The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1890, Page 33

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Che Lutheran Pioneer.

A MISSIONARY MONTHLY.

PusLIsHED BY THE EvanceLicaL LuraeraN SynopicaL ConrERENCE oF NortH AMERICA.

R. A. BISCHOFF, Editor.

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

Vol. XII.

St. Louis, Mo., September, 1890.

No. 9.

“God so loved the World, that He gave His| become before God will have pity ‘on me?’
only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth | Of course she was silent.

in Him should not perish, but have ever-
lasting life.” John 3, 16.

Yes, Jesus, Saviour, Thou hast died for me,

From sin and judgment Thou hast set me free;

For, blessed Saviour, who believes on Thee
Hath now eternal life.

God laid my sins on Jesus long ago,
And it is written, so that I may know,
"He that believeth,” yes, the Word says so,
“Hath everlasting life.”’

Come; then, poor sinner! Jesus wants you to,

How can you treat His loving message so!

Accept the Saviour, and you’ll surely know
You have eternal life.

Naught can you bring Him but a sinful heart;
But if you do, He’ll surely take your part,
And in return, I know He will impart,

Now, everlasting life.

God says, ‘‘Believe,’’ and “I will” surely ‘‘give;”
God says, “I love,’’ and therefore “will I save.”
Sinner, just look to Jesus and receive,

Now, everlasting life. Selected.

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What must I do?

An aged Christian, worn out by sickness,
was travelling to the sea coast with the hope
_ of regaining his health. Behind him in the car
sat an elderly Indy and her daughter. The
mother, observing the pale face of the man, ex-
pressed her concern for him in language he
could overhear, and then said she would like to
know if the man was a Christian.

She was for 2 moment confused, when he
turned and thanked her for her sympathy and
at once confessed that he felt the deepest
interest in his soul’s eternal welfare. ‘‘Since
you have been so kind,”’ he said, ‘‘to speak of
the subject, will you be kind enough also to
tell me what I must do to be saved?””’ ‘Oh,
yes,’ was her reply, ‘‘I will gladly tell you:
you must pray to God.”” “But,” he asked,
“chow long must I pray, before God will be
merciful to me, and how can I know when I
am forgiven?’’ She seemed to be a little per-
plexed, and then said, ‘‘ Well, you must be-
_ come a better man.’”’ ‘‘Again allow me to
. ask,’’ he gently answered, ‘‘how good must I

After a pause he said, ‘‘Have you no -book
that can show a poor man, drawing near to the
grave, how he can be saved?’’ She at once
drew from her bag a tract which she placed in
his hands. It was carefully read, and he
turned once more with the remark, ‘‘This does
not contain one word about the way of sal-
vation for a lost sinner; have you no Bible?”’
She had none, and he drew forth his own pre-
cious Bible, and handed it to her with the
earnest inquiry, ‘‘ Will you be so good as to
show me where we are told to pray and to be-
come better in order to be saved?’’ She took
the book of God and having turned over the
leaves for a while, she impatiently said, ‘“I
can not find the place now, but when you reach
— call on the Rev. Dr. — and he will tell you
where to find it.’’

“No,” he solemnly replied, “the Rev. Dr. —
can not tell me, nor can any other Rev. Dr. —
tell me, for there is no such place in the Bible.
But this I find, ‘God so loved the world, that
he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever
BELIEVETH in him should not perish, but have
everlasting life’ (John 3, 16); ‘To him give
all the prophets witness, that through his name
whosoever BELIEVETH in him shall receive re-
mission of sins (Acts 10, 43); ‘By him all
that BELIEVE ARE justified from ALL things’
(Acts 18, 89); ‘Beteve on the Lord Jesus
Christ, and thou shalt be saved’ (Acts 16, 31);
‘To him that worketh not, but BELIEVETH on
him that justifieth the uNcopty, his faith is
counted for righteousness’’’ (Rom. 4, 5).

Many other passages were read, and with a
joyful heart the lady listened to the aged
Christian, as he unfolded to her the blessed
truth of salvation through faith alone.

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“Fither,’—" Or.”

Dear reader, these two words are charged
with an emphasis of momentous truth for you.
You are either with Christ, or against Christ,
Matt. 12, 30.

Either on the Lord’s side, or on the devil's
side, 1 John 5, 19.

Either a child of God or a child of the wicked
one, 1 John 3, 10.

Either a soldier of the cross of Christ, or an
enemy of the cross of Christ, 2 Tim. 2, 3;
Philip. 3, 18.

Either a subject of divine grace, or the slave
of self and sin, Rom. 6, 19.

Either in the kingdom of God’s dear Son, or
under the dominion and ‘‘power of darkness,’’
Col. 1, 138.

Either in Christ, and “Christ in you, the
hope of glory,” or ‘‘without Christ, having no
hope,’’ Col. 1, 27; Eph. 2, 12.

Either “alive unto God through Jesus Christ
our Lord,” or ‘‘dead in trespasses and sin,’’
Rom. 7, 11; Eph. 2, 1.

Either in the narrow way, which ‘‘leadeth
unto life,”’ or in the broad way, which ‘‘leadeth
to destruction,’’ Matt. 7, 13. 14.

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The Precious Promises.

Does your spirit faint? They are a drooping
honeycomb, better than Jonathan’s. Dip your
pilgrim staff into their richness, and put your
hand to your mouth, like him, and your faint-
ness shall pass away. Are you thirsty? They
are the flowing stream of the Water of Life,
of which you may drink by the way, and lift
up your head. Are you overcome by the sultry
burden of the day? They are as the shadow
of a cloud to bring down the heat; as the cool
shadow of a great rock in a weary land. Have
your steps well nigh slipped? They are a staff
in your hand, on top of which, betimes, like
Jacob, you may lean, and worship God. Are
you sad? ‘There are no such songs to beguile
the road, and to bear you on with gladness of
heart, as when one goeth with a pipe to come
into the mountain of the Lord. Put but a
promise under your head by night, and were
your pillow a stone like that at Bethel, you
shall have Jacob's vision. The thirstiest wilder-
ness will become Elim, with palm trees and
wells of water.—0. G.

Ir Christians realized the danger of the un-
converted, they would be more earnest in prayer
and labor. ‘Knowing, therefore, the terror of
the Lord, we persuade men.”