The Lutheran Pioneer 1884

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1hr Juthrran lVIISSION ARY MONTHLY.

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Ev.ANGELICAL

PtmLISHED BY THE

LUTHERAN SYNODIC.AL CONFERENCE OF NORTH AMERICA. R. A. BISCJIOFF, Editor.

Entcrctl nt the l'osLOffice nt St. Louis, l\lo. , ns scconu-clua rnnuc.r.

Vol. VI.

St. Louis, Mo., Jan.1..1.ar-y, i884.

No. I.

Mottoes for the New Vear.

lenvcs of guilt? The school-boy who hns spilt men go on insensible to these astounding facts. ink on the pnge of his copy-book, nnd then The Bible tells us why this is so. It tells us W nlling! - W orkl11g/ - W arning! - Waking/ - Wntchil19I turns over n new lenf, does not thereby take that they walk according to the prince ·of the ((. uke t:, :SG.) ()lark 13, 3 1,) ( Eze lr. ,, t t .) (Cane. :,, 2.) (Y:uk. JS, 37.) nwny the blotted one. The grocery mnn who power of the air, that the god of this world We nrc 1oaiti110 fo1· the coming of the l\Instcr we finds himself in difficulty nt t he end of the hnth blinded their minds. Business, riches, hold dcur ; yenr, nud then takes his cnsh book nnd begins plensure, lust, vice, crime, drunkennei;s, fashWe nrc longin~ just to greet Him nnJ to lmll His n "new Jenf," does not thereby get out of his ion, excitement, these rule the fleet.ing hour, drawing ncnr, difficulty. The new figures on the new lenf nnd men rush on to the grave, and ungodliness For 0111· loins nre girt m1cl rencly, nncl our ):imps n1·c won't pny the olcl debts. And so if it were triumphs, and devils laugh, and angels might trimmed nml bright; We arc wniting for the signal that will sny He Is in possible for man to live n sinless life in the weep. But amid this din and wild revelry, that future, this woulcl not tnke nwny the sins of sight. sound like echoes from hell, there is a. voice the pnst. Those sins woulcl rise up against him But we would not hnvc Him 0nd us standing idle that seeks to reach the ear of the thoughtless on the Dny of Judgment ancl hurl him into nil the clny, traveller to the tomb, the voice of the Son of So we lcam Lo work while wnitlng, doing something eternnl damnation. by Lhc w:iy; ?ood resolutions, however, do not give mnn God, "What shall it profit IL mnn, if he shall An<l we find thnt workiug !or Him ls a toll so rarely the power to overcome sin in the future. No. gain the whole world, nnd lose his own soul?" sweet, (Mark 8, 36.) Man, woman, pushing off the That we nlmosL wish for tarrying In the coming of Did you ever see· n. mnn try to lift himself over day of salvation, stop and think! Thou art n fence by the strn.ps of his own boots? If you His !cet. hnve, you surely thought him to be 11 fool. It is hurrying to the grave with thy sins upon thee! And we know thnt He hns bidden us bring others to just ns foolish for man to try to clJRnge his sin- thou art rushing into eternity unprepared to His love, And we long to fill the mansions that nrc waiting us ful will by his own good resolutions. Man's meet thy God! Do not neglect it any longer. whole nature is sinful, and in thnt sinful self A year of grace is come again to thee. SalnbO\"Cj So, then, while we work we dare not fail to ,cam there is 110 strength to war against self. Mnn vation is offered to thee in the Gospel. Oh, do cnch straying henrt, mny modify or control certain outward hnbits, not neglect it even until the next day, for the That In our Lord nud In our home they too mny but the henrt remains just the same; nnd it is close of the next do.y might find thee in helll ba,•c a pnrt. 11 heart full of sin. Is there then no help for Sometimes we arc nlmost weary of our constant sinners? Yes. The New Year's Gospel tells gaze on high, The Traveller's Psalm. And our hearts grow dull, nnd l1opelcss of His speedy us of the Bnbe of Bethlehem: "His name wns called Jesus," Luke 2, 21. And why wns His drawing nigh; Do you know that one of the Psalms is called Then there comes our need of ,oakl11g, for each mo- name called Jesus? The angel said: "Thou "The Traveller's Psalm"? When you are goment brings Him near, shnlt cnll His name Jesus; for He sltall save His And the signal lights of Heaven <lally shine more people from tltei,· sins." Our good res<.'lutions ing to take a. long journey, ,vhen you go by the lJrlght and clcnr. were not called Jesus. Nothing in man's sinful railroad or sen, I advise you to think of the Thus we stand witb waking heart-look, till tl1c night self wns called Jesus. But the Son of God who Traveller's Psalm -the one hundred and t,ventyof ll!c shall cease, became man to take away the sin of the ,vorld first. It is ben.utiful-all about taking a jourlJTalclt'ing !or the golden dny-dnwn tbnt shnll lternl<l And as you enter upon life's journey wns called Jesus; for He alone is the &Yiour. ney. light and peace; for another year, read this Pmlm: The sinner ,vli' o trusts in Him finds pardon of When the dim cartb-mlsts tbnt sadden fiec before "l will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from nil sin and eternal salvation. He will also war tbc sunrise bright, My help cometh And our hcnrts be fully gladdened In our Savlour!s against sin, not by his own strength, but by the whence cometh my help. glorious light I -Eva Travera. from the Lord, which mnde Heaven and earth. strength which he· finds in Jesus. In turning He will not suffer thy foot to be mond: He over a new leaf, do not trust in your own sinful .. •- I • that keepeth thee will not slumber. Behold. self, but trust in Him whose name wns called Turning Over a New Leaf. He thn.t keepeth Israel shall neither slumber Jesus. nor sleep. The Lord is thy Keeper: the Lord The beginning of the year is regarded by is thy shade upon tliy right hand. The sun many ns a favorable time to break bad habits Stop and Think! shall not smite thee by dn.y, nor the moon by and to form good resolutions, ,vhicli they intend It is said that n.t least 90,000 persons die night. The Lord shall preserve thee from all to carry out by their own strength. They call this "turning over n. new leaf." Now suppose every day. This would give unto death 3,750 evil: He shall preser~e thy soul. The Lord they could carry out their good resolutions in every hour, 62 every minute, and 1 every shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in 'every particulnr, what about those past black second of time. How strn.nge it is that moat from this time forth, and even for evermore.'•

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