# The Lutheran Pioneer_St. Louis_1893_S2 # Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration) _ says on the daily reading of the dear Bible. _ with fervent prayer, I have very devoutly read “and joy in my soul, so much more power to ‘fight against sin, the world, and the devil, so The Lutheran Pioneer. an ae 5 7 i yening my last em-| Him, and writing Him into our very heart, i East. i my Arst,jand)injthe evening ™y : a Tt. The Wise Men of the ployment, or I should rather say, itis my first} And’ to have this dear Saviour so near our Our picture is a see the wise men of the East worshipping the] little time through th new- precious gifts. These wise men were Gentiles, | t n Epiphany picture. Wejjand last pleasure; and as often as I have a/ eyes, and in our heart, is, after all, the high- e day, as often as the la-| est joy and blessedness this earth can give us, born Saviour and presenting to Him their} bors of my calling make me very tired, I go| We listen to every one of His blessed words; o my dear Bible, and I never lay it aside, | we see, as it were, with our own eyes, all the and therefore the Epiphany festival teaches} without being gladdened, refreshed, strength-| gracious deeds of His merciful love; and it us that the Saviour came, not only for the}ened and comforted, in my inmost heart; in| seems almost, as if we saw Him walking be- Jews, but also for the Gentiles. God so loved} short, I could not, and would not like to live fore us, and as if He was preaching before the world that He gave His only-begotten Son ;| in this world—I could not stand it in this sin- | our very eyes; and everything He does and and the angel said to the shepherds of Judea, } ful world, without my dear, precious Word of| says, is so exalted and glorious, so lovely and “Behold, I bring you good tidings of great} God. When my faults and imperfections press| pleasant, so full of love and compassion, so joy which shall be to all people.’ Therefore} heavily on me, when my sins grieve me, when He was manifested also to the Gentiles, and| my soul is in great need of comfort, I go to afterwards gave the command: ‘‘Go ye into! my dear Bible. When the sins of other men, all the world, and preach the Gospel to every | especially the sins of my congregation tor- creature.”’ Every human being has an inter-| ment me, when the disobedience and hard- est in the great salvation which is in Christ| ness of heart of those for whose souls I am Jesus and in Him only. Therefore those who have found the Saviour should be active in the work of making Him known to all people. If you can not go and bring the saving Gospel to those that have not yet heard it, bring your gold that others may be sent and supported in the missionfield. When we see the wise men presenting their gifts to the Saviour, we are especially reminded to bring our gifts, to fill the missionary treasury, that the unsearch- able riches of Christ may be made known to those that still sit in the darkness and misery of sin. May the Epiphany season stir our hearts to increased mis- sionary efforts! <<. 9 oo Letter to the “Pioneer.” Dear Eprror:—Allow me a short space in your paper to give a short sketch of my history. I was born at Williamsburg, Miss., on July 1, 1872. My early life was spent in the midst of Baptists and Methodists. I attended the Graded School at Williamsburg sev- eral years. When about seventeen years old I entered Tuscoloosa Institute at Tuscaloosa, Ala. There I remained nearly two years. I then left there and came to Charlotte, N. C., and entered Biddle Institute. I have been there during the last year. While at Char- lotte I became acquainted with Dr. Bow- man, and attended his church. He gave me some instruction in the doctrines of the Lu- theran Church. Soon afterwards I became acquainted with the earnest Missouri mission- ary Rey. N. J. Bakke of Concord, N. C., who directed me further. As an outcome of this last acquaintance I am at Conover, N. C., where I am receiving instruction from the fac- ulty of Concordia College. I regret that I did not have an opportunity earlier to attend a Lutheran school, or receive instruction from Lutheran teachers. Here I hope to remain until I am able to minister to the wants of my own race. I want the good wishes and prayers of all your readers that I may be able at some day to take up this work among my own people. Most truly Yours, J. N. POPE, Conover, N. C. —_— —-o