The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1912, Page 1

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The Hutheran Pioneer.

A. MISSIONARY MONTHLY.

Pubiisuep By THE EvanGenicaL LuTneran SynopicaL ConFErENcE oF Nortit AMERICA.
R. A. BISCHOFY, Eprror.

Entered at the Post Office at St. Lous, Mo., as second-class matter.

Vol. XXXILY.

ST. LOUIS, MO., JANUARY, 1912. No. 1.

Redeem the Time! the Christ-child was called Jesus because that is

what He is. “Unto you is born a Savior,” said the

The time is short! angel in the night of His birth. He came to save

If thou wouldst work for God, it must be now; from sin. ‘lo this end He took the sinners’ place
ibe aes get aad te CEN VY under the Law,. fulfilling for us all righteousness

demanded by:the Law, and already on the day of
Sa Aree anneteettin ae circiimeision shedding the first drops of blood as
WTOECT IN ALE SE ONO EE ICA an earnest of our full redemption through His
Set out with girded loins upon the way; = é

Up! Linger not! blood. THe was called. Jesus because He really «is
what the name means —Jesus,. Savior! Not a
Savior from some temporal evil, but the Savior

Shake off earth’s sloth!

Fold not thine hands!
What has the pilgrim of the cross and crown

aldo leltholuxurdrericouch | olidowa? from sin, which brought death into the world and
On, pilgrim, on! - all our woe. Sin is the greatest of all evils. It de-
With His reward stroys both body and soul, and ruins for time and
Hv-comes; He tarrics nét; His. day is near! elernity. It brings upon men the wrath of a sin-
When men least look for Him, He will be here; hating God. It makes men slaves, and drags them
Prepare for Him! down into everlasting damnation. It drove man
Let not the flood out of Paradise, and made this earth a land of sor-
Sweep thy firm feet from the eternal Rock; row, and tears, and graves. All the days of the
Face calmly, solemnly, the billow’s shock ; year you can behold the ruin and woe brought on
Fear not the storm! by sin. What a dreadful thing sin is!
Withstand the foe; ‘Blessed be God ! — the Gospel brings us a Savior
Die daily, that forever thou may’st live; from sin. It is He whose name was called Jesus —
Be faithful unto death! The Lord will give Savior. In Him “we have redemption through His
AACS ean Pena blood, even the forgiveness of sins.” All-that trust

in Him as their Savior have this redemption. Their
sins are forgiven “for His name’s sake.” They -
“His Name Was Called Jesus.” need not fear the future, however dark it be. ‘True,
they know not what the new year has in store for
‘Of the Christ-child, born at Bethlehem, it is. them, but as God’s children they do know that “all
written: “When eight days were accomplished for things work together for good to them that love
the circumcision of the Child, His name was called .God, to them that are called according to -His
Jesus.” ‘The name was given by God Himself, for purpose.” ,
the angel who appeared to Joseph said of the Child Jesus — sweetest of all names! Jesus — the
that was to he born of the Virgin Mary: “Thou pardon of all our sins, the answer to all our doubts,
shalt call His name Jesus, ‘for He shall save His the foundation of all our hopes, comfort in all our
people from their sins.” Jesus means Savior, and trials, strength in all our weakness, our victory over

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