The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1929, Page 167

Transcription machine transcription, uncorrected

⤓ Download .txt · copy text

THE LUTHERAN PIONEER.

eee a

167

ees

then was the rescued boy able to say that not he,
but Eddie, was in distress. Turning around, they
both caught a glimpse of Eddie as he disappeared
beneath the waves, never again to rise to the surface.
For about an hour and a half the students and
others searched the bottom by diving and in other
ways, until finally one of them found the body and
bore it to shore. All efforts at resuscitation were, of
course, useless.

Burdened with sorrow, the boys returned to the
college to report the great loss and their harrowing
experience. After a telegram had been sent to the
parents and other arrangements had been made, the
sad occurrence was again carefully discussed. Again
and again the question was asked why Eddie him-
self had not called for help, for no one had heard
him utter a single cry. Late in the evening the
mystery was solved. An autopsy revealed that
Eddie’s lungs contained no water and that therefore
he had not drowned, but that his death was caused
by an acute dilatation of the heart, which, in turn,
was brought about by overexertion.

Eddie had a wonderful physique; he was a
strong, stocky boy, perhaps the most powerful in the
school, and the post-mortem examination showed
that he was in excellent health. But the violent
exercise of swimming, probably his effort to over-
take the other swimmers, overtaxed even a sound
heart.

So far as men can judge, Eddie was also in ex-
cellent spiritual health. On a number of occasions
his professors declared in the faculty-room that
Eddie had a very good Christian understanding,
that he at times was almost astonishingly familiar
with the doctrines of the Bible. His conduct was
good, and there is every reason to believe that his
faith in Jesus as his personal Savior from sin was
a matter of both head and heart.

Student Eddie Forney was born at Apex, N.C.,
October 10, 1904. On October 8, 1924, he entered
the Freshman Class at Immanuel. He was con-
firmed on Palm Sunday, April 1, 1928. |

The funeral service was held on Sunday after-
noon in the chapel of the college. Dr. Nau spoke on
“The Teaching of Scripture concerning the Eternal
Election of the Children of God unto Salvation
a Powerful Comfort to God’s People.” His sermon
was based on Rom. 8, 32 ff. The remains were then
taken to Apex, where Dr. Nau officiated on Septem-
ber 18. He addressed an assembly of about five
hundred people on the basis of the words: “The
Lord is my Light and my Salvation; whom shall
I fear? The Lord is the Strength of my life; of

whom shall I be afraid?” Ps. 27, 1. Albert
Dominick, a student of the seminary, spoke on the
raising of Lazarus. A quartet, composed of students
of the college, rendered a number of selections.
While the parents mourn the loss of a dutiful
son; the students, a congenial fellow-student;
friends and supporters of the institution, one who
gave evidence of future faithfulness in the ministry ;
all Christians, another one of those whom Jesus calls
the salt of the earth, yet all realize the truth of the
inscription on the faculty’s floral offering: “To Die
in Christ Is Gain.” Such are safe and secure; no
harm can come near their dwelling-place in the
mansions of the heavenly Father. The living are in
danger. Wx. H. GEHREE.
Nortr.— Professor Gehrke’s account is so interesting

that we bring it unabridged, even though his account re-
peats in part what was said last month. — Eprror.

Second Letter.”

On Sunday afternoon, October 13, the corner-
stone of Grace Luther Memorial Church in Greens-
boro was laid in an impressive service. The Rev.
John Fuller, of Mount Pleasant, N. C., preached
the sermon on Is. 28,16: “Behold, I lay in Zion for
a foundation a Stone, a tried Stone, a precious °
Corner-stone, a sure Foundation. He that believeth
shall not make haste.”

Since some of the readers of the PIONEER un-
doubtedly have often wondered what kind of ser-
mons graduates of Immanuel Lutheran College
deliver on special occasions, the writer made the
following notes to satisfy this curiosity. The Rev.
Fuller began by asking, “Who is the Zion mentioned
in our text?” He answered the question by say-
ing: “Zion is another name for the true Israelites,
who worship God according to His command. The
body of true believers is meant, whom the Apostle
Peter addresses when he writes: ‘Ye are a chosen
generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a pe-
culiar people.’

“To keep the faithful of the Old Testament
mindful of the Savior, God gave them various types
of the coming Messiah. Such types in certain re-
spects were Adam, Abraham, Isaac, and Moses.
Sometimes animals were employed as types. There
is the scapegoat, for example, which represented the
Sin-bearer of the world, and the paschal lamb, which

“typified the Lamb of God, which taketh away the

sins of the world. Certain days were types, such
as the Sabbath, whose purpose was, in part, to re-
mind the Israelites of the rest which Jesus should

‘bring. Even inanimate objects may be ‘mentioned ~