The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1933, Page 64

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THE LUTHERAN PIONEER

Great Day comes of bestowing the rewards of ser-
vice. Therefore ask yourselves daily what the Lord
would have you do in connection with the work
of carrying the news of salvation to the perishing
millions. Search carefully whether He would have
you go yourself to the heathen if you have the youth
and fitness required for the work; or if you cannot
go in person, inquire diligently what blood mortgage
there is upon your property in the interest of
Foreign Missions, how much you owe to the heathen
because of what you owe to Christ for redeeming
you with His precious blood. I warn you that it
will go hard with you when your Lord comes to
reckon with you if He finds your wealth hoarded
up in needless accumulations instead of being
sacredly devoted to giving the Gospel to the lost.”
Dr. A. J. Gordon.

BOOK TABLE.

(By the Eprror.)

Bartholomaeus Ziegenbalg. By H.M.Zorn. No. 10 of
Men and Missions series, edited by L. Fuerbringer.
Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis, Mo. 150 pages;
stiff paper covers. Price, 50 cts.

We don’t deny that we expected to see a life of the pio-
neer Protestant missionary of India appear in this series
before this. However, we are fully satisfied to have waited
till now; for the writer of this biography has presented us
with a lucid, sympathetic, and fair treatment and a cor-
rect perspective of the labors of this outstanding Apostle
of India. Every biography should be accurate, sympathetic,
and impartial to be acceptable; measured by this standard,
Pastor Zorn’s Bartholomaeus Ziegenbalg will prove one of
the most valuable numbers of the Men and Missions series.
It may be of interest to know that the writer of this life
was born not very far from the scene of Ziegenbalg’s labors
and that he has the signal honor of having two of his sons
laboring in India at this time. He himself visited India
two years ago and was thus able to refresh his impressions
of both the land and the people.

Home Support of the School. By A.C.Stellhorn. Con-
cordia Publishing House, St. Louis, Mo. Price, 5 cts.
a copy; 24 cts. a dozen; $1.00 a hundred.

This tract by our efficient and zealous School Secretary
deserves to be carefully read by us parents. Too many
parents think that they have done all that can be expected
of them when they send their child to a Christian school
and that the rest is “up to the teacher.” Mr. Stellhorn in
this tract convincingly shows that every parent should
support the school in its work by making it plain that he
realizes that it is first of all he who is responsible for the
training of the child. Then, too, parents should try to
supervise the school-life of their children and at all times
maintain the right attitude toward the school. “Let each
his lesson learn with care, And all the household well
shall fare.”

Die Botschaft des Christentums an die Menschen
unserer Zeit. By Otto Gerss. Schriftenverein (E.
Klaerner), Zwickau, Sachsen. Price, 45 cts. Order
from Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis, Mo.

This is the third edition of this pamphlet of seventy-
nine pages. It emphasizes the fact that the message of

Christianity to men of this day is what it always has been

and always should be, but which is so often lost sight of

by preachers and people—the preaching of the Cross of

Christ, the message of full and free forgiveness of sins by
grace for Christ’s sake, to be accepted by faith. What
a blessing it would be if Pastor Gerss’s earnest words, con-
vincing arguments, stern warnings, and touching plead-
ings could be brought home to all those who recognize Him
as their Lord who, when withdrawing His visible presence
from earth, said: “Preach the Gospel to every creature”!

Unser Kampf um das Christentum und die Schoep-
fungsordnungen: Ehe und Obrigkeit, Arbeit
und Eigentum, Krieg und Frieden, im Licht
des Evangeliums. Schriftenverein (E. Klaerner),
Zwickau, Sachsen. Price, 40 Pf.; in lots of 50, 35 Pf.
_each; in lots of 100, 30 Pf. each; in lots of 250,
25 Pf. each; in lots of 500, 20 Pf. each; in lots of
1,000, 15 Pf. each. Order from Concordia Publishing
House, St. Louis, Mo.

The fourth to sixth thousand of this reprint of a por-
tion of Pastor Gerss’s pamphlet The Message of Chris-
tianity to the Men of To-day, reviewed above. It is in-
tended for mass distribution and well deserves it. It is
a pity that the language in which it is written will pre-
vent this in our own country. But God grant it a wide
reading in the land of its publication.

All Praise to Thee, My God, This Night. By Matthew
N. Lundquist. For mixed voices. No. 28 of Concor-
dia. Collection of Sacred Choruses and Anthems for
More Ambitious Choral Organizations. Concordia
Publishing House, St. Louis, Mo. Price, 25 cts.

A very fine musical setting for Ken’s beautiful hymn.

Contributions Received by the Treasurer.
February 1—28, 1933.

From W. Eberlein, Brooklyn, New York, Donation to
Missionstaube, $1.50. From Della C. Klingmann, Water-
town, Wis., for Negro Mission Fund, 10.00. From Josephine
Schweitzer, Tipton, Ind., for Colored Missions, 25.00.

Teo. W. EckHanrt, 7'reasurer.

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