# The Lutheran Pioneer_St. Louis_1895_S29 # Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration) Che Lutheran Pioneer. A MISSIONARY MONTHLY. PusiisHep BY THE HvaNGELIOAL LutHeraN SyNoDICcAL ConFERENCE oF NortH AMERICA. R. A. BISCHOFF, Editor. Entered at the Post Office at St. Louis, Mo., as second-class matter. Vol. XVII. St. Louis, Mo., August, 1895. No. 8. Let Down Your Nets. Launch out into the deep The awful depth of a world’s despair; Hearts that are breaking and eyes that weep, Sorrow and ruin and death are there. And the sea is wide, and the pitiless tide Bears on its bosom — away, Beauty and youth, in relentless ruth To its dark abyss, for aye —for aye. But the Master’s voice comes over the sea, “Yay down your nets for a draught”? for Me! He stands in our midst on our wreck-strewn strand, And sweet and royal is His command. His pleading call is to each —to all; And whenever the royal call is heard, There hang the nets of the royal Word. ° Trust to the nets and not to your skill, Trust to the royal Master’s will; Let down your nets each day, each hour, For the word of a king is a word of power, And the King’s own voice comes over the sea, “Let down your nets for a draught’’ for Me! L. P. >. - oo Rest in Jesus. “J will give you rest,’’ says Jesus. In Jesus there is rest for every sinner, and in Jesus only. He ‘tis the Lamb of God that taketh away the sins of the world.’”’ There- fore ‘the that believeth on the Son hath ever- lasting life,’’? John 3, 36. If the sinner is to have rest for his weary heart and his troubled conscience, he must have forgiveness of sin. In Jesus we have redemption through His blood; namely, the * forgiveness of sins. Those that believe in Him have rest. Rest in Jesus! Has your heart found it? If not, let me tell you, you do not realize what you are missing. It would give you a great deal of satisfaction to know that you had enough money to last you the rest of your life. You would consider it a great blessing if you en- joyed perfect health for the rest of your days. Tt would fill your soul with joy to know that you were respected and loved by all that know you. But rest in Jesus is a far greater pos- Session than all these things put together. Nothing can be compared to it, and no one knows what real, true rest is until he possesses this rest in Jesus. It is always present, in sickness and in health, in days of sorrow and in days of prosperity. If all your earthly possessions be swept away; if your health break down; even if the tongue of slander destroy your good name, and all the world turn against you— still that rest will remain and fill your soul with peace. It takes away all dread of the morrow; for those that have found rest in Jesus know that ‘‘all things work together for good.”” It takes away the fear of death, and makes death the entrance into everlasting rest in our Father’s house. ‘‘We which have believed,’ says St. Paul, ‘‘do en- ter into rest.’’ What folly to seek for rest, and yet refuse to go to Jesus, in whom alone rest is to be found! What misery to go restless through this world and not to hear the Gospel, in which the Saviour gives rest to the troubled soul! What joy to aid in mission work, by which the Saviour’s sweet invitation is brought to the restless: ‘‘Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest!” +> +o or eo Help the Missionaries. The missionaries are doing our work. To all Christians the command is given: ‘‘Go ye into all the world and preach the Gospel to every creature.”” The missionaries that we send to make known the Gospel of salvation are our substitutes ; they are doing our work. It is our duty to help them in their labor. How can we help them? We can help them by prayer. Prayer is the most important part of missionary work.. Missionaries of them: selves can do nothing. ‘The work is of God, and from God the blessing must come. He must give the increase. He must give health, and strength, and patience to the laborers in the mission field. He must open the doors and the hearts and crown the labor of His servants with His blessing. By prayer, there- fore, we help the missionaries. If we earnestly pray for our missionaries, we shall also be liberal contributors to the mission work and thus help the missionaries by our gifts. We must not be like the man who prayed for a poor family in the neighbor- hood, but never gave them anything from his well-filled barn. A praying Christian is also a paying Christian. Therefore, do not forget to help the missionaries by your prayer and by your contributions to the mission treasury.