# The Lutheran Pioneer_St. Louis_1899_S1 # Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration) Che Lutheran Pioneer. A MISSIONARY MONTHLY. Pus.isHeD BY THE EyaNcELicaAL Lutaeran SynopicaL CoNFERENCE OF NortH AMERICA. R. A. BISCHOFF, Editor. Entered at the Post Oflice at St. Louis, Mo., as second-class matter. Vol. XXI. St. Louis, Mo., January, 1899. No. 1. New Year’s Hymn. Saviour, let Thy light appear, On our path-way gleaming, Through the portals of the year, *Mid our darkness streaming. Day by day, Lord, we pray, Keep us, lest our foot-steps stray, Where false lights are beaming. Clouds and sunbeams, smiles and tears Lie before us blended; Hopes of youth, old age’s fears, Visions sad or splendid. Day by day, Still we pray, Lord, be Thou our strength and stay Till our course is ended. Cleans’d and pardon’d may we live, Let not fears appal us; Strength to do our duty give Whatsoe’er befall us. Day by day, This we pray, Lead us, Father, in Thy way, Till at last Thou call us! Thus sustained by Thee alone, Happy in Thy guiding, Bravely may we follow on, In Thy love confiding: Day by day, All the way, Be Thy cross our hope and stay, Safe in Thee abiding. Pie elected. 0° “His Name Was Called Jesus.”’ “His Name was called Jesus.”’ What a Sweet message that is brought to us in the gospel lesson of New Year’s Day! That gos- pel lesson is the shortest of the church-year, but it holds forth the Name which includes all the Gospel and brightens all the days of our earthly pilgrimage. ‘His name was called Jesus.’? That is the source and ground of all our happiness. There is no true happiness without Jesus; for without Him there is no forgiveness of sin and no salvation. 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.”” Therefore all that believe not in the name of Jesus reject their only salvation. Their life is but a journey to endless woe. “Fe 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 of God? All the joys, and all the honors, and all the riches of the world can not give him true happiness. They can not take away sin, they can not take away the wrath of God, they can not save from hell. Salvation, and therefore true happiness, is found in Jesus only. For why was His name called Jesus? The angel said, ‘‘Thou shalt call His name Jesus; for He shall save His people from their sin.’’ For this purpose He, the Son of God, became man. He was ‘‘made under the law’’ and fulfilled every command- ment of the law and bore every curse of the law in our stead. Thus He became our Jesus, our Saviour, redeeming us from sin and all its woe. ‘They that believe in Him have re- demption through His blood, namely the for- giveness of sins. They are made the children of God and heirs of heaven. Their pilgrimage through this world is a journey to everlasting bliss. They have a Father in heaven who loves them, and protects them, and guides them, and will never forsake them. Therefore they are happy amidst all the troubles and sorrows that may befall them as the years pass by. All this they enjoy through faith in Jesus. “His name was called Jesus.”” That is the source and the ground of all their happiness. “His name was called Jesus.’’ ‘That is also the motive and inspiration, the hope and promise, of all our mission work. They that have found happiness in Jesus can not but make known that name to those that are still in the misery of sin. As the years pass by, thousands are hastening to the grave and to eternity, and have no hope; for they know not the Saviour. ‘Tell these hopeless ones of Him whose name was called Jesus, and in whom alone they can find happiness and sal- vation. Our mission among the colored people requires new and greater liberality, new and greater efforts in the new year. Let us pray more fervently and give more liberally, know- ing that our labor will not be in vain. ‘‘His name was called Jesus.’’ That is the hope and promise of our mission work. He was not in vain called Jesus. No. Until the end of time there will always be souls that will find happiness and salvation in Him. As in the past so in the future He will ‘bless the work done in His name. In His name the laborers in the mission field, ofttimes dis- couraged, may take new heart again and work on for the salvation of souls and for the glory of Him whose name was called Jesus. In His name let us all, as soldiers of the cross, move on, conquering and to conquer. Our trust is in Him whose name was called Jesus. — ~~ Po oe “Commit Thy Way unto the Lord.” God does not intend that any of His chil- dren should be guided by their own wisdom, supported by their own strength, or walk in their own light. He has not left them in their times of ignorance dependent upon their own powers, or in their perplexity to find the path they should pursue. He teaches them to look to Himself, as a child would look to a parent, for the guidance, the protection, the encour- agement, the support they constantly need. “In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct thy paths.” ‘Commit thy way unto the Lord.” ‘'He-careth for thee.” We are to relieve ourselves of our cares and bur- dens by laying them upon the Lord. However dark our way may be, by laying our hand in God’s hand and letting Him lead us the dark- ness will be turned into light. ‘4 tender child of summers three, Seeking her little bed at night, Paused on the dark stairs timidly, ‘Oh, mother, take my hand,’ said she, ‘And then the dark will be all light.’ ‘We older children grope our way, From dark behind to dark before: And only when our hands we lay, Dear Lord, in Thine, the night is day, And there is darkness nevermore.’” — oo oe “When thou hast thanked thy God for every bless- ing sent, What time will then remain for murmurs or la- ment???