The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1909, Page 4

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4 The Lutheran Pioneer.

The Flight into Egypt.

When the cruel King Herod, after hearing from
the wise men of the East of the birth of Christ,
sought to destroy the Christ-child, the angel of the

Herod sought to murder the Christ-child, be-
cause he foolishly feared to lose his own kingdom
through the newborn King of the Jews. He had
not learned that Christ’s kingdom is not of this
world. The kingdom that was in danger through

the birth of the Christ-child was

Satan’s kingdom. “For this purpose

the Son of God was manifested that

He might destroy the works of the

devil.” This Satan knew very well.

He knew that the time of redemp-

tion had come, and that the Child

THE FLIGHT INTO EGYPT.
Matt. 2, 13—23._

Lord appeared to Joseph and told him to take the
young Child and its mother and flee into Egypt.
Joseph obeyed and took the young Child and its
_ mother and fled into Egypt, where he stayed: with
_them until the death of Herod. He then, in obe-
dience to the Lord’s command, went back into the
land of Israel with the Child and His mother.

born at Bethlehem was the promised
Savior of the world. He feared for
his kingdom, and sought to de-
stroy the Child Jesus through Herod
as his instrument. But his and
Herod’s raging was in vain. God
protected the Child Jesus and dis-
appointed the murderous devices of
His crafty enemies.

Satan and the world at all times
rage against Christ and against those
that are His. But we need not fear.
They rage in vain. “He that sitteth
in the heavens shall laugh; the Lord
shall have them in derision.” 'The
Church of Christ is built upon a
rock, and the gates of hell shall not
prevail against her. How comfort-
ing it is for Christians to know that
the God who guided and took care of
the Christ-child will also guide and
take care of them in their journey
through life! He is their Refuge
and Strength, and under His al-
mighty protection they are safe from
all enemies.

The Beauty of the Sermon.

General Lee always expressed his _
preference for those sermons which
presented most simply and earnestly
the soul-saving truths of the Gospel
in their.purity. After listening to such a sermon,
preached before a body of young men, he said to
a friend: “It was a noble sermon, one of the very —
best I ever heard, and the beauty of it was that the
preacher gave our young men the very marrow of

_the Gospel, and with a simple earnestness that must

have reached their hearts and done them good.”