# The Lutheran Pioneer_St. Louis_1931_S114
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Che Lutheran Pioneer

A MISSIONARY MONTHLY

; PUBLISHED BY THE
EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN SYNODICAL CONFERENCE OF NORTH AMERICA

Vol. LIII. ST. LOUIS, MO., AUGUST, 1931.

CONTENTS

PAGE

Alabama’s Own Mission Station ...........-.-++-+ 114
Northern Pastoral Conference of Our Colored Missions 115
Missionary Notes from the Southland ............. 115
Teachers’ Institute in New Orleans ............--- 116
Often a Hard Struggle .............ccccccesccoees 117
Real Man Esono’s Determination .............-.5+ 118
Items of Missionary Interest .........--seeeeeeees 119
A Miracle of Missions ............sececceceeccees 123
A Day and a Night with the Arabs .........---+6++ 125
A Hainan, China, Convert .......-..+ee eee eee recess 126
Some Curious Marriage Customs of China ......... 127
How the Doors were Opened .......---+++eeeeeeeee 127
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MONTHLY MISSIONARY TEXT.

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