The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1891, Page 19

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‘The Lutheran Pioneer. . 19
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A Brave Little Girl.

“Can you tell me who made the world?” myself, tossing to and fro, before I could reach

She smiled, and after a pause said, “‘It was|the house; but I found my friend, and deter-
God.” mined I would not part with it again, and ever
: To which he replied, ‘‘How do you know? | since it has been near my breast, and I thought
in one of the poorest streets in a German city. | Were you there to see?” . I should have it buried with me; but I have
There were four men and a little girl. It was “No, I was not there, but the Word of God | thought since, I had better give it to you when
plain they were hiding, for chilly as it was, | says that He made it.”’ Iam gone, and it may do some one else good.’’

they dared not light a fire. “Ah! well, you believe all the Bible says,
At last the bitter cold was more than they |do you?”

could bear, so they ventured to makeasmall|] She said, “Yea.”
fire. They had scarcely begun to warm them.| «Ah! well, we'll see. ‘This is my beloved
selves, when soldiers burst in and seized Son in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him.’

them all. Who said that?”
They were taken to prison and soon brought| «The father.”

before the judges. Then it was found that their ‘Well, will you do as the father bids you?
only crime was that they worshiped God, and | He commands you to hear the Son.”

would not pray to the virgin Mary or the saints.| She said, ‘Yes.’ ;
They were condemned to be burned to death,| «Well, then, what does the Son say? He
but a pardon was offered them, if they would says, ‘Him that cometh unto me I will in no
ee Christ. Three of the men said at once | wise cast out.’ Again He says, ‘Come unto me
they could die, but they could not be unfaithful | and I will give you rest.’ He says that to every 5
to their Lord. The fourth, named Robert, sinner, He says that to you. if you do not be- are the sir WY neniene mone men ne poke
hesitated; he was the father of the little girl, | lieve what He says, you do not believe Him. Pee Ae 1 at . cou sep or in
Arlette, and her mother had not been dead |{ tell you, you do not believe all the Bible.” are ene cee i ae anaes wa c
many weeks. But soon he decided like the rest.| The poor, doubting soul saw at once her sin im sa mated Ber iain .. “* = at

The judges coaxed and threatened Arlette. | in not believing what the Bible says concern- a the bell es finishe d fs Ai es sre
They told her, they could not save her from ing the grace and love of Christ. She accepted ee ae Sihinenia aa aie jars
being burned alive, unless she promised to leave | the promises of the Gospel, and found peace in ae aa ot me ree 5 qVatliheintiseke
her father’s religion. She told the pope’s people believing. n pede ae od aa’. wer inetihin head on
steadily: ‘I can not foreake the faith.” SS AA re PP ee it ect sae
each to a stake, and the fagots heaped around Cas aloe z a ee a bri eal Bat a
them. They placed Arlette against a stake, following : tied to enjoy his ill-gotten gains at he have
but did not tie her. Then they set fire to the] J found the Indian boy dying of consumption, been any less wicked? No, and vt last he would
fagots, and some kind-hearted man pulled the | and in a state of the most awful poverty and have had to answer for his sins just the same to
little girl away, and said he would save her | destitution, in a small birch-rind covered hut, God, who hates deceit of every kind. Some-
from the dreadful death, and bring her up not} with nothing but a few fern leaves under him, aa people think it does not matter if they do
to serve her father’s God. “‘I can not forsake | and an old blanket over him. cheat a little, so long as they are not found out;
the faith,” said Arlette again. And befurethey| After recovering from my eurprise, I said, but they ought to remember that Godiknowe all
could stop her, she ran to her father and caught ‘“‘My poor boy, Iam sorry to see you in this about it, even if no one else does, and though
hold of his hand and stood by him in the flames. state; had you Jet me know, you should not He a0 wait a long time, He will surely call
In a few moments Arlette and her father were | have been lying here.”’ He replied, ‘‘It is very them to account.— Olive Leaf.
in heaven together. little I want now, and these poor people get it
You and I may be thankful that we have not| for me; but I should like something softer to pee

to bear a cross like little Arlette, but. We can | Jie upon, as my bones are very sore.”” “Who Cares for Me?”
love the Saviour as well as she did, and be as| J] spoke with him about his soul, and he told
firm as she was in refusing to do anything that | me that he was very happy; that Jesus Christ,
will grieve Him.

Many, many years ago, on a cold rainy even-
ing, five persons stood together in a little room

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The Bell-Maker of St. Gall.

In the olden time, when church-bells were not
so common as they are now, a monk of St. Gall,
in France, succeeded in making one of so sweet
and solemn a tone that it charmed every listener,
and soon no service of the church was thought
complete without the ringing of the bell.

The Emperor Charlemagne heard it, and sent
the monk a quantity of silver to make a second
bell, thinking that, if finer metal were used in
the making, it would have a still sweeter sound

A missionary among the Indians relates the

A poor, lone woman sat one evening, think-
the Lord of glory, had died to save him, and|ing how sad was her condition. She was old
that he firmly believed in Him who hath taken | and almost helpless, with little of this world’s
away the sins of the world. goods which she could call her own. “Who
Observing a small Bible under the corner of cares aera Povey ne suse this -
It ig that Mr. Patrick of Scotland | his blanket, I said, ‘‘Jack, you have a friend | verse of the ible came to her mind: ‘For we
once one Slite! woman, who had long and vainly | there; I am glad to see that; I hope you find nese! ae eee Ene whee Sanaa ee
struggled in the bondage of sin and doubt, and | something good there.” : : - cone e as ne tet ae ar aoe ae
who as yet found no relief for all the anxieties] Weak as he was, he raised himself on) his} It was Ae S eT E ne. What 4
of her burdened heart. Looking afar off for | elbow, held the Bible in his thin hand, while a eee on ue a ues a a Bae
something not promised by the Lord, she had| smile played on his face, and slowly spoke in zf oat Laaein me Sree katara
forgotten that God hath said, ‘The word is| precisely ae poe ban sir, is my cane ol a alae aeantionckel i ae
ni 5 Me ” jend. CY) “2 r 5 =: . .
shee fi As % a Pee eat eis ‘tae ieee it much, and often thought of what felne of per pee Rxehaet set
Sr own f al eae 5: Jooked the simple|it told. Last year I went lee ar pase h Poetical and distress! ‘I will not
Method of “ae b ‘ieee "hat God says. | Lake Winnepeg (about two hundred raat peal! ego cree ocarahé Gavioutil pees
Acin hi self b sid hs nd looking her | where I remained about two months. en ke ees My ae T givelantevvont se
*teadily in ree Rin ae id: was half-way back parang a ; Tete the world iveth give I unto you. Let not
“De e face, Mr. Patric said: bered that I had loft my Bible behind me. as g See H ORG
tay 2 YOu believe the Bible?” ¥2 nd, and was nine days by | your heart be troubled, neither let it be a! fraid.
1 do,” she replied. EAR a

Peace in Believing.