The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1904, Page 9

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Che Lutheran Pioneer.

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MLISSIONARY

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MONTHLY.

PuBuLisieD BY TH EVANGELICAL LUTITERAN SYNODICAL CONFERENCE OF Nortit AMERICA.

R. A. BISCHOFF, Editor.

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

Vol. XXVI.

St. Louis, Mo., Webruacy: 1904.

No. 2.

Nearer Home.

One sweetly solemn thought
Comes to me o’er and o’er;

I am nearer home to-day
Than I ever have been before.

Nearer my Father’s house,
Where the many mansions be,

Nearer the great white throne,
Nearer the crystal sea;

Nearer the bound of life,
Where we lay our burdens down;
Nearer leaving the cross,

Nearer gaining the crown!
P, Cary.

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The Way of Salvation.

The free Gospel way of salvation, as set forth
in the Bible, is foolishness to the worldly wise
and a stumbling -block to the self-righteous. For
in human nature there is deeply implanted the
thought, that eternal life can be obtained only by
tears and good resolutions and our own works and
our own righteousness. Many an awakened sinner,
instead of accepting the assurance of forgiveness
through the finished work of Christ, thinks about
God with distrust and suspicion and fear, and tries
to make himself better before simply believing in
Jesus. Yet all over the Bible it is written, as if
with a sunbeam, that the sinner wishing to be saved
has nothing to do, because all the doing was done
when Jesus bowed His head on the cross and rose
again for our justification.

_ Referring only to the New Testament, its lan-
guage is: ‘‘The Son of man is come to seek and
to save that which was lost,’”? Luke 19, 10. ‘“‘For

8, 16.

God so loved the world, that He gave His only-
begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have everlasting life,”? John
‘“He that heareth my word, and believeth
on Him that sent me, HATH everlasting life, and
shall not come into condemnation; but Is PASSED
from death unto life,’ John 5, 24. ‘‘To Him give
all the prophets witness, that through His name
whosoever believeth in Him shall receive remission
of sins,’’ Acts 10, 48. ‘‘By Him all that believe
ARE justified from all things,’’ Acts 13, 39. ‘‘Believe
on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved,’’
Acts 16, 31. ‘‘To him that worketh not, but be-
lieveth on Him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith
is counted for righteousness,’? Rom. 4, 5. ‘The
gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
Lord,’’ Rom. 6, 23. ‘There is now no condemna-
tion to them which are in Christ Jesus,’’ Rom. §, 1.
“Christ hath redeemed -us from the curse of the
Law,’’ Gal. 3, 18. ‘‘Accepted in the Beloved; in
whom we have redemption through His blood, the
forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His
grace,’’ Eph.1,6.7. ‘‘By grace are ye saved through
faith; and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of
God; not of works, lest any man should boast,’
Eph. 2,8.9. ‘‘Not by works of righteousness which
we have done, but according to His mercy He saved
us,’’ Tit. 3,5. ‘‘Once in the end of the world hath
He appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of
Himself,’? Hebr. 9, 26. ‘‘Forasmuch as ye know
that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things,
as silver and gold, but with the precious blood of
Christ,’? 1 Pet. 1,18.19. ‘‘The blood of Jesus Christ
His Son cleanseth us from all sin,” 1 John 1, 7.
“Thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by
Thy blood,’ Rev. 5,9. ‘Whosoever will, let him
take the water of life freely,’? Rev. 22, 17.