The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1923, Page 23

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The Lutheran Pioneer. 23

of the Lord has shown the way of life, pray that
our Father in heaven would make life’s evening for
him most pleasant. — C. I’. D.

Lurieran WoMeN’s Misstonary Socrerres. —
The various women’s missionary societies of the
United Lutheran Church (Merger) set out four
years ago to raise funds for an enlarged missionary
program. During the first two years of their work
they raised $261,000. ‘This encouraged them to set
their goal somewhat higher for the next two years.
Now, at the biennial mecting, held not very long
ago in Pittsburgh, they reported that they had
raised the sum of $650,000, which is $150,000 in
excess of what they had expected to raise. Could
not we of the Synodical Conference encourage more
than we do the organization of women’s missionary
societies among us? 3

A Mission Socrery’s Centenary. — On No-
vember 4, 1922, the Paris Missionary Society was
able to look back upon a hundred years of service.
The chief mission-fields of the society are in Africa,
on Madagascar and on the mainland. This mission
society is one of the most successful on the Euro-
pean continent. :

Tue Sournern Barrists AND MIssions. —
he Southern Baptists, through their Foreign Mis-
sion Board annually spend the sum of $2,500,000.
Of this sum about $500,000 is contributed by native
Christians in the field. The Home Mission Board
of the same church-body annually spends about
$1,500,000 and employs almost 2,000 missionaries.
The church-building fund which this board controls
has assets amounting to over $1,000,000. !

Greratanw Misstons In Hunan, Cuina. — The
German. Liebenzeller Mission has a long chain of
stations in the central province of Hunan. The
progress in this field has been gratifying especially

since 1916. Since that date the number of out-

stations has increased from 12 to 55 and the num-
ber of congregations from 24 to 62.

Jews In THE Unitep Starrs. — There are
3,900,000 Jews in this country, of whom 1,750,000
are in New York City, which is by far the largest
Jewish center in the world. There are 160 other
cities in the United States with a Jewish population
of from 1,000 to 300,000. : é

Lurmerans 1x East Arrica. — Before the
World War the Lutheran Leipzig Mission was doing
very successful mission-work in East Africa. Dur-
ing the war this work was continued with the help
of the Iowa Synod. During the first half of last

year the National Lutheran Council maintained the
work. But now the Augustana Synod has taken
over the whole work, and new forces are being re-
cruited in America for the field. The field in
Kilimanjaro, this year, will be under the direction
of eight ordained and two unordained missionaries,
besides one woman missionary.

Goop NEws rromw Ausrranta. — The Rey.
Ernest Appelt, one of the District Presidents in
Australia, writes about his District as follows:
“Our District is an enormous District with respect
to area, but very small as regards parishes.’ It is
now two and one half years since I left the Koonibba
Mission to take over the Trungley Hall parish.
‘There were only two other ministers in the District
at the time. ... Now we have six ministers here,
and good headway is being made. ‘Two years ago
ihe contributions for college, missions, and other
synodical treasuries were £150 ($750). Last year
the total was £690 ($3,450), and this year [1922],
up to August 1, £950, which, we hope will climb to
£1,200 ($6,000) by December 31. That is fair
progress, considering that we have only 927 com-
municant members and only three self-supporting
parishes. ... The collections at mission-festivals
are generally fair. The last one held at Jindera,
where we have 139 communicants, but no wealthy
members, realized £76 ($380). The preceding one
was spoiled by rain. It poured incessantly from the
evening before till the morning after the festival
and not even all the families belonging to the local
congregation could be present. Still the collection
amounted to £56 ($280).”

Cosmetics Cost Morr tHan Home MIssIons.
— Methodist women spent more last year on cos-
metics than they contributed to home mission funds,
mite boxes, and other missionary causes, according
to Mrs. Dan B. Brummitt, Chicago, national field
secretary of the Women’s Home Missionary Society,
speaking at the eighth annual meeting of the

Newark Conference branch of the association at’

Newark. Mrs. Brummitt estimated that Methodist
women had spent $30,000,000 for the various ar-

ticles that go under the head of cosmetics.
Milwaukee Journal.

Laurium, Micu. — “Mrs. Mattiebelle Polk
Jackson, daughter of Mr. Edmond Polk and Mrs.
Phillis Louis Polk, born July 13, 1886, in Shreve-
port, La., baptized January 31, 1923, in the Calu-
met Public Hospital, Laurium. Mrs. Jackson is of
negro parentage and had never belonged to any
church.” F.J.L.