The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1916, Page 64

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The Lutheran Pioneer.

WeEsTERN Cuina.—In the Province of Sze-
chwan, in Western China, with its more than fifty
million inhabitants, the most populous province of
China, as many as three and four thousand per-
sons live on a single square mile. The struggle for
existence is terrific, but it is said to produce a
unique, virile, clever, and progressive race of people.
Christianity is just beginning to get a foothold
here. The West China University at Chengtu was
founded some years ago by the Baptists, Friends,
and Methodists. The deceased President Yuan-Shi-
Kai donated four thousand dollars to this univer-
sity, and the governor of the province gave three
thousand dollars.

Deatu or YuAn-Sui-Kar.— The recent death
of China’s president, after an illness of several
months, will probably not affect the Christian mis-
sions of that country. Yuan-Shi-Kai, while not
a Christian, was wide-awake enough to see the great
advantages of Western education, and for this rea-
son favored the missionaries, and encouraged them
in their work for his people.

Tue Yao or Sram. — In Siam live a very supe-
rior people bearing the name Yao. The Yao are
noted for their orderliness and industry. Stealing
is practically unknown among them, and they boast
of having no prostitutes. They are, however, very
superstitious, and chickens and pigs are sacrificed
to demons by the thousands. Now the news comes
that this people may soon embrace the Christian
religion, that many among them are ready to hail
Christianity with joyous expectation.

Drink For Arnica. — The following enormous
quantities of alcoholic liquors passed through a
single African port in one week: 28,000 cases of
whisky, 30,000 cases of brandy, 30,000 cases of Old
Tom, 36,000 barrels of rum, 800,000 demijohns of
rum, 24,000 butts of rum, 15,000 barrels of absinthe,
and 960,000 cases of gin. In Sierra Leone, during
three months, 250 tons of intoxicating liquors were
unloaded at a “dry town” to be transported from
there to towns farther in the interior. F. J. L.

BOOK TABLE. ©

CERTIFICATE OF ORDINATION AND INSTALLA-
TION. Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis, Mo.
Price, 22 cts. each, postpaid; $1.65 per dozen.

More than once the writer has been put to considerable
trouble just because he was not able to show a proper
certificate of his ordination. And we are sure that his
experience has been that of many pastors. Every pastor
should provide himself with one of these certificates, and
have it properly filled out at his earliest convenience.

SAENGERBOTE. A Lyrical Quarterly. No. 14. Success
Printing Co., 408 N. Third St., St. Louis, Mo. Price,
15 ets. per copy; 50 ets. per year.

A new number of this magazine for English and Ger-
man lyric poetry. The German part of this latest issue
brings seven original Luther poems and four patriotic
songs, besides a large number gf other contributions. A
sweet little nuptial poem is set to musie in the form of
a duet with piano accompaniment. An article by the edi-
tor speaks of Luther’s love for art, and a second instal-
ment of “The Singers of the Reformation” is given. The
English department has a number of excellent original
lyric compositions and several good translations. Two
articles, bearing the titles, “The Influence of the Reforma-
tion on Ecclesiastical Art” and ‘Luther and Music,” are

J. L.

well worth reading. FF.
Acknowledgments.
Received for Colored Missions from the following Col-
ored congregations: In Louisiana: New Orleans: Re-
deemer, $ ; Sunday-school, .67; tuition, 1.30; Mount

Bethlehem, 40; St. Paul, .40; Luther College,
tuition, 2 St. Paul, Mansura, 5.00; St. Paul’s, Na-
poleonville, 5.00; Trinity, Johnson, 2.00. In North Caro-
lina: Immanuel College, tuition, 21.45; Bethel, Green-
ville, 3.00; Bethlehem, Monroe, 1.00; Mount Calvary,
Mount Pleasant, 3.00; St. Peter’s, Dry’s School House,
2.00; St. James, Southern Pines, 3.50; Messiah, Fayette-
ville, 1.23; Grace, Concord, .25; extra collection, for ex-
tension fund, 10.00; Concordia, Rockwell, 3.00; Mount
Zion, Rocks, 3.00; Zion, Gold Hill, 3.00; Grace, Greens-
boro, 5.60; St. Luke's, High Point, 1.42; Station in Wins-
ton, .65; St. Paul’s, Charlotte, 11.00; Mount Zion, Meyers-
ville, 3.00; tuition from Immanuel College, 2.00; St.
John’s, Salisbury, 15.00. Station in Washington, D. C.,
‘$1. Station in Richmond, Va., 1.29, Sunday-school, .19.
Bethany, Yonkers, N. Y., 16.00. Immanuel, Brooklyn,
1.00. Christ Chureh, Neenah, Ala., 6.10, Sunday-school,
1.77. St. Mark’s, Atlanta, Ga.; 1.45, Sunday-school, .27.
St. Louis, Mo., July 10, 1916.
Joun H. Scnunze, 7'reas.
4571 Holly Ave.

Teacher E. A. Buntrock reports the following collec-
tions having been lifted at the various places where he
lectured, which suns are herewith gratefully acknowledged.
Congregation of pastors: New York: Hemann, $6.60;
Sieck, 16.40; Starck, 12.10; Dallmann, 18.25; Verwicbe,
23.00; Albrecht, 15.00; Schleef, 11.00; Senne, 30.00;
Schmidt, 16.00; Meyer, 18.80; Kleist, 6.00; Zimmer-
mann, 32.68. Ohio: Oldenburg, 28.96; Messerli, 20.00; °
P. G. Schmidt, 8.50; Buuck, 12.20; Osterhus, 7.00; Bay,
5.35; Eggers, 15.10; Wurthmann, 9.00; Plehn, 13.58;
Lankenau, 35.00; ‘Thun, 29.01; Schwankovsky, 28.00;
Schroeder, 22.38; Siegert, 15.40. The Board for Colored
Missions extends its hearty thanks to these pastors and
their congregations for the privilege granted Teacher
Buntrock for presenting to them our cause. F. J. L.

Zion, .40

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