# The Lutheran Pioneer_St. Louis_1887_S13 # Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration) Che Lutheran A MISSIONARY Howeer. MONTHLY. PUBLISHED BY THE EVANGELICAL LuTuERAN SyNopicAL CONFERENCE oF NortH AMERICA. R. A. BISCHOFF, Editor. Entered at the Post Office at St. Louis, Mo., as second-class matter. Vol. IX. Jesus Christ. THE SAME YESTERDAY, TO-DAY AND FOREVER. For our Confirmed Children, Jesus be with thee in all thy ways, Jesus crown with blessing all thy days, Jesus’ face in favor shine on thee, Jesus save thee from all injury, Jesus be of all thy joy the spring, Jesus’ love in sorrow comfort bring, Jesus’ blood be of thy soul the life, Jesus’ honor nerve thee for the strife, Jesus’ innocence hide all thy sin, Jesus’ image formed be within, Jesus’ name shine clearly in thy heart, Jesus’ cross soothe in each bitter smart, Jesus’ hand guide thee in all thy ways, Jesus hear thee when thy spirit prays, Jesus of thy songs the keynote be, Jesus give distaste of earth to thee, Jesus be the longing of thy soul, Jesus of thy weeping be the goal, Jesus’ will the food thou lovest best, Jesus’ word the staff that giveth rest, Jesus be thy heaven e’en here each day, Jesus bring thee into rest for aye. From the German. ——————> _- o=am oo - ee —SO The Resurrection of Jesus. By Jesus’ resurrection we may be sure He was the Son of God. The truth ofall that He said and the worth of all that_He did, depend upon our being sure of this. Before His death He told men He was the Son of God, but many did not believe Him. Then He did many wonderful works which should have convinced them, but they did not. At last, speaking of the temple of His body, He said, ‘‘ Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.’”’ This would be the greatest miracle of all if it could be done; and it was done. Men killed Jesus, they made sure He was dead, they buried Him in a tomb, they made the tomb fast, and even set soldiers to guard it, and yet for all that He came forth on the third day as He had said He would, and His enemies could not truthfully deny it. Here then was a miracle which proved the truth of all that Jesus said about Himself, and it is for this reason that Paul, in his letter to the Romans, snys that He was ‘‘declared to be the Son of God with power, by the resurrection from the dead.” St. Louis, Mo., April, 1887. By Jesus’ resurrection we may be sure that our debt of sin is paid. It is very important to be sure of this; for if our debt of sin is not paid, we are lost forever. Jesus came into the world to pay our debt of sin, and when He died upon the cross that debt was paid. But how were we to know it was paid? How were we to know that God had accepted the sacrifice of Jesusonour account? In order to be satisfied we must have that fact certified to in some way; and this certificate was given to us on the third day by the resurrection of Jesus Just as the business man goes to the bank to have the word ‘‘good’’ written across the face of his check, so Christ on Easter morning comes forth from the grave bringing us great joy, be- cause His rising from the dead is the word ‘ whom did Christ offer Himself in sacri- fice for us?”’ we asked. ‘* 7 God of course,” he replied. not a word could he find. seemed confused. had suddenly been changed. ling over hig faith, he was now looking at the perfect satisfaction God had found in the sac- rifice of Christ for his sins. His eye brightened strangely, as he said, “I never looked at it in that way before; yes, God is satisfied, the offering is accepted, and I am saved.” No. 4. ‘And did God accept the offering?”’ “*Certainly!”’ “‘And what do you say to that?”’ He looked as if ready again to answer, but For a moment he The scene of his thoughts Instead of troub- His end was peace; and now, ‘absent from the body, present with the Lord,’’ his song is, “Unto Him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in His own blood, . . . to Him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.”’ s+ oo oe A Presumptuous Countess. A young German countess, who lived about a hundred years ago, was a noted unbeliever, and especially opposed to the doctrine of the resurrection. She died when about thirty years of age, and before her death gave orders that her grave should be covered with a solid slab of granite; that around it should be placed square blocks of stone, and that the corners should be fastened to each other and to the granite slab by heavy iron clamps. Upon the covering this inscription was placed:—‘This burial-place, purchased to all eternity, must never be opened.’ All that human power could do to prevent any change in that grave was done; but a little seed sprouted, and the tiny shoot found its way between the sidestone and the upper slab, and grew there, slowly but steadily forcing its way until the iron clamps were torn asunder, and the granite lid was raised and is now resting upon the trunk of the tree, which is large and flourishing. The people of Hanover regard it as almost a kind of super- stition, and speak in lowest tones of the wicked countess; and it is natural they should, for as I stood beside that grave in the old churchyard it certainly impressed me more deeply than I can express.—Welected.