# The Lutheran Pioneer_St. Louis_1927_S144 # Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration) THE LUTHERAN PIONEER. 143 neglect any service to his master, and as to the rest, to commend himself to the mercy of God. He went to the service, and on his return he was called to his master, who, after severely reprimanding him, administered twenty-five strokes and then with blas- phemous mockery said to him, “What can Jesus Christ now do for you?” “He gives me strength,” said the poor child, “to bear this patiently.” “Give him twenty-five strokes more,” said the cruel master. It was done. “What can Jesus now do for you?” asked the master again. “He helps me to think of a future reward,” said the little martyr. “Give him another twenty-five,” cried the master, beside him- self with rage. It was done, and as he took wild pleasure in the death cries of the sufferer, he asked again, “What can Jesus Christ now do for you?” The young martyr, by the last effort of his sinking voice, said, “He helps me pray for thee, master!” and expired. — Lutheran Messenger. BOOK TABLE. Knowledge unto Salvation. By Dr. Paul 2. Kretzmann. Cloth binding. Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis, Mo. Price, 40 cts. This will prove a very serviceable guide for our pas- tors in the instruction of adult classes. The book con- tains a series of thirty-two outlines. A number of the outlines may easily be combined with others, so that the number of lessons can be reduced to about twenty-four, where circumstances demand it. While the outlines do not follow Luther’s Small Catechism, they always refer to it. 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