The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1923, Page 41

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Che Lutheran Pioneer.

A MISSIONARY MONTHLY.

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J. LANKENAU, EDITOR.

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Vol. XLV.

“st. LOUIS, MO., JUNE, 1923.

No. 6.

OUR MONTHLY MISSIONARY MOTTO.

“Only as the Church fulfils her ESOS obligations does she justify .
her existence.’’

Our Missionaries’ Need.

Do you hear them pleading, pleading,
Not for money, comfort, power,

But that you, O Christian worker,
Will but set aside an hour

Wherein they will be remembered
Daily at the Throne of Grace

That the work which they are doing
In your life may have a place?

Do you know that they are longing
For the sympathetic touch

That is theirs when friends are praying
In the homeland very much,

That our God will bless the efforts
They are making in His name,

And that souls for whom they’re working
With His love may be aflame?

Do you see them secking, secking,

For the gift of priceless worth

That they count of more importance

Than all other gifts of earth?

Not the gold from rich men’s coffers

Nor relief from any care;

"Lis a gift that you can give them —

"lis the Christian’s daily prayer. Selected.

The Direct End and Purpose of the
Church.

Christ instituted His Church to save the nations.
‘Yo His disciples, His Church, Christ said: “Go ye
and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name
of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy
Ghost; teaching them to observe all things what-
-soever I have commanded you. And, lo, I am with

you alway, even unto the end of the world.” Matt.
28, 19. 20

This missionary injunction of the Lord is a holy
and stirring call to arms. Upon us is imposed the
burden to gather all mankind under the banner of
Christ and His Gospel. We shall exercise to the
fullest extent our power and strength and gifts to
bring all men into Christ’s kingdom. We shall
“compel them to come in” by means of the per-
suasive power of the Gospel-message, ;which is
the power of God unto salvation to all those who
believe. This matter of bringing the saving Gospel
to men becomes for us an ever-present, most urgent,
and binding duty.

The task of preaching the Gospel to all creatures
being given us by the Lord, it is true that in a sense
and measure we stand responsible for the salvation
of the world. This is indeed a solemn thought,
a thought that may well overwhelm us.

The extent of our application to this stupen-
dously great mission-service should. correspond at
all. times with the greatness of the task which lies
before us. A few missionaries, dispersed here and
there upon the earth, will not suffice to fulfil the
missionary requirements of Christ. No, no; as
sure as we are Christ’s disciples, so sure are we
pledged for the conquest of all mankind for the
kingdom of our Savior and King.

And let us mark it well, the responsibility rests
upon all of us individually. The individual mem-
ber cannot load it on the congregation, neither can-
the congregation load it on the synodical District;