# The Lutheran Pioneer_St. Louis_1918_S71 # Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration) : 'The Lutheran Pioneer. to spend their vacation with father and mother. In September we expect a few more to follow them back to New Orleans to fit themselves for the ser- Vice of the Church as pastors and teachers. Cuas. I. Hert. ——_——.--o— Important Publishers’ Notice. Beginning on October 1, 1918, we are putting our entire periodical ‘business on a strictly cash basis, which means that no subscriptions, neither from individuals nor from agents, will be accepted except on payment of the subscription price in advance, and all subscriptions will nutomatically be canceled on that date unless paid for. We rather expect to lose a few subscribers on account of this move, but we confidently expect that, those of our subscribers who do not realize the justice of our new cash-strictly-in-advance policy will realize the patriotic duty and civic necessity of instituting this policy, and we are confident that the loyalty and patriotism which characterizes our patronage will prompt them to help us make the transition to the new policy with the least possible discomfort to all concerned. ‘Those subscribing through agents, for instance, will save themselves and their agent annoyance by paying him in ample time to enable his remittance to reach us before October 1, 1918. At the same time we beg to announce a change in our addressing system, which we hope to complete by January 1, 1919, if we can get the new equipment by that time. From now till then we shall not change the date of expiration on the present address labels, and sub- seribers are cordially asked to he patient with us during this period. \ - The expensive and really unnecessary individual wrap- ping of most papers will be discontinued, — another item of economy we must introduce if we Wish to materialize our determination to delay the increase of our subscrip- tion rates to the very last, forever if we can. If your subscriptions to any of our periodicals are not yet paid, do not wait for statement, but please pay at once. You will be serving yourself, your Government, and your publishers. Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis, Mo. BOOK TABLE. Die Pastoralbriefe. By P. E. Kretzmann, Ph. D., Pro- fessor at Concordia College, St. Paul, Minn. Con- cordia Publishing House, St. Louis, Mo. 356 pages; cloth-binding. Price, $2.00, postpaid. A timely commentary on the two epistles of Paul to Timothy and his letter to Titus. Though written for theologians, it may be read by educated laymen with profit. Every page shows the great phiolec knowl- edge of the author. Pastors will make a great mistake if they do not acquire this excellent book for their library. Principles of Teaching. By Rev. J. H. C. Frits. Con- cordin Publishing House, St. Louis, Mo. 23 pages, Price, 10 cts. Ape copy, postpaid; 96 cts. per dozen, postage excluded. Sunday-school teachers, before you forget it, send for this booklet. You will miss something if you don’t. I don’t care how many books on teaching you may have read, I am sure that you will never be sorry to have read this booklet. ‘ Proceedings of 25th Convention of Southern Dis- trict, Missouri Synod. Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis, Mo. 87 pages. Price, 22 cts. This report contains two papers, an English one on “The ‘Twenticth Chapter of paveledio and Chilinsm,” and a German one on “The Tower of Babel.” The first- mentioned paper is particularly timely, but the reader Will find the other no less interesting. The Sg issions also-brings the + of the Board on Home for the Southern Di strict. - Scripture. “1 Sermons and Addresses on Fundamentals. By Louis Wessel, Professor at Concordia Seminary, Spring- field, 111. Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis, Mo. Bound in silk-finish cloth; 201 pages. Price, $1.00, postpaid. We have here truly a book of addresses on the funda- mental doctrines of the Bible. The person that reads through this book has in the course of his reading been brought face to face with every important, teaching of These sermons and addresses are thoroughly Scriptural in their contents, and the manner in which the author presents his subject-matter is fresh and pleas- ingly natural. We are sure that this book will prove welcome to the preacher, the teacher, and the layman. Publications of the Lutheran Publicity Bureau, 234 * E. 62d St., New York: War-time Hymns for Church and IIome, $1.00 per hundred. Tracts: Family Wor- ship, by L. Buchheimer; Conversion, by Prof. Theo. Gracbner; Shall We Stop Praying in War-time?-by Rev. Paul Lindemann; Autocracy? Democracy? Which? by Rev. Arthur Brunn. Uniform price of all above-named tracts is 60 cts. per hundred. A pamphlet bearing the title, Local Church Pub- licity, will be sent free of charge to any address. The Lutheran Publicity Bureau is pursuing a: most laudable purpose, and deserves to be supported in every way. The tracts that have been put out by the Bureau have always been timely and on important subjects. This is also the case with the tracts mentioned above. Brief, terse, and to the point, — thus every one of them may be characterized. Acknowledgments. Received for Colored Missions from the following Col- ored congregations: Bethany, Nyland, $2.88; Bethany, Yonkers, 16.00; Bethel, Conover, .50; Bethlehem, New Orleans, 30.00; Carrollton, 5.00; Christ Church, Rosebud, 10.50; Concordia, Rockwell, 3.00; Grace, Concord, 35.00; Immanuel College, 11.00; Immanuel, Kernersville, 16.20; Mount Calvary, Sandy Ridge, 10.00; Mount Carmel, Mid- way, 8.07; Mount Olive, Catawba, 1.00; Mount Zion, Charlotte, 7.00; Mount Zion, New Orleans, 30.00; Mount Zion, Rocks, 3.00; Our Savior, Camden, 15.00; Redeemer, New Orleans, 3.90; St. Andrew, Vredenburgh, 3.66; St. John, Salisbury, 9.29; St. Mark, Atlanta, 3.00; St. Mat- thew, Meherrin, 10.15;° St. Paul, Charlotte, 13.00; St. Paul, Mansura, 3.60; St. Paul, Napoleonville, 8.00; St. Paul, Oak Hill, 5.00; Trinity, Albemarle, 1.00; Trinity, Elon College, 7.42; ‘Trinity, New Orleans, 5.00; Wash- ington, 2.00; Winston, 2.08; Zion, Gold Hill, 3.00; St. Peter, Drys School House. 5.00; St. Luke, Spartanburg, 5.00; Messiah, Fayetteville, .75; St. James, Southern Pines, 10.00. — Total, $305.00. St. Louis, Mo., August 1, 1918. Ewatp Scnuetrner, Treasurer, 323 Merchants-Laclede Bldg. Tue LUTHERAN PIONEER is pabished monthly, payable in advance at the following rates per annum, postage in- cluded, to wit: — Li Copy ire fn siatelslacsc eas aeons $ 25 25 copies .........-++0+--00s 5.00 50 copies ...--.cescecceeeeee 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 per annum. All business communications to be addressed to Con- CORDIA PUBLISHING House, Jefferson Ave. and Miami St., St.Louis, Mo. i the editorial depart- ment to be addressed to Rey. F. ‘AU, - All communications concerni . LANKENAU, 316 West Clinton St., Napoleon, O. ters