# The Lutheran Pioneer_St. Louis_1926_S80 # Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration) THE LUTHERAN PIONEER. 19 version would end her life of luxury. coaxed, and cursed. Her husband continued to at- tend church services. At last she pursued him to the church-door, and, seizing him by the belt, screamed wildly that he should not enter. Slipping out of the belt, the undaunted husband took his place in the church, the wife rushing after him, shrieking curses. ‘Two Bible women quieted her and later took her to dinner, when they explained to her to some extent what Christianity means. The happy ending to the story is that the woman gave her husband no further trouble and now at- tends church with him.— New Fra Magazine. She wept, Julius Rosenwald’s Benefactions to the Negroes. The tradition that a man’s greatness is partly expressed in the enemies he has made does not work here. Julius Rosenwald is anything but a negative Lutheran Colored Mission School and Chapel. character; but where are the enemies? Perhaps he hears from some in his personal mail, but they do not gain listeners on street corners. The picture of him that prevails is that of a man who has not only given away millions, but has done a more dif- ficult thing — persuaded other people to give. He once said at a semipublic meeting, “I have a side-line; it is that of beggar.” He began this many years ago, and besides using established agencies, such as the Jewish Charities of Chicago, the United Charities, and others, he has devised new channels for philanthropy. Long ago he became interested in the welfare of the Negroes. After helping Tuskegee Institute and other institutions, he conceived a broader plan, which was no less than to: give $25,000 to any city that would raise $125,000 additional for a Negro Y.M.C.A. So far this has cost him, it is said, $450,000 and has caused the total expenditure of more than $3,000,000 for Negro Y. M. C. A. and Y. W. C. A. buildings in fifteen cities. He also undertook the stimulation of the building of rural schools for the Negroes in the South. More than 2,600 of them are now doing their part in the edu- cation of the race; his $2,000,000 have produced schools costing $10,500,000. — Missions. BOOK TABLE. Concordia Bilingual Bible. English-German Parallel dition. Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis, Mo. Style BC, cloth, without concordance, red edge, $7.75. Style BCC, cloth, with concordance, red edge, $8.25. Style BS, seal-grain leather, without concordance, red under gold edges, $13.75. Style BSC, seal-grain leather,- with concordance, red under gold edges, $14.25. The wonderful enterprise of the Concordia Publishing House management again shows itself in the publication of this diglot Bible. This is the first time that the whole Bible appears in two living languages. To bring the two versions exactly opposite each other, page for page, throughout the whole Bible, must have been connected with difficulties, and the publishers deserve high praise for overcoming these difficulties and presenting to us the two texts in such a convenient arrangement. At a glance the possessor of this unique Bible can compare the English with the German text at any point. The English text is self-pronouncing and is provided with copious cross-ref- erences. The reference material includes Nelson’s Bible Atlas with Index, an illustrated Bible Dictionary, and a Combined Concordance, which also gives the changes made in the Revised Version. This edition of the Bible deserves a ready sale, for it will be of great value in church, school, and home. Men and Missions. Edited by L. Fuerbringer. Vol. III: Friedrich Konrad Dietrich Wyneken, Pioneer Lu- theran Missionary of the Nineteenth Century. By G. E. Hageman. Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis, Mo. 48 pages. Price, 25 cts. This booklet is again a proof that truth may be so written as to be more interesting than fiction. Many illus- trations add to the interest of the text. Of course, the interest-compelling character of the book is only partly due to the skill of the writer, since he had the thankful task of recording events in the life of a man whose char- acter must compel the admiration of all those who love a real man, a man whose natural virtues were sanctified by the indwelling of the Holy aa The book has eight chapters: The Emigrant; The Call to Indiana; The Mis- sionary; The Backwoodsman; The Pastor; The Lutheran Pastor; The Defender of the Faith; The Patriarch. Missouri Bye 1925. No. 14. Papers: “Unsere Bekenntnisse; und ihre Bedeutung” (Prof. W. Arndt); “The Mission of Lutheranism” (Rev. K. Kretzschmar). Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis, Mo. 84 pages. Price, 55 cts. The Building of a Great Church. A Brief History of Our Lutheran Church in America. By W.G. Polack. Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis, Mo. Cloth- binding; 120 pages. Price, 60 cts. It was most welcome news to us when we learned that Professor Polack’s delightful sketches of American Lu- theran church history were to appear in permanent form, and we are convinced that all who read these articles in Synodical Reports of Western District. ihre Entstehun;