# The Lutheran Pioneer_St. Louis_1880_S61
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

Vol. II.

Che Authera

A MISSIONARY MONTHLY.

Pususuep By THE EvancenicaL Lurueran SynopicaAL CoNFERENCE OF Nortn AMERICA.

1. O rejoice, ye Christians, loudly,
For your joy is now begun;
Wondrous things our God hath done;
Tell abroad His goodness proudly,
Who our race hath honored thus
That He deigns to dwell with us:
Joy, O joy, beyond all gladness!
,»Christ hath done away with sadness!
Hence! all sorrow and repining,
For the Sun of grace {s shining.

2. See, my soul, Thy Saviour chooses
Weakness here and poverty,
In such love He comes to thee,
Nor the hardest couch refuses;

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Edited by Prof. R. A. BISCHOFF.

Entered at the Post Onlice at St. Louis, Mo., as second-class mutter,

St. Louis, Mo., December 15, 1S80O.

CHRISTMAS.

Hit!

All He suffers for thy good,

To redeem thee by His blood:
Joy, then, joy beyond all gladness!
Christ hath done away with sadness!
Hence! all sorrow and repining,
For the Sun of grace is shining.

8. Lord, how shall I thank Thee rightly?
I acknowledge that from Thee
Every blessing flows to me,
Let me not forget it lightly,
But to Thee through all things cleave;
So shall heart and mind receive

No. 12.

Joy, yea, joy beyond all gladness!
Christ hath done away with sadness!
Hence! all sorrow and repining,
For the Sun of grace is shining.

4. Jesus, guard and guide Thy members,

Fill Thy brethren with Thy grace,
Hear their prayers in every place,
Quicken now life’s faintest embers;
Grant all Christians, far and near,
Holy peace, a glad New Year!
Joy, O joy, beyond all gladness!
Christ hath done away with sadness!
Hence, all sorrow and repining,
For the Sun of grace is shining.

(Christian Keymann, ¢ 1003.)