# The Lutheran Pioneer_St. Louis_1928_S191 # Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration) THE LUTHERAN PIONEER. 191. ee 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. has had time for her lodge and her club, but she has been too busy to go to church. Besides, she always thought she could be just as good a woman outside of the church as inside. Now she would like to see some one get her boy in. She expressed it as a wish. We thought of it as a dare. We would like to see some one do it in spite of that mother’s example. For seventeen years this woman has been telling this boy in the simplest language in the world — example — that the church is not necessary. If ‘any one gets that boy in, they will do it in spite of the mother. The father has given no help. He has been too busy. He had to scrape up the money for the boy to go wrong on. He has no time for church. * Now we would like to see some one get that boy in. — Fz. Average per Capita Gifts to Churches in 1927. There are 22,795,251 members in twenty-three leading Protestant denominations of the United States and Canada. ‘They represent about two- thirds of the Protestants in these two countries. The average gift of each member of these twenty-three denominations to the Church is $22.34 a year. The Protestant Episcopal Church leads in per capita for all church purposes with $38.51. The United Presbyterian Church follows with an average gift of $38.04. The statistics in detail follow: Protestant Episcopal Church, $38.51; United Pres- byterian, $38.04; Reformed in America, $35.70; Presbyterian, U. S. A., $35.42; Presbyterian, U.S. (S8.), $34.59; Evangelical Church, $30.37; Congregational, $30.23; Baptist, North, $24.85; Methodist Episcopal, $24.48; United Lutheran, $24.25; Evangelical Synod, $23.60; Moravian, North, $22.93; Reformed, U.S8., $19.34; Lutheran _ Synodical Conference, $19.20; United Brethren in Christ, $17.99; Lutheran, other synods, $16.70; Methodist Episcopal (S.), $16.12; Christian, $14.45 ; Church of Brethren, $13.04; Baptist (S.), $10.80; Disciples of Christ, $9.59; Missouri Synod, $22.45. BOOK TABLE. The following books have left the press of Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis, Mo.:— Synodical Reports, Missouri Synod, 1928. No. 3. Eastern District. Paper: “The Proper Use of the Doctrine of the Church” (Rey. Geo. Luecke). 61 pages. Price, 40 ects. —No. 4. “Atlantic District. Paper: “The Sacrificial Death of Christ” (Prof. Wm. Arndt). 63 pages. Price, 40 cts. Glory to God in the Highest! A children’s vesper ser- vice for Christmas Eve. Compiled by If. G. Webber. Price, per copy, 6 cts.; dozen, 60 cts.; 100, $4.50. A service that will appeal to all who are in agreement with the Lutheran idea of Christmas, the festival of the Christ-child. f The Prince of Pence. © Christmas airs from Handel's Messiah. For children’s services. Containing solos and chorus parts. Arranged by H. Bergmann. Price, per copy, 20 cts.; dozen, $1.92., This arrangement of Christmas airs from Handel’s Messiah will, no doubt, be used in many a children’s service. : Our Father Who Art in Heaven. Quartet for mixed voices. By J. C: Wohlfeil. Price, per copy, 15 cts.; dozen, $1.44. A very fine musical setting for the Lord’s Prayer. Primary and Junior Hymnal. Price, 30 cts. The reviewer would have liked this book better if the compiler had selected more of our good old Lutheran hymns. This is not to be understood as though the re- viewer found fault with any of the hymns selected; but given the choice, he would prefer to see the children be- come acquainted with our beautiful chorals as early as possible. The Christian. One Hundred and Thirty Likenesses between Christ and the Christian. Pointed out b William Dallmann, D.D. Third edition, enlarged. Price, $1.25. A beautiful gift. edition, bound in semiflexible boards, covered with green water-silk cloth, title and decorative design stamped in gold. Very suitable as a Christmas-gift.