# The Lutheran Pioneer_St. Louis_1923_S72 # Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration) 72 The Lutheran Pioneer. Negro Missions, has the following to say: “When we know that many of these Negroes leaving. the South for the industrial centers and big cities are Catholics, it is our duty to give them the glad hand of fellowship. ... Our Catholic laity can render good service to the newcomers. ‘Tell them the hours for masses and other services and even accompany them. Do not tell them to go, but ask them to come.” Tere a standard of approach to Negroes is set that we white Lutherans will do well to think over. GrowtnH or Reicious Bopres 1n THE UNITED Starrs. — Religious bodies in our country never had so great an increase as they had last year. The increase was no less than 1,220,428, and was fifty per cent. greater than in any of the preceding five years. ‘The gain in congregations was 9,591; in ministers, 15,252. The total number of members now is 47,461,558, belonging to 243,590 congrega- tions and served by 214,583 pastors. Hach day of the past year saw an average addition to the Church of 3,345 persons. The Roman Catholic Church has the largest membership, followed by the Methodist, Baptist, Lutheran, and Presbyterian Churches in the order named. All in all, the churches raised sixteen million dollars more last year than in the year before. The total amount of money raised was $505,052,978. AxasKa. — Ten different denominations, through their various agencies, are carrying on work in Alaska. ‘There are 113 mission-stations with 170 missionaries, conducted at an annual expense of about $250,000. Schools for the training of a native ministry are wanting. Trained missionary doctors - -and nurses are needed. ‘Mrz Wortp’s Best Seiter. — The best selling book is still the Bible, thirty million copies having been printed and distributed last year throughout the world. Parts of the Word of God may be read in 770 languages and dialects. The first written and printed product of most languages has been the Bible. Many a language and dialect would have no ' written alphabet if it were not for the translation of the Bible, or parts of it, into that particular language or dialect. Curcaco, Inu. — Born to Rev. M. N. Carter and wife, August 1, a fine healthy boy. Mrs: Carter has been suffering with a tumor for a long time and will have to be operated on for this in the future. ‘May God hold His protecting hand over anothet es FJ.L. BOOK TABLE. Weighed and Found Wanting. An Inquiry into the Aims and Methods of the Ku Klux Klan. By W. 7. T.Dau. Published by the American Luther League, Fort Wayne, Ind. Another tract from the prolific pen of Professor Dau, the equal of anything that he has ever written. Though a brief treatise, it covers the whole ground thoroughly and convincingly. ‘The subject is treated under the following heads: The Price of Liberty. The Aims of the Ku Klux Klan. The Methods of the Ku Klux Klan. The Member- ship of the Ku Klux Klan. The tract is for free distribu- tion and may be had for the asking in any reasonable quantity. r.J.L. . ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. Rev. M. N. Carter gratefully acknowledges the follow- ing: From Messrs. William, Albert, and Ernest Buss, Received for Colored Missions from the following Col- ored congregations: Our Redeemer, Longmile, $8.89; Our Savior, Possum Bend, 8.00 and 1.12; St. James’s, Buena Vista, 5.06; Bethany, Nyland, 4.85; Zion, Taits Place, 6.85; St. Peter’s, Pine Hill, 5.07; Bethlehem, Holy Ark, 2.26; Mount Olive, Tinela, 7.44; St. Andrew’s, Vreden- burgh, 5.38; St. John’s, Joffre,.6.75; Selma, Ala., 5.31; Grace, Ingomar, 3.36; Mount Calvary, Tilden, 13.04; St. Paul’s, Oak Hill, 16.47; Christ, Rosebud, 16.35; Mount Carmel, Midway, 3.34; Birmingham, Ala., 2.86; Trinity, Springfield, 25.00; Alabama, 4.30; Bethany, Yonkers, 50.00; Bethel, Conover, 2.00; Bethlehem, New Orleans, 57.50; Concordia, New Orleans, 15.00; Concordia, Rock- well, 8.00; Grace, Greensboro, 4.60; Immanuel, Brooklyn, 5.00; Luther College, New Orleans, 16.15; Mount Calvary, Kannapolis, 14.00; St. Peter’s, Drys Schoolhouse, 7.30; Mount Calvary, Mount Pleasant, 6.00; Mount, Olive, Ca- tawba, 3.00; Mount Zion, New Orleans, 40.00; Mount Zion, Rocks, 10.00; Bethel, Charlotte, 8.00; Bethlehem, Monroe, 2.00; Mount Zion, Charlotte, 16.00; St. Paul’s, Charlotte, 32.00; St. John’s, Salisbury, 10.00; St. Luke’s, Spartanburg, 15.00; St. Mark’s, Atlanta, 7.00; St. James’s, Southern Pines, 10.05; St. Mark’s, Winston-Salem, 8.95; Zion, Gold Hill, 7.00; St. Paul’s, Mansura, 12.50; St. Paul’s, Napoleonville, 23.00; St. Philip’s, Philadelphia, §.00.— Total, $546.75. . ; St. Louis, Mo., August 1, 1923. 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