The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1915, Page 15

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The Lutheran Pionecr.

about 600 students. That Christianity is beginning
to draw the attention of the Japanese students is
indicated by the fact that no less than 2,000 copies
of the Bible and the New Testament were sold in
the university last year.

PRoresTaNnts IN Japan. — The Protestant mis-
sionary force in Japan now numbers 406 workers.
The Protestants number 52,972, or about one Prot-
estant Christian in 1,000 of the population. It is
intended to increase the number of missionaries
to 1,000 as quickly as possible, and the number of
native workers from 1,366 to 5,000. Japan has a
total population of 51,287,091.

Two New Lurireran Scroors 1x Hanxow,
Cu1na.— Missionary Arndt reports that he has
opened two more schools in Hankow. The two
new schools have an enrolment of over 50 pupils.
The missionary finds the prospects for these two
new schools very encouraging. Pastor Arndt is
a very aggressive and enthusiastic worker, and if
he succeeds in getting the necessary assistance, we
may look for a steady growth in Hankow.

A Lurneran Province or Russia. — Finland,
in the western part of Russia, has 535 Lutheran
congregations. Ninety-eight per cent. of the popu-
lation of Finland is Lutheran. The other two per
cent. of the population is connected with the Roman
Catholic, Greek Catholic, Methodist, and Baptist
denominations.

An Imerrta, Gurr.— The emperor of Japan
has donated the large sum of $25,000 to the Inter-
national St. Luke’s Hospital in Tokyo. This hos-
pital is a new missionary enterprise of the Episcopal
Church.

ProresTantT MIssIONS IN JAPAN. — A year ago
the Protestant church-members of Japan numbered
almost 100,000. ‘The total number of organized
churches was 858, of which 182 were self-sup-
porting. Besides these organized churches there
were 1,256 preaching-places in the islands. The
native mission staff consisted of 728 ordained
ministers and 732 unordained helpers. The Sun-
day-schools were attended by over 100,000 scholars.
The amount of Japanese contributions for one year
-(1918) reached the sum of $200,000.

ProrEsTaNT Missions IN Korea. — Some time
ago the Missionary Survey brought the following
summary of the situation in Korea, as far as Prot-
estant missions were concerned: “The Northern
Presbyterian Mission is responsible for the evan-
gelization of a population of 4,785,000; the Metho-

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dist Episcopal Church Mission, for 3,000,000; the
Southern Presbyterian Mission, for 2,291,000; the
Southern Methodist Mission, for 1,113,000; both
the Australian and Canadian Presbyterian Mis-
sions, for more than a million each. The extent
to which these forces have succeeded in their re-
spective fields may be approximately indicated by
the following figures: The Northern Presbyterian
Mission has one adherent for every 49 of the popu-
lation; the Southern Presbyterian Mission, one
for every 150; the Northern Methodist Mission,
one for every 63; the Southern Methodists, one
for every 115; the Australian and Canadian, ap-
proximately one for every 120 of the population.
We cannot claim for these figures any degree of
absolute accuracy, yet they suffice to indicate some-
what the force and its distribution, as well as its
effectiveness in the respective fields.” What a pity
that the American Lutheran Church has no foot-
hold in Korea, which constitutes one of the most
fruitful of all modern mission fields.

Missourt Synop Foreign Missions in INpIA.
—A recent issue of the American Lutheran Survey
brings the following detailed information concern-
ing the work of the Missouri Synod in heathen lands.
The information is furnished by Pastor Jul. A.
Friedrich, Director and General Secretary of the
Missouri Synod Board of Foreign Missions: “Our
Missouri Synod as such supports but one foreign
mission, namely, in East India. ‘The first mis-
sionaries were commissioned at Immanuel Chureh,
St. Charles, Mo., October 14, 1894. They were the
sainted Rev. Theo. Naether and Rev. F. Mohn.
Our stations in India are located in two fields, the
Northern Field, in the Madras Presidency, com- _
prising the Districts of North Arcot and Salem.
The Southern, or Travancore, Field is situated in
the little native state of Travancore, from Cape
Comorin to Trivandrum. On the Palni Mountains,
in the Madura Presidency, our Mountain Home is
situated. In the Northern Field we have the fol-
lowing five stations: (Krishnagiri, Bargur, Vani-
yambadi, Ambur I, Ambur II. In the Travancore
Field we have the following six stations: Nagercoil
City, Nagercoil North, Nagercoil South, Nagercoil
East, Trivandrum I, Trivandrum IT. The statistics
for 1913 show the following figures: Conferences, 2;
stations, 11; missionaries, 15; native evangelists, 1;
native catechists, 15; average attendance at instruc-
tions and services, 525; catechumens, 1321; baptized
Christians, 675 ; communicant members, 162 ; trained
nurse, 1; contributions by native Christians, $230;