The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1912, Page 65

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Vol. XXXIY.

“lasting life,” John 3, 14—16.

The Lutheran Pioneer,

A. MISSIONARY MONTHLY.

Pusiisnep BY THE EvAnGcenicAL Lutneran Synopican CONFERENCE OF Nortu AMERICA.
R. A. BISCHOFYF, Eprror.

Entered at the Post Oflice at St. Lonis, Mo., as second-class matter.

Whosoever.
“Whosoccer will, let him take the water of life freely,”
Rey. 22, 17.
Yes, whosoever will may come!
The rich and those of high esteem,
The poor and those of lowly mien;
For Christ meant you and me.

Yes, whosoever Vill may come!

The strong, the weak, the little child,
The sinner, frail and all defiled;

For Christ meant you and me.

Yes, whosoever will may come!

The living water freely take,

And so to heay’n the journey make;
For Christ meant you and me.

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Whosoever.

An aged Christian said, “I have often thanked
God for that word ‘whosoever’ in my Bible. It is
better than if my name were there; for there are
many that have the same name. But that word
‘whosoever’ takes in every man; it means also
poor me.”

Yes, the word “whosoever” leaves no room for
any one to doubt that he is meant, and that the
salvation secured by Christ and offered to sinners

.in the Gospel’is intended for him, no matter who

or what he is. Listen to the Gospel words: “As
Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even

_80 must the Son of Man be lifted up that w110so-

EVER ‘believeth in Him shall not perish, but have
cternal life. For God so loved the world that He
gave His only-begotten Son, that wHosoEvERr he-
lieveth in Him should not perish, but have ever-
“To .Him give all

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‘St. LOUIS, M10., ‘SEPTEMBER, 1912.

No. 9.

the prophets witness, that through His name wuo-
SOEVER believeth in Him shall receive remission of
sins,” Acts 10, 43. “For the Scripture saith, Wuo- -
SOEVER believeth on Him shall not be ashamed,”
Rom. 10, 11. “Wuosorver will, let him take the
water of life freely,” Rey. 22, 17.

In such Gospel words the Savior throws His
arms wide open and welcomes every sinner, whoso-
ever he may be, that will take eternal life at His
hands as a free gift. He welcomes you as you turn
to Him for salvation; for He speaks to you, even
you, in that word “whosoever.” Your name is
wrapped up in that word, and trusting in the Gospel
word you can be more sure of your salvation than
if your name were written plainly in flashing let-
ters across the sky as one whom Jesus will receive.

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The Bible for All Times and Nations.

The Bible, given many centuries ago among the
Jews, is God’s Word for all times and nations. It
describes the human heart in all its sinfulness as it
is at all times and among all the various people in
different lands. In illustration of this truth, the
late Rev. Dr. Chamberlain, for many years mis-
sionary in India, writes: —

“On a certain occasion, many years ago, I went
into a native city in India, where the name of Jesus
had never been heard, there for the first time to
show them and give them these Scriptures, and to
preach to them of Jesus Christ and His salvation.
As an introduction, when we had’ assembled an
audience in the street, I asked my native assistant
to read the first chapter of Romans, that chapter
which ‘those who call themselves liberal-minded tell
us is too black to be true; that chapter that de-