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Che Lutheran Pioneer,

A MISSIONARY MONTHLY.

PouBLIsHED BY THE EVANGELICAL LuTHERAN SyNnopicaL ConrerEeNce or NortH AMERICA.

R. A. BISCHOFF, Editor.

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

Vol. XI.

St. Louis, Mo., September, 1889.

No. 9.

’Tis Jesus makes me Whole.

Lord, at Thy feet I now lie down,
And pour out all my soul;

For there I find relief, and own
’Tis Jesus makes me whole.

This wayward, wilful, sinning heart,
Beyond my own control,

Is quicted as faith beholds,
’Tis Jesus makes me whole.

Thy blood I own—Thy precious blood,
And love so free and full,

Have met my need, and made me cry,
’Tis Jesus makes me whole.

Lord, I adore Thy blessed grace,
Which gave me faith to roll
The burden of my sins on Thee:
’Tis Jesus makes me whole.
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Is it Settled?

You are traveling—whether you ‘will or not,
you are traveling—to.an everlasting heaven or
to an endless hell—which? Now this is very
solemn and demands your most earnest at-
tention.

In the affairs of this life, men always like to
have important matters settled; and until they
are, they are uneasy and restless. If the affairs
of your precious soul are not settled, and settled
in'a divine way, so that you ‘‘have peace with
God through our Lord Jesus Christ,” then, re-
member, if you have rest it is the devil’s rest—
‘the rest of a soul lulled to sleep by satan, to be
awakened (if not in time) by the awful judg-
ment of the Almighty in eternity, when be-
yond all hope.

It is God, you have to do with! Can you
trifle with Him? Can you mock Him and es-
cape? Impossible!

Think of the lifetime of sins which will meet
you at the judgment bar! Think of the de-
spised opportunities of blessing, and the slighted

"mercies! How can you go on and not have the

, matter settled? Yet, unless you will come as

@ penitent to the feet of Jesus, and trust Him
as your Saviour, it is settled where you will
spend eternity: ‘‘ Where their worm dieth not,
and the fire is not quenched,’’ Mark 9, 44.

Perhaps you may say, ‘‘I have tried to settle
all, but in vain.’’

Are you not looking in the wrong direction?
The Gospel points you backward to the cross
of Christ. There you will see the settlement
of sin. :

I remember hearing of a Christian doctor
who asked an old lady, a patient of his, if the
affairs of her soul were settled. She looked up
in his face, and gave a most beautiful answer:
‘© Yes, doctor, thank God, they are! The blood
of Jesus Christ, the blood of Jesus only, settled
all for me.”

Ah, that was a beautiful answer. It was
settled indeed with that old lady. It was not
her prayers that settled it. No! It was not
her tears. No! It was not her own efforts.
No! It was not anything which she found in
herself. No! It was ‘‘the blood of Jesus.” It
was not the blood and something else, no matter
what. No, it was ‘‘the blood of Jesus only.”

God is satisfied with the blood of His Son.
This the Gospel tells you. It tells you that you
are redeemed, that your sins are forgiven, that
heaven is opened unto you. From the Gospel
the poor, trembling, anxious sinner sees the
blood of Jesus has satisfied every claim of di-
vine justice, and that.God has raised His Son
from the dead in proof of His satisfaction. By
faith the sinner holds on to these glad tidings
and hereby takes forgiveness of sins and life
everlasting. He no longer looks within for
peace—he waits for no feelings to tell him he
is saved. No. He sees God’s entire satisfac-
tion in the person and work of the Saviour,
and there, there only, he finds his own satis-
faction.

How blessed this is! The believer can then
say, ‘It is settled.” - God sees the blood shed
for my sins, and has raised His Son for my jus-
tification. Rom. 4,25. Iam saved. NowI
can Jay my head down to rest; all the fear
is removed from my heart; and I know that
whenever it may please God to take me, or
Christ may come for me, I shall be “‘ with Him-
self above, which is far better.’’ Yes, it is
settled.

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How calmly may we commit ourselves to the

hands of Him who bears up the world!

The Boaster Silenced.

Several gentlemen and ladies were at a fash-

ionable watering place discussing various sub-
jects, among others that of religion.
talked all kinds of nonsense, while drinking
lemonade and wine.
ous gentleman, remarked, ‘tI have done with
all pastors; I have not been inside a church for
the last ten years.” And he straightened him-
self and looked proudly in his wine-glass. An
elderly gentleman who, seated apart, had si-
lently listened to the conversation, now stepped
up to the group, saying, “‘O, sir, only for ten
years not in church?—that amounts to noth-
ing at all.
hood, who is forty-six years old, and he has
been in church only once in his life, and that
was when he was baptized.’’ All looked aston-
ished. ‘‘What is the reason?” asked the boaster-
‘«The reason is,”
ing his forehead significantly, ‘‘the poor: wae
low is not right here.’’

They

One of the set, a pomp-

There is a man in my neighbor-

answered the stranger, tapp-

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Glorify God by Making Brooms: *

A young man once waited on Dr. Brown, of

Haddington, and informed him that he wished’
to be a preacher of the Gospel.

: But finding
him weak in intellect and strong in conceit; he
advised him against it.
plied, ‘‘ But I wish to preach and glorify God.”
‘“My young friend,” said Brown, “‘a man may
glorify God by making broom-besoms. Stick
to your trade and glorify God Mas your walk
and conversation.”

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-Avoid Temptation.

Secker wisely says—‘‘To pray against tempta-

tion, and yet to rush into occasions, is to thrust
your fingers into the fire, and then pray that

they may not be burned. The fable saith, ‘that’

the butterfly enquired of the ow] what she should
do with the candle which had singed her wings.
The owl counselled her not-so much as to be-
hold smoke.’

The young man re-

If you hold the stirrup, no won-
der that Satan gets into the saddle.” ~~ 2