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The Lutheran Pioneer.

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European trained

evangelists, 1; catechists, 15;

nurse, 1; average number of hearers, 1,525; cate-
chumens, 1,321; baptized Christians, 675; com-
municant members, 162; contributions from native
Christians, $232.00; schools, 41; Lutheran teach-
ers, 26; teachers from other Christian denomina-
tions, 16; heathen teachers, 38; baptized pupils,
193; heathen pupils, 1,529; tuition fees paid,
$397.00; heathen baptized, 118; Christian chil-
dren baptized, 77; confirmed, 71; communicants,
494; married, 11 couples; buried, 35. Verily, the
small mustard seed has grown into quite a stately
tree!

Gifts for our India mission which are intended
for Christmas should be in the hands of our Pilger-
haus by the first days in August.

The Board of Foreign Missions invited Mis-
sionary G. O. Kellerbauer, who is on home leave in
Germany to attend the coming Delegate Synod at
Chicago. He will remain here for some time and
deliver lectures to our congregations and confer-
ences. Should any of the brethren desire his serv-
ices, the undersigned would kindly ask them to let
him know, so that dates may be agreed upon in
due time. Jut. A. FRIEDRICH.

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Items of General Missionary Interest.

Ciuna. — ‘The sad news comes from China that
Confucianism has been made the official religion
of the country. While this may not exactly threaten
existing missions, it undoubtedly will prove a hin-
drance to mission work in the future. In view of
the fact that President Yuan Shi-Kai has chosen
a Christian missionary, the Rev. A. Somerby, to be
the tutor of his three sons, it seems strange that
he should want a form of heathenism to be the
state religion. :

A Frxe Growrn. — In 1900, the contributions
of native Christians on the foreign field were
$408,951. In 1911, they amounted to $1,688,075;
in 1912, to $3,678,032, an increase of over 111
per cent. in one year! If a like inerease had been
made in North America, no less than $32,000,000
would have been gathered for foreign missions.

German Narionan Gurr ror Missions. —
Upon the occasion of the tweny-fifth anniversary
of Emperor William’s accession to the throne a
national collection amounting to almost $700,000
was placed into the Emperor’s hands by the Protes-

-tant cluirches of Germany for missions. ‘The Em--

peror has distributed the sum among the various
missionary agencies of the Fatherland.

New Hesripes.— A great voleanic upheaval
recently visited the island of Ambrim. It is feared
that the Presbyterian mission hospital has been de-
stroyed. Various mission stations are taking care
of a great number of the fugitives. This is the
field where Dr. James G. Paton spent his life and
did his wonderful work, and deep interest has been
awakened by the report of the awful catastrophe.

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A Request to Our Contributors.

Contributions from the workers in the mission
field are always very welcome to our readers and to
the editor of Tire PioNEER, but these contributions
should be written on one side of the paper only to
save the editor the work of rewriting the contribu-
tion. ‘The contributor should also leave a margin
on the side and sufficient space between the lines.
Of course, we can only use signed articles. In
order that the article may appear in the next issue .
of Tire PionrER, it must reach the editor not later
than the tenth of the month.

BOOK TABLE.

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SAENGERBOTE. A Lyrical Quarterly.
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number, —

This number of the Saengerbote contains another fine
selection of original lyrics. Six of the religious lyrics
are set to music, and these alone are worth more than
the price of the whole number. Several excellent articles
on musical topics aprear in this issue. One of these ar-
ticles, treating of the importance of the organ in divine
service, will be of special interest to every church or-
ganist.

Acknowledgments.

Received for Colorcd Missions from the following col-
ored congregations: St. Paul, Mansura, La., $5.00; St.

‘Paul, New Orleans, La., 40.00; Bethlehem, Monroe, N. C.,

1.50; Bethel, Greenville, N. C., 5.00; Grace, Greensboro,
N. G., 4.26; Elon College, N. C., .52; station at High
Point, N. G., 1.42; station at Winston, N. C., 61; St.
Matthew, Meherrin, Va., 9.51; Mount Zion, Rocks, N. C.,
5.00; Mount Zion, Gold Hill, N. C., 5.00; Concordia,
Rockwell, N. G., 4.00; station in Napoleonville, La., 10.16;
St. Paul, Charlotte, N. C., 14.00; Mount Zion, Meyersville,
N. G., 3.00; St. James, Southern Pines, N. C., 5.00; St.
John, Salisbury, N. C., 15.00; Mount Calvary, Mount
Pleasant, N. C., 3.00; St. Peter, Dry’s Schoolhouse, N. C.,
2.00; Mount Zion, New Orleans, La., 40.00; Bethlehem,
New Orleans, La., 50.00; Bethany, Yonkers, N. Y., 13.00;
Grace, St. Louis, Mo., 3.00. — Total, $239.98.
St. Louis; Mo., March 1, 1914.

Joun H. Scuurze, Treas.
J 2211 Holly Ave.