for you. The date is not far off. This Luther League promises to be the greatest, brightest and most Delegates and visitors to the Tenth Biennial Convention of the Luther League of America soon to convene in Albany should prepare for the profit and pleasure each day's program will furnish. It will afford rest and recrea tion from the humdrum and noise of every day life. Among the best talent in the Church will be represented in the program. You should prepare for the inspiration of the addresses. It will be impossible to listen to the noble messages and not be stronger and better for having heard them. We should prepare for the instruction. The speakers and essayists are all specialists in their various lines. All can profitably sit at their feet and listen and learn. The program for each day will abound with good things. All should plan to attend every session. Do not miss any of the treat in store inspiring convention the Luther League of America ever held. Prepare also for the social side of the convention. Plan to meet neighbors, friends, renew old acquaintances and form new ones. You will be glad to see them; they will be glad to see you. This can only add to the enjoyment of the program of the whole convention. The moral uplift will be most stimulating and edifying. In the entertainment, papers and addresses of this convention there will be a moral uplift that will be helpful in the home work and days following the convention. This is the month for our National Thanksgiving Day. It is especially fitting that the American people should acknowledge God's providence in the course of the year. Peace has prevailed and prosperity has abounded. The year has been crowned with the fatness of the land; magnificent crops garnered from fertile fields have enriched the husbandman; manufacturers have extended their operations and merchants have increased their sales. The Church at home and abroad has been blessed by an awakening of new spiritual life and enterprises; the cause of missions has been stimulated; there has been increased Christian giving; new churches have replaced old ones; the borders of the Kingdom have been enlarged; the cords have been lengthened and the stakes strengthened. The laymen of the Church have taken new interest and there has been an awakening of zeal among them in the advance of the Master's Kingdom. The young people have had a prosperous year. On the whole, the activities among the youth of the Church have never been greater than today. It seems they have realized to a large extent the hoped for measure of increased Christian activity that shall mean a forward movement for righteousness and the upbuilding of the Church throughout the land. "Give thanks, O spirit sad, Our work as Lutherans is large and important. With but two millions and a half confirmed members, and seven millions and a half unchurched in this great land, we should work together to reach those unchurched, to save them not only to the Lutheran Church, but to the work of Christ in this country. We need strong men and earnest women, who rejoice to do what they can for their Church and their Master. We should not be divided, but united in this great undertaking. Personal feelings and ideas should be placed in the background, and our one aim should be to save this land for Jesus Christ. We have failed in the past because we have been separated, and the spirit which has existed has not always been Christlike; but if we are true followers of the meek and lowly Saviour, we should be willing to unite our forces for His enthronement in the hearts and lives of men. The work accomplished by the Luther League during the almost seventeen years of its existence has met with the approval of the earnest and faithful ministry of our Church, and is recognized as a force in the churches where it has been established. Our young people have developed in interest, in earnestness and in information, and they have shown an ability in service, in giving and in writing which has astonished many. The pastor who can cultivate his young people and make them assistants in his work is to be congratulated, and the Church with a working League will always keep alive. Our young people must soon be the standard bearers of the Church, and unless they are properly instructed and taught the Word of God, they will fail to bear the burdens and meet the emergencies of the Church. We have great faith in our young people, and wish them Godspeed. Anchorage is the need of many of our young people. Terence says "I am a man, and nothing of man is foreign to me." This sage observation puts the situation with respect to our young people in a nutshell. The thing is to fix in the minds of our young people a conviction of the right course of life so deep and immovable that in the stress of storm they may not be sent adrift. If at such times they could say, "No matter how things seem, I'm sure this is the right course, and I'll hold to it whether I feel like it or not," the anchor would hold. Gradually right habits are established and it becomes easy to do what once has cost a terrific struggle. For this means conquering the lower self. Deep convictions must be allowed to which principles of life can fasten like an anchor grappling the immovable rocks. Great fields of practical service which, before its advent, were almost wholly unoccupied by the young people, have been discovered. Scarcely a League convention has been held but some benefit of its co-operation in many ways has not been acknowledged. There has been continually increasing emphasis on personal work, growing interest in Bible study, and more giving, more generous giving, and more systematic giving among the young people because of the work and influence of the League. And in the Church there is today a body of trained and qualified workers whose experience has been gained in the League training school. There has been as a result of its work increased Christian activity and the spirit of genuine loyalty to the Church has not only been fostered, it has been nourished and grown. The years have justified the existence of the League. There has been organized encouragement in missionary interest and in study of the Church's history, doctrine and usages. Every activity of the Church, every outgoing of Christly service, every element in the building of Christian character, every interest of the Church brought to its attention has been blessed, and profited through the use and spread of the Luther League. Her Heart's Desire wrong, he will leave no stone unturned to do everything in his power to make me forget the neglect of years. Do not say anything of what I have told you to the other children. Let us wait and see what the coming days will bring to us." After Paul had gone to bed she sat thinking of her girlhood days when she lived as a member of her Uncle Henry's household. She saw again the man she loved better than any human being in the world. She saw the old tree by the gate, and felt the kiss which sealed her betrothal to Walter Cecil, and experienced again the thrill of exquisite happiness as she turned to go into the house; and then the bitter pain as she met her uncle at the door, with the demand that she give him up and accept the attentions of Louis Rand. Her whole nature revolted against this, and she went over the whole agonizing scene, that ended with his stating that unless she followed his bidding, the morrow would find her without a home. She lived over the torture of that night, and when the first faint streaks of the gray dawn appeared in the east, she gathered together the few little things she could really call her own, and went out from her uncle's house and had never seen him since. "Oh, God," she moaned, "perhaps I, too, was to blame. I could have been more gentle in my speech, less hasty in my actions. I do not regret any of my sufferings, but I might have spared him some pain. Perhaps the morning will bring me light." Spiers-Lederle Glass Company HIGH CLASS Memorial Windows, 900 SIXTH AVE., AT 51ST ST., NEW YORK, N. Y. Daily Bible Readings Monday, November 25-Gen. 3:1-24. Tuesday, November 26-Gen. 12:1-9. Wednesday, November 27-Ex. 20:1-17. Thanksgiving Day-II Sam. 22:1-51. Friday, November 29-Matt. 5:17-48. Saturday, November 30-Luke 6:39-49. Sunday, December 1-Deut. 10:12-13; Matt. 22:37-40; Rom. 13:8-10. Monday, December 2-Gen. 47:1-10. Memorial Windows ORNAMENTAL LEADED GLASS ALL BRASS WORK FOR THE CHURCH New York 1,500 MÖLLER PIPE ORGANS IN USE 81 In Pittsburg: 82 In New York: 49 in Baltimore: 40 in Philadelphia: 37 In Cincinnati: 18 In Washington and 21 In Hagerstown, Md. ADDRESS, m. p. mölLER, Hagerstown, Maryland In Some of Our Large Cities New York. -St. James' Church, Dr. Remensnyder, ‘pastor, has received another gift, this time of $3,000, to be used toward the reduction of its mortgage debt. The donor, as in the case of the $1,000 received recentiy, is unknown to the congregation. -The installation of Mr. Paul C. Holter as director of the new Lutheran Hospice in this city occurred in St. John's Church, Christopher street, on Thursday evening, October 10. The sermon was preached by Rev. Dr. J. J. Heischmann. Rev. Dr. J. B. Remensnyder, and Mr. Charles J. Schlegel representing Hon. Charles A. Schieren, delivered addresses. The ceremony of installation was performed by Rev. W. M. Horn, president of the Inner Mission Board. The Hospice has been located in a suitable house at 2040 Fifth avenue, at the corner of 126th street, and is expected to open by the middle of November. -Rev. F. B. Clausen, formerly pastor of Epiphany Church, has removed from this city to Wilmington, N. C. -In recognition of a great need, the need of direct and positive Gospel ministration among students in the great universities, the Synod of New York and New England has called Rev. Samuel G. Trexler, of Brooklyn, as students' pastor, to work with Lutheran young men at Cornell, Syracuse, Columbia, Yale and Harvard. Systematic and thorough work is planned. Philadelphia. -Bethlehem Church, Rev. A. C. Schenck, pastor, has completed a fund of $18,000, necessary to cancel its funded debt. Chicago. -Rev. W. Gardner has resigned his pastorate in this city and has accepted an urgent call to St. John's Church, at Council Bluffs, Iowa. -Ebenezer Church, Rev. F. S. Johnston, pastor, celebrated its twentieth anniversary and reconsecrated its new house of worship. Rev. Dr. M. C. Ranseen performed the ceremony of consecration, and many pastors of the city participated in the services that followed. The congregation numbers 1,100 members. Washington. -Rev. W. A. Wade, of Lionville, Pa., has received a call to St. Mark's Church, to succeed Rev J Luther Frantz. -The financial report of the Church of the Epiphany, of this city, shows an average contribution of $26 for the year from every member-man, woman and child. St. Louis. -Concordia Theological Seminary (Missouri Synod) opened the scholastic year with 103 new students. The total number enrolled is 322, the largest number in its history. Baltimore. -St. Paul's Church, after being closed for three and a half months, undergoing extensive repairs, costing $4,000, was reopened on October 20 with a consecration service, consisting of the holy communion and a sermon by the pastor, Rev. P. A. Heilman, D. D., on "Loyalty to the Lord's House." Kansas City. -The Swedish hospital in this city has broken ground for a new building, to be used for chapel and dormitory for nurses. Sacramento. -The German Lutheran Church, of this city, served by Rev. Charles F. Oehler, consecrated its large and beautiful new edifice October 6. The edifice is of Gothic design, complete in every respect for modern church work. A committee of the men of the church made a canvass and secured $12,000 to complete the fund of $100,000 which represents the value of the property. The effort of the men made possible the consecration of the building free of debt. Jersey City. -The Church of the Redeemer, Rev. John E. Heindel, pastor, reconsecrated its enlarged and completed church building, October 6. The sermon was preached by Rev. H. H. Weber, D. D., general secretary of Church Extension, and many neighboring ministers participated in the ceremonies that followed. A thank offering of nearly $6,000 was made. The church property has cost about $40,000 in all. The church was organized in a store in 1898. Rev. Heindel is the only pastor the congregation has ever had. Omaha. -For the synodical year, Kountze Memorial Church, Rev. Dr. O. D. Baltzly, pastor, added 314 new members to the roll, and overran its apportionment for beneficence by $250. General. -The Rhodes scholarship examinations for the State of Pennsylvania have just been held at Gettysburg College, under the supervision of President Granville. Candidates from all over the State were present to take the examinations, among whom five were from Gettysburg College. The winners of these scholarships will be educated in English universities at the expense of the Rhodes Foundation. The establishment of the Stuckenberg Lectureship on Social Science in Gettysburg College has been announced in connection with a gift of $1,000 for its endowment. This is in honor of the late Prof. J. H. W. Stuckenberg, D. D., LL. D. The campaign for raising $230,000 for Gettysburg College is progressing very favorably, $160,000 of which has been secured, leaving $70,000 still to be raised by July, 1913. -The first bequest from a person outside of the Lutheran Church for the Good Shepherd Home, Allentown, Pa., came from a member of the Reformed Church, Mary Ann Spinner, of Spinnerstown, Pa. Mrs. Spinner was especially interested in the Good Shepherd Home, at Allentown, Pa., because this home takes the most needy, the most helpless orphan children, the crippled, the blind, the infant and the faithful, God-fearing old people, who, on count of some misfortune over which they had no control lost all their earthly possessions, and are now left with no relatives or friends who are able or willing to take them or pay the required admission fee to enter a home. Mrs. Spinner's gift was $500. ac -Christ Church, Ellenville, N. Y., Rev. Alvin Yugel, pastor, celebrated its fiftieth anniversary October 20, 1912. 'Six of the charter members are still living. -By the will of the late Mrs. Flora Stivenson, of Leechburg, Pa., the Home Mission Board, the Foreign Mission Board and the Church Extension Society of the General Council are jointly heirs to one-eleventh part of her estate. This is the share of a deceased daughter, and is given to the Church in her memory instead of being divided among the other ten children. Her estate will be between five and eight thousand dollars. -Augustana College, Rock Island, Ill., opened its fall session on September 4, with about 340 students enrolled in all departments. -Rev. J. C. Jacoby, D. D., has resigned his pastorate at Boulder, Col., to accept a call to St. John's Church, Wellington, Kan. Dr. Jacoby was president of the Rocky Mountain Synod. -Muhlenberg College, Allentown, Pa., opened September 12, with 65 new students, bringing the total enrollment up to 170. -The seventieth anniversary of the founding of the mission at Guntur, India, was celebrated on July 31. Special meetings were held at the different stations to commemorate the occasion. -The twenty-fifth anniversary of his ordination to the gospel ministry was celebrated by Rev. Samuel E. Greenawalt, D. D., by a special sermon in the Fourth Lutheran Church, Springfield, Ohio, of which he is pastor. Dr. Greenawalt took this occasion to present the call, claims and compensations of the ministry. -A home for men who are friendless and temporarily defeated in life's battle is to be established at Mansfield, Ohio, largely through the efforts of Rev. Dr. S. P. Long. A twelveroom house, on a nine-acre plot of land, northeast of the city, has been secured for the purpose, a man will be installed in charge, and good beds and meals will be given free of charge to men in need. The name "Jerruininnjer" has been coined for the home, from ideas suggested by the story of the Good Samaritan. -Treasurer William Pore, of the General Synod Board of Education, is in receipt of $475 as a legacy from the late G. H. Cribbs, of Indiana, Pa., to the Board. -Mr. F. W. Petring, Mrs. Fred Rottman and Marcia Rottman, of Nebraska City, Neb., were instantly killed in the accident to the Missouri Pacific Railroad train at Fort Crook, Neb., on October 15. Mr. Fred. Rottmann was seriously injured, but is recovering. Mr. Rottman is a prominent member of the First Church at Nebraska City, as were also his wife and her father, Mr. Petring. Marcia Rottmann was six and a half years old. The spring convention in April will be held at Martin Luther Church, East Toledo, Ohio. Rev. William Brenner. pastor. |