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The Lutheran Pioneer.

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workers laboring in fields belonging to the enemy,
who refuses to allow funds from Germany to reach
the missionaries. France has only 120 Protestant
missionaries in the foreign field, and it should not
be a very difficult task to gather the $150,000
necessary for their support. All the European Con-
tinental societies combined maintain about 2.500
missionaries, entailing an annual expense of about
four million dollars.

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What Is Faith?

If you want to know what faith, saving faith,
is, then let a dying Hindu of India tell you. This
Hindu was an old man, who in his old age had
turned away from the vain worship of idols, and had
learned to believe in Jesus Christ. And now he
was about to die. The missionary asked him whether
he was ready to depart this life. His answer was:
“IT am standing at the gate of heaven, waiting for
it to open to receive me. I am done with this
world.” ‘The missionary continued: “But have you
no fear that the Lord Jesus in the end may not re-
ceive you?” Gathering all his remaining strength,
the old man exclaimed: “What? Not receive me?
Jesus not want to accept me? I will take hold of
Him with these hands and not let Him go. And
though He should want to thrust me away, yet will
I clasp His feet and hold Him fast. I will say
to Him, ‘Didst Thou not come into the world to
seck and save me? ‘lo whom can I go but to
Thee? Upon whom but Thee can I rely? And art
Thou not the Savior of sinners? Nay, dear Savior,
I will never let Thee go. Thou must save me.’”
Utterly exhausted, the old man fell back upon his
bed, crossed his arms over his breast, and once more
said: “No, I’ll never let Him go.” — That is sav-
ing faith. _

Do You Know

as much as you would like to know about the
extent of the work and the Lord’s blessings attend-
ing our mission among our colored brethren?

Your prayers and your gifts are producing
results that, perhaps, you do not realize. Let us
tell you about it in a book we have published under
the title, —

“QUR COLORED MISSION.”

Send 50 cents with your order to Concordia Pub-
lishing House, St. Louis, Mo. You will be pleased
with the book, and the profit derived from the sale
will again be devoted to the work. f

BOOK REVIEW.

AUSGEWAEULTE PSALMEN. Von Dr. Georg Stoeck-
hardt. Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis, Mo.
S2 pages, half morocco binding. Price, 70 cts.

While reading this commentary on Ps. 1, 2, 8, 19, 22,
and 40, one cannot repress the wish that the sainted
Doctor might have lived to give us a complete commen-
tary on the Psalter. And, such being the case, no doubt
all those possessing Dr. Stoeckhardt’s commentaries on
Romans, Ephesians, 1 Peter, and the first 12 chapters of -
Isaiah will hasten to procure this posthumous work. In
logical precision and lucidity of expression, thoroughness
and inecthod of treatment, richness of thought and in-
flexible adherence to Scripture, this little book of only
$2 pages is well worthy of being placed side by side with
the other and more pretentious-looking commentaries of
the sainted author.

SAENGERBOTE.. Third Volume, No. 9.
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A distinguishing feature of this number is the great
number of lyrics giving expression of the love of the
singers for the Old Fatherland. A number of very good
articles are found in the literary part of this number.
The original compositions are of a high degree of ex-
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Acknowledgments.

Received for Colored Missions from the following col-
ored congregations: St. Paul, Salisbury, N. C., $15.00;
Mount Zion, Rocks, N. C., 3.00; Zion, Gold Hill, N. C.,
3.00; Concordia, Rockwell, N. C., 3.00; Bethlehem, New
Orleans, La., 40.00; Bethel, Greenville, N.C., 4.00; Beth-°
lehem, Monroe, N. C., 1.00; Grace, Greensboro, N. C.,
3.08; station in Winston, N. C., 39; station in High
Point, N. C., 1.69; station in Elon College, N. C., .30;
Grace, Concord, N. C., 10.00; Mount Calvary, Mount
Pleasant, N. C., 3.00; St. Paul, New Orleans, La., 40.00;
St. Paul, Mansura, La., 3.00; St. Paul, Charlotte, N. C.,
11.00; Mount Zion, Meyersville, N. C., 3.00; station in
Napoleonville, La., 1.90; station in Johnson, La., .30;
Bethany, Yonkers, N. Y., 13.00; Immanuel, Brooklyn,
N. Y¥., 1.00; St. Matthew, Meherrin, Va., 4.96; station
in Richmond, Va., .86; station in Washington, D. C.,
2.28; station in Baltimore, Md., .10; St. James, Southern
Pines, N. C., 3.453; Messiah, Fayetteville, N. C., 1.00;
Mount Zion, New Orleans, La., 50.00. — Total, $251.31.

St. Louis, Mo., March 1, 1915.

Joun H. Scuu.ze, Treas.
2211 Holly Ave.

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