The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1915, Page 95

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Sunday Eggs.

Some weeks ago one of our pastors near
Columbus, O., told us the following: “Last month
a lady of my congregation came to me and told me
that she had some money for missions. She had
saved -all the money realized from the sale of eggs

“laid by her hens on Sunday during the year, and

. Was now bringing me the result of her savings.
‘Guess how much it is, pastor, she said. After some
thought I asked her, ‘Is it twenty-five dollars?
‘More than that, she answered and opened her
treasure. It was more than fifty dollars!”

Would it not be a good idea if more of our

‘Christians would dedicate their hens’ Sunday eggs
to the cause of missions? I am sure that the eggs
laid by the hens of our members on Sunday would,
if dedicated to the mission cause, be sufficient, not
only to carry on our mission work upon the same
scale that we have been carrying it on, but the sum
realized from the sale of these eggs would enable
our various mission boards to carry on the work
twice as extensively as it has been carried on.

Of course, it will be too much to expect that
all the poultry raisers among us will adopt this plan
to help the Lord’s cause, but we do hope that the
example of this Ohio farmer’s wife will find many
imitators. And if it isn’t too much trouble, the
PIONEER would be pleased to hear from those who
have decided to try this or a similar plan to help
the cause of missions. F. J. L.

A Poor Excuse.

One often hears people say, “I don’t believe in
sending missionaries away to work among other
people. ‘There are heathen enough here at home.
Let us convert them first before we send mis-

. Sionaries far away.” ‘That plea we all have heard,
and it is enough-to make one’s blood boil with indig-
nation every time one hears it. It is a cheap and
shameful plea. In fact, it is a plea of “Guilty”
on the part of those that make it. In making it,
they admit that they have not done their duty.
And how shameful it is for any one to make his
unfaithfulness at home an excuse for not doing
his duty elsewhere! Because we Christians are neg-
lecting our missionary duty towards those around
us, shall this be’ an excuse for not doing our duty
abroad? If all of us that claim to have found
Christ would do what Andrew and Philip did as

soon as they found Him, would there be so many
unbelievers at home?

Let us no longer plead for exemption from mis-
sion work abroad on the ground of neglect of duty
at home. To do so is just about as unreasonable
as if a murderer of his father would ask the judge
to have pity on him because he is an orphan.

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Christ in Us.

The electric wires of a city are supplied with
the electric current from some central station. Tt
is this current from the central station that drives
the electric cars and illuminates the streets and
homes. If this current were cut off, all our street-
cars would stand still, and our streets and homes
would be in darkness. ‘The central station is the
fountain of all electric power.

Thus it is also with our life for Christ. When
the heart is filled with the love of Christ through
faith in Him, our whole life will be influenced by
this indwelling of Christ in our hearts; it will
show itself in our whole walk and conversation.
But if the heart be not filled with Christ, all will
be dead and dark. It is only when He lives in us
and we in Him that we can bring forth good fruit;
without Him we can do nothing. bie

Visit, then, this soul of mine,
Pierce the gloom of sin and grief;
Fill me, Radiancy Divine,

Scatter all my unbelief;

More and more Thyself display,
Shining to the perfect day.

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