The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1926, Page 159

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THE LUTHERAN PIONEER.

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Lhe Call from the Far East, and The Call from
the Moslem World. The Anglican Church is not
only convinced that information is needed to
arouse interest in missions, it also lives up to its
convictions.

A Father's Grief.— When Felix, the son of
William Carey, the great missionary of India, gave
up his missionary work to enter the service of the
Indian government, the father’s grief was very
great. To a friend the father expressed his keen
disappointment in his son in these words: “Yes,
Felix was an ambassador of the King of kings,
but he has now shriveled up into a mere minister
of state.”

A Worthy Objective.—The young people’s
society of the Iowa Synod, the Wartburg League,
intends to raise at least $4,000 for the medical
missions of its church-body. The Foreign Mission
Board of the Iowa Synod expects to send another
nurse into the New Guinea field soon.

“Advertising the Faith.” — This is the name
of a leaflet published by our American Lutheran
Publicity Bureau of New York. It stresses the
importance of our doing all we can in a legitimate
way to attract attention to the message of the
Gospel. It calls attention to the fact that no less
than two billion dollars were spent by merchants
last year to. make known their wares, and from
this it concludes that the Church ought to do
more than it is now doing to make its purpose
known to men. Its final plea is: “Our Lutheran
Church has a great mission in the world. Our
opportunities are tremendous. Help us tell about
Christ. Help us arouse men from their in-
difference.” ;

The Extent of Foreign Missions. — Some idea
of the extent of foreign missionary activities main-
tained by the Protestant and Catholic churches of
America and Europe may be learned from the fol-
lowing statements: Missions maintain 54,000
American and European workers in various grand
divisions of the earth. These missionary workers
minister directly or indirectly to more than
21,000,000 people. Mission-schools have 4,250,000
children enrolled. Missions maintain 1,445 hospi-
tals, which cared for 461,000 patients in 1923 and
provided treatment in dispensaries for several
million patients.

‘Comparative Death-Rates.—The average death-
tate in America and Europe ranges about from
12 to 15 per thousand, while in Asia the averages
are from 20 to 40 and in Africa as high as from

20 to GO. It is admitted that where missionary
influence is felt, there the death-rate becomes
lower, and that in countries where Christian mis-
sionary influence is most felt, the death-rate
is lowest.

BOOK TABLE.

Concordia Edition of the Bobbs-Merrill Readers. By
C. B. Baker and BE. D. Baker. Illustrated in colors
by Vera Stone. Revised and adapted by A. C. Stell-
horn. Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis, Mo.
Retail prices: Primer, 56 cts.; First Reader, 60 cts.;
Second Reader, 64 cts.; Third Reader, 72 cts.; Fourth
Reader, 80 cts.; Fifth Reader, 84 cts.; Sixth Reader,
84 cts.; Seventh Reader, 96 cts.; Eighth Reader,
96 cts.

The Bobbs-Merrill Readers must favorably impress
every one who examines them because of their many
superior qualities. Added to the original merits of the
series, as a special feature for us, who are interested in
Christian education, is the careful revision of the series
by the Executive Secretary of the Missouri Synod’s School
Board, Mr.A.C.Stellhorn. About one-fifth of the reading-
matter in the Concordia Edition bears a pronounced Chris-
tian stamp. Teachers’ manuals for the first four books
will do the teachers great service. Rich supplementary
material is also offered. Teachers should write to Con-
cordia Publishing House for samples and special intro-
ductory prices. 2

Festival Program. By Synodical Publicity Committee.

Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis, Mo. Price:
Dozen, 48 cts.; 100, $1.50; 500, $6.75. Postage

extra.

A handsome Reformation program with a full order
of service is here offered our congregations at a very mod-
erate price. The program is in every way an artistic
sample of the printer’s art.— The publishers also furnish
a very fine card, 5%,3%4, bearing Luther’s coat of arms
in colors. Every congregation can have its own text im-
printed. Announcement of the publication of this card
as well as price will be given later.

Contention Between Masonry and Christianity. A Ser-
mon by Rev. W. D. Peters.

The Idolatry of the Lodge. Sermon preached by L. Buch-
heimer. Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis, Mo.
Price of each, 6 cts.; per dozen, 60 cts.

Pastor Peters, without bitterness, sets forth the incon-
trovertible fact that Masonry and Christianity do not and
cannot agree and that the consistent Christian can there-
fore do only one thing — come out from the lodge. — Pas-
tor Buchheimer shows that lodgery is idolatry and that
all that men may say cannot change the stubborn fact.
Both tracts deserve wide reading.

The Power unto Salvation. A Collection of Addresses
Delivered in Commemoration of the Four-Hundredth
Anniversary of the Translation of the English Bible.
Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis, Mo. Price,
20 cts.

These sermons were delivered in Emmaus Lutheran
Church, St.Louis. Every one of them is good. There are
four sermons. Here are the titles and preachers: “What
Would the World Do Without the Bible?” (Prof. 0.C. A.
Boecler); “How Did We Get the Bible?” (Prof. M. S.
Sommer); “Luther and Tyndale” (Prof. J. H. C. Fritz) ;
“The Enemies of the Bible Will Not Prevail” (Prof. W.
Arndt); “What are You Doing with Your Bible?” (Prof.
W. A. Maier). Isn’t this a really fine bill of fare?