# Synodical Conference Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1928_S51
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of the Ev. Luth. Synodical Conference of North America. 1928. 51

14. Jubilee Book. On the occasion of the golden jubilee of the Negro Mission the Mission Board has had a jubilee book printed. It bears the title Half a Century of Lutheranism Among Our Colored People. This book of 111 pages tells in simple language and in vivid manner the history of our rescue work among the Negroes here. The price is only 75 cents. The "Lutheraner" says: "This jubilee book truly deserves its name. It is a good history of our Negro Mission, nicely printed on glossy paper, so that the many illustrations stand out very well. We wish this book a wide circulation. It will certainly increase the interest in our Negro Mission and the love for it." The "Gemeindeblatt" writes: "This little book presents the history of our Negro Mission in detail. The make-up of this jubilee publication is well done. . . . Many pictures adorn the text. . . . It is to be hoped that very many of our fellow Christians will order this little book. Should they not? We should all have a desire to become acquainted with this great mission work of ours among the Negroes. Nothing is better suited to this than this jubilee publication."

15. Our two mission papers — the "Missionstaube" [Mission Dove] and the Lutheran Pioneer — have not increased their number of readers (12,500 and 5,400) despite the doubled number of pages (sixteen instead of eight pages) with retention of the old subscription price (50 cents). Moreover the "Missionstaube" in the year 1925 had a deficit to report for the first time in its 48 years of existence. It is still true what a competent person in our circles says, "that these two mission periodicals have exerted themselves to the utmost in these years to bring their readers sound, interesting mission reading matter. We are convinced that through a wider circulation of these papers the interest, and thus also the gifts, for the Negro Mission as for all our other missions would have increased considerably. The fact remains that these two papers bring their readers mission reading matter that could not be brought in our synodical organs. And since that is so, we are convinced that our dear pastors especially could render their members and the Lord Jesus' cause of the kingdom no greater service than if they were diligently to see to the circulation of these papers."

Both mission papers appear this year in their fiftieth volume. Incalculable is the blessing that both have bestowed in this half century on the holy work of missions.

16. Generous Givers. At the last convention of the Synodical Conference in Lockport, N. Y., the writer of this report received a letter informing him that a reader of the "Missionstaube" wished to bring a thank offering to the dear Savior in the amount of $1,000, because he had experienced God's blessing in a business undertaking. To this $1,000 he then added $350. In this way our mission station at Atmore, Ala., received the so urgently needed church and school. — In the State of Washington a friend of our mission devoted her modest income for a whole month last year to the Negro Mission. — H. K. in Sheboygan, Wis., gave $1,000 three years ago for the chapel-school at Hamburg, Ala. Last autumn she gave again $1,000 for a chapel-school and $110 for a building site near Lamison, Ala. — Anna Henn, a member of the congregation