# The Lutheran Pioneer_St. Louis_1926_S78 # Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration) THE LUTHERAN PIONEER. 17 a population of 25,000 or more. This leaves 79 at work among 46,000,000 Japanese who live in rural districts, Protestant Sunday-Schools in the Philippines. — It was only in 1911 that a Sunday-school was or- ganized in the Philippine Islands, but the unifica- tion thereby brought about, of the work of religious education conducted by Methodists, Presbyterians, Baptists, United Brethren, Disciples, and Congre- gationalists, has resulted in a marked increase in energy and efficiency. To-day there are 1,015 Prot- estant Sunday-schools in the islands, with 4,814 officers and teachers, and an enrolment of 65,590. Nearly 500 Filipinos are taking teacher-training courses, Rosenwald Rural Schools for Negroes. — A statement has recently been issued showing that in the past ten years the Julius Rosenwald Fund, in cooperation with 14 Southern States, has been aided in the building of 2,600 rural schools for Negroes. The cost of these schools. was $10,500,000, provided as follows: By public funds, about $5,460,000; by Negroes, $2,290,000; by whites, $500,000; by the Julius Rosenwald Fund, $2,000,000. A condition of aid from the Julius Rosenwald Fund is that the Negroes raise an amount equal to that given by the fund, or greater. This they secured from their own contributions of money or labor, from white friends, or from public funds. Moslem Press More Active than the Christian. — The Press of India quotes Dr. Samuel Zwemer, famous Protestant missionary in Moslem lands, as stating that in some countries, Mohammedanism is far ahead of Christianity in the preparation of literature. “As I have observed the situation,” Dr. Zwemer is quoted as saying, “the Moslem press is far ahead of the Christian press in India, as is the case in China. There are diglot and polyglot editions of the Koran in Bengali, Urdu, Gujarati, Marathi, Malayalam, Tamil, etc., as well as three English versions. If our information is correct, three distinct Bengali translations of the Koran now exist. The standard Mohammedan translation in folio edition appeared as a third imprint, and the publishers tell us that about 20,000 copies of the third edition are sold every year in Calcutta.” German Foreign Missions Aided. — Protestant _ churches have practically shown that they are anxious to conserve the German foreign missions. Financial assistance has been given German for- eign missions in the following amounts: Holland, 300,000 florins; France, 270,000 frances; Belgium, 52,663 francs; Switzerland, 190,575 frances; Great Britain, £15,012; North America, $319,096. Con- tributions from Scandinavian countries, which were very large, are not reported. The whole amount may be figured at $711,129.75. Negroes Take Over White Churches. — Negroes continue to take over many of the large white churches in Northern cities. Six churches in the city of Newark, N. J., formerly belonging to white Presbyterians, are now used by colored congrega- tions. In Chicago they have taken over three white places of worship, two of which were former Jewish synagogs. One of these Chicago colored congrega- tions has a membership of 10,000, the other of 6,000. The Negro church-membership in St. Louis is also very large. ‘Two of this city’s colored con- gregations worship in former white churches. Lutherans in Chicago. — Chicago has at present a Lutheran church-membership of almost 100,000 communicants. These worship in 240 churches and are ministered to by 262 pastors. These Lutherans belong to eight different synods. The Missouri Synod has the largest membership, 53,000. The total baptized membership is 146,274, of which 82,762 belong to Missouri congregations. The first Lutheran church in Chicago was St. Paul’s, the church in which the Missouri Synod was organized in 1847. The property of the Lutheran churches in Chicago is estimated to be worth over $12,000,000. The Gospel is preached in various languages in these churches; seventy-three congregations are purely English. ae St. Philip’s, Philadelphia. — Missionary Trum- poldt writes: “Our little flock is growing. Three were confirmed in January, two were confirmed to- day [March 28], and two more are to be confirmed next month. I also baptized two to-day.” Pastor Trumpoldt also kindly sent the editor several num- bers of the Lutheran Courier, which he edits and publishes monthly in the interest of St. Philip’s Ey. Luth. Church (colored). The little four-page publication has the true Lutheran ring and is worth reading from beginning to end. — St. Philip’s has no home of its own and is in danger of losing even’ its rented home. Unless kind friends come to the rescue and help the little band to get a permanent place of worship, the future of this flourishing mis- sion will be jeopardized. Pastor Trumpoldt’s ad- dress is: Rev. P. Trumpoldt, 5807 Master St., — Philadelphia, Pa.