# The Lutheran Pioneer_St. Louis_1921_S25 # Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration) ‘about thirty minutes. was great, is now greater than ever. God speed the day when sufficient funds shall be on hand to begin building operations! NAPOLEONVILLE, La. — The readers of the Pio- NEER have been told at different times that a chapel and school must soon be erected at Napolconville. Our Mission Board has decided to purchase the building site. But this will exhaust the funds on hand for Napoleonville. May the Lord open the hearts and hands of many to furnish the funds for the chapel ! . oe : Progress. A century ago there was not a professing Prot- estant Christian in Japan; not one in Korea; less than ten in the Chinese Empire, and a few thousand in India. To-day there is a Protestant Christian community of some 90,000 adherents in Japan, 200,000 in Korea, nearly a million in China, and 1,617,000 in India. In India the Protestant, native Christian community is gaining about 50 per cent. every ten years. It is doubling every decade in China, while nearly a convert an hour has been added every day in Korea since the first missionary landed. The New Era in Asia. BOOK TABLE. We are pleased to announce the following publications, which have been sent to us by the publishers, Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis, Mo.: — He Loved Me, and Gave Himself for Me. By Prof. W.H.T.Dau. Tasty cloth-binding, 50 cts. A series of seven Lenten addresses in the author’s best vein, affording most welcome reading for the quiet hour during Holy Weck. A beautiful volume in every way, breathing throughout the true Christian spirit, and every imeneence throbbing with genuine feeling and earnest appeal. Hold Fast That Which Thou Hast! Words of En- ent, Warning, and Admonition to Our Con- firmed Youth. Adapted from W. Zicthe. Cloth, 25 cts.; gilt edge, 35 cts. . = Simple, but tender words addressed to the new con- firmed. The boundless love of the Savior is so touchingly presented, and the need of remalntns true to Him so con- vincingly set forth, that the booklet cannot but appeal to its readers. Ninety-Seven. By Ernst I. Erbe. Cantata: Mixed Choir and Soli. 34 pages; 80 cts. This is No.5 of the publishers’ series of “Sacred Cho- ruses and Anthems for More Ambitious Choirs.” “It com- bines relative ease of execution with unusual purity and chastity of form.” It consists of four choruses and sev- eral solos. The choruses can easily be used separately. ‘As a whole the composition would be well adapted for use in a song service, er with a few other hymns and choir selections. ekeanta re acer bes reniered in The Lutheran Pioneer. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. Received for Colored Missions from the following Col- | ored congregations: Bethany, Nyland, $19.74; Mount Car- | mel, Midway, 35.52; St. Andrew’s, Vredenburgh, 8.91- St. James’s, Buena Vista, 17.67; Mount Olive, ‘Tincla, 13.89; Mount Calvary, Tilden, 34.70; Grace, Ingomar, ! 40.46; St. John’s, Joffre, 7.02; St. Paul’s, Oak Hill, 18.10; i Selma, Ala., 1.80; Zion, Taits Place, 21.48; Our Savior, | Camden, 7.19; Christ, Rosebud, 22.49; Birmingham, Ala., 4.00; Bethany, Yonkers, 35.00; Bethel, Plaquemine, 10.00; Bethlehem, New Orleans, 50.00; Carrollton, New Orleans, 15.00; Concordia, Rockwell, 5.00; Grace, Greensboro, 16.10; Immanuel, Brooklyn, 8.00; Immanuel College, Greensboro, 718.10; Mount Calvary, Mount Pleasant, 6.00; Mount Calvary, Sandy Ridge, 15.00; Mount Olive, Ca- tawba, 5.00; Mount Zion, New Orleans, 40.00; Mount Zion, Rocks, 10.00; Redeemer, New Orleans, 22.39; St. John’s, Salisbury, 15.00; St. Luke’s, High Point, 1.84; St. Luke’s, Spartanburg, 15.50; St. Matthew’s, Meherrin, 20.71; St. Mark’s, Atlanta, 5.00; St. Paul’s, Charlotte, 27.00; Mount Zion, Charlotte, 14.00; St. Paul’s, Mansura, 12.00; St. Paul’s, Napoleonville, 25.00; St. Paul’s, New rleans, 30.00; St. Peter's, Drys School House, 10.00; Trinity, Albemarle, 2.00; Trinity, Elon College, 2.62; Trinity, New Orleans, 5.00; Washington, 2.65; Winston- Salem, .55; Zion, Gold Hill, 5.00. — 7Z'otal, $1,401.03. St. Louis, Mo., February 1, 1921. If. A. Dittsar, Asst. Treas., 1944 Clara Ave. Rev. G. A. Schmidt, Selma, Ala., gratefully acknowl- edges: Received packages of clothes from J. A. Ruff, Grand Island, Nebr.; L. Estel, Perryville, Mo.; Mrs. Sehlier, Benton, Mo.; boxes of clothes: from Tabitha Society, Dan- ville, Ill.; Afrs. Arndt, Meriden, Conn.; A. Wagner, Alten- burg, Mo.; Mrs. Wm. Windett, What Cheer, Iowa; hym- nals: P. Lindhorst, -Reynolds, Ind. —FYor Taits Place: N. N., $1.00; Mrs. P. I. H., Cleveland, O., 5.00; N. N., Ossian, Ind., 10.00 (Taits PI., 5.00; catechumen room, 5.00); N. N., Slater, Mo., 2.00; N. N., Fort Wayne, 3.00; N. N., New Orleans, 5.00. Received from the Students’ Missionary Society, Con- eordia Seminary, St. Louis, a valuable box of used clothing and $5.00 to cover expressage on same, for the Oak Hill Mission. Many thanks! Received of the Rev. Hugo.Grimm and congregation, Marengo, Iowa, $4.00 to apply to freight expense on altar presented to Our Savior Luth. 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