The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1924, Sheet 67

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Che Lutheran Pioneer.

A MISSIONARY MONTHLY.

PUBLISHED BY 'TITE

REV. F.

Published monthly by Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis, Mo.
@ntered as second-class matter at the Post Office at St.

EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN SYNODICAL

CONFERENCE oF Norri AMERICA.

J. LANKENAU, EpIToR.

puter pron price, 50 cts. per annum, pay: able strictly In advance,

Louis, Mo., under the Act of March 5, 1879.

Acceptance for mailing at special rate of postage provided for in section 1103, Act of October 3, 1917, authorized on July 5, 1918.

Vol. XLVI.

‘ST. LOUIS, ‘MO., SEPTEMBER, 1924.

OUR MONTHLY MISSIONARY MOTTO.

‘“‘When it pleased God, who, . . . called me by His grace to reveal His Son in me,
that I might preach Him among the heathen, immediately I conferred not with
flesh and blood.’’ Gal. 1, 15. 16.

What Can I Do for Missions?

When Isaiah realized the urgent need of God’s
message being delivered, he enthusiastically cried,
“Here am I; send me!” Of course, though Isaiah
felt the great importance of the service for which
he offered himself so gladly and willingly, he lacked
a real comprehension of its great scope; namely,
that it extended not only to his own people, Isracl,
but to the surrounding nations also and to many
nations yet unborn.

“What can I do for missions?” is a question
one need not long ask himself. Such a person has,
he may give; everybody may go in one way or
another. The Lord wants every one of us to say
as Isaiah did, “Here am I; send me!” “Here
am I, O Lord; send me through my gifts of
money; send me through my writings; send me
through my teaching ability and my influence over
the lives of others; send me through my prayers:
send me through my children or send me myself.
Send me in whatever way Thou wilt, Lord, — only
send me.”

“What can I do for missions?” The following
paragraphs will show you what others have done,
and it may be you will learn from these incidents
what you can and ought to do.

Waar A Farmer Dip.

A farmer living in the mountains of one of our
Eastern States heard the call for laborers in the
harvest-field, and in his inmost heart he said,

“Here am I; send me!” He had a large family
which had to look to him, and this prevented him
from going in person. He was active in his home
church, attended services regularly, and in Sunday-
school taught a class of young people. Into the
hearts and lives of these young persons he poured
the inspirations and longings of his own. And now,
out of that small country church have gone five
missionaries to work in foreign fields — two of
them his own children.

Wirar A Trap Girt Din.

A timid girl said, “Here am I; send me!” but
was frightened when she thought of her few and
small talents. But there was one thing she thought
she could do. She gathered the little children of
her neighborhood about her every Sunday,. told
them missionary stories, taught them missionary
songs, and with them prayed for the suecess of her
Church’s missionary work. ‘Then she began to
gather funds for the missionary work. -In her
Sunday-school this girl gave missionary recitations
and sang missionary songs. A few years later she
was asked to enter the service of her foreign mis-
sion board as a missionary worker among the
women of India, and for twenty years she has now
been actively engaged in the work of foreign
missions.

Wat A Youne Man Din.

A young man who was a college student, said,
“Tere am I; send me!” ‘The best that he could
do at that time was to sell his beautiful watch