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The Lutheran AVioneer,

A MISSIONARY MONTHLY.

PosiisHep BY THE EVANGELICAL LuTHERAN SyNopicaL ConFERENCE oF NorTH AMERICA.

R. A. BISCHOFF, Editor.

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

Vol. XIII.

St. Louis, Mo., September, 1891.

No. 9.

Be Thou Not Weary.

BE THOU not weary in thy Master’s cause,
Let not thy courage fail nor hope grow dim;
He worketh hitherto without a pause,
Rejoice in fellowship of toil with Him.

Be thou not weary, for the work is great,
And time is short, the laborers are few;

Soon, soon to all will close the vineyard gate,
Do well and truly what thou hast to do.

Be thou not weary, slacken not thy zeal,

Sow broadcast, for the harvest comes at length;

E’en now thy Master doth Himself reveal,
Look thou to Him for all the needed strength.

Be thou not weary, the reward is sure,

Great is the recompense, if great the strife;
And he that doth unto the end endure,

Shall from the Lord receive the crown of life.

Help me, Lord Jesus, still to labor on,
And never in Thy service weary be,

Nor faint, nor waver till my work is done,
When I shall rest for evermore with Thee.

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Only Two Classes.

Tn regard to wealth, social standing and other
particulars there are many different classes of
men; but it is a solemn thought that in the
most important respect thereare but two classes.
These are the saved and the lost. Moreover,
the question of salvation turns entirely upon
man’s relation to Jesus Christ, for the Bible
says, ‘‘Neither is there salvation in any other;
for there is none other name under heaven
given among men, whereby we must be saved,”
(Acts 4, 12).

Hence of the one class it is written, ‘‘He
that believeth on Him is nor condemned,”
(ohn 3, 18); ‘He that believeth on the Son
HATH everlasting life,’ (John 3, 36); ‘By
Him all that believe ane justified from all
things,” (Acts 13, 39); ‘Being justified by
faith we HAVE peace with God through our
; Jesus Christ,’ (Rom. 5, 1); “There is
3 €refore now no condemnation to them which
bale i Christ Jesus,” (Rom. 8, 1); ‘Beloved,
% ie We the sons of God,’’ (1 John 3, 2).

the other class it is written in language

“88 plain: ‘He that believeth not is con-

eoned already,” (John 3, 18); ‘He that

believeth not the Son shall not see life; but
the wrath of God abideth on him,’’ (John
3, 36); ‘Ye will not come to me that ye might
have life,’ (John 5, 40); clearly implying that
no man has life, spiritual life, eternal life, until
he comes to Christ to receive it.

It can be easily seen that between these two
states of the soul there can be no middle ground,
for we can not be partly saved and partly lost,
partly justified and partly condemned, partly
alive and partly dead. ‘‘He that hath the Son
HATH life: and he that hath not the Son of
God hath nor life,’’ (1 John 4, 12).

As there is no condemnation to them who
are in Christ Jesus, no matter what they have
been in the past, it is equally true that there
is nothing but condemnation to them who are
out of Christ Jesus, whatever their rank, their
wealth, or their boasted morality. The Cross
marks the dividing line between the two great
classes into which the whole human family is
separated. Reader, to which class do you
belong? To the saved or to the lost?

“‘Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou
shalt be saved,’’ (Acts 16, 31).

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Come Just As You Are.

Many years ago a little boy was stolen from
his mother in London. Years passed by, and
the poor mother constantly prayed for her lost
boy. But all seemed to be in vain. Still the
mother did not give up her hopes.

One day a little chimney-sweeper was sent
into the house next to the mother’s to clean
the chimney. When he had finished his work,
he, by mistake, went down the wrong chimney,
which belonged to the next house. He came
out at the fire-place of the sitting room. He
looked around and the room seemed familiar
to him. The scenes of the past days of his
childhood came back to his mind. A woman
entered the room, and now all was clear to the
boy. He cried out: “OQ my dear mother!”
Did that mother shrink back at the sight of
the ragged, sooty clothes of the boy? Do you
think she threw him out of the house and told
him to wash himeelf first, before he could dare
to come back? No! She took that boy into

her arms and wept tears of joy:

So we must come to Jesus just as we are.
He will take us into his loving arms; He will
wash us from all our sins. His love to sinners
is far greater than a love of a mother to her
only child. Come then to Jesus just as you are!

“Just as lam, without one plea,
But that Thy blood was shed for me,
And that Thou bidst me come to Thee,
O Lamb of God, I come.

“Just as Lam, and waiting not
To rid my soul of one dark blot,
To Thee, whose blood can cleanse each spot,
O Lamb of God, I come.

“Just as Iam, though tossed about
With many a conflict, many a doubt,
Fightings and fears within, without,

O Lamb of God, I come.

“Just as Lam, poor, wretched, blind;
Sight, riches, healing of the mind,
Yea, all I need in Thee to find,

O Lamb of God, I come.

“Just as lam: Thou wilt receive,
Wilt welcome, pardon, cleanse, relieve;
Because Thy promise I believe,
O Lamb of God, I come.

“Just as lam; Thy love unknown |
Has broken every barrier down;
Now to be Thine; yea, Thine alone,

O Lamb of God, I come.’’

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The Half-way Man.

Abraham is the half-way man. His name is
found in Genesis 12.; and from this many think
he must have lived soon after Adam. But this
isa plain mistake, as any one may see after a
little thought. From Adam to Abraham is al-
most two thousand years, and from Abraham
to Christ is two thousand. Abraham, then,
lived just half-way between the first Adam and

the second.
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“To him give all the prophets witness.”’
They lived in ages distant from each other, in
times as diverse as it is possible to be, in per-
sonal traits of character and circumstances of
life they were far apart, and they all gave the
same testimony. ‘Their witness was the same,
for they spake by the same Spirit, the Spirit of
God. What they said was no cunningly de-
vised fable, but the sure Word of God.