The Lutheran visitor. (Columbia, S.C.) 1869-1904, October 03, 1873, Image 1
CHE LORD. CHE FAITH. OHE BAPTISM.”---EPHESIANS 17:5
Rude A Miller,
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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1873
OLD SERIES, VOL 6-NO. 263
to tin* wan given most tltn kMI) by
j tbe »U« p BlntimH tl format him of
j tine territorial Corjiora i)nrtruia\ dl
! trvnt.H of docirioe, ote., m wltwb al
| ready uiliuetittal purfa of tbe entire
* (i*Tmuu Lutheran Cliurrb auaftit •
tiled symbolical settlement. but nee-
, charily ut such a way that they M
unications
beatk the ititifli DowMr.4
went by ewMerflf MM Vat am* nod
k**l*cig bock pert of Hn* truth
# We Week the t*tth
nnniI by diaoontant *14 nary.
The Remedy—“Th^ Mood of Jesus
i brio*, Hi* me, ddlanth u* from
bereaved" of limb* or pru|»erty w
loved one*, “1 am bereaved," and no
prove* to be like Umber which I osar*
beet when longest Meanoued. I*t
the old disciple arm himself with
lieUeoor under the tieUy trial* which
will be apt to disturb him, and alao
for the heavier burden*, if God bo
pleased to lay theta upou him.—
Churchman.
Selections.
forty-three copperplate enHtvinpt,
of map*, portrait*, coat* of arris. etc.
There were portrait* of Elizabeth,
Dudley, Cecil an1 Burleigh. It was
decreed that every Archbishop and
Bishop should have at his bouae, in
the hall or large dining room, a
copy, which might be useful to
Mcrvaut* or strangers. An analysis
of our present version, in connection
with fourteen eminent writers, sUowk
it to lie the best representative of
pure English. One twenty-ninth
part of its words only are of foreign
origin, while one-third of Gibbon’*,
originally came from abroad. There
are in Egypt and Palestine, one huu
dred origiual MS. eopies ; in Italy,
three hundred and twenty; England,
two hundred and fifty', one hundred
being in Oxford; France, two bun
dred and thirty-eight; Russia, seven
ty-tlxree ; 8pain, nineteen ; Switzer
laud, fourteen. But one contain*
tbe New Testament entire—thi^ is
the Sinaitic, reputed to be the oldest,
found at tbe convent at Mount Sinai
by Tiscbendorf, and presented to
tbe Kmjieror of Russia. A Codex ot
tbe date A. D. nine hundred and
sixteen, has been found among the
Karaites of the Crimea, together
with au incomplete copy of the Law,
dating back eight hundred and forty-'
three years. Owe reason for the
scarcity of MS. copies, is the rule
that all faulty ones should lie de
stroyed. The jiarchmcDt must l*e
divided iu columns of exactly equal
length; more than three won!*
written off the liue spoiled the whole
work. If a word had a redundant
letter, or lacked one, or if one letter
touched another, the entire MS. was
destroyed. Though burdensome to
copyists, such exactness was ex
ceedingly favorable to parity of text.
The character, too, of the Hebrew
lauguage is unelastic, ‘firm and hard
as a mould.’ Throughout the Old
Testament, God is designated by a
variety of names and titles, fraught
with deepest interest to those who
take pleasure in studying His glori-
“The neverent test,” say* Dr. Hitch
cock, “to which a book can be sub
jected, is that ol translating it iuto
other language* than the one iu
which It was written. The Koran
is not mat'll of a book iu any lan
guage but the Arabic. Even Shake
speare is no longer ftbakespeare iu
French. The Bible is mostly 8* initie
aqd provincial, and yet ill every
language its voice i* clear, ringing
and majestic. It i* the only book
that has ever made the circuit of the
globe, holding it* own in every im-
IMirtaut language or dialect of tneii.”
Edward Coue Biasell. iu his lately
published “Historic Origin of the
Bible,” ha* embodied a mine of cu
rious and valuable proof of the
authenticity of the aacred Word, but
also as to old copies still extaut,
martyrs’ and translators’ ancient
MSS. and different version*. For
the benefit of tho*e who have not
this iuvalusble work we give a few
extracts: f
“Tbe coat of a M8. Bible after
Wydifa time was two hundred
dollar*, then a sufficient salary to
maiutaiu a curate a twelve month.
Vet the general poverty of tbe peo-
ple did not (irevcnt a wagon load of
hay being exchanged for only a
frugmeut of the Gotqtel, or au Epistle
Tyndsla’s
Jito the Lutheran Yiitilot ,
ft* Form of Concord.
Iu insi# ®btimy iag ist tttitil^^a.
•mIi worthy of the artist'* pencil,
duo* A hr* bo— pwowl kiswulf m» tbs
course of kb eventful Hfo— leading
History of VnrtrstnHt
Theology.
“M*o v an * Yhe iui per fee tim is
adhere to the Form of
aud Utile praiseworthy,
the same time mart' or leu* disun
guishetl and separated themselves
from the moment Lutheran church
e*, a* moreover the chief strewa wpa
at tlie same time bid upon the dis
tinctive feature, which bad it* origin
iu local wants and controversies."
if*' -4l *% i$* «>*< i 4 ^
WB ,e extent the m**an» ein-
i« the preparation and com
are, still a sort of historical
tv lay at the basis of its cou
nt, ’-fir Lutheran t’hnnh
land already together with the
Cries) its own symbols in com
tteaftttb* Augustan* and it*
jy, hut on account of their
and origini’1 design the most
of thtt» could not contain
ion in die controversies, which
iter, and consequently grudn-
e province or important city
ttany after another sought to
its craving after unity of doc-
f a separate confession. The
*1 occasion was generally given
i doctriual obligation of the
Why the examination of the
ktes for ordination
Wai It Ckiacu?
fore rharanh -heading the midnight
aasoalt —pros!rale twAmthd, moan
log out kb prayer for l»bm*el—
riritkbg m kb threw mystwrioua
gocMts. *t 4Ur irstdolr, under tlm
oak of Muur—patting ut ewety
morn Ike lattk of water an Hagai's
•hookler—bowing to Iks limit** Hi
Tkia is bud for tfeftjpmrlvca, for it
odds to kopje its* and prolong* life
to keep au working «4 tke ofose. It
b am of God's fMMwfou* to kb peo
pin that tkey *kaI1 trill bring forth
•rail to their age, and sometime* it
b an verified that tlwif lost days are
their bent days of fiiklti*M. They
have to forego some hinds of labor,
suck a* require mletbriar or bodily
strength ; l*ut tk*T» J are other* in
which, by thel* Wjjr>*"i" e. though
with feebk hand*, tVj may make
tkemmjlre* greatly dasfhl. Simeoo
ami Anna minbtorrd ftbout the tern
yd*S tke one long sftfV hi* legal time
of priew4.lt aorvfea k el expired, and
tke other until |«d fourscore, We
hove are* a fruit tier wo old that
neuriy all Ha broncho* were drenyed
am) fallen, pottmg Midi woe topmost
stem, well lode* with good fruit,
and it waa a nir~l aft n sight
than that of a tree d ml at tke tojs
wns to ha darn! al oMr It will be
the prayer of ao old dforipie that be
1 do not know that there ia any
thing which charaotoriaca the earn
cat Christian more clearly than kb
umc and appreciation of Boiutay.
Whatever diOercucc* of view may
obtain between «k«u concerning the
nature ol the day ami owr oMlgotum
to ki-ep it holy, the Ulea underlying
it ia, Rkst, the troth of which all
admit. And tbe character of this
rest in not merely nor mainly physi
cal. Social reformer* may sod «lo
appeal to uuturat law* in proof of
tbe nccceeity of observing owe «by
in nevcn for rest from labor, lint he
goes not half for enough who goes
no farther. God ha* m» more err
tainly o.»uatitute<l man a hetug need
log a |amd of stateit eiemptioa
from the regular mrc* and labor* of
liter than he ha* don*titated him for
com ia an ton with him. Without each
com in union we are already amt al
way* dead spiritually, and he who,
while profonriug ekrbtbalty, neg
bet* to make time of special tisses
and hcaaonm to cultivate nod strength
en thi* com man ion b certainly dying
spiritually. Above aH time* odd
periods tbe Lord** day i* best moiled
to this holy exeicbe. Then- is saeh
a spending of It la retigioo* dstkw
even oa kttte mem** to a brftfT an,;
tkIS 1
ing tbe tby in attendaace upon Son
dav school*, publu: worship or other
religious act* doe* mil momt folly till
out the purfHMw* for which it was
instituted. The idea embrace* amor**
than merely rtwinm# of firiaf.-—
M&JHTATtON mu*t be engaged in.
What is n*€eive«i must be made owr
own or it is little wotlh; and what
ia given but tntpoveriabe* a* ante**
we diligently seek to acquaint our
solve* more ami more with these
high and holy dutiea and relaluxi*.
I am profoundly impre**e*l with the
truth and importance of these ob
servarious. I believe every ihri*
tun's experience deauHiatrate* their
truthfulnes*. They are ew|wci*ll.v
applicable to the miumtry. Iu our
tuauifohl labor* connected with fe**d
ing and caring for the flock of God
there is very great liability to forget
and overlook our personal wants.
We learn to regard ourselves a* pub
lic servants—net apart especially to
feed others, and may neglect to see
that we are fed. This is to perrib in
the midst of plenty—4o dk* of starva
tion ourselves even nhen mlinini*
teriug eternal life to many around
Of form and coloring reqnlrod for
hi* faithful portrait ore ho* rritnriiwl
their pemoil f There m certainly in
him a want of nay marked or promt
seat feature Vet, kakisf al him
both of
ilrit hftd been introduced iu 8axo
Bg lg Mdauctluui, not without fhe
gpiition of Andreas Uniander. in
fotkargies too, which were Ihcouj
ignore aud more numerous, al
ke|h conuected by a family re
prtksce. a special division was
rffefo eontntimig the distinctive
htbiurs. In close eouuection with
lit stands the developiuAut oi the
smiled c<»'pvra doctrimt■, into which
fkmed doctriual treaties, accord
hriy as they were hekl in especial
state in the different countries,
if» admitted, find of all tbe Corp.
HAnna* Phdlippicmn or Misninm,
Oti the Juliuni (Brsifliwick I^emon
fo|i»o), the Confession Saxonica or
tmrtembergica, the I'rntheuicum,
.fitsto which were atidwl afterwards
‘fojsxou articles of Visitation, the
I ^BfijKg NotaL ;unl others. As long
I * bother lived, a common authority
Old Tastaiweni hiatary, doe* he uat
appear, walkiag among hi* shadowy
in tip* familiar tongue
work of tranalatiug the Scriptures
was carried forward through thir
teen years of |«inful exile
moat twill cm *u t in lanifl the mnet
gtaeefttl ia ooimmsI of them all V
Wa mt*« ia him the lotelleet and
dominant will of Moaea, the paa*«oa
ok* davotioa of Khsehl, the far right
Obliged
to adopt an a tan mod name, to do
tbi* work by stealth, flee from city
to city, hauted everywhere with a
relentless animosity during all these
years, tbe autouut and splendid qual
ity of his literary achievements are
Finally, betrayed
MmiflMlgr, a eoarteay
which none of them *x
r outlive his aaef-kri-**. sad the
Mt I) keep up w 4 lead to fnlflll
» prayer, ami eaal « him to keep
i while giving wa 'to the inti run
quite amazing
under the guise of trieudship, he was
imprisoned eighteen mouths and then
put to death. The order for his
death waa indeed signed by the
Km|**ror Charles the Fifth, but with
the probable connivance of Tyndaie’s
inveterate enemy, Henry the Eighth.
The martyr’* last wogds were: "Lord,
op?*i. fhr ipfLl fbe^Kftr* of Ear*
and f Tymlale wrote in reply to
Sir Thomas More’s charge against
him : * Agatust the day we shall ap
pear before our Lord Jesus Christ to
a reckoning of onr doings, I call
God to witness 1 never altered one
syllable of God’s Word against my
conscience ; nor would this day, if
all that is in the earth, whether it
be pleasure, honor or riches, might
be given me.’ While voices of an
Lednlo.
teas an Imbamlity. l ot the old k«-ep
ap sympathy with Usage, with the
yoang. with praam tiharrh *uck,
foal bis, throwing over II the light
«7Tfr»oi Mtifcr aampGl parent to do
the least thing, and on the coddled
<uu> kfimi i» * ijiifi .kilI K.
led, and to eomplaia, and to naffer.
The okl bona* will liv* Lai gw for a
tittle daily a*e, aa well a* pay for
hi* keeping. A heipfo**, uorlasa ohl
age i* ahont a* nioeh to be dreaded
aa anything, except a gudlaaa old
agp.
The old diaeijda haa special trial*. |
l"ky rival health and strength ia the
yonag make them loagh at harden*
which per** heavily aa the aged.
Old permwi* are apt t# he i rptlal and
Impatient. < % Addrea%flen And I hew
o»x **l» grandpa gulag to heaven r
aakad a little hoy of hm mother,
wham father wa* an agml clergy
am. “Yea, 1 hope an," anawered
•he •‘Than f don’t «aat to gu there,
for he will come along oad nay,
■Whe*. a hew; what are them ekil
drew doing here T* Weak arm ia
Hkil) to be im pal foal. It i* hard
whoa the body ie aching all onr,
and the nrrrea are tremaloaa aa the
aspen leaf, to keep always an avea
tea»|ier, and to apeak always loving
ly and pleasantly. Happy are they
tain No. 4
S 80 p a
f«38pa
1047 pm
d tbo Iatherau Church to exhibit a
paid oneness, and especially a strict
qtetaneut iu doctrine, was contested
fi time hy couventions of then
Npma, at another by princes, of
*lwe the most influential valued
Ntotly or placed first the iu forests
But the con
God *e herml the »*<rkl; hat that '
j au may be leagthened oat to Henuty '
| before the impart of it mu be told or 1
i fathomed. God so loved (he world,
a wowderfol «» indeed, ood roapre i
betioive bryontl the rawsqitMW hoik '
of men and sad angels; God a;
foveil the worhi that he gave to*
only begotten Ami for it.
Ilod he given anmotaios of gold
ami silver for u j had be lohl down |
for oar ransom all the treasure* that }
lie hid in the bowel* at the earth, or
•vatteml through the whole visible
; erestfcm; bod he emptied all tke
- holy angrU in heaven of the glory,
or even redaerd them to their first
; nothingness for oar sake*, all had
been as aothiag to hi* giving hia
! only begotten Aoti to die for tux
Oh, the wonder*, tke mirarie* at
love that are wrapped op ia this!
' Why. if lie Aeriptarea had not *o
1 plainly revealed it we eoaki not have
| believed it; and even after It I* re
1 re*le«l oar faith moot be welt fixed
i rise it will stagger under it* for this ia
i one of the deepest sad amot nofalh
! omable mysteries of Christianity.
Header, have yoa embraced this
! wood tea* gift of infinite lave Jeon*
| the .Honour of sinner* f Have you
i| “eternal Hie,” which is “tk p/t *>/
! Ood in • fettu Christ f* Uh, the love
j of God f My sonl rejofom in that
love, and ia the expttaainn of II,
“Jesus ('knot,* my Havioar and
. Lord
Hebrew names bears a special mean
ing of its own, so that tbe presence
of one name io one passage, and of
another name in another passage, is
often j peculiarly significant. Not
withstanding the sanctity of bis
name—JEHOVAH—and its
occur
rence six thousand times, it is with
held in our version, and we have
some!; turn Lord, sometimes God, in
stead of the name by which God
revealed Himself to the Israelites,
as on Unchangeable God.”—“Htrior
ie Origin of tke Bible » A. I). F. Ran
dolph, Xetc York.
rf the Reformation
trereray begun with the Reformed,
»li«h also was carried on in Gcr-
Mwj, inasmuch as the Elector of
& Palatinate, as also Hesse, Bre-
"■*», Anhalt and Frieslaud (1613
the princely house of Branden-
hrg, and about 1700 the Electorate
*f Hanover) went over to the Re
Sor| wi) Confession, made already a
■to# of the evangelical princes in
to* affairs of the Reformation an
•possibility; which the disagrae-
of the theological tendencies
vtthia the Lutheran Church added
h Theological school aud church
*«e not yet separated from each
iwer than
■ than C«
Sympathy of Uie Rescued.
ike ckoc
it* South
During a heavy storm off the
coast of Spain, a dismantled mer
chantman was observed by a British
frigate, drifting before tbe gale.
Every eye aud glass was on her,
and a canvas shelter, on a deck
glmost level with the sea, suggested
the idea that there might be life on
board. With all his faults, no mau
is more alive to humanity tliau the
rough aud hardy mariner; aud so
the order instantly sounds to put the
ship about, aud presently a boat pulls
ofl with instructions to bear down
upon the wreck. Away after that
drifting hulk go these gallant men
through the swell of a roaring sea ;
they reach it; they shout; ami
now a strange object rolls out of
that cauvas screen against the lee
shroud ot a broken mast Hauled
into a boat, it proves to be the trank
of a man, bent head and knees to
gether, so dried and shriveled as to
be hardly felt within the ample
clothes, and so light that a mere
boy lifted it on board. It is laid
upon the deok; in horror and pity
the crew gather around it; it
shows signs of life; they draw near
er; it moves and then matters—
matters in a deep, sepulchral Trice;
“There is another man. 9 Saved
himself, the first use the saved one
made of speech waa to seek to save
another. Oh, learn that blessed
lesson! Be daily practicing it And
so long as in oar homes, among our
friendsp in this wreck of a world
which is drifting down to ruin, there
lives on uncoveted one, there is
“another man,” to whom we should
go and plead for Christ; and let ns
go to Christ and plead for that man;
the cry, “Lord, save me, I perish,”
changed into one os welcome to a
Saviour’s ear, “Lord, sans them,
they perish.*—fo. Ouibris.
fulness. No won! has lwen altered
to court a King’s favor, to please
bishop*, or make out » case Tor
a particular opinion. Archbishop
Trench calls attention to the excel
lencies of this grand translation, and
its remarkable felicities of style,
winch have became household words
wherever the Engli-di language is
spoken. ‘When we study our New
Testament,' says another, *we are, in
■Hint cases, iierusiiig the identical
words |HMitird by the martyr Tvndale
nearly three linndred and fifty years
ago. ‘Onr English Bible of tbe
preaeut day,’ says Bishop Ellicott,
*J*o with
on Ch»V
RaitaMMi
l Angwt*
“J loo frequently wa* tlie civil
**^*nty induced by the inteui|>er-
of theological parties to em-
jto) violent measures against ten-
” e8 > which had to seek for recou
through scientific mediation.
Z®. e *traordiuary multiplicity of
Rories in Germany contributed
•ore to make the uuiou, on ac-
of the, many controversies
Jr* *fid brokeu out, difficult. Al-
£ therefore, at the outset alt
animated by the moat eu-
^®***hc deaire that the entire
^tthcal church, and siuce 1540,
Ck u* * ea8t l * le whole Lutheran
•wi should take its staud as a
Cathni UDit a S aius t the (Roman)
au< l although all kiuds of
Deeu thought of for the
, tiou of this desire, neverthe-
1550 it became an estab-
wet, that iu the first place
had to guard its owu
r r()n /**' B «t this of itself must,
tbe m*- *-^* v i®ion of Germany aud
tiid tt 0 j ii nDer yA authori-
I u t rod nctxm— •* W hwonavor shall
hasp the whole law, aad yak irifoad
In m point, ha is frilly of all."
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martyr. On Us pages ore the en
during traces of a noble and devoted
life, and the seal with which it ia
sealed is the seal of blood.’ • • •
“To render Coverdrie’s translation
attractive,” wa are told, it was
adorned with wood cuts of the days
of Creation, and the evangelists—
Pan! being represented at his desk
writing. The boric had no chapters
and no divisions to mark the verses.
In the de rile*(ten the corrupt Henry
was favorably compared to Moses,
Jehoskopbot, Hecekiah—yea, a very
Joaias! It was really Tyndaie’s ver
sion which, after ten years’ conflict,
was published in England and ap
proved by Henry. Leas than six
years after, the same King forbade
the reading by laborers, artificers,
apprentices, husbandmen, and all wo
men save noblewomen, of the Bible
in English. Under Bloody Mary, no
oopy found its way to the press;
public use in churches was prohibit
ed, and copies found there, burnt
The edition first published under
Elisabeth hod one hundred and
full of Christ aks would be sure to
get hslp; ood she did go. Evening
after •reoiof she *at and Intoned:
aad khe saw Christ lifted up, his
own weeds were fulfilling io her, she
was drawn to him. Her doubts sod
difficulties vanished before his pres-
He loved
Wf break th# second Command
meat by giving God only formal
observances, instead of true worship
Wt break the third Command meat
by trrevareat qootatkma of Seriptmra;
and making the aitrihutaa of God,
such ss mercy and roralnoa*. the
aaea, till aba could any
mo, and guvs himself for am,” ood
M I know whom 1 have believed, nod
I am persuaded that he is able to
keep that which I hove committed
“Little dhil
Can you doubt that she, for one,
will thank God, not only now, but
all through u blamed eternity, that
the Holy Ghost inspired the prophet
to write that story 9 If only that
sms soul wore tad to Christ by its
-m—* would you think tba^it was
written in rrint a soul so precious
ht Ihs sight of God, that he re
deemed it, “not with corruptible
things, u silver and mold, bat with
the precious blood of Christ, ns of a
supplanting parents.
Wa break the sixth Command
meat by anger aad by sorry ing
of his <ohl t«xir« ■ htcb will nei
knit, the Isas sf mtuay whiah *
laid an for ht* dare at tafiraattv.
He is wise euough who hath learn
ed the gospel; he is altogether out
of his senses who seeks saving
knowledge any where sloe; for herd
are nil treasnrra.
Men loft to their own will, will
rather go to hell than be beholden
to tree grace for salvation.
and world! ioaao.
A soft answer tonrath sway wrath.