# The Lutheran Pioneer_St. Louis_1922_S88 # Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration) The Lutheran Pioneer. 87 thing to help.there? I told you in the last letter that we can pray and give money to this cause. And your pennies? They will be used to build churches and schools for those poor people. Will you help? Remember that every penny means a nail or a board for a church or a school in the South. I am coming out to see you soon. Will you tell me then what you did for the Negro Missions? The barrels will be collected the first day of school. Your teacher, Eva. E. WUNDERLICH. ReGarvinc the missionary spirit as of the essence of the spirit of the Gospel, let us, then, cultivate, cherish, and display it in the labor of love and in the perseverance of hope. Let us bear in mind that God is with us in this great work, and that He has ordained that they that water others shall them- selves be watered out of the river of life; and that those who are blessings to others shall be blessed of God themselves. — Alexander Campbell. BOOK TABLE. Popular Commentary of the Bible. The New Testa- ment. Vol. II: The Epistles of the Apostle Paul; the Epistle to the Hebrews and the Catholic Epis- tles; the Book of Revelation. By Paul BE. Kretz- mann, Ph. D., D. D. Concordia Publishing House, St, Louis, Mo. Substantial buckram binding. 664 pages, 710. Price, $4.50, postpaid. ; We hail with delight the appearance of this second volume of Dr. Kretzmann’s Popular Commentary. Here is a commentary that will satisfy the wants of the pastor and religious worker in general, and yet the treatment is such that a person of ordinary education can read it with profit. A number of brief articles on subjects of special interest and importance — for instance, Election of Grace, Sunday, Christian Giving, ete. —are of particular value. A special subject-index covering the whole New Testa- ment has been added and will prove a great help to many readers. Synodical Reports of Missouri Synod for 1922. Con- cordian Publishing House, St.Louis, Mo. No.1. Ver- handlungen der elften Versammlung des Atlantischen Distrikts.. German paper: “The Biblical Doctrine regarding Sunday.” 60 pages. Price, 28 cts. Is the Age of Miracles Past? By M.S. Sommer. Con- cordia Publishing House, St. Louis, Mo. 12 pages. Price, 5 cts.; 36 cts. a dozen; $2.50 a hundred. The author of this tract denies the question he puts, and proves from the Bible that his answer is correct. Ev.-Luth. Hausfreund-Kalender. 1923. Herausgegeben 4 von Dr. O. Willkomm. 39. Jahrgang. Verlag von Johannes Herrmann, Zwickau, Sachsen. 85 pages. Price, 10 cts. Order from Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis, Mo. Lutherkalender 1923. Wochen-Abreisskalender mit Lutherworten. Mit 4 Bildbeilagen von Gust. Koenig. Herausgegeben von M.Willkomm. Price, 25 cts. Or- der from Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis, Mo. Those of our readers who are able to read German should order and read these two publications. They are well worth possessing. F.J.L. A PLEA. The Editor recently received the following note from Superintendent G. A. Schmidt of Alabama: “Kindly put a plea for school-desks and second-hand sewing-machines in the next issue of the Pioneer. We want to teach the girls how to make dresses, patch, sew-on buttons, darn stockings, ete. A few words about the poverty of the Ne- groes of Alabama and the great need of teaching this practical kind of domestic science may bring a number of machines.” The Editor can only say that he heartily supports this plea of Pastor Schmidt, and if his word goes for anything with his readers, he wishes to use it in telling them that no better use of second-hand school-desks and sewing-machines can be made than that of sending them to Rev. G. A. Schmidt, Selma, Ala. You may rest as- sured that desks and machines will be put to good use, and will be of great service in the wonderful work which Pastor Schmidt and his zealous coworkers are doing in the “sticks” of Alabama. Ah, yes, the Editor wishes that all good readers of the Pioneer could realize and appre- ciate the great good that these devoted laborers are doing with the limited means at their disposal. He is certain that, if they but knew half of what is being done by our mission-workers, the support given them would increase a hundredfold. Therefore, help, help! Send your old desks and second-hand sewing-machines, and send them soon/ ; F.J.L, ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. Received for Colored Missions from the following Col- ored congregations: Bethlehem, Holy Ark, $7.74; Mount Carmel, Midway, 4.35; Our Savior, Possum Bend, 8.81; Zion, Taits Place, 14.42; Bethany, Nyland, 7.84; Christ, Rosebud, 11.59; St. Paul’s, Oak Hill, 2.72; Mobile, Ala., -06; St. Andrew’s, Vredenburgh, 10.87; St. James’s, Buena Vista, 5.29; Mount Olive, Tinela, 12.34; Selma, Ala., .83; Our Redeemer, Longmile, 11.56; Grace, Ingomar, 2.86; Mount Calvary, “Tilden, 9.08; St. John’s, Joffre, 7.46; Bethany, Yonkers, 45.00; Bethel, Conover, 1.00; Bethel, Plaquemine, 1.00; Bethlehem, New Orleans, 50.00; Con- cordia, New Orleans, 15.00; Concordia, Rockwell, 10.00; Grace, Concord, 20.00; Grace, Greensboro, 12.12; Im- manuel, Brooklyn, 15.00; Immanuel College, Greensboro, 15.00; Immanuel, Shankletown, 5.00; Mount Calvary, Kannapolis, 14.00; Mount Calvary, Mount Pleasant, 6.50; Mount Olive, Catawba, 2.00; Mount Zion, New Orleans, 40.00; Mount Zion, Rocks, 10.00; St. James’s, Southern Pines, 5.16; St. John’s, Salisbury, 14.00; St. Luke's, High Point, 4.01; St. Luke’s, Spartanburg, 15.00; St. Mark’s, Atlanta, 7.00; St. Mark’s, Winston-Salem, 3.79; St. Paul’s, Charlotte, 30.00; Mount Zion, Charlotte, 15.00; St. Paul’s, Mansura,-5.00; St. Paul’s, Napoleonville, 20.00; St. Paul’s, New Orleans, 40.00; St. Philip’s, Philadelphia, 5.00; Zion, Gold Hill, 6.50. — Total, $549.90. St. Louis, Mo., September 1, 1922. , H. A. Drrracar,-Asst. Treas., 1944 Clara. Ave. Received of Supt. G. A. Schmidt from Mrs. Margaret Taescher, Cincinnati, O., $10.00 for Parthenia Hill. With thanks to tlie kind donor, : . *Immanuel Lutheran College. J. P- SMiru, ‘Pres. Pastor H. C. Claus, St. Louis, gratefully acknowledges ‘the receipt of $2.00 from the Sunday-school of Pastor O. F. Kutschinski, Harbor Beach, Mich. |. Ae ae