The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1880, Page 16

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* storms remind us of the true saying: ‘‘In the

16 The Lutheran Pioneer.

The Earl and the Farmer.

Rome except at the house of the Protestant
minister of the German embassy. This Bible
was loaned to the bishop, but it was never re-
turned. Perhaps it was destroyed as a dange-
rous book. They do hate the Bible.
INGERSOLL, who is often called the pope of
the infidels, and who also hates the Bible, was
lately ‘‘snubbed”’ in Canada. - The Mayor of a
city thére told him that he could not get any
hall in the city in which to blaspheme God.
So he had to leave without having had his say
about ‘‘mistakes’’. He surely considered the
decision of the Mayor a great ‘‘mistake”’. The
people, however, did not lose anything by not
listening to his harangues. They can read all
he has to say-in books which have long ago
been refuted by Christian theologians; for
there have always been men into whose ‘‘head
the idea that there is a God never entered.”
Tus reminds us of a story which we will tell
our readers before we close our window. An
Ingersoll-man, a so-called freethinker, once said
to a Christian: ‘‘I tell you, the idea that there
is a God has never come into my head!’’
“Ah!”’ said the Christian, ‘precisely like my
dog, sir; but there is this difference—my
dog doesn’t go around howling about it’’\—We
close our window.
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Love the Bible.

The Outlook from the Editor’s Window.

A Farmer called on Earl Fitzwilliam, com-
plaining that in his hunting excursions with his
hounds the Earl had trodden down a field of
wheat so as to do it great damage. The Earl
told him that if he would state what had been
his loss, he would pay it. The farmer said he
thought the damage would be fifty pounds.
The Earl paid it. But, as spring came on, the
wheat which had been trodden down, grew up,
and proved to be the best in the field. The
farmer honestly brought back the fifty pounds.
“Ah”, said the Earl, “this is what I like.
This is as it ought to be between man and
man.’ After making some inquiries about his
family, the Earl went into the other room, and
returning, gave the farmer a check for one
hundred pounds, saying, ‘‘Take care of this,
and when your oldest son is of age, give it to
him, and teach him the lesson of honesty.’’

Our Misston among the freedmen of the
South is still prospering by the grace of God.
The Rev. L. Wahl, formerly missionary in
India, has taken charge of the mission at
Mobile, Alabama. At Little Rock the number

’ of children in our mission-school has so in-
creased that another school-building is made
necessary. There are still several hundred
dollars wanted for this building, and the Com-
mittee on Missions is calling for contributions.
The local Committee at New Orleans also calls
for money for the aid of the destitute and sick
in the colored Lutheran congregation of that
place. Our Pioneer will gladly open his
money box to receive contributions for these
purposes. Now, don’t al] rush in at once. The
money box might become too heavy for the little
PIONEER to carry. You are not afraid of this,
are you?

By THE DREADFUL sToRM which, in the
month of April, passed through South Missouri
two of our English Lutheran congregations
suffered greatly. The houses of four of the
members and the church-building were swept |:
away. Mr. Kelso, one of the elders of the
church, was killed, and others were dangerously
wounded. The pastor writes: ‘‘I have borne
the trials as pastor of from two to five con-
gregations in the Lutheran Church for 29 years,
passing through the trying scenes of the past
war in East Tennessee, but I must confess that
I never before have felt the need of a helping
hand as now.’’ When on the first Sunday in
May the members of the congregation assembled
with sad hearts at the place where their church-
building had stood, but where now not even a

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The Right Name.

A man lately came to Mr."Moody to talk
with him about religion. Moody asked him:
“Are you a Christian?’’ ‘Yes, sir’, the man
said. Moody then asked him: ‘Do you believe
the Bible?’”’ “Ohno, sir’’, said the man, ‘‘I
don’t believe such stuff.’’ Moody then asked
him: ‘Do you believe Webster’s Dictionary ?’’
‘*Yes, indeed, sir’, said the man, ‘‘I believe
what the dictionary says.’’ ‘‘Well, then’’, said
Moody, ‘‘Webster’s Dictionary says, 2 man that
denies the truth of the Bible is an infidel; you
would do well, sir, to call yourself by your
right name.” ,

Love the Bible and read therein; it is a
precious book, more golden than gold. Do you
walk on the broad way? It will turn your feet
to the narrow way, and hedge in your walk
with the doctrine and life of Jesus Christ. Is
there error or doubt in your heart? It will en-
lighten you and dispel all darkness. Does your
heart incline to the world? It will draw it back.
Its fire will consume all worldly lust. It will
make you taste the love of God, and then all
love of the world will vanish. Like a magnet
it will draw your heart upwards, though your
sinful nature hold you to the ground ever so
much. Is your heart slow and unwilling to do
good? The Bible will draw your heart to it-
self by its descriptions of the love that God has
shown; it will implore you by God’s mercy... .
Is your heart sorrowful? The Bible will glad-
den it. It is God who speaketh therein. His
gentle, loving voice, like that of a mother,
ought to be comforting and soothing to the
weeping child. Is your heart weak? The Bible
will strengthen it.—Dr. H. Mueller.

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An Old-Time Christian.

Wise Owls.

services, they were gladdened by a letter from
‘the Lutherans at St. Louis, promising them
help in their great distress. —Those dreadful

How common it is for men, looking as wise
as owls, to say: “It makes no difference what
we believe, if we are only sincere in our be-
liefs.’ Who is so foolish as to think wooden
nutmegs just as good as the genuine, or ashes
just as good for food as flour. Think of the
man who takes a pumpkin for a watermelon,
who believes a lump of clay a nice roast for
dinner. We laugh at the thing and pity the
poor demented fellow. _ Sincere or not sincere
—he that feedeth on dirt will not thrive. If
you cling to a rotten limb you will fall, though
your faith in it be ever so strong.

midst of life we are in death.’’ But true be-
Wievers can also reverse it and say joyfully:
“In the midst of death we are in life’; and
this for the simple but blessed reason that we
are in Christ.

THE Roman-catholics show their hatred to-
wards the Bible wherever policy does not hinder
the expression of their true feelings. In Cochin,
South India, they lately got possession of a
church which had formerly been the property
of the Syrian Christians. They then searched
the houses in the village for Bibles and other
books which the people had bought from a
Protestant Bible-agent, and made a great bon-
fire of them in front of the church. They hate
the Bible. :

In Rome the Bible is now freely sold by
Protestant Bible-agents. The pope surely does
not like this. In 1870, during the sessions of
the Romish council by which the pope was de-
clared to be infallible, a Romish bishop, an
opponent of that doctrine, wished to get a
Bible, but there was no Bible to be had in

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included, to-wit:

Jerry Black, the well-known Judge, is an
old-time Christian. He does not like the modern
ery for union between the churches where there
is no unity in doctrine. Some one remarked in
his presence that the lines which formerly di-
vided people in regard to religious matters were
fading out. ‘‘Yes!’’ said the Judge; “and I
notice that the nice distinctions between right and
wrong are going with them.’?

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