The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1913, Page 63

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The Lutheran Pioneer.

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ministering to more than.50,000 communicants, and
the number of converts is steadily increasing.

A Great Mission Center. —'Ten missionary
societies operating in South China have their head-
quarters in Canton. While the number of mission-
‘aries in China is growing from year to year, in view
of the great population their number is still quite
small, for there is but one missionary to every mil-
lion inhabitants!

‘Te Gossner Mission 1N InptA. — ‘This pros-
perous mission among the Kols of India has 92,500
souls under its charge. Most of these are found in
Tshotanagpurin, Bengal. Almost 3,000 of them
have emigrated to Assam, whither the faithful mis-
sionaries have followed them to provide for their
spiritual wants. The 6,000 Christians of the tiny
native kingdom of Jaspur are suffering much from
the petty persecutions of the native kinglet. This
princelet will not permit missionaries to live in his
country, but cannot prevent them from visiting
their congregations among his subjects.

A Lurweran Mission In GerMAN East Ar-
nica. —''he so-called Bielefeld Mission has 12 sta-
tions and 40 outstations in this part of Africa. The
work is carried on by 15 ordained missionaries,
1 teacher, 2 female assistants, and 73 native helpers.
Its 61 schools and 1 seminary are attended by 3,200
scholars. ‘lhe number of communicants is 1,800,
and 500 are being prepared for baptism. ‘The re-
ceipls in 1912 were $64,000. :

MIssion eAMONG THE BATAKS or SUMATRA. —
The Rhenish Mission among the Bataks now num-
bers more than 120,000 converts from heathenism
and Mohammedanism. The Batak Christians are
very zcalous missionaries, and are giving the mis-
sionaries great assistance in their work. The ulti-
mate conversion of.the whole nation, numbering
700,000, therefore, does not seem unreasonable under
these circumstances. ,

RETIREMENT OF AN OLD Missionary. — After
a faithful service of forty-five years, Dr. A. Nott-
ott, the head of the Gossner missions among the
Kols of Bengal and Assam, has retired. ‘Shortly

before his return to Germany he finished the diffi-

cult task of translating the Bible into the Mundari
language. :
Tie GLEANERS’ UNION OF THE LEIPZIG Mis-
s10N. — Pastor Koerner in Saxony, an ardent friend
of foreign missions, ten years ago founded a Glean-
ers’ Union of Lutheran women and girls who were
to pay weekly visits to neighbors and friends, —

all Lutherans, — and to collect the pennies that had
been laid aside for foreign missions. During these
ten years $32,000 were collected, and the money has
been used to build churches in India. God can do
great things with little things if we dedicate them
to His service!

THe TELUGU Mission OF THE GENERAL CouN-
ci IN Inpra.— The total accessions in this mis-
sion during 1912 numbered 1893. The total num-
ber of communicants at the close of last year was
10,845, the total number of inquirers, 2,878. ‘This
mission conducts 213 village schools, 4 high schools,
and. a training school for teachers. ‘The total at-
tendance in all schools was 6,559. The Sunday-
schools numbered 167, with an enrollment of 229
teachers and 4,903 pupils. ‘The workers of this
mission labor in 577 villages and have gathered
their converts into 314 congregations. The native
force numbers 411; namely, 3 native pastors, 20
catechists, 51 evangelists, 26 Bible women, and 311
teachers. ‘The foreign missionaries, including the
wives of missionaries, numbered 29, of whom 12
were ordained men and 9 women workers. ‘There
are 12 bungalows, 9 church buildings, 192 prayer-
and schoolhouses, 3 hotels, and 1 hospital. _ The
native Christians contributed $1,619.

Foreign Missions .or THE ReFrorMED Cuurcrt
IN THE Unirep States. —'This body has 20 for-
cign missionaries at work in Japan, assisted by 97
native workers. In China there are 17 foreign
missionaries and 28 native workers. ‘lhe Board
of Missions reports that there are 12 well-qualified
young men and women ready to go to Japan or
China, but the funds are not available to send them.

Inpra’s CHRISTIANS AS MissIoNARIES. — The
Christians of Ahmednagar, India, have organized
a League of Service, promising to undertake, some
regular Christian service outside their routine du-
ties. Each member joins the committee whose work
appeals to him or her. In all, 12 groups have been
actively at work during the year, with a total work-
ing membership of 60. Once a month a meeting is
held at which the various committees tell of their
efforts and successes. Some have been led to seek
Baptism through these services, and the total result
has been far-reaching for good both in the Chris-
tian community and among the non-Christians.

. Econoxic VALUE oF Muisstons.—The Rev.
Donald Fraser writes thus on this point: “Thirty-
six years ago there was no commerce in Nvyassa-~
land beyond the slave traffic; to-day the external