The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1898, Page 27

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Che Autheran Pioneer.

A MISSIONARY MONTHLY.

PusBLISHED 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. XX.

Rest.

“Rest remaineth—oh! how swect!
Flowery flelds for wandering feet,
Peaceful calm for sleepless eyes,
Life for death and songs for sighs.
Rest remaineth—hush that sigh;
Mourning pilgrim, rest is nigh;
Yet a season, bright and blest,
Thou shall enter on thy rest.

Rest remaineth—rest from sin—
Guilt can never enter in;

Every warring thought shall cease,
Rest in purity and peace.

Rest remaineth—rest from tears,
Rest from parting, rest from fears;
Every trembling thought shall be’
Lost, my Saviour, lost in Thee.

Rest remaineth—oh! how blest!

We believe, and we have rest.

Faith, reposing faith hath been
*Mongst the things that are not seen.

Thus, my Saviour, let me be
Even here at rest in Thee;

And, at last, by Thee possessed,
On Thy bosom sink to rest.’’

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Rest.

In summer time thousands seek rest for
body and mind on the mountains, in the val-
leys, and at the sea shore. But there is a
rest which you may enjoy without going to
any summer-resort. It is the sweet and pre-
cious soul-rest which is found in Jesus. Sin
is the cause of the soul’s restlessness, and we
can not enjoy true rest until we have found
forgiveness of sin by faith in the Saviour.
He calls all laboring and heavy laden sinners
to come unto Him and promises to give them
rest. These are His words: ‘‘Come unto me
all ye that labor and are heavy Jaden, and
I will give you rest.’’

- Precious words! Could any invitation be
plainer, kinder, more far-reaching? How
many weary, sin-burdened souls it has helped!
It is an invitation to all heavy laden sinners.
Are you laboring under the knowledge of your
sin and have you become heavy laden with the
sense of your guilt? Instead of that being a
Teason for staying where you’ are, and perish-

St. Louis, Mo., August, 1898.

ing forever, it ought to cause you to come to
Jesus at once and have rest given you, by
forgiveness being granted. You are of the
very class invited, no matter who you are, nor
what you are. To you Jesus says, ‘‘Come
unto me, and I will give you rest.’’

Precious words! He does not say, come,
after your labors have accomplished some-
thing that satisfies you; come, when you have
thrown off your burden by your own strength ;
but come while laboring, come, while heavy
laden. Nor does He say, I will sell you rest,
I will grant you rest under certain conditions.
No. He says, come just as you are, come
without a moment’s delay, and I, not you,
I will give you rest. Rest is the free gift of
Him who stands ready with outstretched arms
to receive all that come, and who says, ‘‘Him
that cometh to me,’’ however bad he is, ‘‘him
that cometh to me, I will in no wise cast out.’’
And it is not the manner of our coming, but
Christ that gives rest. ‘‘I will give rest,’’
He says. We may stumble and fall, but no
matter, so we get to Him, to Him in whom
we have forgiveness of all our sins and life
everlasting. The moment we come to Him,
that is, the moment we trust in Him as our
Saviour, we have rest, peaceful rest. This He
pledges by His own promise, ‘‘I will give you
rest.’? Take Him at His word. That is faith.
He can not lie.

The rest which the believer enjoys by faith
in Jesus in the kingdom of grace is but a fore-
taste of the rest in the kingdom of glory.
“There remaineth therefore a rest to the
people of God,”’ Hebr. 4, 9. When the weary
week of the believer’s life in this world comes
to an end, he enters upon the everlasting Sab-
path, the everlasting rest in the glories of
heaven.

There I shall lie, in my sweet home above,
On Jesus’ breast;

There I shall fully know my Saviour’s love,
There I shall rest.

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Sins Blotted Out.

“J, even I, am He that blotteth out thy
transgressions for Mine own sake, and will
not remember thy sins,’’ Isaiah 43, 25.

No. 8.

Two young men were once walking by the
sea-shore; one was a true Christian, but his
companion was still unsaved, though he often
thought of his sins. After walking along some
time, they both turned, and looking back, saw
the long-line of foot-prints they had made on
the sands behind them. At once it flashed on
the mind of one, ‘‘That is just like my sins—
what a life-time’s record!’’ They both sat
down on the sea-shore, and the Christian be-
gan to talk to his companion, and show him
the way of salvation through Jesus Christ, and
how simple it was. As they were speaking
together, they noticed the tide coming gradu-
ally in, and the water quickly covering, and
‘“‘hlotting out’’ the footprints on the sand, and
thus the young man who was unconverted was
led to see that the blood of Jesus was suffi-
cient to cover all his sins, however great and
many, and he was saved through faith in His
atoning death for him.

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Ten Good Friends.

“Qh, that I also had a few good friends
that would help me through life,” sighed
lazy Jack.

‘Good friends ?—why, my dear, you have
ten,’’ replied his neighbor.

‘Nonsense! I haven’t so many, and those
that I have are too poor to help me.”’

said, ‘‘Yes, I have ten fingers.”

“Then never again say that you haven’t
ten good friends that are ready to help you.
They are given to you by God for work.

friends before you look to others for help.
Remember the Bible says, ‘‘If any would not.
work, neither should he eat,’’ 2 Thess. 3, 10.

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Jesus.

“What the hand Is to the lute,

- What the breath is to the flute,
Fragrance to the sense of smell,
Secret spring to bubbling well,
Honeyed flower to hungry bee,
That is Jesus Curisr to me.”

‘Count your fingers, thumbs and all,’” said
his neighbor. Jack looked at his hands and

Therefore see what you can do with these your ~