The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1904, Page 35

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The Lutheran Pioneer. : 35

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‘Gifs? and ‘‘buts”? and all kinds of additions, but
the Gospel—‘‘the glad tidings of the grace of God
in Christ Jesus.’

“To Every CREATURE.”

To the old and the young, the rich and the
poor, the high and the lowly! ‘To those who dwell
in the brilliant palaces of wealth, and to those who
live in the miserable shanties and cabins of poverty,
or are found in the hedges or along the highways!
To those who assemble in God’s house and to those
who hide in the dark nooks and corners of the
slums! To the convict in his prison cell, to the
criminal on the gallows; to the poor outcast who
in her misery and shame finds every door closed
upon her! ‘To every creature!’ “‘God so loved
the world, that He gave His only-begotten Son, that
whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but
have everlasting life.”? Therefore, ‘‘Go ye into all
the world, and preach the Gospel to every creature.”

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The Blessed Man.

‘Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not
impute sin,’’ Rom. 4, 8. ;

The Lord will not impute sin to the believer.
Having imputed it to Jesus, having punished it in
Jesus, having put it away by Jesus, He will never
charge it upon anyone that is by faith in Jesus.
There is ‘‘now no condemnation to them which are
in Christ Jgsus,”’ says the apostle.

Whatacomfort this is! And what a blessed man
the believer is! ‘‘If God were to impute my sins to
me,’’ said an aged Christian, ‘‘or deal with me ac-
cording to my sins, how could I have one moment’s
peace? Howcould Ibe happy? But when God tells
me that, as a believer in Jesus, He will not impute
sin to me, but deal with me as one who died in
Jesus, is risen with Jesus, and for whom Jesus is
ascended into heaven and for whom He intercedes
with the Father, I can rejoice, and sing for joy.
I am a happy, a blessed man.” ‘

A Much-Read Bible.

The late Rear Admiral Phillip was one of the
most beloved heroes in our American navy. It was
he who, when his men were cheering over .the vic-
tory at Santiago, said to them, ‘‘Don’t cheer, boys;
the poor fellows are dying.”” It was he who imme-
diately after that battle called all the officers and
men together on deck, and told them that he wanted

_ to bear testimony to his faith in God, and publicly

thank God for His preservation of their lives. Since
the Admiral’s death, a friend who has seen his Bible,
says of it: ‘‘I have never seen a Bible more marked
and thumbed than his. The portions most marked
are the fourteenth chapter of John and the eighth
chapter of Romans. It was Admiral Phillip’s cus-
tom to note on the margin the dates when he began
either the Old or the New Testament in his readings
incourse. I find twelve dates noted when he began
to read the Old Testament, and thirty-four when he
began to read the New. Many, many times he must
have read the Bible from its beginning to its end.
I find here the secret of his gentleness and power.”’

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God Is Everywhere.

That is strange. Just think; there is no place
where God is not. If you had swift wings and would
fly to the loneliest spot on earth, you would not be

-alone. God would be there with you. When you

go to your bed of an evening, and repeat your prayer,
God is with you and hears what you say. When
you get awake at night, and all is dark and quiet in
the house, God is still there, and is watching over
you while you sleep. When you are at work, when
you go to school, when you play, all the time God
is with you. He is everywhere.

And since God is everywhere, it is not a hard
matter for Him to know what you do.and say. .He
sees how you behave yourself. If you are cross and
fretful, if you disobey your parents, if you say bad
words, you may be sure that God knows all about it.
How careful you should be, then, that you never act
or speak in such a way as to offend God. When you
are tempted to do wrong, always bear in mind that
God sees you—that God is every where.—Messenger.

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Preparing a Place for Us.

A teacher spoke to the smallest children in the
Sunday school about Jesus, who died on the cross
for our sins, rose from the dead, and went up to
heaven, where He now is. The question was then
put to the class: ‘‘What is He doing there now Res
A little girl, not more than five years old, answered,
“Teacher, He’s making the place tidy for us.”” She
no doubt thought of the words of Christ: “I go to
prepare a place for you.”’

Tur Bible is as full of promises as the sky is of
stars, and the night of sorrow brings them out in
all their glory. : : f