# The Lutheran Pioneer_St. Louis_1919_S48
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48 The Tue eran Pioneer.

This spells a new era for the advancing South.
This black man must hold his own or go to the wall.
It means the crowding of millions into impossible
conditions. We allow this at our peril. Our safe-
guard is not in discouraging immigration, but by
inspiring the Negro to inherit his birthright; for
he has it in him to stand against all comers. God’s
call to America is a call to the men of America to
help the American-Negro to manhood, and thereby
to redeem the destiny of Africa.

Dr. W. Howard Platt, in Men and Missions.

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Changes in the Solomon Islands.

One of the striking results of Christianity in
the Melanesian Islands is the fact that peace and
unity result from the missionary work. Human
life is held very cheap among the heathen in Mela-
nesia, and murders are of frequent occurrence. ‘The
death of a chief, the death of a loved child, a murder,
a death by misadventure, all have to be countered
by a fourth death. The introduction of Christianity
in any village alters all this, and brings security
of life and peace. :

There is no community life among the native
people apart from that life in the mission villages.
The heathen live in scattered settlements and know
nothing of organized community life. One of the
first effects of Christianity is to gather together
the various scattered family groups, and to give
them a settled habitation and a common interest,
and thus to promote an outward unity.

The Missionary Review.

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THE mission-field of a Church will to a great
extent be a reflection of the Church at home.

BOOK TABLE.

Statistical Year-Book for 1918. Concordia Publishing
House, St. Louis, Mo. Bound in paper; 137 pages,
69. Price, 75 cts. :

This important publication of the Missouri Synod for
the first time appears in English, thus making it direetly
available to all that desire to become acquainted with its
interesting contents. The compiler, Rev. E. Eckhardt, has
sueceeded in getting much more information into the book
than it ever before contained. Among the new features
may be mentioned the following: Year of congregation’s
founding; number of days school was taught; number
of English services per month; number of members in
Army and Navy; contributions for home, synodical, and
benevolent purposes; value of property in each District;
total of gross salaries paid pastors and teachers; classi-
fication of pastors and teachers according to age; report
of Army and Navy Board; ete.

The Merger: An Analysis. By Prof. Th. Graebner.
Coneordia Publishing House, St. Lonis, Mo. Paper
covers; 27 pages. Price, 10 cts.

This is a reprint of a series of articles that appeared
in the Lutheran Witness several months ago. Whoever
desires to know why we of the Synodical Conference at
the present time cannot unite with those Lutheran bodies
which consummated a merger about six months ago, may
here learn the reasons.

Jesus, What a Pleasure. Words by Mis. Agnes Ber-
tram; music by Herm, M. Hahn. Published by Wm.
F. Bertram, Portage, Wis. Price, 25 cts.

A very pleasing lyric set to music by our popular com:
poser, Prof. Herm. M. Hahn. We think that Mr. Hahn
has achieved a very delightful coordination between music
and words. The tune interprets the beautiful words, and
adequately presents the mood of the subject. The tune
is simple and the accompaniment not difficult. German
and English texts are given, the English version being by
Rey. W. M. Czamanske.

Where and How to Pray. By Arthur Brun. — Hell.
By J. N. H. Jahn. Published by the American Lu-
theran Publicity Bureau, Hartford Bidg., Room 831,
2226 BE. 17th St., New York, N. Y. Price of either,
50 ets. per hundred, and postage.

Two very usable tracts on most important subjects.
Order a hundred of each and distribute them. There is
a blessing in it! —Note that the Publicity Bureau has
changed its addfess.— Have you renewed your member-
ship in the Bureau? If you have not, do so at onee. It
is only a dollar a year, or, including The American Lu-
theran, a fine monthly publication, $1.50 per year.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.

Received for Colored Missions from the following Col-
ored congregations: Grace, Greensboro, $40.00 (March)
and 35.00; St. Luke, High Point, 9.00; Little Rock, 2.10;
Bethany, Yonkers, 21.00; Bethel, Greenville, 20.00; Beth-
lehem, New Orleans, 35.00; Carrollton, New Orleans, 10.00;
Christ, Rosebud, 15.00; Concordia, Rockwe)), 4.00; Grace,
Coneord, 45.00; Immanuel, Brooklyn, 5.00; Immanuel,

Greensboro, 5.00; Immanuel College, Greensboro, 102.50; ~

Mount Calvary, Mount Pleasant, 6.00; Mount Calvary,
Sandy Ridge, 12.00; Mount Zion, Charlotte. 10.00; Mount
Zion, New Orleans, 30.00; Mount Zion, Rocks, 5.00; Our
Savior, Camden, 5.00; Redeemer, New (rleans, 12.14;
Richmond, 1.10; St. Andrew, Vredenburgh, 3.00; St. James,
Buena Vista, 2.17; St. James, Southern Pines, 10.00; St.
Luke, Spartanburg, 10.00; St. Mark, Atlanta, 3.00; - St.
Mark, Wilmington, 23.84; St. Matthew, Meherrin, 12.90;
St. Paul, Charlotte, 22.00; St. Paul, Mansura, 5.00; St.
Paul, Napoleonville, 20.00; St. Paul, New Orleans, 25.00;
St. Paul, Oak Hill, 6.00; St. Peter, Drys School House,
8.00; Trinity. Albemarle, 1.00; Washington, 1.00; Zion,
Gold Hill, 6.00. — Totel, $548.66. — Church Extension
Fund, 30.46.
St. Louis, Mo., May 1, 1919.
K. F. RoEMER, Ass’! Treas.,
3678A Folsom Ave.

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