The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1930, Page 5

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THE LUTHERAN PIONEER. 5

61,500,000, which means that in these two provinces
there are more people than in all the States of our
Union east of the Mississippi River, with some west
of that stream included.

The recent uprising in China cut deeply into
our work and into the ranks of our missionaries.
However, though there are still wars and rumors of
wars in that continent, the country appears to be
settling down to actual reconstruction under the
present Nationalist régime. [Written in May, 1929.]

At the outbreak of the war we had, all told,
17 male and 4 female missionaries in the field.
During and immediately after the war all our sta-

CIRCLES =DISTANCES [N MILES FROM
HANKOW, ES2 = PROVINCES IN
WHICH WE HAVE BEGUN WORK

Our educational work suffered severely during
and since the late uprising. For several years prior
to the war we were permitted to conduct a high
school and a theological seminary at Hankow. These
two institutions could not yet be reopened. Also
the educational regulations of the present Chinese
government make it impossible to conduct our
Christian day-schools as it should be done.

SUMMARY OF STATISTICS.
India.
Missionaries, May, 1929: 38 male (30 wives and

55 children) ; 4 female.

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SS EAST CHINA 2
7 SEA Q

Map of China Showing the Field Occupied by Our Missionaries.

tions were deprived of the pastoral care of our mis-
sionaries with the exception of Hankow, where the
late Missionary E. L. Arndt (died April 18, 1929)
and his daughter Agnes successfully insisted on
remaining. Neither could any of our stations west
of Hankow again be manned by a resident mis-
sionary until late in 1928, though Hankow again
received a larger number of missionaries in the fall
of 1927. By the grace of God we did not lose
a single post absolutely. It must, however, be stated
that many of our Christians were either dispersed
or that they defected in consequence of the fire of
persecution and temptation. Also all manner of
disorders crept into the young congregations, and
these required faithful and very sympathetic in-
vestigation and wise adjustment.

November 1, 1927, to October 31, 1928: Sta-
tions and outstations, 181.

Native mission-helpers: Pastors, 3; evangelists,
9; catechists, 54; teachers (male and female), 205;
Bible women, %; doctors, 2; nurses, 2; industrial
workers, 5.

Number of villages in which Christians live, 356 ;
souls, 10,383; baptized members, 5,769; communi-

-cant members, 1,446; catechumens, 4,614.

Ministerial acts: Baptisms, 618 (heathen, 308;
children of Christians, 310) ; confirmed, 208; com-
muned, 2,972; niarriages, 78; burials, 178.

Schools: Primary and secondary, 84; pupils in
primary schools, 2,963; students in secondary
schools, 1,148. Boarding-schools, 9; pupils, 463.