# The Lutheran Pioneer_St. Louis_1920_S17
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the addition of a new worker, who will work among
the deaf of Oregon.

IryiNG NeeD oF Home Missions. — It has
been reported that there are no less than 137 vil-
lages in Colorado, having a population ranging
from 150 to 1,000, in which there are no churches.
In Idaho are to be found many places without
churches. It is said that Nevada has less than a
hundred churches. Montana, it is claimed, has
900 school districts where the children get no re-
ligious instruction. Arkansas, Arizona, New Mex-
ico, and other States have just ‘as deplorable con-
ditions. F.J. 1.

BOOK TABLE.

Endorsements of.the Principles Underlying the Re-
ligious Week-Day School by American Educators,
Kditors, and Statesmen. Collected by 7h. Gracbner,
Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis, Mo. 16 pages.
Price: $1.35 per 100; $12.00 per 1,000. 3

A small, cheap tract, but worth more than its weight
in gold. By means of quotations from American educators,
editors, and statesmen, the compiler convincingly shows
that also non-Lutheran American leaders are persuaded
that religion is an essential factor in education, that the
Sunday-school is insuflicient ‘to satisfy the religious needs
of the child, that for. this reason religious instruction
must be a part of the regular week-day schooling, and
that, since the State cannot give such religious instruc-
tion without mixing Church and State, the Chureh has
the plain duty to maintain religious day-schools. The
writer knows of one pastoral conference whose members
have already ordered a suflicient number of copies to
place one in each family of the church and circularize
a large number of other persons. Where congregations
cannot be induced to order the tract, pastors and teachers
should find some other means of spreading this pamphlet
within and outside the bounds of the chureh.

In this connection we wish to call attention to the fact
that Concordia Publishing House has put on the market
a second edition of that excellent sermon, God Bless Our
Parochial Schools, by Rev. N. J. Bakke. \t deserves the
widest possible distribution. Price: Single copies, 4 cts. ;
36 cts. per dozen; $2.50 per 100.

Spiritism. By 7h. Graebner. Concordia -Publishing
House, St. Louis, Mo. Price: Paper, 60 ets.; bound
in cloth, 90 cts., postpaid. \

In looking over the December. number of Mcarst’s

a month ago, the writer found no less than three spirit-

istic stories in the one number! The same number an-

nounces a series of articles or stories by Sir Conan Doyle
relating to Spiritism for 1920. Other popular magazines
are also bringing an astounding amount of spiritistic
reading-mnatter. This must prove the timeliness of Prof.

Graebner’s book and, insure its wide reading. ‘The book

deserves a place on the shelves of our public libraries,

whiere_it belongs to counteract the hellish influence of

Spiritism, which Deut. 18, 11. 12; already is characterized

as “an abomination unto the Lord.”

In Hours of Darkness. ‘Text by Agnes Bertrum. Music
by B. Schumacher. Yor mixed chorus. Concordia
Selection of Sacred Choruses and Anthems, No. 3.
Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis, Mo. 7 pages.
Price, 20 cts. - :

A beautiful text, expressive of childlike trust in God,
“set to appropriate music. The chorus is offset by two
‘short tenor solos and a still shorter soprano solo. The
English text is by W. Af. Ceamanske.

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The History of the Passion and Death of Our Lord
and Savior Jesus Christ. Concordia Publishing
House, St. Louis, Mo, 20 pages. Price: Single cop-
ies, 4 cts. 36 cts. per dozen; $2.50 per 100.

A fine pamphlet to put into the hands of Lenten ser-

vice attendants. Very cheap. FJ. L.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.

Received for Colored Missions from the following Col-
ored congregations: Bethel, Monroe, $3.00; Bethel, Green-
ville, 20.00; St. Luke’s, Spartanburg, 5.00 and 5.00; Beth-
any, Nyland, 846; Bethel, Charlotte, 20.00; Bethlehem,
New Orleans, 45.00; Carrollton, New Orleans, 10.00; Christ,
Rosebud, 20.52; Concordia, Rockwell, 3.00; Grace, Greens-
boro, 20.80; Immanuel College, Greensboro, 563.83; N.N.,
Ingomar, 40.00; Luther College, New Orleans, 15.00; Rich-
mond, 1.15; Mount Calvary, Tilden, 1.77; Mount Carmel,
Midway, 28.92; Mount Olive, ‘linela, 16.06; Mount Zion,
Charlotte, 10.00; Mount Zion, New Orleans, 50.00; Mount
Zion, Rocks, 5.00; Our Savior, Camden, 4 3; Plaquemine,
5.00; Redeemer, New Orleans, 11.67; St. Andrew’s, Vreden-
burgh, 14.62; St. Jan >. Buena V , 5.05; St. James’s,
Southern Pines, 6.00; St. Jolin’s, Jol 11.19; St. John’s,
Salisbury, 10.00; St. Luke’s, High Point, 6.35; St. Mark’s,
Atlanta, 5.00; St, Matthew’s, Meherrin, 10.15; St. Mark’s,
Wilmington, 2.01; St. Paul’s, Charlotte, 15.00; St. Paul's,
Mansura, 5.00; St. Paul’s Chapel, New Orleans, 25.00; St.
Paul’s, Oak Hill, 30.00; Trinity, Albemarle, 2.00; ‘Trinity,
Elon College, 1.23; Trinity Station, New Orleans, 5.00;
Washington, 3.10; Winston-Salem, 2.30; Bethany, Yon-
00; Immanuel, Brooklyn, 8.00; Mount Olive, Ca-
tawba, 2.50. — Total, $1,137.21.

St. Louis, Mo., January 1, 1920.

HW. A. Dirrmar, -lsst. Treas.,
1944 Clara Ave.

Grateful acknowledgment is hereby made of $1.00, re-
ceived from Mrs. Mollie White, New York, for the Christ-
mas celebration of Immanuel Sunday-school, Greensboro,
N.C. J.P. SMivtit.

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