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Ghe Autheran Pioneer.

A MISSIONARY MONTHLY.

PuBLISHED BY THE EVANGELICAL LuTHERAN SynODIggr, ConFERENCE or NortH AMERICA.

R. A. BISCHOFF, Editgr.

Entered at the Post Office at St. Louis, Mo., &g gecond-clasa matter.

Vol. IX.

St. Louis, Mo., June, 1887.

No. 6.

The Burden-Bearer.

Christian, when thy way seems darkest,
And thine eyes with tears are dim,
Straight to God thy Father hastening,
Tell thy sorrows unto Him.
Not to human ear confiding
Thy sad tale of grief and care,
But on God thy Father resting,
Pour out all thy sorrows there.

All thy griefs by Him are ordered,
Needful is each one for thee;
All thy tears by Him are counted,

One too much there can not be:
And if, while they fall so quickly,

Thou canst own His love aright,
Then each bitter tear of anguish

Precious is in Jesus’ sight.

Far too well thy Saviour loves thee,
To allow thy life to be

One long calm, unbroken summer,
One unrufiled, stormless sea.

He would have thee fondly nestling
Closer to His loving breast;

He would have that world seem brighter
Where alone is perfect rest.

Though His wise and loving purpose
Clearly now thou canst not see,
Still believe, with faith unshaken,
All shall work for good to thee.
Therefore when thy way scems darkest,
And thine eyes with tears are dim,
Straight to God thy Father hastening,
Tell thy sorrows unto Him.
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“He Said It.”

As the story goes, Napoleon was once review-
ing his troops near Paris. ‘The horse on which
he sat was restive, and the Emperor having
thoughtlessly dropped the reins from his hands,
the spirited animal bounded away, and the
rider was in danger of being hurled to the
ground. A young private, standing in the
lines, leaped forward, and seizing the bridle
saved his beloved Commander from a fall. The
Emperor, glancing at him, said in his quick
way, ‘‘Thank you, captain.” The soldier
‘looked up with a‘smile, and asked, “ Of what
regiment, Sire?’’ ‘‘Of my guards,’’ answered

jj faccusation, every doubt, every fear.

Napoleon, and instantly galloped to another
part of the field. The young soldier laid down
his musket with the remark, ‘‘ Whoever will
may carry that gun; Iam done with it,” and
went at once to join a group of officers who
stood conversing at a little distance. One of
them angrily said, ‘‘ What is this insolent fel-
low doing here?’’ ‘*This insolent fellow,’’
answered the young soldier, looking the other
steadily in the eye, “is a captain of the
Guards.’’ ‘‘Why, man,’’ said the officer,
‘‘you are insane; why do you speak thus?”
‘« He said it,’’ replied the soldier, pointing to
the Emperor, who was far down the lines. ‘‘I
beg your pardon, Captain,’’ politely returned
the General, ‘“‘I was not aware of your pro-
motion.”’

Remember that when ‘“‘he said it,’’ there was
nothing to show the sudden passage of the
young soldier from the ranks to a position of
honor, except the word of the Emperor. Doubt-
less he felt glad as he laid down his musket,
but he was not promoted because he felt glad;
but he felt glad because he was promoted.
The truth is he was not thinking of his feel-
ings, nor of his worthiness, nor of his unworth-
iness, but only of the promise of Napoleon, and
trusting in that promise he was happy. To
those looking on the outward appearance he
seemed precisely like the thousands who were
standing in the lines to be inspected as ‘‘ food
for powder,” and after awhile to sleep in name-
less graves; but he could meet all the jeers of
his comrades and all the scoffs of his superiors
with the ready reply, “‘He said it.”

W/Such is faith’s triumphant answer to every
The
troubled sinner has heard the precious word,
‘«The Son of man is come to seek and to save
that which was lost,’’ (Luke 19, 10); ‘‘Him
that cometh to meI will in no wise cast out,’’
(John 6, 37); ‘‘He that believeth on me
Harn everlasting life’’ (John 6, 47); ‘“Be-
loved, Now are we the sons of God; and. it
doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we
know that, when He shall appear, we shall be
like Him; for we shall see Him as He is”
(i John 3, 2). Thisisenough He is led by
the Holy Ghost to accept ng true, and true
for himself, the promises of tho Gospel; and

he knows by the word of the Saviour who
can not lie, that he has passed out of death
into life. His life for the present is hid with
Christ in God, but he also knows that when
Christ, who is his life, shall appear, he too
shall appear with Him in the glory. Hence
he is ready always to give an answer to every
man that asketh a reason of the hope that is in
him by pointing to the Word of God, and ex-
claiming, ‘‘ He said it, He Sar Ir.’’

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Make Him Not a Liar.

Christian reader, can you say, I know that
all my sins are forgiven, and that I now stand
complete before God? If you cannot, you have
not yet seen, as you should do, the bruised
hands and wounded side of Jeaus. Those marks
on Him were made by your sins; and this be-
ing so, how can you be condemned for what
He has already suffered? How can you be
punished for the very thing He was punished
for instead of you? Will God be unjust and
exact double punishment? God forbid! Then
why can you not say, “I know that all my
sins are forgiven?’’ Simply for this reason, 4
that you do not believe that He has borne Rey /
away. Thus do you disbelieve His word and
make Him a liar! God Himself says so. Lis-
ten to His word: ‘‘He that believeth on the
Son of God hath everlasting life.” This is
God’s record. Have you, then, all sins for-
given? Have you everlasting life? If you
say, I ‘cannot believe that I have,’’ then listen
again, ‘‘He that believeth not God hath made
Him a liar, because he believeth not the
record that God gave of His Son.’’ y

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Givinc.—It is as much a Christian’s duty
to give money to the cause of Christ as it is
to pray. The same Word of God that directs
us to pray, commands us also to give. He
that refuses to give, breaks God’s command as
plainly as he that neglects to pray. Ministers
should have no more hesitation to call upon|
the people to give, than to exhort them to
pray.— Old Trinity.