The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1923, Page 79

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The Lutheran Pioneer.

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Mission Lecrures. — Rey. M. N. Carter, who
was obliged to discontinue his lecture tour in Ne-
braska for a while in August because of the serious
illness of his wife, resumed his work on August 19.
In the month of September alone he spoke at
twenty-five different places in behalf of our Colored
Missions. Wherever Pastor Carter speaks, he seems
to arouse much interest in the work which he repre-
sents. Pastor W. Brueggemann, Tilden, Nebr., de-
serves much praise for the efficient manner in which

‘he mapped out the speaking tours for Pastor Carter
in the State of Nebraska.

INDIAN Missions oF 'T1rE WISCONSIN SyNob.
This ‘body has a flourishing mission among the
Apaches in Arizona. ‘The present personnel con-
sists of nine missionaries, one male teacher, and one
lady teacher. Besides these white workers a number
of natives are employed as helpers. ‘Three Chris-
tian day-schools are supported by the mission; they
are attended by 133 pupils. ‘The work done in these
schools is of vast importance and very successful.
A boarding-school is to be erected at Milk Ranch
at an expense of $12,000. In this school dependent
and abandoned Apache children are also to find a
home.

Mepicat Mission IN AmBur, Inpra. — From
the very interesting first report of the Medical
Mission in Ambur, India, we cull a few items that
prove the value of this missionary enterprise. Dur-
ing the first year the hospital handled 6,490 medical
and surgical cases. ‘The in-patients numbered 336
and the out-patients, 14,400. Of the expenses,
which amounted to Rs. 5,280, the patients, though
mostly very-poor, paid no less than Rs. 2,830. Pas-
tor N. Samuel, the native chaplain of the hospital,
preaches daily to the inmates, distributes printed

handbills, in the course of the day visits the wards, .

and directs the individual patients to the divine
Physician. For the benefit of the female patients
a Bible woman is engaged.

Missions IN PoLAND AND THE WISCONSIN
Synop. — An urgent call to take up work among
the 500,000 Lutherans of Poland has come to this
body. At its recent convention the Synod em-
powered its mission board to/take up this work in
‘Poland, so far.as means at hand will permit, and
eventually to send over several pastors into that field.

‘GorpEen ANNIVERSARY. — In June the Lutheran
Deaf-mute Institute at Detroit observed its fiftieth
‘anniversary. This is the only Protestant school of

“its kind in America. Since its opening the school

has graduated 231 students after confirmation. It
is maintained, in part, by board money paid by the
parents of the pupils according to ability, but it
relies chiefly upon the charitable contributions of
Lutheran congregations. ‘This institution was one
of the first deaf schools in our country to introduce
the so-called oral method as the best means of in-
structing the deaf.

ASSOCIATED CHARITIES WITHIN THE LUTHERAN
SyrNopicaL CoNFERENCE. — This association held
its convention this summer at Watertown and
Beaver Dam, Wis. Delegates were present from
all sections of the country. The city and institu-
tional missions of the Synodical Conference were
also represented. “There are now sixty institutions
of mercy and charity within the Synodical Con-
ference. These institutions employ 604 people, and
last year helped and benefited 211,107 poor, aged,
sick, forsaken, and otherwise destitute and de-
pendent people. The sum invested in property by
charitable institutions of the Synodical Conference
amounts to $5,028,098, while the operating expenses
were $1,592,873 during the last fiscal year. These
vast sums were contributed by our Lutheran Chris-
tians out of love for the Savior. Not one cent was
solicited from the general public. God be praised
for these fruits of our faith!”

Nurses 1N Cuina.— Fifteen years ago nurses
in China ‘could be counted on a person’s fingers.
There was not even a word for “nurse” in the
Chinese language. Now the Nurses’ Association in .
China holds a national convention. At the last
convention thirteen of the eighteen provinces were
represented, and more than a hundred foreign and
Chinese nurses attended. .

Pexinc University. — Peking University,
Peking, China, has just launched an effort to raise
funds for its million-dollar building program to
make possible the removal of the university from
its present temporary quarters — which are inade-
quate for housing 430 students —to the new site
on the road to the Summer Palace by September,
1924. ;

Korea. — There are 144 foreign missionaries in
Korea. ‘They come from nineteen different States
of the Union and nine foreign countries. Penn-
sylvania heads the list with twenty-five representa-
tives.

Japan. — At Sapporo, Japan, is located one of
the five imperial universities of that country. Over
thirty per cent. of its teachers are active Chris-
tian men. ee