# The Lutheran Pioneer_St. Louis_1933_S48 # Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration) THE LUTHERAN PIONEER Vital Statistics in India. In describing the health conditions in India, Dr. Schulze, a medical missionary of the Breklum Mis- sion Society, writes: “In the Madras Presidency more than a million people died in one year, repre- senting a percentage such as is not known in any other country in the earth. The average age of life in India is annually going backwards, whereas in other countries it is rising. In England, for in- stance, it formerly was 49 years, now 50; in Amer- ica, formerly 50 years, now 57; in Japan, 47 years. In India it has gone back from 25 to 22. In one decennium, 1915 to 1924, more than 3,000,000 people died in India of cholera and plague, 50,327,407 of malaria, 2,382,298 of dysentery, and 3,230,963 of pneumonia. In one year 70,000 died of smallpox. There are at least 1,000,000 lepers in India. In 1918 7,000,000 died of influenza. In 1923 there were born 8,446,085, and 6,036,931 died in that same year, of whom 1,486,277 were children under one year of age.” As causes for this misery Dr. Schulze adduces ignorance, religious prejudice, and poverty. N.L.C. News Bulletin. BOOK TABLE. (By the Eprror.) Brief Statement of the Doctrinal Position of the Missouri Synod. Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis, Mo. Price,:10 cts. By resolution of the Missouri Synod at its triennial convention of 1929 a committee appointed by the Presi- dent of the General Body drew up this Brief Statement and submitted it to the official representatives of Synod at its convention last year. A committee thoroughly ex- amined the document, and then Synod adopted it in its present form as a brief Scriptural statement of its doc- trinal position. Frankly, lucidly, and simply the doc- trinal position of the Missouri Synod is here presented for the examination of all. My Redeemer Lives! A Children’s Vesper Service for Easter. Prepared by W.G. Polack. Concordia Pub- lishing House, St. Louis, Mo. Price, 8 cts.; dozen, 72 cts.; 100, $4.50, plus transportation. By the use of Scripture-passages this program stresses the facts, and the meaning for us, of the Lord’s resurrec- tion. The Scripture and hymn selections have been very happily made. The arrangement is very natural: 1. The Redeemer’s Resurrection Foretold; 2. The Redeemer’s Res- urrection Accomplished; 3. The Witness of the Resurrec- tion; 4. The Redeemer’s Resurrection Proves His Deity; 5. The Redeemer’s Resurrection Seals His Redemption; . 6. The Redeemer’s Resurrection Insures Our Own. A num- ber of recitations are added for the sake of convenience if it is found desirable to use them. Contributions Received by the Treasurer. January 1—31, 1933. Received for Colored Missions from the following col- ored conprewations; Alabama Luther Academy, Selma, $18.00; Augustana, Alexandria, 25.00; Bethany, Nyland, 646; Bethany, Yonkers, 55.00; Bethel, Conover, 2.15; Bethel, Rock West, 6.62; Bethlehem, Holy Ark, 9.54; Beth- lehem, Monroe, .65; Calvary, Baton Rouge, .54; Christ, Rosebud, 6.73; Concordia, Lowerstone, 5.00; Concordia, Montrose, 23.82; Holy Cross, Camden, 27.49; Ebenezer, Atmore, 5.66; Faith, Mobile, 1.06; Gethsemane, Hamburg, 20.95; Good Shepherd, Vineland, 5.16; Grace, Concord, 30.00; Grace, Ingomar, 8.20; Grace, St. Louis, 60.00; Holy Trinity, Springfield, 40.00; Hope, Kings Landing, 5.13; Immanuel, Cincinnati, 5.00; Immanuel, Pensacola, 5.50; Immanuel Lutheran College, Greensboro, 363.71; Messiah, Bashi, 3.81; Mission at Cleveland, 15.00; Mission at Wash- ington, 15.34; Mount Calvary, Kannapolis, 30.00; Mount Calvary, Mount Pleasant, 10.00; Mount Calvary, Tilden, 18.20; Mount Carmel, Midway, 2.90; Mount Olive, Ca- tawba, .75; Mount Olive, Tinela, 12.40; Mount Zion, Bos- tian Cross Roads, 5.20; Mount Zion, Charlotte, 40.00; Mount Zion, New Orleans, 55.00; Our Redeemer, Longmile, 12.37; Our Savior, Buffalo, 10.00; Our Savior, Possum Bend, 9.05; Peace, Maplesville, 6.88; Pilgrim, Birming- ham, 20.05; St. Andrew’s, Vredenburgh, 29.36; St. James’s, Buena Vista, 10.12; St. James’s, Southern Pines, 12.00; St. John’s, Joffre, 9.59; St. John’s, Salisbury, 15.00; St. Luke’s, High Point, 8.00; St. Luke’s, Lamison, 13.20; St. Luke’s, Spartanburg, 8.00; St. Mark’s, Atlanta, 35.38; St. Mark’s, Winston-Salem, 5.00; St. Matthew’s, Ackerville, 5.90; St. Matthew’s, Arlington, 3.12; St. Matthew’s, Bal- timore, 5.00; St. Matthew’s, Hickory Hill, .78; St. Mat- thew’s, Meherrin, 16.73; St. Paul’s, Charlotte, 8.22; St. Paul’s, Los Angeles, 42.00; St. Paul’s, Lutherville, 15.00; St. Paul’s, New Orleans, 58.00; St. Paul’s, Oak Hill, 14.75; St. Peter’s, Concord, 7.00; St. Peter’s, Pine Hill, 3.53; St. Philip’s, Catherine, 8.28; St. Philip’s, Chicago, 87.00; St. Philip’s, Philadelphia, 25.00; St. Philip’s, St. Louis, 130.00; Trinity, Selma, 38.70; Zion, Gold Hill, 3.15; Zion, Taits Place, 11.96. 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