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Rude & Killer, Editors. OK E LORD, OK E FAITH. OKE BAPTISM."—-IF HE SI AKS 17:6. Y. MARCH 28, 1873 COLUMBIA. 8. CL. FBI Selections. Otoriat! Wuald that each pastor •ad (MMor, freshly rod wed with the ■fdrit of power Mid of lore end of a MMMd mumI. Might begin the prepar for th« Lutheran Visitor S^rof tor J. B. 0i« 5UMBKK IX. **1^ beoMoe iiiui, fit whom are *i) mhI hy whom art aU ikitg% in hrtugiug mmijt mm lo fiery, U ggdfee the ciphuu of their mIyaHmI iwrtvl aaleflM * J—■»* MffPpPPIWi . MpppnPMa^p B* aaoi *»w^ i hao^ < up wnmrewi lag, m4 la the spirit Mid power of the Mighty «iktemee* prophet, echo after oomiug so near jEJJio bia last chapters that # rer* reviewed that the very at became pleasant, uow de [ *,**011 pages of his l>ook to laoer, miamable, aonaeipical ar- ***_? |bat Or «wb«0 o/ hiood of Urbridden iu both the Ohl **. l^tainents, and therefore ,h« aarfeor «M»W not require us to tfpk bis blood in the Eucharistic Mtr \ if there is any *rgutueut kail Ibis, we freely confess that we wvf hilad to see it, except that our iinibor pats the Saviour’s biood, by w-w *be world was redeemed, on a nation under heaven, proclaiming the glad story of the BadeMMhhfv. totlh the ftpirit bora, oommaedtag An ordinary man may he § Bible w<wd, “Prepare ye the way af the reader, and a blessing talowly and laird, wake Me paths straight !*— looefy homes ; by wealth a good man M’wtara (%riatiam Adromto. can visit a hundred homer el name, Fwitoiad Power of Xarahama day he UvSt* ltawfl»i«i'h not expand the thought. Yoe have often been reminded, gentlemen merchants, that there err perils in bonlnens, Ohoenatiou, if not expenenre, has taoght yoe that they are trely greet. Statistics show (If my memory serve* mo), that only •boot tve per rent, of merrh—ti sanosed beyond a oompeteocy. in deed, to command recces* amid ad the dangers that euoompaM trade, drill sods e rare combination of the highest ifealtUss that constitute a sum. link is written on every in- vote* and every entry. Storms, mid dm as they ere sevens, threaten every (waavrasl l«n|tu Few live eat the sea. At Oueago and Bos- ton, in the land glare of those fierce glory of God and the good of man can soy mortal achieve than through the wine and faithful nee of wealth f —/Vow Aidreu of Dr. Alexander with the feeling o4 ear infirmities* “lo the days ef his Rash he effbred mi urmvrrs aim! MunlkslluM with strung crying mmI tears ante Him that waa able to nave him from the I bins’* which he sail*red i **mI IWlM U< InWS a . .W M ..... Cl t. J. iHIkili or*og mas ssnue jwrieci, ae nrcame the author of eternal •altatiua unto them that whey him.** How trfeeand It unur duMM thic reidslkM of (iml bring my Savtomr to me! I want a mss-.^maam mhs ■ mwv#v%.± M g* fl as ms I^sh mh #* a It ku, ssaeeaa^^s v v p aasnow * . v « n aww- se ^** f to save} man, to heew my • sou. to sympathtae oith mo la my sorrow, to Iteoa how to aoocue. ftnrb a Ha The religion of Christ while fulfill ing the promise of blessedness to It* possessor in the present life, assure* him of a far higher state of blessed ness in the life beyond. It Is s life of faith in which he is called to walk. It is by faith that the Holy Spirit shows him things to oome. It is as a Son ef God, ami an heir with Christ to a heavenly in heritance, that, in view of the diaso lotion of the earthly tabernacle, God given to him the earnest of the Spirit, or the assured hope of immortal glory in the reaurrectioe with Christ, when lie shall oome to gather his people, and they shall be like him, and shall see him in bis glorified ha Oar author then reviews flic sixth of Mo. He says, “Willi direct! ftfaeoce to the doctrine oflthe real j juwsitr* "The words are figurative aodtovea spiritual import,” which v« inhere, “but do not imply super tanas] and incomprehensible myste- rw. a* Luther and othersj taught.” This vs deny and contend! that the Mtisgof Christ’s flesh is, oil all mys teries, the most supernatural and iu- ooafMhensible. To belietiie iu the itomce of Christ, and live by his grace, is supernatural—it to not ac cording to the fixed laws of nature, itiiBot uatoral at all, andmo natu ralist can comprehend it | (nit in thus believing Christ\s doctrine, and thus living by grace, are we in Christ, and Christ in us, and the part his flesh has to do iu all this, so that it can be said we eat his fash, is a greater Bfyfctery still. But, as Lutherans of high author ity inform ns that this clyapter in Mo has no reference to the Lord’s Sapper, and can in no way affect it, 1 pass it over. His next chapter is head|d, “The <tocJrine of the real presence iu the Lord’s Supper must be Jfotever re tained; for the Book of Coticord, of vluch it forms a part, is required to be subscribed.” We reply that we expects llow touching that sympathy at the grave of Iaimim! Hr “loved ti»<kB .... I Ilf# llltlf t ru*.” Coming fnm* bryontl J«>«d*n to the weeping staterw, be «aw sod felt ss we alt have arm and felt— but immeoaurahty mure rieatty aud heavily Iu his cjmt —thr agnuy af bereavement nod the weight of hu man wee. Ha use the deeply lee erated hearts of the atMrra, lialeneil te the sobbing ery of aagntah, the wall of the friends who wept with them, half suppremed In htw yrv* once, and hia own hnnHMB bUMlfl an* Need into sympathy with their*, nod grief brought the tenia In hia eyes, author uses it. Thing* may tie “pal pable to the most ordinary Intel Net* when that intellect baa l\ garland and perflnm How many pray « a#t«Hr < (,^i | without rereivtnjr-" petltlwna and. tint. prrumg te rwwive tl taught; but will our author say that the larger portion oI Revetataoo ta only “matter for learned speculation, or {didoaophic disquisition f Ihd God give it for thief Is not mil Heriptnrw given by inspiration of God, and t* it not profitable for doctrine, foe cor The Bible ta buMtir** life Atrottf teinoLstJonjiL sew ssssim *'.w*iu weeag^ n^s^uuw ae nuw^uiwsir nasm^ faecinattng as the song of the syren to the “commercial travellers” of old, eocompuas, nod sometMuea caj> tivate, atmuuitA There la sack a thing ak driving tmmoeaa until boat news drives us—of owning money God’s paternal love to na, iu adopt ing us as tons and daughters, in dodos an heirship with Christ in his kingdom. “If children, then heirs; hairs of God and joint heirs with Christ; if to be (hat we sailer with him, that we may be aiao glorified anted rectioo, lor reproof f not given, as be oonteoda, simply to tell a man how he own believe is Jeans. may “poMism a habit” (ef driak, for instance, aalil, by and by, the habit It i* as much hia duty to honor Jesus, to glorify him, to de fend the iaitii, to give an auaper ta every 'one that aaketh a reason of the hope that w iu na Fan I aajra to the Hebrews; “For now when ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you, which be the first principles of the oracle* of God.’ “He gave some teacbeas.” “Gw and teach all nations" Hi. lVter aaya that Pant in all bis epistles spoke of aud that ia qaaifttsd wy«g grief,* wept with fbe weeping mourner*! Of the mighty oppressSon weighing wpun feds heart; of the deep, pure fwuataia of syrmpa thy. gushing forth In tanrs, wa caa only attempt to eonueivu. Hnrh waa hta etperienew of grief In that boar, that wa may caHty halieva (be aug arc sons, God bath seat forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father." Gal. iv; 6. “Far he which anointed us, ia God, who bath alao sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in oar hearts.” 2 Cor. 1: 21, 22. Aud this fling by the Holy Spirit until the redemption of the pur chased possession, and this earner* or assurance which God gives to the Christian of something better and more abundant hereafter, shall ani mate him in the Christian conflict, and call forth expressions of grati tude tor all those tokens of God’s love. They are but the “first fruits of the Spirit," and yet they may be regarded as the pledge of an abun dast and glorious harvest in the fu ture. Have we then the hope of aooahip and heirship as God’s children by adoption f Oh, let us never forget that this relationship includes eter ual peace, and glory with our blessed Lord iu bis ootniug kingdom, and that it involves the duty of Christian watehfulnees. and fidelity in atl that ba calls us to do for oar growth iu holiness, and for the promotion of Christian unity and peace on earth. The hope that is set before ns as children o* God, who have been born again of the incorruptible seed of truth is productive of holiness. “For every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even'as he [God] ia pure." 1 John ill : 3. While therefore waiting for the coming of our Lord, and for the re demption of the body from the grave, and seeking for the needed aid of the Holy Spirit, let us purify ourselves from the defilements of the flesh and spirit, so that being justified aud sanctified, we may be glorified with him at his appearing, and Ms king dom. 2 Tim. iv: 1.—America* Met rewort to “Riags j" or “ooreera”—4a .Vsrth wwrisra, or gold, or grain. There are nabs hare that assy be nothin* leas than eternal ia their ia- MW! risk of making “gohl a God, the ledger a Bible, and the exchange a church," aa Burke declaims. It the Lord and salvation them are ‘'some things bard to be understood, which they that are an learned and unatabl* wrest, a* also the other Scriptures, ante their owi destruction." Those bard things must have been essential, or else bow could they wrest them t*» their : oven destruction f Our author is too rapid ia drawing his conclusion*, for l think I have shown most demonstrably, that svea he, who can criticise Luther, ami the Reformer*, and the dead Ian guagea, and creeds, baa btaMwt! most awfully wrested the Scripture*, but not, 1 hope, to bis own destruction. lie closes tbis chapter by saying: “1 think that I have demonstrated that the Bible, not man or human dictation, ia tbe only authority in faith and Christian life.’ He demonstrated it by ridiculing commentator*, expositor* sad erred*; but, after all, no man In any Prot estant church denies the flirt, ex pressly mentioned in all Church constitutions, that the Bible Is “the only rule or faith aad practice f no Protestant would take from hia Bi ble; and Lutheran*, perhaps, do their part in assisting Bible societies, of which he makes particular boast. ! He certainly “fighteUi as one that l baatetb tbe air." J. Hawke**. tattoo of oyMpolby. They have Urea sweat wpoa the throw# of thw sal terse, midst the glorias of heaves aad the snugs of aagvls, but la all that time never has a mwuraev by the grave of the heart’s treasure, cried out of its agony, “II Lewd Christ, pity sad help mu! (I land Christ, have mercy upon me !* that Bethany, aad Martha, aad Mary, and Lmaaroa, a»4 his own ssase of sorrow aud hitter tears, have afl passed before him , sad lew ha*, “Im lla mrjBurr fait .frual* to retain the doctrine of a real presence, and that the Chnrch will retain it for M«r, not because the Book of Con ■wi contains it, but because the Hole teaches it. I, and thousauds others, hold the doctrine, who ■ever have subscribed the; Book of Concord. Aiul to abolish and de- **«>y forever the Book of Concord, *oakl not iu the least affect the doe- tnae. A large part of the Bpiscopal Cfeoreh, and a largo part of the bulieraa Church in this country, reject the Book of Concord, be- iieve doctrine. Mr. Gross him- say* fie believes in a presence, ^ there can be none but a real ooe, ^ he despises the Book ofl Con- Brware l “Caaturn is the law and rule of speaking," says Horace. “Custom” rtuMrtlmrr broom** “the law aad rata* of trad*. “BpeculaUons,” ia this harried aga, may somehow lose the mmrial tatter ami beaome "pecula linos* and frauds. Sordid selfish aero may sit enthroned ta the soul, aad the claims of God and humanity he utterly excluded. of draws thing worth aU else besides. Each owe of you Is acquiring K. day by day- It to I tar only real property any maw baa, that be shall for ever have. Neither drifts, nor derita, nor daalh ; wo, nor (Ml kmottf shall take it away! It to the ooly abiding pos- rewwioo It to not the soul Hasty— God claims that aa hit. It ia ckmmc lor. Yoar character, good or bad, determiaaa your value in the uui rerwr. bare aad hereafter. If it is good, though a pauper oo earth yoa alisU he a priaow in heaven. If it is bad, thoagh a very kiug on earth you shall be a beggar ia eternity. “Nwr tore, ear hate thy life. Hal whet them lirewt, live wall " A ataa may parch as* wealth, geu ftrely forgive and mtoa, will fie whw “Father forgive tl fro "fo they ka* It to foitly deductbto from thw Word of God. It makea my aatrews bright •r Lo know th*L ho toll tha m mo It make* tha eras* a glory fee few* that h* bore it to «av» a»# Aram tto wrath of God “Why to it," aak*d a brother, “that use^a *aaa Mb iiwioto** sussf^o ** w taught in the Augsburg Cou- fefooa, and if Mr. Gross, or any one can not believe it, and his eon- 8t ‘mc« ia troubled about it, he ought to knot a church that teaches no ^ tenoe * fc h at church will not J f0Qa( l among the orthodox de- ^aiawtious iu tl»e United .States. ft** next chapter has this singular “riding, “By subscription to sn «»- ^able creed, progress iu religious toowledge is stayed, and violence d °n« t* conscience.” ^katdoes he mean by “uualtera e creed F He can’t mean the J u Ssburg Confession ; for some of w Party did alter that one night, the Definite Platform came ^ ! «bt in the morning, lived that ta<1 ‘Itad- This fact proves two lu &«, first, that creeds can be al- re fi, and secondly, that they are eternal—both pleasant facts—to dwwbt ba Antes away. Back *oul rikaflli bare tha Holy Spirit'* fraah to gratify merely omr daaire for tire twxurto* of rkferew—If wa pray for tire liven af oar daar amaa. arerely KKSrONSIHLLITY OP PAHEM*.— Plato, *eing a child do mifohicf in the streets, went frrto and corrected his yather for it. Tbe father which does not correct bis child when he does amiss, to justly corrected for his faults; and it to the oaUertt of God’s judicial proceed mg*, a* he visits tha iniquities of the children upon the fathers who countenance wed indulge them. Jacob was accountable to La ban for the whole flock ; not n ahrep or a lauib was lost, or torn, but It wes required at bis haudw. Gen. xxxi ; 30- Thus must family governor* be accounuhie to God for every lamb ill the field, every child in tire family, for every servant in the bouse. God will one day cry aloud in thine ears, Husband, father, master, wife, glv* an account of thy fetberahip, give an account of tby mastership f This made Joshua undertake for bin boose as well us for himself. Joe. xxiv ; )& Aud this mode David careful of hto for a vtaA vigorous brought forth ftoUa useful like the baggage of an army, bet yet an impediment to its march” toward the beevenly home. But do philippic against wealth! Far from It! I When Christian Giltort lay on bis death bed, at Leipmo, ia great agony, he said to ooe beside him, “I can not ooderetaod much now. Only tot we bear yon pronounce the name of the Redeemer; tbe very mention ef Him never fade to inspire me with fresh courage and joy." In the paroxysms of pain he wae thus inspired with courage to bear up, for he knew Christ as a sufferer, suffering and dying for mea, yet patient and nn complaining. Those who are called to visit the suffering believer may thus apeak the name of Jesna, and soothe and strengthen by a single weed, where longer discourse to tire semes if »<* impossible. It to not money, but the “tare of money" that to “the rook of all evil." Money to might—power almost aa- prehuman “Gold can not purchase heaven, bat it oaa pare the way to it* Ubiquity to impossible to man, ways, that we may gently toad "nth ihiqnitoaa. Aa ordinary man can food aad shelter an orphan or two. A wealthy man can feed and clothe aad shelter ta a marble palace home dhraya Will WN a* Stephen Girard, a Philadelphia merchant, to dotag to-night. Aa or dinary mao caa ait by the bedside we week te save, through woflhrtog ? house as well os bis heart—“I will bliir# *Hh thee b*i walk within my house with a perfect If. thee, I am prepared to of wealth can give $300,000 to- heart.” I’w. ci : A