# The Lutheran Pioneer_St. Louis_1930_S97 # Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration) 96 THE LUTHERAN PIONEER. were given to the world in the very first place for the purpose of spreading the Gospel and not only as a means to aid commerce, to afford pleasure, ete. And furthermore, we should realize that it is not right for us to expect only one or two to make it pos- sible for our missionaries and pastors to use these means of conveyance in our church-work. On the contrary, it is the duty of the Church to defray the expenses incurred in its service. To expect the pastor to pay them alone and at the same time to extend his work is asking him to rob his family in the interest of the Church, or, to put it more plainly, it is like asking him “to pay other people’s grocery bills.” W.J., in Australian Lutheran. BOOK TABLE. The Holy Ghost. Publishing House, St. Louis, Mo. 59 pages. Price, 50 cts. Since we are this year celebrating the nineteenth cen- tenary of the giving of the Holy Ghost to the Church, many people will be glad to buy and read this book by Dr. Dallmann on The Holy Ghost. It is a skilful elabora- tion of the Third Article of our Creed and Luther’s in- imitable explanation. By William Dallmann. Concordia Red-cloth binding. Preaching the Word. Prediget das Wort! English ‘and German Children’s Vesper Services for Mis- _sion Sunday. Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis, Mo. Price, 5 cts. each; dozen, 50 cts.; 100, $3.50. _Here is the same service to be had in either German or English. Pastors and teachers will find this program by Prof. W. G. Polack very acceptable. We used a similar program last’ year, and we shall use this new one this year. The rendering of such a program by the children on Mission Sunday or on the Sunday before makes a pro- found impression upon their elders. Faith Victorious. 1530—1930. Program for a Children’s Service Commemorating the Four-hundredth Anni- versary of the Presentation of the Augsburg Con- fession. Compiled by 2. W. Koenig. Concordia Pub- lishing House, St. Louis, Mo. Price, 5 cts. each; dozen, 50 cts.; 100, $3.00. The readers may judge what we think of this fine pro- gram when we tell them that we have ordered it for our schoolchildren. May it be rendered in many congregations! Concordia Historical Institute Quarterly. Editor- ’ in-Chief: Prof. W. G. Polack. Associate Editors: Prof. Th. Gracbner; Prof. R. W. Heintze. Annual subscription, including membership, $2.00. Order from Mr. Theo. W. Eckhart, 3558 S. Jefferson Ave., St. Louis, Mo- . The last two numbers of this publication bring very desirable information concerning the early work of the Missouri Synod among the Indians, an interesting article on the relation of the Augsburg Confession centennial of 1830 to the coming of the Saxon fathers to America, and a very valuable contribution on the transition from the early clementary school of Colonial days to the non-relig- ious public school of to-day. F.J.L. Contributions Received by the Treasurer. (April 1—30, 1930.) Received for Colored Missions from the following col- ored congregations: Alabama Luther College, Selma, $528.06; Augustana, Alexandria, 25.00; Bethany, Ny- land, 6.91; Bethany, Yonkers, 65.00; Bethel, Conover, .25; Bethel, Rock West, 3.56; Bethlehem, Holy Ark, 3.97; Bethlehem, New Orleans, 57.50; Christ, Rosebud, 9.01; Concordia, Lowerstone, 8.00; Concordia, New Orleans, 15.00; Holy Cross, Camden, 3.95; Ebenezer, Atmore, 4.30; Faith, Mobile, 3.00; Gethsemane, Hamburg, 7.15; Grace, Concord, 40.00; Grace, Greensboro, 33.22; Grace, Ingo- mar, 2.85; Grace, St.Louis, 50.00; Holy Trinity, Spring- field, 25.00; Hope, Kings Landing, 7.83; Immanuel, Pen- sacola, 4.90; Immanuel, Shankletown, 5.00; Immanuel Lutheran College, Greensboro, 621.44; Luther Memorial, Greensboro, 17.95; Mission at Bashi, 3.79; Mission at Catherine, 5.75; Mission at Kirkwood, 25.00; Mission at Maplesville, .17; Mission at New Bern, 1.53; Mission at Union Springs, 2.50; Mount Calvary, Mount Pleasant, 15.00; Mount Calvary, ‘Tilden, 15.20; Mount Carmel, Mid- way, 5.60; Mount Olive, Catawba, 1.90; Mount Olive, Tinela, 8.94; Mount Zion, Bostian Cross Roads, 13.00; Mount Zion, Charlotte, 20.00; Mount Zion, New Orleans, 50.00; Our Redeemer, Longmile, 1.88; Our Savior, Pos- sum Bend, 7.39; Pilgrim, Birmingham, 16.68; St. Andrew's, Vredenburgh, 5.31; St. James’s, Buena Vista, 5.79; St. James’s, Southern Pines, 10.00; St. John’s, Joffre, 2.59; St. John’s, Salisbury, 15.00; St. Luke’s, High Point, 3.75; St. Luke’s, Lamison, 3.00; St. Luke’s, Spartanburg, 15.00; St. Mark’s, Ackerville, 5.67; St. Mark’s, Atlanta, 25.00; St. Mark’s, Winston-Salem, 6.00; St. Matthew’s, Arlington, 5.05; St. Matthew’s, Meherrin, 14.34; St. Paul’s, Charlotte, 12.00; St. Paul’s, Los Angeles, 42.00; St. Paul’s, Luther- ville, 10.00; St. Paul’s, Napoleonville, 7.00; St. Paul’s, New Orleans, 50.00; St. Paul’s, Oak Hill, 9.56; St. Peter’s, Ca- barrus County, 15.00; St. Peter’s, Pine Hill, 3.82; St. Philip’s, Chicago, 50.00; St. Philip’s, Philadelphia, 25.00; St. Philip’s, St. Louis, 100.00; Trinity, New Orleans, 30.00; Trinity, Selma, 22.50; Zion, Gold Hill, 8.00; Zion, Taits Place, 4.48. Miscellancous: Mrs. Fried. Prowatzke, Grafton, Wis., for Negro Missions, $20.00. “Aunt Mary,” Holy Cross Congregation, St. Louis, Mo., for Negro Missions, 15.00. Mrs. Anna Wittenberg, Canistota, S. Dak., for Negro Mis- sions, 10.00. Miss Ida Nanke, What Cheer, Iowa, for Negro Missions, 5.00. Per Rey. Geo. Ferber, from Cor- delia Ferber, Creighton, Mo., for Negro Missions, 5.00. Mrs. C. Fischer, Wilton Junction, Iowa, for Negro Mis- sions, 1.00. Per M. Markworth, Treasurer, from Pauline Eskau Bequest, for Negro Missions, 100.00. Per Rey. G. M. Kramer, from Luther Conference of Louisiana (Memo- rial Wreath for Rev. F. D. Alston), for African Missions, 10.00. Mrs. H. H. Wallner, West Ely, Mo., for Negro Mis- sions, 1.00. Mrs. Kath. Nielsen, Western, Nebr., for Negro Missions, 2.00; for Mollie Louder, 2.00. “A Friend,” Painesville, O., for Negro Missions, 2.00. Tueo. W. Ecxrart, 7'reasurcr. Please Take Notice. 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