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The Lutheran Pioneer.

are done by American mobs again and again, espe-
cially if they are told that the constituted authorities
wink at such deeds! How deplorable it is that such
barbarities as the one mentioned above can be perpe-
trated in our couniry!

Norwecians in Amertca.— “It is said that
there are over two million people of Norwegian de-
scent in America, of which number barely one-half
million are members of Lutheran congregations.
That leaves a very great field for home-mission work.
The Norwegian Lutheran Church of America has
230 pastors engaged in home-mission work, and ap-
propriates $135,000 annually for this cause.”

Lutheran Survey.

LuTHeERAN Missions 1N Coina.—'The Lutheran
Church in China is forging ahead. Every day some
progress can be recorded. ‘The missionary staff of
the Missouri Synod’s work in China has recently
been augmented by the addition of Rev. L. Meyer
and wife. ‘The five mission-schools in Hankow are
well attended. The American Norwegian Church
has 15 stations in Central China. The total number
of Lutheran Christians in China aggregates about

44,000.

GrowrH. —In 1832 the American Methodist
Episcopal Missionary Society took in $17,097, and
its work was wholly carried on among the North
American Indians. To-day the total receipts of the
Board of Foreign Missions of the Methodist Epis-
copal Church amounts to one and one-half million
dollars, and the work is carried on in Japan, China,
Korea, India, Malaysia, the Philippines, Africa,
Europe, South America, and Mexico. The entire
Protestant foreign missionary enterprise annually
costs thirty million dollars, and adds 200,000 Chris-
tians to the Church every year. F. J. L.

BOOK TABLE.

The Book of Books. By Prof. John Schaller. Con-
cordia ‘Publishing House, St. Louis, Mo. XII and
332 pages. Strong, neat brown silk binding. Price,
$1.35, postpaid. ;

This book will, no doubt, have a very ready sale, not
only am pastors and teachers, but also among Sunday-
school ers and the many earnest Bible-readers of our
congregations. “It treats, first, of the name, origin, con-
tents, and divisions of the Bible as a. whole; then it pro-
ceeds to give a wealth of information on both Testaments
as units and all the books individually, covering questions
of authenticity, purpose, scope, authorship, contempora-
neous history, language, and literary features, etc. <A val-
uable addition are the eae | treatises on the A)

al ontop fer cy Ay ae lotitns | Ner,
versions, jan @ miracles and parables,

the church-year, etc. An index of text-passages and sub-
jects treated is appended.”

Proceedings of the Thirtieth Convention of the Ev.
Luth. Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States.
Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis, Mo. 88 pages.
Price, 30 cts.

These Proceedings, though a little late in appearing,
will be weleomed by many. They give the spirit of the
transactions of the Milwaukee Delegate Synod of 1917 in
a most satisfactory manner; all the important resolutions
are given in full. We hail it with delight, and hope it will
be read with interest.

The American Lutheran. Published monthly by The
American Lutheran Publicity Bureau, 234 E. 62d St.,
New York City. Price, 50 cts. per year; to members
of the American Lutheran Publicity Bureau, 25 cts.
per year.

Especially during the year 1917 did the American Lu-
theran Publicity Bureau do a most commendable work in
making our Chureh and its great work known among those
who are not its members. Among other things, it also
published tracts treating of Lutheran doctrine and prac-
tise, and we are pleased: to state that these tracts have
had a wide sale, and have done much to acquaint our
fellow-Americans of other denominations or of no church
affiliation with the Lutheran Church, its doctrines and
practise, its work and ideals. To arouse a greater interest
among our people in its work, the Bureau has now begun
to publish its own organ, Zhe American Lutheran. Sub-
scribe for it!

Acknowledgments.

Received for Colored Missions from the following Col-
ored congregations: Bethel, Conover, $.40; Bethlehem,
New Orleans, 30.00; Camden, 15.00; Carrollton, 5.00;
Christ Church, Rosebud, 12.50; Concordia, Rockwell, 3.00;
Grace, Concord, 35.00; Immanuel College, 115.50; Tm-
manuel School, 3.20; Joffre, 5.00; Messiah, Fayetteville,
2.50; Mount Calvary, Mount Pleasant, 2.00; Mount Cal-
vary, Sandy Ridge, 7.00; Mount Olive, ‘Catawba, 1.60;
Mount Olive, Tinela, 5.00; Mount Zion, Meyersville, 7.00;
Mount Zion, New Orleans, 30.00; Mount Zion, Rocks, 3.00;
Oak Hill, 10.95; Redeemer, New Orleans, 5.67; St. An-
drew, Vredenburgh, 8.00; St. James, Buena Vista, 8.00;
St. James, Southern Pines, 10.00; St. John, Salisbury,
11.15; St. Luke, High Point, 31.56; St. Luke, Spartan-
burg, 5.00; St. Mark, Atlanta, 2.50; St. Matthew, Meher-
rin, 13.00; St. Paul, Charlotte, 11.00; St. Paul, Mansura,
6.00; St. Paul, Napoleonville, 6.00; St. Paul, New Or-
leans, 35.00; St. Peter, Drys School House, .50; Tilden,
10.00; Trinity, Albemarle, 1.00; Washington, .60; Zion,
Gold Hill, 3.00. Through Rev. G. A. Schmidt, for Chapel
in Buena Vista, 35.00. Grace, Concord, for Koonts Me-
morial, 2.50.— Total, $499.13.

St. Louis, Mo., March 1, 1918.

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