# The Lutheran Pioneer_St. Louis_1928_S143
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THE LUTHERAN PIONEER.

143

and troubles. No politics here or vote of ‘No
confidence.’ Verily, the Lord prepares the way
before us and blesses our ministry for Him.
We press on, knowing that His Word will not
return void.

“Our village services begin with singing and
prayer; then the Bible pictures are shown and

explained. Tow keenly they listen to the mis-
sionary’s words! Meading-matter is then given
them.

“One old man, on joining the crowd, pointed at
the picture which was presented and said in a
pleased, emphatic tone, ‘Nicodem.’ Yes, it was our
Lord Jesus telling Nicodemus that he must be born
again of water and of the Spirit before he could
enter into the kingdom of God. The man was very
much interested and his manner reverent, so we
hope that he, too, will enter into the kingdom
of God.”

BOOK TABLE.

Christian Day-Schools in Our Congregations. An
essay delivered before the twenty-sixth convention
of the California and Nevada District of the Mis-
souri Synod at Long Beach, Cal., July 6—12, 1927,
by Rev. B. J. Rudnick, Fresno, Cal. Concordia Pub-
lishing House, St. Louis, Mo. 51 pages. Price,
35 cts.

We have never seen the question of the Christian day-
school discussed in a more masterly manner than it is
done in this brochure of Pastor Rudnick’s. We do not
think that there is a phase of the question that he does
not touch upon. We have been wondering whether the
expansion of this essay into a book of several hundred
pages would not bear precious fruits.

Search the Scriptures! VII. The Most Beautiful Pas-
sages in the Old Testament Poetical Books. 32 pages.
15 cts. VIII. Christ in the Old Testament. 32 pages.
15 cts. By Prof. P. BE. Kretzmann, Ph. D., D. D. Con-
cordia Publishing House, St. Louis, Mo.
The continuation of this excellent series of Bible
studies is a proof that our people are interested in their
Bibles. Thank God!

The Church of Corinth. A Picture of the True Church
of To-Day. By Prof. John Th. Mueller, Th. D. 139
pages. Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis, Mo.
Price, $1.25. :

This is a practical commentary on Paul’s First Epistle
to the Corinthians. The book is full of doctrine and prac-
tical advice based on the inspired text. A lucid and read-
able presentation and elaboration of an important Bib-
lical book.

Register zu Dr. F. Piepers Dogmatik. By HY. Eck-
hardt. 146 pages. Concordia Publishing House, St.
Louis, Mo. Price, $2.00.

Here is what all the possessors of Dr. Pieper’s Dog-
matik have been longing for. This index volume will
increase the value of Dr. Pieper’s Dogmatik as a work of
reference in an inestimable degree. Be sure to buy it!

istical Year-Book of the Missouri Synod for 1928.
meter e i oares: Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis,

To. Price, $1.00.
een more full of information than this annual

would be hard to find. The Missouri Synod has a right »

to be proud of its efficient statistician, Rev. E. Eckhardt,
the compiler of this book.

Something Better than Advice — POWER!
tin S. Sommer. Concordia Publishing House, St.
Louis, Mo. 12 pages. Price, 5 cts.; dozen, 36 cts.

A powerful plea for the preaching of the Gospel as
the only regenerative and saving power in the world.

Concordia Historical Institute Quarterly. Vol. I,
No. 2. Official Organ of the Concordia Historical
Institute, $01 De Mun Ave., St. Louis, Mo. Editor-
in-Chief: Prof. W. G. Polack. Associate Editors:
Prof. Theo. Gracbner, Prof. R. W. Heintze. 24 pages.
Price, $1.00 a year.

The second number describes two very rare documents
of great historical value to all members of the Missouri

Synod, brings an article on the early history of Luther-

anism in Illinois, and continues Pastor K. Kretzmann’s

interesting series on Early Lutherans and Lutheran

Churches, as well as the diary of the Lutheran pioneer

Rey. Paul Henkel. Several pages are filled with the

reminiscences of the oldest living pastor of the Mis-

sour Synod, Rev. H.F.C.Grupe. Actually fascinating
reading!

Our Great Outdoors: Mammals. By C.W. G. Bifrig,
Instructor in Nature Study, River Forest, Ill. Rand
MeNally & Company, Chicago, Ill. 257 pages. Bound
in strong cloth.

The writer of this book is a lover of nature. This fact
is brought out on every page of the book.’ How interest-
ingly he writes about mammals! Even the superficial
reader soon senses that he is reading the words of a man
who knows from personal contact the animals he is writ-
ing about. Nothing pedantic, nothing musty; everything
breathes the fresh air. We are promised other books like
this one —-one on birds, another on the remaining verte-
brates, one on the invertebrates, and finally one on plants.
We are looking forward to the publication of these with
eager expectancy.

The Lutheran Herald for the Blind. No.1. Order
from the editor, Rev. 0. C. Schrocder, 2204~Bunts
Road, Cleveland, O. To be had free of charge.

This new missionary quarterly for the blind is pub-
lished in Moon type by the Board of Missions for the
Deaf and Blind of the Missouri Synod. It is being printed
in England by the National Institute for the Blind; Moon
Society Branch, London. Moon is a simplified type of
printing for those blind who lost their sight later in life
and had no opportunity to attend a school for the blind.
This first number of the new quarterly contains twenty-
four pages in large format and is filled with fine reading-
matter. That the blind are appreciating this publication
may be seen from the fact that the first number was soon
exhausted and copies are at a premium. One non-Lu-
theran blind man in San Antonio, Tex., requested a Lu-
theran pastor to express his thanks for the copy he had
received and asked that he might be sent future copies.
He left the copy he had received and read with the pastor
to be given to some other blind person. The New York
Public Library has asked that the quarterly be sent regu-
larly to the inmates of a Masonic Home, Utica, N.Y.
A blind person in Michigan who is also deaf asks Rev.
Schroeder not to forget to put his name on the mailing
list. He says the quarterly was a “godsend” to him.

Five Topics for Systematic Mission Endeavor Classes.
By Rev. K. Kretzschmar. Walther League, 6438
Eggleston Ave., Chicago, Il.

Pastors will find the five outlines in this booklet very
serviceable for use in teaching classes, and individual
Christians who wish to carry out their duty of personal
soul-winning will find much wholesome instruction be-
tween the covers of this booklet. God bless this booklet
in its mission!

Happy School Days. By Margaret E. Sangster. Con-
cordia Publishing House, St. Louis, Mo. 271 pages.
Bound in red cloth. Price, $1.25.

A book brimful of wholesome advice for our girls of
school age. Nothing better in the way of reading could
be placed in the hands of our schoolgirls than this book.

By Mar-