The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1929, Page 62

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THE LUTHERAN PIONEER.

Porto Alegre, Brazil. — Prof. Paul Schelp with
his wife and four children arrived in New Orleans
the end of February. Professor Schelp is one of
the faculty of our college and seminary at Porto
Alegre and will spend a year’s furlough in this
country after nine years’ service in Brazil. After
a much-needed rest in his former home in Western
- Missouri, Professor Schelp will probably be willing

to tell our congregations about Brazil and our work
in that republic. We understand that one of the
students at the Porto Alegre institution is a Negro,
John Alvis by name. He is a faithful student and
will graduate in two years. Our Brazilian brethren
are contemplating opening work in Sao Paulo, a
great coffee center, and in Rio de Janeiro. In
Northern Brazil a number of congregations, seven
or eight, are asking to be served by us.

Is Your Car a Mission-Helper?— “Every car
belonging to a Christian family should go to church
every Sunday. Every seat in these cars should be
filled. You have neighbors who will attend church
if invited. Let them occupy that vacant seat in
your car. A large number of cars stationed at the
church during services preach a sermon to all who
pass by. While you are inside worshiping, your car
is reminding the community that a large number
of people appreciate the church and its ministry.”

Atlantic Bulletin.

The Negro in America.— The following facts
and figures we find in The Red and White, a
monthly published by the students of Immanuel
Lutheran College, Greensboro, N.C.: Negro popu-
lation, 11,600,000; home owners, 700,000; farm
soperators, 1,000,000; conductors of business,

0,000; churches, 47,000; communicant members,
5,000,000; wealth, $2,000,000,000; farm owners,
232,000; farm laborers, 1,700,000; banks, 73;
Sunday-schools, 46,000; value of church property,
-$100,000,000; ‘physicians and surgeons, 3,500;
dentists, one to every 10,540 Negroes; architects,
50; engineers, 73; draftsmen and inventors, 145;
' public-school enrolment, 2,150,000; boys and girls
of school age, 5,000,000; boys and girls in high
school, 86,000; high-school teachers, 1,050; ele-
_ mentary teachers, 46,950; annual cost of educa-
_ tion, $37,000,000; derived from Negro sources,
$3,000,000.
+ Lutherans in South Africa. — There are said to
be 516,000 Lutheran church-members in South
Africa, served by 782 pastors in 4,181 churches.
brty-one years ago there were no Lutheran mem-
there at all.

‘sition were estimated at 25,000.

Inner Missionary Service in Saxony. — In the
Lutheran state church of Saxony 2,000 deaconesses,
deacons, and other workers are serving various
Inner Mission institutions. In these institutions
thousands of homeless children, epileptics, feeble-
minded, and cripples are regularly cared for.

770 Languages. — The Bible has been trans-
lated into more than 770 languages, some of which
are now no longer spoken. The American Bible
Society has borne a prominent part in the produc-
tion of the Bible or sections thereof in more than
150 languages. Missionaries have done a great part
of the work of translating.

Great Need. — One hundred million women in
India and one hundred and fifty-nine woman
physicians. Two hundred million women in China
and only ninety-three woman physicians. Fifty
million women in Africa and only fifteen physicians.

Lutherans of Chicago and Vicinity to
Have. a Second Lutheran Exposition.

On the Saturday and Sunday following the close
of Synod, which will convene at River Forest (Chi-
cago), June 19—29, a second Lutheran Exposition
will be presented by the Chicago Lutherans.

Those who were privileged to see the first expo-
sition, presented in 1926, will remember how vividly
the various boards of Synod presented their varied,
world-wide programs by means of interesting ex-
hibits. We cannot measure the amount of good
accomplished by means of such visualization of
Synod’s work, but the many favorable comments
received and the encouraging words spoken have
moved the committee in charge to prepare a repeti-
tion of that event on a larger scale. About 70,000
square feet of floor space will be used and placed
at the disposal of the various boards of Synod for
presenting the work of the Church. We under-
stand that practically all of those approached have
promised to cooperate in preparing interesting
displays. : weet

Six programs will be arranged in connection
with the exposition. Pageants by schoolchildren
and young people, concerts, and mission-rallies will
be featured. ,

Three years ago the crowds attending the expo-
Visitors regis-
tered from many sections of the country, but most
of those attending were from Chicago and the sur-
rounding territory. This year, with delegates from
all over Synod attending the convention and with