# The Lutheran Pioneer_St. Louis_1904_S56 # Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration) 56 - - The Lutheran Pioneer. Statistical View of the Religious Condition of the World. In a pampblet recently isued by the Board of Foreign Missions are found the following statistics ? Tue Wortp—Total population of the world, ‘estimated, 1,500,000,000. Nominal Christians, 500,000,000. Non-Christians, 1,000,000,000. Native Christians—Protestant adherents in non-Christian countries and tribes, 4,514,592. Protestant mission- aries, 18,164. Native workers, 78,350. Students in Christian schools, 1,051,466. Eastern AstA—Japan, China, Korea, Thibet, and Siam. Total population, 454,000,000. Mission- aries, 3862, br one-to every 118,000 people. Native workers, 8637. Protestant adherents, 307,761. Stu- dents in Christian schools, 57,466. CENTRAL AND WESTERN AstA—India, Afghanis-~ tan, Persia, Turkey, Arabia. Total population, 843,696,104. Missionaries, 4989, or one to every 70,000 people. Native workers, 30,222. Protestant adherents, 1,356,339. Students in Christian schools, - 492,716. E Tue ContTINENT or ArricA—Total population, . 150,000,000. Missionaries, 3051, or one to every * 50,000 people. Native workers, 15,732. Adherents, 851,180. Pupils, 205,047. Tuer. CountRIES- aT OUR Doors— Mexico and Central and South America. Total’ population, . 54,595,562. Missionaries, 994, or one, to every 55,000 people. Native workers, 1927. Adherents, 142,308. Pupils, 29,287. Tue Istanps or THE SEA—The Philippines, Hawaii, Cuba, Porto Rico, the South Seas, Mada: gascar. Total population, 49,138,356. Missionaries, 1062, or one to every 46,000 people. Native workers, 11,706. Adherents, 652,651. Pupils, 267,097. a A Blind Helper. _ One of the best-boys in the High School of the Basel Mission at Keti on the Blue Mountains (Nil- giri) in South India is blind Adolphus. The older boys are sent two and two to teach Sunday school in the villages round about Keti. Adolphus goes along, and plays his violin, sings‘a hymn, and to the great astonishment of the heathen reads a lesson from the New Testament. a Bible for the blind at Palamcotta, where some English missionaries maintain an institution for the _,blind. The native preacher likes to take him:along. on his preaching tours, for he has pleasant ways He learned to read in about him, and is always ready to play his violin and to raise his melodious voice in praise of the Saviour. — Ez. ee An Ancient Inscription. In the ancient cathedral of Luebeck, Germany, there is an old slab with the following inscription: Thus speaketh Christ, our Lord, to us: Ye call me Master, and obey me not; Ye call me Light, and see me not; Ye call me Way, and walk me not; Ye call me Life, and desire me not; Ye call me Wise, and follow me not; Ye call me Fair, and love me not; Ye call me Rich, and ask me not; Ye call me Eternal, and seek me not; Ye call me Gracious, and trust me not; Ye call me-Noble, and serve me not; Ye call me Mighty, and honor me not; Ye call me Just, and fear me not; If I condemn you, blame me not. Acknowledgment. Received for colored missions of Rev. J.C. Schmidt from Grace Church in Greensboro, N. C., $12.00; of Rev. K. Kretzschmar from Mount Zion Church in New Orleans, La., 25.00; of Rev. F. J. Lankenau from St. Paul’s Church in New Orleans, La., 25.00; of Rey. J. Kossmann from Bethlehem Church in New Orleans, La., 25.00; of Rev. M. Weinhold from St. Paul’s Church in Mansura, La., 10.00; of Rev. L. E. Thalley from Holy Trinity Church in Springfield, Ill., 7.50. St. Louis, June 15, 1904. A.C. Bureporr, Treas. Evangelical Lutheran Colored Churches. NEW ORLEANS, LA. St. Paul’s Chapel, 1625 Annette St., near N. Claiborne St.; F. J. Lan- kenan, Pastor. 5 Divine Services: Sunday, 11 A. M. and 7.30 P. 11 ; Wednesday, 7.30 P. M. > Mount Zion Church, Franklin and ThaliaSts. ; K. Kretzschmar, Pastor. 5 pevivie Services: Sunday, 11 Ao. and 7.30 P. M.; Thursday, Bethlehem Chapel, Washington Ave. and Dryades St.; J. W. F. Koss- mann, Pastor. s Divine Services: Sunday, 10 A. M. and ‘7.30 Pp. M.; Thursday, P.M. : SPRINGFIELD, ILL. Holy Trinity Church; L. E. Thalley, Pastor. Divine Services: Sunday, 10.30 A. 1. and 8 P. M. TERMS: Tn LUTHERAN PIONEER is published monthly, payable in adyance at the following rates, postage included, to-wit: 25 - WE Copynecetacms rena eens ( WY CL ICO, Sasoocetnc Sno bes Gers 2.00 PLS) We Ss aaesdtood Eisinioeteedeiereiers 5.00 (i) en pdansauncanoudenpasosen 9.00 Club rates only allowed if all copies are to be sent to one - address. —In St. Louis by mail or carrier, 35 cents. All business communications to be addressed to Con- cordia Publishing House, Jefferson Ave. and Miami St., St. Louis, Mo. x All communications concerning the editorial depart- ment to be addressed to Prof. R. A. BrscHorr, Conover, Catawba Co., N.C. # .