The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1909, Page 6

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6 The Lutheran Pioneer.

All the Way.

All the way He walks beside me,
Precious Jesus, Savior, Friend!

In His love I’m sweetly resting,

Safe, secure, until the end.

Though the dangers thick surround me
And the path be rough and wild,

All the way He walks beside me, .
Lets me feel I am His child.

All the way He walks beside me,

Whispering words of love and cheer;

And I rest upon His promise,

Knowing He is ever near.

Oft my feet are worn and weary

As I journey day by day,

But the Savior walks beside me,

Holds my hand and leads the way.
EsTHeER PETERSON.

Perfect Trust.

A gentleman was walking, one evening, with
his little girl, upon a high bank, beneath which ran
' a canal. The child was pleased with the looks of
the glistening water, and coaxed her father to take
her down to it.

“The water looks pretty. Please, papa, do take
me down there,” she said.

The bank was very steep, and the road a mere
sheep-path. In getting down, the gentleman had
to take hold of his little girl’s arms, and swing her
from point to point. While doing this, she would
sometimes be hanging in the air, directly over the
water. Yet she only laughed and chuckled, but
_ was not the least bit afraid, although she really
seemed to be in danger.

At last they got down the bank, and reached
the tow-path in safety. Then taking up his daugh-
ter in his arms, he said, “Now tell me, Sophy, why
you were not afraid when you were swinging over
the water?”

Nestling her plump little cheek upon her father’s
face she said:

“Papa had hold of Sophy’s hand; Sophy
couldn’ fall !”

This was a perfect trust. And’ this is just the
feeling that Dayid had toward God when he said,
“What time I am afraid I will trust in Thee.”
Sophy would have screamed with terror to find her-
helf hanging over the water in the canal, unless
she had had confidence in the person who held of
her arms. But it was her father, her kind, loving
father, who held her, and so, what time she would.

have been afraid she trusted in him. And that is

the feeling that we ought to have toward God. The

thought of His power should lead us to trust Him.
Newton.

A Word in Season.

The late R. C. Morgan, of ‘London, England,
whose death the papers reported in the last weeks
of the past year, was known for his active interest
in all mission work. Many a missionary in the
Home and in the Foreign Mission Field had to
thank him for timely assistance in many ways. He
also spoke many a word in season by which others
were led to the Savior. Of this the following in-
cident is an illustration:

_ His eldest boy was drowned when eighteen years
old. While the body lay on the river’s bank, sur-
rounded by a curious crowd, the weeping father
bent over it. Then looking up, he said, rent with
sobs: “My boy is dead, but he was ready to meet
his God. How would it be with some of you stand-
ing here, if you were thus suddenly called away?”

Almost twenty years later, a Christian friend
of Mr. Morgan said to him one day: “I have some-
thing of interest to tell you.” And then he told
him that in conversation with a stranger he found
that the man he was talking with had been one of
the crowd that stood looking at the body of -the
drowned boy and heard the father’s earnest question.

“The man had been startled into anxiety of soul by

that touching appeal at the riverside, and did not
find rest until he was brought to trust in the Say-
ior, whom he now loved and served.

___so-o

How to Study the Bible.

Dr. Luther says: “It is very certain that we
cannot attain to the understanding of Scripture by
study or by intellect. Your first duty is to begin
by prayer, entreating the Lord to grant you of His
great mercy the true understanding of His Word.
There is no other interpreter to His Word, as He
Himself has said, “They shall all be taught of God!’
Hope for nothing from your own labors, from your
own understanding. Trust solely in God and in
the influence of His Spirit. Believe this on the
word of a man who has had experience.”

Tue heart of the giver makes the gift dear and
precious. — Luther.