# The Lutheran Pioneer_St. Louis_1910_S16
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The Lutheran Pioneer.

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preciating the blessings brought to them by the
missions of the church, they wish to prove their
gratitude and to help support the mission accord-
_ing to their ability. They surely sct others a good
example.

Ture Most WipEty Circunatep Boox. — The
Bible has been called the greatest missionary, as
it goes into all lands and does its mission work
among all nations. It is the most widely circulated
book. ‘This has recently been challenged and a
claim put in for the Chinese almanac, printed in
Pekin, whose annual edition is said to reach
8,000,000 copies, none of which we are told are
ever returned to the printer. ‘That is certainly an
enormous circulation, but, as the London Book
Monthly points out, the Bible, “allowing for the
many languages in which it is printed, outdistances
even those figures. It is said that the Bible exists
in more than five hundred languages and dialects,
and it is calculated that its sale in those is some-
thing like 12,000,000 copies a year. No publication
of any kind has the same circulation as the Bible.”

A Correction. —In our January number it
was erroneously stated that the class of catechumens
confirmed at Rocks, N. C., numbered 41. The num-
ber of catechumens was 14.

Care for Children.

An Englishman, visiting Lutheran Sweden, was
surprised at the care taken in educating the chil-
dren. He thought such an education must be
rather costly. He was told: “We Swedes are not
rich enough to let a child grow up in ignorance,
misery, and crime to become a scourge to society
as well as a disgrace to itself and the family.”

BOOK TABLE.

Dritrer SyNODALBERICHT DES SourH Dakora-DIsTRIKTS
der Deutschen Ev.-Luth. Synode yon Missouri, Ohio
u. a. St. Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis, Mo.
Price, 12 cts.
Contains an important, instructive paper on “The Dis-
tinctive Doctrines of the Reformed Church Bodies and of
the Lutheran Church.”

Tne Biste Hour. An aid to systematic Bible study for
Lutheran Sunday Schools, Young People’s Societies,
and the Christian Homes. ev. Adolf T. Hanser,
Editor. Published quarterly by Lutheran Publish-

ing Co., 214 Southampton St., Buffalo, N.Y. Price
for one year: One copy, G0 cts.; 10 copies, $5.00;
“25 copies, $12.00; 50 copies, $20.00.

This is the first number of a quarterly publication, the
aim of which is to be a safe guide to Bible readers, Jead-
ing them into the correct understanding of what they
read, and thus rendering them a service similar to that
which Philip rendered the Ethiopian, who in answer to
Philip’s question: “Understandest thou what thou read-
est?” said: “How can I, except some man should guide
me?” and who was then led by Philip to understand what
he was reading, Acts 8. Such service must be welcome to
the student of God’s Word, and we doubt not that the
Bible Hour, with its explanatory and practical notes, will
prove most helpful to Bible readers, especially to teachers
and members of Bible classes in our Sunday schools.

Acknowledgments.

Received for Colored Missions from the following con-
gregations: Mount Calvary, Mount Pleasant, N. C., $3.00,
Zion, Gold Hill, N. C., 2.50, Concordia, Rockwell, N. C.,
1.55, Mount Zion, The Rocks, N. C., 1.50, Bethlehem, Mon-
roe, N. C., 2.50, St. James, Southern Pines, N. C., 2.50,
Mount Zion, New Orleans, La., 35.00, Bethlehem, New Or-
leans, La., 30.00, St. Paul, New Orleans, La., 35.00, Napo-
leonville, La., 15.40, Mansura, La., 16.00, St. Paul, Char-
lotte, N. C., 7.50, Mount Zion, Meyersville, N. C., 2.50,
Grace, Concord, N. C., 10.00, Sandy Ridge, N. C., 10.00,
St. John, Salisbury, N. C., 6.75, St. Matthew, Meherrin,
Va., 7.14, Grace, Greensboro, N. C., 3.00. Total: $191.84.

St. Louis, Mo., January 17, 1910.

H. L. DoEDERLEIN, 7'rcas.
848 I. Prairie Ave.

Received of Rev. G. Schroeder, Luzerne, Iowa, for stu-
dents of Immanuel College, as a Christmas gift, from Lena,
Herman, and Henry Paulson $3.00. Hearty thanks to the
kind donors! N. J. BAKKE.

Evangelical Lutheran Colored Churches.
NEW ORLEANS, LA.
St. Paul’s Chapel, 1625 Annette St., near N. Claiborne St. ;
Albert Witt, Pastor.
Divine Services: Sunday, 11 A.M. and 7.30 Pp. M.;
Wednesday, 7.30 Pr. M.
Mount Zion Church, Franklin and Thalia Sts.; Ed. C.
Krause, Pastor.
Divine Services: Sunday, 11 A.M. and 7.30 P. M.;
Thursday, 7.30 P. M.
Bethlehem Chapel, Washington Ave. and Dryades St.;
G. M. Kramer, Pastor.
Divine Services: Sunday, 11 a.m. and 7.30 P-M.;
Thursday, 7.30 p.m. Sunday School: Sunday, 10. m.

SPRINGFIELD, ILL.
Holy Trinity Church.
Divine Services: Sunday, 10.30 a.m. and 8 P. aM.

TERMS:

Tue LUTiMERAN PIONEER is published monthly, payable
in advance at the following rates, postage included, to-wit:

Copyprstere tere sintelsvoleni-vereieltors 25
LORCopics restate siarsieiatslerctclelorelercta 2.00
25) Copies) er. sje cise ops e= cieierets 5.00

Copies 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.

All communications concerning the editorial depart-
ment to be addressed to Prof. R. A. Brscuorr, Conover,
Catawba Co., N.C.

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