The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1927, Page 47

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THE.LUTHERAN PIONEER.

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the Lord Jesus, give up their sins, pray, and live
godly lives.”

“Do you pray ?”

“O yes. I always pray when I dig my field;
especially, three times a day, when I have morning
and evening devotions with my family.”

“What do you pray?”

“I say: ‘Lord, I am a great sinner and can be-
come clean only through the blood of Christ. Give
me the righteousness of my Savior that I may
adorn me, and give me the Holy Ghost that He
may teach me and make me good, so that I may
be a man of God and go to heaven when I die.’ ”

“That is right, my friend,” said Williams. “But
where did you find out all this?”

“From whom else can I have heard the good
news but from you? Who else brought it to this
island?” replied the man.

“But I never saw you in our church or scliool,
and I do not see how you could have gotten there.”

“Oh,” said the poor cripple, “I can explain that
in a hurry. As you see, I could not walk so far to
church. So I sat down on a rock near the road,
and when the people came back from church,
I begged. I begged each one for a word he had

heard. One gave me one word, another gave me
another. I gathered these together in my heart,

thought about them, and prayed to God that He
would open my heart in order that I might learn to
know a little about His Word. I still do that when
there are services.” :

Did you ever hear of a beggar like that before?
Do you try so hard to hear and learn the Word
of God? — From Irnstes und Heiteres, by W, A. F.,
in Lutheran Missionary.

BOOK TABLE.

Christian Fundamentals. By John Theodore Mueller.
Ernst Kaufmann, New York. Bound in cloth; 179
pages, Price, $1.00.

In 175 topical Bible studies the author presents to us
in an unusual, but extremely interesting way the funda-
mentals of the Christian religion. The author, or rather
compiler, lets God speak throughout the book; for the
book.is in reality nothing else than a compilation of Bible-
passages, ‘arranged so as to set before the reader in proper
order and in succession, the fundamental doctrines of
Christianity. Each lesson closes with a short prayer in
which the truths of the lesson are summarized. The book
can be most advantageously used by pastors as outlines
for their lectures to adult catechumens or as a text-book
in Bible classes. We hope it will have a wide circulation.

Origin of Protestant Denominations. By John Theodore
Mueller. Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis, Mo.
Price: Single copies, 5 cts.; 48 cts. a dozen.

Briefly, but very clearly, the author traces the origin
of the Episcopal, Congregationalist, Presbyterian, Meth-
odist, and Baptist churches in this tract of only sixteen
pages. He shows that the Reformation is not to blame
for these divisions; he also points out the “different
spirit” that governs the so-called Reformed bodies. There
is room for such a tract!

Proceedings of the Thirty-Third Regular Convention
of the Ev. Luth. Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and
Other States, June 9—18, 1926. Price, $1.25.

On 252 pages we are here given an account of what
the representatives of the Missouri Synod congregations
did at the last general convention of that body. The Ger-
man proceedings appeared several months ago. The book
ought to be of interest to thousands within the bounds of
“Missouri” and to many outside of its boundaries.

Proceedings of the Twenty-Fifth Annual Conference
of the Associated Lutheran Charities, St. Louis,
Mo., October 12—14, 1926. Price, 25 cts. Order from
Rey. J. H. Witte, 1439 Melville Pl., Chicago, Il, or
from Bethesda Lutheran Home, Watertown, Wis.

The friend of missions and charities who orders this
book will thank us for calling his attention to it. We
have never read a better “charity” sermon than that of
Pastor Wind, and the discourse of Rev. Jesse most elo-
quently sets forth the high calling of nurses. The “His-
torical Sketch of the Associated Lutheran Charities,” the
article on “The Pastoral Care of the Insane,” Pastor
Meyer’s article on “The Soul of Charity,” the several
articles on Inner and City Missions, and a number of
others make the booklet well worth buying.

Evangelism. A Handbook for Workers. By Prof. Edward
Pfeiffer, D.D. Published by the Commission of Evan-
gelization of the Joint Synod of Ohio. The Lutheran
Book Concern, Columbus,O. Bound in cloth; 93 pages.
Price, 50 cts.

Personal workers will find this a truly valuable and
useful handbook. The four parts of the book bear the

“following titles: “Nature of the Work; The Pastor as

Evangelist; Qualifications of Workers; Scripture Equip-
ment for Personal Workers.” ‘The first part is brief, but
to the point; the second part is very comprehensive de-
spite its brevity; the third part is a masterpiece of com-
pactness; the fourth part personal workers will find
a gold-mine because of its suggestions and practical help-
fulness. The fine selection of Bible-passages for all pos-
sible occasions ought to encourage the most timid among
our people to go out and seek to win souls.

Easter Alleluias. A Children’s Service. Arranged by
W. M. Czamanske, Sheboygan, Wis. ~ Price: 5 cts.
per copy; 30 cts. per dozen; $2.00 per hundred.

A sane, Scriptural Easter service for children, with

a fine selection of hymns. Sunday-schools having special

children’s service for Easter will do well to examine this

service. F.J.L.