The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1904, Page 1

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Pusiisitep BY THE EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN SyNovIcAL CONFERENCE OF Norti AMERICA.
R. A. BISCHOFF, Editor.
Entered at the Post Ofice at St. Louis, Mo., as second-class matter.
Vol. XXYVI. St. Louis, Mo., January, 1904.. No. 1.

Jesus With Us.

“Lo, lam with you alway, even unto the end of the world.”
Matt. 28, 20.

‘Jesus with us all our days,
This the promise He hath given;
This our ev’ry fear allays
On our pilgrimage to heaven.
Jesus with us all our days,
Floods the earth with golden rays.’’

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A New Volume.

With this number we begin a new volume of our
paper, hoping that also in his new dress the PionrER
will be welcome in the homes where he has been a
regular visitor in the past, and that many new homes
will be opened to him in the future. The aim of
the paper remains the same as stated in its first.
issue twenty-five years ago: ‘‘It will come to you
every month and talk to you about the truth as it is
in Jesus. It will try to make you acquainted with
the doctrines of the Bible to the salvation of your
soul. These doctrines will be brought to you in all
their purity, as they are taught in the Bible and
professed by the dear church which bears the name
of Luther, the great Reformer. Our missionaries
will through this paper send you the news from the
mission field. They will tell you about their hard-
ships and their success. And when time allows,
our little friend will sit down by your side and tell
you some little story to interest and to benefit you.
We hope you will welcome him and treat him kindly
when he comes. He has a hard road to travel.”

For twenty-five years the PIONEER has traveled
the hard road, and as he passed his twenty-fifth
year, or silver jubilee, he was glad no flowers were

thrown at him. The only gift he wishes is a larger
number of readers in the coming years. Hopefully
he continues on his journey, knowing that if it
pleases God to own the paper also in the future,
He will raise up friends to carry it forward to the
accomplishment of its mission; if He does not need
it, gladly will the PioneEr retire into silence. We
again commend our little friend on his journey to
the care of our most merciful God. For of Him,
and through Him, and to Him are all things; to
Him be glory forever.

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Salvation in Jesus Only.

The Gospel lesson for New Year’s Day tells us
that the Babe of Bethlehem was called Jesus, as the
angel had said to Joseph before the Child’s birth,
‘*Thou shalt call His name Jesus, for He shall save
His people from their sins.’’? Jesus means Saviour,
and in that name there is salvation, and in none
other. The apostle plainly says, ‘‘Neither is there
salvation in any other; for there is none other name
under heaven given among men, whereby we must
be saved,’’ Acts 4,12. None other name than the
name Jesus.. Therefore the Saviour began His min-
istry by saying, ‘‘He that believeth on Him is not
condemned; but he that believeth not is condemned
already, because he hath not believed in the name
of the only-begotten Son of God,’’ John 3, 18. The
question of man’s salvation turns upon believing or
not believing on the Son of God. ‘‘He that be-
lieveth on the Son hath everlasting life; and he
that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but
the wrath of God abideth on him,’ John 8, 36.

Hence, when Christ’s messengers went forth to
preach, their trumpets gave no uncertain sound

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