The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1910, Page 18

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has been accepted, and all its fruits and benefits
are brought to sinners in the Gospel. Those who
accept the Gospel and believe in Christ as the Sacri-
fice for their sin have “redemption through His

sinners be brought to a saving knowledge of what
Christ in His infinite love has done for them, so
that they may be among those who shall stand before
the throne of the Lamb, singing the song of praise:

“Thou wast slain, and hast re-

Christ on the Way to Calvary.

blood, the forgiveness of sin, according to the riches-

of His grace.” .
That great sacrifice is the only remedy for sin.
There is none other. Christians know this. There-
fore they are active in the missions of the Church,
by which the Gospel of the Savior, who sacrificed
Himself for our sins, is brought to men for their
salvation. The Christian’s desire and prayer is that

deemed us to God by Thy blood out
of every kindred, and tongue, and
people, and nation,” Rev. 5, 9.

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Of the Lord’s Supper.

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“Tt is the true body and blood
of our Lord Jesus Christ, under the
bread and wine, for us Christians
to eat and to drink, instituted by
Christ Himself.” This is the mas-
terly answer which Luther gives
in our Catechism to the question:
“What is the Sacrament of the
Altar?” In this brief answer, in
the simplest words, is given
exact presentation of what Serip-
ture teaches concerning the Lord’s
Supper.

The visible, external signs in
this Sacrament are bread and wine.
While Scripture nowhere tells us
why Christ chose these particular
signs, and no others, as the carriers
in this Sacrament, it must never-
theless, upon thoughtful considera-
tion, at once be brought home to us
how just these signs so beautifully
typify the purpose of this Sacra-
ment; for as bread and wine nour-

+ ish and quicken the body, so the
Lord’s Supper has the purpose of
strengthening and quickening the
soul. ,

Bread and wine, then, are the
visible signs in this Sacrament,
as water is the external sign in

Baptism. ‘These signs are a part of the divine in-

stitution, and must be used if we wish to celebrate
the Holy Supper. We have no right to substitute

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any other signs for the bread and wine, and if

bread and wine may not be had, of course the Lord’s
Supper cannot be celebrated. Bread, then, made
of flour, and real wine, the juice of the grape, must
be used, for these are the visible signs which Christ