# The Lutheran Pioneer_St. Louis_1928_S175 # Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration) THE LUTHERAN PIONEER. 175 oOo S:?0 S55 oo aaa— oO PREMIUM OFFER. To increase the, number of subscribers of the LUTHERAN PIONEER, we are offering the following PREMIUM by authority of the Synodical Conference: — HALF A CENTURY OF LUTHERANISM AMONG OUR COLORED PEOPLE. “Here are 111 pages of interesting matter.” Lutheran Witness. “In this book Pastor Drewes gives a fascinating account of our work among the Negroes from its very beginning up to its present date.” Concordia Junior Messenger. By sending three new cash subscriptions to the LUTHERAN PIONEER or by sending the price of your subscription for three years in advance, you will re- ceive this book free. The annual subscription price of the LUTHERAN PIONEER is 50 cts. Be sure to mention that you want the PRE- MIUM, otherwise it will not be sent. ‘THE LUTHERAN PIONEER, Concordia Publishing House, 3558 S. Jefferson Ave., St. Louis, Mo. of clothes received for destitute in our poor colored congregations bear witness to this. We take this occasion to express our hearty thanks to all who have sent us clothes for the poor in our Colored Missions. And we herewith appeal again to all who have old and still usable clothing to remember the poor here in Alabama. If ‘Jesus were visibly with us in the flesh and were suffering actual need, would not all gladly help Him? Surely! But Jesus is here. We see Him in each poor and needy person. Oh, let us, then, help wherever and whenever there is need. As an in- spiration for us let us remember these beautiful words of His: “Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these My brethren, ye have done it unto Me.’ What an incentive that is to help the poor and needy! q. A. Scumipt, Box 683, Selma, Ala. oe “Saved to Save.’’ _ A Christian must not be satisfied to know that he is saved. He must, in turn, strive to save others. Dwight L. Moody used to tell of a steel engraving which pleased him very much. He said: “I thought it was the finest thing I had ever seen at the time, and I bought it. It was the picture of a woman coming out of the water clinging with both hands to the Cross of Refuge. But afterwards,” he went on to say, “I saw another picture that spoiled this one for me entirely. It was so much more lovely. It was a picture of a person coming out of the dark waters with one arm clinging to the cross, but with the other lifting some one else out of the waves.” BOOK TABLE. Synodical Reports, Missouri Synod. 1928. No.1. English District. Paper: “The First Christian Church, According to the Acts of the Apostles,” read by President W. H. T. Dau. Price, 55 cts. The Properties of the Bible. An essay delivered by Prof. G. Schrocdel at the Synodical Convention of the Oklahoma District. Price, 25 cts. Die Hoffnung der Christen. Referat des Oklahoma- Distrikts, vorgelegt von Pastor Ph. Roesel. Price, 30 ets. The three publications above have been printed by Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis, Mo. F.J.L. Concordia Historical Institute Quarterly. Vol. I, No.3. Editor-in-Chief: Prof. W. G. Polack. Asso- ciate Editors: Prof. Th. Graebner; Prof. R. W. Heintze. Order from Mr. Theo. Eckhart, Fiscal Of- fice, 3558 S. Jefferson Ave., St. Louis, Mo. Price: 25 cts. the copy; $1.00 per annum. Among the many good things in this number we were specially interested in the article bearing the title “The Place of Fiction in the Development of Lutheran Con- sciousness.” May its reading help to inspire pens among us to write good Lutheran fiction! As the writer plainly points out, there are incidents enough in American Lu- theran history which could be developed into many an in- teresting story. Communion Liturgy. By Karl Haase. Published by Karl Haase, Seward, Nebr. May also be ordered from Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis, Mo. Price, 30 cts. This fifteen-page composition brings the German and English texts of the Communion Liturgy and the Com- mon Service. We are sure that organists will welcome this production of Professor Haase and that it will be ex- tensively used in our circles. The harmonization is pleas- ing, and the composition abounds in melodious chords. Concordia Christmas Greeting Cards. 1928. Concor- dia Publishing House, St. Louis, Mo. Ten assorted cards in a package. Put up only in boxes of 25 pack- ages. To be retailed at 25 cts. a set. These cards are sold only by schools and Sunday-schools. Truly Christian Christmas-cards, every one of them a work of art in six colors. Each picture reproduces some incident in the early life of Jesus. The value of the cards is greatly enhanced by the poetic gems accompanying the pictures. Since post-cards at present can be sent for one cent apiece, it goes without saying that these beautiful cards, the equal of cards that ordinarily sell for five cents and more, will prove very popular and that the publishers will soon dispose of their million lot.