The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1923, Page 72

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The Lutheran Pioneer.

Negro Missions, has the following to say: “When
we know that many of these Negroes leaving. the
South for the industrial centers and big cities are
Catholics, it is our duty to give them the glad hand
of fellowship. ... Our Catholic laity can render
good service to the newcomers. ‘Tell them the hours
for masses and other services and even accompany
them. Do not tell them to go, but ask them to
come.” Tere a standard of approach to Negroes is
set that we white Lutherans will do well to think
over.

GrowtnH or Reicious Bopres 1n THE UNITED
Starrs. — Religious bodies in our country never
had so great an increase as they had last year. The
increase was no less than 1,220,428, and was fifty
per cent. greater than in any of the preceding five
years. ‘The gain in congregations was 9,591; in
ministers, 15,252. The total number of members
now is 47,461,558, belonging to 243,590 congrega-
tions and served by 214,583 pastors. Hach day of
the past year saw an average addition to the Church
of 3,345 persons. The Roman Catholic Church has
the largest membership, followed by the Methodist,
Baptist, Lutheran, and Presbyterian Churches in
the order named. All in all, the churches raised
sixteen million dollars more last year than in the
year before. The total amount of money raised was
$505,052,978.

AxasKa. — Ten different denominations, through
their various agencies, are carrying on work in
Alaska. ‘There are 113 mission-stations with 170
missionaries, conducted at an annual expense of
about $250,000. Schools for the training of a native

ministry are wanting. Trained missionary doctors -

-and nurses are needed.

‘Mrz Wortp’s Best Seiter. — The best selling
book is still the Bible, thirty million copies having
been printed and distributed last year throughout
the world. Parts of the Word of God may be read
in 770 languages and dialects. The first written
and printed product of most languages has been the
Bible. Many a language and dialect would have no

' written alphabet if it were not for the translation
of the Bible, or parts of it, into that particular
language or dialect.

Curcaco, Inu. — Born to Rev. M. N. Carter and
wife, August 1, a fine healthy boy. Mrs: Carter has
been suffering with a tumor for a long time and

will have to be operated on for this in the future.

‘May God hold His protecting hand over anothet
es FJ.L.

BOOK TABLE.

Weighed and Found Wanting. An Inquiry into the
Aims and Methods of the Ku Klux Klan. By W. 7.
T.Dau. Published by the American Luther League,
Fort Wayne, Ind.

Another tract from the prolific pen of Professor Dau,
the equal of anything that he has ever written. Though
a brief treatise, it covers the whole ground thoroughly and
convincingly. ‘The subject is treated under the following
heads: The Price of Liberty. The Aims of the Ku Klux
Klan. The Methods of the Ku Klux Klan. The Member-
ship of the Ku Klux Klan. The tract is for free distribu-
tion and may be had for the asking in any reasonable
quantity. r.J.L.

. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.

Rev. M. N. Carter gratefully acknowledges the follow-
ing: From Messrs. William, Albert, and Ernest Buss,

Received for Colored Missions from the following Col-
ored congregations: Our Redeemer, Longmile, $8.89; Our
Savior, Possum Bend, 8.00 and 1.12; St. James’s, Buena
Vista, 5.06; Bethany, Nyland, 4.85; Zion, Taits Place,
6.85; St. Peter’s, Pine Hill, 5.07; Bethlehem, Holy Ark,
2.26; Mount Olive, Tinela, 7.44; St. Andrew’s, Vreden-
burgh, 5.38; St. John’s, Joffre,.6.75; Selma, Ala., 5.31;
Grace, Ingomar, 3.36; Mount Calvary, Tilden, 13.04; St.
Paul’s, Oak Hill, 16.47; Christ, Rosebud, 16.35; Mount
Carmel, Midway, 3.34; Birmingham, Ala., 2.86; Trinity,
Springfield, 25.00; Alabama, 4.30; Bethany, Yonkers,
50.00; Bethel, Conover, 2.00; Bethlehem, New Orleans,
57.50; Concordia, New Orleans, 15.00; Concordia, Rock-
well, 8.00; Grace, Greensboro, 4.60; Immanuel, Brooklyn,
5.00; Luther College, New Orleans, 16.15; Mount Calvary,
Kannapolis, 14.00; St. Peter’s, Drys Schoolhouse, 7.30;
Mount Calvary, Mount Pleasant, 6.00; Mount, Olive, Ca-
tawba, 3.00; Mount Zion, New Orleans, 40.00; Mount
Zion, Rocks, 10.00; Bethel, Charlotte, 8.00; Bethlehem,
Monroe, 2.00; Mount Zion, Charlotte, 16.00; St. Paul’s,
Charlotte, 32.00; St. John’s, Salisbury, 10.00; St. Luke’s,
Spartanburg, 15.00; St. Mark’s, Atlanta, 7.00; St. James’s,
Southern Pines, 10.05; St. Mark’s, Winston-Salem, 8.95;
Zion, Gold Hill, 7.00; St. Paul’s, Mansura, 12.50; St.
Paul’s, Napoleonville, 23.00; St. Philip’s, Philadelphia,
§.00.— Total, $546.75. . ;

St. Louis, Mo., August 1, 1923.

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