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to be very efficacious in some diseases. So also the
horns of certain animals are used as a medicine.
In China they often prescribe the following recipe:
Powdered snake, 2 parts; centipedes, 6 parts; scor-
pions, 4 parts; wasps and their nests, 1 part; toads,
20 parts. Grind thoroughly, mix with honey, and
make into pills. Take two at a time four times
daily.

In China they stick red-hot pins into the flesh
of sick people to let out the pain. Yor certain dis-
eases they feed the patient a broth made of the
flesh of his own child! In certain parts of Africa
they beat drums when somebody is sick to drive the
evil spirits away. ;

The government of Siam issues a calendar which
tells how much rain will fall in the various sections
of the country during the year, and soothsayers de-
termine the time of plowing.

But the missionaries from the Western world are
changing the old order of things everywhere, slowly
but surely, and superstition is receding before the
light of truth. F. J. L.

BOOK TABLE.

Prophecy and the War. By Prof. Th. Gracbner.: Con-
cordia Publishing House, St. Louis, Mo. Substantial
cloth-binding; 112 pages. Price, 50 cts., postpaid.

This is a most timely book. Judging from what one

may hear and read almost daily, thousands of people
are “anxiously asking, “Was this great World War fore-
told in the Bible?” Prof. Gaebner, in a most clear and
convincing way, answers this question in the above-named
hook. ‘The subject is treated under the following heads:
1. Prediction and Prophecy; 2. Israel’s Restitution and
the War; 3. The Millennium; 4. Gog and Magog; 5. The
Days and Years of Prophecy; 6. How to Read Prophecy.
We were about to call our readers’ particular attention
to the last two chapters of the book, as being especially
interesting and instructive, but upon second thought we
shall refrain from doing so, since that would be doing
an injustice to the other four shapes By all means,
get the book, and read all six chapters for your own
benefit and that of others. You will find this treatise
thoroughly Scriptural, historically correct, and pleasingly
common-sense.

Lutheran Annual 1918. Concordia Publishing House,
St. Louis, Mo. 112 pages. Price, 12 cts.

This Annual appeared somewhat late. This is due in
part to the fact that the publishers improved list No. 2,

which now enumerates all the actual localities, together ”

’ with the names of the respective pastors, in which ser-
prices by Synodical Conference pastors are held. — Besides
almanac, the lists of pastors and teachers belongii
to the Synodical Conference and affiliated synods, an
other information usually found in a church-annual,
twenty-five pages of good, instructive, and edifying read-

ing-matter will be found in this publication.

War and Christianity. By Prof. Th. Gracbner. Pub-
lished by the American Lutheran any. Bureau,
Dept. T, 234 E. 62d St., New York City.
copies, 35 cts., plus postage.

This es

that a Chris

rice, 100

iece. The writer shows
litarist nor a pacifist;

tract is a maste:
an is neither a

that there is a Christian distinction of just and unjust
wars; how a Christian may ascertain whether a war is
just; that a Christian will in all doubtful cases give his
own country the benefit of the doubt; that the present
World War does not mean the total breaking down of
Christianity; and, finally, that war will only end with
sin. — By all means, do all you can to have this timely
tract read by many.

Dogmatik. By Dr. A. Hocnecke. Registerband. North-
western Publishing House, Milwaukee, Wis. 92

pages. Price, 75 ets.

We suppose that the appearance of this index volume
completes the publication of Dr. Hoenecke’s Dogmatics.
Not having been favored with the other volumes of this
work, we are, of course, not able to judge how complete
and exact the indices contained in this volume may be.
Four indexes are given, one each on subjects, names, Bible-
passages, and works quoted from.

Washington the Christian. By Wm. Dallmann. North-
western Publishing House, Milwaukee, Wis. 16
pages. Price, 5 ets.

This booklet is dedicated to the men in the army and
navy, and will make good and wholesome reading for
them. Better have the publishers send copies to your
friends that are serving under the flag. At the same
time, don’t forget to order a copy for yourself, too, since
its reading will also do you good. F. J. 1.

Acknowledgments.

Received for Colored Missions from the following Col-
ored congregations: Mount Calvary, Mount Pleasant,
$3.00; St. John, Salisbury, 10.87; Bethlehem, Monroe,
1.00; Bethel, Greenville, 20.00: Grace, Concord, 70.00;
Mount Calvary, Sandy Ridge, 10.00; St. Mark, Atlanta,
5.99; Bethel, Conover, 1.92; Bethlehem, New Orleans,
20.00; Carrollton, 5.00; Christ Church, Rosebud, 14.50;
Concordia, Rockwell, 3.00; Immanuel College, _104.00;
Immanuel School, 5.05; Joffre, 2.15; Luther College, 20.00;
Messiah, Fayetteville, 1.50; Mount Calvary, Tilden, 12.76;
Mount Olive, Catawba, 1.74; Mount Olive, Tinela, 4.00;
Mount Zion, Meyersville, 5.00; Mount Zion, New Orleans,
30.00; Mount Zion, Rocks, 5.00; Oak Hill, 13.95; Re-
deemer, New Orleans, 8.01; St. Mark, Wilmington, 10.00;
St. Matthew, Meherrin, 12.86; St. Paul, Charlotte, 11.00;
St. Paul, Mansura, 26.00; St.. Paul, Napoleonville, 5.00;
St. Paul, New Orleans, 35.00; Trinity, Albemarle, 1.00;
Washington, 1.00; Zion, Gold Hill, 3.00; St. Luke, High
Point, 5.65; Grace; Greensboro, 15.50; Trinity, Spring-
field, 8.00. — Total, $512.45. — For Koonts Memorial:
Mount Calvary, Sandy Ridge, 5.00. For Jubilee Fund:
Grace, Greensboro, 1.50.

St. Louis, Mo., January 1, 1918.

Ewatp Scnvuettner, Treasurer,
323 Merchants-Laclede Bldg.

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