The Lutheran Pioneer 1912

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a[;ht Juthtran .A l\'IISSIONARY 1\IONTHLY.

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SYXODICAL Co:.FEllENCE 0 1:· NonT11 .AltE1ncA.

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ST. LOUIS, HO., J,\NUAltY, 1912. Redeem the Time! 'l'hc lime i8 shorl ! I r lhun wo11J.l11L work ror Gori, il 111111,L h • now ;

U lhon wonlrls L win l110 gnrlnml for lhy brow, lfotfocm Lho limo ! ~hukc o lT cm rl h's lolh I llu fo rth with lair in lmnd while ycL ' Li llay; • ·••L unl wilh g irdccl Joins up~m the wny; J) I Lin«or noL! l~oltl noL thino hnnd ! Whnt h1111 th~ pilgrim or tho cr9ss 1rnd cruwn 'l'o 110 wilh lmrnry or couch or down! On, Jiilgrim, on! I h• 1·u111c,.;

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With His rcwnr1l lie lnrrics ndL; ] Ii clny i8 nca r ! ll'U8t. look for Uim, lie will J,o ln:J-u ; 1•1·1•1!nre for Dim! J.cL not Lho flood

Swt'l'I• th~· firm feet from tho ul,mml Rook;

1•·11l'U cnlml~·• olcmnly, tho billow's shock; l•"cn r noL tho storm ! Wilhstnnd tho foo; lJic: cluily, lhnt forc,-cr thou mny's t lh-o; llc rniLhhal unto tlcnth! 'Ihc Lord will gh-o The crown or lifo. lloruti11• IJ011ar.

Hls Name Was Called Jesus."

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·u r the hrist-c.:hil<l, born nt Bethlehem, it is wriLf •11: "\\"hon eight cln.ys were accomplished for the ·ircmuciiJion o[ l:11e Child, His nnme wns called Jesus." 'J'ho nnme was giYen by God Himself, fo.r the 11ngcl who nppcnrcd to Joseph snid of the Chiltl llmt w1111 to hl! born of the Virgin :Mnry: "'J'hou shalt cnli His name Jesus, ':Cor He shall Btl\"e His pcoplu from their sins." Jesus memos Savior, nml

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the Itri t-child wn culled Jesus because that is wha t He i . "Unto you is born n. Savior," snid the angel in lhe night o[ His birth. He came to sn,·e .from sin. 'l'o this eml He took the sinners' pince under the L.'lw,. :Culfilliug for us all righteousness llcmnmled by · the L'lw, nnd already on the day o.f ir i1mcision hcdcling the first drops of. blood ns on caI"Dcst of our full redemption through His blo~cl. Ii e wns called. Jesus because He really ·is whnt the name means-Jesus, . Saviorl Not a 11.\"ior Irom some temporal evil, but the Sa,·ior :Crom sin, which brought death into the world nll(l ull our woe. Sin is the greatest of lill evils. It dc~troys both bocly nnd soul, and ruins for time nnd clcruit.}=. It br.i11ga upon men the wrath of o. sinhatiug God. It makes men sla,•es, and orngs them <lown into e\•erlnsting dnmnn.tion. It clro,•e man out or Pnrndise, nnd mnde this earth a land o! sori-ow, nod tcnrs, nud grn,•cs. All' the do.ya of the year you cnn behold the ruin nnd woe brought on by sin. \\ bnt n dreadful thing sin is! ·Blcsse<l be God 1- the Gospel brings us a Sa,·ior :Crom sin. It is He whose name was called JesusSavior. In Him "\,·e hnve redemption through His blood, e,•en the forgi,•e11css of sins." AU· that trust in Hirn ns their Savior have this redemption. Their sins nre :Corgh•en "for His name's sake.'' They • need not :Ccnr the futurc1 howe\"er dark it be. Trite, they know not whnt the new year hns in store :tor them, but na God's chilclren tl(ey do know thnt "nll things work together Ior good to them that ltwc Goel, to them thnt nrc called o.ccorc:ling to· Hias purpose.'' J CSUB - B\\·eetest nr all names! J eaua - the l'nrdon o! all our sins, the answer to all our doubb, the :foundation of all our hopos, comfort in all our trials, strength in all our weakness, our ,·ietory o,·or


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