The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1923, Page 25

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Che Lutheran Pioneer.

A MISSIONARY MONTHLY.

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ISVANGELICAL LUTHERAN SyNODICAL CoNrERENCE or Nortrit AMERICA,

J. LANKENAU, EDITOR.

PUBLISILED BY 'THE

REV. F.

Published monthly by Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis, Mo. Subscription price, 50 Cte per annum, payable strictly in advance.
Entered as second-class matter at the Post Office at St. Louis, Mo., under the Act of March 3, 1879.
, 1918.

Acceptance for mailing at special rate of postage provided for in section 1103, Act of October 3, 1917, authorized on July 5

Vol. XLV. ST. LOUIS, MO., APRIL, 1923. No. 4.

OUR MONTHLY MISSIONARY MOTTO.
“‘The more religion we export, the more we shall have.’’

Unchanged.

Jchovah’s ways are always right,

On Him we will rely;

For though at times we walk
through night,

His grace revives our joy.

To trust and heed His holy Word
Is wonderful, forsooth;
Great is the mercy of the Lord,

Unchanged abides His truth. H. O.

Our Jubilee Collection.

Several times during the past months, friends of
our Colored Missions have asked me how the Jubilee
Collection had turned out. All these inquiries came
from places where old and young had faithfully
tried to make the collection a success. My answer
to these inquiries invariably was that.I did not
know. Of cdurse, I might have asked ‘Treasurer
Schuetiner or Director Drewes for particulars as
to the amount that has been collected, but 7 was
afraid, yes, really, I WAS AFRAID. And now
that I have heard from the Board that the net
proceeds of the Jubilee Collection amount to only
$28,000, I see that my worst presentiments and
fears have been realized. Oh, how are those among
us that have turned a deaf ear to all the pleadings
of the Board for assistance in carrying out the
missionary program that God has given us to do,
T say, how are they ever going to clear themselves?
Only $28,000! More than $100,000 short of what

is needed in order to be able to accomplish what
should be done at once!

God is daily giving us plain indications that He
is willing to honor us by asking us to be His
helpers; but, alas! we do not seem to appreciate
the great honor He would bestow upon us.

Our men and women in the field are willing to
bring almost every conceivable sacrifice in the ser-
vice of the Lord, but we do not seem willing to give
them even a word or token of cheer and encourage-
ment. Some of our missionaries are doing the work
of two or three ordinary men, and some of our lady
teachers have four and five times the number of
children that most teachers are expected to teach,
and we apparently appreciate their unselfish labors
and are unwilling to relieve them of a part of
their load. :

Our missionaries are down in the South work-
ing for us. Their insistent cry is: “Send us men —
and money; we will do the work.” But we are
sending few men and very little money, and let —
these heroic workers try to do with their limited
man-power and small financial resources what really
requires far more laborers and far more money.
Worry because of the work that they are obliged to
leave undone is eating out the hearts of these faith-
ful workers. They cannot understand how we, who
know of the crying needs in the field and have the
means to supply these needs, can be so indifferent
to it all.

Ah, how proud we ought to be of our missionary
workers! If they were the laborers of some other
denomination, they would be made much of, The