# The Lutheran Pioneer_St. Louis_1932_S107 # Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration) THE LUTHERAN PIONEER 105 searchings of the heart? Should not questions like the following arise in our hearts, and should we not address them to each other: Can we not do more to spread the Gospel of Christ at home and abroad? Have we tried every means to make Christ known to the world? Can we lay our hands on our hearts arid say that we and our Church have left nothing undone to spread the saving knowledge of the only one in whom there is sal- vation? Can we look forward to Christ’s second coming with good cheer and say that our talents of wealth and influence and opportunities have been put to good use? Ah, friends and fellow-Chris- tians, can we do so? As we ask ourselves these questions as in the sight of God, do they humble us into the dust? When we look, on the one side, at the opportunities of professing Christendom to spread the glorious tidings of salvation and, on the other, at the little, comparatively, that is being done to relieve the sad condition of the heathen world, must we not bow our heads in humiliation ? Must we not with shame admit that the Church is not walking worthy of its light? The sun will F. J. L. The day is drawing to a close! soon set! German Evangelical Mission Societies. A recent report states that in 1930 the twenty- six German mission societies had 522 ordained mis- sionaries, 35 doctors, 204 deaconesses, 547 main stations, 3,827 secondary stations, 990,583 heathen Christians, 53,811 probationers, 144,437 male stu- dents, and 67,362 female students. The income from benevolent gifts in Germany amounted to only 7,042,904 RM. The report also states: “May it rest as a heavy burden on the consciences of all Christians that the Soviet Government is placing at the disposal of its atheistic missionary endeavor four times as much money as all Christian mis- sionary societies are raising for their work among the heathen!” A survey of the eight oldest German mission societies gives the following summary in- formation : — The Moravian Mission, which is celebrating its two hundredth anniversary this year (organized 1782), has its field of labor in East and West South .. Africa and'in Nyassa. It has 62 missionaries, 540 native helpers, 88,576 heathen converts, 1,824 proba- tioners, 8,388 male and 7,699 female pendants and received 580,137 RM. The Basel Mission Society was organized in 1815. Its 192 missionaries and 1,894 native helpers are engaged in China, Borneo, India, the Gold Coast, and in Kamerun. It reports a total of 65,596 heathen converts, 7,259 probationers, 27,706 male and 17,127 female students, with an income of 2,680,029 RM. The Berlin Mission Society was organized in 1824 and is at work in China, South Africa, and East Africa. It reports 166 missionaries, 1,797 native helpers, 89,927 converts, 3,087 probationers, 24,827 male and 17,945 female students, with 1,336,318 RM. income. The Rhenish Mission Society dates its organi- zation to 1828 and is engaged principally in Cape Colony, South and West Africa, Sumatra, Nias, Mentawei, and China. It reports 270 missionaries, 1,404 native helpers, 435,236 converts, 20,782 proba- tioners, 35,396 male and 14,603 female students, and an income of 1,024,229 RM. The Bremen Mission Society was organized in 1836 and is at work in English and French Togo and the Gold Coast. It has 14 missionaries, 269 native helpers, 30,518 converts, 7,505 students, and an income of 111,531 RM. The Gossner Mission Society was organized in the same year, 1836, and confines its endeavor ex- clusively to India. It has 7 missionaries, 885 native helpers, 119,922 converts, 5,106 probationers, 5,419 male and 1,730 female students, and an income of 214,671 RM. The Leipzig Mission Society was also organized in 1836. Its fields are in India and Hast Africa (Tanganyika). It reports 55 missionaries, 640 na- tive helpers, 31,764 converts, 3,155 probationers, 11,163 male and 6,798 female students, and an income of 671,625 RM. The Hermannsburg Missionary Society was or- ganized in 1849. It works in Natal, Transvaal, and Abyssinia. It has 108 missionaries, 254 native helpers, 105,495 converts, 1,001 probationers, 5,080 male and 7,309 female students, and an income of 597,401 RM. — News Bulletin, N. D.C. —_—- Through the Cross to Christ. How wonderfully God builds His Kingdom of Grace here on earth may be seen also from this true story of a little girl who lives near Killdeer, N. Dak. Florence Sabins was a very bright little girl and afforded her parents and friends many sunny hours with her joyful spirit and her loving disposition.