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THE LUTHERAN PIONEER.

with my hands above my head, I heard a boy say,
‘If I were the missionary, I would not trust the
ladder ; he will fall down and break his neck.’ The
missionary came down the ladder with a rush, not
to save his neck, but to secure the word ‘trust’ from
the boy — it was the word he wanted.”

The following we take from the World Out-
look : —

Perils in Donga Dialect for Translator.

“The Donga dialect of the Jukun tribe in
Northern Nigeria has furnished some knotty prob-
“lems for the translator of Scripture. For instance,
there is a word for evil-in-general, but no words
for the varying forms of evil. In many cases whole
phrases or clauses must be addett to complete the
sense. <A disciple is ‘a man who follows’; resur-
rection is ‘the day in which those who have died
shall rise from the place of the dead.’ The words
Bi ba— ‘it is written’ — must have ‘in the book’
added to make the meaning clear, for Bi ba can
mean also ‘they called,’ ‘they followed,’ ‘they tat-
tooed,’ ‘they put to soak.’ There is a Donga
equivalent for hades, but none for heaven or hell.
There is no word with any spiritual content. The
nearest Donga for ‘crucify’ means ‘hang on a tree.’
The nearest equivalent for ‘pray’ means ‘ask a favor
from a superior being.’

“Many vowels when nasalized give an entirely
different meaning. Presenting the Gospel-message
orally has therefore its own peculiar set of perils.
A word spoken in a low tone means to strengthen

or heal. The same word in a lower tone means to
kill. Money becomes harvest by the same tonal

change; to grow becomes to count and to call be-
comes to marry.” F. J.L.
SS
“WHENEVER you hear of a man trying to do the
work of two men, either at home or abroad, the
reason is quite simple: God has given enough work
for two men, and one of them is shirking.”

BOOK TABLE.

oniefalcnal Addresses by Lutheran Pastors. Concor-
2 ia Publishing House, St. Louis, Mo. Bound in cloth;
125 pages. Price, $1.00.

Here is a booklet of short confessional addresses. We
hope it will prove a welcome volume to many a pastor
among us. The twenty-nine addresses have been furnished
by twenty-five pastors. Professor Sommer has provided
the book with a preface, from which we quote the follow-
ing: “These short addresses may suggest texts or lines
‘of treatment; they may call attention to certain thoughts;

_ they may aid any pastor to vary his mode of expression
and assist busy pastors to deliver good addresses even
‘when much serving interferes with meditation.” F.J.L.

Contributions Received by the Treasurer.
July 1—31, 1926.

Received for Colored Missions from the following col-
ored congregations: Augustana, Alexandria, $15.00; Beth-
any, Nyland, 27.65; Bethany, Yonkers, 55.00; Bethel,
Charlotte, 2.25; Bethel, Conover, 1.50; Bethel, Rockwest,
25.34; Bethlehem, Holy Ark, 39.27; Bethlehem, Monroe,
4.00; Bethlehem, New Orleans, -50; Christ, Rosebud,
116.88; Concordia, New Orleans, 15.00; Concordia, Rock-
well, 9.00; Holy Cross, Camden, 14.35; Faith, Mobile,
46.41; Gethsemane, Hamburg, 94.89; Grace, Concord,
40.00; Grace, Greensboro, 40.00; Grace, Ingomar, 20.56;
Grace, St. Louis, 25.00; Grace School, St. Louis, 30.00;
Holy Trinity, Springfield, 30.00; Hope, Kings Landing,
19.07; Immanuel, Cincinnati, 10.00; Immanuel Lutheran
College, Greensboro, 76.00; mission at Atmore, 22.93;
mission at Flatwood, 6.35; mission at Lamison, 16.89;
mission at Pensacola, 5.55; Mount Calvary, Kannapolis,
25.00; Mount Calvary, Mount Pleasant, 7.00; Mount Cal-
vary, Tilden, 70.29; Mount Carmel, Midway, 20.38; Mount
Olive, Catawba, 2.00; Mount Olive, Tinela, 44.04; Mount
Zion, Charlotte, 17.00; Mount Zion, New Orleans, 50.00;
Our Redeemer, Longmile, 33.06; Our Savior, Possum Bend,
35.29; Pilgrim, Birmingham, 76.95; St. Andrew’s, Vreden-
burgh, 38.87; St. James’s, Buena Vista, 30.36; St. John’s,
Joffre, 25.42; St. John’s, Salisbury, 15.00; St. Mark’s,
Atlanta, 7.00; St. Mark’s, Winston-Salem, 5.33; St. Mat-
thew’s, Meherrin, 13.99; St. Paul’s, Charlotte, 10.00; St.
Paul's, Lutherville, 10.00; St. Paul’s, New Orleans, 40.00;
St. Paul’s, Oak Hill, 37.60; St. Peter’s, Cabarrus Co., 7.00;
St. Peter’s, Pine Hill, 25.87; St. Philip’s, Chicago, 13.72;
St. Philip’s, Philadelphia, 10.00; station at Greensboro,
2.30; Trinity, Elon College, 2.50; Trinity, New Orleans,
25.00; Trinity, Selma, 11.78; Zion, Gold Hill, 16.00; Zion,
Taits Place, 46.85.

For Negro Missions: N. N., Hampton, Iowa, $5.00.
Per Rev. Fr. Niedner, St. Charles, Mo., 3.00. Per H.
Schoel, from Knoxville, Tenn., Walther League, for ex-
penses of Rey. Paul J. G. Weeke, Tuskegee Hospital, Tus-
kegee, Ala., 14.00. N. N., Wayside, Wis., 15.00. Mrs. Hy.
Stover, Sebeka, Minn., 1.00. Siegmund Thies, New Or-
leans, for African Missions, 5.00.

For Negro Students: N. N., Milwaukee, Wis., $4.00.
C. Doctor, Denver, Colo., 1.00.

For Immanuel College Dormitory: N.N., Hlinois,
$100.00. N. N., Alma, Mo., 2.00. N, N., Odell, Nebr.,
10.00. Tueo. W. Ecxuart, 7'reasurer.

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Acknowledgment.

The undersigned gratefully acknowledges the receipt of
$10.00 from Bertha and Marguerite Datz, Amlin, O., for
Colored Missions. TF. J. LANKENAU.

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