The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1926, Sheet 81

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THE LUTHERAN PIONEER.

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version would end her life of luxury.
coaxed, and cursed. Her husband continued to at-
tend church services. At last she pursued him to
the church-door, and, seizing him by the belt,
screamed wildly that he should not enter. Slipping
out of the belt, the undaunted husband took his
place in the church, the wife rushing after him,
shrieking curses. ‘Two Bible women quieted her
and later took her to dinner, when they explained
to her to some extent what Christianity means.
The happy ending to the story is that the woman
gave her husband no further trouble and now at-
tends church with him.— New Fra Magazine.

She wept,

Julius Rosenwald’s Benefactions to the
Negroes.

The tradition that a man’s greatness is partly
expressed in the enemies he has made does not work
here. Julius Rosenwald is anything but a negative

Lutheran Colored Mission School and Chapel.

character; but where are the enemies? Perhaps he
hears from some in his personal mail, but they do
not gain listeners on street corners. The picture
of him that prevails is that of a man who has not
only given away millions, but has done a more dif-
ficult thing — persuaded other people to give.

He once said at a semipublic meeting, “I have
a side-line; it is that of beggar.”

He began this many years ago, and besides using
established agencies, such as the Jewish Charities
of Chicago, the United Charities, and others, he
has devised new channels for philanthropy.

Long ago he became interested in the welfare of
the Negroes. After helping Tuskegee Institute and
other institutions, he conceived a broader plan,
which was no less than to: give $25,000 to any city
that would raise $125,000 additional for a Negro

Y.M.C.A. So far this has cost him, it is said,
$450,000 and has caused the total expenditure of
more than $3,000,000 for Negro Y. M. C. A. and
Y. W. C. A. buildings in fifteen cities. He also
undertook the stimulation of the building of rural
schools for the Negroes in the South. More than
2,600 of them are now doing their part in the edu-
cation of the race; his $2,000,000 have produced
schools costing $10,500,000. — Missions.

BOOK TABLE.

Concordia Bilingual Bible. English-German Parallel

dition. Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis, Mo.

Style BC, cloth, without concordance, red edge, $7.75.

Style BCC, cloth, with concordance, red edge, $8.25.

Style BS, seal-grain leather, without concordance,

red under gold edges, $13.75. Style BSC, seal-grain

leather,- with concordance, red under gold edges,
$14.25.

The wonderful enterprise of the Concordia Publishing
House management again shows itself in the publication
of this diglot Bible. This is the first time that the whole
Bible appears in two living languages. To bring the two
versions exactly opposite each other, page for page,
throughout the whole Bible, must have been connected
with difficulties, and the publishers deserve high praise
for overcoming these difficulties and presenting to us the
two texts in such a convenient arrangement. At a glance
the possessor of this unique Bible can compare the English
with the German text at any point. The English text is
self-pronouncing and is provided with copious cross-ref-
erences. The reference material includes Nelson’s Bible
Atlas with Index, an illustrated Bible Dictionary, and
a Combined Concordance, which also gives the changes
made in the Revised Version. This edition of the Bible
deserves a ready sale, for it will be of great value in
church, school, and home.

Men and Missions. Edited by L. Fuerbringer. Vol. III:
Friedrich Konrad Dietrich Wyneken, Pioneer Lu-
theran Missionary of the Nineteenth Century. By
G. E. Hageman. Concordia Publishing House, St.
Louis, Mo. 48 pages. Price, 25 cts.

This booklet is again a proof that truth may be so
written as to be more interesting than fiction. Many illus-
trations add to the interest of the text. Of course, the
interest-compelling character of the book is only partly
due to the skill of the writer, since he had the thankful
task of recording events in the life of a man whose char-
acter must compel the admiration of all those who love
a real man, a man whose natural virtues were sanctified
by the indwelling of the Holy aa The book has eight
chapters: The Emigrant; The Call to Indiana; The Mis-
sionary; The Backwoodsman; The Pastor; The Lutheran
Pastor; The Defender of the Faith; The Patriarch.

Missouri Bye 1925. No. 14.
Papers: “Unsere Bekenntnisse;
und ihre Bedeutung” (Prof. W.
Arndt); “The Mission of Lutheranism” (Rev. K.
Kretzschmar). Concordia Publishing House, St.
Louis, Mo. 84 pages. Price, 55 cts.

The Building of a Great Church. A Brief History of
Our Lutheran Church in America. By W.G. Polack.
Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis, Mo. Cloth-
binding; 120 pages. Price, 60 cts.

It was most welcome news to us when we learned that
Professor Polack’s delightful sketches of American Lu-
theran church history were to appear in permanent form,
and we are convinced that all who read these articles in

Synodical Reports of
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