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The Lutheran Pioneer.

may be offered. There are to-day between ten and
twelve thousand students in school at Cairo alone,
many, if not most of them, studying to prepare
themselves to become “missionaries” to the heathen
and Christians. The destiny of at least half the
world, Asia and Africa, hinges on the future of
Tslam. '

Tre CHILDREN oF Cuina.— Nearly sixty-five
million children in China are waiting for schools.
The mission-schools of China now have an enrol-
ment of a hundred thousand pupils, but there is
a chance of training ten times that many to be-
come teachers alone. China needs schools from the
primary grades up to the university.

Unoccuriep Frevps 1x Arnica. — There is one
field in Africa not occupied by Christian mis-
sionaries which is three times the size of New
England; another unoccupied field is four times
the size of New York: a third waste field covers
an area eight times the size of Towa; and still
another field in which no Christian workers are to
be found is eighteen times the size of Ohio. Africa
has one Christian missionary to every 133,000 souls.

Isbam In Arrica.— Mohammedanism is threat-
ening to overrun Africa in the near future, if the
Christian Churches do not awaken to their oppor-
tunities. To-day every third person in Africa is
a Mohammedan. Islam has four million followers
south of the equator. In a few years this number
will have largely increased, unless the Church be-
stirs itself. FE. J. L.

BOOK TABLE.

SYNODICAL REPORT'S OF THE MISSOURI SYNOD.
No. 1. Suedlicher Distrikt. 56 pages: 12 cts. Con-
cordia Publishing House, St. Louis, Mo.

This report contains a German paper on “The Deluge,”
by Rev. R. Th. Fehlau, and an English essay, “The Present-
day Mission of the Church,” by Rev. O. W. Wismar. In
the latter paper the essayist clearly shows that the
present-day mission of the Church is that of all times,
namely, to preach the Gospel to the whole world. - In
these days of ours, when so many preachers and hearers
seem to have lost all confidence in the power of the ever-
Insting Gospel of Christ, and when so much is expected
from other agencies in the way of world-betterment, the
above paper is particularly timely and practical.

DIE ABENDSCHULE. A German biweekly. Vol. 63,
No.1. Louis Lange Publishing Co., St. Louis, Mo.
Price, $2.00 per year.

We are pleased to announce the entrance of this old
friend upon its sixty-third year. We know of no better
edited secular paper in our country. The editorials are
valuable and noteworthy because of their sound judg-
ment, their burning patriotism, and their high literary
value. Those able to read German are depriving them-
selves of n fine treat if they neglect the reading of these
editorials as they appear in every issue of Die Abend-

schule. FILL.

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NOTICE.

Since the former Treasurer for our Negro Mission,
Mr. John H. Schulze, has resigned, because of his health,
and since his resignation is to take effect on the 10th of
September, the Synodical Conference, assembled in ‘To-
ledo, O., has nominated Mr. Ewald Schuettner in his stead.
All moneys for the Negro Mission will in future be sent to

Mr. Ewarp Scnvuetrner,
323 Merchants-Laclede Building,
St. Louis, Mo.

Acknowledgments.

Received for Colored Missions from the following Col-
ored congregations: In North Carolina: Bethel, Green-
ville, $3.00; Bethlehem, Monroe, 1.00; Concordia, Rock-
well, 3.00; Grace, Concord, 25.00; Grace, Greensboro, 2.61;
Tuition from Immanuel College, Greensboro, 4.50; Mes-
siah, Fayetteville, 1.00; Mount Calvary, Mount Pleasant,

3.00; Mount Calvary, Kannapolis, 10.00; Mount Zion,
Rocks, 3.00; Mount Zion, Charlotte, 3.00; St. James,

Southern Pines, 4.00; St. Luke, High Point, 1.83; St.
Peter, Drys School House, 2.00; St. Paul, Charlotte, 11.00;
Trinity, Albemarle, 1.00; Trinity, Elon College, .54; sta-
tion in Winston, 45; Zion, Gold Hill, 3.00. In Loui
Mount Zion, New Orleans, 40.00; St. Paul, Mansura,
St. Paul, Napoleonville, 5.00; Trinity, Johnson, 1.55.
Station in Washington, D. C., 1.99. St. Matthew, Meher-
rin, Va., 5.14, from the Sunday-school, 47; station in
Richmond, .19. Immanuel, Brooklyn, N. Y., 1.00; Beth-
any, Yonkers, 16.00. Pentecost, Oak Hill, Ala., from the
Sunday-school, .75; St. Andrew, Vredenburgh, .50, from
the Sunday-school, 1.25; Tuition, 3.00; Christ, Neenah,
10.65, from the Sunday-school, 1.18. St. Mark, Atlanta,
Ga., 1.70, from the Sunday-school, .36. Personal Gift,
5.00. — Total, $183.19.

Special collection at the Lutheran Sunday-school Con-
vention for Immanuel College: From congregations in
North Carolina: Station in Meyersville, $1.00; Mount
Calvary, Mount Pleasant, 1.00; Grace, Concord, 10.50;
Mount Calvary, Sandy Ridge, 3.56; St. John, Salisbury,
4.00; Grace, Greensboro, 11.25; Mount Zion, Rocks, 2.00;
Zion, Gold Hill, 15.00; St. Peter, Drys School House, 1.00.

“Collection at service, 11.97.— Total, $61.28.

St. Louis, Mo., August 5, 1916.
Joun Hl. Scuvurze, 7'reas.
4571 Holly Ave.

Rev. Ed. H. Schmidt gratefully acknowledges the re-
ceipt of the following gifts for the new chapel at Man-
sura, La.: From Anna C. Troeger, Defiance, O., $6.00;
A. Hamel, Pekin, Ill., 2.00; J. N. V., Napa, Cal., 5.00;
A Friend, San Francisco, .25. Total, $13.25.— Rev. John
Alston, of Mount Pleasant, N. C., expresses the hearty
thanks of his congregation to Mr. F. C. Spiegel, Fort
Wayne, for an organ which he kindly donated to them
at a recent date.

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