The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1932, Page 105

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THE LUTHERAN PIONEER

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searchings of the heart? Should not questions like
the following arise in our hearts, and should we
not address them to each other: Can we not do
more to spread the Gospel of Christ at home and
abroad? Have we tried every means to make
Christ known to the world? Can we lay our hands
on our hearts arid say that we and our Church
have left nothing undone to spread the saving
knowledge of the only one in whom there is sal-
vation? Can we look forward to Christ’s second
coming with good cheer and say that our talents
of wealth and influence and opportunities have been
put to good use? Ah, friends and fellow-Chris-
tians, can we do so? As we ask ourselves these
questions as in the sight of God, do they humble
us into the dust? When we look, on the one side,
at the opportunities of professing Christendom to
spread the glorious tidings of salvation and, on the
other, at the little, comparatively, that is being
done to relieve the sad condition of the heathen
world, must we not bow our heads in humiliation ?
Must we not with shame admit that the Church is
not walking worthy of its light?

The sun will

F. J. L.

The day is drawing to a close!
soon set!

German Evangelical Mission Societies.

A recent report states that in 1930 the twenty-
six German mission societies had 522 ordained mis-
sionaries, 35 doctors, 204 deaconesses, 547 main
stations, 3,827 secondary stations, 990,583 heathen
Christians, 53,811 probationers, 144,437 male stu-
dents, and 67,362 female students. The income
from benevolent gifts in Germany amounted to only
7,042,904 RM. The report also states: “May it
rest as a heavy burden on the consciences of all
Christians that the Soviet Government is placing
at the disposal of its atheistic missionary endeavor
four times as much money as all Christian mis-
sionary societies are raising for their work among
the heathen!” A survey of the eight oldest German
mission societies gives the following summary in-
formation : —

The Moravian Mission, which is celebrating its
two hundredth anniversary this year (organized

1782), has its field of labor in East and West South ..

Africa and'in Nyassa. It has 62 missionaries, 540
native helpers, 88,576 heathen converts, 1,824 proba-
tioners, 8,388 male and 7,699 female pendants and
received 580,137 RM.

The Basel Mission Society was organized in

1815. Its 192 missionaries and 1,894 native helpers
are engaged in China, Borneo, India, the Gold
Coast, and in Kamerun. It reports a total of 65,596
heathen converts, 7,259 probationers, 27,706 male
and 17,127 female students, with an income of
2,680,029 RM.

The Berlin Mission Society was organized in
1824 and is at work in China, South Africa, and
East Africa. It reports 166 missionaries, 1,797
native helpers, 89,927 converts, 3,087 probationers,
24,827 male and 17,945 female students, with
1,336,318 RM. income.

The Rhenish Mission Society dates its organi-
zation to 1828 and is engaged principally in Cape
Colony, South and West Africa, Sumatra, Nias,
Mentawei, and China. It reports 270 missionaries,
1,404 native helpers, 435,236 converts, 20,782 proba-
tioners, 35,396 male and 14,603 female students,
and an income of 1,024,229 RM.

The Bremen Mission Society was organized in
1836 and is at work in English and French Togo
and the Gold Coast. It has 14 missionaries, 269
native helpers, 30,518 converts, 7,505 students, and
an income of 111,531 RM.

The Gossner Mission Society was organized in
the same year, 1836, and confines its endeavor ex-
clusively to India. It has 7 missionaries, 885 native
helpers, 119,922 converts, 5,106 probationers, 5,419
male and 1,730 female students, and an income of
214,671 RM.

The Leipzig Mission Society was also organized
in 1836. Its fields are in India and Hast Africa
(Tanganyika). It reports 55 missionaries, 640 na-
tive helpers, 31,764 converts, 3,155 probationers,
11,163 male and 6,798 female students, and an
income of 671,625 RM.

The Hermannsburg Missionary Society was or-
ganized in 1849. It works in Natal, Transvaal,
and Abyssinia. It has 108 missionaries, 254 native
helpers, 105,495 converts, 1,001 probationers, 5,080
male and 7,309 female students, and an income of
597,401 RM. — News Bulletin, N. D.C.

—_—-

Through the Cross to Christ.

How wonderfully God builds His Kingdom of
Grace here on earth may be seen also from this true
story of a little girl who lives near Killdeer, N. Dak.

Florence Sabins was a very bright little girl and
afforded her parents and friends many sunny hours
with her joyful spirit and her loving disposition.