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one rose from the dead.” If man’s heart is to be -

changed, if he is to be made acceptable before God,

it can only be done by means of the Word. “Blessed

is he that heareth the Word of God and keepeth it.”
F. J. 0.

What.the Savior Is to the Greenlander.

When translating the New ‘Testament. into the
language of the natives of Greenland, the Moravian
missionaries for a long time were at a loss to find
a proper native expression for the word Savior.
All their inquiries among the Greenlanders for
such a word were in vain. Finally, one day, one
of the missionaries was asked, “Do you perhaps
mean a man who, when the boat tips over, jumps
into the water and brings the drowning man safely
to the shore?” “Yes,” said the missionary, “that’s
it? The word was found! And 50, since that day,
the name Savior in the native tongue, of Green-
land means, “One who goes into the water and
saves a drowning man.”

And is it not a most appropriate expression
and designation for our Savior? Have you already
learned to know Him as the One who has rescued
you from the raging floods? — From the German.

NOTICE.

The missionaries are urgently requested to
notify the Editor of any changes or additions
to be made in the Directory of our Colored
Churches. This directory is of little value if
not kept up to date. The Editor hopes that all
the missionaries will heed this request.

BOOK TABLE. —

DER APOSTOLISCHE BRIEF AN DIE KOLOSSER,
fuer Theologen und Nichttheologen ausgelegt und
inhaltlich dargelegt von Carl Manthey-Zorn. Con-
cordia Publishing House, St. Louis, Mo. Price,
postpaid, $1.50.

Last winter one of my boys came to me, desiring in-
formation concerning submarines. I referred him to the
encyclopedia. But’in a very short time he came to me
with the complaint that he couldn’t understand what the
encyclopedia had to say on the subject of undersea craft.

I then took up the volume, and was soon compelled to

admit that I was unable to grasp more than about one-

half of what the learned man had written on the sub-
ject. Our experience with the encyclopedia is the ex-
perience often had with Bible commentaries, —the man-
so
learned that 2 commentary on the commentary almost
becomes a necessity.— The book before us, Rev. Zorn’s

Commentary on Colossians, is not of this kind. It is so

written that a person need not be a Jearned theologian

to read and understand it. And yet it is scholarly and

profound. Every page shows a clear and close grasp of .
the meaning of the divine Word, and at the same time

a power, as well as the disposition, to apply the Word

to the needs, the duties, and the dangers of our days.

Rev. Zorn has the ability to interest the common man

in a remarkable degree, and even in this scholarly book

he so puts things that the common people are bound to

be interested. Here, then, is 2 commentary sound in

scholarship, wide in learning, clear in judgment, popu-

lar and original in presentation, full of information and

suggestion. —The usefulness and handiness of the volume ,
is greatly increased by an exhaustive index of subjects

prepared by Rev. M. Ilse. The price of this large, well-

printed, and neatly bound book of almost 550 pages is

very cheap. F. J. L.

LUTHER BOOK-MARK, commemorative of the Birth of
the Reformation. Made for, and sold by, St. Paul’s
Lutheran Day-school, 45 and 47 Smith St., Pater-
son, N. J., or by Concordia Publishing House, St.
Louis, Mo. Price, 50 cts.

This book-mark is a masterpiece of the art of silk-
weaving. The woven picture represents Luther nailing
the 95 Theses to the door of the Castle-church at Witten-
berg. Below this is a part of the German and English
texts of Luther’s great hymn, “A Mighty Fortress Is Our
God,” with notes, also woven; notes in black, English
text in blue, and German text in red silk. Below this is
a facsimile of Luther’s signature and his coat-of-arms in
original colors. The size of the book-mark is 1014 %2%4
inches. —It could also be made to serve as a beautiful
wall-ornament, if framed in a neat gold frame. Can-
vassers are offered a liberal commission. We hope it will
find the ready sale it deserves. F. J. L.

Acknowledgments.

Received for Colored ‘Missions from the following col-
ored congregations: St. John, Salisbury, N. C., $15.00;
Trinity, New Orleans, La., 5.00; Bethany, Yonkers, N. Y.,
13.00; Immanuel, Brooklyn, N. Y., 1.00; Bethlehem, New
Orleans, La., 40.00; Bethel, Greenville, N. C., 3.00; Grace,
Greensboro, N. C., 3.69; station in High Point, N. C.,
1.36; station in Elon College, N.C., .23; station in Wins-
ton, N. C., .30; Mount Calvary, Mount Pleasant, N. C.,
3.00; Luther League, Mount Pleasant, N. C., 3.00; Mount
Zion, New Orleans, La., 40.00; Mount Zion, Rocks, N. C.,
3.00; Zion, Gold Hill, N. C., 3.00; Concordia, Rockwell,
N. C., 3.00; Albemarle, N. C., 1.50; station in Napoleon-
ville, La., 5.50; station in Johnson, La., 6.60; St. Mat-
thew, Meherrin, Va., 5.24; station in Washington, D. C.,
4.75; station in Richmond, Va., 1.40; St. James, Southern
Pines, N. C., 4.00; Messiah, Fayetteville, N. C., .96; St.
Paul, Charlotte, N. C., 11.00; Mount Zion, Meyersville,
N. C., 3.00; Mount Calvary, Sandy Ridge, N. C., 5.00;
Grace, Concord, N. C., 10.00. — Total, $196.53.

St. Louis, Mo., July 3, 1915.

Joun H. Scuuwze, 7'reas.,
2211 Holly Ave.

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