# The Lutheran Pioneer_St. Louis_1919_S9
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

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he Lutheran Pioneer.

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Vol. XLI. ST. LOUIS, MO., FEBRUARY, 1919. No. 2.
God, Whose Yea Is Yea. For Young and Old.

1 Joun 2, 12—14.

eed: whose yea is yed, And especially,

Eine Me sprayer we ask: peu ae eames Pa John directs these verses to children, to fathers
'Grant us that we may From hypocrisy , ete

Not perform our task Cleanse our souls with care, in. Christ, and to young men. ;

| Only seemingly, That our deeds may be V.12. I write unto you, little children, because
Superficially, Works of light indeed, your sins are forgiwen you for His name's sake.
‘Slowly, dreamingly, Solely done for Thee Even little children are in need of forgiveness, be-
[Weut-elficiently. And our neighbor's need. cause they are sinful, evil, by nature. But they are
| May we act and dare, Give our bodies food cleansed Feoa sin by Holy Baptism. Here font
Vand each year again And all needed things, again reminds the Christians of the precious boon
Do our humble share For Thou art so good; of forgiveness, which he mentioned in chap. 1,2
| Of Thy work for men. Justly David sings: and 2,2. Our sins are forgiven “for Christ’s name’s
Help us to endure “Bless, my soul, the Lord, sake,” in consideration of His work of redemption.
Times of stress and strain, Praise His holy name”; John writes to the Christian children, because their
And our hearts BREURe Hence, with one accord, sins are forgiven. He would by his letter give them
| Of Thy help in pain. We will sing the same. fresh assurance of the forgiveness of their sins,
|Help to bear the day’s As we daily plod, strengthen in them the belief of their being God’s
| ‘Heat and burden, Lord, May we bear in mind children by grace, and admonish them to constancy
| As we tread Thy ways, That to love Thee, God, in faith, He would have them beware of giving
| Strengthened by Thy Word, And to serve mankind themselves anew to sin. Compare with these words
| Following cheerfully Is no slavery, the first verse of this chapter: “These things write
| Thy divine commands But our heart’s delight; - j » *F
Bitsine pe 5 cece datay ae ce T unto you that ye sin not. He would also, by

writing these words, induce them to show their
gratitude for the forgiveness of sin by loving God
and Christ, but not the world.

| With our mouths and hands. Then we'll serve aright.

And when life is o’er,

And our course is run, V.18a. I write unto you, fathers, because ye
We will evermore have known Him that is from the beginning. He
Bless Thee, God, our Sun; writes to the fathers, the old, tried, mature Chris-

In Thy garden fair

tians who have believed for many years and have
been found faithful in weal and woe. They know
Jesus, who is “from the beginning,” as a person
H. Osrernus. knows a close friend or relative with whom he has

We will praise Thy love,
And Thy grace declare
In that home above.