# The Lutheran Pioneer_St. Louis_1925_S80 # Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration) 80 THE LUTHERAN PIONEER. On the evening of Christmas Day we gave our program —the first Spanish Christmas service for the Mexican population at Indiana Harbor-East Chicago. Quite a number of Mexican men and women attended, also a few young people of our St. Paul’s Congregation. Oh, how happy those chil- dren were! They sang our well-known Christmas- carols in Spanish, they related the sweet old and ever new Christmas-story of the new-born Savior, and I delivered my first Spanish sermon. The gifts which were distributed helped to remind the chil- dren of the unspeakable love of God which He re- vealed in giving His only-begotten Son for the redemption of a sinful world. Since Christmas we have gained several new: pupils for our Sunday-school. But one discourag- ing feature has already been mentioned: usually we have to assemble in an unheated room! I wish we could secure a lot and erect our own house of worship before another winter comes along. Natur- ally also other obstacles are thrown in our way, but with God’s gracious help they will be overcome. Especially one young Mexican, Mr. A. E. Jiménez, has assisted me faithfully and loyally. The finan- cial side was taken care of too. Whenever I was in need of money to defray unavoidable expenses, the Lord: opened hearts and hands to furnish me with whatever I needed. I would like to mention especially Mrs. Clara Hofmann and Mrs. Bertha Uhlig, of Fort Wayne (my sisters), Mrs. O. Turk, the good wife of Rev. O. Turk, and Mr. David De Remer of our St. Paul’s Congregation at Indiana Harbor-East Chicago, Ind. To the brethren in Ar- gentina, South America, I feel very grateful for translating into Spanish Luther’s Small Catechism with Rev. Selle’s Guide, one of Rev. Dallmann’s tracts, and parts of our Agenda. May the Lord bless our humble efforts, also in this new mission-field, for the salvation of many immortal souls! Hammond, Ind. THEO. CLAUS. BOOK TABLE. Synodical Reports of the Missouri Synod, 1924. Con- cordia Publishing House, St. Louis, Mo. No. 19. Sued-Illinois-Distrikt. Paper: “Die Notwendigkeit der Heiligung” (Rey. J.F.Boerger). 58 pages. Price, 30 cts.—No, 20. Western District. Papers: “Jesus Christus, der einige, ewige Hohepriester” (Rev. Th. Laetsch); “Present-day Dangers Threatening Our Spiritual and Congregational Life” (Rev. A. P. Fed- dersen). 31 pages. Price, 15 cts.—No. 21. Oali- fornia- und Nevada-Distrikt. Paper: “Stellet euch nicht dieser Welt gleich” (Prof.W.Arndt). 24 pages. - Price, 15 cts. Christian Questions. Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis, Mo. Price: Dozen, 20 cts.; 100, $1.00. Separate print of the Christian Questions of the Small Catechism. Many a pastor will probably find good use for this tract. F.I.L. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. Received for Colored Missions from the following col- ored congregations: Trinity, Springfield, $30.00; Iaith, Mobile, 16.58; Pilgrim, Birmingham, 20.90; Bethlehem, Holy Ark, 57.78; St. Paul’s, Oak Hill, 71.96; Christ, Rosebud, 83.32; Hamburg Mission, 51.85; Bethany, Ny- land, 49.93; St. Andrew’s, Vredenburgh, 57.85; Mount Olive, Tinela, 77.52; St. James’s, Buena Vista, 71.88; St. John’s, Joffre, 29.74; Our Savior, Possum Bend, 62.02; Our Redeemer, Longmile, 47.38; Zion, Taits Place, 55.57; Camden Mission, 21.48; Hope, Kings Landing, 86.14; Rock West Mission, 43.24; St. Peter’s, Pine Hill, 43.93; Mount Calvary, Tilden, 115.76; Grace, Ingomar, 49.18; Trinity, Selma, 20.74; Mount Carmel, Midway, 41.00; Alabama field, 7.80 and 5.00; Augustana, Alexandria, 10.00; Beth- any, Yonkers, 50.00; Bethel, Charlotte, 5.00; Bethel, Con- over, 1.50; Bethlehem, Monroe, 6.00; Concordia, Rock- well, 5.50; Grace, Greensboro, 35.00; Grace, St. Louis, 25.00; Greensboro Mission, 9.25; Greer, S.C., 3.25; Im- manuel, Brooklyn, 5.00; Immanuel Lutheran College, Greensboro, 463.54; Mount Calvary, Kannapolis, 16.00; Mount Calvary, Mount Pleasant, 7.00; St. Peter’s, Cabar- rus, 7.00; Mount Olive, Catawba, 2.00; Mount Zion, Char- lotte, 17.00; Mount Zion, New Orleans, 50.00; Mount Zion, Rocks, 10.00; Pailets Land, 10.00; St. James's, Southern Pines, 9.00; St. John’s, Salisbury, 10.00; St. Luke’s, High Point, 5.00; St. Luke’s, Spartanburg, 15.00; St. Mark’s, Atlanta, 7.00; St. Mark’s, Winston-Salem, 11.95; St. Matthew’s, Meherrin, 27.69; St. Paul’s, Char- lotte, 24.00; St. Paul’s, Mansura, 5.00; St. Paul’s, Napo- leonville, 10.00; St. Paul’s, New Orleans, 40.00; St.Philip’s, Chicago, 34.60; St. Philip’s, Philadelphia, 5.00; Trinity, New Orleans, 25.00; Zion, Gold Hill, 15.30; Luther Col- lege, New Orleans, 11.50; Bethlehem, New Orleans, 57.50; Concordia, New Orleans, 15.00; Grace, Concord, 40.00. — Total, $2,324.63. St. Louis, Mo., April 1, 1925. H. A. Drrratar, Asst. Treas., 5329 Cote Brilliante Ave. Pastor Hunt, Winston-Salem, N. C., gratefully acknowl- edges the receipt of $ .50 from each of the four children of Rev. J. H. Schnitker, Minnesota Lake, Minn., for a chapel and school at Winston-Salem. May God richly bless the young donors! Please Take Notice. Kindly consult the address label on this paper to ascertain whether your subscription has expired or will soon expire. “May 25” on the label means that your subscription has ex- pired. Please pay your agent or the Publisher promptly in order to avoid interruption of service. It takes about tw weeks before the address label can show change of address or acknowledgment of remittance. 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