The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1919, Page 25

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A Prayer to Our Savior. some holy women who had come to anoint the body
? —= of Jesus that He who had been crucified had risen
O Jesus, Lamb divine, unto life. A little later these women saw the Lord
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Who for man’s sin’ didst. pine, Himself and touched Him. Subsequently He ap-
Man’s vice and lust, — ree 2 ‘
Graciously hear our prayer, peared to other disciples, singly or together, coming
Bless us both here and there; when He was not expected, and disappearing just
On Thee we cast all care, as unexpectedly. But though He thus came and
In Thee we trust. ii : Sais
i went, He was recognized by His followers as J esus,
eee ve arom Spe ee their Master, and they held much sweet intercourse
a elp us that war to win : a % ms i,
Against our Foe. with Him. Thus forty days of happiest converse
Grant us that we may be passed, till one day He gathered them on Mount
= thankful, dear Lord, to Thee, Olive, near Jerusalem, was in their presence taken
And serve Thee faithfully Veeihye
Tn :weal. ‘and: woe. up out of their sight, and appeared to them no
, : more. Such is the brief statement of the event
But in yon paradise, ‘
ea Whither our spirit flies that has influenced the world more than any other
Even now in prayer, : that history records.
; We will abide alway * * *
On heaven’s Haster Day, :
~ Which will endure for aye, He who was given for man’s offenses truly rose
And praise Thee there, again on the third day from the dead, and thus
F H. Osternus. Verified the truth of His previous declaration con-
: cerning His resurrection, and proved Himself the
The Resurrection Gospel. mighty Son of God, whom death could not fetter,
and whom the grave could not hold. The sinners’
Jesus of Nazareth died—died on the cross, Substitute could not be held by death and the grave,
The eternal Son of God died the death of a sinner  fop He had paid the debt of sin to the last penny.
because all sinners’ sins had been laid upon Him. Jesus’ resurrection was, therefore, in reality nothing
~\ A few hours after His death Jesus was buried in Jesg than God’s receipt in full for the payment of

the new tomb of J. oseph of Arimathea. man’s debt; it was the declaration of the righteous

However, on the morning of the third day there- Judge to the whole world that man’s guilt is fully
after, the sepulcher in which J esus had been laid atoned, and that all punishment incurred by man
was found empty. The grave-cloths and the head- on account of sin has been fully borne. In other
band were found lying in the places where they had words. Christ’s resurrection is our justification, the
been laid, but the body round which they had been just God’s assurance that He will not impute our
wrapped was gone. An angel in the tomb told sins to us, for the sake of our Substitute.