# The Lutheran Pioneer_St. Louis_1900_S33 # Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration) Che Lutheran Pioneer. A MISSIONARY MONTHLY. PususHep BY THE EvaNGELIcAL LurneraN SynopicAL CONFERENCE OF Norra AMERICA. R. A. BISCHOFF, Editor. Entered at the Post Office at St. Louis, Mo., as second-class matter. Vol. XXII. No. 9. through the house you feel happy. You walk Decision of a Little Girl. around the house and look at it, and it makes you so happy to look at it.”” “No, that isn’t the reason. It is because I have the deed my husband gave me before he died.’’ “Well, now,”’ said the pastor, ‘‘let me tell you that God has prepared and gives salva- tion and peace in Christ, the Saviour of sin- ners, and you are to take it on the same evi- dence as that by which you know you own your house. You have been looking at your feelings and at what you have been doing. You must look to the deed, to the Word in which God tells you that salvation and peace is yours.” He opened the Bible and read the following passage: ‘‘This is the record that God has given to us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.”? He then'said, ‘‘You see God has given us eternal life in His Son, who suffered and died in our stead. In Jesus the Son of God there is salvation and peace and eternal life for all sinners. Those that accept Christ have it all. Do you believe in Jesus? Do you ac- cept Christ?” “I believe in Him as my Saviour.’” “| Have Enough.” I have enough! for Christ is mine! How tenderly He careth! I bring Him every anxious thought, Each joy and grief He shareth. When storms arise, and foes ensnare, And Satan would enslave me, I know that nought shall bring me harm; The Lord is strong to save me. A little girl in Ceylon, belonging to one of the mission schools, was converted, and re- ceived the name of Harriet when she was pre- sented for baptism. At home she would call her father and mother and others together, and read the Scriptures, and pray with them. She met with much opposition in this course from her grandfather, who was a wicked man, and who, while she was engaged in the family devotions, or after they were finished, would seize her by the hair of her head, and drag her about and beat her, and order her not to pray again. But his attempts to stop her failed; for she told him that God was to be obeyed rather than man, and persevered. Har- riet died when she was eleven years old, pray- ing and rejoicing. She was one of five who died in the same house within eight days, her cruel grandfather being one of the number. I have enough! for Christ is mine, A blessing without measure; Nought can in earth or heaven compare With Him, my greatest treasure. When all around is dark and drear, He is at hand to cheer me; His everlasting arms embrace; He whispers, ‘I am near thee.” I have enough! yet not enough, Until I cross the river, And see my King, my glorious King, And dwell with Him for ever. But soon I’ll reach the promised land, Where nought from Christ can sever; Then I shall sce Him as He is, — *Twill be ENOUGH for ever! —————+> +o oe _ “Enough For Me.” ANON. ———»>-~-o-aPor o- A little child who had just lost her mother was asked by a friend, ‘‘What do you do with- out a mother to tell your troubles to?”’ How to find Peace. A pastor tells the following conversation which he had with a lady who was in great distress of mind about her soul. ‘‘Haven’t you peace with God?” the pastor asked. “No, I have been seeking it for years.”’ ‘What have you done?’’ “I have done everything. I have prayed, Ihave consecrated myself, I have been liberal, giving everything that the Lord seemed to ask. I am sure I have done everything I could.’’ ‘Yet you haven’t peace?”’ “No, and I don’t seem to be any nearer than when I first began.’’ ‘“Well,’? said the pastor, ‘‘you are trying to find peace in the wrong way; you are looking Please, tell me, do you own the house in which you live?” to your own feelings for peace. “Oh, yes.”’ ‘‘How do you know you own it?”’ “Well, then, Christ is the sinner’s peace, and if you have accepted Christ you have peace, for you have life, eternal life. The Bible says, ‘He that hath the Son hath life.’ And again we read, ‘These things have I writ- ten unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God, that ye may know that ye have eternal life.’ . We are to know it, not from our feelings, but from what is written. We are to trust, not in our feelings or in our doings, put in the Word of God.”” The lady listened attentively and it all be- came plain to her. She saw the mistake she had made by looking to her feelings and do- ings for peace. She now simply believed what God says in the Gospel, and by trusting in God’s Word she found peace. Dear reader, every poor sinner that is long- ing for peace may say, ‘‘Unworthy and sinful as Lam, I now take forgiveness of sins, peace, and eternal life offered to me in Christ through She sweetly said, ‘I go to the Lord Jesus. He was my mother’s friend and He’s mine.’” When she was asked if she thought Jesus would attend to her, she replied, ‘‘All I know is, He says He will; and that’s enough for me.” What was enough for this child is enough for all. — —- ooo ——_ Mary’s Occupation. At the great exposition in Omaha it'was the custom for the people to register or sign their names in the different state buildings. People who registered were asked to give their occu- pation, so that the books read like this, ‘‘John Smith, farmer;” ‘‘Thomas Brown, carpenter,”” and so on. A little golden-haired girl asked that she might register. She was told to write her name and occupation, and this is what she The lady did not exactly know what to say, and the pastor continued, ‘‘I suppose you know you own it, because when you walk wrote, ‘‘Mary Jones; I help mamma.”” the Gospel.” The moment he thus believes What a beautiful occupation Mary had! the Gospel he has peace.