# The Lutheran Pioneer_St. Louis_1932_S163 # Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration) Ghe Lutheran Pioneer A MISSIONARY MONTHLY PUBLISHED BY THE EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN SYNODICAL CONFERENCE OF NORTH AMERICA ST. LOUIS, MO., NOVEMBER, 1982. CONTENTS Twenty-sixth Report of the Board for Colored Mis- BIONG) che cccivleieyeieterch\s «/o 6 /clainierevalelelelc/slalalolatsloletetalelciste 162 Lutheran Beginnings in Washington County, Kansas 166 Are Missions an Impertinence? ......... Shosboo Shc 168 Missionary Work «2.2.0.5. -eesccsceceeercccsseres 169 Items of Missionary Interest .............++--+00+ 169 Why He Blew Out the Candle ........-..---.++-+ 172 A Queer Indian Custom .... 2.6.60... eee eee cece ee 172 A Banquet for the Bonze’s Clothes ......---.-.---- 173 A South-India Outeaste Village ..........-.....+-- 3 Percietcle 5 Book Table 2. icc cc cccc cc cc cece caviccsvweciecescocs Contributions 2... 00500 oe 2 cece ne www veicienin se cscs MONTHLY MISSIONARY TEXT. “Brethren, pray for us that the Word of the Lord may have free course and be glorified, even as it is with you.” 2 Thess. 3, 1. Published monthly by Concordia Publishing House, St. Louts, Mo. Subscription price, 50 cts. per annum anywhere in the world, payable strictly in advance. 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.