The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1893, Page 21

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~The Zutheran Pioneer.

A MISSIONARY MONTHLY.

PustisHep BY THE EvANGELIcAL LutHeraN SyNopicAL ConFereNnce or NortH AMERICA.
R. A. BISCHOFF, Editor.

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

Vol. XV. St. Louis, Mo., June, 18938. No. 6.

“Go out Into the Highways and Hedges, and | bore our sins and procured for all men for-
Compel them to Come In.” giveness of sin and life everlasting. Forgive-

ness of sin with all its blessings is the food on
The Master’s supper was prepared that great Supper table prepared by God. It
A weary time ago, was not bought with silver and gold, but with

And kindly invitation sent, the blood of God’s own Son. Since He has
How many answered ‘‘No!”?

Gospel feast will be filled with the true mis-
sionary spirit. They will see to it that the Gos-
pel call is brought to those that are still lying
in sin along the highways and hedges of this
world.

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Ench had his own excuse to give, finished the work of our redemption and has The Reins are in God’s Hand.
Aud chose for this poor world to live. procured all that is necessary for our eternal
salvati i i lo but t is li idi
Sweet sounds of love and grace still fall A Ae seat tata forman os “Gat 4 io HONE ae Be ERO CONE SET plong
On many a heedless ear. enjoy the great upper thus prepared. here-| a familiar road with a gentle horse. To gratify
The story of His sufferings brings fore the Gospel call is, ‘‘Come; for allthings| the child the father placed the reins in his
No penitential tear. are now ready.”’ It is not a call to hard work. | hands, but at the same time, unseen, retained

They will not come, they do not care, No! All the work that had to be done is done,

And must we turn and leave them there? done by Christ more than eighteen hundred

The Master answers, No, ‘go forth,”? years ago. ‘‘All things are now ready.’’ The

In highway and in hedge, Gospel simply calls us to come and enjoy by

oes nes to ote a He says, faith all things that Christ has procured for us.

ol Fi on ° . :

Pact ara piney cr ne eee Since Christ died for all men and procured

My dying love, My faithful Word, fomsis £ si d lif lasting f Il
Perhaps of Me some ne’er have heard. orgiveness of sin and life everlasting for a

his own hold on them. As they rode on, they
saw approaching them, at terrific speed, a run-
away team. The danger was great and im-
minent. But the father guided his horse so
that’a collision was avoided and the danger
escaped. When all was over, the little son
looked up to his father and, with choked ut-

i t sinners, the great Supper is prepared for all} terance, said: ‘‘I thought I was driving, but
Oh, if we half believe, dear friends, 5 A 1. 2 5 ‘ 39>
The awful, awful doom and the Gospel call.is extended to all. Man}/TI wasn’t, was I, papa?’’ So often does the
Awaiting every unsayed soul, may exclude himself, but God does not ex-| child of God, when some peril has been es-
We could not rest at home clude him. When many excluded themselves] caped or some deliverance has been vouch-

Unless we sought these souls to win, and would not come, He that prepared the

safed, in ways unforeseen and unthought of,
And drag them from the depths of sin! Supper said to His servant: ‘‘Go out quickly

have occasion to say, ‘‘Father, I thought I

They will not come to us, we know; into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring was driving, but I wasn’t.’’ It is blessed to
The Lord will soon be here, in hither-the poor, and the maimed, and the| feel that the reins are in the hands of One -
And opportunities be gone; - halt, and’ the blind.’? And again the Lord] mightier and wiser than we are.
And oh, what drend or fear said to His servant: ‘‘Go out into the high- at each grr h eat & Sse eer OR
Will then lay hold of every one - . .
_ Who hath rejected God’s dear Son! ways. and hedges and compel them to come

in, that my house may be filled.”” The great
ae a a Caer eee words Supper is for all and the invitation should be
For Baa aaa AaEHe Anihes brought to all. No nation, no age, no class of
And dying without light; - |men is excluded. The greatest sinners, the
Go forth into the haunts of sin, worst of men, poor and degraded though they
* By love constrained, and call them fn. be, —they are all called to the great Supper.
; : Selected. |'T'o all comes the Gospel call: ‘*Come; for all
| things are now ready.’ It is a broad jnvita-
tion including all men; and it is full of com-
3 fort to all that heed the call. They that come
The Gospel call is not a call to hard work, | to the Supper receive Christ and have in Him
‘but a call to a great Supper. Christ says, ‘A | forgiveness of sin, life, and salvation. They
‘certain man made a great supper, and bade jenjoy peace and consolation in all the troubles
many; and sent his servant at supper time to | and sorrows of this world and have a title clear
say to them that were bidden, Come; for all] to Mansions in the skies, where the wicked
things are now ready.’’ He who prepared the| cease from: troubling and the weary are at
Supper is God. He prepared it by sending |rest. ‘‘Blessed is he that shall eat bread in

= His Son into this world to die for sinners. | the kingdom of God.’’
: Had He not sent His Son, this great Supper} ‘Those that have come to the great Supper]
“could never have been prepared. His Son|and have experienced the sweet taste of the

It’s Only Father.

It is related of three children, that during a
thunderstorm they were asked each to choose
a favorite text. One selected, ‘The Lord_of
glory thundereth,’’ and being asked her rea-
son, said, ‘*I once heard a great noise when
I thought I was alone in the house; and I was
so frightened I screamed, and father’s voice
called out, ‘Don’t be afraid, little Maggie, it’s
only father.’ And now when it thunders very
loud it always seems as if I hear God say,
‘Don’t be afraid, little Maggie, it’s only Fa-
ther,’ and I don’t feel a bit frightened.””

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The Gospel Call.

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A PRAYING man is @ treasure and a blessing
in any country. One Joseph-preserved the
whole of Egypt in the time of scarcity. One
Moses stood in the gap, when God would have ~
destroyed the people of Israel. —Luther.