The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1906, Page 25

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Che Lutheran Pioneer.

A MISSIONARY

MOONTHLY.

PUBLISHED BY THE EVANGELICAL LutTHEerAN SYNODICAL CONFERENCE OF NortH AMERICA.

R. A. BISCHOFF, Editor.

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

Vol. XXVIII.

No. 4.

SteloniaeMte

., April, 1906.

Easter Day.

Joyful be our hearts to-day,
Joyful be our hymns of praise;
’Tis the Resurrection morn,
Loudest hallelujahs raise.

Christ is risen! blessed truth!
O’er the world the tidings spread;
Tell to all the sons of men, — ~
“Christ is risen from the dead!”

From the throne of God most high
Angels haste on radiant wing,
And to loving, sorrowing hearts
First the joyous message bring: —
“Seek Him not within the tomb:
He is risen, as He said.

Oh, receive the glorious truth:
Christ is risen from the dead!”

Still that angel voice is heard
In this world of pain and death,
And we listen, wondering still
What it is the angel saith: —

“Cease your murmuring, dry your tears,
Live no longer filled with dread:
Death is vanquished, ye are free;
Christ is risen from the dead!”

Ye who cling to earth and sin,

Hear the blessed angel’s word;

Rise to higher life and love,

Follow Christ, your risen Lord.

Fix your minds on things above,

Look to Him who is your Head;

Let your daily lives proclaim: —
“Christ is risen from the dead!”

S. H. Hubbard.

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Easter Truths.

Christ is risen! Blessed Taster message!
A message which assures us of the most comfort-
ing truths. #

Christ is risen! Then His word is truth.
Again and again He had foretold His resurrec-
tion. Pointing to His body, He said to His enemies,
“Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise
it up.” On His last journey to Jerusalem He
spoke to His disciples, not only of His sufferings
and death, but also of His resurrection. He said,
“The third day He (the Son of man) shall rise
again.” And His words came true. Three days
after His death He did rise from the grave. “He
is risen, as He said,” was the angel’s Haster mes-
sage. It all came as He had foretold. His Word
is truth, and if we continue in His Word, we shall
know the truth. His Word is truth, and the Bible,
in which we have His Word, is a book of truth,
and we do well that we take heed unto it as unto
a light that shineth in a dark place. In Christ’s
resurrection we see His Word sealed and estab-
lished as the everlasting truth, in which we may
trust with an unfaltering confidence. As His
sayings concerning His resurrection came true, so
all His words are true for ever and ever. Heaven
and earth shall pass away, but His words shall
not pass away. :

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Christ is risen! He, then, was not a mere man,
but the Son of the living God. A mere man can-
not conquer death. In the grave man’s strength
and power come to an end. The mightiest of the
earth are laid in the dust by death, the king of
terrors. God’s power only can overcome death.
Christ “was declared to be the Son of God with
power, by the resurrection from the dead,” says
the apostle. Being the Son of God, He could say,
“T lay down my life that I might take it again.
No man taketh it from me; but I lay it down of