# The Lutheran Pioneer_St. Louis_1881_S1
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

The Lutheran Pioneer,

A MISSIONARY MONTHIY.

PusiisuED BY THE EVANGELICAL LuruERAN SyNnopicAL CoNFERENCE oF Nortu AMERICA.
R. A. BISCHOFF, Editor.

Entered at the Post Office at St Louis, Mo., a8 second-class mutter.

St. Louis, Mo., January, 1881. ' No.1.

. .Vol. III.

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“They presented unto Him: gold, and frankincense, and myrrh.” Matthew 2, 11.

Jesus! great and wondrous Star,
Both from Jacob’s line and heaven,
Festive gifts from near and far
On this day to Thee are given:
Oh! accept most graciously

What I humbly offer Thee.

Saba bringeth gold to Thee.

Lord, I give what Thou hast given:

Gold of Faith receive from me —
Precious gold that counts in heayen!
Prove it,. purge it free from dross

In the furnace of the cross.

Take the frankincense of Prayer ;
May it prove a sweet oblation!
Heart and lips shall everywhere
Strive to meet Thy approbation;

Hear and heed my prayer, and then
Seal it with Thy ‘‘Yea: Amen!??

Take contrition, bitter myrrh.

Oh, how sorely my sins grieve me!
Pardon, healing, peace restore;
Thou art true, and wilt relieve me.
Lord, I praise Thee, and believe
Thou my offering dost receive.

(From the German of Erdmann Neumeister, 1718.) i

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