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Unde & Miller, Editors OVI LOAD. 0*1 FAITH, 0*1 BA1TISR"—EPHISIAVf 17:6 COLUMBIA, 8 C.. FRIDAY, SEffTEMBKR 12, 1873 — thee, because tbon hast thought that the gift of God may be purchased with money.* 18. What ure we to IhiidAf the fiwt* of |he Homan Gfahobmt Alww^: Nothing at a»; for fju*t- ing doe* not consist In abutafning from any porticnla* kind of food, «e the i»oj>e pretends, hut in eeaefng from »in and intemperance ami keep* ing under the body. The prophet laafc* Mg'*, Uii: 5* **fe »l aueh a &m( that 1 have chosen V* Paul, iii 1 Tim. tv: 3, clam thou* who-forbid the use of meet* with the corrupt teacher*, when he add* t “ Forbidding to marry, and tmmmanl ing to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.* 19. Bat the Homaoieta say, that the church most be beard, fbr the pope ie infallible in inch matter* t Answer: We moet bear the church which receives and bolds (Wet to the word of God as the only infallible rale of faith and practice and not the one which burdens men's eon sciences with the doctrines of men. The Holy Spirit says, Jer. vitt: 8, “How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of the Lord ie with nsY The wise men are ashamed, they are die mavert and taken : to, they have re jected the word of the Lord; and what wisdom is in them T that to ask a bfcmtog every day non Id at last became a heHnrl thing, and moaid then he dene tbough Ureal v, and the* «f Uretf the far the Lotln*r»n Visitor, j foundation of Faith. [fwmiswrf-! [aK dissemble iu order r property, friends, etc. T toll be at heart a good One leading fester* ef the great day ef rwrkoutug—tlie one, |*rba|*, more then any ether, pressed epos oer regard In Holy Writ~wi.sH be A placid old lady, who scented to be all gentleness, once told me tliat if she ever got real angry It always made her sick. Some writer says that a fit at passion tears down the eystem Uke an attack of typhoid fever. However that may be, the effects of it are all bad, in body j* f*y favorably to It Is is earns ns a thief in the night. It Is to take the world by surprise. One nan not help often fancying to what a sharp, abrupt, sad swfel dans the bony movement* of the •aid t “Dear grandpa, dare I than also no tonger eonra every mining and any, gnod morning, grandpa, and every srsalaf too and ray. good night, grandpa F* Would yan know the rotor of the Ittbtot L»f me mtredaes yen to a anram ef deep and thrilling isurest as tela tod by a mi altar, an sye wit. ,, j^y God keep you safe I* delusion. “Far,? Job *ri»t h* the hope of the ^Mgh he hath gaiued, soul r well as soul. Habitually angry, fret ful people destroy their health, as well as their own comfort, and much of the happiness of others. Yes, and it is really true that worry kills tsketh away | g, v ygo word shall not pass m xii: 1, “Beware ye ^ in wo of the Pharisees, Hi *> we Lutherans teach HI io the merit of Christ «! . ah going an as usual Over kalf the globe Its inhabitants ha rating and drinking, buying sailing, marrying and giving io doer calculating bis gains 1 the people faster than work. Bo, if y ou with to live long in health and com fari. Inara to keep the soul Quiet. of the eighth Psalm and the verne: “Out of the month « and amok lings hast thou m strength, because of thins « “The ornament of a meek and quiet Optrit," the word of God tells os is in his right “of great price.” Ob, what could be a higher inducement te strive after this ornament I The Lord loves it. He values it more than the Kohiuoor, the grandest dia mood in the world. Aud only think, the poorest child can get this jewel. Yon can learn to rule your spirit, oven though it is fiery. His grace Is enough for all the world. Bat it is like say other fire; you must check it betimes. If yon let it get a little head way, it may be like the Chicago disaster. Nothiug bat rain from heaven cun pat it oat. Don* let your beautiful bonne bum down just because of these un checked fires of temper. Watch for the first sparks. Speak low if you ate angry ; it will do much to quiet you. Tbiuk over what the Bible •ays about the conquerors over this rin, and resolve you will be another to win such honors. Watch well the fires. flSHB is i^dst s man is justified r tL. Ed fa of the law by Efat dad Epb. »i : “For by Lgg, y* asred through faith ; 'SmS™**** yourselves: it is the n Al* A.:. * VT-.A rariiwtra likof M rt »> We were much utml with the lodietoos msairav iu whrah a uhIil s^HwWU ramre fan ™ flfffaJfal ww ^faRp QHfa tire reader reoeolty met the ofcfac thxra of a skeptical ahoemwkrr He Ovrr the other aecount of (brio* Is teheo from Translated for the Lutheran V|*it»r from the Zaitarifarfft. Emphatic Truths from Luther s Works. “Will you shade by yoor own dr fasten on two qooriiuug I will put to youf If so. I will freely do the same | will abide by your own answer* ; by so doing we shall rare mocb tiara, ami arrive quicker at the truth." u WeU," he said, “wot with it, aud let as am If 1 can susww j there are bat few things but what | mu ray something about." -Well, my (Head •God to flseipture,* reomfaiiiiMoho to my power, to ioeirwet toe igiw* mat, reform the wicked, rafpflrm the rtrluoou. Man farted* me to da this happy dayw to caret shall he haunt tog many a ) oathful slum borer's fen cy; aud the ball-room aad banquet room shall have hung out their glittering Ugh to, and spread their One of .the most appropriate and precious of biblical similitudes is that of the Shepherd. It lends beau ty and fitness to the strains of David and the parables of Him who alone is the true Shepherd and Bishop of our souls. A correspondent in Kan pthrtJfWW Texas, says: “The affection of the aheap for the border is remarkable. He it with them day and night, lead tog them to fresh pastures and pre serving them from all barm. If they are stampeded they return at the sound of his voice. In case of sad den danger they keep their eyes upon the herder and cling to him for protection. Their confidence in him is un boa tided. They follow him over ‘the plains beneath a burning sun for hundreds of miles while being led to slaughter. He shows them water, and after drinking they await bis pleasure. When night drops upon the plains, and the herder wraps his blanket about him aud goes to rest, I the drove huddle np to him as close as possible and fall asleep, forming an Immense white circle, of which be is the centre. Up with the dawn, they patiently await his movements, and when finally corailed and in the power of the butcher, they bleat piteously for the false friend who has led them to death.” replied the render, “my first question Is, sup pore all mewjworr Christiana, accord tog to the account given to us to the gospels concerning i'll Hat, shat .i$*yt lligfr. faflMfeitot- #tof rifawmlsriifas 4Nt Bt remained silent for *ouw tiara, to deep thought, sad then was cuu strained to says “Well, if all am were really chrta liana, to practice as well a* theory, of course w« should be a happy brotherhood indeed." “I promised you,” said the reader, “that I would abide by yowr answer j will you do the snare r “Oh, yea,* he readily replied, “no man can deny the goodacra of the system in practice j but now for the other question ; perhaps 1 shall gut on better with that; you have got a chalk this time against me.” “Well, my next question is this: Suppose all men were infidels, what then would be the state of London ami the world P He seemed still more perplexed, sod remained a long time silent, the refder doing the k Fkjtodtt may He.; Calling upon a neighboring phyat and command it, and the VOW* are spoken, then he takes and givre the true sacrament, that is, Christ’s body and blood, just as mturb as the one who gives and receives it most worthily. For it is not founded on inau’s holiness, bat on God’s word. And although no saint on earth, nay no angel iu heaven can make the bread and the wine to be tire body aud blood of Christ, so can also no one change or transform it, even though it is abused. For the word iff (hriig, m is written in James B; hr thin is not the true and ifhto,-tat inflated science and red hypocrisy, which the true rianfcith can not at all tolerate. tiiUsopgh the real christiau faith ftrat i» nothing more without refafi the sun is without heat, ktym Beans follows that good m (father with faith justify and *®)kr trie positive declaration of ttoptniet that salvation is ouly fad by-grace through faith and Itosgh works, that God may pd ike honor and the glory, re partaken. * . Ought the saints to be wor- aad the jest half uttered, the song half sung—they shall store upon one another there to pale affright la the busy market place the buyer shall forget the price he offered—the sellar the price be asked. At his deck the pen shall drop from the writer's baud. The reapers shall fling the gathered sheaves from their hands. And to that quiet church yard that group around the grave •hall be convulsed with wonder, at the oottLu bursts and the deed man springs to life sad stands np by their Mdfi. she could gather strength aaftetoat to communicate the state of her mind. la Ure meantime 1 u#s per untied at brief intervals, to speak to her of Ure rujn of the soul by sin, its recovery by the blood of the Cross, the faithful saving of the Gos pel, aad the mere) of God to oer Lord Jeeea Christ. At length, one cuol morning, her decaying energies revived. Having repeated to her a portion of Ure 14th chapter of SL John’s Gospel, 1 asked if she had any sweet sense of pardoning mercy t She whispered, “I have, through faith to Jeso* Christ.” Tbeo gathering re uewrd strength, iu a sweet, sort voice, she expressed herself io sub stance as follows: “A short time since 1 was enabled, by the grace of Ko, Hear Isaiah lxiii: fa thou art our Father, Abraham be ignorant of ns, red acknowledge ns not: 1 Lord, art our JFatber, our blood; likewise: This do (namely which I now do, institute, and also call;) give and take. Tbia is as much as saying: God gives, yon may be unworthy or worthy, there fore have you here his body and blood, in virtue of these words mountains which I will tell thwe of.” Without stopping to ask s reason for this manrehms transaction, are with At leugUi hr said, “You certainly hare beaten me, fur I never before saw the two effects upon society ; 1 now are that where the Christian builds np, the infidel is polling down. I thank you; I shall think of what lias pasMMt this afternoon." The sequel was that be was fully persuaded to his own mind to give np all his infidel companions, and was led to follow the lord Jeans Christ. But the change did not stop Iso the Lord Jesus, Mat. iv: •Mwers Satan out of the ®*ot: “Tbon shalt worship its esscsittoa. He rises early In the morning, with his own hands he cleaves the wood for the burnt offer ing, and gets all things ready for the sacrifice; sets out on a three day’s journey, carefully looks about him ae he goes for the place appointed by God for the offering^ and when he has discovered it at a distance he %. j •ays to his young men: Abide ye here with the see, and 1 and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come again to you. He binds the wood for the burnt offering upon his son’s shoulders, and with tire firs and a knife in his hands they pro ceed both of them to the spot. He talks with Isaac as if he were going to offer but n common sacrifice; hears that very trying nod most af fecting queetioo: “My father, behold the fire and the wood ; but where is the tomb for a burnt offering r Bee with what holy reeolntton end com posure of mind he builds an altar there, lays the wood iq order, binds Isaac, hie too, for it le necessary that Pbb8oxal> Application op Truth —A friend recalled the case of a teacher, who, going to meet his class at the hour appointed, found but oue present. Annoyed and discouraged, his first impulse was to place him in some other class, and spend the hour in visiting the absent ones. He, however, opened the Bible, and was it chance or was it the good Spirit of the Lord that caused his eye to rest on the passage which spoke of Jesus sitting on Jaoob’s well t Yet, weary as he was with his journey, he faded not to beoome the teacher of a Hast of one, and through that one leading many to believe in his name. The lesson came home to his heart The application of the lesson that day was neoessarily direct and personal; and daring the ensiling week the faithful teacher received a note from his scholar, thanking him for speak ing to him as he had done, 'telling him that the teaching of that morn ing had been blessed—that his one scholar had found pardon aad peace to Jesos. Burning thr Bushel.—A poor woman who had what is called a bad memory, went one day to church and heard a sermon upon dishonesty. A short time after, being questioned about the text, she complained she oonld not recall it, ‘‘but,” she added, “I remember that when I came home I burnt my bushel.” “Be ye doers of the word, and not bearrtu only.” Afflictions are as nekdfhi for our souls, as food b for oar bodies.* - Truncated for the Lutheran Visitor Two Incidents. A DUKADPt’L LAST WILL AND IK8 TAMKNT. Dillcher relates fhe following io his “Weg dee Lebens”: “A mer chant, who formerly had been a me chanic, was on his death-bed. He sent for a notar)* and witnesses to make bin great, shall rise. Aud in a momeut, to the twinkling of an eye, by the forthgoing of one flat of the Ouaaip oteat, over all the vast congregation of the living with which that still vaster oongregatiou of the dead is to mingle—over all the bodies of the living a cliauge shall pass that shall make them like to new bodies of the raised. And all ahall be caught np together ifc the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, temporarily uplifted above those fires by which the world that now is, and all these its present works are to be burnt up. And the vast oompany as it rises from the earth shall meet another, perhaps vaster oompany descending from the skies. For he who shall that day oome to the clouds of hesren with power and great glory, shall come with all his holy angels with him; and there too shall be those angels that lost their firyt estate, and who had been reserved to everlasting chains under darkness unto the judg ment of the great day; heaven, earth, hell—coming thus for once to gether—that out of that intervening earth, heaven and hell might gather all that each could claim aa Ha own, know all you say; it is refreshing; I thank you for it.” Her irrefigioua husband was a silent and deeply af fected listener to these words, aa they dropped from the lipe of his dying wife; and we trust not* with out good effect. In another instance, such interviews, under similar oir- enmstances, resulted, under God, in the conversion of the patient and her siater-ln-law. Both are aow so joying the fellowship of the saints, and the privilege of membership of the Christian church.—Christian Ban- . Apostle Paul admouishes Chians, 1 Cor. x: 14, “Where dearly beloved, flee from *7" t j* purgatory spoken of in the ’ V' ' *.-•*; v t •; lTlL Far fr®® h 'y the Bib,e ■*** very opposite doctrine, b of the righteous are with ao torments assail them. : A3, “Blessed are the w ich die in the Lord from And Luke xxiii: 43. and commenced: First, I bequeath my body and my soul to the devil and all the spirits of hell for eternal torment. His wife listened terror struck and asked to tarn hie thoughts to another snbjsct: What he wanted to become of her f Yon, said be, shall bum with me in hell fire, for you are the cause of my serviog the devil for money and for possessions. I could never satisfy your love of show, bad therefore to give np my trade aad beoome a mer chant, and lie, cheat and impose on people; you therefore neither ought nor shall have it any better than I, and must burn with roe eternally. Isaac, his sou, for it a sacrifice be bound, and, having bound htoiftbe lays .him on the altar upon the wood ; now, with his hand o« the head of the victim, aad ep parent!y forgetting the bowels of a father, aud putting on the awful gravity of a atari Acer, with a heart fixed, aad an eye tilted up to heaven, be asihre the knife nod stretches out bis arm to give the fatal blow. Be astonished, O heaven, at this; and wonder, O earth f Here is aa ex ploit of faith aad obedience which ^halt thou be with me in tee we to think of papal ^ sod the jubilee-penny t ^Nothing at all, Listeu Micah, iii: 11, re- h g ooorere; “The ^eof judge for reward, and thereof teach for hire, P^hets thereof divine for jet will they lean upon the **y» not the Lord fa r . what 8t. Peter answered i* i,l° ffered bilu moue ^j Acts * ^hy money perish with All Have a Wore to Do.—Tbare is room in the ebureb, aad need for all manners of workers. The poorest ami least recognised are as much needed as any. Open your watch, your eye falls on jewels there. But the sparkliug jewels can not say to the modest coil of steel beside them, “We have no need of thee,” for that is the mainspring. And the main spring can not say to the tiniest cogwheel, “We have no need of thee,” for without it the works stand Let You* Light shinr.—Shall ws sot be eoottomllj letting un saved men see that we have got what they might well eovy I Surely If they saw ns winning Christ, and finding what delighted us, and kept os ever searching further, they might be allured. If they saw that we had got a rich secret they knew nothing of, it would draw so ora, who fancy when they hear only a few oommoo place words about Christ, often re peatsd, that there Is very little to Christ. OUT OF THB MOUTH OF BABKO. A wealthy family dhl not ask a blessing at meals, ami when their minister once dined with them, be not only asked it, mit requested there, to do it also at all other times., The request caused some embarrassment and silenoe, which the head of the •till. It fa just so to the church of Christ One little worker can mar the whole bjr failing to ftilflll its office There fa s place for each. wonder to angels aud to meo. Abra ham's Isaac, Sarah's darling, the church’s hope, the heir of promise