The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1913, Page 71

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least: $10,000 in order to establish a mission station
in Central Africa to be called the ‘Livingstone Me-
morial Station.’ ”

A Cuurcn witi aN OPEN TLAnp For Mis-
sions. — According to the Mission Ierald, the
Fourth Presbyterian Church of Chicago gave
$47,881.14. for foreign missions in 1912. ‘The total
benevolent contributions of this congregation in
' 1912 amounted to $291,910.37. Our whole Synod-
ical Conference, with almost 4,000 congregations
and a communicant membership of about 650,000,
did not do much more for foreign missions than
this one congregation. Are we doing what we
could and should do?

Movine Pierures. — Some time ago the daily
papers had the following news item: “Americans
spent 7,980,000,000 nickels for admission to ‘movy*
shows last year, according to figures announced at
the ‘movy’ exposition held in New York.” 'Think
of it, 119 million dollars spent for this one kind
of amusement! Flow much could have been done
for the benighted heathen with this money if these
119 million dollars had been added to the 15 mil-
lion given in the United States for foreign mis-
sions! IJt°is surprising, in view of these figures,
to hear that many of the mission treasuries are
reporting a falling off in receipts? If people give
eight times as much to see the “movies” as they
give to missions, how can it be otherwise?

PumirringE Istaxps.— Ten Protestant mis-
sionary societies are at work among the 7,685,126
inhabitants of these islands. ‘These ten missions
now number 167 foreign missionaries, 880 native
helpers, and about 50,000 native communicant
members. ‘The Presbyterians have a membership
of 12,000.

THe Ev. Luru. Misstonary Sociery ror
Curna. — The first missionary of this society, Rev.
I. L. Arndt, has been in Hankow for some time
and is hard at work studying the Chinese language.
As soon as he will have acquired the use of the
language, he will look about for a suitable field of
labor, which he thinks will not be hard to find.

Livinestoneé’s First Mission Sration. — The
‘site of Livingstone’s first station at Mabotsa has
recently been located. ‘The walls, partly of brick
and partly of stone, have crumbled to a height .of
five fect. There are still a few fruit-trees about the
place. It is here that Livingstone spent the first
two years of his married.life. It is one of the very

few homes he ever had, and a relic well worth pre-_

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serving. It is stated that the expense of drawing
a fence around the ruin and preserving what re-
mains would be very small, and that the government
is willing to assist in the preserving of this his-
torie spot.

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‘Able to Save to the Uttermost.”

One of the treasures of art in Florence admired
by thousands of visitors is Michael Angelo’s statue
in marble of the young David. ‘The shepherd boy
stands with firm foothold, the stone grasped tightly
in his right hand, ready to be sped upon its errand.
When the statue was unveiled, three hundred and
fifty years ago, it caused the greatest sensation
among all lovers of art. The work is indeed a
wonderful piece of sculpture.

‘But the strangely interesting thing in the story
of the statue is that it was the stone’s second chance.
Another sculptor had begun work on the beautiful
piece of marble, but lacking skill, he had hacked
and marred the noble block. It was then abandoned
as spoiled and worthless and cast aside. For years
it lay in a back yard soiled and blackened, covered
with rubbish. At last Angelo saw it one day, and
at once perceived its possibilities. Under his master-
hand the stone was cut-into the fair and marvelous
beauty which appears.in the statue of David.

In like manner, when a life has been spoiled by
sin, so that it seems as though all were lost, there
is one, the great Sculptor, the Holy Spirit, who can
take the marred, disfigured block now lying soiled
amid the world’s rubbish, and carve from it a mar-
vel of beauty. ,

A Request.

All, our pastors would do our Colored Mission
a great service if they would during the months of
August and September send to the President of the
Mission Board a list of all those families in’ their
congregations who are not readers of our two mis-
sionary papers, Tire LuTWERAN PIONEER and the
Missionslaube. The Board will then send to such
addresses these papers free of charge during Octo-
ber, November, and December. Kindly do this,
dear pastors, and help the Mission Board in its
work. By helping to increase the number of readers
of these papers, you will aid the Mission; it will
increase the interest in the work, and it will increase
the receipts of the Mission Treasury. Send the

lists to Rey. C. F. Drewes, «
4108 Natural Bridge Ave., St. Louis, Mo.