The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1922, Sheet 19

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Ohe Lutheran Pioneer.

A MISSIONARY MONTHLY.

PusiisHep BY THE EvaNGenical LutTimeraAN SyNopicaL ConFERENCE OF NortH AMERICA.

REV. F. J. LANKENAU, EDITOR.

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Vol. XLIV.

ST. LOUIS, MG. MARCH, 1922.

OUR MONTHLY MISSIONARY MOTTO.

“The whole business of the whole Church is to preach the whole
Gospel to the whole world.”’

No. 3.

Prayer for Lent.

Lamb of God, unspotted and kind,
Who hast on that tree
Suffered, died, and saved mankind,
Hear our humble plea:
Hlave mercy upon us!

Lamb of God, so gentle and mild,
Who on Calvary

God and man hast reconciled,
Grace is found with Thee:

Ilave mercy upon us!

Lamb of God, confiding in Thee,
We confession make:

Great is-our iniquity;

For Thy Passion’s sake,

O grant us Thy peace! H. Osteruus.

The Church and the Lodge.

Vv.

At the risk of repeating in part what I have said
before, I call attention to the fact that the Church
and the lodge give two different answers to the
important question, What must I do to be saved?
I know that I have referred to this before, but it is
a matter of such vital importance that I must again
recur to it. The Christian Church teaches that no
man can be saved unless he repents of his sins and

believes in Jesus Christ, who suffered and died
for him. .

This is in full agreement with the Bible. Peter
tells us in his Second Epistle: “The Lord is not
willing that any should perish, but that all should
come to repentance.” 2 Pet.3,9. There is but one
way to escape perishing, and that is by way of re-
pentance. The Lord Himself told Nicodemus: “Ye
must be born again.” John 3, 7%. Peter told the
people of Jerusalem, Acts 3,19: “Repent ye, there-
fore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted
out.” When on the day of Pentecost the people
asked Peter, “What shall we do?” the prompt an-
swer was, “Repent.” A “broken- and contrite
spirit,” Ps. 51,19, that is heartily sorry for having
sinned against God, and a confident faith in the
merits of Jesus, for whose sake God graciously for-
gives us our sins, must go hand in hand. “We are
justified freely by His grace through the redemp-
tion that is in Christ Jesus.” Rom. 3, 24. “In
Christ we have redemption through His blood, the
forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His
grace.” Iph.1,7. “A man is not justified by the
works of the Law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ.”
Gal. 2, 16. And this faith is the work of God’s
grace, which He works in us by the Gospel through
His Spirit. 1 Pet.1,5. Where this faith is, there
will follow good works. ‘We are His workmanship,
created in Christ Jesus unto good works.” Eph.