The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1906, Page 33

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The Lutheran Pioneer,

A MISSIONARY

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MOONTHLY.

PusBuisnep BY THE EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN SyNODICAL CONFERENCE or Norvit AMERICA.

R. A. BISCHOFF, Editor.

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

Vol. XXVIII.

Our Lord’s Ascension.

Golden harps are sounding,
Angel voices sing,

Pearly gates are opened,
Opened. for the King.
Christ, the King of glory,
Jesus, King of Love,

Is gone up in triumph
To His throne above.

All His work is ended,
Joyfully we sing:

Jesus hath ascended!
Glory to our King!

He who came to save us,
He who bled and died,
Now is crowned with gladness
At His Father’s side —
Never more to suffer,
Never more to die,
Jesus, King of Glory,

Is gone up on high.

All His work is ended,
Joyfully we sing:

Jesus hath ascended!
Glory to our King!

Praying for His children
In that blessed place,
Calling them to glory,
Sending them His grace;
His bright home preparing,
Christians, O for you,
Jesus ever liveth,

Even loveth, too.

All His work is ended,
Joyfully we sing:

Jesus hath ascended!

Glory to our King! Selected.

A Precious Truth.

After a sermon on Christ’s ascension, preached
by our city missionary in a St. Louis hospital, one
of the sick exclaimed, “Thank God for this precious
truth of Christ’s ascension !”

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“St. Louis, Mo., May, 1906.

me.”

The man was right. Christ’s ascension is a
precious truth for which we may well give thanks
to God. It is a truth full of comfort, as it strength-
ens the Christian’s faith, love, and hope.

The Christian’s faith rests upon Christ and His
work. It embraces Christ as a divine Savior. Only
such a Savior can be of any help to sinners. The
Christian believes that Christ is not a mere man,
but “true God, begotten of the Father from eter-
nity.” This faith is strengthened by the precious
truth of Christ’s ascension; for in His ascension
He returned to the Father, with whom He was from
all eternity. He said to His disciples, “Ye shall
see the Son of Man ascend up where He was before.”
‘To His enemies He said, “I go unto Him that sent
He was sent by the Father, and so He was
with the Father before He became man by taking
our human nature into His divine person. He that
ascended is the same that descended. He had come
down from heaven, hence He was there before His
incarnation. He was there from all eternity — the
almighty Son of the living God. He that ascended
was not a mere man. The psalmist, speaking of
Christ’s ascension, says: “God is gone up with a
shout, the Lord with the sound of a trumpet.” The
Savior in whom we believe is a divine Savior, and
the Advocate who is gone to the Father to plead
for us is a divine Advocate. We may safely trust
in Him. :

“Now all His Christians can rejoice
And sing His praise with cheerful voice:
Glory to God in heaven’s high throne,
Our Brother is God’s only Son.”

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The Christian’s faith rests upon the work of
Christ as a finished work. Only in such a work
there can be salvation for sinners. If the least part