The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1914, Page 23

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ities during 1913 aggregated nearly $90,000, an
amount which was exactly nine-tenths of his income,
recently said: “If God gives ability to make money,
and He has given me, if not the ability, the oppor-
tunity to make money, will He not hold me respon-
sible for what I do with the money I make? The
Bible warns us to lay up our treasures in heaven,
and I regard my gifts to missions and to charities
as investments. The world will go downward every
day because of its rapidly increasing wealth unless
we get back to God.”

Metnopist Cirurcir and Mrsstons. — The
Methodist Church contributed $5,000,000 to mis-
sions last year. Of this sum about half was ex-
pended for foreign missions and the other half for
home work. The receipts for foreign work exceeded
those of the preceding year by $50,000, and the debt
in the foreign mission treasury was reduced from
$138,000 to $90,000. The women gave to foreign
work $110,000 more than in any previous year. The
native Christians in the Methodist foreign fields
contributed $850,000.

Protestant Mission Worx 1N Porto Rico. —
The work of the Protestant churches is growing in
Porto Rico. The Island now has 210 organized
Protestant churches, with a communicant member-
ship of 12,000.

Mapacascar.— Days of peace have dawned
upon the Protestant churches of Madagascar at last.
After years of persecution at the hands of Roman
Catholics and atheistic French governors, they are
now assured unrestricted liberty of worship.

Perv. —It seems as though the Protestants of
Peru, South America, will soon have full religious
liberty. An amendment to the constitution of the
country will probably be adopted in the next ses-
sion of the Peruvian Congress which will give un-
restricted religious liberty to all. Of course, the
Roman Catholic Church is fighting the: amendment
most strenuously, but, as it appears, without success.

Lururran IcELaAnp. — The 90,000 inhabitants
_of Iceland are all Lutherans. It is one of the best
educated countries in the world. Everybody can
read and write. A non-Lutheran writer says: “In
a thousand years but two cases of theft have been
found in Iceland. No prison or police are there;
neither bars nor bolts on the doors of the houses.”

LurHEeraAN Mission AMONG THE NATIVES OF

Austratra. — For a number of years our brethren
in Australia have been working among the native

Australians. The work has been progressing satis-
factorily, and the prospects are bright for the future.
A colony of 160 natives has now settled down in the
immediate vicinity of the mission station, and these
are being rapidly evangelized and civilized. On No-
vember 9, Rev. Wiebusch, the missionary in charge,
had the pleasure of baptizing 10 young natives after
a thorough course of instruction. The mission also
conducts a home for native children. The native
Australians are probably the least intelligent of
human beings, and we must therefore the more re-
joice when we hear that they also can be taught the
sweet story of Jesus and Tis salvation.

Mission Contrinutions By Srupents. — ‘The
students of the United States and Canada contrib-
uted $218,000 to foreign missions during the year
1913.

Hosrirats AnD AsyLuMs For LEPErs. — The
foreign mission boards of the various denominations
in the United States maintain 27 hospitals and asy-
lums for lepers.

THe Ev. Lora. Misstonary Society’ ror
Cuina. — This society is composed of members of
the Synodical Conference. Its purpose is to con-
duct missions in China. The missionaries of the
society are: Rev. E. L. Arndt and wife, China
P. O., Hankow, China; Rev. C. W. Kastler, Pe-
king, China; and the native helpers, Li Hai Shan
and Hsie Ho Ngan. The board of the society com-
prises Rev. C. J. Albrecht, 205 N. State St., New
Ulm, Minn., President; Rev. Aug. Hertwig, Gay-
lord, Minn., Secretary; Rev. Aug. Rehwaldt, R. 1,
Cologne, Minn., Treasurer.

LuTHERAN Mission AMONG THE APACHE IN-
DIANS.— The Joint Synod of Wisconsin, Minne-
sota, and Michigan maintains a mission among the
Apache Indians in Arizona. There are four places
where missionaries are stationed and the necessary
buildings are erected: at Tevidot, East Fork, Cibe-
cue, and Globe. Mission schools, the hope for the
future, and necessary as well in the mission work
among the heathen as in the home work in the
established congregations, are organized at the four
mission stations. The enrollment in these schools
at the present time is as follows: At Cibecue, Rev.
A. Zuberbier, 16 pupils; at East Fork, Rev. E.
Guenther, 22 pupils; at Tevidot, Rev. C. Toepel,
21 pupils; at Globe, Rev. G. Harders, 35 pupils.
The Globe school has a special teacher in the person
of Miss Clara Hinderer, daughter of Rev. F. Hin-
derer of South Haven, S. Dak. The school at Cibe-