The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1907, Page 13

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The Lutheran Pioneer.

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spirit. Thou hast redeemed me, O Lord God of
truth.” After this he lay quietly, his eyes closed.
When his friends, with a loud voice, called unto
him :, “Reverend Father, will you immovably stand
with Christ and the doctrine as you preached it?”
he answered distinctly: “Yes.” And turning to his
right side, he fell asleep in Jesus.

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Eternity — Where Shall I Spend It?

Many years ago, when the elder Forbes Winslow
was living, — the most eminent pathologist in dis-
eases of the mind that England ever produced, —
there came over from France a young Frenchman to
consult Dr. Forbes Winslow. He brought letters of
recommendation from many eminent men in France,
among them one from Napoleon III, at that time
Emperor of France. Dr. Forbes Winslow read the
letters, and then turned to the young Frenchman
and said:

“What is your trouble?”

- He said: “I don’t know.”

“Have you lost money?”

“No, not lately.”

“Have you suffered in honor or reputation?”

“No, not so far as I know.”

“Have you lost friends?” -

“No, not recently.”

“Then what is it that keeps you awake?”

He said: “Dr. Winslow, I’d rather not tell.”

Dr. Winslow said: “If you don’t tell, I can’t
help you.”

“Well,” said the young Frenchman, “my trouble
is this: I am an infidel, and my father was an in-
fidel before me. But strangely enough, every night
when I lie down to sleep this question rises before
me, ‘Eternity, and where shall I spend it?’ During
“ the night I can’t think of but one thing, and I can’t
sleep; or if I succeed in falling into troubled slum-
ber it is more awful than my waking hours, and I
start from some horrid dream all a-tremble. That
question haunts me all the night, ‘Eternity, and
where shall I spend it?”

Dr. Forbes Winslow said: “I can’t help you, but
I can tell you a Physician that can.” He took his
Bible from a table, and turned to Is. 53, 5, and
read: “He was wounded for our transgressions, He

was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement of .

our peace was upon Him; and by His stripes we are
healed.” There was a curl of scorn upon the
Frenchman’s lip. He said:

“Dr. Winslow, do you mean to tell me that a
man in your eminent scientific position believes that
effete superstition of Christianity ?”

“Yes,” said Dr. Forbes Winslow, “I believe in
Jesus Christ and I believe in the Bible; and beliey-
ing in Christ and the Bible has saved me from be-
coming what you are.”

The man dropped his head for a moment. Then
he said:

“If I am an honest man, I ought at least to be
willing to consider it, ought I not? Will you
teach me?”

Dr. Winslow consented, and the physician of the
mind became the physician of the soul. He showed
the young man from the Bible the way out of dark-
ness into light. In three or four days his doubts
were all gone, and he went back to France with his
mind at rest, for he had settled the question of
“Iternity, and where shall I spend it?” He would
spend it with Christ in glory. —

“Iternity, and where shall I spend it?”

Thank God, I know where I shall spend eternity.
Do you? — Selected.

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Love Your Enemies.

Many years ago, during a time of persecution
in Holland, a man was burned at the stake for his
fidelity to Jesus. Several years afterwards, when
the men of Holland were making a stand for free-
dom, the widow of the martyr discovered a fugitive
at her door craving for shelter from his pursuers.
On looking at the man the woman recognized the
burgomaster who had condemned her husband to
death. Nevertheless she answered, “In the name
of Jesus Christ, come in!” and the poor fellow was
hidden in safety till his enemies, in despair, had
abandoned the search.

“Tove your enemies; bless them that curse you,”
Matt. 5, 44.

A Mother’s Good Advice.

When the gifted clergyman Valerius Herberger,
to whom even at the present day thousands of souls
owe a debt of gratitude for the sermons which he
published, was about to be married, he prepared
a list of the guests who were to be invited to the
wedding. While thus engaged, his mother entered
the room, looked at the paper, and said: “Valerius,
by all means place the Lord Jesus at the top of
the list!”