# The Lutheran Pioneer_St. Louis_1919_S88 # Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration) 88 The Lutheran Pioneer. The American Methodist Church is now working in eight South American states, in four of which it is the only evangelical Church. The work is carried on by 137 missionaries and other foreign workers, who are assisted by 239 native preachers and workers. The Methodists have 14,966 native South American members. This denomination in- tends to spend the large sum of $5,624,204 in South American. mission enterprises in the next ‘five years. * BS * It is supposed that in Brazil there are to-day no less than 1,500,000 Indians. Most of these are utterly wild and untamed, and have never seen a white man. Their ways are the primitive ways of the savage. Scarcely any mission-work has been done among the Indians of the interior. F.J.L, Renewals. A considerable number of subscriptions to the Pioneer will expire with the next issue. We are not asking you to renew your subscription, because we feel certain that you will do so if you possibly can, but we are asking you to send in your renewal as soon as possible, so that there be no break in your file. Of course, subscriptions cannot be en- tered unless accompanied. by twenty-five cents. Send your subscription to Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis, Mo. +> Change of Address. The Superintendent of Colored Missions, Rey. C. F. Drewes, has recently removed to 3721 Sylvan Place, St. Louis, Mo. BOOK TABLE. Concordia School Bible No. N100. Concordia Pub- lishing (House, St. Louis, Mo. Black imitation leather-binding. Size, 5148. Price, $1.75, net. Prices to the profession on application. In putting this Bible on the market, the publishers have given us a Bible with the Authorized Version in a good, clear type, of compact size and bulk, with ac- cepted marginal references. The Bible is self-pronoun- cing, is printed on good paper, durably bound, and is of- fered at a reasonable price. The book has twelve good maps. The Christmas Song-Book. The Sotarion Publishing Co., 105 Florida St., Buffalo, N. Y. Price, 25 cts. Order from Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis, Mo. This book offers a very large selection of the best Christmas-hymns in the English language. ‘The book is very cheap, containing no less than 73 songs on 63 pages. An English-German edition is also published. Those in charge of Christmas programs should examine this fine book. My Violet. Words by Agnes Bertram and Wm. Dawson. Musie by Wm. Bertram and J. R. Jacobsen. Order from Wm. F. Bertram, 331 W. Carroll St., Por- tage, Wis. A very pretty lyric set to appropriate music, Words and music will appeal to many. Tracts. American Lutheran Publicity Bureau, 22—26 E. 17th St., New York, N. Y. Hands Off, by Rev. Arth. Brunn, is a strong plea for the Christian day-school. Its argumertis are unanswer- able. In Family Worship Pastor L. Fuchheimer speaks of the great importance of the family altar. May his words be heeded! ‘The-first-named tract costs $1.25 per hundred, the other is 60 ets. per hundred. There’s No Friend on Earth like Mother. Farewell, You Soldiers, Farewell. Words and musie by Wm. Heine and Wm. Uffelmann. Order from Rey. Wm. Heine, North Judson, Ind. Price, 15 ets. each. We heard the second-named song a few days ago at a banquet given to the returned soldiers of our congrega- tion. It pleased us much, and also others expressed them- selves very favorably. The first-named song has an air that will appeal to you at once. F.J.L. ACKNOWLEDGMEN'S. Received for Colored Missions from the following Col- ored congregations: St. Luke, High Point, $8.77 and 9.12; Bethlehem, New Orleans, 55.00 and 40.0(); Carrollton, New Orleans, 10,00 and 10.00; St. Paul, Charlotte, 22.00; Mount Zion, Meyersville, 10.00; Bethany, Nylaiid, 3.83; Bethany, Yonkers, 25.00; Bethel, Greenville, 20,00; Christ, Rose- bud, 17.46; Concordia, Rockwell, 4.00; Grace, Concord, 50.00; Grace, Greensboro, 69.40; Imynanuel, Brooklyn, 8.00; Mount Carmel, Midway, 6.93; Mount Calvary, Mount Pleasant, 5.00; Mount Calvary, Sandy Ridge, 28.00; Mount Olive, Catawba, 2.50; Moun> Zion, Charlotte, 10.00; Mount Zion, New Orleans, 30,00; Mount Zion, Rocks, 20.00; Redeemer, New Orleans, 6.23; Richmond, .75; St. Andrew, Vredenburgh, 6.87; S;. James, Southern Pines, 6.00; St. John, Joffre, 3.22; St, John, Salisbury, 10.00; St. Luke, Spartanburg, 10.00; {3t. Mark, Atlanta, 3.00; St. Mark, Wilmington, 10.57; Ss. Matthew, Meher- rin, 29.87; St. Paul, Mansura, 5.00; (St. Paul, New Or- leans, 10.00; St. Paul, Oak Hill, 10.00; St. Peter, Drys School House, 12,00; Trinity, Albemarle, 2.00; Trinity, Elon College, .55; Washington, 3.25; Winston-Salem, 2.403 Mount Zion, Gold Hill, 5.00.— Total, $828.70. St. Louis, Mo., October 1, 1919. K. F. Roem, Ass’t Treas., 36784 Nolsom Ave. Supt. @. A. Schmidt gratefully acknowledges the re- ceipt of the following donations: From Mrs. W. Keil, Ash- land, Ky., $10.00. Paullina, Iowa: From F. Schulz, 5.00; Ed. Dobbertin, C. Dobbertin, and ©. Dobbertin, Jr., 5.00 each; J. Lange and EH. Bethman, 1.00 each. , up LurTaERAN Pronppr is published tnonthly, payable in advance at the following rates per j:anum, postage in- eluded, to wit; — DINCODY aievareo vices SSRIs 6 Md ley $ .25 10 copies . +» 2.00 25 copies . 5.00 BOR COOH. 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