The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1899, Page 26

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The Lutheran Pioneer.

Brave Words Bravely Spoken.

At the recent Commencement of Trinity
C., President Kilgo,
in his baccalaureate address, said: ‘‘We have} is done in the Gospel.

College, Durham, N.

| took away the sins of the world and God de-

clared Himself satisfied with His sacrifice,
nothing remains to be done but to announce
to the sinner, that his sins are forgiven. That
Christ sent forth the

spent $500,000,000 trying to free the negro in | preachers of the Gospel that they should

Cuba, Porto Rico, and the Philippines.

lionize the man who led the charge at San
Juan, we build monuments to the memory of

We/ preach in His name remission of sins.

Luke
24,47. They were not to preach about the
remission of sins, but they were to preach,

Worth Bagley, and young women go wild and |to proclaim the remission, to give it by their

kiss Hobson into disgrace and infamy; and
Dewey will be met with warmth and gladness
and praise for freeing the negro in the Philip-

pines, and yet we ostracise a white man in
North Carolina if he preaches the gospel to
them, or teaches them in their schools. Why
not preach the gospel to a negro in Carolina
rice-fields as well as to sit in a school-house
in Cuba or in Manila and teach them? Why
it is glorious to do so much for negroes in
Cuba, to fight for them and pay $500,000,000
for their liberty, and an eternal disgrace to
preach the gospel to them in America,
is something I can’t understand. ...
If Cuba needs the direct touch of
America’s best life, if the negro on
the plantation of Porto Rico must
have the direct instruction of Amer-
ican men and American women, then
‘what are these that live here and
serve us by day and night?... There
is underlying all this a distinction
which you and I can not defend be-
fore justice and before God, and no
man can retain his personal respect
with that question unanswered.’’

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The Holy Gospel.

When the sinner has been crushed by the
condemnation of the law and realizes that he
is unable to save himself, the Holy Spirit
preaches unto him the Gospel, ‘‘the gospel of
your salvation.”” Eph. 1, 13.

“This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all
‘acceptation, that Christ Jesus came ‘into the
“world to save sinners.’’: 1 Tim. 1,15. That
is the Gospel. It saves us, for it tells us of
‘the salvation gained by Jesus. By nature we
know nothing of the grace of God which is
ready to save to the uttermost. The Gospel
reveals it. We can not know that Christ re-
deemed the world. The Gospel gives the say-
ing information. We need forgiveness of sin,
else God will damn us.
that God is ready to pardon the vilest sinner.
He who was in danger of death was saved by
“the directions which showed him the way to
the city of refuge. The Gospel shows us
Jesus, our refuge. Outside of the Gospel
‘there can be no salvation.

The Gospel tells us of the salvation gained
by Jesus. But more, it gives us this very sal-
‘vation. “It is the power of God unto salva-

“tion”? Rom. 1,16. Through the Gospel God
bestows salvation on the sinner. Since Christ

The Gospel tells us

preaching. And they did it. They directly
told the sinner: Thy sins are forgiven thee.
As many as believed it, had forgiveness. God
did not require a single thing of them in re-
turn. It was the Gospel that saved them,
gave them salvation. The Gospel tells us to
go to Jesus for forgiveness, or rather Jesus
comes to us in the Gospel and grants us for-

uge protecting the fugitive.
ceives a receipt, showing that a friend paid his
debts, he is free. Here is a receipt: ‘‘Christ

giveness. The Gospel itself is the city of ref- |
If a debtor re- |

Colored Lutheran Chapel in Southern Pines, N.C.

Gospel.
to faith.

They that reach heaven owe it entirely to
the Gospel. ‘‘Ye are kept by the power of
God through faith unto salvation.’’? 1 Peter
1,5. And the Gospel is the power of God. ‘If
the Gospel shall remain in you, ye also shall
continue in the Son and in the Father.’’ 1John
2, 24. Daily it forgives our sins and thereby
nourishes our faith. It assures us of the love
of God and upholds us in aflliction. It causes
us to love God and hate sin. The Gospel-
promise that God will keep us unto salvation
for Christ’s sake yields divine strength to the
weakest Christian. They that cling to the
Gospel, can not be lost. And the Gospel
grants us the strength to cling to it.

If you reject the Gospel and seek a way to
heaven more agreeable to carnal pride, you
reject the only means of your salvation. Let
us not be ashamed of the Gospel. Let us
glory in the truth that we owe our salvation
entirely to God. Let us put our sole
trust in the sweet tidings: God is

merciful to us sinners for Jesus’ sake.
Tract.

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Babies in Japan.

It is the power of God to bring you

Japanese babies are the most com-
- ical little mortals imaginable. Hun-
dreds of them are to be seen in the
streets of Japan carried on the backs
of their child-nurses, some of whom
do not appear much larger than the
babies, so that the effect is of one
child with two heads. These babies,
if they are very small, are fastened in

gave himself a ransom for all.’’

the garments of their nurses in such a

1 Tim. 2, 6. | way as to leave only their heads exposed, but

That is the Gospel and that Gospel saves us. }:if they are large enough to make free use of

When a man tells you that you must add your
own exertions and worthiness before you can
be saved, he is not preaching the Gospel of
Jesus. For Jesus is the only Saviour. And
what He has gained He gives us, freely and
fully in the Gospel.

Of course, a man must believe the Gospel.
‘It is the power of God unto salvation to
every one that believeth.”’ Rom. 1, 16. The
pardon must be accepted, the gift appropri-
ated, the promise believed; and it is the Gos-
pel that creates faith in us. The Gospel not
only offers us forgiveness, but also enables us

their hands desirable the arms are left free.
The little heads are shaved with the exception
of small patches of hair, and are often covered
with loathsome sores.

The nurses play ball or battledore with ap-
parent unconcern as to the fate of the babies.
It is seldom that any: accident occurs, but oc-
casionally a child will roll off from the back of
its nurse. ‘Then is plainly demonstrated the
fact that a Japanese baby can cry as lustily as
our American babies.

Yet. the Japanese babies have good care
taken of them. ‘They are amused by toys

to accept the salvation. It isnot an casy mat-| when awake, and protected from insects by
ter to believe. Man’s entire nature loathes the | mosquito-nets when asleep.

Gospel of a frce salvation. The sinner hates

God. He can not put his trust in the mercy | baby’s wardrobe to a missionary.

A young Japanese mother once showed her
Its best

of God and the merit of Jesus. But the Gos-|robes were of crape and silk, all of large
pel is the word of the Almighty which creates] figures. For ordinary. wear there were short
life. ‘“They shall believe on me through their | dresses made of bright red and yellow cloth.
word,”’ through the Gospel. John 17, 20. | For ornaments there were square patches of
The message of God’s love and Christ’s re-|green, red or yellow cloth sewed upon ee
demption touches and warms the sinner’s} backs of the dresses.

heart and gives him confidence to appropriate} When the Japanese little ones are old enough
the promised blessing. ‘Building on God's | to toddle around they have bells fastened to
own promise, we believe in our salvation; ;them, so that the mothers zany, know where
we are saved. For your. salvation, study the A they are. i