# The Lutheran Pioneer_St. Louis_1926_S161 # Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration) THE LUTHERAN PIONEER. 159 Lhe Call from the Far East, and The Call from the Moslem World. The Anglican Church is not only convinced that information is needed to arouse interest in missions, it also lives up to its convictions. A Father's Grief.— When Felix, the son of William Carey, the great missionary of India, gave up his missionary work to enter the service of the Indian government, the father’s grief was very great. To a friend the father expressed his keen disappointment in his son in these words: “Yes, Felix was an ambassador of the King of kings, but he has now shriveled up into a mere minister of state.” A Worthy Objective.—The young people’s society of the Iowa Synod, the Wartburg League, intends to raise at least $4,000 for the medical missions of its church-body. The Foreign Mission Board of the Iowa Synod expects to send another nurse into the New Guinea field soon. “Advertising the Faith.” — This is the name of a leaflet published by our American Lutheran Publicity Bureau of New York. It stresses the importance of our doing all we can in a legitimate way to attract attention to the message of the Gospel. It calls attention to the fact that no less than two billion dollars were spent by merchants last year to. make known their wares, and from this it concludes that the Church ought to do more than it is now doing to make its purpose known to men. Its final plea is: “Our Lutheran Church has a great mission in the world. Our opportunities are tremendous. Help us tell about Christ. Help us arouse men from their in- difference.” ; The Extent of Foreign Missions. — Some idea of the extent of foreign missionary activities main- tained by the Protestant and Catholic churches of America and Europe may be learned from the fol- lowing statements: Missions maintain 54,000 American and European workers in various grand divisions of the earth. These missionary workers minister directly or indirectly to more than 21,000,000 people. Mission-schools have 4,250,000 children enrolled. Missions maintain 1,445 hospi- tals, which cared for 461,000 patients in 1923 and provided treatment in dispensaries for several million patients. ‘Comparative Death-Rates.—The average death- tate in America and Europe ranges about from 12 to 15 per thousand, while in Asia the averages are from 20 to 40 and in Africa as high as from 20 to GO. It is admitted that where missionary influence is felt, there the death-rate becomes lower, and that in countries where Christian mis- sionary influence is most felt, the death-rate is lowest. BOOK TABLE. Concordia Edition of the Bobbs-Merrill Readers. By C. B. Baker and BE. D. Baker. Illustrated in colors by Vera Stone. Revised and adapted by A. C. Stell- horn. Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis, Mo. Retail prices: Primer, 56 cts.; First Reader, 60 cts.; Second Reader, 64 cts.; Third Reader, 72 cts.; Fourth Reader, 80 cts.; Fifth Reader, 84 cts.; Sixth Reader, 84 cts.; Seventh Reader, 96 cts.; Eighth Reader, 96 cts. The Bobbs-Merrill Readers must favorably impress every one who examines them because of their many superior qualities. Added to the original merits of the series, as a special feature for us, who are interested in Christian education, is the careful revision of the series by the Executive Secretary of the Missouri Synod’s School Board, Mr.A.C.Stellhorn. About one-fifth of the reading- matter in the Concordia Edition bears a pronounced Chris- tian stamp. Teachers’ manuals for the first four books will do the teachers great service. Rich supplementary material is also offered. Teachers should write to Con- cordia Publishing House for samples and special intro- ductory prices. 2 Festival Program. By Synodical Publicity Committee. Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis, Mo. Price: Dozen, 48 cts.; 100, $1.50; 500, $6.75. Postage extra. A handsome Reformation program with a full order of service is here offered our congregations at a very mod- erate price. The program is in every way an artistic sample of the printer’s art.— The publishers also furnish a very fine card, 5%,3%4, bearing Luther’s coat of arms in colors. Every congregation can have its own text im- printed. Announcement of the publication of this card as well as price will be given later. Contention Between Masonry and Christianity. A Ser- mon by Rev. W. D. Peters. The Idolatry of the Lodge. Sermon preached by L. Buch- heimer. Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis, Mo. Price of each, 6 cts.; per dozen, 60 cts. Pastor Peters, without bitterness, sets forth the incon- trovertible fact that Masonry and Christianity do not and cannot agree and that the consistent Christian can there- fore do only one thing — come out from the lodge. — Pas- tor Buchheimer shows that lodgery is idolatry and that all that men may say cannot change the stubborn fact. Both tracts deserve wide reading. The Power unto Salvation. A Collection of Addresses Delivered in Commemoration of the Four-Hundredth Anniversary of the Translation of the English Bible. Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis, Mo. Price, 20 cts. These sermons were delivered in Emmaus Lutheran Church, St.Louis. Every one of them is good. There are four sermons. Here are the titles and preachers: “What Would the World Do Without the Bible?” (Prof. 0.C. A. Boecler); “How Did We Get the Bible?” (Prof. M. S. Sommer); “Luther and Tyndale” (Prof. J. H. C. Fritz) ; “The Enemies of the Bible Will Not Prevail” (Prof. W. Arndt); “What are You Doing with Your Bible?” (Prof. W. A. Maier). Isn’t this a really fine bill of fare?