The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1888, Page 19

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The Lutheran Pioneer.

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A Brave African Girl.

A missionary writes from Africa:

here. From the very beginning several little
girls came to my school. They learned very
well. It gave me much joy to see how they
advanced in knowledge. Among these girls
was one With a name which was so hard to pro-
nounce that I could not succeed in doing so,
but would always create a Jaugh. At last 1|
told her, ‘I will call you Elizabeth.’ Soon she
was called by this name everywhere. She was|
always quiet and obedient and made rapid prog- |
ress.
of one of the principal chiefs. I was also soon |

God Rules.

‘Ye thought evil against me; but God meant

together for good to them that love God.”’
When the sons of Jacob sold their brother
Joseph, who was carried off into Egypt, they
did a very wicked thing. But God emai
good out of it. He blessed Joseph with wie-|
dom, and he became a ruler under the king of |
Egypt. God warned him of a coming famine |

and enabled him to prepare for it. During}

to learn that this girl gave evidence of that
which was going on within her.
One day her mother asked her
with regard to the school and the
things taught there. ‘Ah,’ said
the girl, ‘learning is not enough,
mother; I must also be baptized.’
These words enraged the mother
so much that she beat the poor
girl ina wretched manner. While
she was doing this, her husband
entered, and, being informed of
the case, began beating the child
all the more. At last he threat-
ened to disinherit her. But in
spite of blows and threats, this
child remained steadfast in her
purpose to be baptized and thus
to be made a member of Christ’s
kingdom. I missed her at school
the next day. Upon inquiry, I
learned that she was sick in con-
sequence of the ill treatment which
she had received at the hands of
her parents. As soon as she had
sufficiently recovered, she came to
church and school again, though her parents
still opposed this. May God bless this dear
child and finish the work which He has beguu.’”’
How many of us who confess the Lord Jesus
must not blush when we meet’ that little mar-
tyr for Christ? She will be one of those who
shall come from the East and from the West
and shall sit down with Abraham and Isaac
and Jacob in the kingdom, while many who
grow up within the limits of the kingdom of
grace shall be cast out. She was not turned
back by blows and threats. But how many
turn away from Christ simply because they can-
not stand the smiles and taunts of their unbe-
lieving companions, or because to be one of
Christ’s disciples we must deny ourselves the
pleasures of the world. In her case we have
another proof that the Word of God will not
return void, but will accomplish that where-
unto it is sent.—Jvttle Missionary.

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Tr is easy to trust God when the path is all
sunshine. ‘The real victory of faith is to trust
God in the dark and through the dark.

THE DAY OF PENTECOST.

Joseph then said: ‘‘ Ye thought evil against me;
but God meant it unto good.”’

Some years ago some slave-catchers, in Africa,
went out on their horrible business. At mid-
night they surrounded a village. They set fire
to the huts. ‘The frightened people ran into
the fields and woods to escape the flames, and
these bad men seized them and made them
prisoners. A little boy, named Adjai, was
caught that night. He was separated from his
mother and sisters and carried off with others
to the island of Cuba, and sold as a slave. An
English cruiser captured his master and took
the slaves from him, and put them in a mis-
sion school. Adjai soon learned to read. He
became a tutor, then a teacher; then he be-
came a Christian and joined the church. After-
wards he was sent to England and educated
as a minister. He then went back to his old
home in Africa as missionary. His mother
and many others heard the gospel from his
lips and became Christians. Thus God over-
ruled what those bad slave-catchers did and
brought good out of it.

One night a lion crept into a hut in Africa

brother Joseph, they wept, out of mingled joy |
and fear, and begged him to forgive them. |of the missionary to walk just where the little

and carried off a little girl. She screamed and
the parents heard her. They ran after the
lion, shouting and making a great noise. After

“J must tell you an occurrence in my labors] it unto good.” ‘ We know that all things work |a while the lion dropped the little girl and ran

off. The parents carried her home, but found
she was badly wounded. They thought she
would die, and so they made up their minds’
not to bother with her. So they told her that
she could have her choice, either be buried
alive, or be taken into the woods and left there.
She chose the woods. They took her out and
left her there, bleeding and wounded, with

this famine his brothers from Canaan came | nothing to eat but a little rice. But the girl

down to buy corn. When they discovered that | knew of a good missionary who lived near the
J ascertained that she was the daughter | the good man with whom they dealt was their

woods. She crawled towards his home, for she
could not walk. And God put it into the heart

girl was. He carried her home,
and he and his wife cared for her
until she was well. She became
a Christian, and labored for years
in spreading the Bible among the
heathen. God rules.

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Repining Reproved.

A man carried a valise filled
with money. It rained hard. He
complained of the weather. Reach-
ing a thick forest, a robber at-
tempted to shoot him. The pow-
der was wet. The man escaped.
He then said, ‘How wrong was
I not to endure the rain patiently,
as sent by'Providence! If it had
been dry, I should probably have
been killed. The rain saved my
life and property.’’? So we too
often murmur at our mercies. If
we had our way, perhaps we might
lose our property, our lives, our
souls. We often complain where we should
congratulate ourselves. We are peevish when
we should be full of praise to God.

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Faithfully.

‘«Will you promise me faithfully?’ asked a
four year old boy of his mamma.

‘Yes, faithfully,’”’ she said. ‘‘ But what does
faithfully mean?’’

“Tt means to do exactly what you say,’ was
the little fellow’s answer.

God says that all His promises are true and
faithful; that is, He means, as this little boy
said, ‘‘that he will do exactly what He says.””

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Pass a man a gold coin, and he throws it
upon the uncovered counter to test its purity
by itsring. Thus the business-like world throws
our professions with a doubtful air upon the
hard counter of every-day life, to test the purity:
and standard of our profession by this ring in
real life. : Tg. ease ee