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_ suffered yet for about a month, but had during
all this time spoken of her dear Saviour to all

The Lutheran Pioneer.

The Story of Faith.

Then you believe His Word, do you not?

O yes, sir, I do.

Well, then, His Word says: ‘Look unto me,
and be saved’. Do you believe that?

Some time ago I stood by the bedside of a
sick Jaborer who had a wife and four children.
Yes. He had Jain sick for three weeks, and the sick-
But do you look unto Jesus? ness had exhausted all his means. Noticing
Yes, sir, but I do not feel as I would like to. | that he was weeping while we sang a precious
That may be; but does the Bible say: Look} song of Zion, I asked him why he wept? was
unto me and feel that you are saved? he troubled with the thought of parting with
No. his wife and children? He looked at me stead-

What does it say then? fastly, almost reproachfully, and answered:

‘And be saved’’. “Does not Jesus stay with them? Has not

What does it say? the Lord said He is a Father to the fatherless,

“‘And be saved”. and a Judge of the widow? No; they are all

When is this to be, to-day or to-morrow? eared for. I have prayed the Lord that He

As soon as I look unto Him. would be their guardian. Is it not so, wife?

But do you look unto Him? You are not troubled; you are notsafraid; you

Yes, I surely do look unto Jesus. believe in Jesus.’’

Well, then, are you saved?—The young Iady} ‘‘Surely,” she replied, ‘‘I believe in Jesus,
was quiet for a moment, then she answered | and rejoice that you go to Jesus. I shall follow
firmly: you, with the children in His own time. Jesus

+ Ido not feel it, but God says Iam saved.—Joy | will help me to train up the children through
beamed on her pale face when this certainty | His Holy Spirit.”
entered her heart. The doctor then said: “Why did you weep, then?’’ I asked.

Well, if any one would come in now and ask] ‘‘For joy; for I thought if the singing is so
you wether you were saved now, what would | beautiful here, O, how beautiful will it be when
you say?

I would say, Yes.

And if you were asked, how you knew it and
how you could be sure of it?

I would say: I believe in Jesus, and God
says in His Word that whosoever believeth in
‘Him shall not perish but have everlasting life;
and although I do not feel it, still I believe
what God says.

Then you rely on Jesus and on His Word?

Yes, sir, and I could now die happy. I would
like to go to Jesus just now.

You have no fear?

No, none at all.

No doubt?

No; why should I doubt? I now see it all
quite plainly. Lam nothing but a poor sinner—
and Jesus died for me—and I believe in Him—
and God says I am saved—and 20 I know I am
saved.

When the doctor came again two days later,
he found her full of joy and peace in faith.
He had to leave the city for some weeks, and
on his return he heard that the young lady had

blessedness is so near.’’
Then he motioned to his wife.

money. ‘There were six groschen (about seven
pence) in it, all that remained of his store.
He took them out with trembling fingers, and
laid them in my hand, and said:

“The heathen must have these, that they
may know how to die in peace.”’

I turned to his wife who nodded assent, and
said:

‘“We have talked it over already. When
everything has been reckoned for the funeral
these six groschen remain.”’

‘And what remains for you?’’

“The Lord Jesus,’’ she replied.

“And what do you leave for your wife and
children?”

“The Lord Jesus,’’ he said; and whispered

So I took the six groschen, and laid them
in the mission box as a great treasure, and
it has been a struggle for me to pay them
away. But if they had not been paid away,
the dying man’s wish would not have been ful-
filled.

that ca see her, and that she had at last
died a happy death. She fell asleep in Jesus.
You may learn ‘from this sweet little story,| That night he fell asleep. And neither his
dear reader, to trust in God’s Word. If you| wife nor his three eldest children wept—nceither
want to be saved, you must not put your trust] in the church nor at the graye.
in your own works, in your own holiness, in| est child, a boy of about five years, who followed
your own feelings. You must put your trust] the body, wept bitterly. I asked him afterward
in Jesus and His Word. God can never tell a| why he wept so hitterly at his father’s grave,
lie. The Lutheran Church therefore tells every | and the child made answer:
poor sinner to rely upon God’s Word only, no} ‘‘I was so sorry that futher did not take
matter whether he feels good or bad. Your] me with him to the Lord Jesus, for I begged
good feelings can easily pass away, but God’s|of him with my whole heart that he would
Word can never pass away. ‘Trust in God’s| take me.”
Word! “My child,” I said, “your father could not
take you along with him; only the Saviour

She under- | 00d reasoning.

stood, and went to the shelf, and brought down but it is written, Jesus Christ came to save

alittle saucer in which her husband kept his|Simners; therefore I shall be saved! Now go

in my ear: ‘‘He is very good, and very rich.”? |=

But the young-

could do that: you should pray to Him.”
“Ought I, then, to pray to Him for it?’’ he
asked.

“No, my child, if the Saviour will take you,
He Himself will call for you: but if He will
have you to grow up you must help your
mother, and have her live with you; will
you?”

He said:

“T would like to go to Jesus, and I would
like to grow up that mother might live with
me.” ;

“Now then,’’ I replied, ‘‘say to the Lord
Jesus that He must choose.”

“That is what I will do,’’ he said, and was
greatly delighted, and in peace. ;

(Pastor Harms, in ‘Good Words’ .)

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Luther’s Argument with Satan.

Luther says, ‘‘Once upon a time the devil
said to me, ‘Martin Luther, you are a great
sinner, and you will be damned!’ ‘Stop! stop!’
said I; ‘one thing at a time; I am a great
sinner, it is true, though you have no right to

the angels help in it! I wept for joy that this | tell me of it. I confess it. What next?’

‘Therefore you will be damned’. ‘That is not
It is true I am a great sinner,

your way.’ So I cut the devil off with his own
sword, and he went away mourning because
he could not cast me down by calling me a

sinner.”’

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A Good Answer.

A young lady who recently renounced Rom-
anism, being told that as she was born in the
‘Catholic’ chureh she ought to die in it,
promptly replied, ‘I was born in sin, but I
have made up my mind not to die in it.’’

A beEstrE to have the Bible on our side is
one thing; a desire to be on the side of the Bible
is another.

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