The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1909, Page 81

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Che Lutheran Pioneer.

A MISSIONARY MONTHLY.

PuBiisHED BY THE EvANGELICAL LUTHERAN SYNODICAL CONFERENCE oF NortH AMERICA.
R. A. BISCHOFF, Epiror.

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

Vol. XX XI.

ST. LOUIS, MO., NOVEMBER, 1909.

No. ll.

Your Mission.

Hark! the voice of Jesus crying,
“Who will go and work to-day?

Fields are white and harvest waiting;
Who will bear the sheaves away?”
Loud and strong the Master calleth,
Rich reward He offers thee;

Who will answer, gladly saying,
“Here I am; send me, send me!”?

If you cannot cross the ocean

And the heathen lands explore,
You can find the heathen nearer,
You can help them at your door.
If you cannot give your thousands,
You can give the widow’s mite;
And the least you do for Jesus
Will be precious in His sight.

If you cannot speak like angels,

If you cannot preach like Paul,

You can tell the love of Jesus,

You can say He died for all.

With your prayers and with your bounties
You can do what Christ demands;

You can be like faithful Aaron,

Holding up the prophet’s hands.

Let none hear you idly saying,
“There is nothing I can do,”

While the souls of men are dying,
And the Master calls for you.
Take the task. He gives you gladly,
Let His work your pleasure be;
Answer quickly when He calleth,

“Here I am; send me, send me!”
Selected.

A Faithful Witness.

A gentleman of wealth and of high social posi-

tion, living in‘the suburbs of London, was suddenly
stricken down by a dangerous illness. Through

’ Bible:

the long night his faithful wife sat by the bedside,
offering many a silent prayer for the soul of her
dear husband. Her pastor, who relates this story,

’ says that she had often begged her husband in vain

to attend church with her. During his sickness she
wished the pastor to be called for, but her husband
would not consent. One morning she again ven-
tured the request that the pastor be called. “No,”
her husband replied, “send for our coachman.”

Not knowing what to think of the strange com-
mand, she did as directed, and soon the humble
servant stood respectfully at the foot of the bed.

_ “John,” said the master, “three weeks ago I
heard you speak to some poor people. You did not
see me, but I stood near by and listened to every
word you said. You told them that on account of
what Jesus Christ did on the cross, every sinner
may be saved just now, and just as he is, and that
he, by the sure Word of God, may know he is saved.
I have sent for you that you may prove to me out
of the Bible the truth of what you said.”

This was a delightful service to the grateful
coachman, who at once began to read from the
“God commendeth His love toward us in
that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for-us,”
Rom. 5, 8. “For God so loved the world that He
gave His only-begotten Son, that whosoever be-

lieveth in Him should not perish, but have ever-

lasting life’? John 8, 16. “He that believeth on
the Son hath everlasting life,’ John 3, 36. “Who
His own self bare our sins in His own body on the
tree,” 1 Pet. 2,24. “And the blood of Jesus Christ,
His Son, cleanseth us from all sin,” 1 John 1, 7.-
“These things have I written unto you that believe
on the name of the Son of God, that ye may know
that ye have eternal life,” 1 John 5 Stier conot