# The Lutheran Pioneer_St. Louis_1922_S104
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The Lutheran Pioneer.

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such things as tobacco and grain. The boat has
a rather irregular schedule, and it takes almost two
full days to go there for a service. ‘Till now T have
preached there eleven times. The round trip costs
$4.00, but the people have always defrayed the ex-
penses.

“T think I shall spend several weeks on the
island in the spring and very likely will be able to
induce a number of other people to attend our ser-
vices. Will write to you again at some later day.
I am certainly very glad that you called our atten-
tion to these people.”

Ts not this really a fine missionary letter? Does
it not show a fine spirit on the part of this young
pastor? As long as we haye pastors with such a
spirit, we may rest assured that the people in the
lanes and along the hedges — along the missionary
by-ways — will be looked after. May God bless this
young worker and grant him the joy of a successful
canvass of Pelee Island next spring! FP. J...

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Items of Missionary Interest.

A Remrnper. — If you are planning to give the
Lutireran Pioneer as a Christmas gift to some
friend, — and you could not plan better! — we
would remind you of the importance of sending in
your subscription at this time, for Christmas is not
far off.

Banpits AND Muissionarres. — Bandits in the
Province of Honan recently captured several Amer-
ican missionaries, among them also Madame Soder-
strom and daughter, two Lutheran missionary
workers. However, after several days’ imprison-
ment these two ladies were again set free as was
also Missionary Ledgard of the China Inland Mis-
sion; but two .other American workers are still in
the hands of the bandits.

Tie “PIONEER” AND Pusric Linrartres. — The
Director of Colored Missions, Pastor Drewes, re-
cently informed me that the Pronxer is to be found
in three public libraries in the State of Indiana.
How would it be if readers in other towns having
libraries would see to it that our little PionrEr
were placed in their own public library? There are
possibly fifty public libraries in our country where
the Pioneer is found on the reading-table, but there
are at least 2,000 libraries in which the PIoNEER
could and should be placed. Will you help to
do this?

A Ten Years’ Recorp. — During the last ten
years the Mission Board of the Seventh-day Ad-
ventists sent out 1,347 missionaries to foreign coun-
tries. At the present time this denomination is
working in 109 countries of the world. This
church-body is by no means a large nor a rich
denomination.

A Hiyt to Sunpay-scnoont TEAcHERS. — This
from a letter: “T need my two copies of the paper
in my business, missionary business in our Sunday-
school. J read every word in one of the copies
usually within twenty-four hours after they arrive.
Then I take both of them to Sunday-school and
paste a little tag on each of them, which says,
“Please read and return next Sunday.” I give
them to teachers and scholars, and there are gener-
ally several asking for them as they see the papers
come in. As the old copies come in, we give them
to other persons. We keep this up till they are
worn out.”

A Srarement anp A Request. — The Luv-
THERAN PIONEER is the only English missionary
. periodical published within the bounds of the
Synodical Conference and should be read in every
English-speaking family of our part of the Church.
Will you not lend a hand that this goal be reached ?
Will you not try to gain one or more new readers?

An EXPENSIVE Matter. — China, despite its

_ great poverty, spends every year more than one hun-

dred million dollars in idolatrous worship. Think
of it, $100,000,000 to maintain ignorance and
superstition! Such is the stupendous sum annually
wasted by a nation of beggars. Ah, should we not -
hasten to help that this woeful waste of good money
be stopped by bringing to them the Gospel of Christ?
Tere Is Nerp, 1npEep! — Bengal has a native
population of almost fifty million. Fifteen out of
every sixteen of these people live in the 125,000
villages of this division of India. The spiritual
need of these millions is great; many are clamoring
for the bread of life. F.J.L.

BOOK TABLE.

Lutheran Annual for, 1923.— Amerikanischer Ka-
lender fuer deutsche Lutheraner auf das Jahr
1923. Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis, Mo.
Each 108 pages. Price, each 15 cts,

Here are two old friends that will need no introduc-
tion to our readers. One or both of these publications
should be in the hands of every family affiliated with
the Missouri Synod. We notice several very important
improvements in the make-up of the lists found in the
two annuals.