# The Lutheran Pioneer_St. Louis_1918_S95 # Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration) The Lutheran Pioneer. 95 eo Jesus, Lover of My Soul. By Hugh Osterhus. The Gor- 7 ham Press, Boston. Art cloth binding. Price, $1.25. The author of this book of poems is well known to us, since for a number of years he has kindly provided us al- most monthly with 2 poem for our columns, and there are few among us, we feel certain, who have not felt grateful for the spiritual help these short poems of Pastor Oster- hus brought them. Were we to characterize the poems of our friend, we should, first of all, refer to their nataralness; for when we read his lines, it is just as though he were talking fo us. Most of his poems have an effortless beauty and a. remarkable grace and ease of expression, and not a few are utterly lovely in their simple lyric charm, and reveal the true singer in every line. Taken as a whole, these poems are above the average in beauty of thought and form, and they possess a high lyrical quality. Rev. Oster- hus is one who polishes his wares, as may easily be seen by the correctness of form, the delicacy of expression, and the remarkable simplicity and yet, withal, great choice of language. We must also mention the serenity which most of these poems breathe in every line, and the warm human sympathy so uniformly apparent. The poet’s simple and sincere piety shines out brightly in every poem, and we know of no one who can so eloquently re- veul in every verse the calm joy that abides in the Chris- tian breast. The poems are grouped under four heads: Our Lord; God’s Word and the Chureh Year; Faith and Its Fruits; Nature and Other Subjects. — We most heartily commend this book of poems to the kind attention of our readers aus being particularly well adapted, because of its con- tents and binding, for a holiday or birthday gift-book. Holy Night.