The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1903, Page 36

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The Lutheran Pioneer.

Notes.

_. Two DEATHBEDS. —Under this heading an
A. M. E. church paper compares the deathbed
of the late pope with that of Gladstone, ‘‘the

great English statesman.”? The editor says:

‘*The world watched anxiously around the
bedside of each. Each had outlived the three
Each had passed a life
Each came to his end loaded
But why
did the African Methodist not point out the
great difference between the two? To ‘‘the

score years and ten.
of eventful toil.

with worldly honor.’’ Well, yes.

anxiously watching world” there came not one
Gospel word from the deathbed of the late
pope, the enemy of the Gospel. He trusted
for salvation, not in Christ in whom alone sal-
vation is found, but in his own works. ‘‘I am
ready to depart,’’ he said, ‘‘having settled all
my affairs. I feel I have done all in my power
for the good of the church and for humanity.”
This is surely not the confession of a poor sin-
ner saved by grace. But Gladstone, the great
English statesman, trusted in the finished work
of Christ. With failing breath he prayed the
Gospel hymn:
Rock of Ages, cleft for me,
Let me hide myself in Thee.

His hope, ‘in the presence of death, rested on
‘the fact that Christ, the Rock of Ages, had
been cleft for him, the poor sinner. And this
is the only way to heaven. For the Bible
tells us that there is salvation in Jesus only.
**Neither is there salvation in any other; for
there is none other name under heayen given
among men, whereby we must be saved.’’
Acts 4, 12.

A Repiy.—A reader of the Pioneer writes :

‘tIn a eulogy on Pope Leo XIII, delivered in
spread-eagle fashion by a Catholic layman of

: our city, the speaker said, ‘The papacy will
| not die. ‘Ihe great apostle of the Gentiles pro-
| claimed to the world that the papacy will live
as long as the world endures.’ Now, where
did the apostle of the Gentiles make that proc-
lamation?’” We do not know to what saying
of St. Paul the Catholic speaker referred. Still
he spoke the truth, perhaps without know-
ing it. Our friend will find that ‘‘proclama-
tion’? in the second chapter of St. Paul’s second
epistle to the Thessalonians. We there learn
that the reign of Antichrist shall endure until
the coming of Christ to judgment. Through
the Reformation of Dr. Luther the pope was re-
vealed as the great Antichrist, ‘‘who opposeth
and exalteth himself above all that is called
God’; so that he as God sitteth in the temple
of God, shewing himself that he isGod.”* At
the time of the Reformation the Lord revealed
the Antichrist and consumed him “with the
spirit of His mouth,” that is, with His Word
which Luther proclaimed in all its purity. But
the Antichrist is not yet destroyed. He still
altteth in the temple of God opposing the Gos-
pel of Christ and leading thousands into per-
dition. St. Paul tells us that the Lord ‘shall

destroy him with the brightness of His com-
ing.’’ The papacy shall live as long as the
world endures. At the end of the world Christ
will come in glory and majesty, and then
there will be anend to the reign of Antichrist.
The Wicked one shall be destroyed ‘‘with the
brightness of His coming.’’ May Christ soon
come and end all our troubles! ‘‘Even so,
come, Lord Jesus.”’

SoMETHING IN IT. — When the Christian
Science folk recently went from Boston to
Concord to visit ‘Mother Eddy,’”’ the founder
of that unchristian and unscientific sect, a
Westerner, seeing the large numbers and the
great display made, remarked, ‘‘There must
be something init.’’ A Bostonian, who knows
something about Mother Eddy’s bank account
and grand style of living, replied, ‘‘Yes, there
is something in it, and the Mother collects that
something with unfailing regularity.’’

Tue Reason Wuy. — Why are people so
easily duped by the most foolish teachings?
Why do they so easily fall victims to the lies
of Father Pope and Mother Eddy? Well,
those who refuse to hear the Scriptures are
always liable to be led into the most horrible
delusions. The Bible says, ‘‘They shall turn
away their cars from the truth and shall be
turned unto fables.’’ ‘‘Because they received
not the love of the truth, that they might be
saved. And for this cause God shall send
them strong delusion; that they should believe
a lie.”” Therefore Luther well says, ‘‘Who-
soever refuses to listen to Christ must listen
to the devil.’” And again he says, ‘‘Most
people have no clear and well-grounded under-
standing of the divine Word in their hearts.
Moreover they think little of the Gospel of
Christ. Having heard it once or twice they
think that they have fully mastered it and
grow tired of it. But if a stranger comes,
bringing something new, they listen to him
with ears and mouths wide open. ‘Thus they
fall like Adam and Eve in Paradise.’’

Lord, keep us steadfast in Thy Word!

——— oo
His Mother’s Bible.

It is said that the steamer ‘‘Scotia’? once
picked up a dozen shipwrecked sailors in mid-
ocean. Among them was a boy of twelve
years.

‘Who are you?”’ said the captain.

, The answer was: ‘I’m a Scotch boy. My
father and mother are both dead, and I am on
my way to America.’’

‘‘What have you here?’ said the captain,
as he opened the boy’s jacket and took hold
of a rope around the hoy’s body.

**It’s a rope,”” said’ the boy.

“But what is that tied by this rope under
your arm ?”” : ;

“That, sir, is my mother’s Bible. She told
me never to lose that.”?

“Could you have saved something else?’’

‘“Not if I would save that.’’

“Did you expect to drown?’’ :

“Yes, sir; but I meant to take the Bible
down with me.’’ — Southern Churchman.

Prayer for Loved Ones.

“Hold them closely in Thy keeping,
All the dear ones that I love,
Keep them safe, awake or sleeping,
Lord of earth and heaven above!
Guard them, oh, most tenderly,
They are safe, if kept by Thee.’

Acknowledgment.

Received for colored missions of Rev. L. E.
Thalley from Holy Trinity Church, Springfield, Il1.,
$15.25; of Rev. Theo. Buch from congregation in
Southern Pines, N.C., 2.00; of Rev. K. Kretzschmar
from Mount Zion Church, New Orleans, La., 50.00;
of Rev. J. Kossmann from Bethlehem Church, New
Orleans, La., 50.00; of Rev. F. J. Lankenau from
St. Paul’s Church, New.Orleans, La., 50.00; of Rev.
J.C.Schmidt from Grace Church, Greensboro, N.C.,
12.00.

St. Louis, Mo., August 15, 1908.
A. C. Buraporr, Treas.

Evangelical Lutheran Colored Churches,
New ORLEANS, La.

EV. LUTH. ST. PAUL'S CHAPEL.
1625 Annette Str., between Olaiborne and Derbigny.

Divine services: Sunday morning at 94 o'clock.
Sunday evening at 734 o'clock.
Wednesday evening at 734 o'clock.
Sunday School: Sunday morning at 10% o'clock.
Adult catechumen class mects at 7% o’clock Tuosday

evening:
Singing School meets at 734 o'clock Friday evening.
¥F. J. LANKENAD, Missionary.

EY. LUTH. MOUNT ZION CHUROH.
Cor. S. Franklin and Thalia Strs.

Divine services: Sunday morning at 11 o'clock.
Sunday evening at o’clock.
Thursday cvening at o'clock.
Sunday School: Sunday morning at 9% o'clock.
Adult cavechumen class meets at 7% o'clock Friday
evening.
Young People's Concordia Circle and Singing Schoo}
meet Wednesday evening at 734 o'clock.
KARL KRETZSCHMAR, Missionary.

EV. LUTH. BETHLEHEM OHAPEL.
Cor. Washington Avenue and Dryades Str.

Divine services: Sunday evening at o'clock.
jursday eventa ache o'clock.
Sunday School at % o'clock.
Adult catechumen Class every Tuesday at 734 o'clock and
after the divine service on Thursday evening.
Choir practice at 734 o'clock on Tuesday evening and
after divine service on Thursday even: ng.
Circle for Young People meets at the school every Tues-
day cvening at TS ovclock.
J. W. F. KOSsMANN, Missionary.

Ey. Luth, Holy Trinity Church.

Springfield, Ml.
Divine services at half past 10 o’olock Sunday morning
001 at 3 o’c! . Me
Catechamen class meets Monday and Friday evenings.
Singing-school Tuesday evening.

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