# The Lutheran Pioneer_St. Louis_1924_S98
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The Autheran Pioneer,

A MISSIONARY MONTHLY.

PUBLISHED BY THE EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN SYNODICAL CONFERENCE oF Norrit AMERICA.
REv. F. J. LANKENAU, EDITOR.

Published monthly by Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis, Mo.
Entered as second-class matter at the Post Office at St. Louis, Mo.,

Subscription price, 50 cts. per annum, payable strictly in advance,
under the Act of March 3, 1879.

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Acceptance for mailing at special rate of postage provided for in section 1103, Act of October 3, 1917, authorized on July 5, 1918.

Vol. XLVI.

ST. LOUIS, MO., DECEMBER, 1924.

No. 12.

OUR MONTHLY MISSIONARY MOTTO.

‘‘And when they had seen it, they made known abroad the saying which was told
them concerning this Child.’’ Luke 2, 17.

More Readers for a Larger ‘‘Pioneer.”’

With this-issue the LutHEraN PIONEER com-
pletes its forty-sixth year. So it will begin a new
year with the next issue. In accordance with a reso-
lution passed a few months ago at the convention
of the Synodical Conference, the Pioneer will
double its size with the next number, so that it
may have sufficient space to give attention to all
the various missionary enterprises existing within
the bounds of our federation. The limited space
heretofore at the disposal of its editor made it im-
possible to do more than just cast a passing glance
at other missions, its columns being practically filled
with matter concerning our Colored Missions in
whose particular interest it is published.

Of course, we shall not lose sight of the fact
that the PronrEr is to continue its efforts to interest
its readers in the blessed work which the Synodical
Conference is doing among the freedmen, and for
this reason the next volume will bring a series of
articles on “Time NEGRo AND His Nuxps.” These
articles will be written by one who is well acquainted
with the Negro and his needs, having been an active
missionary of our Church for a number of years,
and who will therefore write at first hand: Rev. W.

-Schwehn, now pastor in Philadelphia. Besides
these articles every number will bring fresh news
directly from the field, so that our readers may
anes be fully informed of the progress of the
wor

Then, the next volume of the PIONEER will bring

a complete “GENERAL SuRVEY OF THE WHOLE FIELD
oF Missions at Home anpD Aproap.” ‘The first of
these articles will tell what has been done in the
past; the second article will speak of areas wholly
unoccupied by Christian forces to this day; and the
following articles will speak, successively, of the
work being done in Africa, India, China, in other
Asiatic countries, in Latin America, and in North
America. Side by side with this survey we hope to
bring ARTICLES DIRECT FROM THE VARIOUS FIELDS,
WRITTEN BY ACTIVE WORKERS. In this way we ex-
pect to give in concise form just what those who are
interested in missions desire to know regarding the
occupied and unoccupied fields for missionary enter-
prise and, together with this comprehensive survey,
interesting illustrative and enlightening reading
from the pens of men who are in the active work.
And now that we have frankly told you, dear
reader, of our plans, may we not ask you. to kindly
help us carry them out by renewing your own sub-
scription to the PIoNEER, tf you have not yet done
so, and by using your influence to get at least one
new subscriber for our paper? PLEASE DO!
F. J. L.

Our Children’s Great Collection for
Negro Chapels and Schools,

When these words are read by our readers, the
Great Collection will be a thing of the past in many
schools. ‘The money will have been gathered and
forwarded, and in some instances work will have