# The Lutheran Pioneer_St. Louis_1927_S146 # Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration) Che Lutheran Pioneer A MISSIONARY MONTHLY PUBLISHED BY THE EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN SYNODICAL CONFERENCE OF NORTH AMERICA Vol. XLIX. ST. LOUIS, MO., OCTOBER, 1927. Re ee eee ee eee MONTHLY MISSIONARY TEXT. “But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a pe- culiar people, that ye should show forth the praises of Him who hath called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.” — 1 Pet. 2, 9. Te ee eee Fd) CONTENTS PAGE PAGE Let There Be Light.— A Missionary Church.. 146 Saying It with Lard .....................-- 155 The Third General Conference of Colored Mis- The Parish Deaconess .......-...-0000eeee es 156 sion Workers .......0ee-+eeeetecceeeees 151 Items of Missionary Interest ................ 157 The City Negro and His Church .....--.---- 153 | To-Day in China .......................... 15S A Brother’s Advice is Heeded .....---- SA aNAA 153 .:|) Book Tables ive ieactasinestios Gaealela siecle 159 The Success of Personal Evangelism ...------ 155 Contributions Received by the Treasurer ..... 159 Sst. FO poubscrie non price, Ge Der anne payarls fies i; in advance. 9 - Post ce at St. Louls, Mo., under the Ac ‘ch 3, 1879. ntered as second-class matter at ett vided for in section 1108, Act of October 3, 1917, authorized on July 5, 1918. Published monthly by Concordia Publishing House, , BO} Acceptance for mailing at special rate of postage pr