The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1926, Page 116

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THE LUTHERAN PIONEER.

But effective Christian work just among these Hin-
dus is much to be desired, since it might have an
important bearing on carrying the Gospel to their
native provinces. If they could be led to Christ
and trained in Christian service, they might prove
successful torch-bearers for their home country.
No efforts should therefore be spared to reach these
strangers among us from the East. This, of course,
is true also of the Chinese and Japanese among us.

There are not many Koreans in our country.
But in California there are a few groups of them.
A noteworthy fact concerning these Koreans is that
many of them are Christians.

Special mention should be made of the large
number of Oriental students attending our schools;

THE JEWS IN OUR COUNTRY.

While speaking of the people in our country
whose native land is Asia, we may also refer to the
Jews. There are said to be about 15,000,000 Jews
in the world. About 10,000,000 of these are in
Europe, and 3,500,000 have their home in America.
Half a million each live in Africa and in Asia.
Religiously considered, the Jews are orthodox, re-
formed, or radical. While the orthodox Jews still
hold tenaciously to the Law of Moses and occupy
the attitude of the ancient Pharisees in every way
towards Christ and His Gospel, the other two have
no actual creed; but they are in agreement with
the so-called orthodox members of their race in
their hatred of the Gospel of Christ. We probably

Daniel Landsmann,
Our First Missionary among the Jews of New York.

earnest efforts should. therefore be put forth to
teach these and train them for future Christian
service in their native lands.

Mention was made above of the fact that the
Japanese are great readers. ‘This circumstance
would point out a means of reaching those who
do not live in larger groups. Religious literature
should be provided and sold at as low a price as
Possible.
wield a great.influence for Christ if properly edited
and duly circulated among those beyond the circle
of church attendance. ‘Though -possibly not in the
same measure, it might also be said that the pro-
duction and circulation of Chinese religious litera-
ture would be of great service in promoting re-
ligious life among the Chinese.

Christian newspapers could be made to.

Nathanael Friedmann, Our Present Missionary
among the Jews of New York City.

do not exaggerate when we say that most of the
educated Jews of to-day are agnostics, materialists,
and atheists, while the millions of ignorant and
illiterate Jews, in benighted Russia, for example,
are steeped in the traditions and superstitions of
rabbinical Judaism. In our own country they
have spread rapidly during the last two decades.
Greater New York to-day has a Jewish population
of 1,600,000, and the number is rapidly growing.
In Poland alone there are half a million Jews
waiting to come to our shores. Were it not for
the restricted immigration which we now. have, we
probably should have no less than six million Jews
by this time in the United States.:

While important work is being done for the
Jews, yet it is wholly inadequate to the need. And