The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1932, Page 44

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THE LUTHERAN PIONEER

that Pastor Hallerberg was a sincere friend of our
mission among the colored people, having supported
this cause faithfully by word and deed whenever the
occasion and opportunity were offered him to do so.

A Book of Missionary Interest.—The Atlantic
District of the Missouri Synod at its annual meet-
ing last summer decided to publish a history of the
District. The book, we are told, has now made its
appearance. This District has in a distinctive de-
gree always been a missionary District, offering
missionary opportunities, particularly in the metro-
politan area, such as are nowhere else to be found
in our country. This book will no doubt tell us to
what extent our Atlantic District has been able to
profit by its opportunities. We hope to have the
pleasure of reading this book in the near future.

Parochial Schools in Northern Illinois. —
Superintendent P. T. Buszin reports a total enrol-
ment of 12,697 pupils in the full-time parish-
schools of the District. What is of special mission-
ary interest to us is that 1,553 (12.4 per cent.) of
these pupils are children who had no previous
church connection, and 710 (5.5 per cent.) are
from churches not affiliated with the Synodical
Conference. Almost one-fifth of the pupils attend-
ing our parish-schools in Northern Illinois are from
outside our circles.

A New Mexican Mission. — “Even on a cold
night such as January 13 you will find as many as
thirty-one adults and children at the Bible hour
conducted by Pastor Martinelli at 2661 Atlantic
Street, Los Angeles. Little Antonia and Senorita
Maria, sturdy Alberto and studious Juan, and all
others diligently learn the ‘no por obras, pero por la
fe (‘not by works, but by faith’). If you can do
nothing else for this new Mexican mission, at least
pray for its success. The expense of the mission for
the Southern California District does not exceed
$25 a month at this time, yet already more than
thirty people hear the true Gospel at least three
times during the week, and the Lord will surely add
to their number. The estimate of 250,000 Mexicans
in Southern California is quite correct. What a
field for us! Pastor Martinelli is also giving pri-
Several Italians
show interest in his work. His Sunday-school is
' already contributing to mission-work. Let us help
' him build a cathedral, a habitation of God through
_ the Spirit.” — Southern Caltfornia Lutheran.

_ German Foreign Missions. — German Foreign
“Missions are gradually recovering from the sad re-
sults of the World War. Almost 1,500 missionaries

are again on the foreign field, though this is only
fifty-six per cent. of the prewar strength. These
foreign missionaries are assisted by almost 10,000
native workers. The number of persons served by
German missions exceeds a million. Over 60,000
are now being instructed for Baptism. About
$500,000 was raised on the field by native Chris-
tians last year. The foreign work was subsidized to
the extent of $2,500,000 by the German Christians.
Considering the economic condition of Germany,
this interest in Foreign Missions is most praise-
worthy.

The Waldensian Church in Italy. — The evan-
gelistic work of the Waldensian Church is meeting
with remarkable success throughout Italy. In the
larger cities, Rome, Florence, and others, large
numbers attend the services in search for spiritual
food. Even a marquis of the Pope’s Noble Guard is
frequently seen in Waldensian services. — The Wal-
densians date their origin back to Peter Waldo, @
rich merchant of Lyons, France, who lived in the
second half of the twelfth century. Like their
founder the Waldensians are noted for their mis-
sionary zeal and knowledge of the Bible.

A Faithful Distributor of the Bible. — John
H. Liddy, B. A., a Roman Catholic by rearing, as
a young man attended the funeral of a beloved
Protestant physician. He was there greatly moved
by the Scripture-readings. Though a graduate of
London University, he at the time knew not that
the readings were from the Bible. This led him to
deep thought, which resulted in his offering himself
to a Bible society as a Bible colporteur. During the
twenty years of his service as a Bible distributor he
sold thousands of copies of the Scriptures and en-
gaged in many conversations with his countrymen,
which in not a few cases resulted in their conversion
to Christ. — Let us who know the excellencies and
power of the Gospel make it known to our fellow-
men; may our lay members in increasing numbers
by their testimony bring Christ and His salvation
to the knowledge of others!

China Inland Mission. — This aggressive mis-
sion-agency last year received over a million dollars
to carry on its work. Though three of its mission-
aries were murdered and six died of typhus, the
number of volunteers has not grown less. An at-
tempt on the part of this society to enlist two hun-
dred new workers has been successful. — The China
Inland Mission was founded by Hudson Taylor of
England about sixty-five years ago. It has probably
been more successful in China than any other mis-