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The Lutheran Pioneer.

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Echoes from the Missionary Field.

“T do not think that men or nations of a low
moral state are most inaccessible to the Gospel. It
is just there that it is sometimes most readily wel-
comed.” — Warneck.

The missionary “should understand that he has
to do with men groping in the dark after the light,
who are waiting in the dim light of stars for the
rising of the sun, who are struggling to get out of
the mire and to set their feet on a rock.” — Hahn.

The missionary “must be very patient. Seed
needs time to take root downwards and grow up-
wards.” — Canon Dale.

“The missionary should abstain from any supe-
rior aloofness from the native, and as far as possible
act toward him as to his own countrymen, teaching
always that any superiority is the result of environ-
ment, educational advantages, and Christian priv-
ileges.”” — Grubb.

“T have known missionaries who seemed to have
come with only a feeling of hard duty to bring the
Gospel to dirty, degraded fellow-members of the
human race. They felt a personal antipathy to
color, dirt, vermin, and ugly faces. Unintention-
ally they showed that antipathy in their manners.
The alert-eyed natives saw it.... They never had
influence for good; . . . some of them brought only
evil to the missionary name.” — Dr. Nassau.

BOOK TABLE.

The Distinctive Characteristics of the Lutheran
Church, with Special Reference to the Lutheran
Church of America. By G. Iuecke. Concordia Pub-
lishing House, St. Louis, Mo. 101 pages;
in cloth. Price, 60 cts. :

This is a handy little book that is bound to help one
answer many a question. After a short historical intro-
duction the author, in a popular way, states the distinc-
tive doctrines of our Church, gives a description of our
Chureh’s Confessions, explains the distinctive practises
and customs of the Lutheran Church, devotes five pages
to its organization, and then surveys the divisions of the
American Lutheran Church. It is a book for the layman
ns well as the pastor.

bound

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.
Received for Colored Missions from the following Col-
ored congregations: St. Matthew’s, Meherrin, $32.57 and
14.16; Mission in Richmond, 1.85 and 1.00; Immanuel,

Brooklyn, 8.00; Bethany, Yonkers, 25.00; Bethany, Ny- -

land, 5.00; Bethel, Plaquemine, 15.00; Carrollton, New
Orleans, 10.00; Christ, Rosebud, 15.00; Concordia, Rock-
well, 5.00; Grace,Concord, 55.00; Grace, Greensboro,
14.67; Grace, Ingomar, 20.00; Immanuel School, Greens-
boro, 8.20; Immanuel College, 493.18; Mount Calvary,
Mount Pleasant, 5.00; Mount Calvary, Sandy. aR
12.00; Mouné Calvary, Tilden, 20.00; Mount Olive, Ca-

tawba, 2.50; Mount Olive, Tinela, 10.00; Mount Zion,
Charlotte, 12.00; Mount Zion, Gold Hill, 5.00; Mount
Zion, New Orleans, 40.00; Mount Zion, Rocks, 10.00; Our
Savior, Camden, 5.00; St. Andrew’s, Vredenburgh, 5.72;
St. Luke’s, High -Point, 4.35; St. Luke’s, Spartanburg,
5.00; St. James’s, Buena Vista, 6.81; St. John’s, Joffre,
3.80; St. Mark’s, Atlanta, 5.00; St. Paul’s Chapel, New
Orleans, 30.00; St. Paul’s, Charlotte, 25.00; St. Paul’s,
Mansura, 10.00; St. Paul’s, Napoleonville, 25.00; St. Paul’s,
Oak Hill, 20.00; Trinity, Albemarle, 2.00; Elon College,
1.70; Mission in Washington, 2.95; Winston-Salem, 1.41;
Bethel, Charlotte, 30.00; Bethlehem, New Orleans, 50.00;
Redeemer, New Orleans, 7.26; Luther College, 15.00; St.
John’s, Salisbury, 10.00.— Total, $1106.13.
St. Louis, Mo., March 1, 1920.

H. A. Dirrsatar, Asst. Treas.,
1944 Clara Ave.

Thankfully received from Miss Hattie Kerr, Forest
Hill, L. I., N. ¥., $5.00 for Grace Church, Greensboro, N. C.
C. F. Drewes.

Immanuel Chapel, Brooklyn, N. ¥., thankfully ac-
knowledges the following gifts: An organ from Pastor
Koenig’s congregation and an altar-cover from Pastor
Hageman’s congregation, both of Brooklyn, N. Y.

Wat. O. Hix.

I herewith gratefully acknowledge receipt of the fol-
lowing books and pamphlets from the author of same,
Dr. G. C. H. Hasskarl: The Importance of Creeds and Con-
fessions. How Did the Universe Originate, and When Did
the World Become a Habitable Earth? Answered in the
Light of Scripture. Evolution as Taught in the Bible.
The Church's Triumph in -the Formation and Adoption
of the Augsburg Confession. The Lamb of God (sermon).
The Sanctuary. The Missing Link. Negro Ethnology.
Modern Problems of the Home, School, and Church Solved.

Pror. A. E. KUNZMANN, Librarian,
Immanuel Lutheran College, Greensboro, N. C.

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