The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1904, Page 25

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PusBuisueD BY TIE EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN SyNODICAL CONFERENCE OF Nortit AMERICA.

R. A. BISCILOFF, Editor.

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

Vol. XXVI.

Easter Morn.

This holy morn, so fair and bright,
Shall hear our praises swell;

For oh, what joy prevails on earth,

~ What wild despair in hell.

In vain they sealed His sepulcher,
And watched around His tomb;

The Lord hath gained the victory,
And death is overcome.

Then calm your grief, dismiss your fears,
Let no more tears be shed;
The mighty Vanquisher of death

Is risen from the dead. From the Latin.

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The Easter Victory.

The Easter victory is our Saviour’s victory, and
therefore ‘‘the voice of rejoicing is heard in the
tabernacles of the righteous’’ at Easter time. To re-
deem us from the power of sin, and death, and the
y devil, our Saviour went forth alone and single-

\ ,handed to fight the battle with these our enemies.
: In that tremendous conflict, at which the inhab-
itants of hell and heaven gazed with amazement,
He was our representative. If He lost the battle,
_the loss would be ours; and if He gained, the gain
would be ours.

When Christ died upon the cross and was laid
into the grave, our enemies rejoiced; for they
thought that the victory was theirs and that we
were their own forever. But they were mistaken.
On the third day Christ rose triumphantly from
the grave as the mighty Conqueror over sin, death,
and the devil. The victory was His, and His
victory is our victory. This is the ground of our
Easter joy. In our risen Saviour we have the vic-

St. Louis, Mo., April, 1904.”

tory over all our enemies. In Him we have re-
demption from sin, from death, and from the power
of the devil. Therefore we rejoice in the happy
Easter time and give thanks unto God who has
given us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
“Hallelujah! Hallefujah!
_ Finished is the battle now:
The crown is on the Victor’s brow!
Thence with sadness!
Sing with gladness,
Hallelujah!’

The Appointment Met.

’ In the ninth chapter. of Hebrews we read: ‘‘Once
in the end of the world hath He (Christ) appeared
to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself; and as
it is appointed unto men once to die, and after this
the judgment: so Christ was once offered to bear
the sins of many; and unto them that look for Him
shall He appear the second time without sin, unto
salvation.”’

Appointed to die and after death the judgment!
What an awful appointment! What caused this ap-
pointment? Sin! ‘The soul that sinneth it shall
die.’? What a terrible thing sin is! It brought
death into the world and all our woe. Because of
sin it was appointed unto men to die and to pass
through death before the judgment seat of the just
and holy God, who hates sin and must punish sin
and must sentence to everlasting damnation all that
appear before Him in their sins. What an awful
appointment brought on by sin! To die, and after
this the judgment! And to this all men were ap-
pointed, because ‘‘all have sinned.’’

Is there no help for sinners? Yes. There is
One who took the sinner’s place and met that ap-