The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1914, Page 9

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Che Lutheran Pioneer.

A MISSIONARY MONTHLY.

PuBLISHED BY THE EvANGELICAL LutTmeRAN SynopicaL ConrereNce or Nor'tit AMERICA.
REV. F. J. LANKENAU, EDITOR.

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

Vol. XXXVI. ST. LOUIS, MO.,

FEBRUARY, 1914. No. 2.

The Southern Cross.

Yonder glows the Southern Cross —
Calvary written on the sky.

Ye who count the world but loss,
Who for Christ would live and die,
See His emblem flaming there,
Beckoning as it floats above,

Give to Southern lands their share
Of your service, of your love.

On the vast Brazilian plain,

On Peruvian mountain height,
Where La Plata joins the main,
Spread the Gospel’s quickening light.
There the soul that starves for truth
Shall no more be error’s slave;
There the earnest heart of youth
Claims the knowledge that can save.

Gods — insulting God — defile

Fairest tribes of Hindustan;

On the beauteous tropic isle

Man devours his brother man.
Ethiopia lifts her hands,

Chained, but crying to be free. .

Light her darkness, loose her bands, —
God proclaims her liberty.

Ships of sea and ships of air,
Cables on the ocean’s bed,

Bear the tidings everywhere,
Christ is living who was dead.
Christ is coming, haste His reign;
Selfish gold is sordid dross;
Scorn the sacrifice and pain, —
Yonder glows the Southern Cross!

Ernest A. BELL.

A Blessed Assurance.

“Him that cometh to me I will in no wise
cast out,” John 6, 37. ‘This is truly a blessed as-
surance. There is no limit of time set to this
promise. Christ does not say, “The sinner that
comes to me the first time I will not cast out,” but
positive and certain is the promise for every com-
ing, “Him that cometh to me I will in no wise
east out.” In no wise, not at all, never, will He
cast out the poor sinner that comes to Him. No
matter how often upon previous occasions the sin-
ner may have rejected the gracious invitation to
come, no matter if he has rejected the invitation
a thousand times before, the blessed Savior is going
to forget all previous obstinacy and will accept him
when he comes.

But suppose the sinner leaves Jesus again after
he has come to Him? Will the Savior accept him
a second time? Surely He will, for the words of
the promise are plain, “Him that cometh to me I
will in no wise cast out.” Through the mouth of
the prophet He says, “I will heal their backsliding,
I will love them freely; for mine anger is turned
away from him,” Hos. 14, 4. Though you sin
like David and deny your Lord like Peter, the
promise applies to you, “Him that cometh to me
I will in no wise cast out.”

O wonderful grace, this grace of Christ Jesus
towards sinners! ‘There is in this assurance no
limitation of persons. He offers grace to all sin-
ners, be they old or young; He makes no difference
between the high and low, between the black and
white, between rich and poor. ‘To all He gives the
full assurance of a.gracious welcome. This assur-
ance is given to the old sinners grown gray in the