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The Lutheran Pioneer.

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recently purchased a large and substantial home,
and reports from Washington, D. C., indicate that
the hospice in the national capital will soon “be
opened. It is the intention of the National Hospice
Committee to assist in establishing a chain of these
institutions across the continent. Every year hun-
dreds of our young people are lost to the Church
simply because in severing their home- and church-
ties they have come under the influence of destruc-
tive forces which have led them to deny their faith.
Young men and women who are forced to earn their
livelihood in strange cities should be given the en-
couragement and the comfort of such Christian
homes, and to help in providing more of such facili-
ties the recent international convention of the Wal-
ther League adopted a resolution calling for the es-
tablishment of a hospice extension fund. F. J. L.

BOOK TABLE.

Concordia Triglotta. Edited by Prof. F. Bente and Prof.
W. 1. 1, Dau, under the auspices of Concordia Semi-
nary Faculty. All the confessional documents of the
Lutheran Church, carefully revised and reprinted in
their original languages and, very extensively, in new
English translation, with comprehensive historical
and topical introductions by Prof. F. Bente. Con-
cordia Publishing House, St. Louis, Mo. Royal oc-
tavo; strong library buckram binding; 1556
Price, $10.00, cash; or $1.50 with order, and $1.50
per month for six months. Price includes carriage.

The publication of this monumental work has involved
the investment of almost $50,000. The Triglotta is pub-
lished as a memorial of the four-hundredth anniversary
of the Reformation, and all concerned may feel proud of
the achievement. The editors and translators, especially

Prof. Bente in his historical Introductions, have per-

formed a task for which the Church can never fully repay

them; and the publishers have turned out a product that
is in every way a masierpiore of the printer’s art. Now
it is up to us, for whom this labor has been done, to show
our appreciation by doing our utmost that the result of
years of painstaking labor on the part of the editors and
the thousands of dollars invested by the publishers may
not be buried for years to come in the stockrooms of the

Publishing House. What an unspeakably great Bessing

would it bring to.our Church if every |e teacher, an

congregation would own a copy of this great book and_
read it!

Starck’s Prayer-Book. Translated from the German edi-
tion of Dr. F. Pieper by Prof. W. HI. T. Dau. Con-
cordia Publishing House, St. Louis, Mo. Bound in
silk crépe blue cloth; gilt and blind stamping; 612
pages. Price, $2.25. Also to be had in fine divinity
circuit seal grain, gilt-edge binding for $5.00.

A book that will be welcomed in many a home whose
members in their younger days heard their fathers read
the daily prayers at the family altar from the old German
Starck. It must have been a difficult task to give the
beautiful myers of the German Starck in fluent and
idiomatic English, but Prof. Dau has proved himself fully
equal to the undertaking; and as one reads the prayers,
the conviction grows Wz the reader that we have in this
English rendering of German Starck the product of a
labor of love. The mechanical make-up of the book is in
agreement with the contents, and the price is low, —

Synodical Reports of Missouri Synod for 1921. Con-
cordia Publishing House, St. Louis, Mo. No. 4.
Siebenundswanzigster Synodalbericht des Minnesota-
Distrikts. 63 pages. Price, 30 cts. — No.5. Neunter
Synodalbericht des Nord-Illinois-Distrikts. 71 pages.
Price, 33 cts.—No. 6. Verhandlungen der achten
Jahresversammlung des North Dakota- und Montana-
Distrikts. 67 -pages. Price, 36 cts.

These three reports are wholly in German. No.4 has

a treatise on “Modern Destructive Departures from the

Scriptural Doctrine of Christ, the Savior.’ No.5 brings

a paper on “Christ Our King.” No.6 has an essay by

Dr. Pieper bearing the title, “What Do We Learn from

Luther at Worms?” ll three papers are deserving of

careful reading. These reports also bring very interesting

and illuminating information on the home missions of the
Districts.

Three-Volume Collection of Organ Music for Lu-
theran Churches. By Prof. Fritz Reuter. Con-
cordia Publishing House, St. Louis, Mo. Vol. I:
Choral Preludes and Interludes. 138 pages, 12X09.
Price, $6.00. Vol. II: Festival Preludes.. 42 pages;
30 compositions. Price, $2.00. Vol. III: Funeral
Music. 40 pages. Price, $2.00.

Many of the compositions are by Prof. Reuter himself H
the others are by composers of the best standing. All that
know Prof. Reuter’s previous publications need not first
be assured by reviewers that the churches are here offered
the very best in dignified and roper organ music for
services. Though not to be classified as easy compositions,
we feel that we are not departing from the truth when we
say that an organist of moderate ability will have little
difficulty in playing this music. Congregations that want

their organists to render good churchly music should -
vide them with copies of this work. y ie

Recitation Plans. Reprinted from the Lutheran School
Journal, July, 1921. Concordia Publishing House,

St. Louis, Mo. Price, 10 cts.
_ This pamphlet brings cight recitation plans for paro-
chial schools. Teachers will find them deserving of study.

The Immodest Dress. By B. M. Holt, Fargo, N. Dak.
10 ets. per dozen; 75 cts. per 100.

A most timely folder. Send an order to the author.

O Little Town of Bethlehem.
Sunday-schools, 1921.

Bethlehem Ephrata. Liturgie fuer einen Kindergottes-
dienst zur Feier der heiligen Weihnacht, 1921. Lu-
theran Book Concern, Columbus, O. Price of each:
Per copy, 6 cts.; dozen, 60 cts.; $4.50 per 100. Trans-
portation extra on dozen and hundred lots.

A Christmas Service for

Notice.

We again desire to call the attention of all the friends
of our Colored Mission to the three fine illustrated lec-
tures which so graphically picture our three most im-
portant fields. Congregations should not fail to take
advantage of the opporenulty offered by these lectures
to become acquainted with our Mission. For pfrticu-
lars write to Rev. Theo. F. Walther, 6406 Easton Ave.,
St. Louis, Mo.

To Our Congregations Using the Envelope System.

Sunday, July 9, 1022, is the day set apart for observ-
ing the fiftieth anniversary of the Evangelical Lutheran
Synodical Conference of North America. On this festive

nization, to

jubilee offering is
to be used for improving the colleges at which our Colored

pastors and ers are trained, and for the erection of