The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1915, Page 1

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Che Lutheran Pioneer.

A MISSIONARY MONTHLY.

PubLisueD BY THE EVANGELICAL LutHERAN Synoprcal ConFERENCE oF Nortu AMERICA.

REV. F. J. LANKENAU, EDITOR.

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

Vol. SSIS II.

No. |.

For the New Year.

(A new translation from the German oft No. 324.)

With the Lord thy
Jesus will direct it;
For assistance call on Him,
Jesus will perfect it:

In the morn with Jesus rise;
When the day is ended,

Then with Jesus close thine eyes;
Be to Him commended.

work begin,

Early in the morn should we
Jesus be addressing,

Pray that He our aid may be
In all needs distressing.
Morning, evening, and at night
“He is ever near us;

O’er the tide of Satan’s might
He will safely bear us.

If thy Jesus near thee be,
Foes may storm in fury;
from their eraft He shieldeth
He will well secure thee.

All thy confidence repose

In the mighty Master;

Only trust Him, Jesus knows
How to stem disaster.

thee,

If thine efforts thus shall be

By thy God directed,

Free from cares thou then shalt see
All thy hopes perfected;

Blessings thou on earth shalt LSAT
Thee success be given,

And at last God shall bestow

Thee thy part in heaven.

Here, Lord Jesus, unto Thee
All my cares I tender,
Life and death submissively
I to Thee surrender.
Jesus, in Thy name begun
Be henceforth my _ service;
May it thus be all well done.
Amen, Jesus, ‘hear us!
O. K., in Bethlehem-Kirchenbote, Milwaukee.

PHO

New Year’s Thoughts.

No man will.doubt that the first step in a new
undertaking is of the greatest importance; an enter-
prise often proves a failure just because the first
step taken was not right. If the foundation is
weak, the house resting on it will never be safe.
Sirach tells us that we should take counsel before
we undertake a thing, and get all the necessary
information before making a venture. And, surely,
that is good, sound advice, advice that we shall do
well to follow as we are about to step into the new
year. But where shall we go for counsel, who is
the most suitable person to go to for advice? Shall
we go to a human being? It would be the greatest
mistake, were we to choose a human being as our
chief counselor; for the wisest man is ignorant
concerning .the future, and.the mightiest ruler on
earth has no power over, a single minute of time.
Therefore let us go to Him, whose wisdom is bound-
less, and whose power is infinite, to Him, who knows
the future as He knows the present, and who has
all our weal and woe. in His mighty hand. With
the poet let us say: x

Where’er I go, whate’er my task,

The counsel of my God I ask,

Who ruleth all things right;

Unless He give both thought and deed,
The utmost pains can ne’er succeed,
‘And vain must be man’s might.

Yes, the Lord shall be our Counselor and Guide,
our Strength and Wisdom, in the new year. To
Him let us lift up our eyes, and Him let us implore
for help and guidance. If God be with us during
this new year, we shall have the best Companion.
He will protect us against all our enemies, He will
succor us in the hour of danger, He will save us

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