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frenzy and then tear the throats of their victims
with their teeth and eat portions of their bodies,
imagining themselves to be panthers. ‘Twenty
natives, found guilty of this rare form of cannibal-
ism, were sentenced to death in the French courts
of Conakry and Forecariah. The priests and sor-
cerers still have a very strong hold on the natives
in this district of West Africa and are the leaders
in these horrible cannibal orgies.

Tire TIAWATIAN TSLANDs have as many Buddhist
temples as Christian churches — 235,000 pagans to
20,000 Christians. ‘The islands have 255,000 popu-
lation: native Hawaiians, 23,773; mixed, 18,000;
Portuguese, 27,000; Spanish, 2,400; Caucasian,
19,708; Chinese, 23,500; Japanese, 109,274; Fili-
pino, 21,000; and every young Japanese wife has
a baby on her back.

BOOK TABLE.

Concordia Home and Teachers’ Bible. With Special
Helps, revised and, in part, rewritten by Prof. Th.
Graebner, Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis,
Mo. Prices: Silk cloth, red edges, $2.50;  leather-
grained cloth, gilt edges, $3.00; full divinity cir-
cuit, leather, gill edges, $4.75.

The text of this Bible is in fair-sized type, self-pro-
nouncing, and provided with marginal references. The
helps make this Bible especi:lly valuable for the home
and Sunday-school, since they have been carefully revised
and rewritten by Prof. Th. Graebner. This Bible also
contains, besides the 118 pages of well-illustrated helps,
a combined concordance and 12 standard Bible maps with
a full index. It is a pleasant surprise to us that the
publishers are able to offer this Bible at so low a price.
It should find a very ready sale.

Synodical Reports of Missouri Synod, 1922. No. 16.
Kansas-Distriit. Paper: “Die seligmachende Er-
kenntnis Gottes.” 88 pages. Price, 39 cts.—No. 17-
English District. No paper. 47 pages. Price, 21 cts.
Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis, Mo. -

O Father, I Am Weary!—.0O Vater, ich bin muedc!
Sacred song for medium voice. Text by Joseph
Schmidt, D.D., professor emeritus at Concordia Col-
lege, Fort Wayne, Ind. Music by erm. M. Hahn.
Published by S. M. C. Schmidt, 1501 KE. Lewis St.,

' Fort Wayne, Ind. 5 pages. Price, 50 cts.

Longing for perfect redemption from all the ills of
this present life is expressed most simply and beautifully
‘in these stanzas of our venerable friend. very line
breathes childlike confidence in our heavenly Father. The
English translation is a happy one, and the composer
fully/caught the spirit of the words and successfully ex-
presses it in the musical setting.-

“Peace Be unto You!” An Easter program for a chil-
dren’s service. By Adolph 7’. Ifanser. Second edi-

; lion. Price, $3.50 per 100.

“Friede sei mit each!” Eine Osterliturgie von Adolph
T. Hanser. Price, $3.50 per 100.

Order of Service for Confirmation. — Dic Gottesdicnst-
ordnung fucr die Konfirmation. Price, $2.50 per 100.
Sample copies free.

___ The above publications have all been issued hy the So-
: tarion Publish ng Co., 105 Florida St., Buffalo, N. Y.

The Lutheran Pioneer.

“Praise Ye the Lord, All Ye Lands.” By WW. 2. Krueger.
Order from the composer, \W. IE. Krueger, 818 i. Main
St., Belleville, HL Price, 10 ets. a copy; 90 ets.
au dozen.

This composition is the first musical publication of the
composer. It has both an English and a German text. It
is a so i ased on the 100th Psalm. Appropriate
for any Written for mixed choirs.

Der Bekenner. Ein kirchliches Monatsblatt. Johannes
Herrmann, Zwickau, Saxony, Hermannstrasse $—5.
Order from Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis,
Mo. Price, $1.00 a year.

_ This is the organ of the faithful Lutherans in ‘Thurin-

gia, Saxony. ‘True to its name, it is a faithful confessor

of the revealed truth. PF. J. La.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.

Received for Colored Missions from the following Col-
ored con tions: St. Paul's, Oak Hill, $7.51; Christ,
Rosebud, 6.99; St. John’s, Joifre, 8.00; Selma, 6.27; Beth-
any, Nyland, 5.00; Pine Hill, 3.50; Bethlehem, Holy Ark,
145; Mount Calvary, Tilden, 6.12; Grace, Ingomar, 2.51;
Mount Olive, Tinela, 2.97; St. James’s, Buena Vista, ¢ :
St. Andrew’s, Vredenburgh, 3.72; Mount Carmel, Mid
4.65; Our Savior, Possum Bend, 3.80; Birmingham, 1.52;
Mobile, 1.00; Zion, Taits Place, 4.00; Our Redeemer, Long-
mile, 14.96; St. Matthew’s, Meherrin, 10.22; Alabama, 8.20
and 2.80; Bethany, Yonkers, 50.00; Bethel, Charlotte,
15.00; Bethel, Conover, 1.00; Mount Olive, Catawba, 2.00;
Bethlehem, Monroe, 6.64; Bethlehem, New Orleans,
Concordia, New Orleans, 15.00; Concordia, Rockwell, 7.00;
Grace, Greensboro, 5.95; Immanuel, Brooklyn, 1.00;  Im-
manuel College, Greensboro, 591.75; Immanuel, Shankle-
town, 3.00; lecture tour, 31.45; Mount Calvary, Kannapo-
lis, 14.00; Mount Calvary, Mount Pleasant, 7.00; Mount
Zion, Charlotte, 16.00; St. Paul’s, Charlotte, 32.00; Mount
Zion, New Orleans, 40.00; Mount Zion, Rocks, 10.00; St.
Andrew’s, Vredenburgh, 6.29; St. James’s, Southern Pines,
4.82; St. John’s, Salisbury, 14.00; St. Luke’s, Spartanburg,
15.00; St. Mark’s, Atlanta, 7.00; St. Mark’s, Winston-
Salem, 9.58; St. Matthew’s, Meherrin, 24.27; St. Paul’s,
Mansura, 12.50; St.Paul’s, Napoleonville, 23.00; St. Pe-
ter’s, Drys Schoolhouse, 15.00; St. Philip’s, Philadelphia,
5.00; Zion, Gold Hill, 7.00. — 7'otal, $1,159.14.

St. Louis, Mo., April 1, 1923.

H. A. Dirrmar, Asst. Treas.,
5329 Cote Brilliante Ave.

Rev. H. C. Claus gratefully acknowledges the receipt of
the following: From Dr. J. Lochmann, St. Louis, Prof. P.
Gose, Greensboro, N. C., and Rey. O. Klett, Watertown,
5. Dak., cach $1.00.

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