The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1905, Page 20

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“Beneath the cross of Jesus
I fain would take my stand—
The shadow of a mighty Rock
Within a weary land,
A home within the wilderness,
A rest-upon the way,
From the burning -of the noontide heat,
And the burden of the day.

*‘O safe and happy shelter,

O refuge tried and sweet,
O trysting-place, where heaven's love

And heaven’s justice meet!

As to the holy patriarch
That wondrous dream was given,

So’is my Saviour’s cross to me—
A ladder up to heaven.”

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No Salvation in the Law.

“By the Law is the knowledge of sin,” says the

' apostle. From God’s Law we learn our sin and the of the “precious Saviour:’? What has He done for
" curse which sin has brought upon us. The Law is us, and what do we owe to Him? As he sat down,
_ like a looking-glass in which we see how dirty we however, it was easily seen that most of the listeners
_ are by sin and how surely we need cleaning. But were disappointed. After the services several per-

The Lutheran Pioneer.

the Law cannot cleanse us from sin and
cannot redeem us from its curse. There
is no salvation in the Law. The Law con-
.demns man, but cannot save him. The
sinner who by the Law has come fo the

wrath and punishment of God must trust
for salvation in the Gospel that tells him
of the blood of Christ which cleanses us
from all sin. The Law brings man to a
consciousness of sin, but cannot cleanse
him, cannot make him clean.

To illustrate this truth, a pastor related
the following story. He had promised his
boy a ride in a carriage, but the little fel-
low, after having been suitably dressed,
had soiled his clothes frightfully. When
the father arrived with the carriage, he
found his son not fit to be seen, and al-
though the little fellew clapped his hands
with delight in expectation of his ride, his
father said, ‘‘Why, my boy, I can’t take
you in that state, you are all soiled and
dirty.”’

“Oh, no, I’se not, father, I’se not,’’
said the boy; ‘‘mamma has washed me,
and put on all my nice clean things, and
you promised to take me.”’

The father just hitched up his horse,
took the little boy into the house, and
held him up before a looking-glass, where
he could see how dirty he was. That
silenced the little fellow. ‘‘But,’’ said the preacher,
*T7ll tell you what I did not do—I didn’t take the
looking-glass to wash his face with.??

Preach Christ, and Him Crucified.

“A friend of the Rey. Dr. Judson, the well-known
missionary, relates the following story, which hap-
pened when the devoted missionary, broken down by
his many labors, came home to recover his health.

A short time before Dr. Judson left this country,
he visited my native village and the church of which
I had been a member. As the house was small,
he had consented to address the congregation; and
this, although the day was rainy, brought together.
quite a crowd. After the usual sermon was over,
he spoke for about fifteen minutes, with singular
simplicity, and, as I thought, with touching pathos,

knowledge of his sins and trembles at the.

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