The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1916, Page 23

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great shrinkage of income caused by the war, the
board has been compelled to reduce the expenditure
to the extent of another $50,000 per annum. ‘This
will involve the entire closing down of its mission
in the city of Calcutta, with twelve European mis-
sionaries, very important high schools for boys and
girls, teacher-training work, villagers’ boarding-
schools, ete. ‘“he Mirzapur Mission, involving five
missionaries and a large Indian staff for educa-
tional and evangelistic work, is also to go. Hx-
tensive relinquishments are also proposed in New
Guinea and the South Seas, sacrificing some of the
work of Williams, Chalmers, and other great mis-
sionary pioneers.

Crna Misston or rie Lurimeran AUGUSTANA
Synop. — This mission, which recently celebrated
its tenth anniversary, now has 3L missionaries at
work. ‘To this number should be added 53 native
workers. Tivangelistie work is carried on in six

districts. It consists mainly in preaching the Word,
and in cireulating the Bible and other books and
tracts. ‘Che medical work is carried on by two

American physicians, assisted by two American
nurses and seven native helpers. ‘The mission is
supporting five dispensaries. All told, 3,289 per-
sons have heen treated. ‘The mission has schools
established at four of its stations. A school for
girls was recently opened at Kiahsien. A school
for the blind has been carried on in Honanfu for
some time with great success. It is intended to
open up a middle school in the near future, and
a training-school for native workers is also con-
templated.

Tire Unirep Norwecran Luruirans 1x CHina.
‘The mission-field of the United Norwegian Lutheran
Synod in China is divided into seven districts, and
extends over a portion of China having a popu-
lation of almost two and a half millions. ‘The
six chief stations and 41 outstations are manned
by 30 missionaries, 16 men and 14 women, not in-
cluding the missionaries’ wives, and 123 native
workers. Considering that this mission is only
twelve years old, the fact that it has 1,715 baptized
members, 810 catechumens, and 1,500 other ad-
herents shows that its work has been abundantly
blessed. ‘The hospital supported by this mission
has three European physicians and one native doc-
tor on its staff and two European and a number
of native nurses. ‘The number of patients treated
in the hospital last year was 511, and in the dis-
pensary no less than 4,504 persons received treat-
ment. ‘The mission bas only 23 primary schools,

in which 36 teachers instruct 632 pupils. The
small number of schools is owing to, the inability
of getting good teachers. Two boarding-schools for
boys of promise have been established. In a high
school boys are trained for teachers, evangelists,
catechists, and teachers’ preachers. There is also
a high school for girls connected with the mission.
In these two higher institutions there were 95 stu-
dents last year, which were instructed by two mis-
sone and ten native workers.

Cur Work or Ormer AMERICAN LUTHERANS
IN Cura. —T he Hauge Synod (Norwegian) has
been working in China since 1890. It employs
18 foreign and 61 native workers in its field in the
Province of Honan. This mission reports over two
thousand baptized members and over 800 pupils in
its schools. The Norwegian Synod has also been
working in the province of Honan since 1912. Its
mission-staft numbers 13 foreign and 5 native

workers. ‘The Norwegian Free Church is another
Lutheran body doing: mission-work among the

Chinese. Since 1912 the Mission Society for China
(Synodical Conference) has been working in the
city of Hankow. Its staff numbers 4 foreign and
5 native workers. —Seyeral Lutheran synods are
carrying on a part of their work together. ‘Thus
the United Norwegian, the Norwegian, and Augus-
tana Synods have united in a language-school for
new-missionaries. Jour Lutheran bodies have united
in establishing a theological seminary near Hankow.
This seminary had 35 students last year.

Pratsewortiry.— A Imutheran in one of our
Northwestern States is compelled to work on Sun-
day; all the money he earns on Sunday, however,
he gives to the missionary cause.

Foretegn Misston Contrisutions in 1915. —
‘The Churches of the United States and Canada
contributed the sum of $18,793,990 for Foreign
Mission-work in 1915. ‘his is said to be an in-
crease of ten per cent. over the total contributions

_for the preceding year.

A Lrpera Layman. — At Toledo, O., as a re-
sult of the Laymen’s Missionary Convention, one
of the members of the convention committee has
asked to be put in communication with the Foreign
Mission board of his Church, as he and his wife
wish to provide for the support of at least five
missionaries.

Woaten’s Foreicn Mission Score —Thirty-
seven Foreign Mission societies of North America
are said to have the huge membership of twelve

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