The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1910, Page 43

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The Lutheran Pioneer.

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Look to Jesus.

The anxious sinner will never find peace and
happiness by looking at his prayers, his doings, or
his feelings. It is not what we are or what we do,
but what Jesus is and what He has done for us,
that gives rest to the soul. Look simply in faith to
ITim as ‘He is presented to you in the Gospel,
let nothing come between you and Jesus.

When Luther once

pressed, he said to him,

and
saw a man very much de-
“Man, what are you doing?
Can you think of nothing else but your sins, and
dying and damnation ? and
direct it to Him who is called Christ. Cease to
fear and lament! You really have no reason for it.
If Christ were not here, and had not done this for
you, you would have reason to fear; but He is
here, has suffered death for you, and has secured
comfort and protection for you, and now sits at
the right hand of His heavenly Father to intercede
for you.”

Turn your eye away
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Different Mothers.

A young criminal, sentenced to death, was alone
in his prison cell the day before his execution,

when his mother came to take a last farewell of |

her wretched son. Alas, unhappy mother! When
she entered the cell, the young man rose, and stretch-
ing out his arms, cried in great fury: “Mother,
you are the cause of my death! I shall go and
acense you before the judgment seat of God. When
I the first time brought home turnips stolen from
our neighbor’s garden, you laughed and called me
a clever, smart boy. And I went on in this wicked
way of sin and crime, which ends so disgracefully
to-morrow.”

Poor, unhappy mother! As she leaves the prison,
she may well cry out: “Woe is me!”

There was a mother who acted quite differently.
She was a wise, God-fearing mother who saw to it
that her children walked in the ways of God. When
her little boy one day brought home a fine wooden
toy, she feared that something was wrong. She
therefore earnestly questioned him and brought him
to confess that the toy was stolen. The boy desired
to take the money to the merchant as payment.
The mother, however, made him take back the toy
and ask the merchant’s forgiveness. Nor did she
spoil her child by sparing the rod. But she also

explained to him God’s commandment: “Thou
shalt not steal,” and led him to seek also God’s
forgiveness for Jesus’ sake. For all this the boy
was thankful to his mother and blessed her all the
days of his life.

What a great power for evil or for good is the
influence of a mother! A faithless, wicked mother
A faithful,

Fer pious
example, her kind words, her earnest teachings, her
faithful warnings, her prayers, her tears, are not in .
vain. Ifer children will rise up and call her blessed.

easily proves 2 curse to her children.
God-fearing mother is a great blessing.

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Missionary Sheep.

At a Lutheran missionary conference the propo-
sition was made to raise the sum of $1000.00 extra
for-a traveling missionary in one of our West-
ern states. ‘The subscriptions and promises came in
for a time as fast as the secretary could take them
down, but the responses at last became weaker, and
for a few moments all was still.

A voice was then heard from one of the pastors
who had already made a liberal promise: “The
secretary will please put me down also for two
sheep!” A smile passed over the assembly, but the
speaker looked as solemn as a judge.

The responses again came in rapidly for a time,
and there came a second lull. Again the same
solemn voice was heard, “Put me down for two
more sheep!” and the others began to add to the
promises already. made. And so, for five times the
same voice was heard: “Two more sheep!” ‘Then
the secretary announced that $1000.00 and a small
flock of merino sheep had been promised for the
support and traveling expenses of a missionary.

Among those that had attended the meeting
there was for a time much talk about the promised
sheep which they called “missionary sheep.” Some
wondered how the mission treasurer would ever get
these sheep. But not long after, the treasurer re-
ceived $60.00, the sum which was made from the
sale of the “missionary sheep.” These had been
donated by some members of the pastor’s country.
charge.

The Bible Safe.

An old Christian blacksmith, when told of the ~
many fierce attacks made on the Bible by learned
infidels, simply replied: “The Bible is an anvil that
has worn out many a hammer.”