# The Lutheran Pioneer_St. Louis_1932_S33 # Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration) Che Lutheran Pioneer A MISSIONARY MONTHLY PUBLISHED BY THE EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN SYNODICAL CONFERENCE OF NORTH AMERICA ST. LOUIS, MO., MARCH, 1932. CONTENTS Why They Went ............eceeccesccccsccccecs St. Matthew’s Church, Baltimore, Md. ............. 35 Missionary News from the Southland ............. 36 Our Colored Missions .............2..0cscccceoce 37 How Pao Brought the Gospel to Lifu ............. 37 Our Orphanage at Shihnan, China ............... 40 Present-day Frontiers .........0-eeeeeeeeeeeeeees 42 Items of Missionary Interest .........-.-+-+-++++s 43 Keeping Good News ..........+2eseeeeseeeerecee 45 How God Changes Men .......-..eeeeeeeeeeeeeeee 47 A Brand Plucked Out of the Fire ................. 47 Book. Table ..........ccccccccccccccccccccscsscce 48 Contributions ........0.022000. cece ccccccescencce MONTHLY MISSIONARY TEXT. “Brethren, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for Israel is that they might be saved.” — Rom. 10, 1. Published monthly by Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis, Mo. Subscription price, 50 cts. per annum anywhere in the world, payable strictly, in AAS Entered as second-class matter at the Post Office at St. Louis, Mo., under the Act of March 3, 1879. Acceptance for mailing at special rate of postage provided for in section 1103, Act of October 3, 1917, authorized on July 5, 1918.