The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1911, Page 45

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The Lutheran Pioneer.

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No Room for Jesus?

No room in your heart for Jesus,
Careless, indifferent one?
Oh, soon the night will be coming
When the race of life is run.
At any unheeded moment,
Whatever the hour may be,
The angel of death may enter
And silently eall for thee.
No room in your heart for Jesus,
‘The precious Savior and King?
Open the door; let Him enter!
Blessing and peace will He bring.
How can you journey without Him —
Savior, Companion, and Friend?
He will go with you and guide you,
Helping you on to the end.

ESTHER PETERSON.

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Corner-Stone Laying of Immanuel School,
Greensboro, N. C.

In the presence of a large audience the corner-
stone of the new Immanuel School was laid on
April 23. 'The celebration was begun with a regular
divine service held in the chapel of Immanuel -Col-
lege. Here Prof. N. J. Bakke, after the singing of
two hynins, delivered an impressive sermon. Basing
his words on Eph. 6, 4, he showed his hearers why
they should give their children a Christian educa-
tion, viz., first, because God commanded it, and
Secondly, because it is necessary. After the singing
of another hymn the entire audience, consisting of
about 300 people, marched in procession to the new
school-building, about 200 feet south of the College.
The procession was headed by the Faculty of Im-
manuel College and the teachers of the school. Then
came the schoolchildren and students and, lastly,
the remainder of the audience. Into the corner-
stone was laid a box containing the following arti-
cles: a history of the school, a list of all scholars
and teachers, a catalogue of the college, Luther’s
Catechism, the Augsburg Confession, copies of the
Missionslaube, Pronrer, Lutheraner, Lutheran Wit-
ness, Lutheran Herald, Greensboro Daily Record,
Greensboro Daily News, and a few coins. The work
at the new building is progressing rapidly, so that
it may be used at once at the beginning of the new
session. M. L.

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A Brand Plucked out of the Fire.

Valentine Burke was one of the worst characters
known to the St. Louis.police many years ago. We
remember hearing of him as being a notorious

prisoner. About twenty years of his life he spent
in prison. During his last imprisonment he was
saved by God’s grace, as- he himself said, “like a
brand plucked out of the fire.” The story is told
thus : —

At an evening service a well-known preacher
delivered a very earnest sermon on the Philippian
jailer, who tremblingly asked Paul and Silas, “What
must I do to be saved?” and who was told by the
apostles, “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and
thou shalt be saved.”

The sermon was published in one of the St. Louis
morning papers. ‘The reporter had, without the
knowledge of the preacher, given it the rather sen-
sational headline: “How the Jailer at Philippi was
Caught.” As Burke glanced over the paper, the

New Parochial School at Greensboro, N. C.,
now in course of construction.

headline caught his eye. ‘Thinking that it was
some jail news, he began to read it. He was anxious
to see how the jailer was caught. He thought he
had once passed through a town in Illinois called
Philippi, and supposed this was the place referred
to. But as he read on about man’s sin and abont
salvation in Christ, he wondered what had happened
to the paper, and at first felt disgusted. However,
he could not get rid of the text, which was quoted
nine times in the sermon: “Believe on the Lord
Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved.” The Holy
Spirit carried these words home to his heart. He
was brought to a sense of his sin and his need of
salvation. He soon came to the Savior just as he
was, and trusted for salvation in Him who came
into the world to save sinners, even the chief of
sinners. In his prison cell he prayed for the first
time in his life. :