# The Lutheran Pioneer_St. Louis_1894_S38 # Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration) Ins Son Wace oie - Oy Lae ¢ 38. The Lutheran Pioneer. Letter from New Orleans. ‘Let mount Zion rejoice,’’ the Psalmist calls out, and, indeed, our Mount Zion in New Orleans can rejoice and does rejoice after hearing of the resolution adopted at the late session of the Synodical Conference at Mil- waukee, according to which, in place of the old time-worn building, a new church will soon be erected to the honor and praise of God. But the great Head of the Church has pro- vided for the people of Mount Zion also in an- ; other direction. The heavenly Shepherd gave us another proof that He cares not only for the sheep, but also for the lambs of His flock. Already the thought was creeping into some hearts that He was deserting the lambs of Mount Zion, but it is now made evident, that He is not a listless spectator of their wants. > He who “gave to some, apostles, and to some, prophets, and to some, evangelists, and to some, pastors and teachers,’’ has also given our second class a teacher in the person of Mr. Meibohm. About a year ago he left the North for the Queen of the South, where he took charge of the second class of Mount Zion school, at first only on trial, not knowing how the southern climate would agree with him. With the end of the term, however, he had ' definitely accepted the call which the honor- able Mission Board extended to him, and since September 3d he with Mr. Vix, one of the pio- neer workers in the Colored Mission, is hard at work instructing the children for time and eternity. Yes, the Lord is still at the head of His flock, His eyes never slumber, His hands never rest, and His heart never ceases to beat with love. Though His flock is scattered wide, He gives them all their portion in due season. ‘Let us give thanks unto the Lord, for Héis good; for His mercy endureth forever.” KE. W.K. ~ —>~-o-4 o- A Tribute to the Memory of Martin Luther. ' No one since the time of the Apostles has ever taught more clearly and faithfully the article of justification. No one has ever opposed the Roman Anti- christ and his members, even to the last breath, more courageously, and more clearly exposed its fraud to the world. None of the fathers have taught with such ' devotion and according to the mind of the | Spirit concerning living good works, viz: those that flow from living faith and advance the ‘welfare of one’s neighbor. _ No one has explained Holy Scripture so _ purely and more happily, with such energy, nd so many penctrating arguments, especi- are the duties of the civil magistrate in regard | Lutheran doctrine and publicly confessed it. to both tables of the law. . Not very long afterward, hankering after the The incredible success of the greatest works | flesh-pots of Egypt, he fell away from what he in the Church, an example of which is the] knew to be the truth, and denied the Lutheran Augsburg Confession, in which he aided. faith. On Trinity Sunday, in the year 1537, He was the author of eflicacious prayers, | he ascended the pulpit, denounced the truth, psalms, hymns, and chants. As he prayed, |and at last declared that if Luther’s doctrine so also has he well equipped the Church with | were true, thunder and lightning should kill devout songs and hymns. — MV. Bucer, quoted|him. ‘Che same evening a tremendous thun- by J. Gerhard. der storm arose. Flash of lightning followed flash, and like a thousand yoices of divine wrath the thunders rolled along. Calling to . mind his bold challenge of divine justice, he ‘Luther is, it seems to me, such an excel-| ordered the ringing of all the bells, hastened lent champion of God, who has examined the | to church and cast himself before the altar, Scriptures with so great a zeal that he has no | with trembling and in prayer. But a flash of equal on earth for thousands of years, and in| }ightning struck him and rendered him insen- the manly, undaunted spirit with which he] sible. ‘The citizens of the place came and car- attacked the Pope at Rome, no one has ever/rjed him away._ A second flash then struck been his equal. But to whom may we ascribe | him and killed him on the spot. The bearers such a deed? To God, or to Luther? Ask | of his body, although themselves unharmed, Luther himself, and I am sure he will answer, | ran away in great fright. This terrible judg- to God. Why then do you attribute other! ment of God made so deep an impression that men’s doctrine to Luther, when he himself at-| thousands became Lutherans and the mouths tributes it to God, and submits nothing new but | of many blasphemers were stopped. what is contained in the eternally unalterable Word of God? This he teaches freely, and points poor, misled Christians to this heavenly treasure; and he does not care what the ene-- mies of God may plan to oppose, nor does he care for their rebuke and threats. What of| ©02¢ of Melanchthon’s correspondents de- his writings I have read I find to be so well scribes Luther thus: ‘‘I can not enough admire substantiated and grounded upon the Word of the extraordinary cheerfulness, constancy, <_< What U. Zwingli said of M. Luther. From the German. Luther’s Prayers. God, that it is impossible for any man to per- vert it. Blessed be God, there are unspeak- ably more souls led to God through him than through me and others. I am not to be com- pared with him.’’ —_—_—_2_- o