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THE LUTHERAN PIONEER.
If it is God' s will, I shall conduct services at Fort Wilkins every ~unday afternoon next summer ; indeed, I shall also try to conduct s~1ch services at anothP.r park, which will give me au oppo1:tunity to conduct two outdoor services e,·ery Sunday. I:f I can have several of my members who possess enough courage to go with me t o help along with the singing of hymns, I shall also conduct a service on Saturday nights on some busy street-corner. If the service conducted, the sermons preached, and the hymns sung are soundly Lutheran (Christian), what ha:rm is there in such service? Is it wrong to preacll to people in the open if we can bring them under the influence of God's Word, gain them for the Church, for Christ's kingdom? Is it wrong to have such services because sectarians have them? Where and how did Jesus preach ? Where and how djd Paul preach? Oh, let us not only saY. : "Go ! Preach !" but let us convert the assertions made by our lips into actions. The good and gracious Lord alone knows that I conduct such sen•ices, not for-vainglory and fame, but only for the salvation of sinn.ers and for the glory of Jesus, whose holy Wo1·d I am proclaiming. Yours for a greater mission-activity, A. S. LUCAS, Laurium, l\:I~ch., in the Messenger.
Items of Missionary Interest. (By the EDITOR.)
Our Northern Workers.-A year ago the workers of our Colored Missions in Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, St. Louis, and Springfield founded a conference. This· conference met for the second time in St. Louis on January 2 and 3. All the workers were able to attend it. (See page 22.) New Chapel in Greensboro, N. C. - Building operations for the new chapel and school at Greensboro are to begin in the near future. ' Mr. Theo~ Steinmeyer, the architect, will make a_ trip to Greensboro to take the initial steps. The · building will cost about $35,000. The new chapel and school will be about five blocks from the college and will also serve the students as a church home. Much of the sum needed for this combined chapel and school has not as yet been collected. Who will help? . Ki11 Rosa Young. -Miss Young ,vas compelled .to spend the month of December in a hospital at _Selma, Ala. She has been an invalid for several years: During her ilJness she bas not been wholly idle; however. Whenever her illness permitted it,
she ·was busy writing her biography. Director Drewes of our Colored :Missions says that it is one of the most interesting books he has ever read. Concordia Publishing House will soon put this book on the market. New Bern, N. C. - This city lies about 225 n}iles east of Greensboro. A very promising field bas been cwened for us here. Pastor Martin Dorpat has been called to this new field, and he began his work there on December 27, 1928. Wedding-Bells.-Pastor L. Gauthreaux, of Alabama, recently entered holy wedlock. His bride, like h~1self, is a native of the State of Louisiana. Negro Population of New York City. - The Negro population of New York is reported to be almost 260,000; 170,000 of these live in Harlem and 40,000 in Brooklyn. The {Werage weekly income of Negro heads of families in New York is claimed to be less than' twenty dollars a week, while the average monthly rental is over forty clollars. The Negro, as these :figures show, is compelled to work for lower wages than the average, while he is forced to pay a higher rent than do most white labrers. \/ St.Philip's, New Yo1·k.-This is a colored Episcopal church situated in the heart of Harlem, New York City. Its church-school has an enrolment of 1,200 pupils, 485 of whom are in the high-school division. The :fh e-story parish-house has accommodation for the church-school and other activities of the congregation. The total annual budget is almost $70,000, most of which comes from investments in Harlem real estate, valued at about threefourth's million dollars. The services are well attended. l\:Cuch social wor-k is done by this chtJrcli. Missions in Africa. - The Protestant foreign missionary staff in Africa is 6,289; the total native _ staff. numbers over 43,000, among whom are more than 2,000 ordained men. The native Christian community numbers about 2,600,000. In the 17,000 mission-schools there are almost a million pupils. 'l'he Protestant missionary agencies in Africa are c~nducting 116 hospitals and 366 dispensaries, with 139 -physicians and 235 nurses. The Catholics have more than. 2,600 foreign priests in Africa•; also 145 native priests, 1,600 Brothers, and 6,500 Sisters. '!'heir schools are attended by 800,000 pupils. The native Catholic communicant membership in Africa is about -3,000,000. The Bible ~ias been gh•en the Africa.us in 244 different languages and dialects. 1
