The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1925, Page 128

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128 THE LUTHERAN PIONEER.

bringing her home again. It is among the mur-
derous and savage Kurds who destroyed Urumia
that the American Lutheran Orient Mission is
working. : .
Sad Facts. — Seventy thousand natives of Alaska
do not know Christ. Five hundred thousand lum-
berjacks in the great Northwest are in great need
of Christ. If we do not give them Christ, they will
give America something it does not want, namely,
Bolshevism. Two and a quarter million Mexicans
have crossed the border line and come to the United
States. Most of these are virtually without Christ.
Five million mountaineers in the mountains of the
South are in dire need of the Gospel. Porto Rico
and Cuba are helpless without Christ, the only one
who can and will save them from their sins and
selfishness. More than fifty-two millions of our
population, we are told, are not connected with any
religious organization. Do not these facts make it
perfectly clear that America needs Christ?
Lutheran Kurd Mission Reopened. — The Amer-
ican Lutheran Mission among the Mohammedan
Kurds was practically destroyed during war days.
Recently, however, the work has been reestablished.
The promising work, which had been begun at

‘Soujbulak, Persia, was discontinued when the city

was destroyed in 1916. - In the spring of 1921 Mis-
sionary Bachimont, with his wife and two other
missionary workers, reoccupied the field. But not
long after their return the Turks from the moun-
tains west of Lake Van came down, massacred the
Persian garrison, and looted the city. The mission-
aries lost all their possessions, but were thankful not,
to have been killed. However, another band soon
followed the first and, angered at finding everything
gone, killed Missionary Bachimont. The other
three workers escaped to the Persian city of Tabriz.
Soon after the flight of the missionaries, messages
came to them that they should return; so for some
months past a new force of workers has begun to
work again at Soujbulak, under the leadership of
a medical missionary, Dr. Herman Schalk. The
governor of the city is showing his good will
towards the missionaries in every way, and the long
months and years of persecution are now bringing
abundant fruit.

NOTICE.

As our Assistant Treasurer, Mr. H. A. Dittmar, has
resigned his office after six years of faithful service,
correspondents will please address all matters relat-
ing to the treasury of our Colored Missions to

Mr. Theo. W. Eckhart, Treasurer,
3958 S. Jefferson Ave., St. Louis,-Mo.

BOOK TABLE.

Geschichte der Evangelisch-Lutherischen Freikirche
in Sachsen und andern Staaten. Verfasst von
Pastor W. Woehling. Mit ueber 100 Bildern. Ver-
lag des Schriftenvereins (E. Klaerner), Zwickau,
Saclisen. 1925. Quarto. 222 pages. Beautiful cloth-
binding. Price, $2.50. Order from Concordia Pub-
lishing House, St. Louis, Mo.

Whoever is interested in the churech-work of our
brethren in Europe will thank Dr. Dau for suggesting the
writing of this book, and Pastor Woehling and the pub-
lishers for carrying out the suggestion. It is a handsome
book, richly illustrated with many fine cuts. The origin
and progress of the Free Church is accurately presented
in many details, and interesting incidents in the history
of individual congregations are in many instances fur-
nished by the pastors. The price is remarkably low when
one considers the artistic mechanical make-up of the book.

Sabbatarianism and Immersionism. By 0. Boettcher.
Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis, Mo.. Price,

10 cts. each; dozen, 96 cts.
We wish only to say that these essays, which first ap-

_peared serially in the Lutheran Witness, are worth read-

ing and rereading and deserve a wide circulation in this
new dress. F.J.L.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.

Received for Colored Missions from the following col-
ored congregations: Augustana, Alexandria, $41.83 and
10.00; Alabama field, 5.70; Bethany, Yonkers, 50.00;
Bethel, Conover, 1.00; Bethlehem, New Orleans, 57.50;
Concordia, New Orleans, 15.00; Concordia, Rockwell, 4.25;
Grace, Concord, 40.00; Grace, Greensboro, 35.00; Grace,
St. Louis, 30.00; Greer, S.C., 3.76; Hope, Kings Land-
ing, 5.00; Immanuel, Brooklyn, 5.00; Immanuel, Cincin-
nati, 10.00; Luther College, New Orleans, 7.75; Mount
Calvary, Kannapolis, 16.00; St. Peter’s, Cabarrus, 7.00;
Mount Calvary, Mount Pleasant, 6.80; Mount Olive, Ca-
tawba, 1.00; Mount Zion, Rocks, 10.00; St. James’s,
Southern Pines, 10.00; St. John’s, Salisbury, 10.00; St.
Luke’s, High Point, 5.00; St. Luke’s, Spartanburg, 15.00;
St. Mark’s, Atlanta, 14.00; St. Mark’s, Winston-Salem,
12.12; St. Matthew’s, Meherrin, 34.25; St. Paul’s, Man-
sura, 5.00; St. Paul’s, New Orleans, 40.00; St. Philip’s,
Chicago, 15.35; St. Philip’s, Philadelphia, 5.00; Trinity,
Elon College, 2.50; Trinity, New Orleans, 25.00; Zion,
Gold Hill, 8.00; Bethel, Charlotte, 5.00; Bethlehem, Mon-
roe, 6.00; Mount Zion, Charlotte, 17.00; St. Paul’s, Char-
lotte, 24.00; Greensboro Mission, 1.50; Immanuel Lu-
theran College, Greensboro, 219.75; Mount Zion, New
Orleans, 50.00. — 7'otal, $887.06.

St. Louis, Mo., July 1, 1925.

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