The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1917, Sheet 83

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notice, hand same to any postal employee, and it will be placed in the
hands of our soldiers or sailors at the front.

No Wrapping — No Address. A, 8. BuRLESON, Postmaster-General.

Che Lutheran Pioneer,

A. MISSIONARY MONTHLY.

PupiisuEep BY THE HyaNnceLican LUTHERAN Syxopican Conrerence or Norta Ammrrca.

. Rey. F. J. LANKENAD, EDITOR.

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

Vol. XXXIX. ST. LOUIS, MO., NOVEMBER, 1917. No. 11.

Dr. Luther Should Not Be Forgotten. “Life in His Son.’’
Yor Lururr’s Brrrupay, Toy TENTH OF NovEMBER. Saree
“And this is the record, that God hath given
lo us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.”
1 John 5, 11.
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This text preaches the purest, sweetest Gospel.
Some people use their speech in order to hide their
thoughts. Even in the Bible there are dark places,
for instance, in the prophetic books. But this is
one of the vastly numerous clear texts which make
the Bible the bright lamp to our fect, the wnerring
light to our path. There is no ambiguity ahout
the words of our text. It plainly tells us that we
receive life, eternal life, by faith in Christ, the Son
of God. That the Apostle points to the believers
as the possessors of eternal life is also shown by

e ae the two verses following our text: “He that hath
* ioe aia ee See eee sea in dark the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of

night. : God hath not life. hese things have I written
eis R stands for the Reformation that brought unto you that believe on the name of the Son of
a The Gospel afresh to the people of God. God, that ye may know that. ye have eternal life,
aoa L stands for the Liberty Luther restored, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son
| The glorious freedom in Jesus, our Lord. 53
i a : ate of God.
U stands for the Unction, the Spirit, who led What th ak Aatiterel
The Christians by Luther again to their Head. a iS uae ea Soe ints ee not deserve
i m@ stands for the Truths, the doctrines so pure, that name; for they live without God in the world.
Which unto all Christians salvation insure. But in Christ we believers have found joyous,
BH stands for sweet Heaven, the haven of rest, active, blessed life. ‘This is not mere existence,
Where all that believe in the Lord shall be blessed. not imaginary, but real life in the noblest and
E stands for the Harnestness which we should show deepest sense of the word; we are living not only

In spreading the Gospel that gladdens us so.

physically, but also spiritually. And this spiritual
life of ours, as our text assures us, will never end,
Indeed, Dr. Luther, whose name is here spelled, . io eternal. Tt is. a wreath pe roses, and lilies
Should ever in grateful remembrance be held. that will never fade, a charming song that will

H. Osrernus. never die away. We shall live above, world without

R stands for the Riches upon us bestowed
Through Luther, —the treasures that never corrode.

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