The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1907, Page 1

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Che Lutheran Pioneer.

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MISSIONARY

MOONTHLY.

PusiisnveD BY THE EvancericaL Lutneran SyNopicat CONFERENCE OF Nortm AMERICA.

R. A. BISCHOFF, Editor.

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

Vol. XXIX.

There is a name I love to hear,
1 love to speak its worth;

It sounds like music in my ear,
The sweetest name on earth.

1t tells me of a Savior’s love,

Who died to set me free;

It tells me of His precious blood —
The sinner’s perfect plea.

It tells of One whose loving heart
Can feel my deepest woe,

Who in my sorrow bears a part
That none can bear below.

Jesus! the name I love so well,

The name I Joye to hear!

No saint on earth its worth can tell,
No heart conceive how dear.

This name shall shed its fragrance still
Along this thorny road;

Shall sweetly smooth the rugged hill
That leads me up to God.

And there, with all the blood-bought throng,
From sin and sorrow free,
I'll sing the new eternal song

Of Jesus’ love to me. Selected.

The Name of Jesus.

The name of Jesus greets us at the beginning
oof the new year. ‘The Gospel lesson for New Year’s
IDay, speaking of the Child born at Bethlehem,
says: “His name was called Jesus.” That name
means Sayior. It is the most precious name. It
‘was given to the Child whose birth we celebrated
jin the blessed Christmas season, because it ex-
ypresses what He is. Of this Child the angel said

tto Joseph: “Thou shalt call His name Jesus; for

THe shall save His people from their sins.” He

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really is what the name means. He is Jesus, the
Savior. Not a Savior merely from some temporal
ill, but the Savior from sin, the root of all ills,
the cause of all unhappiness, the source of all woe.
To save us from sin, He came into the world.
“This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all accep-
tation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to
save sinners.” ‘To this end He took our place under
the Law and in our stead fulfilled all its demands
and bore the curse and the punishment which we
deserved. There is now forgiveness of sin and sal-
vation in Jesus for all sinners. In Jesus only.
“Neither is there salvation in any other; for there
is none other name under heaven given among
men whereby we must be saved.” None other name
than the name of Jesus. Those who have no in-
terest in that name and in the saving work of which
that name speaks, reject their only salvation and
cannot enjoy a happy new year. They are still
under the wrath of God, and life to them is but
a journey to endless darkness and everlasting woe.
But all that believe in Jesus, and by faith take His
salvation offered to sinners in the Gospel have for-
giveness of sins in His name. “Of Him give all
the prophets witness, that through His name who-
soever believeth in Him shall receive remission of
sins,” Acts 10, 48. And to believers it is written:
“Your sins are forgiven you for His name’s sake,”
1 John 2, 12. And where there is forgiveness of
sin, there is also life and salyation. Precious name,
the name of Jesus! It brings us true happiness;
for in that name we have forgiveness of sins and
life everlasting.-

“Jesus is the name we treasure,
Name beyond what words can tell;
Name of gladness, name of pleasure,
Saying us from sin and hell.”

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