The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1933, Page 14

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THE LUTHERAN PIONEER

earth outside the pale of Christendom, and almost
thirty million of these die every year, seventy thou-
sand every day, three almost every time you take
your breath! In view of these facts, how can any
one say that there is no need to do mission-work?

A Woman Steward.— Several decades ago a
young woman of Ardmore, Pennsylvania, was filled
with a desire to serve her Church as a medical mis-
sionary in India. That was before medical mission-
aries had become common and when woman doctors
_were very, very scarce. She prepared herself in the
best medical schools of our country and in due time
was sent to India, where she became the super-
intendent of Guntur Hospital, which is still carry-
ing on its good work, though Dr. Anna S. Kugler —
that is the name of that zealous medical mission-
ary —has gone to‘her heavenly reward. To per-
petuate her memory, the women of one of the synods
of the United Lutheran Church have raised a fund
of $25,000, the income of which is to support the
superintendent of Guntur Hospital for all time to
come. This endowment will be a lasting memorial
to the faithful stewardship of Dr. Kugler.

Interesting. — Cyrus Hamlin, who went to
Turkey as a young man of twenty-six and there
founded the first Christian college, labored there
for forty years. During the last sixteen years of his
labors in Turkey he was the president of Roberts
College, one of the most famous of Christian schools
in foreign fields. As a boy he went without dinner
that he might give the price of it to missions. When
a young man, he built the first steam-engine in the
State of Maine. To clothe the ragged students at-
tending the first college of which he was the head,
he had them make rat-traps and sell them. He made
$25,000 by having his students bake bread and wash
clothes. He paid for the erection of thirteen
churches in Turkey out of his own means.

Chinese Faith and Works.— A Chinese con-
vert of some years’ standing, a middle-aged farmer,
one day came to see his pastor and to tell of his
welfare. After some conversation and exhortation
the missionary asked him what evidence he had that
he was a Christian. He spoke of his faith in Christ
and his joy over the forgiveness of his sins. The
missionary asked him further for some real, con-
crete, material proof. After a moment’s reflection
the convert said: “I believe I have a little proof.
When I used to clear the ‘stones off my fields,
I would toss them over into my neighbor’s fields
because it was more convenient; but I don’t do that
now. I carry them and throw them into a gully or

some other place, where they will harm nobody.”
There are probably not a few Christians in America
who would find it difficult to give as good an ac-,
count of the effect the Word of God has had upon
them.

Marvelous Results. — Into New Guinea went
a Lutheran missionary many years ago. The natives
were bloodthirsty savages and cannibals. Only
God’s miraculous protection saved him from violent
death. It was after living and working among this
low-type race for fourteen years that two were won
for Christ and baptized. That was in 1900. Now
there are 30,000 baptized followers of Christ there.
In 1929 alone 4,000 natives received Holy Baptism.
There are twenty main mission-stations, two sem-
inaries, industrial plants, schools, and hospitals.
Native evangelists conduct 170 schools in which
nearly 5,000 native pupils are being taught. The
converted Papuans are proving to be mission-
minded, for they are bringing the Gospel to other
natives.

Taking the Opportunity to Testify. — A doctor
said to a patient of his who was very patient in
his sickness, “I wish you would tell me just what
that faith in Jesus is that makes you patient and
content and full of peace.” The patient answered,
“Doctor, I felt that I could not cure myself, and
so I put myself into your hands. I’m trusting in
you to make me well.” The doctor saw the point.
“Is that all?” he cried. His patient replied, “Yes,
that’s all; simply trust in Jesus, for He has
done all.”

Women’s Missionary Society of the U. L. C. —
This organization numbers 64,643 members. In the
two years July 1, 1930, to June 30, 1932, the re-
ceipts were $888,578.71. The society supports the
missionary program of the United Lutheran Church
through its regular boards in anes Asia, and
North America.

How We Spend Our Money. — Our total bill
for education a year is $2,600,000,000; our annual
crime bill is $2,150,000,000; the annual life-
insurance premiums total $3,500,000,000; the an-
nual building program costs almost $6,000,000,000;
the annual expenses for passenger automobiles is
$12,000,000,000. The total money raised in Prot-
estant churches in 1931 for -all purposes amounted
to $475,685,894.26. If we figure that the Roman
Church and all other religious organizations would
add $225,000,000 to this sum, we should have a
total of somewhat more than $700,000,000 raised
for eugions purposes in the United States. Surely