The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1914, Page 1

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The Lutheran Pioneer,

A. MISSIONARY MONTHLY.

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ReEv. F. J. LANKENAU, EDITOR.

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

LIBRARY ...ST. LOUIS|

THE LUTHERAN PIONEER,
fas it enters upon its thirty-sixth year, invokes God’s
cchoicest blessings upon all its readers and earnestly
asks for their prayers that God may bless its humble
cefforts in spreading God’s kingdom among men.

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Another Year of Grace.

Another year! God’s wondrous love
Is ever, ever new;

His precious bounties from above
Flow on, for He is true.

The records of our bygone sins
Sink in oblivion’s sea;
Another year of grace begins,
Free grace for you and me.

Another year! The Lord be blessed!
He leads, and we march on,
Until ‘we reach th’ eternal rest
Where time and sin are gone.
H. OstTernus.

‘‘And the LORD Shall Guide Thee Continually.”
Is. 58, 11.

What a blessed assurance do these words give
us! The future lies dark and hidden before us;
we know not what this new year may have in store
for us; we know not what paths we may have to
tread. But we need not fear, we need not tremble,
for the LORD ‘shall guide us. , As the LORD
‘promised Moses at Sinai, so He also assures us:
“My presence shall go before thee.” God does not
entrust us on our earthly pilgrimage to the guid-
ance of an angel; He Himself guides us and blazes

Wol. XXXVI. ST. LOUIS, MO., JANUARY, 1914.

the way for us. You may not always see His fiery,
cloudy pillar, but the Lord Jehovah will never for-
sake you. Mark this word “shall”; “the LORD
shall guide thee.” Here is a certain, positive as-
surance. “TI will never leave thee nor forsake thee” ;
“and the LORD shall guide thee.” ‘This precious
“will” and this blessed “shall” are worth more than
all the oaths of men taken together.

Notice also the word “continually.” Not for a
brief space of time, not only temporarily, will the
LORD guide us on our way, but we shall be under
His constant protection. Our Shepherd’s tender
care will always surround us; our God will ever
hold us by the hand and lead us on the right path
to rest and safety. Though you should be obliged
to wander upon unknown paths; though want and

‘ poverty be allotted to you; though you be cast

among strangers or even among enemies; though
you should walk in the dark valley of the shadow
of death, — you need fear no evil, for “the LORD
shall guide thee continually.” ‘There are no per-
plexities from which His guiding hand cannot free
you, no breakers on the tempestuous sea of life that
His strength cannot safely bring you through, no
such intricate windings in the labyrinth of life that
His wise counsel cannot help you successfully to
thread.

Yes, “the LORD shall guide thee continually.”
His unfailing wisdom shall lead you, His unchan-
ging love shall comfort you, His eternal power shall
protect you. Bat

. Guide me, O Thou great Jehovah,
Pilgrim through this barren land;
I am weak, but Thou art mighty, —
Hold me with Thy powerful hand.

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