# Der Lutheraner_St. Louis Missouri_1850 07 09_S184 # AI translation — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration) 184 the LORD, and He will repay him what he hath given," Spr. 19, 17. And indeed it is, according to God's Word, incontrovertibly certain that the measure of our future glory and blessedness will depend upon the measure of our fidelity which we have shown here below in our Christianity. Christ says: "With the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again," Luc. 6, 38. "Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord," Matth. 25, 21. "He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully," 2 Cor. 9, 6. O that we might rightly recognize our eternal advantage accordingly! that we might regard the present with a heavenly mind in the light of eternity! Nothing of all that we do for ourselves, for our own honor, for our own enjoyment will be repaid to us in the world beyond. For that we have our reward already on earth. Of this it is said: "Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, Luc. 16, 25. Only that which we do to God's honor and our neighbor's welfare in the name of JEsus has the promise of a reward of grace. This life is the seedtime, in heaven is the harvest; the works of mercy, the gifts of love are fruits of faith and at the same time the seed from which, according to God's promise, an eternal reward shall one day bloom for us. May this meditation awaken us to cheerful giving. Only that of our temporal goods do we truly possess which we give to Christ in His brethren. All the rest we lose in death, only this remains unlost; the faithful God will reward it infinitely richly. These are the works of mercy which follow us when we die, Offenb. 14, 14.; blessed is he who has a numerous train of them. These are the gifts of love with which we make ourselves friends, that, when we now fail, they may receive us into everlasting habitations, Luc. 16, 19. God grant us the willing and the doing according to His good pleasure. Amen. H. Fick. When we are in the greatest need, And know not where to turn or how, And find neither help nor counsel, Though we take care early and late. Dr. Paul Eber, professor in Wittenberg, whose motto was Psalm 119, v. 105., composed this hymn under the title: "The Prayer of Jehoshaphat. 2 Chron. 20.", when Emperor Charles V, after the battle of Mühlberg, so unfortunate for the Protestants, in the year 1547, had marched before the city of Wittenberg, in which, of all the professors, he, Bugenhagen and Creuziger, trusting in the help of the LORD, alone had remained behind. When once in the Franciscan church at Erfurt a part of the church ceiling threatened to collapse from a flash of lightning, fifty people fled to the altar and sang the hymn: "Wenn wir in höchsten Nöthen sein," whereupon they remained unharmed, although the collapse took place. Pope Pius II said: "To Bacchus (the god of drinkers) I will remain more faithful than to Venus (the goddess of lust); but truly there is not much merit in chastity, for I do not so much avoid Venus as rather she me." - Rp. ad 3. F. ep. popp. (Sent in.) Conversation of a Father with His Five-Year-Old Little Daughter. (St. Matth. 21, 19.) Child. Father, knowest thou for certain, If I die this day, That I shall then inherit Paradise And heaven? Father. Yes, my dear heart's little daughter! Angels will come And gently from all pain Bring thee to the pious. Child. Shall I see my Savior then Also in heaven? Will He also look kindly upon me, Will He not despise me? Father. No, He will tenderly Press thee to His heart, And with kisses of love Sweetly refresh thee. Child. Will one be sick there also, As in this life? - And what meat and drink Will be given me there? Father. In the fair hall of heaven One knows nothing of suffering, Nothing of sickness, night and anguish, But only of joys. - Manna from His table The Savior will give thee And with fresh water of life Wondrously give thee drink. Child. Pray, Father! One thing more Wouldst thou tell me: What garments shall I Wear in heaven? Father. Glorious is the heavenly garment And of white silk, Christ's robe of righteousness Is there thine ornament. Yea, when in the fatherland Thou standest before His throne, His loving hand adorns thee Even with a crown. A harp He will give thee Kindly into thy hands, That thou mayest with loving desire Praise Him without end. Child. Father, ah, how I rejoice At the dear dying, Where I then, surely, Shall inherit heaven. Changed Addresses: Rev'd. J. 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