# Der Lutheraner_St. Louis Missouri_1851 01 07_S80
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The church, built with bitter toil, is now stolen away; it is in the possession of that very Merciless One and of his deceived. Should we seek our right before worldly courts? One knows how it goes. Who does not know how much peace and godliness there is in lawsuits? We have been strongly advised against it. We must therefore let our property go, and resign ourselves to the loss, though with great grief and sadness. Smitten and ill-used sheep go silently away, without thinking on revenge.

But what shall we do? We have a double calling: first, to care for our own souls; then, to win back unto salvation the members scattered hither and thither: for this we need a place of assembly, if possible one where the wanderers dare to gather again. But the whole flock, so far as it is gathered, still trembles itself. It does not know whether it has really escaped the wolf or not. The enemy has succeeded in pouring an insuperable distrust into its soul. Ah, what must a shepherd's heart feel at this, which means it faithfully and honestly! Moreover, the people are, for the most part, wholly without means. A church building is not to be thought of; for that more courage and cheerfulness are required than is yet left from this misfortune. If anything is to be done, it must be done quickly, that hearts may begin again to draw breath. If the breath does not soon return, if it is not blown into the breast with some force, it will remain away forever, as is to be feared.

Yet God, the Merciful, who Himself takes charge of His sheep, has already provided counsel. We cannot build; therefore He gives us a wonderful opportunity to buy an old little frame church. So quick help would now be there, — and our hope is that the LORD will now also turn the hearts of our brethren, and that they will reach us a compassionate hand. In this hope we have ventured it. We have also bought a little ground for it, to set our church upon, which would be useless to us at its present place. But we cannot pay for it and keep it if we are left alone. Yet we know and believe confidently that we shall not be left alone. Our humble and brotherly request, to remember us for Christ's sake, will not be in vain. There is indeed hope that the LORD will open to us here a great door, and that at another time we may repay love with love.

Detroit, the 18th Dec. 1850.

G. Schaller, Pastor.

Church News.

On the Sunday after the holy Christmas-day, that is, on the 29th of December of last year, the Rev. Pastor Erhardt Riedel from Franconia, until now a pupil of the Theol. Seminary at Fort Wayne, having received a regular call from the Luth. St. Thomas Congregation in Harrison in Tully Township, Van Wert Co., Ohio, was ordained in the midst of his congregation by the Rev. Dr. Sihler, with the assistance of the Rev. P. Streckfuß.

Request.

As early as the year 1848 a number of copies of "Hunius Inhalt der christlichen Lehre" arrived here from Fort Wayne through an opportunity, yet not to me, for whom they were intended, but were delivered elsewhere. My inquiries and endeavors to come into possession of these books have been in vain until now. I therefore request those into whose hands copies of this book may have come, perhaps during the Synod held here in the same year, kindly to inform me thereof.

St. Louis, 9th Jan. 1851.

F. W. Barthel.

For the kind return of any surplus copies of Nos. 1—5 and 9 of Jahrgang 6 of the "Lutheraner" earnestly begs

F. W. Barthel.

Received

for the building of the evangel. luth. College near St. Louis.

collected in the filial congregation of the Rev. P. Müller near Manchester, St. Louis Co., Mo., namely

Georg Greb $1. 00.
G. Heinrich Rauscher 2. 00.
Phil. Reinhart 2. 00.
Martin Haushalter 1. 00.
J. P. Wörther 1. 00.
Johannes Lochhaas 1. 00.
Michael Mertz 1. 00.
Heinrich Usinger 1. 00.
Balthasar Lochhaas 1. 00.
Friedrich Köster 75.
Heinrich Usinger 1. 00.
Phillipp Mertz 1. 75.
Christoph Straub 1. 00.
Fiedr. Nau 1. 00.
Heinrich Hoffmann. 50.
Gottfr. Mertz 75.
Heinrich Straub 1. 00.
Heinrich Gebhart 50.
Georg Möller 50.
Gottlieb Lindemann 50.
Friedr. Wagner 1. 00.
Friedr. Orth 1. 75,
Heinrich Lindemann 75.
Peter Ziegenhein 1. 00.
Friedr. Stark 25.
Karl Köster 50.
Sum $25, 50.

E. Roschke, Treasurer.

Received

1. for the Lutheran Seminary near St. Louis.

From the Rev. P. Hengist in Westgrenville Pa., collected in Brockfield, Trumbul Co., O., $4. 00.

2.) for the Synodical Mission Treasury:

From the Rev. P. Jäger in Orwigsburg, Pa. $—50.
Proceeds of a collection at a wedding in St. Louis 5. 05.
Church collection of the congregation in St. Louis on the Feast of Epiphany of this year 161. 35.
From the girls of the local Immanuel School 5. 10.
From W. d. Gr. 2. 00.
From members of congregations in St. Louis 19. 30.
From the St. Johannis Congregation U. A. C. at Elkgrove Ill. 3. 43.
From the congregation of the Rev. Pastor Brauer in Addison Ill. 8. 27.
From the congregations of the Rev. Pastor Hattstädt in and around Monroe, Mich. 10. 00.
From the congregation at Altenburg, Perry Co., Mo .12 00.

F. W. Barthel, Treasurer.

Paid

for the 6th year, Messrs. Michael Bauer, Christ. Busch.
for the 7th year, P. Braasch, Heinr. Bolte, Christ. Busch, Jacob Beck, John Drone, Daniel Eschbach, P. W. Gerhardt, John Hahn, P. H. Köneke, H. Kummer, Friedr. Niehaus, Gottfr. Oechsly, Stephan Strauch, F. Stutz, H. W. Strubbe, Joh. Heinr. Succop, D. D. Swaney, H. Vogler, H. Wettling, John Wettling, J. Wedekind;
further:
to the 1st half of the 8th year, Messrs. P. Hengist and Nicol. Koch.

Books and Pamphlets

to be had at the Expedition of the Lutheraner

at the prices annexed.

Dr. Martin Luther's Small Catechism, unaltered reprint 10.
The dozen $1. Hundred copies $7.
The Constitution of the German Evang. Luth. Synod of Missouri, Ohio and other States, with an Introduction and explanatory Remarks. 5
The dozen 50; 25 copies $1.
First Synodal Report of the German Evang. Luth. Synod of Missouri, Ohio and other States, of the year 1847 10.
Second Synodal Report of the same Synod, of the year 1848 10.
Third Synodal Report of the same Synod, of the year 1849 10.
Third Jahrgang of the Lutheraner, of 1846—47. No. 8—26. 50.
(The 1st and 2nd Jahrgang are out of print.)
Fourth and fifth Jahrgang of the Lutheraner $1.
Christliches Concordienbuch, that is, Symbolical Books of the Evang. Luth. Church, New York edition, bound in pressed leather $1. 25.
Conversations between two Lutherans on Methodism, (in pamphlet form) 1 copy 5.
Dr. Martin Luther's Tract on the True Church, 2 copies 5.
Dr. Luther's Hauspostille, or Sermons on the Gospels for the Sundays and Festivals of the whole year, New York edition, bound in calf $2.
Kirchen-Gesangbuch for Evang. Luth. Congregations, to which the pericopes for Sundays and festivals are added, published by the local Evang. Luth. Congregation U. A. C., in pressed leather binding, the copy 75.
The dozen $8 } for cash payment.
100 copies $62. 50 }
ABC-Buch, New York edition, the copy 10.
(The dozen $1.)
Johann Hübner's Biblische Historien from the Old and New Testaments. Unaltered reprint, New York edition, singly 25.
by the dozen $2. 60.
Dr. Martin Luther's Exposition of the 90th Psalm, stitched and trimmed 15.
by the dozen $1. 50.
Spruchbuch to Luther's Small Catechism. Compiled by order of the Synod of Missouri etc. by Pastor Fr. Wyneken, the copy 15.
by the dozen $1. 50.
The Pastoral Letter of the Rev. P. Grabau of Buffalo of the year 1840, together with the writings exchanged between him and several Lutheran pastors of Missouri 15.

Printed by Moritz Niedner,

Northeast corner of Third and Chestnut Streets.