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THE LUTHERAN PIONEER.

On the evening of Christmas Day we gave our
program —the first Spanish Christmas service for
the Mexican population at Indiana Harbor-East
Chicago. Quite a number of Mexican men and
women attended, also a few young people of our
St. Paul’s Congregation. Oh, how happy those chil-
dren were! They sang our well-known Christmas-
carols in Spanish, they related the sweet old and
ever new Christmas-story of the new-born Savior,
and I delivered my first Spanish sermon. The gifts
which were distributed helped to remind the chil-
dren of the unspeakable love of God which He re-
vealed in giving His only-begotten Son for the
redemption of a sinful world.

Since Christmas we have gained several new:
pupils for our Sunday-school. But one discourag-
ing feature has already been mentioned: usually
we have to assemble in an unheated room! I wish
we could secure a lot and erect our own house of
worship before another winter comes along. Natur-
ally also other obstacles are thrown in our way, but
with God’s gracious help they will be overcome.
Especially one young Mexican, Mr. A. E. Jiménez,
has assisted me faithfully and loyally. The finan-
cial side was taken care of too. Whenever I was
in need of money to defray unavoidable expenses,
the Lord: opened hearts and hands to furnish me
with whatever I needed. I would like to mention
especially Mrs. Clara Hofmann and Mrs. Bertha
Uhlig, of Fort Wayne (my sisters), Mrs. O. Turk,
the good wife of Rev. O. Turk, and Mr. David De
Remer of our St. Paul’s Congregation at Indiana
Harbor-East Chicago, Ind. To the brethren in Ar-
gentina, South America, I feel very grateful for
translating into Spanish Luther’s Small Catechism
with Rev. Selle’s Guide, one of Rev. Dallmann’s
tracts, and parts of our Agenda.

May the Lord bless our humble efforts, also in
this new mission-field, for the salvation of many
immortal souls!

Hammond, Ind. THEO. CLAUS.

BOOK TABLE.

Synodical Reports of the Missouri Synod, 1924. Con-
cordia Publishing House, St. Louis, Mo. No. 19.

Sued-Illinois-Distrikt. Paper: “Die Notwendigkeit
der Heiligung” (Rey. J.F.Boerger). 58 pages. Price,
30 cts.—No, 20. Western District. Papers: “Jesus
Christus, der einige, ewige Hohepriester” (Rev. Th.
Laetsch); “Present-day Dangers Threatening Our
Spiritual and Congregational Life” (Rev. A. P. Fed-
dersen). 31 pages. Price, 15 cts.—No. 21. Oali-
fornia- und Nevada-Distrikt. Paper: “Stellet euch

nicht dieser Welt gleich” (Prof.W.Arndt). 24 pages. -

Price, 15 cts.

Christian Questions. Concordia Publishing House, St.
Louis, Mo. Price: Dozen, 20 cts.; 100, $1.00.
Separate print of the Christian Questions of the Small
Catechism. Many a pastor will probably find good use
for this tract. F.I.L.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.

Received for Colored Missions from the following col-
ored congregations: Trinity, Springfield, $30.00; Iaith,
Mobile, 16.58; Pilgrim, Birmingham, 20.90; Bethlehem,
Holy Ark, 57.78; St. Paul’s, Oak Hill, 71.96; Christ,
Rosebud, 83.32; Hamburg Mission, 51.85; Bethany, Ny-
land, 49.93; St. Andrew’s, Vredenburgh, 57.85; Mount
Olive, Tinela, 77.52; St. James’s, Buena Vista, 71.88; St.
John’s, Joffre, 29.74; Our Savior, Possum Bend, 62.02;
Our Redeemer, Longmile, 47.38; Zion, Taits Place, 55.57;
Camden Mission, 21.48; Hope, Kings Landing, 86.14; Rock
West Mission, 43.24; St. Peter’s, Pine Hill, 43.93; Mount
Calvary, Tilden, 115.76; Grace, Ingomar, 49.18; Trinity,
Selma, 20.74; Mount Carmel, Midway, 41.00; Alabama
field, 7.80 and 5.00; Augustana, Alexandria, 10.00; Beth-
any, Yonkers, 50.00; Bethel, Charlotte, 5.00; Bethel, Con-
over, 1.50; Bethlehem, Monroe, 6.00; Concordia, Rock-
well, 5.50; Grace, Greensboro, 35.00; Grace, St. Louis,

25.00; Greensboro Mission, 9.25; Greer, S.C., 3.25; Im-
manuel, Brooklyn, 5.00; Immanuel Lutheran College,

Greensboro, 463.54; Mount Calvary, Kannapolis, 16.00;
Mount Calvary, Mount Pleasant, 7.00; St. Peter’s, Cabar-
rus, 7.00; Mount Olive, Catawba, 2.00; Mount Zion, Char-
lotte, 17.00; Mount Zion, New Orleans, 50.00; Mount
Zion, Rocks, 10.00; Pailets Land, 10.00; St. James's,
Southern Pines, 9.00; St. John’s, Salisbury, 10.00; St.
Luke’s, High Point, 5.00; St. Luke’s, Spartanburg, 15.00;
St. Mark’s, Atlanta, 7.00; St. Mark’s, Winston-Salem,
11.95; St. Matthew’s, Meherrin, 27.69; St. Paul’s, Char-
lotte, 24.00; St. Paul’s, Mansura, 5.00; St. Paul’s, Napo-
leonville, 10.00; St. Paul’s, New Orleans, 40.00; St.Philip’s,
Chicago, 34.60; St. Philip’s, Philadelphia, 5.00; Trinity,
New Orleans, 25.00; Zion, Gold Hill, 15.30; Luther Col-
lege, New Orleans, 11.50; Bethlehem, New Orleans, 57.50;
Concordia, New Orleans, 15.00; Grace, Concord, 40.00. —
Total, $2,324.63.
St. Louis, Mo., April 1, 1925.
H. A. Drrratar, Asst. Treas.,
5329 Cote Brilliante Ave.

Pastor Hunt, Winston-Salem, N. C., gratefully acknowl-
edges the receipt of $ .50 from each of the four children of
Rev. J. H. Schnitker, Minnesota Lake, Minn., for a chapel
and school at Winston-Salem. May God richly bless the
young donors!

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