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glide & Killer, Editors. OKI LORD. OVI FAITH, OS-X EPKESIAKS IV:5 TISK. COLUMBIA, S. C.. FKIIUT. gift of God, one who will deport bar wit modestly, m U Imvmm A pun** m»d discreet wife. Mine to a good atul faithful wife, in whom a man's heart way safely confide, ami m Solomou says, *She wastes nothing for me.' ” . “A P»o«a wife!" “A faithful wife? “She wastes nothingP O bo* searo- •ary soch a wife to Doctor Martin, Communications. BKpffla ■ in limm'-T- ^r»r. for the Lutheran Visitor. wjJjfotbw” of the Students of Wittenberg. 100*1 itefcA h Arnold Well t t» *Ddx* m * M t870J fiMsaclijjhiMi was present and heard ia m* *«>«!«. With folded bsmU s* <1 htriuuiul«ig eyes l»a whuqwred to yet the arms of our prayer can eai brace the whole globe. Thus only eau weJxjpome so filled with the spirit thst the image of Christ, the great Captain and Conqueror in the battle, shall shine out of eveaqr action and victoriously enlighten our op ponents, when they see in our whole walk and conduct greater love aud self denial, greater self- sacrifice, greater quietness and firmness in distress and danger. The Christian to the world’s Bible, and the only one which it read*. If we take cagp that in this book be plainly nhowu rife loving spirit, (fee grandeur, and the totaling friendliness of Cttirfid* Lmhrr: “1>ear MarUo, be strong 1 It)** youth# «re angela of Odd seat u» oadeet (ba maiden to the glorious in bearii.* '*f dropped upon hit knees and prayed, it* a vdre choked with leers, hm her so dearly, but jfgUTKD BY J>. H. B. life dawned upon the great • In hi* dingy apartments in patent when his dearest Ciiafcd and arranged, sad ••cried bis Uttfe, Marti*, lb setounf la Ma aswML whoa to • *a, .ta rim ysms old. and % #*t rignl dtortpta* upon ririiMfeer in bto matowatfem It •o.M^ihag |fce who, possessing the beat oi hsaru, w»a yet the poorest of boaaaheep* seal Often did ho give sway ths last penny in charity, guided only by the impulses of hto gwaeroas heart, and - ikon cheerfully dispose of tho VKt,u * ^*8,^22 '■* »n. . spiritual ingiyt m Tuo allow Wo ftk to reed re this actual testimony of Christian life sod suffering. * For etany of our opponents in secret •ary us anr Christian comfort ia mis fortune and under heavy losses. •Up and you, pom llUp urphap! You hate notling. Cud, who is (he 4 fbttor of Iho orphan aud iht Judge af the widow, will support sod earr fer *0** With pious rrotonatfofe. Knife assweved, •»* femioat 1 ro- :©r * Wm b» Oodto'M, f hnvo vmi toib fifth fluui eHh me/ The should am lb clam* •aed about t •o find my rhtW aktoe TWtv are m assay good, riiridfan people who an tl afi great aegd of yos a* toe. lie sot rowmad, my dear Imsbmhh!. mm. yfewmH ?»* ^ m* { r» emaa wfR flat I hop* sad Uipt la ’ Ood (bar ne win spare I oar And CertarWb top did wk m*h« to r sdhsased ll*r dear Doctor was ! spaced to her and to bur child, and J •* a baagrriag world. Wet lather ’ woa ntoheOMf, evew to the time of hi*’ dnath. wwh alt sssuairuf sever* all 1 ornate t snrh ns para is the bream,j sovofw hiss lartim, roaring in Ids ears. ‘ skrttgo. sbaursaea, artariea*, grtornu* i sad pnrofri eoftro. toe. (ft* Katie 1 wan over his mast rarofert awrroJ iahod friends, to obtain AO fiorina, of wliioh he stood ia need; and ooca he sold a silver cup to roalise U florins. Bat in spits of tho lavish liberality and fees, hearty hospitality of her dear Doctor, Catharine still managed to keep tho household vary respectably upon a salary of 900 florins, and even found means to save some for investment. Bat wherein cooaisted the art of hot housekeeping f She was an itlustrs tiou of the troth of hor Doctor’s words: “The man acquires ths wo man saves, and she alone make* bin rich. A penny saved to worth more than a penny earned ; for the penny saved remains to the boom." Her secret lay in n becoming frugality and a sensible oversight of all her household matter*. For this reason Luther entrusted all hi* domestic af fairs to bis dear Katie, osiwacrredly and in atl confidence. He often ban tered her lu ajocnlnr way with refer eoce to bet domestic government. In his letters, whan absent from home, she often saw herself ad dressed in titles such ss throe: “My dear lord Katie Lather,* “Dortrese,* “Preoohcros* of Wittenbarg," toe. At bis table, at which more or leas students were always gaesta, ha would any with a seriocomic fare, ‘I totfet riuMlre the pope and have imtience with fanatics, I mast endure misers and have patience with do men tics, I must endure Catharine von Bora f then lest his joking might give pain or produce a false impression, his countenance would suddenly change into earnest seriousness, aa ha said, -She to eonr teous, obedient and obliging to me above my expectations, thank Ood ! so that I wonld not exchange my poverty for the wealth of Crow us. Catharine von Bora to the morning star of Wittenbnrg * This jocular title, ‘*My lord Katie,* caused mneb bitter slander sad often gave pain to poor Catharine. Bha was even accused of haring admin istered curtain lecture* to her how band. Yet this mock title had the most harmless origin. On one ooca aion a stndent by the name of Bean was examined for admission Into the -University. Doctor Luther gave him a sentence to translate Into Latin. Bean did not sit very firmly la hto Latin saddle, as it seems. The sea tence began, *If my ford’s wife knew » which Bean translated Into, “Si hoc sciret uxor dominos mens,* omitting the possessive case, be made it, **lf my ford wife Iraew.• This Hmmuk Latin afforded much merriment to Luther and hto friends, and dually resulted in •toy font Katie.* Golden ring*? »nnny circles? Joyful hoars’ On the evening of the 33d snni Ternary of his doctorate Katie ear prised her dear Doctor with a cheer fal supper. Lather haul entirely for gotten this honored day, and Katie arranged the feast and invited the guests secretly. Katie well knew is changed. When one the table one thinks, ' I was alone, now there Is Daring the first year ^0surfed life my Katie sat with deep yearning after the support which hears i» up; aud this superi ority of Christian life can oftoa drive the hardest heart to seek help of our Lord. Ia fiue^ouly life can be get life. Where wa wish to defend the Word of life our own life can not be separated from it. The strong eat argument for the truth of ehristi aoity to the true ebrietiaa—the man filled with the spirit of Christ. The beat means of bringing back the world to a belief ia miracles, is to exhibit the miracle of mgcaotation sad its power ia our own life. The beet proof of Christ’s resurrection ia a living church, which itself ia walk ing ia new life mad drawing life from him who has overcome death. Be aafosaad by the fed tv snap to of * * » m»! laarsMKrd ■■ * ill roento to a pmtj that • c| last «a|j wfoto the whip to opplfod to Iht back. MHVmsmWI (he w«todfag rings had passed away. Tb« fmproasfou of the glorouifetjAseaty remained- lathe «m Might eat a poor, forlorn »»*«ro. troefdng hitfer roars upon the two sodding riagi that toy to her tapt t Jblr mmimmAf j rfs to bold a conversation, she apoii one occasion, ‘Doctor, is g fead-aiaster of Prussia the gjattfe brother f * Bnt Katie at» object in view. The Ifoctor «wnr disptatsed at the intcr- Um of his Katie. When she Uid» question she wautecl a Ld dat Smiling, the Doctor Ifeiier upon her limited kuowl- Lp«t tfo outside world, and said, Mur? Bees the rib of Martin Lu ir ml know that the Margrave ia ** the Grand master of Pros \§t Bat the cunning Katie had Lrf tor point, and a familiar chat i a hoar was the consequeuce. |.«kg the conversation she was *W with tor needle in making up B|tod8 presented to ber dear Doc- vly his friends, among which were U presents from the Electors.— and skill she <**■ «d> spswial idnaaiag must be a^Ut euaUusally ia coouaction of the wMfpsf. Whoa Jta*« •boat laefvw jean «f age, toe day committed a grimae - a tiaaity, could not stand. Lai os live ia like manner, aud then (though boll should have a shortlived tri amph| evaataaJly most be fulfilled what St. Aagustine says: “Love ia the fulfilling of the truth.” *ei much taste iltod priests’ gowns beautifully, <fet at the same time she wonld fcdifcntly studying the Scripture smtsssigned to her by ber hna- Arid npon which he never id to examine her. Most cheer- ibto would reatl aloud to her and qha what he read /VmojfferMM; “1 am returning from the city this morning on the early train. I noticed a few momenta ago ***. •P e#d w « considerably slackened, anu «» *»ma the engine was puffing at a furious race —as though pulling a train of twenty cars up the Alleghaaiea. I know we were on a slight up grade, but no ticed that besides the beggage car there was bnt ooe passenger oar, aud concluded the engine must be weak or oat of order. On going for- He always [alto her the many letters sent to m is his letters to his ultimate pad* he otteu embodied humorous- tonaive and quaint remarks, and kmtod ail kitfds of domestic com- stow for ber in those letters. In pdtawored jest he called her Nan aernsaalain,* and gladly ac- fefltofed that “his lord Katie” kin to writing letters. In all pwvere conflicts and labors to re- N Christianity he compared ideas to his Katie and sought her ad- * Her pious, gentle disposition N«wh s happy influence upon the *Bd fiery temperament of the Ftaer that even Uttor, m hto ihealfera, sad thaw uuaer*l»ar iNjjf Md aa March 5th, be w rites ahmrfolly, “My ford Katie, through (fee marry of (fol, to >*? fol in Hto train, unusually long, was behind time, and to our way; oar engine had been fastened to it sad was passing it up ths grads. The engine wee good and in the beat of order. __ the learned taw of Rotterdam, who did not tats his marriage, was compelled * foowwledge, “Doctor Martin, [to hi* marriage, has become mild- F fed no more raves with his with penitence same ministers who had shared the uncharitable jadg meat pronounced on the hard pressed engine. We could all ass that theyi had but email churches, on a grade not unusually heavy; they make little progress in building up their congregations, while, at the same time, they seem always busy, hard at work, over worked apparently, puffing at a furioas rate. I bad not taken the trouble to nofeoe what was in tbeir way. 1 had not observed how much they Were required to push, aa I might have observed bad I taken the trouble to enquire into the facto ia the cnee. ' Night Trsto- m 415 p ® m SUP* m t7»P* m »97P® m 238»® m *515 * • “c oatcry from ail si dee, by his tafe, and even some of bis wa- ta friends, joined in with them difet this almost clandestine mar- ^•fa former monk with a fugi- ^®a»,was so great that Luther #imed* “I have made myself so table and contemptible by my tage that I expect the angels and alt the devils weep.” hpart-felt love, founded to fear of God, gave the newly couple the strength to bear World’s contempt with patience. /; father loved his Katie “more J*toeyes,” anj prized her “more Ike entire Turkish empire.” allied her higher “than the [taom of France or the dominion 'voice” To him “my Katie” luted the dearest object on ». frequently styled the • fe the Galatians “my Katie,” _ d so clearly declares justifl- oj faith, and seems to be a to the Epistle to the What a tribute he pays a shining tribute wor- ij. remembrance for all time: **1 j^ rta ^ egt blessing and gift of id* a Ph>Q8, gentle, God-fearing iTftal wife, with whom you may vicbiTiaia. * *8»p« a 1058P® a 340»® a 543»® a *748*» 1 8495® «n Ut prayer meeting. He must hold .hi to the Invisible world by all 00 * fide mean*, and mast keep open tii'' channel* by which spiritual in fiamm How ill upon the heart. *J%V Bible must be hts daily conn *• Hor. Botue form of Christian work ui the church oi Sunday-school will did in the sum* direction. Through such nqi^us he will preserve the tone of his mind amid the excitement of secular ’do, and win live in a true sense for two worlds I would hare found a laxy elder, some well-to-do but close-fisted members, intelligent and influential meu and women ia bis church who take no active part in Sabbath-echool or prayer meeting, an indifferent treasurer, an aaoom- fortable or out of the way house of worship, and others of like nature. When the foots are known, we find that many of these pastors, Hissed sa unsuccessful by their brethren aud the church at large, who are admitted to be more or lass talented, faithful, pious and diligent, but be cause they make little headway, are voted of little practical worth, or in some way not quite right, ate worthy of mote credit, and zeaUy do ao more than others, who with a clear trank and well appointed means as tonish the world with their sucseas. We have left ths freight on the siding, and are again moving home wards at the old rate; and now borne along pleasantly by my wrong, ed and forgiven friend, the engine, I do solemnly resolve never to pro nounoe judgment on any hard work ing minister who moves slowly, un til I have taken into tho aooount the fr*§hi to may to punhing, as well as the regular attachment of which he is the head* • # «U»* W . • Ur ao auferaed for a rhlM.” By the side of (his UtUr grave, •<( conneri 111 * jgss rtk O'. CW it* Bsilro^J and Angus* tafefMMp afford me 1 AH their ■las are nothing, and how chearfotly MWJ rorgive i u no* raeciv Miperwv are the life and Arith of the ehfld ! The word gives to them they receive dbeorfnlly aad without nay doahft, and are ao happy. We, old foots. Sew to Orspofim Unbelief. not amiss. This, however, he in dulged in only in bis own house. In vitations from home, and especially among strangers, were very distaste ful to Luther, and hence he wrote, “I waste too much time by accept ing invitations from citlxens, attend ed with late suppers and consequent disagreeable mornings.” Much did he prefer to be surrounded by a se lect circle of friends and students in his own rooms in the old convent. His guests, too, enjoyed his homely, simple table, but always enriched by the witty, hearty and goofehawoved conversation which Doctor Martin knew so well how y© dispense, fils guests have published no leas than eighty different books of the cater taming table-talk of Martin Luther Luther’s favorite dish was peas pud ding aqd herrings. He was so mod Two years alter the auwnagu, Doctor Martin was prwtfalad by a OlllCiUU at VI J r annBstif life quant aaffmrtag, of wforh ha was not ■Cudto* sad tbs*? rsltgtoae training waa never omitted by rithar af the parent*. The maria adapted by boih ~jT ' # f W i -i-'/fyU tiff" ' f : ■ I Jrww’W # \jr' Lt e» it >f ■ ■ c t ; #