and told others that she had found the Christ. Sh«;! was a missionary, leading others to the lMng ,vnter f rom which she had drunk salvation. "If thou knewcst the 'gut of God," said ChTist. 'l'he gif t of God is thb OJ?.e great thing needed by a poor, wretched sinner. O.f whatevel' race you may be, wha.tevel' the sins you may have committed, the one great thing you need is not wol'ks of youl' own by whioh to make yourself better, not pmyera ·of saints, not feelings aroused by .shouting and nervous excitement. No. The ,t hing you need is a saving lmowledge of the gift of God. · Do you ask, Who and what is that gift of God? The same that met that poor SamaTitan sinner at Jo.cob's well. It is Jesus, the Son of God, the Savior of sinners. ":For God so loved the world that He gave His only-begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life." "The gift of Go4, is eternal life."

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This life is in His Son, and in Him only. "He that ha.th the Son ha.th life; be that hath not the Son of God ha.th not life." In Jesus, the unspenkable gift of God, is included e,•ery otlier girt the soul needs for this world and for eternity. It is a gi:Ct. l\Inrk well, a. gift. You cnnnot buy it, you cannot enrn it. It is a. :Cree gi:Ct, offered to you in the Gospel without money nnd without price. He that knows all tha.t e\'er you did, nll thnt you are, set.a before you in the Gospel Jesus, the crucified and· risen. Savior, as your Red.ccmer. Do you know Him, the Gift of all gifts? Do you say, "But my sins nre hca"Y; they press me down; what must I do?" Oh, if thou knewest the gift of God l Yes, even though you have committed every sin that lms been done in this sincursed world, yet the gift of God's grnce in Obrist Jesus abounds above it all. In Jesus "we ba.ve redemption through His blood, the. :Corgi"eness of sins." Of all sins. • For it is written : "The blood oI Jesus Christ, His Son, cleanseth us from nll sini." He who so gently dealt with the sinful ,vomon at Jacob's well, and so tenderly led lier to the waters of sah•ation, still comes to sinners in the Goepel, bringing them the ljving water of everlasting life. To save sinners is His very business. To save sinners is His joy. To the disciples that brought Him food to eat at Jacob's well He said, "I ha,•e meat to eat that ye know not of." "My meat is to do the will of Him that sent me, and to finisl1 Hie work!' He was sent into the world for the salvation of sinners, and the faith of the Samaritan woman refreshed Hie thirsty spirit, and strengthened His weary body, with food of which His disciples knew nothing. Hie soul rejoiced over the salvation of the sinful womnn, and Hie eye ,followed the saved sinner with joy born of loving mercy into the lmrvest-field, QB she began at once to gather the sheaves. · He is the same J esue to-day, rejoicing o,•er every sinner tha~ comes to Him for salvation. Oh, that thou kneweet the gift of God l Cling _with a trusting faith to Jesu~, and God's gift of salvation is yours. You will then, in. joyful' gratitude, be a helper in the many miBBion-fielde, white to harvest. You will bring ot!J.ere to a saving knowledge of the gift of God by leading them to Christ, the Savior of the world. JB81J&, be ever with me in the way, aa my good guard at all times · and in every lest, haply, I 1'1iJdor l>J-patbs, -Thoma, a K empi,.

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The Power of God's Word.

A missionury, who spent yenrs among the nath·es of one of the South Sea Islands, says that when the missionaries :first went among them, they :Councl that these barbarous peo1>le killed their old men o.ncl women as soon as they lost their strength to do hard work. He then describes n. scene which he afterward sow at one of his meetings. Two of the men who lind bccu com·erted were seen gently carrying into the church-service their old and fecbie mother. Once they would have killed her when she became helpless. Now, because of her helplessness, they trented her with the greatest kindness. 'rhe Gospel lmd changed the cruel charnctcrs of these ignornut heathen men into that of dutiful and loving Christinu sons. Darwin, tlic British scientist, mndc similar stntcmen:ts 1·cgard:iug t he South Sea Islanders. He sn.icl that when he visited those islands the fh·st time, he found tl1e nath,es killing their oid women. Ile asked one of them why they ldlled their mothers and spared their dogs. The reply wos, "Doggic cntchie seal; old womnu no catcltle seal!' When Darwin returned, some years later, lie :Cound tlaat this horrid prnctice had died out, that by the work of the missionaries the character and the lives or these people had been transformed. He con fe11 eel tha.t the wonderful change revea.led a power thnt he could not account for by science. Of course not. It wos the power of God's Word, of which the inlillel scientist 'knew n~thing. It was the power with which tlie apostles went th1·ough the heathen worlcl, turning men from idolatry and heathen practices to tlie worship and service of the only true 11.nd lh•ing God. It wos the power of which St. P11.ul, tho great missionary apostle, said : "I nm not asho.mecl of the Gospel of Chrjst, for it is the power of 0ml unto sal\'ation to every one that believeth," Hom. 1, 16. That is the power with ,vhich God's servunb; still to-day win the souls of men for Chrjst nnd Fiis kingdom.

The Unlveraallat. The Universa.Iiste, in opposition to the pli1in Word of God, deny the eternal punishment of ·the unbeliever. It is often useless ·to reason with such and other rejecters of the truth. They may count our argument.a weak, and flatter themselves that they have gained an advantage. over us. But the Word of God is powerful; it goes directly to the

The Lutheran Pioneer. heart mul does its work there. 'l'hc following incident in the Ji:Ce o.f Rev. H. Norton is a cnse in point: Rev. Norton: in his missionary travel through the western part o·f N cw York, cnme to a village where there was a society o.f Universalists, whose pre11che1· wns o. man o.f great zeal. Ho tried various experiments to drnw i\fr. Norton into debate, but tbc latter o.voided him. One day, however, they met and were introduced to each other. 'l'bc Universnlist would not let tho 01>portunity slip. "Well, )fr. Norton," said he, "I om one o.f those who hold that nil will be saved." "I nm aware of it," said Mr. Norton. "And I think I can convince you thu.t the doctrine is true," said the Universnlist. "I will hear you, sir," said i\fr. Norton. 'l1ho other then entered upon the usual arguments in support o:f such views, receiving nn attentive hearing on the pn.r t of Mr. Norton, until 110 had said all ho wisl1ed to say. "I hm•e but one answer to make to all that," said Mr. Norton, looking.him steadily in the face. "Well, sir, what is it?'~ said th!! Universolist. · "Except you repent, you will perish." • The reply sorely nonplussed the other. He complained that Mr. Norton had not met the case; but being assured by the latter that he had nothing else to say, ho rallied and· put forth some other argument, being determined to dro.w him out, i.f possible. Mr. Norton heard him quietly until he wns througl1, and ago.in so.id, "I have but one reply to mnke to all that." The other paused to hear what it would be, when Mr. Norton solemnly repeated the awful words, "Except you repent, you will perish." "Why," said the wounded man, for the sword of the Spirit had pierced him deeply, "you will not orgue at ell." . "I have nothing more to say," quietly observed Mr. Norton. After a short pause the Univeraalist tumed to leave the room. · "Stop, my friend," said Mr. Norton, "I wish to say to you that there is one thing that you ~l not be able to forget." "What is it, sir P" he asked. "Except you repent, you will lose your soul." A bitter smile of incredulity was the only reply to this last remark. Mr. Norton saw nothing more of him that day. On the following day 't he Universalist called

l!pou )Ir. Norton, nnd c."{})ressed a desire to have more conversation. "No," said the latter; "I do not wish o.ny more conversation with you." "Oh sir," said the other, "I have not come to nrguc with you. You were right yesterday when you told me there was one thing I would not be able to forget. I :Cccl that it is true, that except I repent, I must perish, and I have come to oak you what I must do to be saved." "l!y dear friend," said :Mr. Norton, "if that be the way, I shnll be happy to talk with you oa long as you please." And they did talk together, and the result was, that the Universalist became a happy believer, and a preacher of the truth which he had pre\'iously labored to avert and destroy.

A Blessed Prlvlla_p. Dr. Po.ton, the pioneer· missionary to the New Hebrides, said, "What we do in the Lord's service we must not look upon as a sacrifice. It is not a sacrifice; it is a blessed privilege." When $70,000 were due him in the way of profits from his autobiography, he would not hold any part of this for his own use, but gave the whole sum to the miasionary society which had supported him, saying: ''It is tl1e Lord's. Pass on the bread of life to my brethren in the South Seas." And when some one spoke of "Paton's sacrifice," he said, "Not a sacrifice, but a blessed privilege." · · When Dr. Livingstone, the African explorer and missionnry, "isitcd England after a long absence, he was much _praised for his sacrifices. In reply he said : ''People talk of the sacrifices I made in spending so large a portion of my life in Africa. Can you coll that a sacrifice which is only a imall payment on that great debt to God which can never be fully discharged? Say rather that it is a blessed privilege." Jam.es Chalmers, the martyr missionary of New Guinea, wrote: '~ecalling the twenty-one years of my missionary life, give me its shipwrecks, give me its standing in the face of death, give me its surroundings with savages, with spears .a nd cb~bs 1lying about me, with the club knocking me to the ground, give me all of these, and I will still be glad of the blessed privilege of being your missionary of the Christ of God." "In Christ's aervice," :recently wrote·a reader of the Pionn~ "the result of full conaecration ia bleasedn•.''

60 All of Grace. Just so much us is gh-en t.o man· in the matt-0r of salmtion, just so much is taken i rom the mercy of God and the most holy merit of Christ, and o! just so much mnn can boa t. nh,ntion is nlt.ogcther by grace, through faith in the merits of J ~us. 'Ihc Bible J>lninly says: "By grace nrc ye ~11,·eu tln·ough fnith; ond that not of yourelvcs ; it is the gi!t of God; not of works, le t nny mnn shoulu boost/' Epl1. 2, 8. 9.

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of God, nnd I luwo never hnd the privilege o.f lending one soul to t he nvior ? If there is one who hos . never had the joy o! Jeadiug even one soul into the kingdom o.f God, oh ! let him begin nt once. '!'here is no g rcnter privHege on earth. Oh, may od woke up the Church ! Let us trim our lighl.i! and go :Corth and work £01· Lho kingdom oI God s on I

X. Mission· Apples. oveml yenrs ago the secretary o.f n. mis ion society received the !ollowiug letter f rom a country past.or : "Enclo ed please fmd one dolln1· :for om mi ion Lrcnsnry. It is the giCt o.f n. little girl who, two years ago, dcpa1'tcc1 this li!c to be with 1t r Lord ond Sn.\!ior. 'One evening she went wi th her mother into the orehnrd thnt sm'l'oundcd her home. Lool..;ng nt the trees, she said, 'l\Cnmmn, I wish you would gi"c me one apple-tree to be entirely my own.' "'Why, my child,' replied the mother, 'they nre nll yours, yours as well as mine. If we live until · they benr Iruit, you will hnve your share ns well ns I, nud we shall both rejoice t.ogether.' • '~ 'Yes,' replied the girl, 'but that is not what I mean. I should Hke to hM•e one whose npplcs I. could gh•e to God ns mission apples.' "Her mother ollo,,•ed lier to pick out one or the trees ns her own. She chose the most benutiful one, nnd lnying her hnntls on its trunk, so.icl, 'From now on you belong to God.' • "'l'his yeor the tree for the .first time bore :fruit, nnd I send you tho profit therefrom for our mission treasury. 'l'Jms she, though dead, yet spenketh."

Willing to Work for Christ.

A misaionnry asked o~e of bis converts, whom he considered well gifted nnd trustworthy, to prepare !or senicc in the mission-field, nnd to devote Lead Others to Christ. himself to the preoching of the Gospel to his counDEAll PIO~EER: trymen. 'l'he missionary frankly told him tho.t he Would ii :Qot be soid of mony or us, if we should should be able to give him only eigh~ shillings o. be cut down, thot our li,•ea hove bean almost o._ month instead oI the twenty the young man was !oilure, perhaps entirely o. failure os for os lending no,v getting OB n. boatman. ony one else to Christ is concerned ? Deo.r Christion "Can you go !or eight· shillings?" naked . t he friend, aro you working for the Son of God? Are missionary. you trying to win some soul to Christ? Ho.ve you The mo.n sot thinking. It seemed bard for him tried to get some friend -or companion to drink of to make up mind to go. But o.t Inst he looked the living wot.ors of solvo.tion? Or must you soy, up o.nd so.id, "I cannot go for eight shiJlings, but Long years have rolJed away since I became a eltild I can go for 01"vl."' l'.&cnrr.'f"!' 01' IKKllUEL COLLEGE, GUDIBOBO, •• C,

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"There the Weary Be at Rest." Jou :J, Ji.

hers. opened the book at tb.e very chapter where the sentence occurs: "Be sure your sin will Ji:nd )'.Ou out," Numb. 321 23. When the father henrd those words1 he began to tremble and show signs of great uneasiness. His boy naturally asked him what the matt(!r was1 but he got no reply. Some time a!ter, the fo.ther took the book himself ancl began to read; but he fell ago.in on the • snme words : "Be sure your sin will .find you out.11 Oppressed with fcnr 1 he began to rend other pnssuges in the Old and in the New T estament. By God's Law be was deeply convinced of his sinful1 lost state1 but :Crom the Gospel he also learned of the Sal'ior from sin. He went to the mission station Badaon1 where be was more fully instructed and was baptized. He lived an exemplary Christian Jue to the time of bis denth1 and was o. thor011gl1ly clmnged man - o. robber saved.

Dcyoml cnrlh's hopes :uul rcnrs, Beyond carLh'.i toil n.nd pains, Beyond il plcnsurcs :i.nd its tears, Beyond i l.s loss nnd gains, '!'here is n. lnml abo,·o, A 1>nrndiso so blcst, · A l1Cl1.\'c11ly home, 1nc11arcd in lo,·e l!'or weary ones to rest. J3cyond Lhis worhl or woe, J3oyoml Lhis nui,:ions life, JJoyoml t his conflicL hcru below, '.r_his co11s tn11L W\'HI'_\' st.1·irc, 'J:horu i n. pence nbo,·c, 'l'hc,-c is n. r •fu;,rc blc.it, A hc:u•1mly homo, 11rcr,111"Cd in lo,·c J•'oi· wen ry ones Io ru,il;. J3C_\"Ond cnrLh' lntcsL brcnt.h, J3cyond cart.h's deepest gloom, Ho_\· 0111I Ute g1·11,·c nnd gnto or dcaLh, 'Che darkness or Lho Lomb, 'J:l1<•1-0 i n, Ii fo abo,•o, '!> 1>cnccf11l nn<l o bl~t, .A hl'u,·1.mly home, J>rc11nrcd in lo,•o For wen ry ones lo rest. Oh bring us, Lhcn, in 1>encc, Ros t. or ~he weary henrt, ulo Lhis huul where troubles ecnse, Whe nce joy dot.h ne'er dopnrt, nl o Lhis home nbo,•e, 'l"hiti pnrndiso so blcst, 'J'hi11 hu:u•enly home, propnrcd in lm'C J,'or wcu ry ones Lo rest.

One Servant Girl's Influence.

The RobbeJ." Saved..

I n one of the mission stations in lndin1 says 7'1io :Afornirig Blo:r, n. Christian convert recently died1 by the nnme of Jhwin1i Das. He had been o. highway robber1 one of those that are called thugs iu India. A no.tive preacher going to a certain ,,illage in the . exercise of his . ministry wos attacked by this robber1 and his clothes were taken from his person, as were also some portions of the Bible which be bad with him. The robber took the books to bis house, where· he bad a son wbo was a schoolboy, and who naturally asked his father to let him have tb.e books1 · whicll he did. . One do.y tb.e robber1 recalling that he bad some books among the things which he had gotten by robbery1 asked his boy t.o read t.o him. The boy began to read in the Fourth Book of llo~1 called Num..

A Boston lo.wyer1 who has for forty years been eminent in bis profession .and no less eminent in Christian work and in princely gifts to the cause of bene\'olence1 tells this story of what .fixed his course of life: When be was a young man he once attended a missionary meeting in Boston: One of the speakers at that meeting1 a plain mo.n1 said .he had a Christian girl in bis domestic service at wages of less than two dollars a week1 who go.,•e a dollar e\'ery mouth to missions; she also had a class of poor boys in S:unday schpol who never missed her ~rom her place. And be so.id of her : "She is the happiest, kindcst1 tidiest girl I e\'er had in my 'kitchen.11 'rhe young man went bonie with these three broken sentences sticking in his mind: "Class in Sunday school - dollar a month to missions - }1appiest girl.11 The first result was tbat he took a class in Sunday school; tbe second was a resohre that i'f this girl could give a dollar a month t.o missions, )1e could, and would. These were the immediate effects of one plain girl's consecrated life. But who can count, who can imagine1 the sum total? That lawyer was, for almost lialf a century from this time1 an increasingly active force in every good work within bis reach.

•EVBBY affliction in the Christian's life is but

a. forget-me-not from the hands of God. - WaHl&er.

'J.'he Lutheran Pionee1'". The Heathen Punishing Their idols.

Jesus Comes to Our House.

\ little girl went with lte1· mother, a. woman it{ I n il Chinese ,·illage, during a. t ime o.f llronght, lowly circmnstnnces as she had occa ion to call on n. mhr ionary s11.w a row of iclols put in the hott est a. wealthy lady in n ueighboring city. 'l'he Indy felt nnd I.lustiest part or the road. Re uskcd :Co1· the quite nu intel'est in the child, and took her all over rca on o! this, and the natives rc1>lied, "We p rayed the hou e to show her nU t he beaut ies nnd wonclc1~ our 0rocls to send us rain, :mcl they won't, so we put them out to sec l1ow they like the hcnt and o.f her comfortable home. 1\Cuoh sm1>riscd at o.l l she saw the little thi11g exclaimed, " Why, how be1mllryncss.11 • A. missionary in India writes : "'l'he H indus had Li!ul ! I ant m·e J esus must love to come here, it hired Brabmin priests to keep up their noisy wo1·- is so plcasm1t. Doe~n·t He come ·11el'c very oiton ? ship before the village idols, and iully expected IIe comes to our house, and we bnve no cnrpet nt ' abundnnt min as the result o.f their worship. But home. Oh. how J esus m11st love to come he1·c !' o.(ter waiting for dnys nud weeks, they resol"ccl to 'l'ho )10 tcss made no re1>ly, a:nd ber visitor asked punish the gods, who had receh•ed costly offerings ngnin : ,cDoesn•t J esus come here very oiten ?" without bringing them the looked-for blessing in T hen, with much emotion, t ho Jndy replied : "I nm return. In some places they besmeared t heir idols afraid not." 'r hnt wos too much for t ho child; sl1c wi th mud, nnd closed the ent rance to the temples Jmstened to her mother and begged to be to.ken with 'thorns. In other places tl1ey brought water home, :Cor she wns a:Croid to stay iu n house w]1cro into the temples, put their idols into the water, and Jesus did not come. 'r hn:t night the lo.dy r elated to blocked tho doors, so that their gods may shiver in her husband tho whole circ1m1stnnce, and the quc the cold water os n punishment for keeping their tion of t he child went to the hearts 0£ both husbancl and wife, and it was not long before Jesus was made fields dry." a guest in their house. The gods of the poor heathen are dead idols, the work of men's hands. ''They ho.,•e mouths, but they speak not; eyes have they, but they see not j they From a Missionary's Journal. have en.rs, but tl1ey hear not; noses have they, but they smell not; they have hands, but they lu1udle Augustin J o]mson, o.fter having lnbored nbout not; feet have they, but they walk not; neither tll•o years as missionary among the freed Africnn speak they through their throat. They that mo.kc slaves, who formed a colony at that place, wrote in them nre like unto them; so is every one that his Journal under date of October G, 1818 : trusteth in them,~' Ps. 115, 4.-8. It is only by " Yesterday evening we, as usual, had a misthe po,yer of the Gospel that the heathen are turnecl •siona.r y meeting: After service contributions we1·e from the worship of dumb idols to the living God. given. · This morning, at family prayers, some paid in ad,•ance for next month. I asked one man why he did so. He replied, 'I migllt be sick next mont h 11 • A Strange Man." o.nd not be able to po.y; therefore I pay now, to be sure of my gift for mission.' Some women came When Missionary Wakefield ~ame to the Gallas and paid a penny for each of their children besides in Africa to labor among them, they were rn11ch their own contributions." At a later service these amused at his appearnnce. poor, but cheer.ful givers brought about $25.00 for "How many toes have you?" they asked. the mission co.use. "God lo,•eth a cl1eerful giver," "Just os many as you have," he answered. 2 Cor. 9, 7. "Will you pull that off and let us 'see?" they said, pointing ot his boot and shaking their heads Good Works. dubiously. When had done so, they all laughed; for on Good works do not make a Christian; but one account of his stockings they could not even now must be a Christian to do good works. The tree brings forth the fruit, not the fruit tho tree. None see his toes. At Jut one of them exclaimed, "What a strange is made a Christian by works, but by Christ; nncl man this is to put his foot in a bog I We never being in Christ, he brings forth fruit for Him. Lut1,er. heanl of a man putting Ilia foot in a bag I"

The Lutheran Pioneer. Seeing Jesus with the Heart. One day an agc(l native came to a missionary who was laborfog among the Papuas, on the island ol New Guimm. 'l'hc old Pnpuo. asked the missionnry, "Have you seen the Lord Jesus?" 'l'hc missionni·y re1>lied, "No." "Has your fnthc1· sccu Him ?'

"No." 'Has •your g rnnd!athe1· seen Him?"

'No." 'l'he old man went a.way sorrowf ully; but niter some time he came back nnd joy.!ully said to the missionary, "I now know. You luwe seen the Lord Jesus ·1uitl& tho heart." 'l'he words o.f the nath•e came to the missionary ns a light in darkne s. He hnd long tried in vain to find in t he Papua lnngm1gc a word for the Bible term "believe." He now had what he nee(led. He simply translated " believing" '\vith "seeing with the heart." 'l'he nath•cs now understood him when he spoke to them o.f inith in Jes\1s.

cc1uipment, methods o.f instruction, and courses of study. It will ho sent on application. Address: E. H. Engelbrecht, 1102 Park Ave., New York City.

Ro:nE AND FOUEION MISSIONS. - After rc!erring to the criticism ol "your so-called common-sense man," who opposes Foreign Missions on the ground that the money is needecl nt home, the Boslo11, 7'ra,iscript, n. secular daily, sn.ys : "Furthermore, the men m~d women of America, who arc the largest contnbutors to churches, schools, nnd missions in tho United totes, are the most generous supporters o.f the same Christian work in foreign lands. The two go together. They nrc one!'

Tim GIFTS 011 'I'Im AFRICAN. - Says a German Luther:m mission paper: The new mission church n.t Kwanyako, on tho Gold Const of Africa, is a striking proof o.f the fitness of tho African for civilizatiou and culture. The chancel, altar, and font arc in mahogany latl1e-work, the benches of ant-proof odum-woocl, the :floor solidly cemented, the walls of rammed clay, the roof ol corrugated iron - nil African work, a triumph of African industry over heathen sloth, a perlormance of African chilization Either-Or. ol iar-reaclring importance in this uncivilized lnud. This building, and many others OJ?- the Gold Coast, Uhri t 1ir : "IIe tho.tis 11ot with me is against are not only signs o.f a growing Chrjstian lile, they me; and he that gnthcrcth not with me, scnttercth," also bear fa,•orable testimony to the mental giCts of Luke ll, 23. 'l'o. be with Christ means to be o.f the African. This is not a. race that is doomed to the same mincl with Him, to believe in Him, that intellectnnl stagnation. His works, not our own, help us to salvation. And NOBLE DE1m OF AN Al·n10A..~ PntNOE. -Jt is to gather with Christ means to do good in Christian reported from the Knmeruus that the Africnn Prince lo,·e, to be rich in good workS'. Whosoever, then, Njojo, of Banum, hns built a large school !or 500 clocs not believe is by his own decision, uot with scholars, and has turned it o,,er to the Basel l\lission Christ, but against Christ; ior he denies Christ, Society. 'fhe prince himself is n \'Olunteer teacher, tTusting in his own works. .Again, whosocl'er docs g1vmg hristinn · instruction to · the children with not lo,•e, gnthcreth not with Christ; nil his labor is much enthusiasm. lost, ,getting further and flll'ther away from faith. Lutl,cr. THE POWER OF Goo's \Yono. - A Germon missiounry in China writes to 11Iissio1' Magazine from the province of Shansi, where ten years ago the Christians were so cruelly persecuted: "A few B1tONX\' ILLE CONCORDIA. - We nre in receipt of montbs ago a mnn came to our station to buy n the beautiful new Catalogue of Concordia College Ne,v Testament. As he lived o. long wo.y off, he hnd at Bronxville, N. Y., "an institution of the German never before seen . 0, foreigner or J1cnrd a preacher Evangelical Lutheran Synod of lfiSBOuri, Ohio, and of tbe Gospel; but a copy of St. )fotthew's Gospel, t-thor States, mn.intainod for tho preparatory instruc- which some one hnd bought from a eolportenr twp tion of young men for the ministry and, in general, yeari before, hnd fallen into his hands. He rend this for the higher education of our Lutheran youth." through several times, and wished he could underBy word and illustrations the Catalogue present.a our stand its manning better; so he c11me to us at a timo Bronxville Concordia, giving full information !19 to . wben I happened to be 11way. He decided to wiiit

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for my return, and in the meantime he rend the New Testament nearly three time right through. His heart nnd his lips o,•erftowcd with whnt he · found in it. When I again renched home, I called him to me, nnd he spent a long time in our near neighborhood, that he might attend nll our seniccs. Before his departure he begged for bn.pti m." HOl\IE l\!ISSI0NAJUES IN KORE.\. - A missionary of Seoul, on the woy home from n scr,·ice outside the East Gate, overtook n couple of women with their Bibles and hymn-books tied about their waists climbing one of the hills. On asking one of them, whom he recognized, where they had been, she replied, "Over to that village," pointing to n. cluster of houses in the valley below. Although the hill was rather steep, the women did not seem to notice 'it, and when "'e stopped, after some puffing on my part, I asked their ages. The one said sixty-six, the other, sixty I 'c:Does not this walking tire you ?" I asked. "0 no," they replied, "for we go so often, nnd much farther than this." "Oh, you ore Bible women?" "No; we go to rend and pray with the women, for we 1rant them oll to know of our happy faith," wos the answer, witli such bright faces ns carried conviction of their joy. With such home missionaries, is it, ony wonder Korea is becoming 11 land of Christians?- Miasionary H orald.

MEASURING THE SERl\C0N. - When Hans Egede, the Norwegian Lutheran pasto1·, came to Greenland to do mission work among the Eskimos, l1e found them to be a restless people, not easily getting used to the long Sunday services, which were the custom at that time. They ordinarily could count no further than five, and when the sermon seemed long · to them, they would go up to Egcde and hove him measure on their arms how much longer the "talk" was going to be. Then they tromped back to their seats and listened with great attention, but nll the timo kept moving one liand down the meosured arm as if checking off the preacher's progress. If they got t.o the finger tips before he stopped, they would shake their heads sourly and go back for 11 remeanrement. But they all loved the missionary.

Safe In Je1u1. · • Some one asked old Uncle Moses whether he really believed that he was safe in ,Tesus though he was nch a poor, helpless, unimportant creature. "Yea, uh," replied old Uncle, ''I reckon de ~y in Noah'• ark was jis' as safe as de elephant.''

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Acknowledgments. Rccch·cd for Golar tl .ll issi011s from U10 following con• grcgntions : Holy 'l'riuiLy, Spring field, JII., -~•1.30, Bcthlchom, Now Orlcan , Ln., 35.00, Mount Zion, Now Orle:m , I,n., 35.00, Grncc, Concord, N. C., 7.00, t11tion in l'11po· lco1n,illc, Ln. 20.30, t. Pnul, i\fon urn, Ln., 6.00, Mount Zion, T he Rocks, • C., 10.00, Concordin, Rockw 11, l', C., 5.00, Zion, Gold Mill, .i;l', C., 3.00, St. John, nli burl', N. C., 4.10, BcLhnny, Yonkers, .i;r. Y., 10.00, l\fonnl. Cal• ,·nry, i\Iounf. P ica nut, N . ., 3.00, St. Pnnl, hnrloLlc, N. C., 7.50, Mount Zion, Meyer ,·ille, N. C., 2.50, Bolh• lchem, Monroe N. C., 2.60, t~ l\faLL11cw, l\foherrin, Va ., 5.95. Total: $160.15. · J.'or 11c 10 aoliool at Graa11aboro, , • 0.: l!'rom B Lh11 11y CongrcgnLion, Yonkers, N. Y., 5.00. Gra11,l Total: $174.15. t. Louis, l\lo., July 16, 1011. H . L. DoEDERr.t:rN, Treas. 848 E. Prairie A,•e•

Evangelical Lutheran Colored Churches. NEW ORLEANS, LA. St. Pa,d'• 01iapc1, 1025 Annette St., near N. Clniborno St.; Ed. Sol1midt, Pnator. Di.vino Sen•icca: Sundny, 11 A. 11, o.nd 7.30 P. 11.; Wednesday, 7.30 P. u. Mount .ziora Olui1rc1&, Fmnklin o.nd Tbo.lio.. Sta. Dh-ine Services: Sunday, 11 A. u. o.nd 7.30 P. u.; Thursday, 7.30 P. u . Bdhleliem Oltapd, Wo.shington A,·o. and Dryo.dca St.; G. :II. Kro.mer, Pastor. Divine Services: Sunday, 11 A. u. and 7.30 r. u.; Thunday, 7.30 l'. K. Sunday Sch~l: Sundny, 10 A. K, SPRINGFIELD, ILL. Holy Trinity 01'urc1i.

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PPeach the Gospel I :Men GJiOt>e amid sin' hope! ~ wnya o wretched aud o blind; On tl1cm lm.,·e dttwncd no Gospel roya, ~o 1mth o[ peace t.hey find. Go prcnch the Co pct! Chri t ha said; Go nll the fnmishcd feed To e,·ery cre:\t.ure gh·c Life' Bread, O'er earth lo,·c's mes age speed!

The Gospel o! God's Love. "God so loved the world that He gm•e His onlybegottell Son, that whosoever believeth in Him sl1ould not pei-ish, but ha.ve everlasting life," John 3, 16. This is the Gospel of God's love, of which Luther says every wo1·d "fully deserves, if it could be done, to be written with golden letters into our hearts." "E,•ery Christian," he says, "ought to learn this consoling text by heart, and should repent it once at least a. day, so that we could know these wo.rds well, and could readily apply them for our consolation and the strengthening of our faith. They are words which bave power to gladden us when we are sad, and to brin.g us back to life when we arc dead, if we but accept them earnestly in true faith." Who is it that loved? It is the great God, the most high, the most holy God: And whom did He love? · "God loved the world," the world that l1ated Him,. the world of sinners, His enemies. And how did God lo,•e? God loved as only God can love. His lo,•e is beyond all speech o.nd thought. "God so loved the world that He gave His onlybegotten Son." He go.ve Him under the demands

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:md the cm· e 0£ the Law to fulfill those demands and to bear that curse for us, the transgressors of the Law. He gave Him into the most bitter sufferings and death. · For wl,nt purpose clid God do this? "That whosoc,·er be1ic,•eth in Him should not pcrisl1, but have c,•crlnsting life." 'rhe word "whosoever" includes the vilest sinner on earth. ''Whosoever" - no matter who he is and what be is - "whosoe,•er believcth in Him should not perish'' - not die forever, not be lost forever. No. No.. "WJ1osocver believeth in Him should not perish, but hn.vc e,•erlasting life." Not life fo1· a. few· years only. No. "Everlasting life." Life that goes on and on in endless joy, and bliss, and glory - "everlasting life." Blessed is he who receives this Gospel of God's lo,•c and ~n.ys in true faith : "God loved me, too, :Cor I, too, belong to the world of sinners. He so lo,•ed me that He gave His only-begotten Son to bear my sins. I belie,•e His Gospel to be true; I accept His Son as niy Savior, and I shall not perish, but 110.,•e even now, and shall have, while • Jehovah e:\ist5, everlasting life.'' Such n. believing sinner can at all times be of good cheer. Trusting in this Gospel of God's love, he can without fear enter death and face the ludgment throne, as sure of salvation as he must be that He who sits upon the throne cannot lie. It is He Himself who said: "God so loved the world that He gave His only-begotten Son, that whosoever be_lieveth in Him should not perish, but have ever.: lnsting life." Precious Gospel of God's love from .the lips of Jesus I Surely, there can be no more important, no more blessed work for believers to do than to make known to a sin-cursed world this Gospel, which is their own hearts' delight and their souls' salvation.

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· 'l'hnt Gospel is for nll sinners. 'l' hcrcforc the snmc J esus thnt rc,·enlcd the Gospel of God' is lo\'c conunissionccl H is Christians to mnkc i t kuown tbro11gho11t the whole world. Ho"· glndly they sho11ltl obey tl1eir Sil.\'ior's comm,m tl : 'Prcnrh the Gospel to e,·~ry crc11tt1re P'

Keeping Books with the Lord. "Do you kcc1> books? ' nskcu n. 1>nstor of n ~·ot1ng mnn. ''Why, ccrb.1inly I kcc1> books. E ,·cry business mnn c.locs thnt." ·''\\ hnt I mcnn,1' snitl t:hc pnstor, "clo yot1 keep books in your business with the , L,ord? Do you keep nn account, for instance, o! the money you spend on the church here nt home, nncl o.f the money you gh-c for the Lord's work nmong others, in missions, :Cor instnncc, in our own land nod in henthcn countries ?" " No, I do not. I ~e,·er thought o.f it/' soic.1 t he yow1g mnn. But the past-or's question set the young man to thinking. He now keeps books with the Lorc.1. Re has done so :Cor some years. .And the result ]ms been that he gh'CS more for the Lord's kingdom than he e,,er ga,•e bc:Corc. i1ncl another result hos been that he is more concerned for the progress and welfare of the Church and its missions. .As his contributions for the mission cause )uwe increased, his interest in missions has nlso increased. His money being in,•estcd in missions, he considers himself " part of the concern," like t he boy whom the preac11er, on his way to the mission meeting, O\'ertook on ti1e road. The preacher asked the boy about the road, nnd u•hore be was going. "Oh I" said the boy, "I' m going to the meeting to hear about the missionaries." "Missionaries I" snicl the preacher; "whnt clo you know about missionaries i'" . · "Why," said the boy, "I' m pnrt of tho concci:n. I' ,•o got 11 missionary box, and I always go to· the miuionary meeting. I belong tl1crc/1 • Dear render, do you keep books in your business with tl1e Lordi' Do you consider yourself "part of the concern," contributing to tho mission cause nocording to your ability, and taking a hearty interest

in tl1e spread of the! Gospel? "Let us not be weary in well-doing; for in duo season we shall reap, if wo faint not," GalJ G, 9.

Heathen Superstition. 'l'hc lncly supcrinhmcl cnt of a Chr istinu Chilclren's Home in hin;i writes : 1ul is the lot o( my mnlle~t pupil, n n eat, li"cly little git-I. 'l'hc chilcl wn bough t by o. 1>oor old wiclo,,· wl1on it wns but n. ! cw weeks olcl. When the wom:m brough t the child to ou r school, I a keel her i.( 110 \\'ll ita rrrnmlmothe1·. he rcplic ~ 'No, the ~1ild is my comn girl. ' I o ked, ' Ilow so ? What do you mean ?" '110 t hen sniu, "I bo1wht the child on1y !01· the purpoi:c o( enrni ng my coffi n. As soon ns the li ttle one ! ct •hes :i pri e l01·"e enough to buy n. goocl coOin I shnll sell her. 'l'he 1>oor cl1jJcl is n. "ictim o.f l1cothen s upertition. 'l'he henthen ChiJ1e e here think t hat no one can clie lmJ>py wi thout h n.,•ing hi comn 1·encly. P eople are oCtcn lnicl in thci·r coffin be.fore they 01'.e clcncl, nml the g reatest cnre of old people is to hnvc t heir coffin stnncling rcnc.ly in tl1eir home. 1t often ha.1>pc11s thnt n. collin is g h•en to them ns o. bil'thcla,r presen t. So ·this olc.l woman also cares for h 1· omn · but when she •is. told to core for her soul, she will not Jistcn. 'l'he poor little girl nlso knows t hat sl1c is to 110 solcl ns soon ns 11ossible, for the old womnn nlwnys complnins thnt she is still so small ancl so wonk. What n. J1111>py chHclhood chHdren o.f Chl'istinn J>nrents bn\'e in compnl"ison with the poor chilch-cn in hea then lnmls ! Ancl how thank ful Christion cl1ildren should be to Goel and their pnrent

Not In Vain. A missionary in India writes : 'l'here are those who doubt )\•hether the relig ious instruction gil'Cll to heathen children in our mission schools is of nny lusting benefit. There arc cnscs in which there is good rcnson for such doubt. When children Jea\'e the · school before they nrc well gromulcd in 011r Christian doctrine, they soon forget in their henthcn surroundings and through the influence of hcatl1enism what they ba\'o learned in school. It is wiped out. A woman recently Hsten- ' ing to tho instruction of lier daughter, snid laughingly that sbc also at one time attended a school. "l'lorning and evening," she said, "there wero prayers, nnd tho stories we also learned. Now that is all forgotten long ago." Still our lnbor in our mission schools is not in

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rcLi roo to rest with her little ones, but the good mini ·tor could noL sleep, and o in the darkness of that midwfotcr night he wrestled with God in p~aycr, JJlcacling nil llis precious promises to His people. At length his soul grew enhncr o.nd o. strong faith sprung u1> in his heart, that :from some source, then 1m con to him, Jiis hea,·enly Father would furnish rood !or them. WiLh this thought uppermost in his heart, be, too, sought repose. But morning dawned uud they were still destitute. 'l'hc children cried !or food, and with ulmo t IJurning 11enrts the parents told them they hnd none to gh·c. 'I woultl put on the kettle, dear/' said the :Cather, and spread the cloth just as usual. 'l'hc T.ord mny send 11s o. brcnk[nst yet!' he did ns rcqi1estcd, but the kettle boiled, and yet there wns no food. 'l'hc lo,·ing :Cother stood beside the fire nod gazed on the weeping group with :feelings to which you, my :Cricnds, who clnily gather your home circle about a bounti:Cul table, arc utter strangers. But "as o. :f nthcr piticth his chilclren, so the Lord piticth them that :Coar Him!' · A knock was heard at the door, and n letter was handed in :Cor the minister; then the gentleman who brought it walked away. On opening it se,·cral bunk bills were .round, which he was requested to accept. Words cnnnot describe the emotions of the .Cnmily nt such a timely relief, and with overflowing hearts they sat down to nn abundant meal, which was quickly procurccl. It seemed almost as if it had dcseencled to them as manna aid to God's people of old. It wns nCtcrwards ascertained that the gentleman who had sent the money had felt impelled that morning to tnkc a walk, cold os it wos, and recollecting the minister, be thought, as fuel was so high, o. trifle of money might not be unacceptable; but he had no thoughts of the straits to which they were ·red by God. reduced. 'J.'hus does God overrule even the hearts of men, The same God who fed Elijah by ro.,·ens, and to accomplish His purposes of love and mercy tosupplied the children of Isro.el with monno., still hears tl1e pcti tions of His people, and supplies their wards those who sene Him. wonts from His infinite resources. An cxchongo gives the :following incident: CoLTIVATB the thankful spirit I It will be to A poor minister, with a large family depen.d ing thee a. perpetual fc,ist. There is, or ougbt to be, upon him, was suddenly leit without employment with us, no mch thing os small mercies; o.U are in the depth of a severe winter. Tho lost penny great, because the least o.re undeser"-ed. Indeed, had been spent for food, and tho lost morsel w.111 a really thankful heart ~ill extract motive for gmtiplaced upon the table., affording only a scanty meal tude from everything, making the most even of for tbe hungry cbildren. The poor distressed mother scanty blessings. - Belec,etl.

vnin. In 1n-00C ot this we missionaries could relntc many in tnnc . I know nu honomble liindu, u physieinn to o. hospital, who, .Corty ycnrs ogo, ottcmlcll the religious instruction in our Luthcmn mission school. He hncl married bis cln.ughter to n. rich mnn, who wo .nu unbeliever. 'l'he doughlcr wns not hnp1>y nt the side o.f lier worldly-mimlcd lmsbnncl. Nor ·dicl the lite or 11lensure nml luxury with which ho wns surroumlcd satisfy her. 'he sought re L nnd 1>en c in diligently 1·enlling the Book o[ l' ·nlm nnd n 1.iook o! clcvotiou. '!'hose he still pre cr,·eu Irom tho time when she nttcnded the mi!il ion school. 'l'hc seed or Gods Worcl took deep root in her henrt. Hor thourrht~ were directed toward the dh·inc truth, nnd her longing wa !or tho thinm; nlJo,·c. When she, ln t yenr, :Cell ick she had her J nrcnts informed. 'J'hcsc lmll long regrettcll hn,·ing mnrrietl Lh •it· dmwh tcr to :m m1bc1ic,1cr. It wns she who now 0 11 her sick-bod eom(ortccl them with precious word I rom t ho I>snlms. Si,c nlso rcjoicetl thnt she woulll oon 1,c clclivcrecl :Crom all e,•il by n bles. •d ncl. fore J1er death sl1e Jnitl into her Jlnrcnt · hnnd her 1~1ost precious treasures- those ,•cry books in which she hncl found pence nnd comfort !or h •r out. \\ hen her lmsbnnd. nsked her for 11 comforlinrr wonl of !nrcwcll, she replied thnt there wns no com rort !or him unless he accepted the Sa\'ior. She oon Cell nslccJ> in Jesus. Her parents did not, ncco rlling to ]um.then custom, brcnk out into loucl crying 11ml lnmentntion. No. It wns a comCort nnd n joy to them to ha\'O seen their daughter luwc such n pcnccful, joy.Cul end. Lot us then, be of goo<l cheer in our mission work, iorosmuch n ,re know thnt our lnbor is not in \'ain in the Lord. ·

The Ll.l.theran· .Pioneer. At Rest.

Tbe Ile,·. C. F. W. Snp1>er entered into rest July 3 of the present yem·, nt the age of near 7S years, nfter 45 years' fnitluul ser,1ice in the ministry. He come to America in 1S66, niter hn,·ing :finished n course of study in a Luthc1·nn :Mission Seminary in Germany, nnd in nil the years of bis ministry in our country he pro,·ed himself n de\'oted :Cricnd of mission work. He was a member of our :fil'st Mission Board for Colored l\Ii sions, chosen by the Synodical Conference in 1S77. In the following year he wrote and submitted to the Synodical Conference the firiit reJJort of our colored l\Iission, en-

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great :Criend of missions." For twenty-one years he sen•ed ns a member of our Mission Boa,r d, assisting also fot· many years in the editing of our German mission paper. Upon bis own request the Synodical Conference, in lS!JS, dismissed him :Crom the Mission Boar~ on account of advanced age, "thanking him heartily !01· his excellent ser,,foes of many years." · "'l 'hey that be wise shall sbine as the brightness of the firmament, and they that tul'll many to righteousness as the sb1rs fore"er and ever." Dan. 12, 3.

The Pharisee Became a Publloan.

A pastor sat a.t the becl of a sick man wbom he had been called to visit. Before the pastor cou]d put auy questions, the man raised himself up in bed and said, "You see, pnstor, I have a good l1ea1·t, and I don't know how I desened being laid up in bed with this sickness. I ho.vc always been good, and ha,·e done much good to other people. '!'bis is also my com:Cort now, tho.t I 110.ve always done 1·ight nnd need :fear no one." In this wise the man went on for o. while. At lost be t m:n9d to the pnstor with nn expectant look, and as the pastor remnined silent, as if he were in deep thoughts, the man asked, ''Why don't you say something ?" "Oh/' replied the pastor, "it is with me ns it was with Job's :Criend.s." "How was it with them?" asked the sick man with o. curious look. · "Well, listen," said the pastor opening his Bible, 'l'BE BEV. C. P. W. IAPPBB. . "I wiU rend it to you. Here in the Book of Job, Bom Augut a, 1881i c1it41111713, 1e11. in the thirty-second chapter, first verse, we rend : couraging the Con:Cerencc to continue "this glorious 'So tl1ese three men, ceased to answer Job, been.use work with oll zeal." "If others," he so.id, "do mis- he was righteous in his own eyes.' 11 sion work among heathen who· live 10,000, yea, 'rhe reply made the man restless, and he asked · 20,000 miles away in regions difficult to rcnch, how tpe pastor ·what was wrong ,vith him. He then much more should we care for the poor negroes listened attentively as the pastor showed him from whom the greed of white people brought here, o.nd the holy Law of God that tbere is none righteous, many of whom ask us to care for them and their no, not one. The pastor ·wso spoke to lrim of children, and to bring tl1em tbe pure Gospel o.nd · Christ, who said: "They tho.t a.re whole ho.ve no the unadulterated Sacraments." If we, to "'hom n~ of the physician, but they that arc sick. I God has intrusted the pure Gospel, would not do came not to co.11 the righteous, but sinners .to rethis work, then "we, alas, should be like the unfaith- pentnnce.11 He told him of Christ's work :Cor tl1e~ ful servant who laid up in a napkin the pound in- salvation of sinners. trusted to him (Luke 19, 2)." The self-righteous Pharisee became a penitent Bev. Sapper, as one who knew him well writes, publican, trusting as a poor sinner in God's mercy "was not a man who kept his :eound laid up in a in Christ Jesus, who came to seek and to save that napkin; he was very ind111trio111 and active, o.nd a which is lost. ·

The Lutheran Pioneer. The Master's Way. (Ad11pled by N. J.B.) Not. ours lo know the rcnson why mmnswered is our prnyer, Bui. ours to wnit for Clod's own time Lo lift. the cross we be:ir; Not ours lo kuow I.ho rem on why from Jo,·ed ones wo must part., But. ours to lh•e in fai th nnd hope, t h~ugh bll!Cding be the l1e11rt; Not ours to know t.he re:ison why I.his anguisl1, trife, nntl pain, lluL ours lo know n crown oi thorn sweet graces for us gnin. A cro , n. bleeding henrL wiLh l.rinls sore - t hese for our good arc gh•eu; Be till, my henrL, .nncl murmur not, such nre the ways or lCcm·on!

Jt.'11 ours lo know - nyc, lcnrn it well - it. is tho ~lnslor's wnr. 'l'hcy scnc Him be t who ask not why, who lh·e but lo obey. ".l'i ours to know Lho 'better pnrt whereby o. crown is won ; '.l'J,on, 10\·ing Clod, I a knot why; "'f hy will, not mine, be done!" Yen, 'l'hy wny, Lord, not mine, I proy; J gh·c to Thee my will,

i\ml humbly nsk Thy gr11ce nnd nid t his better pnrt

to nn. It wn not. nlwnyil thus wit h me, I loved my wny the be t, But t hnt. is pnst., 'fhy wny is mine; in it nlone is rest.

An Indian Girl's Blessed Death. Luella. was the name given in bo.pti&!,11 to a little Indinn girl, of whose blessed death the missionary gives the following account: . To-day in our ,•illage died Luella, one of the little girls that had attended our school more regularly than any other girl in the vill'age. She was an orphan and lived with her mothers rclath•es. Hers was a. sad o.nd lonely life. But -her soul was happy in her lo,•c to the Savior whom she had learned to know in the mission-school. Almost o.lone among heathen relatives, she stood firm.to the end. S.hc c'lfod of consumption, and through all her suffering, though often all night awake with coughing, with no candle to light, often hungry, with no food to eat, yet she was happy~ the love to the Savior and longed to be with Him i1', heaven. Her old grnndn;iother is a. medicine woman, and used all her heathen arts to draw Luella away from

Christ, but in nin. Tbe other day, when I was obout to say good-bye to her, I asked her to select a hymn to sing. She looked up with her great, bright black eyes and said, "All Hail the Power ol Jesus' Name." In darkness, hunger, po.in, surrounded by heathen relatives, in the face of death, the little sl1rinking, timid Indian g.i.rl could say with triumphant faith, "All Hail the Power ol J csus' Name," and could mingle her dying tones with ours, as we sang that song of "ictory. At the Inst moment wishing that she might again hear the missionary pray, she passed away. One more sl1caf gathered in from the harvest field ! Dear, patient Luella, no longer an orphan, l1omeless aud friendless, but sn.Cc at home ,iith her hen\'cnly Father I She asked to be laid away on the hill nca1· the schoolhouse. There her body now rests till the coming of n glorious resurrection. l\.[ny the light o.f the Saviors lo,,e shine into the heathen darkness in which so many of her people are still living, and mny it bring joy and salvation to their sad and bewildered hearts !

The Dollar That Built a Church. '.rhere is n large church on the wall of which hangs a. picture-.fro.me containing a dollar bill, o.nd 1mder it tl1c inscription, "The Dollar that Built this Church." As the edifice cost not less than .fifty thousand dollars, the sight of the bill draws out the story. E,•cry one had admitted that the new churcl1 ought to be undertaken. The old building was quite outgrown. The town was growing, the mcmbership wns growing, and the expanding work of the organization called for a n,ew and greatly enlarged equipment. .'!'be cl1uTch voted to ·build. An architect was selected, plaJ'.!S were drawn and approved, and the canvass for funds began; bqt the people were not ready for the sacrifice involved. The solicitors returned with reports of less than half the amount necessary. There were men of wealth in the membcrship, and the total sum might easily have been secured, but one held back" to see what another would do, and the other measured. his zeal by that of his neighbor; so there resulted a general apathy , and reaction. • When the report was received, the architect was instructed to prepare new plans involving less expense. He did so, but they showed a church so much

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smnller, ond in every wny so mucll less nttrncti"c, cch•ccl u cnll from the Hou. Mission Bonrcl to toke . thnt they were discarded. So the churell votctl to up ncffro work in Yonkers, N. Y. During his eight postpone the building to 11 more con\'enicnt season. months' :;l:ty in our mid t :i\Cr. Hill wns \'Cry o ·Li\'e, Arter such nu cf[ort nnd failure work im·nrinbly nncl wns not only likcll by the mcmbct but well g~ luml. 'rho church hnd set its lumcl to the plow bclo,·ell by ihc children. He Jc[t wi th the be t nnd h11tl looked bnck. It Imel measured its task nnd wi ·hes nnd :sincere prayer o! all. clcclincd it: 'l'hc sc11son·s work drnggcd. 'l'bc sern )for •h 2 , Uc\'. . P. 'l'homp on, who had mons Jnckctl spirit. 'l'hc congregation lucked cn- been in N w 0 1:lenns n II istunt to the llif[crcnt thusinsm. 'l'hcrc grc"· 11 spirit or restlessness nnd mis~ionnri · nrri\'eu nt hnrlottc nnd took 111> c1isc-ontcnt thnt boded anything but good. . )[r . Hill's work. Ycnril before thnt there hncl gone out from thut , 't. 1>11111's , 'chool losecl May 2-t. 'l'hc teachers c.:hurcl1 11 missionnry who wns SCl'\'iug nmid great nncl puJ>ili; 111111 nrr1mgc<l nn clnbomte progrn,111. Alhnrclship ond 1>0,·crty in it remote pnrt o( the world. · though the we11the1· wa. \'Cry inclement, t he c;luu·ch Letters 1'.rom the home church were infrequent, 111111 wn · filled to Hs cupnciLy by J'.dcncls ond pnt1·ons. tidings oC the work were scant. But there came to June 4 fi\'C hild1·c11 nncl two oc1ult w re conthe missionnr_y the news that the church nt home :firmccl in t. Pm1I. On July 2, one Jndy wns conhod ,·otctl to build. In the missionory's 1>ockct was firmctl in :Mount ¾ion. ! n dollar bill which he l1ncl token 01it from home nnd · On July JG ll ,·. 'm·rington l\for ·h, who ..,.rudhnd kept. lt was the only money he had when the untccl l rom Jmmnnuel 1ollcge wus ord11i11c(l nnd news rcnchcd him. But he sot down nud wr~te n fostnllcd in , t. Jnmcs nt Southern l,in . l fov. letter :Cull of good cheer. He rcjoicc<J. thnt the l\CcD1wi1l prcocl1ccl the ordfontion crmon l 1·om church hnd undertaken so good a work, nud he en- 1 'l'im. -J , JG. 'l'hc mcmbc1-s and :fricmls ncconlcd closed his contribution - the dollnr bill, nucl cx- Ile,·. l\forc.:h n cordial welcome. Ile began ncti"e prcsscc.1 his regret that i~ was not more. work in school by n isting •reachc1· Alston, und, J t came to the past-Or on n Saturday night, nncl Inter on, tnking lull. chnrgc o( the school. on Sunday morning he rend the letter from the During the Jnst week in July, Director ll1tkkc pulpit. 'l'hen lie nskcd, "Brethren, what shnll I \'isitccl this circuit. He 01·1·ivccl nt Chnrlottc on <lo with this money?" • July 27. He cnmc to our city chn-ing n severe w11tc1· Thero wns n .pnusc. Not a mnn there would famine. "otc1· was selling ot 5 cents 1>cr gnllon. ha,·e been willing to send bnck word that the cnter- Neither clrought nor hot wenthcr dnuntccl the ogcd J>rise had been abandoned, and no one had any sug- Director. He, in company with Rev. :i\IcDih•id, gestion ns to any other use for the money. mnclc ii number o.C ,•isits to clistnnt pin-ts o[ the · At Jnst one of the wealthiest members rose and city. lie wns so much imp1-cssed with the wcstem snid, "I wiJl gi,·c one thousand dollars :Cor thnt bill, suburb of Ohnrlotte thot he nnd the pastor sccnrccl nncl odd it t-0 my J>rc,•io11s subscription to the build- o. mcnnt chnJ>CI to begin a UC\\" station. 011 ' uning .Cuncl, which subscription I now renew." day morning he went o,•er to }.foycl'lwillc, oml nCtcr 'l'hot was tl10 beginning. 'J.'ho bill brought much the sermon miulc 1111. address. He wos present nt more than the thousand dollars. It renewed the the co111111w1ion scnicc iu Ohnrlotte, ' nnd ot night enterprise, which had .a lmost perished; and the DC\\' be l1eld n. fo.rmal visitation in St. Paul. During church wns built. the hour nnd n. half that he spoke he wns gi\'cn the Nor did the genc:rous gifts mode by the church undi\lidcd nttention of his hearers. During his stay for its own work diminish its zenl for work outside, nt Charlotte he audited the books and urged the but rather U1nt zeal was increased; and the contri- members to be more liberal in their contributions. bution of tho distant missionary wna returned to On August 2, he wns in Monroe, nnd the :Collowing him in the years that followed much more than Ii day in Southern Pines. l1undrodfold. - Yordl,.'s Oonipanion. On August G, the Honest Home and l\Cission Fcsti\'al wns held iu St. Paul. Rev. John Alston J>rcnched nt two services. The night service was Item■ from the Charlotte, N. c., Dlatrtot. well attended. Collection, $20.56. 'l'he members On tho 27th of February, )[r. W. O. Rill, who nro hn\'ing the :front school cemented ot a cost o.f had beep auisting with preaching and with t.cach- $50.00. ing tho aeconcl department in St. Paul's School, reOn August 16, Teacher F. D. Alston wns united

The Lutheran Pioneer. Ht mnr rjoge to Miss Willet_te ) Cosley. )foy they nt nil times enjoy God's blcssu1g ! \ ttcndnncc at scniccs during the spring and s11111mct· 1111s been good. cbool will commence in the ucw tation 011 Monday, Scptcmbct· 3, ancl U1c :Collowing clay in , •t. Paul. P arents a,·c urgctl to scntl their chiWrcn ou the opening clay. \\ c lia,•c room only for n limitecl n umber, aml, ':b'i rst omc, first sc1·,·ccl . Comh; · t•ONDJ~N'l'.

mate. No one knew l1cr ngc, not e,•cn she herself, but it wns not .far :Crom the cent ury mark. Uncle Bob knew her o,·c1· twcnty-fh,o years ago, when she a1>pcnrcd to be a woman or about 70. 'l 'hrough tl1is clcvout Lutheran our missionaries gniuccl a preaching J1olcl in the Home. At first there wns·onls readi ng to l\fr:;. B rown; then more of the i nmnlcs joir cl lhc ·il·clc. F inally n c,·. Kromer wns ullowccl tho u se o:l Lho chnpcl, and preached to from 1G to 20 people. 'l'hcsc people were attcnth•c, cager to Jcnm, ancl t herefore asked the pasto-c many ,•itul Letter from New Orleans. questions concerning their salvation . DEAit l'rox 1mu: .A:rtcr the clcath of l\CTs. Brown, Bev. Kramer in' inc• my Inst lcLl'cr two 11101:c boys nml OJlC nllult Iormecl (;hem that he bclic,•ccl his ser\'iccs at the hn,·c l,H n onfirmcd. 'l'l1c confi rmation o.f these Home were cndcrl as his charge was no longer in took pince J'm10 1 . 1.'hi is late new , but or tho t he Home. llut ho lmd counted without .his hearers. goocl ki nd. , uch nows is always welcome. Pastor 1.'hcy bcggccl and plcaclecl cm·ncstly to supply them ancl teacher of (:he cnteclm mons nrc happy indcccl, with the Brcacl or Lile as he ,Jmcl done in the past. nntl Ji llctl with g ratitude towards Goel, wl1cn, alter So the cloor in tho Rome is still open to our Lumuch lnbo r, more shca,·cs arc gathered i11to the theran doctrine. Lorcl, we pmy 'rhec, prosper 'l'hou Lorcl's bnrns. Goll keep you, who ha\'O maclc yom clso the work whi.ch is being clone in behalf o[ these "0'NOLE Bon. confirnrn tion \'Ow s r ecently, stcacUnst in the :faith poor people ! or Olli' f nt!1 ~rs ! 'l'cn ·h •rs aml ·1lllpils or our "arious schools arc Notes from the Field. enjoying Lhcir mention at this w1·i ting. Uncle Bob . hopes (,hut nil will retum to thcil· d.csks rcfrcshccl, 'l'rn•~ Duma.ron OF i\CJ SSION, Rev. N. J. Bakke, anll with 110 \\· ,•igor take up the tasks which tho has cntcrccl upon the duties of his office, nod has coming scl1ool-ycar will im1>osc. mndo nu cxtonsh•c "isi.t to the missionaries and l\Coun t Zion, once the largest .ficlcl, is still withchurches in North Carolina nud Virginia, auditing out n. shcphercl. '!'hough tho school is nourishing iu t ho boo~s of the missionaries nnd bold.i ng visita• numbers ancl .finances, the congregation is less fort1111a.tc. nc,·. Krall}cr has worked :Caithlnlly tor t ions in their churches. Until further notice address Mount Zion, 1,ut he cnnnot neglect Bcthlel1cm, his him nt Greensboro, N. 0. own clmrgo. 'l'hcse two fields must always hn." e n D u mNO TUE SICKNESS 0.F RE\"'. w. H. L ,\SH, man apiece; nny other thought, ns the post hns ~e\". F ord und Student Otho Lynn are supplying his demonstratccl, cnnnot obtain in the :Mission here: churches with the mcnns o.f grnco. Rev. John Alston May it please t he Lord to gh•c us a ,,igorous worker nod St1Jdcnt Louis Anderson arc taking care of the ngnin ! - is the prayer of Mount Zion. · · churches of Re,•. lfcsserli during his sickness. Both Prof'. Wilclc, of Luther Cqllegc, wns quite n. sufpatients it.re gracluolly rcco,•oriog. ferer lately f rom an obstinate cold. When Inst seen, r. few clnys ngo, l1e was on the mend. A s uoo1-;ss.1mr, l\C1ss10N FESTIVAL ,vas helcl nt 'l'ho population of No,v Orleans has incrcnsccl: Golcl H ill 011 the 16th of July. Sermons were clc'l'hc stork "isitcd 'the home of Rev. G. :M. Kramer, li\'crccl by Student Otho Lynn and Rev. N. J. Bakke July 3, nncl left a bouncing baby girl. Father nnd to large nudicn<!CS. During the intermission the mother l1n."e been the happy recipients of mnny conIndies o.f tbo clmreh scr,•cd the visitors with lunel1. gratulations, · especially in Bctblchcm nncl Mount Owing to tbo absence pf tbe majority of tbe male Zion. l\foy God continue to bless mother nncl babe members, who "·ere at the Candor Gold Mine, tho with good hcnlth I . collection did not come up to expectations. On August 2, lira. Mary Brown went to ber rest. She wns a de\rout member of lfount Zion You cannot repent too soon, since you do not Jong yea.rs ngo. When she :finally became an inknow how soon it may~ too late. valid, the Old Folks' Home received her as an in-

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Schools nre conducted during the summer months in those churches in North Cnrolinn which hn,·e no Christian school trniniug for their children during the winter. 'l.'he term is irom ix weeks to two months. In some localities o. smnll tuition fee is charged; in others, the congrcgntion contributes !rom $15.00 to $20.00 ior the mnintcnnncc of the school. This summer, schools h1wc been conducted in the following churches: Elon College, by Tenchcr E. Buntrock; High Point,. by •renchcr l\I. N. Carter; Catawba, by Miss Clnuclfo. Gn1loway; Tbe Rocks, by Student Otho Lynn; Sandy Ridge, by Student Louis Anderson; Monroe, by Rev. C. Thompson; Southern Pines, by •reacher Fronk Alston and Rev. C. March. About 250 children have attended these schools, N. J.B.

Poor Maggie's Mission Gift. A missionary had been preaching a nuu1on sermon, in which he spoke of the lost, wretched condition of the heathen in India, who know not the true God and the only way of salvation. A few days afterwards the pastor of the congregntion met on the street a poor old woman, half blind, who earned a living by doing eirands or any other little work. She put a sixpence into his hand, saying it wu to go for mission work in India. Her pastor, knowing how poor she was, said, "No, no, :Maggie; that is too much for you to give; you can not afford this much.'' She replied she had just been on an errand for a kind gentleman, and instead of the poor coppers which she generally received, he had given her three pennies and a sixpence; "and," said the dear old woman, "the silver and gold are the Lord's; the copper will do for poor Maggie.''

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Reformation Festival. October 31 is • the annh•ersnry o.f the . Ucformation. '11his blessed work dates from the time when, on the 31st of October, 1517, Luther posted up his 95 theses on the chureh-door at Wittenberg against corru1>tions of the llomish Church, which were eating out tl1e very heart of the Christion religion, the Gospel of man's sah•ation by grace through :Caith in Christ Jesus, the only Savior of sinners. That was the beginning of the great llaformatio11, by which God restored to the Church the pure Gospel through His servant, Dr. l\fortin Luther. It is true, the Gospel is revealed in the Bible, and the Bible e.'Cistcd before Lutl1er's time. In tbis Gospel the early Christians found pence nnd snh•ntion. For this Gospel thousands of them suffered persecution at the hands of their heathen enemies and died o. martyr's death. But there enmc a time when the pope ruled supreme ns the ·great nntichrist, sitting in the temple of God and exalting himself above all that is called God, or that is worshiped. Those were indeed dark days when the

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Bible Wt\S hidden from the people, who were kept in ignomnce. 'l1he Go pol ligllt was buried under the rubbish o[ Romish errors, nnd spiritual dnrkucss co,·crecl tl1c eartl1. inners were not told to trust in Ohri t's work Inr snh-ati9n, but they were told to trust in their ow11 works and in the works and prayers of the snints. Jesus wns pictured u n tcrl"iblc judge to wl1om the sinner dare not come with n tl'u ting heart. Luther tells us that in those clays, belorc God opened t-0 llim the Gospel, he became pplc nnd .terror-stricken whenever be hean:1 the name ol Christ mentioned; for he was taught to think of Him, not ns the loving Sn,ior, but as nn nngry judge. "If this is not darkness," Luther soys, "I know not 'what darkness is." But nt lost God's time . of deli,,erancc came. Whilst Luther, anxious for bis soul's salvation, sought in vain :£or pence in the way pointed out in the Romish Chureh, God opened to him the Bible. From this 1>rccious Book of God Luther lcorne<l tl1at salvation is only by grace, through faith in Obrist nnd His merits. In this Gospel he found pence. He believed, nnd therefore he now spoke. Having c.'\':pcricnccd the sa,1ng power of the Gospel in his own heart, he made it kno,vn -with voice and pen, ond defended it ngninst all its enemies. Thus Luther became the llcfom1cr of the Church, God's own messenger, "ha,•ing the everlasting Gospel to preach ,mto them that dwell on the earth, and to c,•cry nation, and kindred, nnd tongue, and people." By the Gospel, whicl1 Luther proclaimed and which thousands ol an.•dous souls hailed with joy, God Himself enrricd out the work of the Reformation. Luther ,vns His faithful ser,·nnt, the chosen instrument in the hands of God. Luther llimsclf says: "I did nothing but teach and preach the doctrine of Christ and translate the Gospels, and then

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laid me down nnd slept nnd rose ognin. 'l'he Holy Ghost did the rest through the Gospel." Thus the wQrk wns dodo. Thus the victory was won. " e still reap its fruits and enjoy its blessings. Let us joyfully celebrate the llcformotio11 Fcsth·al, gMng thanks to God for His great goodness. It is the fcsti\1 nl of 11. 1·estorcd Go 1>el. Mny we also show our thanks .for the pure Gospel which• God hos so graciously committed to us by clevoijng our }lraycrs and our money to the support nnd to the spread of that Gospel, the sinner's only comfort in life and in death.

In God's Protecting Care. In the days of the Reformation there Ji,,ed n learned di"ine in Germany named Brcntius. His godly zeal for the pure Gospel had aroused his enemies, ,vho one day sent n bond of soldiers to seize him when they thought he would be o.ff bis guard. The soldiers entered the town, but Brentius hnd time to flee, not, bo.wever, without their seeing him. As they chased him through several streets, he was enabled to outstrip them a little. 'l'hen, turning quickly into a Jane, he found his way up a flight of stairs, at the top of which was a rickety ladder lending up to a hn.yloft. He wns soon among the bay, concealed and still. The soldiers ran hither and thither, and, on coming to the soirs, sought for him, e,•en poking up the points of tbeir bayonets through the boards of the hayloft, to sec if any one moved. Brentius kept still, only shrinking bock to escape the touch of the bayonets, till the soldiers tumed away, concluding that no one was there. So far this was n. good hiding-place; but how was he to live if he continued here? The same Lord who had guided His servant to this retreat sent him food; for every morning, during fourteen days, n. hen came to the hayloft and .laid an egg in the hay, which fumished Brenti11s with :Cood sufficient to keep him alive. After the fourteenth day the supply failed, and be was compelled to leave this shelter, and, accordingly, he cautiously descended .into the street. He found that the soldiers had just left the town, so tliat bis friends had now :C-ull time and opportunity to have him taken away safely to another place. How many " 'ays God has o.f protecting His people who trust in Him I

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of the Bible is the foe of God.

A Lutheran Martyr. ;

'l'he ,,iear of ti pnrish iu Bavaria, Leonhard Kniser, was reported to the llomish bishop as n. "heretic." He was thrown into p1·ison and not set f rec unt.il 110 hnd 1n·omiscd not to 1>reuch the evnugelicnl doctrines. In 01·der not to net against 1lis conscience be gnye u1> 11is office uucl went to Wittenberg, where he heard the 1mrc Bib]c doctrine :Crom Luther's own mouth. 'l'wo years after, J1c visited bis sick .father n.t his former home. '!'here he llimsclf fell ill, nud was betrayed by the priest of t11e pJnce to the Romish bishop. He wns ngaiu thrown into prison, nud mnny attempts were made to induce l!im to recant bis Lutheran faith. But all in \loin. "That which is founded on the Holy Scriptu!,"es I cannot and ne\'Cr "·ill recant/' he replied. After he l1nd been condemned to be burt1cd nt tbe stake, princes and nobles earnestly interccclccl for him with bis persecutors in order to sa\'C liim from the flames. But in ,•ain. On t11e 13th o.f August, 1537, he was led forth, bound with chnins, to be burned as n. "heretic." When the mn.rtyr come to the place of execution, his dignified bearing and mild countenance muclc such a deep impression upon the many people t hat had flocked together thnt at bis desire they bcgnu to sing Luther's hymn, "Come, Holy Spirit, God and Lord." During the singing of this fo.\'oritc hymn he was tied to the stoke. . To the exccu,tioner, who swore: becausc the 1-ope was entangled, ·h e said kindly, "Do not swear, dea~ brother! I s11nll not escape you, and you can do me no more hurt than Christ, my Lord, permits."· Then he pro.yed for his enemies, praying o.lso that ,be might die in o. firm Christian faith. The fagots ,were ·kindled, ~ick smoke arose, and soon the flames, like fiery serpents, twined around his body. The •people heard him distinctly prn.y with a loud voice, "Jesus, I am Thine; save me!" A few: minutes later his soul p ~ away to be with bis Lorc'.l and Savior for whose Gospel he gM•c up his ltfc. Luther concludes bis account of this noble martyr's death with the words: ·"Praise· be to God I 0 that· I may be worthy of such a confession and of such a death I What am I? What am I doing? How ashamed I am that I have not long ago suffered in like manner I Well, so be it I Thy will, 0 Lord, be done I"

The Luth~ran Pioneer. A Mighty Fortresa Ia Our Gbd.

henrt wns so lilied with the love of Christ th11t the nnme oChis Sn,·ior wns always on his lips. Neither A schoolteacher in Silesia, Germany, l1ad mnde threats nor beatings could move him to deny his it n. rule to tell t he history o! the Reformation to faith. ome heathen children of his own age perhis pupils during the weeks between October 31 and sccuted him in the .streets, his own heathen fo.ther· No,,ember 10. At the close of the last lesson, on hco.t ' him, and nt last drove him :Crom his home. No,·omber 10, Luther's birthday, he would sing with 'l'hc cMld bore it nil patiently, even joyfully, so.ythc chilclren Lu ther's hymn: "A Mighty Fortress ing that liis fa ther took nwny :Crom him but o. Is Our God." trifle compared with whnt his heavenly F11tbcr 'l'hc 10th o.f November, 1867, was n most bcnu- gn e him. ti!nl autumn cloy. 'J.'hrough the open windows of 'l'hc heathen go,·crnor soon heard of this boy, the schoolhouse sounded the notes of U1nt grand nnd had him brought before him. In order to hymn o.f trust : "A M.ighty Fortress le Our God." mo,·e the boy to deny the Chrietia.n fo.ith, he at first 'J.' hcy lmd scnrccly died away wl1cn the cJ1ildrcn . poke to him in n_friendly way. '')Iy dear child,~' said, ' ome one knocked at t he door, teacher I" he said, "l will :Corgh·e you, and your f11ther shall 'l'hc doo1· being opened, on aged mnn entered, and rccchTe you ngniu, it you be bu.t -wise and consider uncovering· his gray head, said, "l thank you :Cor what is for your best. You niny yet become you; the comfort which you bnve gh•en me by that beau- .father's heir. I t .is for you .to decide/' •The child tilul l1ymn. In nn wer to the question why this replied: " I suffer gladly. God will receive me. hymn shoulcl havq so com:£ortcd him, the old mnu r nm not sorry that ~ have been driven :Crom home. aid : ''\\ hy houlcl this hymn not hove strengthened I shall get n. ·betblr Jiomc. i>cath I do not fenr, me ? \\ ns not God to me n mighty :fortress, and :£or death leads me, to a better life." did I not often, while in prjson, fmd comlort in The go,,ernor now fried to frighten the boy by the words : 'lie h elps us :Cree from every need threats. But that nlso was in v11in. He then grew that hath u uow o'crtaken'? And He indeed proved angry and commanded the boy to be led away to my 1Iel1,cr, ancl did !rec me." the pince of execution. Secretly, however, he had F 1·om t he man's. story it appeared that he had given the command only to frighten the boy nnd to been innocently imprisoned for murder, nnd that bring him back again, for he hoped that the siglit he wn only set :free after eighteen ycnrs, when the of the fire would conquer the child's coumge. Bu.t real murderer, a wealthy landholder, bad made o. the boy was not frightened; he even looked at the conlcssion ol the crime on bis death-bed. ·Although flames cheerfully. When he was brought back, the but forty-eight years old, be had the appearance of . judge again tried to persuade him to deny the n. mn.11 o.f at least sixty, and was now left alone in Christian faith. The boy replied: "Your fire and the world. On his way :Crom prison he pnSBed the sword Jin.rm mo not. I go to o. better home. Send schoolhouse tmcl heard his belo,•cd hymn. me oil: quickly that I mo.y get there BOO~ I" Deeply moved by the story, the 80 children When those th11t were present wept for pity, ngain sang the whole J13•mn. 'l'cnrs filled the old --tho boy Sllid to them: ."You should.ra.tbe.r..l"l!j9icej man's eyes as he .again listened to the hymn which but you ki).ow _:o,ot i1tq ci~ to "°hjch I go." had so often comforted him in the dark days of God 800D granted the boy the joy for which he his imprisonment. He thanked the children, and longed. After the short pain of o. cruel death he 'tt>ld them to trust at o.ll times in God, the mighty rested with the Savior who already here on earth Helper in o.11 our ncca. took the little children up in His arms, put His bands upon them, and bleaaed them.

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Death. The •oat Important Artlale.

"Out of the mouths of babes and sucklings hast Thou ordained strength," Pa. SJ 3. Tllese words were fulfilled in a wonder.Cul way in the city of Caesaren, at tho time when the ear~y Christians were persecuted by their heathen enemies. In that cj,ty then: l~ved .a boy whose young ·

Luther said: "In my h ~ reigns, and shall e,•er reign, this one article alone - faith in my dear Lord J esua Christ, which is the beginning, middle, and end ·o f nil my religious thoughts by day and by night."

The Lutheran Pioneer. Luther In the Pulpit.

A di tinguishcd historian of our times s:iys : '·Luther mny well be called the most powcr!ul preacher si11ce the dnys o! the apostles ; for moving eloquence in the pulpit no one excelled him. Ile p05Sesscd nll the elements o:C n. true orator. A friend of his snid of him ns n prencbcr: 'His cx1>rcs ion wns gentle nnd winning. His Yoice wos so ngrcc:1bfo nnd musicnl1 his mnnner of nddrcs so cngn-

In tho year 15291 se,·ernl llOted theologians 1ueachO{l in tho presence of Lnndgro.vo Philip of Res in. When Luther's turn cnme1 every one exvcctcd tho grcnt ond learned Iloformer to prencl1 somcf'l1ing now nud subtile. But Luther simply prcnched on tho forgh•eness o! sins. When Ln.ndgru,·o Philip nskcd his counselors with which one o! the theologians they were most plenscd1 they rcJ>Jicd thnt they must confess thut Dr. Luther's sermon wos the best1 for f rom it they lcn1·ned bow bo!orc God tho Father they coulcl get :Co1·gh•oncss o.f sins through Jesus Clll'ist1 nnd1 nlso1 how they could rightly pmy nnd comfor t thomsch-c~ in nil di tressc nnd mi Ior~uncs. Luther know Irom xperiencc whn.t tho lmmnn hcnrt needs. On being n ked how it cnmc thnt h e preached so powcr!ully as to mo,•c the hcnrl's o.f his hcn1-ers so doeply1 ho rcJ>licd1 " My nfllictions bn"e instructed mo in t his." And he nlways 1>rcnchod in plain Junguuge nnd in the simplest mnnncr1 so thnt nlso the common people u11cle1·stood him und hcnrd him glndly. Ho despised the hunger !or npplouso and consiclored ambition 'tho rankest poison or the Church when it 1>ossesscs preachers. 1 Ho therefore suid: "Cursed nro oil prcnchors that in the Church nim nt high nnd loud things1 und neglecting tho saving health o! the poor1 unlc.u rned peo11lc1 seek their own hoiior nnd prnisc1 aud therewith to please. one or two ambitious persons. \\ hen. I prencl11 I sink myself deep down. I regard neither doctors nor mq.gistro.tos1 o.f whom hero in this church nbove :Corty1 but I lin"o 011 cyo·to the multitude of young pcoplo1 cbildron1 and sennnts1 of whom there ore more than two tbousnnd. I preacl1 to thesc1 directing myself to them thot have need thereof. Will the rest not boor me? The door . stnnds open to them; they may be gone. I see that tho ambition of prenchors grows and increases; this will do the utinost mischief in the Church1 and produce great disquietness and discord; for they ,vill need. teacl1 high thinga1 touching matters of state, thereby aiming o.t prnise and honor; they will please the ,vorldly wise1 and meantime neglect the simple and common multitude.11 - "An upright, godly1 and true preacher should direct his preaching to tho poor1 simple sort of people1 like a mother that stills • her child1 dandles 41nd plays with it.1'

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ging, and his speech so full of power1 that when he spoke he would send such barbed arrows into the hearts of his hearers that any man who was not a stone' and had heard him once would feel as though he wished to hear him alwnya.1 11 That which1 most of all1 made Luther sucl1 a powerful preacher whom people of all cla8SCB gladly heard1 was the fact that he preached the Word of God in all its purity. He1 like the apostles1 preached Christ and Him cruclfied1 and therefore his preaching brough~ peace and joy to thousands of souls who were thirsting after righteousness and longing

for aalvation.

The Lutheran Pioneer. Immanuel College.. 'rhe ten th term of Immnnuel College began September 6. Professors and students gathered in the College Chapel to nsk God to sustain, guide, nncl protect them also nnd again for another term to carry on His work. But while this was the purpose for their assembling, ·there was something special connected with t his year's opening. 'l'he dear renders of the P10Nmm know thllt our former President, Rel'. N. J . Bakke, 110s received and accepted n. cnll ns ~ircctor of our mission among the colored, to which office 11c now gi"es his time nnd efrorts. H is successor a t I mmanuel College ns P resident of the instit ution is the Re,•. F. Berg, formerly of Benrcls•town, Il l. P1·0I. Berg's installation took pince at our opening of the new term, and wns conducted by the 1·ctiriug Presiclent. After n hymn nnd n. r,rayer, Prof. Bakke addressed his successor bnsing his cli com-se on Acts S, 35, and• showing tbnt, ns Philip preached J esus to the Ethiopian eunuch, so must nlso he make known nnd declare J esus, so thn.t IIis kingdom mn.y come nnd His name be hnllowecl among the people among whom he is to work: fat· t, beenuse t his is the one thing needful; secouclly, because only this insures lnsting success. Hnl'ing taken the ,•ow ns President and Professor of Immanuel College, Prof. Berg was extended n hearty welcome by Prof. J.P. Schmidt in the name of t he F aculty. F ollowing the installation, Prof. Berg opened the new term wit h an address to the students, outlining their work for the coming year, and be impressed upon t hem thnt without Jesus in this work •they would not succeed, but fail;· with J esus, howc,•cr, they would be able to accomplish nll things. Accordingly, then, they must begin, continue, and finish. This address was followed by tbe rending of the heusehold rules, roll call, and announcements. As nn assistant of the Faculty for this year tbe Mission Board appointed Mr. Albert Berg, son of Prof. Berg. He has entered upon his duties. When these lines leave the press nnd enter the homes of the readers also ainong the people of our ~ission stations, Immanuel College will bnve begun the second month of the term 1911-12. Probably you, dear parents, hn,•e a boy that you could prepare for the Lord's service. You may not be able to get him ready for this year and, besides, one month of the term is past. Get him ready for the next · term at Immanuel College. Begin to prepare now I

You need n pastor, your congregation needs a past.or, - blessed are you if you now have one, - other congregations need one; they thnt still sit in error uccd one; they that still sit in darkness of spiritual ignorance need one. Help them I W.

The Rev. Prof. F. Berg, President of Immanuel College. '!'he Re,·. Prof. F . Berg, now P resident of I mmanuel 'o1lege, hos been in the ministry for thirtythree year. His .firt charge was n. colored congre-

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gntio11, which be gathered at Little Rock, Ark. There be began his work in 1878. · He left this charge, accepting a call to the congregation near Decatur, Ind. He then became pastor of the congrcgntion in Beardstown,· Ill., which he left to nocept the directorship of Immanuel College. He arri\'ed in Greensboro June 30. Since that time he has devoted himself to his new work. He wns installed at the opening of the new term, September .G. Moy tbe God of nil gmce guide and protect bim, and _endow him with wisdom •nncl' strength faithfully to perform his duties to God's glory and the upbuilding of His Church among the colored I W.

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Immanuel Conference at Meherrln, Va. Immanuel Cou:Ccrcncc J1cld its 21st session nt St. l\fatthcw's Church, l\Ichcrrin, "\Ta., August 24-:27. Professors, ministers, nnd teachers of the Colored .Mission lnboring in North Carolina. nrrh•cd on the nrtcrnoon of the 23d, nnd were met by a committee, who com•cycd them in wagons, buggies, o.ud automobiles to the clmrcl\ and :Crom thence to t11cir respectiYc quarters. On Thursday, at 10 A. M., the pnstornl conference wns held. It was opened by singing n. hymn nnd by 1naycr, n:Ctcr which Rev. J. Koiner delivered a short npp,oprintc sermon on Ps. 133, 1-4, and extended n. hearty welcome to the brethren, to which Prof. J. Ph. Schmidt responded. Therca:Ctcr Prof. l\I. Lochner proceeded to rend his paper on "Con:Cession and Absolution/' which hnd not been finii;bcd at the Inst session. This pnper was discussed nt length. '1'110 n:Ctcrnoon session was "begun with de,•otionnl exercises in connection with n short :mcl cdi:Cying sermon by Rev. F. Ford based on 2 Cor. 5, 20; after which Prof. Loclmer concluded his paper on "Confession · nnd Absolution," whicl1 · afforded comfort and instruction to the members o:f Conference. Tbe business of the pastoral con:Cercnce was concluded on Friday and Saturday one l1our before public session. A committee was appointed to confer ,vith Luther Con.fcrence, with a ,•icw of compiling a common ser,•icc, suitable :Cor all of our missions, so as to have uniformity in scr,•iccs. Another committee was nppointe$1, to provide a uniform school-book list for our North Carolina scl1ools. It was resolved to mnke THE ProNRER our l1ome paper-; nnd missionaries and tcncl1crs were urged to get subscribers o.t their plnccs, where it had hith.ert.o been distributed :Cree. Con:Cerencc also recommended the Lu.Uiora.11, Guide as a Sundayschool po.per. Thursday night Bev. J. McDn.,id, of Charlotte, N. preached the pastoral sermon on Joshua 1, 6-10. Conference proper began Friday at 10 A. 1c. The President, Bev. J . . Koiner, conducted the devotional exercises, after whi«:Jl he extended. a cordial welcome t.o the Conference in the name of St. l{atthew'i congregation. Thereafter the roll was called. Director N. J. Bakke, Profs. J. Ph. Schmidt, F. Wahlers, and H. Lochner, Revs. J. He-David. J. Koiner, J. Aiston, and F. Ford, and Teachers F. Alston and E. A. Buntrock, respondC(l to their names. Revs. H. 0. Messerli, W. H. Lash, and W. 0. Hill, Teachers E. Beed and 11. Carter, were

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absent. 011 a~ uut of the abnormal expenses there wcl'e no delegates from North Carolina. }Ir. N. H olmes represented St. Matthew's congregation. a:Ctcr the reading nnd ndo11tion of last meeting's minutes, Be,•. C. P. 'rl1ompson, of Charlotte, N. C., ancl llc,•. C. n. March, of Southern Pines, N. C., were 1·eeeh-ccl as members. Be,•. C. Lauterbach wns pre cnt in c,•c1·y session o.C Con:Ccrcnce as a guest. Election of officers now followed. llc,,. J. l\IcDavid was elected President; Rev. W. H . Lash, "\Ticc-Prcsiclcnt; Be,•. C. P. 'l'hompson, Sberctnry and T1·cnsmcl'. .Aftc1· the election o.f officcra, committees were appo.inte<l : Committee on 1nogrnui :£or next conference sessions, and one to rc,,jse the constitution. In\'itatious :Cor next con:Ccrcncc cnmc from l\Iouut Zion, at Bocks, N. C., St. Paul:s, of Charlotte, nnd Zion, ol Gold Hill; the :first was accepted. 'l'hen Pro:C. J. Pit. Schmidt began his pa1>cr on "nu cllism," wl1ich is the doctduc o.f a sect known as "Evaugclienl Alliance," founded 1 4G, whose official organ is cllllcd Tito Fi.1·0 of Zioll,, publishccl in Brooklyn, N. Y. '!'heir chief exponent is Pnsto1· C. '1'. Rus ell, formerly of Allegheny, Pa., now or Brooklyn, N. Y. He hns written sc\'cral books, or ,,·hich the "Plan ol Ages, or The }Iillenninl Dawn," is the best kno,m, ns it is disscmion.tcd :freely by the 'l'owcr Publishing Co. His sermons arc spread widely in the daily press. A few or our members, ha\'iog read bis sermons, hnd imbibed llis bc1·esics. Con:Ccrcncc wanted to rcf-111:c his false doctrine, which was ably done in the paper and in the discussions that followed. Space will not permit n. general outline. Tbis paper was concluded in the a:Ctcrnoon nncl night sessions. DMnc ser,•icc on Friday ,night was conducted by Prof. F. Wah-lcrs, who preached on John 20: 21-23, answering the question, "Why do we still hold fast to the doctrine of Absolution?" Saturday morning session was opened with devotional exercises by the chairman. The Program Committee reported, and the following program was adopted: 1. Sermon by C. R. March. 2. Paper on "Duty of l{embership Toward the Church!' 3. Sermon by Prof. M. Lochner. 4. Paper on "The Doctrine of Bo.ptism," f,y Rev. J. McDavid. 5. Confessional address by Rev. F. Ford. 6. Sermon by Prof. J. Ph. Schmidt. 7. Sermon by Director N. J. Bakke. 8. Sermon b.y Rev. W. H. Lash. After all business had been transacted, Rev. J. Alston read a very practical, timely, and interesting paper on "Homo R.eligion." He divided · bis essay into three parts: 1. What home religion is. 2. Why

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should h ome religion be carried on? 3. How it should be done. His paper was discussed at lengtl1 in the n:!tcrnoon se siou. Sunday morning Uc,•. J. Koiner delivered the coni es ·ioual address based on 1 Cor. 11, 28. 29. In the clh•inc service Rev. C. P. 'l'bom1>son preached on John 81 31. 32.· .tU tcr the sermon the members or Conlcreucc and the local commwiicnnts partook o.f the Lorcl's Suppc1·. In the afternoon ser,•ice St. fattbcw's congregation celebrated Bar,•cst Home lte t1"a1. Prof. l\[. Lochner preached a powerf ul sermon on P s. llG, 12-14. Arter the · collection 'l'cuche1· F . Alston, in the name of Im'lmmuel 1on!crcucc1 cxl:endcd cordial thanks to the kiml members o.f S·t. Matthew's congregation :£or theh- ho pitnlity. Conference adjourned sine dia by the singing of the hymn, "God be with you till we meet again." 'l'his wa indeed an instructive, profitable, and ccJifyi11g conference ::£01· lo.y members, teachers, ministc1·s and p rofessors. Director Bakke was with u I and bis advice to the ministers and teachers, ns well as his admonitions to the members in the discussions, ga,·c animation to this conference. 'l'he members o.f St. Matthew's spared no ·J>ains to mukc i t 1>lcasnut ::£or its ,,isitors. Most of them attended. all the sessions. The .members of Conference were conveyed to and :!rom sessions in vehi,, cics. During the noon intermission sumptuous lunches were sened in the school-rooms. Early :Monday morning the missionaries lclt for their respective homes. l\Iay God continue to shower His blessings on ·· \ Immanuel Conference, and ever make it 11 means for disseminating truth among our benighted brethren I CAL.

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A FRIEND OP MissioNs. -The Rev. Dr. C. F. W. Wnlther, the one hundredth anniversary of wbose birth falls on the 25th of this month, was a. . devoted friend . of missions_. Indeed, it m11y well : be said tb11t the aim of 1111 his manifold labors during his long service in the Church Wlll the spread of the pure Gospel for the salvation of souls. To this end he faithfully labored as pastor of 11 large parisli in St. Louis, as professor in · the Lutheran Seminary in th11t city, 11B·editor of church papers, as writer of many ·theological books. To this end · lie; content with a. c:omparatively small salary; let all the profits derived "from his many writings go

in to the treasury of the church, so that a well-known Presbyterian pastor in St. Louis said of him, "Dr. Walther surely docs not care for money; his only paESion seems to be the salvation of souls." .As pro:fe or in Concordia Seminary nt St. Louis l1e1 :!or Ol'Cr forty years, prepared a large number of students £or the Gospel ministry, instructing them in the pure Bible tloctrincs of the Lutheran Church, and filling them with the true missionary spirit. 'l'hus thi :£aithlul sen•ant, who was so richly bles cd or Goel, became a. blessing to many thousand souls. 'l'hc day when the 'ynodical Coo Cerence, in the year 1877, rcsoh-ed to begin mission work among t he colored people was a day o.f joy to him. On the e,•eniug of that day he snid to a former pupil of his : "I cannot tell you how glad I am that the Synodical Conference has resohred to do mission work among the negroes of our country. They ha,·e got bodily liberty, but it is much more important that they get s1>iritual liberty, liberty from the slaYery of sin nod the de,•il. This only true liberty we b~ing them in the Gospel." And cl'cr aften,•ard he pro"ed liimscU a. warm friend and earnest ad,•ocate of our Colored Mission, speaking encouraging words and gil'ing .wise co11nsel at the sessions of the Synodical Conference regarding this mission. "The mcinory of the just is blessed." liay his example be a loud call to greater zeal in our mission work ! And remembering that pious and learned. teachers nre God's gift to His Church, ma.y we give all glory to the Gh•er of all good gifts, and thank Him ,vith heart and hnncls and ,•oices for the blessings bestowed upon His Church through His blessed senant Dr. C. F. W. Walther.

A DAY OF JoY. - It was an occasion for joy and thanksgiving for our Lutheran deaf•mute congregation in :Milwaukee, Wis., when, on a recent Sunday, three blind deaf-mutes were received into the · church by confirmation, a.fter having been instructed in the Bible and Catechism with mucli patient, faithful labor by the pastor and missionary, the Rev. F. Wangerin. The church, which Wlll beautifully decorated with fiowers and plants, for the festive occasion, was filled to its utmost capacity, many friends having come to take part in the joy of the congregation and to ioin in giving thanks to the Lord for His great mercy by which He, as the Good Shepherd, leads also blind deaf-mutes into the fold of His sheep through the Gospel. May tho mercHul God continue to blC88 this miuion for · the·aalvation of many aoula I

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A. LARGE Gn 'T. - 'l'he Amel'icnu Board of Comnussioners ! 0 1· Foreign Missions recently rccci"ed 11 gi:Ct of n million dollars. 'r he money is to be used for cducntionnl work in foreign lnnds. 'l'he gi,•cr wishes to romnin unknown. As he il1trusts the e.~pcnditure oi thi~ lnrge sum to a Mission Bonrd, tho generous giYe1· no doubt recognizes thnt the only true education is religious edu ation.

OU/lo Cl/ OROlf. :A l'r0'.;r1111i for t.Jac Fcst.h·nl or Lhc Rofor-

mnlion. To oo nmdcrccl inn. Children's Scnico. Concorllin Publi hiug Uou o, t~ Loui , Mo. Price : iuglc co1>ic , 5 els.; per do7.cn, 40 cts. J>Ccinl prices in qunntilfo . A new 1>rogru111 for Lho Rcfornmtion .li' cslim l. It coufnin a goodly number of np1>roprintc hymn for singing nnd for rC!Cilnlion. 'l'he hi loricnl mntlcr )111 not been in crtcrl in the usnnl form or quc tion nnd nnswcr , but, in lend, hn been nddcd n n "Brief Sun·cy o{ Lhc Jii Lory of the Chri Unn Church, with Spccinl Reference Lo the Ucform:ilion," gh·ing n. bird' •CY ,·icw of Uic ,·nrious pc• riods of tho hurch's lli Lory. The children nrc lo be catcchi cd on t ho hi toricnl mets of the c period ns tho progmm cnll for. We consider Lho nrmngcnumt llll ex• ccllcnt one. Jf well drilled in nil il dctnils, Lhc progmm will pro,·o YCry 1n·ofilnblc nml highly interesting when publicly rendered in 1i hildrcm's Scn·icc.

Z E.:\LOOS ~II~ ION'ARIE . - l\fogwamba com·ert in Africa, reports n missionary, luwc nt all times been clrnractorizcd by n strong de ire to win their heathen neighbors ior Chri tianity. Some of them went os missionaries to tribes ncnr by, where they were welcomed by one of the chic.Cs ns follows, "Know that I nm happy to sec you, ond to }corn that you will tench my people. I .know how they Acknowledgmenta. say el"erywhere thnt missionaries are the friends, Rccch·cd for ColorctL JU1sio11a from Lho following con• the fo.thers of the blnck man." Then, calling togrcgnUons : St. 1,1ml, '.i.\rnn um, Lu., $6.00 St. J.>etcr, Dry's gether his subject~, he snid, " Listcu, my children I Schoolhou c, N . C., 3.00, St. J nmc , Southern P inc , N . C., You must lenrn f rom these missionnrfo~; nnd if 17.3-1, Bcthnny, Yonker , N. Y., 10.00, t. MnLthow, l\Ic• Jiorrin, Vn., 0.00, Dcthlchcm,.Ncw Orlcan , Lo., 3G.00, St. you arc too iclle, I , who nm older thnn any of you, John, Snlisbury, .a: • C., 2.!l0, Zion, Gold Hill, N. ., 3.00, l\Iount Zion, '.l.' 110 Rocks, N. C., 3.00, Concordin, Rockwell, will so learn ns to mnke :you nshnmed."

ANOTHER EXAMI'LE. - Another example of missionary zenl is relnted by Missionary Ravic10 thus: "In the South Seo. Isln.nds zenl for the spread of the Gospel does not decrease. The number of \'Olunteers for ,vork in Pnpua hos not fallen off, neither in Rnrotongo. nor in Samon, and now the Gilbert Islnuds· ore beginning to tnke some small shore in this common Christion enterprise. Lorge numbers of Chinese laborers have been introduced into Samon by the Germans, and the Snmonns are organizing eJforts to Christianize these in\'aders. From Samoo. contributions to the society's funds ha"e, during the post five years, gone up year by year to 11. remnrknble e."\:tent, nnd from Snmoa the society hos recently rccei"ed about $23,000 as the contribution of the churches toward general missionary work for the pnst yenr." BOOK TABLE.

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Christ, the Rock. lf,r ho1>0 i huilt on nothing less 'L'hnn .Jcs11s· l1lrlod nnd riyl1tco11s11c11s; :\I idst nil th" he ll l feel wit hin, 0 11 II is completed ,cork I lca11. On lu·i ·t, t.hu solid ltock, l st1111d, l\11 olhcr g 1·ound i inking nnd.

The Righteousness of Christ. Goel s Law rcquh·cs righteousness, perfect righteousness ; but we ore unrigllteous, wholly unrighteou~ sold under sin. Of the children o.f men it is written : "'l'hc1·c is none righteous; no, not, one." Aml, "'l'hcre is no difference, for tl1cy nll hnvc sinned, n.nd come short of the glory o.f God.') So mnn is just the re\'crse, the opposite C?'f wlmt the Law wnnts him to be. The Ln.w requires righteousness, oncl we nre unrighteous; it clemands holiness, 11ml we nrc unholy. "l'hereforc we are eomlemned h.,· the Ltiw. For it is written: "Cursed is c,•ery one that continuetli not in. all things which arc written in the boolc of the Law to do them." "The wages or sin is death." "The soul thnt sinneth, it shall die." As sure ns God is Goel, punishment must follow sin. Where, then, shall the condemned soul flee :!or reCuge :Crom the terrible curse tlmt the holy God hos laicl upon sin? 'l'he Gospel tells us of the righteousness of Obrist \\•ith which we can stand before God and be eternally savccl. What is this righteousness of Christ? It is the righteousness whicll Christ secured for us by His perfect obedience to tbe Law of Goel: !ulfilling all its demands and bearing its curse in our stcocl. As our Substitute, Christ was made muler the Law and fulfilled. for us all righteousness in His

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liCe or holinc~s. What we sinners could not do, He, l'hc Holy One, clid for us. Aud He did it all, oil that the Law clemands. He left nothing undone. His obedience was 11 perfect obedience. O.f Him the l!"nther said : ''.('his is my beloved Son in whom I nm well 1>leased." hl'ist was obedient to the Law also by bearing its curse in our stcncl. God laid upon Him the iniquit~· or u · nll, and mnclc Him wbo knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might be made the righteousness of Go"c.l in Him. "Christ hath redeemed.us from the curse of the Law, being made a curse for us," says the apostle. It is a :Cull redemption, for Christ's obedience was a ()Cr.feet obedience. He was "obedient unto death, c,•en the death of the cross." He suftercd all the punishment of our, sins, He paid the whole penalty o! our transgressions. What Christ dicl aml what Christ suffered was Ille rulfillment o.f the Lnw for us. He: the Son of .Goel, is the Lawgh•er. He is abo,·c the Law, not subject to the Law. But He ,was made uncler the f,11w for us, to meet its demands 1111d to suffer the curse ilt our stead. '.mms He, by His per.feet obec.lienco in His holy life ancl bitter sufferings, secured £or us, .for c,•cry sinner, a per.feet righteousncu, 1L righteo11sness without the leasi spot or stain, a righteousness which a,•ails in the sight of God.. '!'his rigbteousness of Christ is re,•calcd and offered to all sinners in the Gospel. It is this that makes the Gospel jo.y.ful tidings and the power of God uuto sah•ation. Hence the Apostle Paul s11ys: "I am not ashamed o.f the GCMfpel of Christ; for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one"thnt believeth. For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith, as it is written, The just shall live by faith." The righteousness of God, that is, the righteousness which avails before God,

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''( iiim))ly tumC(l tlio shiJ> o,·er to him and wu11 itc , none other tlum the perrcet righteommel/l or C'hrist @Cellrcd for nil sitmcl'tl. It ill brought 111111 obedient to l1i11 orders. [ trusted in him to bring offered to 1111 in the Go11pel to he tnk('n by faith. us snrc into the harbor." 'J'hcn the ngcd J>nstor quietly gra p d the olrl 'J'he mom('nt Hie sinner in true fai th nc'--cpts tho Uospcl nnd trusts in the rightcousn •ss or Christ. he cn.jJloin s hnnd, nnd looking tenderly into his roe~ roml'S into poSS<!ilSion o.C thi11 righteousness : ho ii; saicl. ' 'nptain, JOU arc getting on in years· you l"lothcrl in t his righteousness ns in 1t bcnnti ful, ·pot- arc nearing the hurbor· don' t you think that i t .is lCl!S dress ; nll his sins nrc c."O,·crcd nnd Iorgh·cn ; ho . time thnt JOU nllowerl tl10 Great 'Pilot to come ias n child or God, enjo)•ing oil the blc~singi. or nbonrd nncl tnkc charge?" He thou poke to him hrist"11 work !or sinnel'i!. ''Ill('s;:ctl nre th(')" whost' of man's sin uml Gocl's grace, nnd told him the wny iniquities•nrc forgh-en, nnd whoi.:e ins nro o,·crcrl. of snlmtion through fnith in Christ :Jesus, tho Blessed i11 tho mon to whom tho Lord wHl not im- •'n,·ior of 11ini1ers. pute- sin/' 80)'8 the Bible. The hclio\"er t"t"m1Un~. in ~'ho cmpfain listenecl nttentively. 'J'hc pa tor the perfect -rightcousne5S o:£ Christ, mny in his Inst pressing his hnncl, nt lnst snicl, "Trust in J esus I hour e,·cn wt>lromc rlcnth, ond mny AA.\" in tho c:011- He alone can bring you su(c into the hm·bor or litlcm.'C or n simple nncl unquestioning roith: twerln ting Jifo! .. I rnn 1111lcc•p iu .Jc;111ii' wo11111l11. '.rhcro wnR silence !or n rew moments. 'J'he <'Ill'· · · Thl're Jlllnlon for my 11im• 11hn11111ls: h1in . ·ccmetl to bo lost in deep thought. , 'oon tcnr11 cm. -Tl'1111s' -1,1001-J 11ml righll'flnsm.,.s begun to flow down the :!urrows of tho olcl weather· ~•.r jewel.uni. my glorion~ cln•,c,c, beaten !nee. IIe li:!tccl his bend, aml II ne,,· light · . \\"hurein bl'fore 11w Clod J 11tn11d •• \\"hen I shnll re.,~h the hc•1n·C!l1!r 111111I. came into his eyes ns he said, "Pnstor L sec it. 'rhe Lord ,Jcsus shnll be my Pilot. I trust in Bi 111 ith Jll>nce nnd joy I now ·ctepnrl, Gocl'it clliltl I ntn with nJI my hl,irL; !or salvntion. He will bring me safe into harbor." I thn11k thee, Death, thou lcnclCl!t me 'l'he pnstor's worcls pro,•ccl n word in ·scnson. 0

To thnt trnc lifo whl're l wonltl be. ~. cll'RnM.'tl by Christ, J four 11ot elm Lh. J.onl · Jcallll, iitrcngtlicn Thon my f11ith ! •

A wo,d In Seuon. ) n 1t JittJc cottage on Staten Island, o,·orlooking tho entrance to .itew York, there lh·cd, some yenrs 11gu, on olcl retirerl sea captain. Hundreds of times he had crossed the stormy-Atlantit' and now, in his old ogo, his delight w11s to sit on ,the hillside .nnd watch the incoming and outgoing Ycssels. He was 1L man highly cstcemoo for his noble chamcter, but, liko many others, 110 had beqn indifferent to rcligion. The aged pastor of the J>lace called to sec him one beautiful afternoon in October, · and ns they sat aml talked in the sunshine, a great occnn 11teamer c.-ame up the bay. The pastor said, "Captain, I su1>pose that you ha,·e brought your ship up that course hundreds of

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Seek the Lo1t Sheep. Wo onc.-c hcnrd a preacher tell the story o[ 1111 arti:ficinl bee thnt would buzz nnd fly arouncl. 'J'hc 111011 who made it plncecl it on a table bcsiclo a renl bee and then challenged any one in a Iorgo co111pony o-f people to tell the diJforencc. A man sccurorl 11 drop o! honey, nnd placed it upon ·the tnble. 'J'hc real hoc went directly for the honey, while the nrt.i• ficial bee rontinnecl to bu,.z ancl fly around. •So, Mirl the preacher, there arc those -who JJrnfess to Jo,•e God buzzing 1tro1!nd in what they c:1111 clmrc11 activities "emnbarccl with niueh ' scrvin~. ' but who will not feed IIis sl1eep. '.rhey )lrofcss t.o be Christinns; but they do not carc·mueh for mission work by which ·the lost sheep nrc sought anc.l brought to the fold. A real child of God goos niter the lost sheep. He is a follower of Him who c11.me to seek and to sa,•e that which is lost; and who said, "l[y meat is to do the, will of Him that BCnt me, and to .finish His work!'

"'l'HANXSOIVINO makes our prayers bold and strong and sweet; feeds and -enkindleat them as with coals of fire/' - .Ltdher.

The Lutheran Pioneer. Thanksgiving Day. We llmnk Thee, r.ord, for s vrin~•is ~Ind houl'>'. ~•or 1m111111cr'11 suns hine, birds, 1111d llnw'r11. l•'ull lmr,· • l ~, nnd good choor, l•'ur 1111l 1111111'11 rninbow lini.'15 nnd gluw. 1-'or wi nt ca•'is m~.n tlc while or s now • •· l•'or lilc11singo1 through Lho ycnr!

Fm· food. und r11i11wnt, 11ml incrL•n l' l111r,•o,;t plPnL~•. 1111<1 for lJCIIC('. • l•'or 111<>11 lll'l' joy, 11ml g rief, Jror toil nml J)ain, ro,· l.'ll l'\l llllll Jo,;;11. ltoa· loop, for istnmgth l o honr li ic'11 cro.·,;, 1•'01· kind nml g lud 1-cliof ·

l •'or Liberty nnd l•'nLhcrland, 1-'or n unilctl hou. chold b:md, l!'or nil our needs upplied 0 C0<l, our Pnthor, we l.o-dny G h ·c t.hnnks for nil, and now we 11ruy With u,J lo still nhill •!

" Ah, dear friend, I sometimes say within my _soul, 'Lord, I will count 'rhy benefits!' Soon [ fincl Ill)' heart sighing, not with sorrow, but burdene<l w_ith blci;~ing··• o,·crwhclmcd with the Lord•~ lo\'ingknulne s. ADll then I say to myself, 'T hncl no iclca lhnt there were so mony I'" ('ou nt l'.Oi1r mercies 1. You will then· soy with Lhc Psnhl}jst: " J3Jcssecl be the Lord. ~,•ho claih· loucleth us with benefits, c,·cn the Goel ol o~,r snin1tion." I 'l'hink, aml then. tl1ank ! Especially at the th11nk g h'ing season. Bµt_tha~k not only with ~·our lips. '!'hank God with yqur heart. '!'hen you~ thnuksgh-ing will become prnct!cal. • You will )'our t hnnk:fulnc by thank-offerings. . 'Wh,nt shnll we render unto the Lord !or all His b~ncfits towards us?" Well, !or one thing, be more Inithful, and eonstnut, and earnest in helping to cxtcncl Ch~ist•s kingdom upon earth for the sah•ation or sinners. Remembering the many spiritual blessings with which God i~ His grace has blessccl them, Chris~ions should in gratitude bring \hese Gospel blcssiugs to t11ose ,yho are still with~,t Ood uml without, hope in the wor!d~ "Misaion gifts !or the snh-ation of otl1cl'S ~re the best thank-offctrings o[ snYed souls." " BIC!!S the Lord, 0 my soul, and forget not all 1-1 is benefits; who forgiveth all -thy foiquities; who hcnleth ull thy diseases;. who ~l>emeth th,· life i'rom destruction; who crowncth tl{ee ,vith 1~,·in~ kindness a11d tend~r IDl;JiCiea," Ps. 103, \=:-.l.. ·· ..

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Thanksgiving. r,uthcr writes: "E,•en t he heathen have snid ingratitude was the great.est vice. Nevertheless, we fiml thnt this is t he most common sin." It has nlwnys been so, and it is so still. Seed time and hnr,·e t, summer and winter, night nnd dny, come 111u.l gu, bu t there is little giving o.f thanks. Men lie clo,,•n on comfortable beds nnd sleep; they rise up in the morning refreshed; they have been kept iu 1mCcty by night, and they are supplied with food b)' clay, but there is little thnnksgh·ing. Even prof t.'Sijed. Ohristions sometimes sit clown and cat their foocl like unthinking animals, without a worcl o:r thnuksgiving to God, the Gh1er of all good gifts. ifen rccei\'e fa\'Ol'S fron\ God every hour in e,•ery clay or c,·ery year, and yet, how ·few give thanks ! We·cnnnot doubt that God wants to be tb11nkecl. 'l'he Psolme ore full o:l thnuksgh·ing. Again and ag,1in we are told to "give thanks unto the Lord, ror He is good, :for His mercy endureth forever." 'L'hink o! the many mercies or God wJ1ich you ·daily rccei \'e: think, and thank ! Count the many bl.,_ ings and many benefits which you daily enjoy, nncl gh•c thanks to Him :from whom all blessings ilow. Said a Christian writer: "One winter c,•ening I hurried honie leading my little daughter by the lumcl. Aa we walked · 011, she saicl, 'Father, I ,viii count the stare.' "'All right, ·begin,' I repli~. "A:Cter a while !'"heard her count: 'Two hundred and twenty-four.' 'Oh/ she then Cl'ied out, ·'I luid no idea that there were ao many I' . •

A, Ml11lop Gift from."Afilai. 'J'he late Bishop Whipple; of Minnesota, well known for hie miuion labors among the Indiana or the West, related tlint Oil' the day of hie ordination a ,·erierable pastor laid his band 0!1 hie bead, aay,ing, "1\Iy dear brother, do not forget the wandei:ing re<l men, whom Jesus Christ wants us to bring home!" On the same duy, anid Bishop Whipple, Missioiia.r y Hoffmann, who had just retumed fro,~1~\V~t ~frica; bancle<l him $75.00, saying, ''When r took lea,•e 'of our African Qhriatiana, tJtey handQ<l iiie:·thiss ium with the ~natruction to give it for any·h~~erf people in America among whqDJ,, miaaion wQrk is to · bi, done!' .• .: · · : • m~net was the ·a.~t' gift ,B!ahop ,VJ,ipple i:eceive<l' for ht& IndillDL An4 that mU1Bion gift came from colored Christiana in West Africa-'

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New 'l'estnment and woa instructecl in the tenets of hristinnity. The intproJSious which he thus rct.-ch-cc.1 were so strong that be would have n-:kcd for "bnptism i( he had been independent of his ret1ti\" . 'J'hcsc, nnd later his brother nnd sist-er, nl ·o died from tbc plnguc, nncl R.nben lc!t Bomboy to maku a lh-ing. ·He li\•ctl in Agro, Delhi, Allahabnd, and othel' lnrgc cities or Northern [nclia, unt il Jinnlly. he <.'amc to Bnngulorc. 'l'here he became n snni tnry inspector or the city go,·crmnent, with n good 1:111l11ry, some years before he cnmc to the missionary. 'l'hc oltl impr ~ ions, gained in the English mi iomu·.,· ~ hools yc1us bcCorc that time, cnmc back in lfangnlore, nnd the clcsirc to be baptized became c1uitc strong. nuhcn acknowledged ·frankly thut he bulicrcd in the Lord Jesus Christ. He wns soon instructed b_,, the missionary in the Word of God more pcr[cetly, nml prepared :!or baptism. He is now n. member of the Lutheran church at Bangalore. 'J'his story is not only an encoumgemcnt to mis- · sionarics, but nlso shows the value of early impre~- • sions, nncl cmlorses tho words of tho sncrccl writer: "Cast thy brctul upon tho waters; for thou halt find it after many days.''

~muc heathen in Asia urc saicl to prn~· by machinery, in order to r~pent their prn ·ers to their fnlse gods muC'h ortcncr thnn con be done by speaking. 'l'hcy hn,·o n round hollow box, or dnun, iu11ido of which nre rollecl up long pieces of paper or silk, joinc~l together, sometiines so,·crnl hundred Icet long. Un the paper 01· silk :t prnyor i~ wl'ittcn o,·cr nncl m·cr ngnin, pcrhn11s ns 1111111~· n 11 thousnml times. When the box is turned, the pnpcr prnyers nrc mo,·ccl about, whic:h, they su~·, pleases their 1:.,rods. Tims these p~or heathen mnkc pmycr by tl1c wholC&tlc, for the~· suJi]>Osc c,·cry time the box moYcs rouncl so man~· pm~·crs nrc offcrctl ns nrc written or printed inside. 'rhc~· nlso hnYc prayer-wheels, fitted on n handle, whi<.'h n person cnn easily hold ns he wnlks nbout. B~• turning their prnyer-whecls, the written or prinfod prn~·ers nrc supposed to be repented. Some, l-Specinll~· the poor, ha,·c pnper-flngs, printed oYer with 1>m~·crs, nml fastened to o. pQ]e. 'l'hc poor people bclie,·c thot c,·ery time these pnper-flngs flutter in tl1c wind all the pmyers on them arc repented. How sad is the lot of these heathen worshipers who know not the true God nnd the way to Him l A ••eSBed Death. Our pity for them should mo,·c us to pray more rcn,entl~·, nnd labor more diligently for the spread: A Lutheran postor, who some years ogo cr,·ed ing of God's Worcl, in which "the only true nnd lh·ing . our mission nrnong the Indians in Wisconsin, ,·isited Ootl is rc,·calcd, to whom we offer our prayers in the o. • :.ick Jndinn girl who belonged to his mission name of our Lord• Jesus Obrist. 'l'hrough ~His clmrel1. Shortly before her death she exclaimed: blood ancl righteousness alone sinners can l1opc :for "Abraham believed in the Lorcl, and his .faith was co1mted unto him for righteousness, '.rbis wortl is ncceptnncc. for me also; unto me, too, my faith is counted :for righteousness, nml I slmll be saved eternally, not by A · Stol"y Worth ·Repeatlifg. what I have done, - I have done nothing, - nor Under th.is heading Tiu: Recorder brings the · because I lo,·c Jesus, but because He lo,,es ·.-ie nnd has diecl for me. 0 bow glad I nm thnt I cnn go !ollowing: . Tn 1908, a nath•e e,·angelist in Bangalore, ln- to Him!" <lia, spoke to a Lutheran missionary of a Jew, a Who dicth thus dies well ! )Jr., Ruben, in a native- Christian home, who seemecl rai~·oi;'libly dis~ to Christianity, and. was o. reacler To-morrow·• lurdens. of tho New Testament. 'l'he Be,•. Mr. Knbis, the missi~nary, soon met this Mr. Ruben, wbo tolcl him 'fa-morrow's b11rdens I· That is what is troubling so many - to-morrow's difficulties, · to-morrow's . ~ho following story: His fatherj Ezekiel, a pious Jew and dealer in troubles, to-morrow's burdens. It is best to· nvoid precious stones, had moved from Bagdad to Bombay, worry and anxious care by lea.ving to-morrow with wkere he died while hia son Ruben ,ras quite·small. God. Reminding God's children 0£ their heavenly An uncle, who was a rab"bi in Bombay, had taken Father's lo,•e and care, Obrist says: "Take there~ of the boy and given him a Jewish education. fore no thought for the morrow; for the morrow ~teT, .however, the boy went to an English mis. shall take thought for the things of it.self. S1dfiiioDf.l"Y school, where he became acquainted with the cient unto the day ia the evil thereof,".Matt. G, 34-.

The Lutheran Pioneer. Immanuel Lutheran School. \\ ith the opening of the new school-year, I mmtmuel , chool mo,·ed into i ts n ew qun1·tcrs the beautifltl builtlfoa e1·ected by the children of the , a· o Syno 1cnl Conf ca·encu. · 'J'hc build ing, a onc-stoa·y st1·ucture, is of a·ecl bric:k. It ltm; th1·ce cl11ss-room , separated by u hulJ which is entered by two side en t1·ances. ln front, below the ·gable, is o.· memorial tablet with the illscriptiou : ''~~rectccl b,· the hild ren of E\'. L uth. , 'ynoclicul 'on!crence.~• 'l'he corner-st-one benrs the wonls : ' Immanuel Lu tho1·an School, 1911." A· you enter the hnll 1,y tl1e entmnce to be se:m on the J>icL~n:e, you will sec o. clriuking :foun tain in one 01·nc1·. 'l'he door Lo the 1·ight of you takes you into the :fron t class-1:oom, which is occupied by '!'cacher Ileid's class. Opening the door to your Jcft you "'ill enter 'l'eaeher Cm·ter's cla -1-oom, t he picture of which you also have before you. Adjoining this r oom is the class-room of l\Ii s Brown . 1t is not neeessa1·y to 1n·escnt a pictm·e of e,·ery cl11ss-1·oom, ns all of t hem are of equal size, namely, 2.,J,X32 :Ccet, and nil fo rnished alike with seats for 56 cliild rcn. 'l 'he many windows, all on one side or the cluss-1·ooms, ndnlit splendid ligh t for study, and three walls o.C each room are .rumisl1ed with blackbo:uds. I n the wiclc SJ>ace between the teacl1er's cle k nml th e first 1·ow of pupils scats the ch ildren can line up .Cor 1·ecitations. Adjoining every room i: a spacious cloak-room, which is entered bj•, a door Crom t he 1·espcctive class-rooms. In the basement, under the two rear class-rooms, arc the toilet 1-ooms, aml 11 large space whicl1 may be used os ploygrouuds in bad weather.

Immuuel Luthern BchDDl 111.

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,Clau-B.oom in Immanuel Luthll'&D School.

'l'hc dellication pro1>er of this building has not yet taken place. Re,,. N. J. Bakke was asked to dclh•er t he aclcl rcss, ·but as other cluties prevented him from coming, it was decided to wait until the promisccl "isitor o.f the honorable Mission Board would be here to address us on that occasion. God willing, we hope to dedicate the new school on th~ first Sumlny in November. · Our hearts a1:e filled with gratitude to tho chilclrcu of the Synodical Conference for having giv~ us such n beautiful and well-equipped· building.. 'May the Lord ever bless teachers and pupils o[ I mmanuel Lutheran School! ~[. L.

Letter from New Orleans. D a~.\H ProNmm : . l'lo, ho I ,·nc:i.tion •~ys nrc o'er; \\'t>' II co tho poncl nnd pool no more.

No more ·swimming nor fishing for a. while, boys ! l'o use crying, sonny! You',•e got to go to school once, so you mo.y as well fall in line. And, of course, Buddy and Alee, and Liza and Hannah did go. That's some time ago - when you read this. E,·ery wheel in the school-mal'hinery has been a.whirring and a.humming since September 11. The enrollment, as you are reading this, is acreeping up to the danger-line; i. c., the Lord is filling the schools to overflowing. Now, friends, compare the lines of discipline in tbe public and in the parochial school. See what a. ditierencc ! Public schools are absolutely necessary to-day, but they do not reach the ideal of the Christian parent. The standards of believer and

!:rhe Lu'theran Pioneer.

unbelieYer llC\"Cr. will COn\'Crgc toward R common goal; the object.a to be nttnincd enuse them to dh·erge. 'rhe Christian's nim is hcaYcn, thnt of the unhelic,·er is confined to this side or the grave : lusts of the eyes, lusts or the flesh. 'J'he s1>irit that imbues am<l impels the pupils hns each a tlifterent trend in the t wo systems. 'l'he Bible is the sole guide in the l)nrochinl school ; worldly " 'isdom gui.des the public school. l\Inny c.,:cellent scholars lm,·e issued :Crom public wchools; who but knows, howc,•er, thnt a mother·s Bible dill shape and mol<l e,•en in these cnses to a g.rcnter or lesser extent. Parents, Uncle Bob knows both systems 1>retty well, and lie says, Only the best is good enough for our cl1ildren .i send your children t.o our mission or parocl1ial schools I TJ1ere they will be brought to the Good Shepherd. Preparatory to opening school, Bethlehem and .Mount Zion were treated to school-sermons by Be,,. Kramer. Ah! what teacher does not welcome a school-sermon? How refreshing to the teacher's heart arc the words of the past.or ! This special senice was bill-posted on church and school, so that many could kno,v of it. Circulars were also distributed through the pupils. In Bethlel1em, tl1e attendance at the special ser,•ice was fine. Mount Zion could have seated more. In the sermon the past.or elnborate,1 on the subject: "One thing is needful." We Lutherans admit that the public school is a necessity, but its aim nncl scope are confined t.o ~is world alone. A s nc.>ceSSary as it is to prepare for tl1e battle of lire on this side of the gra,•e, ·so much more tl1ere is need of the one thing nectUul, and tl1at is to prepare for hea,·en. 'rhat is the main aim and scope in our mission schools. So far as secular branches are concernecl, our mission schools will yielcl the palm t.o no other schools. · Pupils . who ottencl regularly throughoi1t the six grades ea,ily hold their own in higher in11tituti.ons. Boys and girls, to have prnyecl well is t.o Juwc studied well. Uxc1.R Bo».

lllulon

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at •ount Pleuant, R.

Harvest Home and Mission Festival was held in :Mount Cah•ary's congregation, at Mount Pleasant, N. C., on .the first Sunday in Oct.ober. In ap1te of the fact .tl}at in the morning the weather looked unfavorable, a- lai:go number gathered from

!nr uucl ncnr, as usual, to join the members or l\Iount Cnl\'ttry in gh•ing thanks to God for the blessings o:C the past ycnl', und t.o be reminded ngniu or one or the most important duties of the church - that o.f mis ion. J>rof. i\(. Lochner, o.f I mmanuel ollege, preached n lmn ·c ·t sermon in the morning Irom P~. J 16, 12-1'1•. l n the nrternoon he 1>renchcd al mis ion sermon, busing his 1·emarks on Gui. 6, 10. t night the Uc,,. ll. Forcl, or Gold R ill, N. C., preached on 1 John 1 7. During these services our little chnpcl wns tuxecl to its utmo t cnpncity. At noon a luncheon was serrcd in the choolroom, to t hose t huL came from n lli~tnnce by the laclics oI t he congrega.tion. :i.\! ny our kind Hen,·eiily Father continue t.o blcs~ us with H is Word, and may our belo,•ed missionnricR and membc.:S in the South work hnnd in hnnd iu this grent work !or the sah•ntion of souls ! J. A1.s1·0~.

Items from Greensboro, N.

On September 14, it plensecl Almighty God to take to Himsel.f ~ary E\'elyn, infant daughter or i\Ir. nnd Mrs. l {. N. Carter. 'l'he child, wl1ich wm; born July 1, 1910, hncl been suffering oll summm· with teetl1ing and summer complaint. 'he wns burie(l on September i5. Prof . F. Berg conducted the foncml scn •iec in the house, where he &llrlrcs eel the mourners with words bosecl on Jer. 31, 3, ns well as ut the grnl'e. May God rom:Cort the pnrents with the knowledge of His will and heal the wounds which H e has infUcterl ! Prof. F. Wahlers was. called 11s past.or nC Concorditl congregotion, Cono,•er, N. C. Immanuel Co1lcgc rcjoice<l t.o hear that he lms declinerl the coll ext.cmled him und will continue his fnithful services at the' college. M. L.

An Old Putor'a B:r:perlenoe. When, in the year 1764, the city of Koenigsberg wos laid woste by a big :fire, the aged past.o~ Jester lost, in a few hours, all he had. His church, his dwelling, his choice library, and all his l1ousehold goods were consumed by the flames. One of hia grandsons carried the past.or, 86 years old, out of the burning parsonage. Shortly after, a. country parson paid a. viait of condolence, and expressed his pity for the poor old past.or. But the post.or re-

.,I 'he Lutheran Pioneer. . plied, "I om just studying tho 91st l>snlm. I huvo cxpcricncocl the truth or oil thnt is snid in thnt Psnlm. I luwo lh·cd in times of pestilence, uml Clod hm~ kept 1110 in His secret pince. I hnvo seen war. nnd H e Jw covered me with His leathers. I tinmc into danger or fire, and God gtwe His nngcls churge to bent· mo up in t heir huncl . Goll has ct mo on high, 11ml ha ntisfied me with long li!o. • Now the Jost onl y is left : 'I will show Him uw 1saln1t ion' ( ,·. lli) Am] thnL nl ·o He will ,to.'' • 0

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"Himself! Wlmt folly! llas Goel spoken lo sou? \\ hnt proofs o[ it hove ,.rou :"1• " , 'ir," snic1 tho fruit-dealer, "pro,•e lo me th11t Lhe sun is there obo,·e our heads.'' ' Jt lights ond worms us, is the proof," said the priest. " Ah!' rricd the wom,111 triumphantly, "that is the proo[ thnt this Bible is the Word of God. · It light uncl wnrms 11\.,· soul." 'J'he pri t could sns no more; he went 1Lway . all'•r,,·. - II'. 'J.'.

A Dull Boy's Smart Answer.

.U Lhc clo ·c of nn cxnminntion the f-cncher n keel 11 1: E.\ 111so R-1:· ln:o 1x CAoAnnus Co., X. C. the boys of the highest elm; whnt they wanted to he. L\11 kinch1 or plnns [or the !nturc were Te,·cnle:l - lh1r two years tho little Immanuel Luthonm by the nnswcr,, gh·en. One boy 11aicl with n. bc1t111- ('hnpel in 'nbnrrus Co., N. C., was abandoned. ing Ince, [ will be· 11 soldier.:' Another said in n Member,, mo,·ocl to other ports, with tho exception rnthc1· lmmhle monnor, "l shoulcl like to be n con- or about ten souls. On September 10, 1911, tho fectioner." 1\nother wanted · to l>o 11. •.fnrmor, like rloors of the chnpol were qgnin opened for sor,·ico. his Cather ; another wanted to be n tailor; another Since then preaching is hold twice a month. 'l'ho a shoomnkor, and so on. At Jost 'tho teacher smil- members toke delight in attending those services, ingly nskccl n boy whoso bocly and ntlncl wore not often, bringing :f'rionds along. Five children and well clo,•elopocl, and who was considered n dull boy, one adult hn,·o been nclclc:1 to our number by con"Well. Henry how is it ,vith you? What do ~·ou firmn\ion. On September 24, Harvest Homo nn.tl want to be?" Hositntingly tho poor boy ot last :Uission l!~esth"Ol was hold by tl~e pastor. l[a'ny · gathered from Rocks, Miller's Station, Bock-well, saicl, "[ want to be n. blessing." All tho pn]>ils laughed, for tho answer seemed nnd }fount Plonsnnt. The little cl1apel ,vns filled nt to them very stupid nncl foolish. But tho teacher both morning and afternoon services. Tho collecin n friendly way, lnicl his haml on the boy's hcncl tion showed an increase o,•or Inst year's. :Mny our kiml Hcn.vonly Father coptinuc to nucl snill, "Thnt is right, my hoy. ·You have to-clay bless us with the Brend of Life. gh•OJt mo the best answer. Goel grant you the .EulJ. i\LSTON, Pa,lor.. fillmol'lt of your desire I" 'l'hc boy. whose mind wo.rkccl rothor slowl~•, haul G1toWTH, - Writing or tile growth of tho ,·ariKtill ' been occupied with tho Bible story which had ous denominations, n New York correspondent of a been treated in the religion losson at the beginning Philadel]>hia paper says: "The growth of the Luof that dny aml in which Goel snicl to Abrnlmm: "I will bloss thee, nncl thou shalt be n blessing," thenm Church in the! last ten years in Ne"· York hns been phenomenal. Iii 1901, there "·ere, in the Oen. 12, 2. fh·e boroughs, seventy-two Lutheran churches. Now the!'8 arc 142. In the lll8t fifty years, in Manhattan · A Good Pl'Oof. alone, tl1o"Jlumber hu increased by fifty. Lutheran .A fruit-seller of n Romish city is said to ha,•o membership in New York City now numbers 55,000• rccoh•0<l and roncl tho \Vorel of Goel with joy. A In the whole country there nrc 2,000,000 mombors Romish priest p~~lng by her shop, ,vhcre she im- of that church." proved every leisure moment in studying the Roly PAR001nAL SoHOOLS, -Tho .Rev. E. P. Man-in, Book, naked, n Preabyteria,i paitor in New York State, recently "What arc you reading?" wrote that all churchea ought t.o have parochial "It is the Word of God, air,'' ~as the reply. schools, so that their children may have religious "Word of God I \Vho t.old you so?" instruction Ohriatian training in . CODJlectiOD "God Himself," said the woman.

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The Lutheran .Pionear-u

with their whole course o:C learning. ":More :md more of Olli" stntes,mcn,, he says, " tire seeing and asserting that a religious belief is the only solid bnsis of morality and righteousness, and thnt mere secnlnr learning has no tendency to make men moral 11ml good. It may make more skillful J.."llnYes nncl dangerous neighbors. But our country, bei.ng a secular and not a Christian state, embracing freely all religious bodies, cmmot use the Bible in its 1>ubJic schools. Why, then, should not we all have 1>arish schools?"' Yes, why not? And why cloes the pastor's congregation not open such a scl1ool ? Some one has said, "The way to do a thing is to do it." Nsw LABORERS. .....:. Fh•e new laborers were 1·eccntly commissioned to labor in the Foreign l\fission field of the General Council. Four will labor in Indin, and one in Japan.

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. An cxc:?lhmt new hrisf.mns tlrogrnm with n1>proprinf.c hymns, and qn Lions uml nn wcrs on the S:n•ior's birth, t.rcati:ig to n, huger cxll'nt than ii. 11 unll)• the case or the work or rt!rlemptinn ncoording to Lhc Sccoml ArLiclc or the C:1·cl.'cl. .Acknowledgment■•

nccch-cd for Oolm·c,t .llissio11s from Lhe Collowin{t._con• grcgut:ion : Holy '.l'rinity, Springllcld, )II., $i.<18, JSethlchcm, New Orlcami, l,n., :15.00, St. James, Southern l,incs, C., 5.00, Mount Zion. New Orleans, I.a., 15.00, St. 1>n11l, Gn·1NG THE TENTH oi:o Go». - Uight over the N. New Orleans, La.. ao.oo. ,'tntion nt Nnpolcon,•illc, 1.u., equator, says an exchange, there is a little Protes- 23.40, t. l>nul, Oluu·loLtc, N . C., i .50, Mount Zion. l\lcycrs• tant church of 200 members just dug out of heathen- ,·me, N. C., 2.50, Bethel. Orec1l\'illc, N. C., G.00, , t.. John, Snlisbnry, N. C•• 17 .2 1, St. Pnul, l\Innsurn, La., 5.00, l3cth• ism clurfng the last ten years. Every member o·f nny, Yonkc1·s, N. Y., 10.00. Tmmnnucl, Rcimcrslown. N. C.. tbc 200 is n tither, that is, one that gh•es the tenth . 8.00, St. l'otc1·, Dry's Schoolhonsc, N. C., !l.00, St. Mnt.thcw, Mcl1cni11, Vn., JO.Ori, Zion, Gold R ill, N. C., :J.00, to· Goel. '!'heir money is in-the form of a bent 001>- Concordin., Rockwell, N. C., 2.50, Mount Zion, Rocks, N. ., per wire resembling a large hairpin. This money . 23.00, Grace, St. J.ouis, Mo., 6.00. Pola,Z: $226.23. St. Louis, '..\Io., October 16, JO]]. . comes in bunches of ten, and out of e,•ery bunch the H. J,. DoEDEBLEIN, 2'rcus. 848 E. Prairie A,•c. native Christian takes out one and brings it into the treasury of the Lorcl. If he goes :fishing and hns a -Evangelical Lutheran Colored Churches. good catch, before he reaches home he takes one out Nl~W ORLEANS, I.A.. of e,•ery ten fish to the ,,ilJage Ji1arkct and sells it 81. / ',,ul'a C:lwpcl, Hi~ii Annette :St., -neur N. Chiiborno St..; l•:tl. Schmidt, l'nslor. to swell his lo,;e-offering to Christ. Not only one l)h·hn• Scn·ioos: Sunclny, 11 A. lt. nncl 7.30 1.•. ir.; \\"c:dnl.!1111:,y, i .:iO 1•. i1. penny in ten ancl one fish in ten does he pay, but ,Jfo1111I Z iu11 Glnm:I,, 1-"nrnklin nncl Tlmlia. St11. one member in ten is gh•en to the Christianizing Uh·im• St:r,·il"Uli: Sundny, 11 A. at. nnd 7.30 P. ll.; l'h11ro1,lnr, i.:IO a•. :r.1. • o.f neighboring tribes. Betl,lel,c111 °fJl,u111'I, Wn1.il1i111,rton .A,-c. ancl Drynclc1 St.; U. M. I\ r1111m1·, rnslor. l)h-inl' Sc•r,·il'l'M: ij1111dny, 11 A.H. n.nd 7.30 P. 1r.; Do11E AND TH'E BIBLE. -Dr. Ed\\•ard B. 'J'. l'lmr11dny, i.:10 1•. 11. Sundny Scboul: Sundn.y, 10 A. 11. Spencer has stated in a public address that he reSPIU.SGFIEJ.D, ILL. c..-cntly ask¢ a \Veil-informed gentleman resident nt /lulu 1'rillily Clum:/,. Dh·inu Scr,·iL'UI : Sunday, 10.30 A. ir. and 8 P. u. Rome how many privately owned copies of the Bible there probably were among the half mmion inhabitTEB]l[S: ants of Italy's capital city - so long under the inTue: l.t:TIIEB,\:'f PtoSEKR 11 publfahcd mont.hly, paya'ble fluence of the Vatican and the popes. 'l'he gentle- ill 11dc:m1ce 11t lhc following mtea, postage included, to-wit: I Cu11~• ••••••.•••••.•.•••••• $ .25 man. answered that he supposed there were about IO Copies . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . • • • . 2.00 :!5 C'n1,le11 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Ii.OD forty. Another resident of age •and experience soid • liO Cnpie11 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 9.00 that ~ong all his acquaintances he did not know Club n1Ll'8 only nllowccl If all copiee are to he scnt to of a family or an individual that o,vned a Bible. onu nclcln._11.- ln St. Lll11i1 by mull or carrier, 35 ccnta. All buo1lncu com1111111lcatlon1 to ba nddl'C!IJIICCI to Co~• Dr. Spencer further declared that within a year an con111A PunL1s11uco Hou1u;, Jeael'IIOn A,'e. and Mia.ml St., . Italian priest said t.o a Methodist colporteur, "Go St. l..oula, Alo. All communic:ationa concerning t.l1e edltorla.1 departon with your Bible-selling, and we wiH go on witl1 ment to be addreaecl to Prof. R. A. B1110i1on, Conover, Catawba Co., N. C. our Bible-burning."

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R. A. B ISCH OFF, En1Toic. Entered ni tho Post Onteo nt t. Louis, Mo., ns 1ccoml-clnss mnttcr.

Vol. XX.XIII.

ST. LOUIS, M.O., DECEUBElt, 19ll. Christmas Hymn.

No. 12.

A Blessed Christmas.

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lm ppy Chri11Lmn com• once more, Hc:l\'enly Gul' L is nt t ho <loor hlc sctl wonls I.ho s hophortls t hrill, joyuus tidings: P ence, good will!

'l'o Dn,·itl's city let us fly, Wh ro angels ing bcncnl.h t ho sky ; "rhroug h plain nml ,,ilJagc 11rc ing ncnr, A111l 11~w11 from Goel with shr.phor1ls hcnr.

Oh, let II go wit h c1uict. mind, 'l'ho gc:nt lo Balbc wit h shophcrcls flncl, 'l'o •!117.0 on H im who glndclcns t hem, Tho lo,·elieitl. flow<'r or J esse's stem. 'l 'he lowly Sm·ior meekly lies, Lnitl olT I.he s1>lcndor o[ t he skies; No crown bedecks, Ftis forchcntl fnir, No 1>enrl, nor brcm, nor silk is t here. No hnmnn glory, migh t, nnd gold The lo,·cly Jnfnnt.'s form enfold; '!'Im mnn:,rcr nml Lhe wml,llinb'S poor A re His whom n n;.rcls' song11 ntlorc. Oh, wake our l1Cmrls, in glndncss sing, And keep our Christmns with our King, Till lh·ing song, from lo,·ing sonl11, Liko sound of mighty wntcrs rolls. O Jloly Child, '!'by monger Till enrth nml he,wen glow Till midnigl1t noon's brond Aml Jncob's Sl:nr outshines

strc111n11 with its beams, light hns won, the sun.

'.L'hou put rinrchs' joy, Thou pro1,hcts1 song, Thou he!n.,·only D1iy-11pring, looked for long, Thou Son of Mnn, Jncnrnn.te Word, Groot Dn.,•id's Son, Grcnt D,witl's Lordi Como, JeaWI, glorious 11~,·cmly Gucst, Keep Tbino own Christmas in our brcnstl Then Dn.vid's lmrp-atrings, hual1cd so long, Bhn.11 swell our jubilee of 110llg. · Dr. O. P. Kraul11.

We wish nll our renders a blessed Christmas. 'l'hat is far more than what is generally called a merry Christmas. 'rhe shepherds, to whom the first _Christmas message was brought by an angel in the night when Christ was born, had a blessed Christmas. 'rhey beard the good tidings of great joy: "Unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, ,which is Christ the Lord." And they not only heard the tidings, but they also believed them. They did not doubt that the angel was God's messenger, nnd thnt his message was God's own message to them. Therefore, wl1en the heavenly messenger and the other angels were gone away from them . into heaven, the shepherds said one to another, "Let us now go e,•en unto Bethlehem, and see this tWng wllich is come to pass, which the Lord hath made known unto tis." 'l'he angel's word was to them God's worcl by which He, the Lord Himself, made known to them their Savior's birth. And they did not want to go to Bethlehem to see whether the thing was true or not. No. .They were sure that it. bad come to p1188. They said, "Let us go to Bethlehem and see the thing which is come to pass." In trusting faith and simple obedience to the Lord's word they went to the city and there found the Babe wrapped in s,vaddling clothes, lying in a manger, as they had been told. That Child, born in great poverty, was to them the Savior, Christ the Lord - God manifest in the :ftesh. They accepted mm as their So.vior, and their hearts were filled with the joy of faith. This moved them to make known abroo.d the glad tidings of the Savior's birth, that others might share their joy and join them in glorifying and praising God. Tlieira wu indeed a blessed Christmu.

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The Lutheran Pioneer.

In the Gospel the wonderful nnd joyful Christmas tidings o:C the Sa\"ior s birth still come to us; for these tidings nre "unto nll people/' ns surely ns the Sn,•ior whose birth they mnke }mown is the Sa,ior, not of a select few only but of nll men, God's girt of love to the whole wodd of sinners, that whosoe,,el' belie¥eth in Rim shoulcl not p rish but hn,·e everlasting life. Ho thnt accept these · tidings ns God's o,vn word, nnd clings to tl1e a"ior \\•horn they bring, will have a ble ed Christm11s. Be he the chief of sinner , by fnith in his aYior he hns forgiveness of nll sins nnd cvcrlnsting snl,·ntion. Of the Smrior born at Bethlehem the Apostlc Paul says: "This is a :Cnithiul snying nnd worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus cnmc into the world to save sinners, of whom I nm chief," 1 Tim. 1, 15. Be he in grent trouble and in bitter sorrow, in his Savior he has the Comfort of all the sorrowing and tlte Consolation of all the weeping. The Savior born at Bethlehem is He who is come "to comfort all that mourn, to give unto them beauty for nshes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of prnise for the spirit of heaviness," Is. 21, 2. 3. He is the Good Shepherd whose rocl and stnff comfort tl1e believer, and who will be with him in the valley of the shadow of denth. Surely, he that accepts in true faith the Christmas message and trusts in the Christ-child ns his Sn.vior, will enjoy n. blessed Christmas. His l1enrt will be filled with the true Christmas joy, the joy of faith, and be will be moved to make .known to others the glacl. tidings of snh•ntion. We wish all our readers, a blessed Christmas.

Comfort from the Christ-Child. A woman who was sorely troubled about her sins could for a. long time find no comfort. When she thought of the Judgmen.t Dn.y, she snid to Iierself: "My sins are more than the sand on the senshore; bow can I stand before the all-knowing Judge?" Wlien she thought of Paradise, her heart said: "That is no place for you,•for 'without are dogs.' " (Rev. 22, 15.) When she recalled the sufferings of Christ, she was troubled with the sad thought: "You hn.ve deprived yourself of all this; you have trodden under foot the blood of Christ." In her great distress the poor woman one Christmu Day attended church. There she heard the old, hut ever new Christmas story of the Christchild born at Bethlehem for the salvation of ainnera. By the grace of God the glad tidings were

cnrried home to her heart nnd thinking of the Babe in the manger, her heart prayed earnestly : "Little children cannot keep auger; 0 Lora Jesus, t\lrri Thy righteous wrnth :Crom me, the poor sinner! Little children nre easily mo,·ed to gh-e ;· 0 dearest ChHcl Jesus, grnnt me forgh•cncss of sin that I may be eternally sa\'cd I" Her l1cart tben became content. Trusting in the Christmas tidings that the Christ-child born·at Bethlehem was also her Sn"ior, she :Cound rest nnd pence. Ha,·ing obtained mercy, she could in true :Cnith say with the apo tle : "This is n fnith!ul saying and worthy of nll acceptation, that l1rist Jesus came into the world to sa,•e sinners, of whom I nm chie.f/' 1 Tim. 1, 15.

Opening the Door. A pnstor of a large city church writes : A man almost eighty yenrs old wnlks nearly two miles to our senice e,•cry Sunday and every Wedncsday nigl1.t. He keeps house for himself in little room, the church adding what is needed to the smnll sum that he earns weekly. After the Wcclncsday e,•cning service o.f n Cl1ristmas week, he lingered, and coming to me, timidly said, "I have not a conl in my room, and I ha,•e not a cent. It is very cold. Could you help me?" As I hesitated a moment, l1e added: "I could get along myself, for I have good warm clothing; but there is a Indy and n. little child in the next room. T~1ey hn,•e nothing; and if I hn,•e a warm fire, I open tl1e door and let the bent go into their room. The child hos been very sick." This went to my heart, as I said to myself: Is not this the very spirit of Christmas? Was not the coming of tl1e Christ-child the opening of the door of hen,•en thnt heavenly joy and blessings may come into this world of sorrow and sin ? And n.re not all our mission effort.s like the act of this aged servant of God? Christians, cheered and blessed by the everlasting Gospel, are in their mission work opening the door, that those who sit in darkness may share the light that fills Christian homes and hearts. As tl1e old man left the cliurch, happy because a. basket of coal was coming in his little room, I went home thinking, if an aged man without n. cent in the· world is ready to use the one blessing he possesses - n warm room - to make happy other lives, how many doo~ ought we to open to let the bounties that God has showered upon us flow into homes of the needy? And especially, bow active ought we be in bringing to others the saving Gospel I Are you opening doors for the help of others?

The Luth:eran Pioneer. Christmas In Norway.

For more thnn thirty years the Synodical Conference of tho Evangelical Lutheran Church has been Speaking o.f Christmas in different countries, engaged in mis ion work among the negroes, and a writer says : the Lord has signally blest the labor, the prayers, Christmas time is the great and joyous !esth·e ancl tno gifts of H is sonants. According to the time in .c orwny. The thirteen days o.f Christmas- latest statistics, the work is being carried on with tide nro all feast days. For weeks tho motho1· nnd mo1·0 or less success in eight states. The largest her daughters - who al"e without exception well fields nro in Louisinnn nnd North· Carolina. In the trained in housekeeping- are kept busy with bak- two colleges arc about 14.0 studen ts, of whom many ing. Well-to-do people fatten u cnlI or a sheep; arc preparing for tho sen •ico of the Church, as misthe plainer ones lrn.\'e in store d1·ied or salt bcc.f, sionaries and teachers. In the schools there are and a usage made of mutton and beef. 'r he best 1500 children, who are daily instructed in the Word of God according to tl1e Confession of our Church. ehinawnre graces the !estive board. On Christmas Eve everything · mu t be 1·cady. 20G baptized member are under tho spiritual care The whole house is swept nod garnished I rom garret of 26 missionary laborers, one half of whom are to cellar. 'l'bo floor is str wn with white and, .frn- negroes, educated at our seminaries. g1·aut juniper and balsam fll' twigs. The best clothes But what are these among so many? There arc n1·e put on, and the women wear old family jewelry. still about seven millions of churchlcss, Christless .A t twilight the family gathers around the dinner negrocs in our Jnud, whom the Lord has placed at table. 'rhe hou efnther rends the Christmas liturgy · our ,,cry doo1·a for us to convert and save through and the Christmas gospel. A~terwards the steam- the Gospel in church and school: That we may be ing di hes are brought in, and the Christmas dinner, able to do tho work of tho Lord entrusted to us, the pride of the mother,. is done full justice. ~nno- more love :Cor tho work is needed, more fervent cent merriment by the younger folks is smiled at, prayer, more acthity, more men, and more means. or even joined in, by the elder. Burning candles By a strenuous effort to introduce the mentioned are placed at the windows. A flaring torch is held papers in1$> e,•cry.family belonging to the Synodical over t he heads of those who go to church for the Conference, the cause of Christ among the nogroca Holy Evo service. On Christmas morning the · will be greatly aided and advanced. These papers mother or the eldest daughter wakens the other ,,;n help to create and maintain love and interest members of tho family by singing, "A Babe is. born for the mission, and materially add to its revenues. in Bethlehem, Bethlehem; Therefore rejoice, JeruWill you not, ns much as you possibly can, cooperate with the Lord, with thousands of your salem. Hallelujah!" 'l'he well-known liospitality of the Norwegians Lutheran :Cellow-Christiana, and with the men in is seen in its best light at Christmas. Not only the field in the upbuilding of the Savior's kingdom neighbors and friends are made welcome at the among the negroes? You can do so by soliciting table, but beggars and tramps are asked to sit down subscriptions for these excellent mission papers. If and eat heartily. Even the animals are gi\'en their you, together with a. number of others in your conChristmas cheer. The cattle, sheep, and pigs get gregation, would devote only some spare moments double measure of feed, and the horses are given of your time to this work, the circulation might be bread dipped in Yule-ale. The birds also are giv~ doubled by New Yea.r. Try it, please! their share of the Christmas bounty. It is well Both papers bring, besides sound Lutheran ediknown that the Norwegian farmer puts a sheaf of torials, interesting ne\VB, accompanied with illusbarley or a bunch of oats on a pole for the birds trations, from the miesion :fie\ds of the Synodical Conference at home and abroad, but particularly at Christmas time. from the Negro Miesion. The terms of subscription for one or more copies are found at the bottom A Letter from Our Dlreotor of Ml11lon1. of the second column of the last page.· May the Lord speed you, crown your efforts with DEAR CowoRKER IN THE CA.UBE OP CKRIBT: Permit me to state briefly what has been done success, and graeioualy reward you for what you for the negroes by our Church, what remains to be will do in behalf of our mission work I Your colaborer m the Lord~ done, and how our mission papers, Miuion,taube N.J.BilEB. and the LUTHBllAN P10NBBR, may aid in the work.

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The Christmas Messenger. From bca,-c11 nbo,·o to earth I come To l,ear good news to c,-cry home; Olnd Udinga of gnmt joy I bring, \Vheroor I now will ■111 nnd si11g:

l'o you thiil night is born n. Child Or i\fnry, eho en virgin mild; , 'J'hi11 Jittlo Child or lowly birth Shnll be tho joy or nil the enrtb.

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is f.ho Christ, onr Go,l nnd Lord, Who in nll need will nid nlTord; Ho will BimBCU your &,•ior bo From nll your sins to &0t you free.

The Lutheran Pioneer. Christmas Day. Dreary g rows Lhe winler, Yet. our l1carls nro guy, While the bells nr • chiming, lu·i l mus comes lo•1ln,,·. lhc bh:,red hri,d mns ! TJid it. wclcomn here: wcl'lcist. song slnlll g r1.oCI. iL, 1)1ty or nil I.he yc111·! Urear,· g rows Lhc wi nl •r, Xot fL birtl will in:;; ,\ II t..hc flower,; 111-0 t1h:eping, WniLing for lhc s pring. l3ut. tl1e ble ~cd Christ mri ):'ills om· hearts wit.h chem· Da.,· or joy nnd blc..,iing. Jla,• or 1111 tho ycn1·!

Dr1•1u·y g ruws Lhc winll'l', '.l'o t.hc nlfcring poor. When lhc lende r children l 'old nml , ·1111t end ure. C:h-c them from ~-our t>lcnt.y, }' ill t heir .homes with cheer; l lnkc Lhc blc cd Chri Lmn De~t. of nil t he ycnr.

Three Festivals at Greensboro, N. C. On um1ny, October 29, the one lmndredth ann iv •rsary o.E the birtb of the Uev. Dr. 0. F. W. Wnl thc1· was c:elcbmted nt Immanuel College in n joint sen-ice witb Grace congregation.. Prof. F. Berg, wl10 wns n. studeut o.f Dr. Walther, preached the ~crmon. Re based bis remarks on Hcbr. 13, 7, showing who Dr. Walther was, and why we should grntcf-uJJy rcm9mber him with praise to God. 'l'he second festh•al was the dedication o.f the new school-building for the Primary Department of Immanuel College. .Although the building bas been in use since the beginning of September, the _c1edicn.tion wns postponed until the arrival o.f Rev. W. H nllcrberg, o:l St. Louis, 1\-Io., the Corrcs1>onding Secretary of the Board :for Colored Missions. Itel'. Hallerberg, who had nrrh•ed on the evening of November 2, was sent by. the Hou. l'Iission Boanl for t11e purpose of l'isiting all the mission stations of · North Carolina, Virginia, and also our congregation at Yonkers, N. Y. Three and one half days of his trip were spent in Greensboro in order to sec Faculty, students, buildings, and grounds of Immanuel College, Grace Church and its members, and to preach the dedication sermon. The d.edica.tion of the school-building took place

on Sunday n.ftcrnoou, November 5. Previous to the dcdicn.t.iou proper n. service was held in the chapel of the College. Pro.f. Berg offered o. prayer and rend a Scl'ipture lesson, and Rev. R allerberg preached on :Matt. G, 33. His subject was: " Why do we Lulhc1·a11s support and mninta.in Christian schools? We do it because t hey arc n. bles ing: first, for our homes,; secondly, ·for our church,; nnd thirdly, :for our count ry. ' Besides the se,•eral hymns sung by the congregation, the schoolchildren sang: "Seeing I Am J esus' Lnmb." Aitei; the rendition of this hymn the entire nsscmbly walked o,·er to the north .side of the new . chool-builcliug. Here Prof. Berg :first briefly cxplninccl the Lutheran custom of a school dedication, and nl'tcr the singing of n. hymn by the entire con• .,,·cgntion 11ml the oirer.ing of'a prayer and rending u[ o. , 'cri1>turc lesson, be unlocked the door of the i:hool in the name of the •rriune God. This was followed by the sing ing o.f "Savior, Like a. Shepberd Lend Us" and, " Jesus, Savior, Pilot Mc," by the children, by unitiug in the confession of faith and the · Lo1·d's Prayer, and by the benediction. Then nil })resent were im•ited to inspect the building. '.rhe total enrollment of Immanuel School is now 174. O.f these, 40 arc in Teacher Carter's, 51 in 'l'encher Reid's, and 83 in Miss Brown's class. On the same night of the school dedication the :11111h·c1·snry o[ the Ueformation was celebrated in Grace Church. It was ngitiu a. joint service af the students o.f I mmanuel College and the members of Grace congregation. Prof. Wahlers preacbed a.n excellent sermon on Luke 12, 48. After the senice the members of Groce Church remained in order to meet nnd hear Rev. Hallcrberg. M. L.

From St. Matthew's, •ehenfn, Va. William Glenn, a faitJ1ful member of St. Matthew's, and also one of the most industrious and peaceable members of this community, on his wny home from the field, August 8, received a painful wound, which made him totally blind. Passing through a bit of woods, Brother Glenn heard some persons talking, and in order to see who they were, he stepped briskly through some- bushes in their direction. Before he could see any one's face, or know any person, he received a load of shot in his face with the sad result stated. It then appeared that the shot was 1ired by a colored man, who is a widower, and who had been

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talking there with Mrs. Glenn for more thnn an hour. Tbe mnn was com•ictecl in the October court, on his own evidence, and sentenced to scne nine years in the state prison. J:Ie said on the witness stand t hat he shot William Glenn because be :Cenred · harm for his intimacy \\ith l\Ir. Glenn's wife. She likewise expressed fear and dismay on tl1e occasion. On the e,·ening o.f October 25, n portion of the congregation met in the church t.o commemorate the centennial of Dr. C. li"'. W. Walther's bir thday. The pastor's address was based on tl1e German booklet prepared for the occasion. Suitabl~ Scripture lessons were read, and several Reformation songs were sung. On Sunday, October 29, the sermon was upon repentance, Matt. 4, 17. Attention was gh•en to . the first four o:f Dr. Luther's 95 theses, and to bis · doctrine of repentance, faith, and forgh-eness over against the false position of tbe Church of Rome. Tuesday, October 31, in the e,•ening, St. Matthew's celebrated Reformation Day, using most parts of tbe program, " Our Church.'' . Thirty-nine eWldren and adults attended this festival. 'ren pupils of our day-school and three adult members rendered a number of the recitations provided in the printed program. In Ws address, the pastor used the first three paragraphs of Rev. A. Pfotenhauer'& excellent paper on Wnltl1er as a Preacher of Righteousness, in Lutlicranar of October 17, and to some extent noted the"likeness between tbe two great Saxon Reformers, Martin Luther and Ferdinand Walther. To the mission treasury a sum of $1.79 was contributed. Our day-school has now an enrollment of thirtyone. K.

New Orleans Letter. Days of great spiritual joy and profit were spent in New Orleans by tl10 local colored congregations and the workers in Colored Missions in the State of LouisianL On October 25, the hundredtl1 anniversary of the birth of Dr. 0. F. W. Walther, of sainted memory, all congregations joined in a praise-service at Mount Zion Church, the largest of our houses of worship, to ~ten· to a splendid oration on Hehr. 18, 7. This was delivered _by the General Director for Colored Missions, the Rev. N. J. Bakke, who for a few months will take charge of Mount Zion congregation. He showed that if our centennial was traly to be one of praise to God and of lasting blesa-

ing to o\lrseh•es, we must give to God o.11 glory for Walther's life and work, and follow Walther's :faith o.nd example. . On Sunday, the 29th, the sessions of Lutllcr Conference, consisting of all ministers and teachers engaged in the work of Colored l\Iissions in Louisiana, were opened by a joint service at Bethlehem Chapel, where the Re,•. Eugene Berger, o.f Napolcon,·ille, La., preached a. gooa sermon on John S, 31. 32. 'rhe mornings and o:Cternoons of the t\\•o following days were spout in Bethlehem School in the study and cliscussion of "aluablo papers, :Col' our m\ltual edification and encoui-agcmcnt. Teacher A. Wiley, o:f St. P aul's School, 1·cttd a splendid essay on "'l'be Relati,•c Impor tance of Ileligious to Secular Education," which brought out the great need for thorough religious i raining and tho incomparable value of parochial schools in doing this work. '!'cacher Wm. Sccberry, of St. Paul's School, rend a catccbisation on "Justification," diligently worked out and bencficinlly discussed. 'r eacher D. Meibohm, · o.l: Mount Zion School, rend a paper, brief, but instmcth•e and to t he point, 0 11 " Why Did Luther Change the Form of the T en Commandments ?" A goodly part of the time was s1>cnt in discussing the present stage of our work, the needs, the aim, and the manner of our labors, amongst others, of greater effor ts towards becoming sel.f-supporting, and securing more readers for PION.BER and Guide, the Rev. N . J. Bakke particularly pointing the way, :C-rom the Word of God and his rich experience, and :firing all '"ith zeal and encouragement, though the frw ts of our planting and watering be at times meager and slow in appearing. The night of the 30th saw the .congregations again gathered at Bethlehem Chapel for n.u open session of the Conference, in which the Rev. E. Schmidt, of St. Paul's Chapel, speaking on "Christion Burial," showed the justice and honesty of our practice, and refuted the objections commonly raised against -it, the Rev. Bakke driving the truth home with powerful words of instruction and admonition, and the Rev. G. Kramer, of Bethlehem Chapel, adding needed and useful ,vords on the customs and proper deportment 'ilt funerals. · The festivities came to a close witl1 a joint Reformation service at St. Paul's Chapel on tlte night of October 31, the Rev. N. J. Bakke preaching on Rev. 3, 7-11. All services were largely attended by ·tlle members of the three churches, and beautified both by the good singing of our Lutheran hymns on the part

The Lutheran Pioneer. of tho congregations nnd tho school-children, and tho rendering of n number or anthems by n lnrgc cboir, composed of members of nll churches and nbly directed by '!'cacher N. Scebcrry, o.f Bethlehem School. Mny the work o.f the yenr, till the nc.'rl ghtbering 0£ Luther Conference, be abu ndantly blcs cd by the Good hcpbcrd of His Churcl1, our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ I X.

Brief Notes from St. Paul's Mission,

New Orleans, La. With the passing of the Jong nnd hot summer, cbmch ncth•ity is increasing in t. Paul's. crviccs and Sunclny-school nre being better attended, nnd in gcnernl thqre seems to be renewccl li!c among o. goodly portion of our members. However, there is still much room for improvement. Too many of our communicants attend services only now nnd then ; comparatively iew nre regularly to be seen in the house oi God, and, sad to say, some ·do not attend at all. "Re that is of God hcarcth God's words .i ye therefore hear them not, because ye arc not of God," Jolm S, 47. "Blessed arc they tbat hear the Word of God and keep it," Luke 11, 28. l\In.y we, wi th the help of God, in course of time succeed in remedying these evils and regularly gathering a large number of devout henrers of God's Word! Midweek services on Wednesdays, 7.30 P. :ar., luwe been resumed. We hope thnt especially those who are unable to attend the Sunday services regularly wiJl gladly embrace this opportunity of feeding their souls with the Bread of Lue. "Let the Word of Christ dwell in you. richly in all wisdom, teaching ancl admonishing one another in psalms and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord," Col. 3, 16. In the presence of their many friends, l\Iies Athannis Saulny and Mr. Omer Jolm Lnbeaud were, on Wednesday night, October 25, united in boly wedlock by the pastor. The church was beautifully decorated. for the occo.sion. )foy God shower His choicest blessings upon tbe young couple throughout· a. long and happy life I Surely every member of St. Paul's .js still rejoicing and benrtily thanking .God for the grand success we met with in regard to our joint Reformation Festival. Not for many years did we witness such an inspiring service, such a splendid audience, and hear such beautiful singing. The children's chorus and the joint choir deserve special

mention in this connection. Fully 250 people were in attendance. The collection netted the neat sum of $6.66. Last, but not least, Director Bnkke's edifying sermon served as a most fitting climax to the great event. We were especially pleased to bellold such n. goodly number of our Bethlehem and Mount Zion fellow-Christians present. Surely, there was rejoicing in heaven also. After the regulnr service on Sunday night, No'\"ember 5, an important meeting of the congregation took . place. The pastor submitted to the congregation a detailed financial report covering the first year of his pastorate. Since the monthly en,,clope contributions were not what they should have been, the congregation decided to introduce pledge cards. We trust that each and every member will pledge not as little as possible toward the support of the mission, but as much as possible, and furthermore we hope that in the future our members will bring their envelopes regularly, and not let from two to six months pass by without mal,,;ng a single contribution. By gh•ing regularly to the Lord, according to the means that He bas mercifully given 11s, we will be able to easily more than meet all our obligations. The pastor furthermore reported that the congregation had contributed $41.75 for the! remodel.ing of the churcli building. With the help of the local Luther League, which gave $58.05, and the Hon. Mission Board, we were able to thoroughly remodel both the exterior and interior of our chapel. Since, however, as one member put it, our church building with it.s fine new cont of paint is "laughing at the poor old school-building" standing there at its side, unsightly and weather-beaten, the congregation dooided to mise an additional $50.00 by extra collection and have the school painted also. We also hope to be able to have the school lot filled and electric light.a installed in our chapel. Contributions from our Northern Christian friends will be accepted \\'1th heartfelt thanks. Beginning with the new year, the PioNBBR will no longer be distribufod gratis among our 'members, but each reader of this excellent little mission paper will be asked to pay the usual subscription price, 25 cents per year. Before a large and attentive audience, the pastor on Monday night, November 6, delivered hia fint of a series ,of lectures to tbe Luther League, taking for his theme, "The First Centuries of the Ohriatian Church.'' The coming lectures, which will take place every second Monday night in the month, will .

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treat on tho life and work of Dr. 1\fnrtin Luther. An inCormnl progrnm consisting o! musical nnd literary numbers, will be, rendered nt each meeting. At certain inten•nls, re-Cr ~1tmonts will bo sen·cd. Remember tho date of tho nc.xt lecture, December 11 ! Our day-school is in n flouri hing condition. In spite of tho fact thnt nn opposition school threatened to reduce our nttendnnco, wo nre, with the help of God, more than holding our own, our doily ntt.cndnnce nvornging 175 pupils. Indications nre tbnt in tho nenr :C-Utur.e n fourth teacher will hnve to be employed. At the present time our tenchers nre working hnrd to mnke our Chriatmns celebration bigger nncl better tl1nn o,•or. May success crown tl1eir efl:orts I In conclusion n brief item of n snd nnturc. Lntc S11turd11y night, October 14, it pleased the Lord to tnke from this vale of te.'lrs to His fn,•ors in heaven the soul of the infnnt son of Tencher A. Wiley and . wife. The following Sunday n:Ctemoon, o.ftor n short service in the home of Mr. Wiley, the corpse was token to the church, where, in the presence of the numerous friends of the bcrcn,•ed pnrents, o. bcnutiful funeral service took pince. The pnstor bnsed his words of comfort to the gric.f-stricken parents on 2 Tim. 4, 18. After the nddrcss the school-cl1ildrcn rendered an o.pproprinte hymn. l!o.y the God of all comfort heal the wounds which He inflicted, nnd fill the hearts o.f the bere,wed parents with· the hope of joy!11lly seeing their beloved child in the eternnl mansions abo\'e I

Eo. S. MOTES. CLOHB OJ.I VoLUllB. - With tho Inst month of tho yeor nnother ,,oJumo of tho Lu:rJrEIIAN PIONEER is brought to n close, and wo would remind friends ol our mission that the beginning of n new volume is the best time of the year to aecure new 11ubsoribers. As all profits arising from our mission papers arc de,•ot.ed to our mission \\'Ork, tho securing of new subscribers will be o. twofold benefit. We should thanldully appreciate all efforts mo.de in that direction. llay we also kindly remind all readers that 1Ubacriptiona should be paid in advan~

l\[JS!;I0NARY SucoESS. - l\Ussionhy Wngnor1 of the Pnpunn Mission in. Gormnn New Guinon, nnnouncos that 2000 bent.hen lmve, in tho Inst few yenTS, joined tho clmrchc there. 'Ho describes how parties of them ct1mo from grent di tancos to tnko pnrt in tho Inst Christmns celebration. Numbers nrrivocl dnys before, nnd were sot to work clearing nway brusl1, weeding nnd setting in orcler the station grounds, until they fairly shone. Six hundred of these former cnnnibnls pocked the station clmrcl1. Tho childt"CD :Crom tho school snng, "Poaco:ful Night, Roly Nigl1t," nnd the fwnl cl1ornl wns sung by tho .congregn:tion with n m igl1ty power whfoh would J,n.,·c filJcd tl10 friends o.f missions nt home with clelight i:[ they could but h1wo hoard it.

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C.'\:ccJlent timely pnper rcntl nt t he Inst com·enl.ion of lhe E,·. Lntl1. Synocl of l\Ci ouri nnd Other lntcs. It sets forth the only true Chri linn unity according to God's \Vord, tl10 unity without which t here cnn b no C:udplcnsing union. The pnmphlet descn 'Cil t ho widest circulnLion in our Lime, in which I.here is 110 much tnlk or church union wit.11011t unity in the fniU..

Aclmowledgmenta. a____:_ Receh·cd lor Oolorcd. i1Uuio1111 from the lollowiug cougrcgntions: St. Jomes, Southern Pines, N. C., $6.00, Zion, Gold Hill, N. C., 3.00, Grncc, Greensboro, N. C., 0.00, Con• cordin, Rockwell, N. C., 2.50, Mount Zion, Rocks, N. C., G.00, StnLlon in Nn.polcon\'illc, Ln., 15.02, St. P1ml, l\'Innsurn, Ln., G.00, Grnce, Concord, N. C., 10,00, Mount Cn.1\'llJ')', Snndy RldJ.'O, N. C., 20.00, St. John, Salisbury, N. C., G.00, St. Puul, New OrJcnns, Ln., 35.00, Mount Zion, New Orlcnn1, La., G0.00, Dcthlehem, New Orlcn.na, Ln., 35.00, St. Pnul, Cluirlottc, N. C., 8.uO, Dcthel, Greenville, N. C., 4.00, Dctblchem, l\Ionroc, N. C., 2.50, St. Mllttbew, l\(cbcrrin, Vn., 13.82, Dcthnny, Yonkers, N. Y., 10.00, Grnce, St. Louis, Mo., :J.GO. Total: $230.44. St~ Louis, l\ro., No,·embcr 11, 1!111. H. L. DoEDEBLKIN', Trcaa. 848 E. Pmiric A.\'e.

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