The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1931, Page 70

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(the latter sung by our blind boys). All expenses
for decorations and presents were taken care of
by special subscriptions, no subsidy being given by
the mission for the Christmas celebration. These
subscriptions amounted to about $90 in Chinese
currency.

On the 26th twenty-seven children -were bap-
tized in the chapel in the city. Nine girls and
eleven boys were from the city and vicinity; several
of them were inmates of our orphanage. Seven
boys came from Chi Li-ping, seven li [ca. 214 miles]
east of Shihnan, where we have had a school for
several years. On the 27th twenty children were
baptized at Chin Lung-pa, a village thirty li [ten
miles] south of Shihnan, where we also have a
school. The celebration took place in a heathen
temple, in which the school is housed. The idols
were well covered for the occasion, and the temple
was splendidly decorated in Christmas style. Thus
in this house of idolatry the man-made idols yielded
their place to the God-man in the manger!

January, 1931.

The new year, thanks to the Lord, brings to
our mission-field a favorable change. The great
war in China has come to a close, and although
much is yet to be done, good efforts have been made
by the government to overcome the Communists
and the bandits. Since the beginning of January
the Chinese Lutheran Witness is appearing every
two weeks. Publication had been suspended ,for
several years. Beginning with January, a series
of sermons is also being printed.

Hanxow. — Rey. Klein reports the following:
Classes for illiterate Chinese have been opened at
all chapels. The students of the Bible school for
girls and the evangelists are the instructors. Thirty
adults are preparing for baptism and four from
other denominations for membership. The work
of revising The Decalog, by Jesse, and translating
The Creed, by the same author, and the Catechism
Outlines of Dau is half done. All schools are run-
ning in good order. Examinations for the term
are being conducted. Rev. Klein is well pleased
with the religious examinations.
school-teachers is still being held every Saturday.
Rey. Zschiegner conducts a course on church history
and Rey. Klein a course in religion.

SHAsi.—Rey. Zimmermann complains about the
soldiers stationed at Shasi, stating that they shot

_ at — luckily missing their mark — and beat up
_ Mr. Liu, aged about fifty-five, as he was returning

from Bible class one night; also, that a certain

The class for,

Mr. Peu and Mrs. Hisaizumi were arrested, though
they were soon after released. Mrs. Hisaizumi is
a Japanese lady belonging to our mission at Shasi.
Plans are being made to open two new schools
which at the same time are to serve as branch
chapels. Miss Simon reports that she took care
of 187 patients last December and 139 patients in
January in the Shasi Dispensary.

Icuanc.— It was necessary for Rev. Seltz to
make a trip to Hankow to have some dental work
done. Rev. Thode reports that peaceful conditions
obtain at Ichang. A sailor, Mr. Hermel, a former
student of our Fort Wayne Concordia, has been
attending services at Ichang. However, since his
gunboat, the U.S. S. Panay, left for Shanghai, he
also has left for that city.

Suruinayn. — At Chin Lung-pa two men of ad-
vanced age were baptized, and the marriage of
a young couple was solemnized by the missionary.
A little girl of our orphanage died. She was given
Christian burial. The inmates of our orphanage
followed the usual custom of gathering for a service
in the mission-home and of escorting the remains
to the grave.

A Sunday-school was opened on the first Sunday
in January. The enrolment, inclusive of teachers,
is about one hundred.

The Communists, under the dreaded Heu Lung,
caused considerable anxiety to the inhabitants of
Shihnan and vicinity; but January passed with-
out trouble from this source. The military officers
took the precaution of sending their wives to
Wanhsien, so that they would not need to worry
about them while out fighting the Communists.
The main body of Heu Lung’s troops appears to
be still in Hunan, just south of Western Hupeh.

Miss Oelschlaeger reports that during this month
208 patients were taken care of in the dispensary.
She has four regular and ten enrolled pupils in
her women’s class, three regular and five enrolled
pupils in her girls’ class, and four regular pupils
in her English class.

THe Pusiicity CoMMITTEE,
per R. J. MUELLER.

General Conference of Our East India
Missionaries at Nagercoil.

Our India Mission work is carried on in three
distinct “districts of Southern India, and conse-
quently there are three district conferences — the
Ambur Conference, the Nagercoil Conference, and