# The Lutheran Pioneer_St. Louis_1883_S28 # Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration) The Lutheran Pioneer. The Outlook from the Editor’s Window. Tue Emperor of Germany has issued a decree ordering that the 10th and 11th days of next November he observed as the four hundredth ° anniversary of the birth of Martin Luther. Tue bronze statue of Luther, to be erected by members of the General Synod, General Council and Ohio Synod in front of a General Synod church in Washington, D. C., was or- dered by cable a few weeks ago. From the annual report of the American Bible Society we learn that the receipts of the year were $598,641.91. During the last year the Society has issued 1,676,232 Bibles. Over 70,000 volumes have been sent abroad, more than half going to Mexico and a Jarge portion to South America. 4,000 Zulu Bibles and 4,000 copies of Gospels have been printed in Zulu for distribution in South Africa. THE pastor of a German Methodist church at Ironton, O., recently renounced Methodism on account of its false doctrines and will enter our Seminary at Springfield, Ill’, with a view - of preparing himself for the Teatherad ministry. A LutHERAN Hospital has been opened by our Lutheran churches in Chicago, Ill. WE have received the first number of a Ger- man Lutheran paper published by the Ev. Lu- theran Pastoral Conference of New Orleans, La., in the interest of the Lutheran Orphans’ Home, which will be opened in that city on the 8th of July. The paper is a neat little monthly. It does not only come as a beggar for the Orphans’ Treasury, but will also bring many a spiritual treasure for the salvation of souls, The price is 50 cts. per annum. Ad- dress Rey. P. Roesener, 5 Old Magazine Str., New Orleans, La. Smvce the establishment of the Lutheran Seminary of the Wisconsin Synod in Milwau- kee a few years ago, twenty-three young men have entered the work of the Church as grad- uates of that Seminary. Tue Pennsylvania Synod, at its recent meet- ing, resolved to erect new Seminary buildings in Philadelphia as a memorial of the Luther year. Two Esquimaux, who had been under spe- cial instruction ‘for some years in Denmark, were recently ordained to the ministry of the Lutheran Church. They have sailed for Green- land, where they will take charge of mission stations among their countrymen. A HIGHLY educated Bramin, who had be- come a Christian, was recently ordained to the ministry by Danish Lutheran missionaries in India. Our Lutheran churches in New York city and vicinity have begun mission work among the Jews of the metropolis. A Hebrew Christ- ian convert has been secured as missionary for this important work. From the latest report of the Leipzig Lu- theran Missionary Society we learn that at the close of the year 1882 ther were 12,701 souls in connection with their mission in India. A STATUE of Martin Luther will be unveiled November 10th, at Eisleben, the place where Luther was born and died. The aged German Emperor and the Crown Prince will both at- tend. Ar the recent festival of the Lutheran Or- phans’ Farm School near New York city a friend of the institution made a present of '$5,000 for the erection of a chapel for the or- phans. TWENTY-THREE young men passed their ex- amination in our Lutheran Teachers’ Seminary at Addison, Ill., and have already entered upon their work in the parochial schools of our churches. There were 48 calls for teachers, of which only 23 could be supplied. Tue Norwegian Lutheran missionary Ofte- bro recently baptized on a single Sunday 25 heathen at a Lutheran mission station in Zulu- land, South Africa. Many of the converts had been under catechetical instruction for years. A Frencu Life of Luther, in three volumes, will be published this year in France by one of the editors of a Protestant paper in that country, who, it is said, has spent ten years of patient work and research on the history of the life of the great Reformer. Tue twenty-fifth anniversary of our Lutheran Orphans’ Home near St. Louis, Mo., was cel- ebrated in the month of May. TarrtTy young men enter the ministry this year from our Lutheran Seminaries at Spring- field and St. Louis. There were 82 calls for ministers. The church is crying out for more laborers. A sEcULAR paper of New York city, in speaking of the immigrants arriving daily at that port, says: ‘‘The Lutheran Scandinavians bring more money than any other immigrants, are sober, industrious, and thrifty, and are mostly farmers, who in the West soon obtain farms and become producers.” In Russia a whole congregation and village, formerly belonging to the Greek Catholic Church, has turned Lutheran. Tse Roman Catholic priest of Isenthal, in Germany, will not permit his parishioners to be buried in the coffins made by a Protestant car- penter! THE New York Society for the Suppression of Vice, in its annual report, makes the start- ling statement that ‘‘of the 441 criminals that were arrested in New York during six months, none of them being over twenty-one years of age, many acknowledged that their first im- pulses toward crime were derived from reading bad books.’ REcENTLY the church of the colored people in Austin, Ark., was ‘partially submerged by When Sunday came the pastor climbed to the roof and preached a sermon to the flood. his people, who attended in skiffs. Dr. WARnECK, who is a recognized author- ity in such matters, gives the following statis- tics of Protestant Missions: Great Britain— societies, 23; missionaries, 1,615; commu- in- nicants, 353,266; adherents, 1,189,764; adherents, 312,530; come, $84,415,310. North America—societies, 22: missionaries, 701; communicants, 109,617; income, $2,305,750. Ger many and Switzerland—societies, 11; mission- aries, 520; communicants, 67,062; adherents, 178,788; income, $583,050. Other European States—societies, 16; missionaries, 114; com- municants, 44,000; adherents, 191,000; in- come, $262,200. Total—societies, 72; mis- sionaries, 2,950; communicants, 573,945; ad- herents, 1,872,077; income, $7,566,310. The total number of adherents, or those under Christian influence and instruction, he esti- mates at 2,283,700, of whom 688,100 are found in America, 754,000 in Asia, 577,600 in Africa, and 274,000 in the South Seas. A FRIEND of the Pronger writes: ‘That picture in your last number was a surprise to me.’”’? Well, it was a surprise to us too. We hope our friend will pardon us and keep cool in those hot days of July. We close our win- dow. BOOK-TABLE. at, First Book IN SuNDAy-Scnoor AND HoME. Biblical Narratives given in very simple lan- guage, by R S. E. Ochsenford. Together with Prayers aad Hymns. Illustrated. Pilger Book Store, Reading, Pa. Price, per copy 25 cts.; per dozen $2.! .25; per hundred $16.00. The title well characterizes the book. It is a charming little volume, which will be a joy to the little ones in Sunday-School and at home. From the Lurmeran CONCORDIA PUBLISIIING House, St. Louis, Mo., we have received the fol- lowing valuable books: Dr. Martin Lutners LEBEN von Johann Mathe- sius. Price, $1.25; postage 15 cts. There is a peculiar charm in this Life of Luther, it being written by one of Luther’s most intimate friends, who, for some time, was 2 guest at Luther’s table and one of his hearers in the lecture room and in thechurch. It is the first biography of the great Reformer—more simple, fresh and picturesque than any other. It is not drawn from books, but from the life; it give us a truthful picture of Luther as he was seen to act and speak. This new edition is brought out by our Publishing House as a Jubilee gift in excellent style. The thoroughness of the in- dexing deserves special praise. Dr. MarTIn LuTHERS Haus-POoOstTILie. $2.25; postage 35 cts. It is unnecessary to waste adjectives on the House-Postil of Luther—the greatest preacher of the Gospel since the days of St. Paul. It is a vol- ume of sermons so well known in our German Lu- theran families that the only question with them is where to get the best edition. And this question is now easily answered. This Jubilee edition of our Publishing House is by far the best in the market. ZEIT- UND GELEGENHEITS-PREDIGTEN. By Dr. W. Sihler, pastor of the Ev. Luth. St. Paul’s Church, Fort Wayne, Ind. Price $1.50; post- age, 15 cts. Those who are acquainted with Dr. Sihler’s Gospel- Postil and Epistle-Postil need no introduction to the method and style of the venerable preacher. They will be glad to hear of the appearance of this new volume of sermons, which are a plain and vig- orous presentation of Bible truths, forcibly applied to the various conditions of human life. Price, VON DER CHRISTLICHEN KIRCHENZUCHT. Two Sermons by Rey. L. Lochner, of Chicago, IIl. Price, single copy, 5 cts.; postage, 1 ct. These two sermons form an excellent tract on Christian Church Discipline. Our German pastors will do well to distribute it among their church- members. They will find it a valuable means for enlightening their people on this most important subject.