# The Lutheran Pioneer_St. Louis_1920_S89 # Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration) 88 The Lutheran Pioneer. be known. 'The majority of each of these tribes hold to the Mohammedan religion. The Battaks are perhaps the most interesting of all the tribes of Sumatra. They inhabit the Resi- dency of Tapinoli, and number about 500,000, of whom 125,000 are Mohammedans, and 205,000 pagans. The latter are susceptible to Christian in- fluence. ~ Definite efforts in different parts of Su- matra are being put forth for these people to bring them to Christ and His salvation. Opportunities in Kiangsi. Kiangsi has long been regarded by business men as one of the antiforeign provinces of inland China. Until about twenty years ago it was difficult to rent or purchase property in the interior of the province for settled Christian work. But during the past two decades there has been a growing friendliness toward representatives of thissions, and to-day a great open door invites us to enter. Mission-work in Kiangsi has been carried on for only a little over five years, and there are fewer than seventy-five baptized believers in the entire province. Of the eighty walled cities in Kiangsi, some seventy can be reached by boats, the ordinary method of travel. The country is mountainous, and the scenery beautiful. Mandarin is generally spoken. The people are chiefly agriculturists. BOOK TABLE. Can the Secular State Teach Religion? By W. H. 7. Dau. Published by the American Luther League, Fort Wayne, Ind. Sent to any address under two- cent postage at the rate of six cents per copy. Bulk orders, four cents per tract, postage paid. We cannot understand how any true American, if he had any doubts before, can, after reading this remark- able pamphlet, otherwise than say in answer to the ques- tion which forms the title of this tract: “No, no; a thou- sand times, no!” We bespeak for the publication the ‘widest possible distribution. Psalm 23.