The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1928, Page 92

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THE LUTHERAN PIONEER.

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Raising money for missions.

A miserly man was asked how much of his in-
come he would give for God’s work. He replied,
“What I give is nothing to nobody.” Because this
man has numerous relatives, raising money for mis-
sions is not an easy job.

Encouraging missionaries in the field by our prayers
and in other ways; enlarging our own
vision of the world’s need by reading and
study; extending a helping hand to “the
heathen at our door.” — Quoted in the Lu-
theran Missionary.

Do American Children Prize
Their Bibles as Does This Korean Boy?

Every day in the village of Nulmok there is an
exodus of small boys to the mountain for fuel. As
wood is scarce, it becomes necessary for each house-
hold to furnish a fuel-gatherer. This army of boys
is wending its way to the mountains some five
miles off. Each boy has tied to his jikcey, or rack,
carried on his back, a small package of rice. This
is his dinner, for it is an all-day job. As they make
their way up the-well-nigh barren slopes, one boy
notices that his friend Kaibey has a second little
bundle tied to his jikcey, and so he hails him to
ask him why he is carrying two dinners.

“Oh, one is for my body, and the other dinner
is for my soul,” he replies.

After a morning spent in raking over a small
area of the mountain, each boy has succeeded in
getting together a bundle of dried grass, and all
sit down beside a mountain brook to eat of their
dinner of cold rice and a relish of greens or pickled
cabbage in season. Soon Kaibey has finished his
meal and unties his second bundle. Taking out
a book, he begins to read aloud, slowly, while the
other boys gather around him to hear. It is about
a great Man, who, when the people wanted to make
him king, went to the mountain to pray.

Day by day at rest time Kaibey got out his
Book and read from. it, and the other boys were
interested in what he read. About this time, Ki

\Mun Ju, the Bible Society agent, came to the vil-
lage again with Bibles. After supper Kaibey, ac-
companied by several other boys, asked if there
was not a smaller copy of the New Testament, as

_ & number of the boys wanted to buy a Bible, but
their only opportunity to read was at rest time on

_ the mountain, and a smaller copy could be more

_ easily carried. Needless to say, the colporteur_ did

not fail to bring some on his next trip, and now
many of the boys have their own New Testament,
and frequently the hymn-book, which they treasure
next to the Scriptures, is tied up with it.

Over Sea and Land.

Children’s Offering for the
Kingdom of Christ.

The pupils of a school in a sheep-raising country
heard their pastor tell of the dire need and the de-
plorable condition of the unconverted heathen. They
heard their pastor say that the only salvation for
the heathen people would be to bring them the
Gospel of Christ.

What did these children do? They said, “We
cannot bring the poor heathen the Gospel. But we
can help, so that some one can be sent in our stead.”
In the neighborhood of that village were large flocks
of sheep. The children had noticed that small bits
of wool which the sheep had lost were clinging to
hedges and fences. They carefully picked the wool
and sold it. What they got for it — five dollars —
they cheerfully gave as their contribution for mis-
sions.

In some classes in our own schools little coin
boxes are kept. Into these the pupils drop their
dimes, nickels, and pennies. This money is finally
sent in for spreading the Gospel of our Savior.
You, no doubt, would be surprised if you would
know what unselfish sacrifices these little folks
sometimes bring in order to drop a coin into these
mission-boxes. It is a real training and an education
in the grace of giving for the cause of Christ. It is
also an example which many of our own people,
adults, ought to follow.

The African and Change.

There have been more changes in the South:
African tribes during the last fifty years than
during all-the centuries gone before, and this
process of transformation is bound to continue at
a geometrical rate of progression during the fifty
ensuing years. ‘Taking into consideration for a
moment the real and permanent interest of the
native, let us ask to what probable goal this trans-
formation is leading him. I leave on one side, for
the present, the influence of missionary enterprise.

Civilization has certainly brought some blessings
to the tribe, and I have impartially and carefully