The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1910, Page 12

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The Lutheran Pioneer.

At Rest.

In the evening of January 1. 1910, the vener-
able and beloved Pastor C. J. Otto Hanser, of
St. Louis, Mo., entered into res:, at the ripe age
of 77 years, 4 months, and 3 days. In his death
our mission loses a warm friend and an eloquent
advocate. For many years he was a member of
our Mission Board and also editor of our German
mission paper, writing many an earnest and touch-
ing appeal for the mission cause, in which he at all
times took a loving and active interest. He loved

+ Rev. C. J. Otto Hanser. +

mission work, and his heart was filled with a pas-
sion for saving souls. ‘Therefore the ministry of
the Gospel, in which he faithfully served for
50 years, with wonderful activity and cheerfulness,
was‘a delight to him. The pulpit was his throne.
_ To preach the unsearchable riches of Christ was to
him a source of the purest joy.; and not to be able
to preach, the cause of keenest sorrow.

The memory of this powerful evangelical
preacher, this wise, kind, faithful pastor, this zeal-
ous, warm-hearted friend of missions, will be kept
green in the large circle of those that knew him
and loved him. Having finished his course in
faith, he now rests from his labors. How sweet that

_ box and the other into his savings bank.

rest must be to him after his long day’s work! .
Our loss is indeed his gain, and we rejoice with
him at his deliverance from all evil. His joy is
unspeakable and full of glory. For “they that be
wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament,
and they that turn many to righteousness as the
stars for ever and ever,” Dan. 12, 3.

Servant of God, well done!

Rest from thy loved employ;

The battle fought, the victory won,

Enter thy Master’s joy!

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Which Penny Was Lost?

When Walter Bagster was a little boy, his mother
one evening gave him two pennies, saying: “One
of them you will give for missions, to convert the
poor heathen, will you not?”

The boy made no reply, but wished to play with
the coins a while before putting one into his mission
Pretty
soon he came to his mother weeping and said, “One
of the pennies has rolled away, and I cannot find
it anywhere.”

“Well, Walter,” said his mother, “which penny
did you lose, your penny or the one for the poor
heathen ?”

This seemed a hard problem to solve, and little
Walter thought about it for a while. At last he
said, “My penny I gave got yet; it was the other
penny that I lost.”

His mother said it was time now to go to bed,
and asked him to consider the matter again and to
tell her in the morning which penny he had lost.
He seemed to be buried in deep thought as he kissed
his mother good-night.

The next morning little Walter came running
with beaming face and exclaimed: “Mother, it was
my penny after all that was last; the other one
belongs to the poor heathen.”

The mother smiled and said, “So I thought right
away. But see, here is your penny also. After you
had gone to bed I found it under the wardrobe.”

This boy grew to be a pious young man and a
lover of mission work. In due time he became a -
missionary to Africa, where he died in Christ and
in peace, after having labored faithfully among the
poor heathen of that dark continent.

Se

TE believer’s life is a life hid with Christ
in God.