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THE LUTHERAN PIONEER

The late Dr. G. H. Rouse used to tell with much
amusement that, while he was on furlough from
India, staying in Teignmouth, Mr. Arthington, hav-
ing heard at the Baptist church that this Indian
missionary was in the neighborhood, sought him out
at the apartments in which he was staying, not, as
Dr. Rouse naturally assumed, in order to discuss
missionary topics with him, but chiefly to get his
advice and help in securing some cheaper lodgings
than those in which he (Arthington) was then
staying.

The making of his will gave great concern to
him and to his chosen friends and trustees. It was
a long and involved document. After a few legacies
his cousins were to receive one-tenth, the Baptist
Missionary Society was to receive five-tenths, the
London Missionary Society four-tenths. These large
missionary bequests were to be spent wholly on new
work in any part of the world.

The value of the estate at Mr. Arthington’s death
was said to be 943,130 pounds; but before the Chan-
cery Court proceedings were finished and the finally
amended scheme was passed, the value had reached
1,026,746 pounds. Under this scheme, after pay-
ment of legacies to relatives, a special trust fund
was set up to be administered by the executors for
general missionary and philanthropic purposes in
harmony with the intention of the testator as ex-
pressed in his will.

Bimonthly Issue of ‘‘Pioneer.’’
Since July the PionrEEr is being published only
every two months — July-August, September-Octo-
ber, November-December. This change had to be
made because of the low ebb in the treasury. May
the Lord grant us better times again, so that the
old order can be resumed!

BOOK TABLE.

(By the Bprror.)

What Is Christianity? And Other Essays. By the
late Rev. Prof. F. Pieper, D. D. Presented in English
by Prof. John Th. Mueller, Th. D., Ph.D. Concordia
Publishing House, St. Louis, Mo. Cloth binding;
VIII and 290 pages. Price, $1.75 the copy.

This volume brings six essays read at church conven-
tions by the sainted Dr. Pieper at various times during
his long and useful life. They are written in his best vein
and set forth clearly the fundamentals of our Church.
Doctor Pieper was always at his best when speaking on
the Bible as the only source of Christian doctrine and
on the subject of salvation by grace alone, but by grace
for all men. — The translator has done his work wonder-
_ fully well, rendering the idiomatic German of the ori 1
‘into fine, flowing, smooth, idiomatic English. We hope

that the sale of these essays will encourage the publishers

to consider the publishing of an English rendering of Doc-
tor Pieper’s Christliche Dogmatik. Giving this great work

» to the English-speaking Church would surely be attended

by great blessings.

Concordia Historical Institute Quarterly. Vol. VI,
No. 2. July, 1933. $2.00 per annum, including mem-
bership fee. Order from Mr. Theo. Eckhart, Fiscal
Office, 3558 S. Jefferson Ave., St. Louis, Mo.

Prof. H. Stoeppelwerth continues his interesting “His-
tory of St. John’s English Lutheran College”; Dr. Wm.
Arndt offers intensely interesting episodes of Civil War
experiences from the life of the sainted Pastor Biltz; and
E. H. A. Arndt brings the concluding portion of his “The
Beginnings of Our Work in China.” A number that
keeps up well with the standard previously set by this
publication.

Kirche, Volk und Staat. Published by the Schriften-
verein (E. Klaerner), Zwickau, Saxony. Price: 100,
M. 1.50; 250, M.3; 500, M.5; 1,000, M.S.
A tract issued by the German Saxon Free Church, set-
ting forth its position as to the relationship of Church
and State. It is an earnest plea for religious liberty.

Contributions Received by the Treasurer.
June 1—30, 1933.

John F. Fuhrmann, St. Paul, Minn., for Negro Mis-
sions, $25.00. Zion Young Lutherans’ Club, Bensenville,
Ill., for Piney Woods, Miss., 3.00. Wm. F. Moeller and
Charlotte Moeller, La Fayette, Ind., for Negro Missions,
5.00.

July 1—31, 1933.

Mrs. Emil Guhlke, Winnetoon, Nebr., for Mission Work,
$1.00. Mrs. M. Berger, Buffalo, N. Y., Negro Missions, 2.00.
N.N., S. California District of the Walther League, for
Colored Missions, 20.00. N.N., Illinois, for Emergency
Collection, 40.00. TuHeo. W. Eckuart, 7'reasurer.

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