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February 6, 1902 . THE LUTHERAN VISITOR 5 S9«8w«»k«k»k;:ks n Roman's I^Ussfjouavt) department •*What»o«ver He suith unt you, do It.** Good News. , From a letter received a few days since from the president of the missionary society of tbe South Carolina Synod, who has been ill for some months, I learn with a great deal of joy and grat itude that she is improving stead ily, and hopes soon to be fully re stored. In obedience to her phy sician’s orders she is at present qnietly resting at Summerville, 8. C., but present indications sug gest the hope that very soon she will be able to join her family sod friends in her .own home. Know ing how fondly she is loved, both as a leader and as a personal friend, by many hearts eeatterrd far and wide, I hasten to give yon this encouraging news. Let os thank onr Father for her hopeful condition and unite in one com mon prayer that she may speedily be folly restorel to tboee who love her affd to Hu work , Mrs. Krepa. Week of Prayer The time set apart for oar Week of Prayer ia fast approaching. By eonaolting minutes of the last Wo- aan’s Missionary c invention of the Sonth Carolina Synod it will he seen that the first wr>ek in the Lenten season, February 17-23 in- dnsive, has been suggested to tbe •uiliary bands .of this synodical soeisty.as a most appropriate tims tor this special occasion. Wnile His true that "We ought always to pray and not to faint,” it is likewise trne that in onr busy lives in this rushing age .we are prone to neglect more than is good for ns tbe secret communion with Oar Father through which so ■any blessings flow. To this neglect, on onr part, is to be at tributed ofttimes our disappoint- ■ents and onr unsupplied ueedi. These special seasons "call a halt” in our forward rush, and if propei- lj appreciated will become a ble.« ■g untold to all who participate. is tone hoped that all of onr •ocieties will ft id it convenient to observe the week suggested, so > tb*t we may "all with one accord,” if not in "one place,” nnitt in one common plea for the Master’s blessing upon us and npon our work. I earnestly beg that when tbe season is over onr societies every where will send to me reports of these meetings and their apparent results for our department of Tbe Visitor. Address all communica tions to Mrs. M. O. J. Kreps, 211 Broad Street, Augusta, Ga. Wsek of Prayer. To the Woman’s Home and For eign Missionary societies of the Sooth Carolina Synod: As the Lenten season approaches, bringing with it lessons of hope and joyfol assurance, we feel that there conld be no more appropriate time for the observance of onr week of prayer and self-denial. Accordingly tbe wrek beginning tbe first Sunday ia,L < ‘ut, February 16-23, baa been set apart as sorb. All societies as far as practicable are urged to bold suitable eei vices at that time. Societies not having tbe Week of Prayer envelopes will pleaee notify Mrs. Kate Eargle, corre sponding eecretary, Greenville, 8. U. Mrs. M. S. Uabenicht, Vice-President Woman'sSynolioal Society of Sonth Carolina. Colombia, S. C , January 29th, 1902. An Unwelcome Honor. The following incident is re lated by Evangelist Williams in lhe Christian.Herald: 1 s it one evening at the ten-table with a large, prosperoos family, «ho thought they [bad received great blessings ont of onr meetings. Several or|jthe young people bad been converted; and the parents recoueecrated their lives, as they supposed. Looking a* the inter- eating faces, I said: "God oonld find timber here for the mission field, conldn’t het” ‘Hush!” said the mother in warning whia- per.” "Why,” said I, "yon wonldn’t withhold one of yonr obildren if God called npon yon to make the offering, would yon, after tbe blessings yon have re- ceivedt” "N o o,” she said, "I don’t know as I would; but I much prefer that yon wonldn’t call his attention to it.” When some foreign noble with depleted purse comes to onr shores, we are not afraid that his attention will be called to our daughters for fear be might take one across tbe ocean with him. If onr sons have been tendered a foreign political mir- sion, we generally consider it an honor. But when the King of Kings and Lord of Lords asks ns for one of onr loved ones to repre sent bim and tbe kingdom of heaven in a foreign land, bow apt we are to consider it a hardship and a great sacrifice I A Govern or'a Opinion of Mlnnlons It in refreshing to tarn from the insinnntioc so frequent of late in the public utterance* of those high in anthority, that native Christians and their missionaries are a danger to tbe civil powrr to the frank testimony in favor of missions re cently given by tb* Lieutenant- Govenor of New Guinea. He vec tored to say that the goverment owed every thing to tbe mission!— that were it not for tbe little white washed bouses along tbe coast where the tninsioosnes live, the adminietratioo would have to be doobled, perhaps quadrupled. Every penny spent by the misaiot- anes saved ponadeto tbe adndrie- tratioo, for tbe mission b*o**fil peace, law and order. Tbe biis-!->•<• aries helped tbe, goverment, ana tbe goverment w«i proad to recip rocsle tbe aid.—Tbe Regions Be yond. CHURCH BKWS Tenth Anniversary—Sunday, Jan uary 26th, marked the lentil anni versary of tbe pastorate uf Rev. W. A. C. Moeller, of tbe St. Matthew’s German Evangelical Lutheran Church, of Charleston, S. C , and, as is customary in sneb cases, Mr. Mueller made a report embodying some facts and figures regarding tbe growth and prosperity of the church. An extract from this re port is given as follows: Ad dresses and fermons, 1,000: baptisms, 635; confirmations, 338; marriages, 207; funerals, 564; certificates written, 2,000; ad ministered tbe Holy Communion to 5,000 persons; made 12,000 visits. Daring tbe tec years tbe chnrch building was beautified, tbe pulpit platform altered and carpeted by the Young Men's Society, some of the indebtedness paid off, tbe full "Common Service” of the German and English Book of Wor ship introduced, tbe beantifnl chimes and clock purchased, tbe English Sunday-school, Yonng Men’s and Yonng Ladies' Society orgamz-'d, English services intro duced and through tbe itfi tence of this congregation now io all Lath ersu congregations ibe newly elected in* mbers of the Church council are installed into their office according to Lutheran cusiooi and the wafers nsed at tbe celebration of the Holy Communion. Tbe congregation has been making steady progress in Lutheran know ledge, pr* dices, usages, 1 isles and principles The church hs* been generally decorated on high fes tivals, ejmmouion days nod dar ing Passion week draped Lately tbe congregation unveiled a very band*ome tablet in m-cnory of their much beloved and san t'd parlor, tbe R* v. L. Moellrr, O. D , fifty years pflnt<'r of 8t. Matthew’s, and the Yonng M«n’t S>ei*ty pro- pore to ornament bis grava with a floe marble cradle and headstone. LUTHERAN BREVITIES. ' Dr. Herbs • Jblborn, the great Lutheran nrchtnan, suddenly died <>n D ember 15, in the seven ty sixth year of bis sge A lew i ntrs before his death be bad ip ken the biersing at th* cl"se of fs u ly evening prayer. A second Lutheran cbnrcb ia un der way in Vandergrift, P», where tbe first church wa« fonodsd less than five years ago. Rev Prof. R P. Weidner, of the Chicago H-mioary, ih aiding the production <>f a n*- v Greek Testament with notes Dr. Jacob Wackerns.el, pro fessor of Greek and Ssnekrit io the University of Basel, on the Rhine, has received a call to the Sanskrit chair io Berlin Univer sity. The profresor is h younger brother of Prof-esor WH' kernagel io Muhlenberg college. Mr. G 1. Burnett, tie friend and holpe. * po many of onr churches, by c npetb illustrated lectures, was recently tendered the professorship of Materia Mediea in the Medical College of San Fnncisco, Cal. Tbi« was no small compliment, ns. tue other twenty five chairs in tbe institution are filled by ! physicia iH. Mr. Bamende?'.: 1 the call preferring to be free tc *.c puch tuvice as se ms to bim o For Asthma nse CHENEY’S EXPECTORANT.