# Der Lutheraner_St. Louis Missouri_1852 03 02_S112
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maketh intercession for us" (Rom. 8, 34). He is "our advocate with God" (1 John 2, 1); what will the heavenly Father refuse to this His most beloved Son? What will that most gracious Savior not obtain through the power and merit of the satisfaction rendered for us? To Him the entrance into the divine sanctuary stands open; He brings our wishes into the secret counsel of the Godhead. Should the Father not hear Him? Should He deny Him anything? Should He not hear Himself, should He deny Himself anything, since "the Father and the Son are one" (John 10, 30), since the Son "is in the bosom of the Father" (John 1, 18), since the Son is "in the Father and the Father in the Son" (John 14, 10)? "I know," says this our Advocate with the Father, "that thou hearest me always" (John 11, 42). Then in the days of the flesh, in the state of humiliation, in the time of weakness He should have been heard, and in the state of exaltation, in the glory of majesty, in the fullness of all power should He not be heard by the Father?

The fourth foundation of the hearing of prayer, finally, is the testimony of the Holy Ghost. "The same Spirit beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God" (Rom. 8, 16). Through Him we can cry: "Abba! dear Father!" (Gal. 4, 6). Should God, then, not hear those sighs, those tears, those desires which the Holy Ghost works in us? That would be to despise and reject His own work. "The Spirit helpeth our infirmities. For we know not what we should pray for as we ought; but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us in the best manner, with groanings which cannot be uttered" (Rom. 8, 26). He intercedes for us not with human speech, but after the manner of His nature He pours Himself out over our prayers, to cover our unskillfulness with His moving, and to ask of God for us that which is profitable for us. —

These are those four foundations upon which the confidence of our heart securely rests, that it may not waver in prayers and may not doubt the hearing. "Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need" (Heb. 4, 16). Let none of us esteem his prayer lightly, because He to whom we pray does not esteem it lightly, but, before it goes out of our mouth, has it written in His book. And one of the two we should hope without any doubt, that He will either give us what we ask, or that of which He knows that it is profitable for us.

As profitable and necessary as it is "always to pray and not to faint" (Luke 18, 1), so difficult is it; this everyone will readily perceive with the hermit Agatho, who weighs with right judgment the divine majesty and our weakness. When you go about to ask the LORD, then place yourself before Him with great fear and great longing, tear the bonds of earthly unrest from your heart and strive manfully, that your prayer may be holy and pure and undefiled, and that the gates of heaven, beholding it, may open before it, the angels go with joy to meet it and bring it to the throne of the Father, the Most Highly Praised. "Before prayer," says the wise man, "prepare thy heart, that thou tempt not God."

Ecclesiastical Despotism.

"Why are the Reformed so despotic in their church government? — Men are frequently such as they imagine God to be. But the Reformed, in consequence of the doctrine of predestination, have a despotic God."

A. Bengel.

Changed Address.

Rev. Erh. Riedel, Beaufort P. O.
Franklin Co., Mo.

Hearty Thanks

to the Evangelical Lutheran congregation at Eden, Erie Co., N. Y., for the gift of love of Three Dollars, sent through Pastor A. Ernst, toward the much-needed completion of our church. May God the Lord remember them for it with the best of His blessing of grace.

L. F. E. Krause, Pastor.
Rosewill P. O., Macomb Co., Mich.

Received

up to the present date:

From the New York congregation $3,84.
„ Mr. Hoffmann for Pastor Küchle 28,00.
Total $31,84.

New York, February 11, 1852.

J. H. Bergmann.

Received

a., for the Synodical Mission Fund:
from the boys of the school in the Trinity Church here $5,10.
from the congregation of Pastor Trautmann in Adrian, Mich. 5,00.
from the congregation of Pastor Selle in Will Co., Ill. 4,00.
from the branch congregation of Pastor Müller near Manchester, Mo. 5,75.
b., for the maintenance of Concordia College:
from the St. Trinity congregation near Lancaster, O. 5,70.
from the St. James congregation there 3,56.
sent in through Pastor Richmann
Note: The last item of the receipt under this heading in the preceding No. 13 is to be changed to $5,00.
c., for the College building:
from Mr. Wolter through Pastor Müller. 1,00.

F. W. Barthel, Treasurer.

Paid

for the 7th volume, Messrs. John Hoffmann, Pastor Krause, Fr. Thürwächter.
for the 8th volume, Messrs. Ernst Heinrich Ahring, Pastor F. A. Beckel, Pastor F. C. Becker, Carstens, Martin Frosch, Ganzbauer, Jacob Gräser, Pastor Wilhelm John, Pastor Johann Isensee, Pastor Krause, Kuhl, Lörsch, Limle, Friedrich Melcher, Adolph Melcher, Manske, Merz, Nitschke, Angelika Röder, Reumann, Rauscher, Schuster, Pastor Schaller, Stricker, Joh. Georg Schleier Sr., J. G. Schleier Jr., Töpel, Thürwächter, Ernst Heinrich Voth, Wolter, Wendt, Irion.

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Dr. Martin Luthers kl. Catechismus, unaltered reprint 10.
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Der Hirtenbrief des Herrn P. Grabau zu Buffalo of the year 1840, together with the writings exchanged between him and several Lutheran pastors of Missouri 15.
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