The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1931, Page 88

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THE LUTHERAN PIONEER

God bring him to the conviction that Jesus Christ
is the only Way, Truth, and Life and that no man
cometh unto the Father but by Him!

Does the Lutheran Hour pay? Without it
Door No. 16 would yet be closed to your missionary ;
but now there is an open door, not only in this one
room of this particular sanitarium, but in other
sanitariums as well. Help support the Lutheran
Hour. W.A., in the California and Nevada Lutheran.

Home-Mission Geography of Nebraska.

From the latest census returns we have culled
some data concerning the population of Nebraska
cities and our representation in these respective
communities. . We have in Nebraska seven cities
with a population above 10,000. Omaha is the
largest in this group and Beatrice the smallest.
There are also seven cities with a population above
five thousand. Kearney heads this class, and York
gets'in on the tail-end. In the group of cities from
three thousand to five thousand we have eight cities,
Chadron the largest and Superior the smallest. In
all cities above ten thousand we are represented,
also in all the cities above five thousand. In the
group of three thousand and five thousand we are
not working in the following (the population given
in parentheses): University Place (4,212), Platts-
Havelock (3,559), Holdrege
(3,263), Superior (3,043). You will agree with
us when we remark that in all towns above three
thousand we ought to be represented. Then we
have in our Southern Nebraska District ten cities
of less than three thousand, but above two thousand
population. Lexington is the largest of this group
and College View the smallest. Of these ten cities

the Missouri Synod is not represented in Broken

Bow (2,715), Aurora (2,715), Wymore (2,680),
Dayid City (2,333), Gothenburg (2,322), and Col-
lege View (2,249). The first Christians filled Jeru-
salem with the pure Gospel doctrine. Have we filled
Nebraska with the sure Word of God? Have we
filled our home community? Have we filled the
block in which we live or the section on which we
farm? How much mission-work are we doing as

Individuals? Also in this respect we carry a heavy

responsibility before our Lord and God.
Now, in addition to the territory unoccupied by

"us in Nebraska we must also mention a few places

in that portion of Wyoming which belongs to our
istrict. There is Laramie, the university city of

that State, a city of nine thousand. It is situated
fifty-five miles west of Cheyenne, our nearest sta-
tion to the east. The next Missouri Synod station
west is Salt Lake City. And then there is Rawlins,
the seat of the Wyoming State Penitentiary, a city
of four thousand, situated one hundred seventy-five
miles from Cheyenne. Both of these are good-
sized cities as cities go out there. Now, when we
hear of these and other cities here in the United
States, yes, spiritually poor Lazarus lying right
before our door, shall we not make every effort to
preach the Gospel which God in His grace has
given and preserved unto us in all its purity to them
also? We hear some people speak of an overpro-
duction of ministers;, but a little study in Mis-
sionary Geography will teach us that, after all, there
is an underproduction of this article. The Southern
Nebraska District alone ought to place missionaries
in every city, town, and hamlet and thus deplete
the list of all available candidates.
0. E. H. and F., in S. Nebr. District Messenger.

Activities of the District Field Secretary
for Missions.

What is the Director of Missions doing? This
question has probably been asked by those who are
aware of the arrangement of having a full-time man
for the extension of mission-work within the State,
adopted by the Minnesota District some years ago.
The undersigned will try to give a résumé of the
activities of that officer in the following lines.

1. The Director of Missions endeavors to keep in
constant touch with all the mission-fields of the
District by personal visits and by correspondence.
With few exceptions, all the fields in the District
were visited during 1930, some of them several
times.

2. He serves vacant mission-fields, seeks to
promote the opening of new fields, and makes in-
vestigations to determine the advisability of begin-
ning work where we are not yet represented. (He
will be thankful for any suggestions offered by any
one along this line.)

3. He attends all the meetings of the mission
board, reports to it on his activities, and willingly
makes such investigations as the board may deem
advisable.

4. Through sermons, addresses, and articles in
the District Tome Missions he seeks to assist in
fostering the mission spirit in the District.