# The Lutheran Pioneer_St. Louis_1897_S1 # Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration) Che Lutheran Pioneer. A MISSIONARY MONTHLY. PousiisHED BY THE EvancEnicaL Lutneran SynopicaL ConFERENCE OF NortH AMERICA. R. A. BISCHOFF, Editor. Entered at the Post Office at St. Louis, Mo., as second-class matter. Vol. XIX. | St. Louis, Mo., January, 1897. No. 1. The Name of Jesus. There is a name [ love to hear, I love to speak its worth; It sounds like music in my ear, The sweetest name on earth. It tells me of a Saviour’s love, Who died to set me free; It tells me of His precious blood — The sinner’s perfect plea. It tells of one whose loving heart Can feel my deepest woe, Who in my sorrow bears a part That none can bear below. Jesus! the name I love so well, The name [ love to hear! No saint on carth its worth can tell, No heart conceive how dear. - This name shall shed its fragrance still Along this thorny road; Shall sweetly smooth the rugged hill That leads me up to God. And there, with all the blood-bought throng, From sin and sorrow free, I'll sing the new eternal song Of Jesus’ love to me. Selected, ——s—+ oo > oe Jesus. demption through His blood, the forgiveness | ‘‘You must remember that you as a Christian of sins, according to the riches of His grace,’’ | live in this world for the purpose of helping Eph. 1, 7. Unhappy are they that reject this Saviour. They reject their only salvation, and their life is but a journey to endless woe; for ‘‘he that believeth not shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him,’’ says the Bible. How can man be happy as long as he is under the wrath and curse of God? All the wealth and joys and pleasures of this world can not make him truly happy. They can not take away sin; they can not take away the wrath of God; they can not save man from hell; they can not, in the hour of death, give him the sure hope of everlasting life. True happiness can be found in Jesus only. Jesus! That name is a bottomless sea of love and mercy. Throw all your sins into it, and they will sink and disappear forever! What a happy new year you will then have! Yes, happy is he that accepts this Saviour. In Him he has forgiveness of all his sins and strength to lead a godly life. He is madea child of God and an heir of heaven. His life in this world is a journey to endless bliss. He need not fear what another day or another year may bring forth. The name of Jesus will comfort him in the dark days of sorrow; This precious name greets us as we enter a| it will lighten up the valley of the shadow of new year. ‘‘His name was called Jesus,” says the Gospel lesson of New Year’s day. Why was the Babe of Bethlehem called Jesus? The angel said, ‘‘You shall call His name Jesus, for He shall save His people from their sins.”” Jesus means Saviour, and therefore that name is the sweetest, the most precious of all names. In that name we have salvation, and in none other. The apostle says, ‘‘Neither is there salvation in any other; for there is none other name under heaven given among men whereby we must be saved.’’ Your good resolutions were not called Jesus ; they can not save you. Your own righteous- ness and good works were not called Jesus; they can not saye you. ‘The Babe of Bethle- hem was called Jesus ; He is the Saviour. He was “made under the law’’ and in our stead fulfilled the law of God. Our sins were pun- ished in Him, and in Him alone ‘we have re- death, so that he need fear no evil. To him the dark portals of death have been changed into the shining gates of heaven. Jesus! the life of all our joys! The com- fort in all our sorrows! Our peace, our hope, our salvation! “Jesus is the name we treasure, Name beyond what words can tell; Name of gladness, name of pleasure, Saving us from sin and hell.” ———~+- - oo - What Is Your Life? Life with many is but the flight of time. It is thought of as a waste of years or months and days. Not so the Christian’s lifetime. The Christian knows that time is a gift with which he is to serve God and his fellow-men. ‘What is your life?”” asked a pastor of one of his church members, and then added: bring others to Christ.’’ May all Christians remember this: They were ready for heayen the moment they be- lieved in Christ, but God lets them live in this world that they should live not for them- selves, but for God and their fellow-men. They are to be His witnesses and missionaries for the salvation of sinners. Every new year reminds the Christian of this work which God wants him to do. As the years pass by, thousands are hastening to the grave and to eternity and have no hope, for they know not the Saviour. Chris- tians mnst. see to it that the Saviour is made_ known to these hopeless ones. For this very. purpose Christians live in this world. If they will not do this work, who else will do it? The Christian knows that ‘the which converteth a soul from the error of his way shall save a soul from death.’’ ‘Therefore the Christian must delight in mission work. The passing years tell the Christian that the time for doing this work is short. ‘The night cometh when no man can work.”’ There- fore ‘‘whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.’’ Every new year is given to us by God that we might live under Him and serve Him in the winning of souls and in the spreading of His kingdom. “Live, live for God, And toil lost souls to save, Bought by the blood, One aim, one purpose have! Point unto Christ the Way, He died for all Do well thy work to-day, And wait His call.” _ ~