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COLUMBIA. S. C„ FKimV. MARCH 13, 1874.
Original.
“olive to the oorporenl presence of
“Christ in tin Haora men t. Tran*
“substantiation, or tb« obange of lb*
“substance or the bread Into tin
“body and Wood of (hriat, U« re
“tiounced and oppoartl, bat |i»«©e
“•latently sabatitated for It, (be, U
“possible, atore aboard figment of
“consubstout ration, or tbe real prea
“•*00 of the natural body of Christ,
“in, ami with, and sinler, tb« bread
arena sphere are the winds cbillcd or
tire reins siatoed it, leaving the work!
U bleared and Um akias tkroogb
wbkab It passed still sweat with iU
lingering frsgnux*, to its glory as
aa art* enfold mg dower in the bless
•d garden of (kid. Hardy prolonged
Ills on earth bath no boon like this!
For each mortal lor eh nr a* to put on
immortality —to riae from the carnal
with aa UtOe memory of earth that
ike mother * cradle aorta« to hare
baaa saehail m the bonne ef saan%
relatives or neighbors sre fostering
is j our hearts, the loving Jesus will
not lire in their company. There to
no room for drunkenness or sensuali
ty of any kind, for unclean boeks or
libidinous lustings, and for tbe pure
Uedeemer too. Any sin that holds
tbe door against Jesus will damn
your soul. By your own free will,
and with tbe omnipotent help of the
Holy 8pirit, you are to grapple with
yoor besetting sin, and bud him out
Tbe proof of your sincerity must be
that you will be willing to cut off
tbs right arm, rather than to lose
Christ from year soul
What wonderful gifts Jesus hath
for you, as He waits outside the
door! Pardon, peace, Joy, cleansing
of conscience, strength, light, and an
everlasting heirship mi glory! All
these! Yet you shut him out with
(he insulting words, “Gosway, Lord,
for (in time—I am busy 1 When 1
bare a convenient season I will call
for Thee.”
So the compassionate Jesus lin
gers outside of your barred and
bolted heart. Hs has watted there
through the year 1873, sad many u
long year before. Hit sweet, heav
enly voice baa sounded through that
stubbornly cloned door, “If tbou wilt
ope* unto Me, I will come in.”
Jesus give# last knocks. He may
soon be beard for the last time, say
ing, “Behold, I stand at this heart,
and knock; if thou wilt hear my
voice and open to me, 1 will come in
sad dwell with thee, and thou with
me. r He withdraws—to eome not
hack again forever! Another voice
is beard, and another footstep is
approaching! It is the swift, sure
loot of death You start up ia fright
and horror. You open the door, mod
look out for the patient friend who
waited there so long. Yon call for
him with piercing cry! Ah! He
Far the Lutheran Visitor.
Luther and Ccncubstantiaticn.
mumbkk I.
Series.
I'KIadrlfl
Hier and the Lutheran Church
1U e to be very strangely and
iteptly misrepresented Uy oer-
clergjrimMi uml theologians of
UeuomiuatioiiH.
or *“i (xnitahU
«ndcr the 3£
r already b^„
is a sermon on the Keel IVm+ttre.
delivered by tbe Her. George C.
Harris, Rector ol St. Mary's P, K.
Church, Memphis Tewn , amt prim
ed in tbe Memphis Appeal of Sept.
4tb, 1873. In that rermou, follow
lowing a concise and well considered
statement of tbe doctrine of the
Lord’s Supper—a statement which
has a very familiar, Lutheran sound,
ami which can not be more accept
able to Her. Mr. Harris than it is to
us—we find tbe following words:
“How this is, is the mystery.
“Rome attempted to solve the mya
“tery and produced the dogma of
“Trausubstautiation. Martin Luther
“attempted a solution of the myatery
“and produced a similar dogma of
“Consubetanttetioo, neither of which
“is ancient or Catholic.”
Now iu disposing, briefly, of tbs
above quoted paragraphs, and tba
charge which they contain, we barn
only this to say :
1. If Bishop Johns, in asserting
that Luther “substituted” tbe fig
ment of Coosnhstantiatkm for Tran
sulistantiatioo, and Rev. Mr. Harris,
in asserting that attempting to solve
the mystery of tbe Hopper be “pro-
duced” tbe dogma of Coo*«t>eUnti*
tkm, mean to say, that Luther orig
mated, or was in say more the
author or promulgator of that doc
trine, they hare made a great mis
take. Tbe historical fact is, that
the word “couau baton (ratio*” was
used as early as the Utb century,
he, & -trtsH d—s— pem
of Paris, “to denote what be held of
the Lord’s Supper, over sgsmst the
transubetantiaiiou which fnnouent
111. had pot forth as the dortrtae of
tbe Latin church.”
2. Again, if Bishop Johns and
Rer. Mr. Hants mean by “substi
luted” and “produced,” that while
Luthci may not have been tbe ortg
inator of the word “coooubotantia-
tioti,” nor yet of tbe thing for which
it stood, he nevertheless adopted
3 tk tterd'a Sup|H*r, and how con
anally sre we called upon, publicly
privately, to refute the worn
jsfcmdar, that Luther held and taught
{fr&kiitmtiation ; and that that uu*
gnptaral doctrine, is, historically
jbJ m a matter of fact, part aud
jttitel of the Lutheran Church's iu-
fentaarc from the great Reformer 1
fp emptioess and groundlessness of
th charge have been sliowu times
jljjo&t without number. It is, in
lied, rather difficult to understand
lev one who has given any attention
» tie confessional writings of out
(touch, or to what has been pub
|fcd ou the subject by our leadiug
dmiogians from Luther’s day to the
pmeot, eau Tor a moment counte
ases it, and yet the gross misrep-
atoation flies from mouth to mouth
athoegh our Symbolical Books bad
mar been written, and as though
«w representative divines had made
a stterances concerning this mat*
ft wearied mind and chilled aflec
Hooa, but from a child’s joyous heart
fiwwiag ap into the power of an
srehuuguik intellect—to bs raptured
as s Messed babe through the gates
of Paradise! Ah! this is bettor
lha* to watch as aa old prophet for
ths car el Are tu the valley of Jor
within «» MesA i
W JpIMKflMH j
eWatere
Ho rely God ia wise ia all his works.
Aad urea aaud oar tears will we
rejtofti ia this harvest feast, that
mmemg aa, as elsewhere, he gathers
ae largely “the flowers ia their sea
tom ia writing
i neat case.
‘*lve excellent
he French, hr
and 2d Series,
«‘Vr TnrnsU-
t w ill nnuoonca
God protong* ths christiau’s life
that he may do good to others, as
well as lucres re in meet* ess for
heft'ret. Tbe grace of God ia his
experience is to he exhibited—his
light is to shine for the benefit of
■mu. His life is to be spout iu do
ing ths will of God. Iits useful seas
wfll hs grad aa tod by bis holiness;
the highest usefulness is inseparable
from ft fall and entire dedication of
soul to the service of God.
l*rfty«e Iu its fullest exercise, and
■so* intimate approach to God, is
the poorlag out of desires of ft wholly
rnoasnrelod heart. . Sock, pray ia
the Moty Ghost. They hare power
with God, aud over mea iu prayer.
Through this Instrumentality many
B RABIES,
ftueh that w*
fur <m« book*
dishing how**
nrepe (Eog&ft
t rates as ike
hand » large
which wo m
rants of a %»
Aid that which particularly ex
dtoc our wonder, aud we might
jntly add provokes our indignation,
A that every now add then we
M clergy men holding high po
mps iu their respective churches,
ad greatly esteemed because of
four character and acquirements,
federating to the world from their
pfoits and in published discourses,
to stale accusation against Luther
ad oar ehurch with the air of those
the sre merely statiug a well fixed
ad oadeniahJc fact W* narar Aim) 1
fish, in these discourses, attempting
t formal proof of the offensive
huge, but always simply waking
pirtion* in a tone which implies
hit the tbiug asserted is so well
bourn, aud has been so fully ac
toweled ged, that formal proof is
•necessary. 1 Now wo know that it
snot a very gracioas declaration to
sake concerning ministers deserved
ly eoiueut, and of no mean parts as
•tolars, to say that they are igno-
rsnt of that whereof they speak in
ocii bold and confident words, and
jet that is the only charitable and
utidactory construction to put upon
toese assertions to which we allude.
Ttoy certaiuly must be made iu ig-
Wrauce; ignorance however which is
almost wholly iuexeusable and which
usbly incurs a very grave responsi-
; Wity.
j 'Ve say “almost wholly iiiexcusa-
Ne’for we know that these clergy-
| might easily cite the names of
| pits a number of divines and others
vlw have not hesitated to charge
doctrine of consubstantiation
*poa Lather before them, aud from
*l»m, no doubt, they have merely
®»ght it up. We are aware, for
I sample, that Barrow has said sorne-
I toag of “the Lutheran Consubstan
tout* and the Roman transubetan
fciliri*” We know that Bickersteth
I ahdes to consulistautiation as a
I toehing of Luther. We are not ig-
• toofthhi
etc.
Those marked
fftrocito by mats v« plf
but to restil
b orders.
51—ly
of rellfkM*, If mol kftowu bore in evory
(mat, will bt dearly shown ia tbe
light of etoroily.
A holy life will produce a powerful
imfluemot of good in the world. In
•very relate*) of life, ia every poti
tew la Ufo, t« every position we may
occupy, we must mantfret the grecc
of God. The spirit of bnmanity,
■asks ess and love, filling the bsort,
will be doorty sseo, aud will render
oor life ft hymn of praise to God,
while it will reprove ala, sad eacour
age piety among men.
What weald Heal of Tarsus hare
bees with hia mental vigor, with all
bis capabilities sod opportunities,
without the grace of God ! What
was that the Apostle with that
grace I If he labored more abundant
ly thaa tba other apostles, be says,
“Not I, hot the freer- of God ia ma"
—“by grace, I am what I am*—
“ihriot Heath ia ase.* Grace aaocti
fieri hia talent, aad gave it a right
direetom. He consecrated *11 his
powers to Christ hr counted not his
life dear to himself—to him to lire
was (hnst, and so he became a
powerfhl illustration that we may
glorify Clod la oor body and in our
•pint, may do his wilt on earth as
angvU do it in beaeee.
Ia msch aa earnest, holy life, we
shall fulfill its great mission, and
oor labor shall sot be in rain in the
Men have bae« busy, in the eager-
ueaa of their misguided seal, and the
selfishness of their wicked hearts, to
improve upon inspired wisdom, by
inverting the apostolic order of tbe
graces, and making love tbe last aad
ha least of the three; nay, their
miaebei vous attempt has not stopped
here, for, in effect, at least, they
have widen voted to blot it out alto-
getbn, and to reduce religion from
the divine iriplicity that St Paul
has given it to a mere duality, aud
to make it consist exclusively of
faith and hope. And since we are
everywhere taught that religion is
God’s image iu the tool of mao,
what does this come to, as tbe last
reach of this turpitude, but to rifie
the divine character of lore, its in
effable glory, and to make Jehovah
simply a God of truth and justice f
Leaving, then, the number aud order
of tbe graces as we find it iu the
Scripture, aud practically submitting
to the truth of the apostolic declara
tion, “that tbe greatest of them is
charity,” let us sit down again at
the feet of this inspired teacher, and
studying afresh the genius of Chris
tianity as it is portrayed iu his ele
gant and beautiful personification,
Tet us put on charity, which is the
bond of perfectness; and, thus at
tired, be prepared for union with all
our brethreu.
Is there, then, notwithstanding
our differences, a principle known—
a principle attainable by us all—a
principle which is an integral part
of our religion—a principle which, if
it were more cultivated and in full
exercise, would subjugate all that is
low, and ml fish, and malevolent in
our nature ; and whidh, while it
filled oor own bosom with peace,
would give us peace with our fellow
Christians Y There ia. Love—holy
love—heavenly love—Christian love.
But where is it to be found t In the
heart of God, in th« bosom of Jesus,
in the minds of angels, in the spirits
of just men made perfect, and in the
New Testament we know: bnt where
on earth shall we find it I It ought
■a. “Tba word romml
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tin “Wittenberg Concord,” (which
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eminently. “Hold and oocompromt j
sing,” he writes, “as oor coofeaaor*
and tbeologiaua bare been, If the
word consubataotiatioa (which is not
a more hatnsii word than Trinity
and Original Bin are human terms)
had expressed correctly their doe-
trine they would not have heottotod
to use it.” Tbe fact that 1/Utlwr no
where doe* use this teres, with
which be was familiar, is, of itoetr,
pretty conclusive evidence that few
bad no sympathy with the nnaevip-
tural dogma of which it hi the com
monly employed aud somewhat de
scriptive title.
We aubuiit here too, the additioual
fact, that all our acknowledged tbeo
loginnn, both earlier aud later, when
ever they aPudc to coosntiatontla
the head board of bis bed. He when
be retired he pointed to the |w*yer
The simple sod seAcietit reason
why atanwra do not kl tbe knocking
8av tear eome into their hearts is
that they do not waat him there.
As the preneaoe of * Christian minis
tor breaking la upon a group of
gambler* over their cards and their
cords sod their cups would not be
vwj welcome, so the presence of ths
holy J earns Is just what the “lovers
of pkooare* most dread. A cove
tons maa don’t waat Jeans, feet He
should claim a portion of the board
ed gold. Every room snd closet of
the woridliag’s heart is fall already ;
there is no room for Christ So be
is left to knock In rain for admission.
To oca rioted sinners who really
deairs salvation, bare is a most per
tinent suggestion. Christ has come
to you already. He is knocking for
op a charge like this and
P'iiigtke weight ot his name aud
toitiou to it ou the bore assertion
•fltasv, or even greater tnen tha'i
Is he excusable, we would
** especially, when the books are
*®^**thle io which he may easily
tocover what Luther really did hold
fl teach with regard to the pres-
Christ in the 8acraraent of
Supper 1
attention has recently lx»eu
by differeut friends, to two
FMcatious in which Luther’s |>o«i-
ot> subject has been misrep
^*te<l. The first is a discourse
^ Right Reverend John
jl*** H.D., LL.D., Bishop of the
of Virginia, at the 78th An-
2 ( f Bven don of the P. E. Church
Fnl, 1 " WiDche8te L Hay, 1873.—
^%WS^^ ^‘ 8cour8e quote as
himself, who was honored
‘ i., f^ >roUuc « the vital doctrine of
‘W^ CaUoU b >' faitU on >y, a»>d who
J*** ,U08t of tbe abgses
J 6 " tUe, ‘ l> r «vaile<l. did not es-
-.i '^ D tbo *°® Ut5 nce of the error
bteh Uc had been educated r«l.
»og», no tollowabip. God. la to them
aa axaciiag aovrrviga, ooft a hoaroo
ly Fatter. They pay him o kind of
M oo thm Jew fait, abu miiL “Hakokl.
J }• gMw*w aww w a’wpwwqi w as a.
what a wwarioaoa T* It ia a logoi
warrant that compote Utotr preoooco
with aa unwilling gift, and that area
tho “torn” and “moms," and tho rare
ms of worship la both a muokody 1
—- -ft a ■Hi Ira la* ai 'Y'toas-wim km, omUt feats Of myth
aiMI nHivirj. i BFrf mm iw fop« mp
IO
dtfbty, no regret ot doportore. no
wtehmg for more to offer Hhoo
they hare «»* from the fort, whore
thoy hare profommd to ?<»reh*p, no
fragrance Alla tho honor. Ttotr ate
haotor box la at homo, oobrehsm ot
devoted to «olL How dtffvreut are
tbe feelings of a truly plooa heart f
l»er of our Lord. If Lather, how
ever, held and taught It, bow are we s
to acconur, not only for the fact that |
he nowhere tells us so, bnt foe tbe
further fact that not one of the
three Lutheran theologians to whom
we have alluded bare given tbe
slightest Intimation to tbe effret,
that, agreeing everywhere else with
the great Reformer, they were con
strained at that one point, concern
iug the real presence, to diverge
from his teaching and make u a new
departure "f Goes not tho fact of
their not even bintihg such a thing
show that they considered them
an trance. If he oomee ta, he will not
allow yea to harbor these old be
•acting teas that have so long found
booee room there. Self has got to
take his hand off the door latch, and
open to the waiting Jesus. Hellish-
ness mast go oat, or Christ will never
come In. If any dishonest gains are
kid away—Nke Achsu's wedge o'
gold—they most be disgorged. If
otfl enmities sod grudges against
The psalmist exclaii
for are to drew at