# The Lutheran Pioneer_St. Louis_1933_S80 # Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration) 80 THE LUTHERAN PIONEER work of Bible distribution shows no decline. In the Egypt agency, which comprises the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Abyssinia, Palestine, Syria, Cyprus, and Egypt, the sales were the highest on record: 166,740 volumes in ninety-five languages. The colporteurs carried these volumes far and wide. One of them visited a Bedouin camp of three thousand tents in Syria and sold a Bible to the sheik, who confessed that he had never heard of Jesus Christ. In the countries lying between Egypt and the Atlantic close upon 70,000 books were distributed among the heterogeneous population. The Bible society motor caravan traveled 5,650 miles in dis- tricts fringing the great desert, and for every mile it went a copy of the Scriptures came into the pos- session of an inhabitant. Colporteurs reached places far away in the Atlas region of Morocco which probably had never before been visited by Bible- sellers. Almost 60,000 volumes of the Bible were dis- tributed in Persia and ‘Iraq, mostly by the colpor- teurs, and this was considerably in advance of previous figures. In one remote community the only man who could read gathered his neighbors together to listen to the reading. “God has thought even of us,” he said. “See how these men have crossed mountains and rivers and have come to our village hidden in the hills.” When they heard a few chapters of St. Matthew and St.John, they ex- claimed: “This is something quite new; we never heard anything like it before”; and they subscribed a farthing each to buy a Testament, so that their - only scholar might read to them of an evening. BOOK TABLE. (By the Eprror.) Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep, and Other Prayers. Gathered for youthful believers in Christ. Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis, Mo. 45 pages, 414X614. Bound in special silk-finish green cloth. Price, 25 cts.; dozen, $2.40. A beautiful little prayer-book: well printed, well illus- trated, well bound, contents well sel: Contains morn- ing, evening, and table prayers, also special Sunday prayers and prayers in sickness; a selection of Bible-texts; the Ten Commandments, the Three Articles, the Sacrament of Bap- tism, and the Sacrament of the Altar. The front cover has a fine color print of the painting “Samuel at Prayer.” The Millennium: and the Bible. By L. A. Heerboth. (Tract No.120.) Concordia Publishing House, St. i Louis, Mo. Price, 6 cts.; dozen, 60 cts. In this tract of thirty-seven pages the author vei tersely and lenarianism in the light of the Bible. He answers such ques- tions as these: What are the different kinds of millena- rians? What test must be applied to millenarianism? What does the Bible teach about the condition of the et clearly shows what is to be held of mil-- Church on earth? What does the Bible teach about the conversion of all Israel? What does the Bible teach about Christ’s second coming? Will there be two resurrections from the dead? How is Rev. 20, 1—10 to be understood? What effect has millenarianism on the Christian’s hope? The author’s answers make interesting and instructive reading. Concordia Collection of Sacred Choruses and An- thems for More Ambitious Choral Organiza- tions. No.29. Christ the Lord is Risen. By Ros Vors. Price, 20 cts.; dozen, $1.60.— No. 30. Praise Ye the Lord. By Ros Vors. Price, 30 cts.; dozen, $2.40. — No. 31. Haster Song. By Matthew N. Lund- quist. Price, 25 cts.; dozen, $2.04. Concordia Pub- lishing House, St. Louis, Mo. Two of these fine compositions are Easter anthems. The third is a hymn of praise, suitable for any festival occasion. All three are for mixed voices. Die Abendschule. Osternummer. Louis Lange Publish- ing Company, St. Louis, Mo. Price, 25 cts., postpaid, anywhere. This special Easter number of the well-known German periodical is a number,de luwe. The literary contents and the illustrations are of the highest character; the mechan- ical make-up is the best possible. Several very interesting Easter stories, a valuable article on Lincoln, and a beauti-_ fully illustrated article on the protection of wild swans are especially worthy of mention. Personally we always found the editor’s Aus der Zeit, fuer die Zeit deserving of careful reading. Die Abendschule is a biweekly publi- cation. The price per annum is $3.00. Contributions Received by the Treasurer. March 1—31, 1933. From Several Mission Friends at Wolcottsburg, N.Y., for Chapel in Jackson, Miss., $15.00. From “A Friend,” Paola, Kans., for Negro Missions, 1.00. From Mrs. August Busse, Fort Wayne, Ind., for Negro Missions, 5.00. Teo. W. Eckwanrt, 7'reasurer. NOTICE TO OUR SUBSCRIBERS. In order to render satisfactory service, we must have our current mailing-list correct. The expense of maintaining this list has been materially increased. nder present regulations we are subject to a “fine” on all parcels mailed to an incorrect address, inasmuch as we must pay 2 cents for every notifica- tion sent by the postmaster on a parcel or periodical which is undeliverable because no forwarding address is available or because there has been a change of address. This may seem insignificant, but in view of the fact that we have subscribers etting three or more of our periodicals and considering our arge aggregate subscription list, it may readily be seen that it amounts to quite a sum during a year; for the postmaster will address a notification to each individual periodical. Our Subscribers can help us by notifying us—one notification postal card, costing only 1 cent) take care of the ad- resses for several publications, We shall be very grateful for your cooperation. ConcorpiIA PuBLISHING House, St. Louis, Mo. 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