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The Lutheran Pioneer.

There is a province in Abyssinia containing
8,000,000 people, who speak a Semitic language
known as Tigrinya, and these millions now have a
complete New Testament of their own. The Bible
for the use of the blind has found its way into

Welsh, Spanish, Italian, Gujarati, and two of the_

many Chinese dialects. The demands on the So-
ciety show the varied tides of migration and their
destiny. Last year copies of the Scriptures in Span-
ish and Italian to the number of 250,000 were sent
to” the Argentine Republic to meet the needs of
immigrants. Canada took volumes of the Scerip-
tures in fifty-three languages to meet the needs of
the 200,000 newcomers. In fact, one-third of the
Scriptures circulated in Canada were in languages
other than- English. In pursuance of its work, the
Society employs as many.as eleven hundred colpor-
teurs, who penetrate to the remotest corners of the
earth.

Heatnen Croriry.— A lady missionary writ-

ing from Pekin, China, says, you will be surprised |

that you never sce nor hear of the funeral of a child.
Gorgeous processions tell of the death of an adult,
but it would seem as though children never died in
China. But suppose you get up at daylight and
stand out in the street. Now the mystery is ex-
plained. A large covered wagon drawn by oxen
comes creaking along, with a sign on the front.
It is piled to the top with the bodies and fragments
of bodies of dead infants that have been cast into
the street the night before as refuse. Some are in
old baskets, and one or two in plain board coffins.
Some are half devoured by dogs. Perhaps the
wagon contains a hundred of these ghastly forms.
No weeping mother or sighing father follows in
the procession. ‘The load is cast into a pit outside
the city wall and covered with quicklime. ‘This is
done every day. Many of these babes are girls that
were strangled at birth, or soon afterwards, because
of the curse of womanhood. Such is the cruelty of
heathenism.

BOOK TABLE.

SYNODALBERICUT DES WESTLICHEN Distrixrs. Concordia

Publishing House, St. Louis, Mo. Price, 12 cts.
Contains an important, instructive essay by Prof. E.
Pardieck on The Trinity of God in the Old Testament.
SYNODALBERICHT DES NorD-ILLINOIS-DISTRIKTS. Concordia
Publishing House, St. Louis, Mo. Price, 17 cts,

» The doctrinal paper in this Synodical Report treats,
in an edifying and practical manner, of The Blemishes in

the Corinthian Congregation, and contains many instruct-
ive lessons and wholesome counsels for pastors, teachers,
and congregations of our day.

SYNODALBERICHIT DES OREGON- UND WASHINGTON -DIS-
Trixts. Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis, Mo.
Price, 12 ets.

Contains the conclusion of a valuable, comforting paper
on The Assurance of Salvation, and an encouraging report
of the important extensive home mission field in Oregon,
Washington, and Idaho.

BwLe History. Old and New Testament. Illustrated.
American Lutheran Publication Board, Pittsburg, Pa.
Price, 35 cts. per copy, postpaid; in dozen or in
100 lots, 30 cts., not prepaid.

In handsome binding, in clear print, and with many
illustrations, this volume of 161 pages brings 35. stories
from the Old and 45 from the New ‘Testament, “compiled
for use of the youth of the English Lutheran Church.”
To each story is added a Bible text or a passage from the
Catechism which the story illustrates, and also an ap-
propriate verse from a chureh hymn. The book will do
good service in the teaching of Bible stories in the home
and in the school.

Acknowledgment;

Received for Colored Missions from the following con-
gregations: Mount Zion, New Orleans, La., $35.00, Mount
Zion, Meyersville, N. C., 2.50, St. Paul, Charlotte, N. C.,
7.50, St. James, Southern Pines, N. C., 2 Concordia,
Rockwell, N. C., 2.50, Zion, Gold Till, N. 50, Mount
Zion, The Rocks, N. C., 3.00, St. Paul, Mansura,

St. John, Salisbury, N. C., 3.00, Bethel, Conover, N. C., .88,
St. Peter, Dry’s School House, N. C., 9.00, St. Matthew,

Meherrin, Va., 3.67, Grace, Greensboro, N.C., 10.00. otal:
$83.55.
: St. Louis, Mo., September 16, 1910.

IH. L. Doepervein, 7'reas.
848 KE. Prairie Ave.

Evangelical Lutheran Colored Churches.
NEW ORLEANS, LA.

St. Paul’s Chapel, 1625 Annette St., near N. Claiborne St.
Divine Services: Sunday, 11 a. x. and 7.30 P. M.;
Wednesday, 7.30 Pp. x.
Mount Zion Church, Franklin and Thalia Sts.
Divine Services: Sunday, 11 A. af. and 7.30 P. 3;
Thursday, 7.30 p. ut.
Bethlehem Chapel, Washington Ave. and Dryades St.;
G. M. Kramer, Pastor.
Divine Services: Sunday, 1] a... and 7.30 P. 3.;
Thursday, 7.30 p.xr. Sunday School: Sunday, 10. a.

SPRINGFIELD; ILL.
Holy Trinity Church.
Divine Services: Sunday, 10.30 a. x. and 8 P. M.

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