The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1908, Page 65

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The Lutheran Pioneer,

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MUSSIONARY MONTHLY.

Pusuisnep By THE EvanGenicaL LuruEeran Synopicat ConFERENCE oF Nort AMERICA.

R. A. BISCHOFF, Editor.

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

Vol. XXX.

St. ~ Louis, Mo. September, 1 1908.

Whose Am I?

Jesus, Master, whose I am,
Purchased Thine alone to be,
By Thy blood, O spotless Lamb!
Shed so willingly for me,

Let my heart be all Thine own,
Let me live for Thee alone.

Other lords have long held sway;
Now, Thy name alone to bear,
Thy dear voice alone obey,

Is my daily, hourly prayer.
Whom have I in heaven but Thee?
Nothing else my joy can be.

Jesus, Master, I am Thine!

Keep me faithful, keep me near;
Let. Thy presence in me shine,
All my homeward way to cheer.
Jesus, at Thy feet I fall;

Oh! be Thou my all-in-all. ~
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It Is Settled.

A young woman had attended revival meetings
in which the feelings and emotions of the people
were excited. She was very much troubled and
could find no peace; for she looked for peace to
her feelings and trusted in the emotions of her
own heart instead of looking to Christ and trust-
ing in what the Gospel says of His work for sinners.

In her distress she spoke to a Christian neigh-
bor about her trouble. “I know that I am a sin-
ner,” she said, “and I need salvation, and I have
tried to settle it, but in vain.”

“Are you not looking in the wrong direction?”
said her friend. “The Gospel points you to the
cross of Christ. There you will see the settlement

"not the blood and something else.

of sin.” And then she read to her from the Bible
such passages as these: “The Lord hath laid on
Him the iniquity of us all.” “The blood of Jesus
Christ, His Son, cleanseth us from all sin.”. “Who
His own self bare our sins in His own body on the
tree.” “In whom we have redemption through His
blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to ‘the
riches of His grace.” ;

The woman listened very earnestly, and by
simply believing God’s Word she found peace.
“Thank God, I now see it all,” she said. “It is
settled. The blood of Jesus Christ, the blood of
Jesus only, settled all for me.” :

Tt was settled indeed with the young woman.
It was not her shoutings that settled it. It was
not her tears or her feelings. It was not her own
efforts. It was not anything which she found in
herself. No. It was “the blood of Jesus.” It was
It was “the
blood of Jesus only.”

This is the way to peace. From,the Gospel the
poor, anxious sinner learns that the blood of Christ
has been shed for the remission of his sins. By
faith he holds on.to these glad tidings, and thus
takes forgiveness of sins and everlasting salvation.
He no longer looks within for peace; he waits for
no feelings to tell him that he is saved. He simply
trusts in what the Gospel says of Jesus and His
redemption. By believing God’s Word he knows
that God is perfectly satisfied with the person and
work of His Son, the Savior of sinners, and. there,
there only, he finds his own satisfaction.

Happy believer! He can say: It is settled.
God sees the blood shed for my sins, and I am
saved. Now'I can lay my head down to rest. All
fear is removed from my heart, and I know that