The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1903, Page 21

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The Lutheran Pioneer,

A MISSIONARY MONTHLY.

Pus.isHeD BY THE EvanceLicaL LurmeraN Synoprcal CoNFERENCE or Nortn AMERICA
R. A. BISCHOFF, Editor.

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

Vol. XXV.

Oh! for a Perfect Trust.

Oh! for the peace of a perfect trust,
My loving God, in Thee;

Unwavering faith that never doubts
Thou choosest best for me.

Best, though my plans be all upset;
Best, though the way be rough;

Best, though my earthly store be scant;
In Thee I have enough.

Best, though my health and strength be gone;
Though weary days be mine;

Shut out from much that others have.
Not my will, Lord, but Thine!

And e’en though disappointments come,
They, too, are best for me,

To wean me from this changing world,
And lead me nearer Thee.

Oh! for the peace of a perfect trust
That looks away from all,

That sees Thy hand in everything, ~
In great events or small;

That hears Thy voice—a Father’s voice—
Directing for the best,

Oh! for the peace of a perfect trust,
A heart with Thee at rest!

————~> +o 2
The Name of Jesus.

Selected.

There are names given among men that have
become widely known on account of the per-
sons that bore them. Such are the names of
many of the wise and mighty, which, though
they are only human names, deserve to be
remembered and respected. Then there are
names that, on account of the persons who
bear them, cause many fond recollections to
arise within the mind. There are names that
touch the strings of our heart, names that are
as the sound of sweet music in our ears. But
there is one name that surpasses all other
names, a name that cheers the sad and com-
forts the faint, a name that heals the wounded
heart and calms the troubled breast, a name
that is the sinner’s hope and the believer’s joy.

How sweet the name of Jesus sounds
In a believer's car!

’ It soothes his sorrows, heals his wounds,
And drives away his fear.

It makes the wounded spirit whole,
+ “And calms. the troubled breast;
_ !Tis manna to the hungry soul,
_ And to the weary rest.

The name of Jesus is made dear to the
Christian by the person that bears it. It re-
minds the Christian of the Friend of sin-
ners, whose name was called Jesus because
He should save His people from their sins.
“What's ina name?”’ There is little in many
human names, but there is salvation in the
name of Jesus. Have you found that sal-
vation?

Whom Do You Serve?

There are two masters desiring the service
of man, God and Satan. The Christian is a
servant of God and of righteousness, the non-
Christian is a servant of Satan and of unright-
eousness. The Christian is rescued from the
slavery of sin and delights in the service of
God; he dedicates the members of his body
and the faculties of his soul to his Master;
to him the service of God is true liberty. The
non-Christian is a slave of Satan and delights
in the service of sin; the members of his body
and the faculties of his soul are servants of
unrighteousness; and whilst he dreams him-
self free, he is held under the most deplorable
bondage of sin and Satan. The Christian in
the service of God brings forth good fruits.
The non-Christian in the service of Satan
brings forth only evil fruits. The Christian,
at the end of the time of his service, receives
from his Master the gift of eternal life. The
non-Christian, at the end of the time of his
service, receives from his master the wages
of sin. Ye cannot.serve two masters! Whom
do you serve?

———s +o oo

Trust.

Christians must have trustin God. By faith
in Christ they are God’s children and may
fully trust in their heavenly Father. To them
comes the command: ‘‘Ye that fear the Lord,
trust in the Lord,’’ Ps. 115, 11, ‘They are told
how much they are to trust. ‘‘Casting all
your care upon Him; for He careth for you,”
1 Pet. 5,7. They are also told when they are to
trust. ‘Trust in Him at all times,’’ Ps. 62, 8.
“Trust ye in the Lord forever,*? Is. 26,4. So
there is no phase of life in which we May not

trust. In every time of joy or sorrow, in sun-
shine or shadow, it is the same. Is there
danger of any kind? ‘‘What time I am afraid
I will trust in Thee,” Ps. 56,3; and the
blessed assurances are ours: ‘‘Fear thou not,
for I am with thee; be not dismayed, for I
am thy God; I will strengthen thee; yes, I
will help thee,’’ Is. £1,10. ‘*He shall cover
thee with His feathers, and under His wings
shalt thou trust,’’ Ps. 91, 4.

In trials and sfilictions the heart finds peace
by trusting, not only some things, but all things
to God. A poor woman in the hospital was
told by the matron that she could not recover,
that her complaint was incurable. It is very
hard to be told this—that one never can hope
to be better, that one’s life-work is done.
However, this poor sufferer was not overcome
by what the kindly matron told her. She did
not shrink from pain and death. But there
was one thing which troubled her. With tears
she told her pastor that she gladly and pa-
tiently accepted God’s will so far as her own
pain and death were concerned, but she could
not bear the thought of leaving her children
motherless. ;

The pastor said to the poor woman, ‘‘Yours
is a great sorrow, far beyond my understand-
ing, but God knows all about it, God under-
stands. He is your loving Father in Christ;
to Him you may go with all your troubles.
Tell Him in prayer what you have told me—
all your pain, your anxiety about your little
children, your sore dread at the thought of
leaving them alone in this world.”

Then the pastor went away, promising to
pray for the poor woman in her sore struggle.
When he came again he found her calm and
patient. She had told God—had poured out
her whole heart in prayer to Him; and she
said to her pastor, ‘‘I am just leaving every-
thing with God now —not only whether I shall
live or die, but each one of my little children,
if I'am to be taken from them. Everything
is safe with Him. I know it. I trust Him
in all things.’” So she had found peace by
fully trusting God and realized the truth of
the promise: “Thon wilt keep him in perfect
peace, whose mind is stayed on Thee, because
he trusteth in Thee,” Is, 26, 3. ;