The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1887, Page 1

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Che Lutheran Pioneer.

A MISSIONARY MONTHLY.

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PusisHeD BY THE EVANGELICAL LuraeraN SyNopicAL CONFERENCE OF Norte America.
R. A. BISCHOFF, Editor.

Entered at the Post Oflice at St. Louis, Mo., as second-class matter.

VolIX. St. Louis, Mo., January, 1887.

Jesus, Loving Saviour. and give more liberally for the welfare of other
souls that need the bread of life. To labor
for God’s glory and the salvation of perishing
men—what nobler work could there be? Let
us then, by the grace of God, be more faithful
in the work which He has given us to do, and

God’s presence and blessing will make the new
year happy.

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Are You Tired?

can tell exactly how long he lived in this world
of ours.

But God’s mercies ‘‘have no date.” You
cannot fix a time when they began, for they
are “from everlasting.’’ You cannot fix a time
when they will end, for they are ‘‘to ever-
lasting.”

They are like God Himself, ‘‘from everlast-
ing to everlasting.’ He was a God of love'in
all eternity past, and He will be a God of love
throughout all eternity to come.

Have you any share in His mercy? Then
you may rejoice and give thanks, because His
mercy endureth forever.

Jesus, loving Saviour,
Only Thou dost know

All that may befall us,
As we onward go.

So we humbly pray Thee,
Take us by the hand,
Lead us ever upward,
To the Better Land.

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Reader, there are many persons who, as the
years pass by, grow weary and tired of every-
thing in this life, and yet have nothing to cheer
them in looking forward to the world to come.
Are you one?

There are many who are thoroughly un-
happy in their own hearts, although they will
not confess it—unhappy because they know
they are unfit to die. Are you one?

There is rest for the weary even in this world.
There is repose for the tired and heavy laden.
There is real, solid, lasting happiness to be had
on this side of the grave.

Where is this rest? Where is this repose?
Where is this happiness? It is found in Him
whose name was called Jesus because He should
save His people from their sins. It is enjoyed
by all who hear His voice in the Gospel and
follow Him in true faith. ‘‘Come unto Me,”
He says, ‘‘all ye that labor and are heavy la-
den, and I will give you rest.” ‘We which
have believed,’’ says St. Paul, ‘‘do enter into
rest.’”

Reader, do you want to be happy in all the
years of your life and in all eternity? Come to
Jesus and be His disciple. Cease to seek happi-
ness in the vain things of this world. Give up
the pride, the self-will, the sinful stubbornness
of your own ways. Come to Jesus as 2 humble
sinner, cast your: soul on Him, and then true
rest and true happiness shall be yours.

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“Thy Mercies Have no Date.”

The New Year.

Another year has passed away, and as we
begin a new volume of our paper and enter up-
on another period of time we wish our readers,
one and all, a Happy New Year.

There is, however, no happiness without Je-
sus. We have in ourselves nothing but sin, and
God has said, ‘“The wages of sin is death.”’ If
God would deal with us after our deserts and
reward us according to our iniquity, we could
look into the future only with terror, and there
would be no happiness for us in the coming year.
But God has had compassion upon us. The
Saviour has come, and his very name expresses
the work He undertook. “His name shall be
called Jesus, because He shall save His people
from their sins.” He took our sin and curse
upon Himself, so that through faith in His
name we have pardon and life. All that flee
for refuge to Him, are safe and happy, what-
ever may befall them in the coming year.
They have a reconciled Father, who loves them
and will never, never forsake them. ‘‘There-
fore being justified by faith we have peace with
God through our Lord Jesus Christ; by whom
also we have access to this grace wherein we
stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God,”
Rom. 5, 1. 2. ‘

The experience of this true happiness through
faith in Jesus will render us willing to do more
towards spreading the Gospel of this Saviour
over the earth for the salvation of others. The
work of our mission among the colored people
requires new liberality and new effort in the
new year. ‘The selfishness which is satisfied
with having the Gospel for self, without much
concern for others, we should willingly let die
with the old year. Let us pray more fervently

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Our Pilot.
BY DR. LUTHER.

Our life is like unto the sailing of a ship; for
like as the mariners in the ship have before
them a port or haven, towards which they di-
rect their course, and where. they shall be se-
cure from all danger; even so the promise of
everlasting life is made unto us; that we in the
same, as ina safe port, or haven, should rest
calmly and secure. But seeing the ship where-
in we are is weak, and the winds and waves do
beat into and upon us, as though they would
overwhelm us, therefore we have truly need of
an understanding and experienced pilot, who
with his counsel and advice might rule and
govern the ship that itrun not ona rock, or
utterly sink and go down. Such a pilot is our
blessed Saviour Christ Jesus.

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Step by Step.

Step by step God leads His people on. He
knows the way that leads to blessedness, and
He desires us to trust Him. It does not please
Him to show us at once all that lies between us
and the appointed goal. It would not be well
for us to have such an extended view. We
live by faith, not by sight, and to see one step
at a time in our onward journey is enough.
God is our guide and support, and it suffices
that He sees it‘all. Let Him choose the path:
do thou follow in quietness and in confidence.

Selected.

When you write a letter you put a date to
it, which shows the day and month and year
when it was written. If you know the date of
a man’s birth and the date of his death, you
can take the one from the other, and then you