# The Lutheran Pioneer_St. Louis_1929_S145 # Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration) 144 THE LUTHERAN PIONEER. Forty-nine more families are satisfied with a weekly pledge of the amount spent for one lunch- eon at a moderate-priced restaurant. Why go further? O yes,—one hundred and forty-five more families have pledged nothing. Their church-membership is being totally carried, and their church dues are entirely paid, by others. Literary Digest. BOOK TABLE. Lutheran Laymen’s League Bulletin. Published by the Lutheran Laymen’s League, 3558 S. Jefferson Ave., St. Louis, Mo. This is the first number of the official bulletin of the reorganized Lutheran Laymen’s League, which has the purpose of uniting the laity of the Missouri Synod in enterprises like these: Radio L.L..L. Fund, High Schools, Local Home Missions, Exhibits, Open Forums, Enterprises of Charity, Good Christian Fellowship, Christian Steward- ship, and the loyal support of the Missouri Synod in busi- ness and financial matters. Surely most laudable aims! Send for a copy of the Bulletin. Workers’ Quarterly. A Periodical for Officers and Leaders of Walther League Societies. Vol.I, No.1. The Walther League, 6438 Eggleston Ave., Chi- cago, Ill. Price, $1.00. The purpose of this new quarterly is to supply prac- tical helps for the officers and leaders of our young people’s societies. We are pleased to bring to the atten- tion of our pastors and laymen who are interested in the young people’s cause this well-edited periodical. The forty-eight pages of this first issue are chuck-full of val- uable helps. The 150th Psalm. By Walter Sassmannshausen. Order from the composer, 5220 Pensacola Ave., Chicago, IIl., or from Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis, Mo. Price, 20 cts. This is No.10 of Sacred Choruses by Walther Sass- mannshausen. This beautiful chorus was written expressly for, and sung by, the Lutheran Mass Chorus at the Cate- chism Quadricentennial, Soldiers’ Field, Chicago, June 23, 1929. It made a deep impression upon the 60,000 per- sons who then heard it, and it is bound to make a very favorable impression wherever properly rendered. It is not difficult and can be sung by a choir of ordinary ability with telling effect. Sing, O Ye Heavens! (Jauchzet, ihr Himmel!) By J. H. F. Hoelter. Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis, Mo. Price, 75 cts. This is the tenth number of Concordia Collection of Sacred Choruses and Anthems for More Ambitious Asso- ciations. It is a cantata for a mixed chorus, and the words are taken from Is.49 and 44. It abounds in pas- _ sages of rare beauty and will richly repay the choir that earnestly attempts its proper rendition. Sacred Solos. No.3. A Hymn of Praise. By Ros Vors. _ No.4. From Heaven Above. By Herman M. Hahn. No. 5. Savior, I Follow On. By Herman M. Hahn. * Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis, Mo. Price, each, 50 cts. _ |. No.8 is for a high voice, the other two for a low voice. No.4 has German and English text, the other two only ‘English. Mr. Hahn’s two compositions have an original pecomnperumont for each stanza. The melody of No.3 is ‘Mr. Hahn’s accompaniments to Nos.4 and 5 fet to bring home the texts which they accompany. Halves) abldatdsearys! wide circulation. ot JL. f Contributions Received by the Treasurer. July 1—31, 1929. Received for Colored Missions from the following col- ored congregations: Augustana, Alexandria, $20.00; Beth- any, Nyland, 24.54; Bethany, Yonkers, 65.00; Bethel, Conover, 2.65; Bethel, Rock West, 15.08; Bethlehem, Holy Ark, 74.68; Bethlehem, Monroe, 1.58; Bethlehem, New Orleans, 57.50; Christ, Rosebud, 13.80; Concordia, Lower- stone, 5.00; Concordia, New Orleans, 15.00; Holy Cross, Camden, 16.44; Ebenezer, Atmore, 18.60; Faith, Mobile, 13.50; Gethsemane, Hamburg, 37.49; Grace, Concord, 40.00; Grace, Greensboro, 35.81; Grace, Ingomar, 22.21; Hope, Kings Landing, 9.05; Immanuel, Cincinnati, 20.00; Immanuel, Pensacola, 9.61; Immanuel, Shankletown, 5.00; Luther Memorial, Greensboro, 9.83; Messiah, Bashi, 17.26; Mission in Baltimore, 4.74; Mission in Catherine, 7.62; Mission in Cleveland, 50.83; Mission in Fayetteville, 2.20; Mission in Maplesville, 32.03; Mission in New Bern, 2.20; Mission in Swansboro, 2.20; Mission in Union Springs, 1.75; Mount Calvary, Kannapolis, 40.00; Mount Calvary, Mount Pleasant, 10.00; Mount Calvary, Tilden, 55.33; Mount Carmel, Midway, 4.17; Mount Olive, Catawba, 4.00; Mount Olive, Tinela, 6.12; Mount Zion, Bostian Cross Roads, 13.00; Mount Zion, Charlotte, 17.00; Our Re- deemer, Longmile, 4.71; Our Savior, Possum Bend, 9.52; Pilgrim, Birmingham, 15.57; St. Andrew’s, Vredenburgh, 7.04; St. James’s, Buena Vista, 12.82; St. John’s, Joffre, 5.59; St. John’s, Salisbury, 16.20; St. Luke’s, High Point, 2.75; St. Luke’s, Lamison, 4.97; St. Luke’s, Spartanburg, 16.50; St. Mark’s, Ackerville, 30.61; St. Mark’s, Atlanta, 19.64; St. Mark’s, Winston-Salem, 5.00; St. Matthew’s, Arlington, 36.25; St. Matthew’s, Meherrin, 15.65; St. Paul’s, Charlotte, 12.00; St. Paul’s, Mansura, 10.00; St. Paul’s, Napoleonville, 6.90; St. Paul’s, New Orleans, 50.00; St. Paul’s, Oak Hill, 3.58; St. Peter’s, Cabarrus County, 15.00; St. Peter’s, Pine Hill, 4.95; St. Philip’s, Philadelphia, 25.00; St. Philip’s, St. Louis, 65.00; Trinity, New Orleans, 25.00; Trinity, Selma, 26.17; Zion, Gold Hill, 5.00; Zion, Taits Place, 10.01. 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