# The Lutheran Pioneer_St. Louis_1917_S16
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

es weet,

The Lutheran Pioneer.

cation is better than ignorance; if six bushels are

better than one; if medical science is better than

witchcraft; if law and justice are better than

barbarism: if Christ is betler than the devil, —
; then — Now Listen! — then Christian missions

are worth while, and you ought to support them
- with your prayers and your pocketbook.

A Comparison. — The daily expense of the
awful war now raging in Europe is fifty million
dollars, twenty million more than the yeafly ex-
pense of all foreign missions. ‘Think of that!

Ao

Faithful unto Death.

On the banks of one of the tributaries of the
j ‘Rhone, in Southern France, is situated the old
ie fortress Aigues-Mortes. One of the towers of this
‘ old fortress is called the ‘Tour de Constance (the
| - Tower of Constancy). In the awful dungeons in
: this tower, Louis XIV imprisoned many Huguenots.
One little word, “J’ abjure” (I renounce), would
have sufficed to open the door to freedom; but to
the honor of these Huguenots it must be said that
very few ever spoke the word: ‘They preferred death

bee to liberty bought by the denial of their faith. One
hi peasant woman, Marie Durand, had been imprisoned
ee hiere since she was eighteen years of age. When,

after an inrprisonment of forty years, she felt that

* death was near, she scratched the word “Tesistez”
(Be steadfast), with her last remaining strength
one into the stone floor of her cell. ‘This one word,
read“ by later occupants of the cell, strengthened
them in their faith, and helped them to remain
faithful to the end, as Marie had done before them.

: BOOK TABLE.

SYNODICAL REPORTS OF MISSOURI SYNOD.
English District; 78 pages; pr ice, 17 cts.
Teras-Distrikt; 96 pages; price, 20 cts.

_ Publishing House, St. Louis, Mo.

‘ No. G contains a thorough discussion of the subject,

“The Fatherhood of God aml the Brotherhood of Man.’

No. Ga brings an interesting paper by Prof. J. Herzer on

“The Blessings of the Reformation Enjoyed by the Amer-

jean Lutheran Churcly.” ; :

COMFORT FOR THE SICK. By Rev. B. P. Nommensen,
1231 Kinnickinnick Ave., Milwaukee, Wis. 48 pages.
Price, 30 cts., bound; the same in 24 NEGLI 17 cts.,
postpaid.

‘his booklet is 2 teamnintion of the German Kranken-
published by the author a number of years’ ago.
intended for the use of the sick. The language is
nue as if should be, and the texts for the various

No. 6.
No. Ga.
Concordia

children, to be sung cither unisono or us a duet.

‘at Richmond, Va.,

meditations are chosen with care. In some respects the
leaflets, unbound, are to be preferred to the booklet, be-
because the pastor can select the tract that gives the
best consolation for the sick, and, after reading it, can
leave it with the patient for a second reading. We hope
that this English edition may enjoy the same, well-
deserved reception that was given to the German original.

PSALM 463) 1517—1017. A Jubilee Contribution, by
Herm. M, Hahn, Order from the composer, 2852
3roadway, Fort Wayne, Ind., or from Concordia
Publishing House, St. Louis, Mo. Price, 35 cts., net.

We feel certain that the noble strains of this vocal
composition by Prof. H. M. Halin will delight many a con-
gregation during this Year of Jubilee. The composition
has a German and an English text, and may be used as

a solo for a medium voice, as a duet, as a responsive sony

for the pastor and school, or as a chorus for the sehool-

The

highest note is D and the lowst C sharp; this brings it

Within the range of any ordinary singer, and as the com-

position has a fundamental accompaniment, it is easily

taught. Vr. J. 1.

Acknowledgments.

Xeevived for Colored Missions from the following Col-

ored congregations: St. John, Salisbury, $15.00; St.
Paul, Mansura, 10.00; Bethany, Yonkers, 32.00: Im-
manuel, Brooklyn, 2.00; Messiah, Fayetteville, 147; St.

Christ Chureh, Rosebud,

James, Southern Pines, 4.50;
x station at Oak Hill,
17.01; Concordia,
Rocks, 6.00; Zion, Golsl Hill,
leans, 40.00;

16.19;

. Andrew, Vreden-
Rockwell, 6.00; Mount Zion,
6.00; Bethlehem, New Or-
Mount Zion, New Orleans, 40.00; station
1.00; St. Matthew, Meherrin, 14.14;
station at Washington, 2.94; Bethel, Greenville, 6.00;
Bethlehem, Monroe, 1.00; St. Paul, New Orleans, 80.00;
Mount Calvary, Mount Pleasant, 5.00; St. Peter, Drys
School House, 2.00; St. Paul, Napoleonville, 687; ‘Trin-
ity, Johnson, 5.80; Immanuel College, Greensboro, 133.34;

Immanuel School, Greensboro, 4.00; Graee. Greensboro,
20.56; St. Mark, Atlanta, 8.68; Mount Zion, Meyers-

ville, 6.00; St. Paul, Charlotte, 22.00;
lege, .36; station at Winston, 1.10;
Jeans, 14,00; Luther College, New Orleans, 21.25; Im-
manuel, Alexander, 1.00;- St. Luke, High Point, 5.28.
Through Pastor Jesse (lectures), 3.05. Paid on loans,
25.00. — Total, $639.46.
St. Louis, Mo., January 3, 1917.
; Ewap Sciverrnen, 7'reas.,
323 Merchants-Laclede Bldg.

Trinity, Elon Col-
Redeemer, New Or-

Tue LUTHERAN PIONEER is published monthly, payable
in advance at the following rates per annum, postdge in-
cluded, to wit: —

Wkcopy. se. see = suivilewirienee PeeO,
iA 10 copies -..... Seite clone 2-00,
] 25 copies ....... - 5.00

50 copies ........... -- 9.00
Club rates only allowed if alll c copies are to be sent to

. one address. —In St. Louis, by mail or carrier, 35 cents’

per annum.

All business communications to be addressed to Con-
corpia Puprisiuine House, Jefferson Ave. and Miami St.,
St. Louis, Mo.

All communications concerning the editorial de
ment to be addressed to Rev. F. J. LANKENAU, 316
Clinton St., Napoleon, O. a

\