# The Lutheran Pioneer_St. Louis_1913_S57
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The Zutheran Pioneer.

A. MISSIONARY MONTHLY.

PUBLISHED BY THE EvaNGeLicaL Lurmeran Synopica ConrereNnce oF Nortit AMERICA.
REV. F. J. LANKENAU, EDITOR.

Entered at the Post Office at St. Louis, Mo., as second-class matter.

MO., AUGU

Vol. XXXV. ST. LOUIS,

ST, 1913. No. 8.

A Covenant Hymn. they convert and wholly change it. The Bible is
that book of which Jesus says: “Search the Scrip-
God, our Father, covenant Lord, iures, for in them ye think ye have eternal life,

On Thy trusted Word ‘we call.
Light and peace and power afford,
Grace and glory on us fall.

and they are they which testify of me.” It is the
same Word of which He says, “Blessed are they
which hear the Word of God and keep it.”

Sink our sins beneath the flood. Bat jus pecans er Bie 2 Gods Ron st
Victory’s banners, bring them near, because it testifies of Christ, the Savior, just be-
Crimsoned deep with Calvary’s blood. cause it has the purpose to save men, therefore the
Bible also has most bitter enemies; namely, the
devil and his assistants. Surely, if a book has

Blot our guilt and banish fear;

Saved to save! Thyself hast sworn;
Thou hast pledged Thine altar thus:

We shall Christ’ Himself adorn, ever had enemies, it is the Bible. How busy has
God shall glory find in us. the devil been at all times to make the people be-
Father, in Thy sons be known! lieve the truths of the Bible to be lies! How hard
Be Thy daughters’ glorious All! he tries to cast suspicion upon its assertions! “Yea,
At Thy rainbow-circled throne, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of

Covenant God, Thy people fall.

the garden?” thus Satan spoke to Eve, and so he
Ernest A. Bell.

speaks to-day. “Should it really be so that every
word in the Bible is God’s word? Should it really
“The Word They Still Shall Let Remain.”’ be the fact that God-in every case means what the
‘ words seem to imply?” It is with such questions

‘The best book is the Bible. It is the Word of that the devil approaches men also in our days
God, and certainly does not stand in need of the There is nothing that the devil desires more than
praise of man. It has in itself the power to con- to undermine a man’s faith in the revealed and
vince its readers of its divine origin. Other books WT itten Word of God; for if he succeeds in doing
mmay-be-written in noble language, other books may this, he has won the battle. And, alas, how often
contain great learning, but they cannot equal the he succeeds in doing this! In pulpits and among
Bible in wisdom and beauty. ‘The first glance will the teachers of Christendom he has his servants
already show that the one is the work of God and who are diligently sowing the seed of unbelief, and
the other the work of man. As the divine works reaping rich harvests. And yet the victory will
of creation surpasses al the svorks of men, so the . remain with the Word of God. Even though they
Bible surpasses all the other books in this world. who, because of their office, should remain true to
The contents of the Bible surpass all other books the Bible depart from it, even though they take
in importance, and its purpose makes the Bible the counsel together against the Lord and His’ Word,
Book of all books. ‘The words of the Bible are so He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh, the
powerful that they do not only touch the heart, but Lord shall hold them in- derision, and the time will

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