# The Lutheran Pioneer_St. Louis_1931_S89 # Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration) mouth (3,793), 88 THE LUTHERAN PIONEER God bring him to the conviction that Jesus Christ is the only Way, Truth, and Life and that no man cometh unto the Father but by Him! Does the Lutheran Hour pay? Without it Door No. 16 would yet be closed to your missionary ; but now there is an open door, not only in this one room of this particular sanitarium, but in other sanitariums as well. Help support the Lutheran Hour. W.A., in the California and Nevada Lutheran. Home-Mission Geography of Nebraska. From the latest census returns we have culled some data concerning the population of Nebraska cities and our representation in these respective communities. . We have in Nebraska seven cities with a population above 10,000. Omaha is the largest in this group and Beatrice the smallest. There are also seven cities with a population above five thousand. Kearney heads this class, and York gets'in on the tail-end. In the group of cities from three thousand to five thousand we have eight cities, Chadron the largest and Superior the smallest. In all cities above ten thousand we are represented, also in all the cities above five thousand. In the group of three thousand and five thousand we are not working in the following (the population given in parentheses): University Place (4,212), Platts- Havelock (3,559), Holdrege (3,263), Superior (3,043). You will agree with us when we remark that in all towns above three thousand we ought to be represented. Then we have in our Southern Nebraska District ten cities of less than three thousand, but above two thousand population. Lexington is the largest of this group and College View the smallest. Of these ten cities the Missouri Synod is not represented in Broken Bow (2,715), Aurora (2,715), Wymore (2,680), Dayid City (2,333), Gothenburg (2,322), and Col- lege View (2,249). The first Christians filled Jeru- salem with the pure Gospel doctrine. Have we filled Nebraska with the sure Word of God? Have we filled our home community? Have we filled the block in which we live or the section on which we farm? How much mission-work are we doing as Individuals? Also in this respect we carry a heavy responsibility before our Lord and God. Now, in addition to the territory unoccupied by "us in Nebraska we must also mention a few places in that portion of Wyoming which belongs to our istrict. There is Laramie, the university city of that State, a city of nine thousand. It is situated fifty-five miles west of Cheyenne, our nearest sta- tion to the east. The next Missouri Synod station west is Salt Lake City. And then there is Rawlins, the seat of the Wyoming State Penitentiary, a city of four thousand, situated one hundred seventy-five miles from Cheyenne. Both of these are good- sized cities as cities go out there. Now, when we hear of these and other cities here in the United States, yes, spiritually poor Lazarus lying right before our door, shall we not make every effort to preach the Gospel which God in His grace has given and preserved unto us in all its purity to them also? We hear some people speak of an overpro- duction of ministers;, but a little study in Mis- sionary Geography will teach us that, after all, there is an underproduction of this article. The Southern Nebraska District alone ought to place missionaries in every city, town, and hamlet and thus deplete the list of all available candidates. 0. E. H. and F., in S. Nebr. District Messenger. Activities of the District Field Secretary for Missions. What is the Director of Missions doing? This question has probably been asked by those who are aware of the arrangement of having a full-time man for the extension of mission-work within the State, adopted by the Minnesota District some years ago. The undersigned will try to give a résumé of the activities of that officer in the following lines. 1. The Director of Missions endeavors to keep in constant touch with all the mission-fields of the District by personal visits and by correspondence. With few exceptions, all the fields in the District were visited during 1930, some of them several times. 2. He serves vacant mission-fields, seeks to promote the opening of new fields, and makes in- vestigations to determine the advisability of begin- ning work where we are not yet represented. (He will be thankful for any suggestions offered by any one along this line.) 3. He attends all the meetings of the mission board, reports to it on his activities, and willingly makes such investigations as the board may deem advisable. 4. Through sermons, addresses, and articles in the District Tome Missions he seeks to assist in fostering the mission spirit in the District.