The Lutheran visitor. (Columbia, S.C.) 1869-1904, May 29, 1874, Image 1
Hawkins A Dreher, Editors
OWE LORD, OH I FAITH, OHS BAPTI Sit"—BPHESIAHS 17:6
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giader! there lies y»e secret of *
0 fn\ lift and » safe depart are. The
before you, the right road
you, the right impute within
j^-tfeee ere the chief things for
, nnvfJer on such » pilgrimage u
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41* lord: 9 Religion pervediug
0 gfe, “The ways of the Lord
jjgrity pervading oar religion.—
H# bmrt ItfUd iqg. in the wuj* of
gjhwd:* Cheerful ness pervading
nradfrity*
L M&on pervading our li/e, The
ada writer, first sad lest, couoeru*
gii The fundamental requisite to
, fdl hnlenced life is to give the
.gprttme end subordinate their prop-
e ghees. The machine-will not
i»*e sweetly if J™ begiu by turn
0 e upside down. A human life
villi God cant out of it is s wretched
The good king of whom these
nrth were first spoken “sought uot
Ml* Baalim (other lords), but eowgiit
»Ike Lord God of his father*."
•Sought to* is • suggestive phrase.
As the needle seeks to its pole, as
j w frail vine puts forth its tendrils
■ clasp the bough of a supporting
if, U a lamb leaps towards its
•other with impatient crying when
S has accidentally been separated
tea time, so seeks a truly devout
i ansa heart to God. This comes of
i pardoned state and a renewed na-
sm. The leaning of a new heart ia
tatarsUy now toward a reconciled
Faker. L * jl
IL Activity pervading oar religion.
All true religion among men eon
lists of two parts, and everything
goes wrong if these two are divorced
ir inverted. The commission of Mo
rn, as reported in Stephen’s dying
MvUmoey, might become the motto
«f a Christian’s life: “Come; I will
and thee.” Come to God to get,
j*4 cojorth st His bidding to do.
to which he has gone, nod yet yew
will not defile jeer Iteel by following
bin in the wgy by which he wewt—
down among the sinning end the eef
faring! You expect from Christ a
sofa heaven, and yet yen give ail
your heart and bnnd to selfish and
enraal enjoymentt Ah! yen eh
take the matter; and it ha e matter
on which your soul and eternity de
vows,
On Sunday, April 36th, 1874, St.
John’s Evangelical Lntheran church,
The following address was then
flbHvsrsd by the pastor, Bar. T. W.
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adtxoni al address op Tint pastor.
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That event which was so long a
in memory of her beloved pastor, Dr.
Je^e Bachman, that aged soldier ot
Cartel sad esrvant of God, who had
Mr more than half a oetiiury stood
as a faithful watchman on Zion's
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Before 4 P. M. the doors were
Lemhi” Our father, shepherd, id.
rtrnrtor sad midA hu hMn
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trest ‘the sight of oar eyes.” It re
not ia the vine.
Have yoe no on* ia all the world
to whom you eaa de good « For, let
it be laid down ae a fixed maxim la
to awn Uxuueelvfe hie chib
ceria obikLrvp. The young
if tie ton federate Widows’
between whem end the aged
good he can to bis brother, has not
gotten the good be needs from Christ.
Is there not an ignorant child whom
which you ooeW make an entrance
with the Lamp of Faith In year
hand—a profligate parent on whom
you could fasten by acts ef ennde
•eroding k induce*, that you might
gain a footing end a purebaen ea
him, to wrench him away from hie
DJD,. XJUDb
heart iato which yaw might try id
distil the word of life like dew T
These are the Loni'a ways; those
who will aot walk In them are none
ef His.
You are eiekiag in a swollen river.
A Friend in deed came to the briek,
and stretched forth hie bund and
drew you out He left you standing
on the Up of the flood, whits balding
you safe ia his hand, bat net at once
lifting you np from earth Into hie
bosom. Why ! Because others, help
Ices as you were, ere weltering yet in
that boiling deep. Year Deliverer
holds you fast while you stead ea
the edge, that, leaning ou Him, you
may give your band to a pwriehiag
brother sad help him out. instead,
Not n few, for and new, her
to the saourning ones sincere
ot the and high
with which they cherish Us m
end pulpits of the Sty, end the re
ligious press generally. Individual
members of the congregation have,
through the same channels, poured
forth their grateful offerings. The
entire congregation, ns an afflicted
household, with spontaneous, tearful,
touching gratitude, have spared no
menus of showing their affection.
Loving hearts and gentle hands ar
rayed, in appropriate drapery, this
sanctuary in which he dispensed the
the Christian tile—the sqoI an impossibility
body of the new creature, saving grace !rt>«
The Master wbem be served called
him to bis reward, sad left them the
casket. Tenderly they bore it here,
and lovingly they laid it down, sad
this spot to them is holy ground.
Cared for by gentle hands, baptised
world.
1JLI. Ckear/minem pervading ear sc
trrify. Indent, the man who dors
not labor cbeerfttlly will nut labor to
good purpose at all. When tbs
heart sinks the limbs falter and tbs
traveler folia. Hopefulness Is a grand
element of strength.
We see, if not a great deal of
cheerfulness, st least a great deal ol
effort to attain it in tbsue days. If
people’s hearts are not elevated and
sustained at a high pitch ef Joy, it is
not for waot of trying. A large
claw of both young and old have
permitted a dislike to religious books
and religions people to be cams in-
vet*rate, not from n direct desire to
he irreligious, but ia defence of thmr
own happiness, against the aggres
non of a dreaded aad hated gloom.
We are well aware that a word, how
ever trim, cun not open the eyee of
the blind. Our protest may aot be
effectual to torn a vaia heart, bat,
nevertheless, for the honor of oar
Lord, sad for good to our brother,
we do here lodge our protest, that
Christ docs not forbid Joy, aad bis
service does not damp it. Alike tbe
Master and kis servants bail every
ms infestation of happiness in eeo
taeath to sustain it; but faith in
(htistcaa not lie still in a human
wart, it will and mnst be out in an
earnestly active life, la the garden
d tlie Lord there can not, oo the
m baud, be fruit ripening above,
vitboat a root liviug beneath; but,
m the other hand, there can not be
* root living beneath, without fruit
ripening above.
We need not to go far or seek long
fer “the ways of the Lord,” if we
*» willing to walk in them. “The
Md is tke world.” And let us not
wtake the meaning of that familiar
tbe glorious day ef the Lord shall
awake pastor aad people to a new
reoogsiUoo aad eternal re union.
Tbe exersiaas were conducted by
tbe Lutheran clergy of this city, led
by the pastor, Rev. T. W. Dosb.
Those who thus participated were as
follows: Revs. John H. Honour, W.
8. Bowman, 1* Mailer, and Rev. Dr.
Frey, of Reading, Pa. The frffl ser
vies was used, opening with the 10th
lotroit, Pa. 100, which was read and
chanted responsively as follows:
PSALM 100.
Pastor.—Mskeajojfol noise unto
the Lord all ye lands.
Coho *ro ATI05.—Serve tbe land
with gladness: come iato His pres
soar with singing.
I\—Know ye that the Lord He is
God.
C.—It ia he that hath made us and
aot we ourselves; we are His peo
pie, and the sheep of His pasture.
P—Bator into His gates with
thanksgiving, and 4 iato his courts
eat His mortal remains were com
mitted to the grave with demonstra
tions befitting the man, “amid the
solemn reverence sad tears of the
multitude who had known and loved
him* In faith and. hope his body
has been placed, as it is meet it
should be, beneath the sacred spot
where, with living voice, he so eft
proclaimed tbe message of salvation,
and whence, “though dead, ha yet
speaketh.” Fresh flowers e’er sinfis
have decked his tomb, and affection
still weeps over it
A faithful portraiture of his char
actor, mental endowments, life and
labors—if otherwise practicable—
could not be compcesaed within the
reasonable limit* prescribed for this
occasion. That “labor of love,” we
are gratified to state, has been sacred
ly entrusted to one well qualified for
its performance by hereditary gifts,
filial affection, and access to records
unknown to the public. A few of
the more prominent traits of his no
blc character will be here passed
briefly in review.
Dr. Bachman was a man of unaf
footed meekness. He was “clothed
with humility as with a garment.^
The peer of such men as Humboldt,
the sh ade w o( the Aha
said the emy
t«44 you to read Iklf
God,* NMrf the cftrnpj
"ttwwr aaM the cm
Galitsin totd ywa T
ll »k color and an unknown tongue.
A* word means what it says—tbe
*wW. He who really comprehends
'hi the whole world is the workers’
HdjWill forthwith begin upon the
hof it that lies nearest.
the best direction for the ser-
*** i« the Master’s footsteps. Fol
** the Lamb whithersoever he go
We are uot placed at tbe head
* * nation’s resources; but If we
Christians, we are kiogs and
w»fo God, every one. Where
hu could nut think of reading that
buck “WeO," replied the scab blab
op, “that Is the ©el y teunll Shaun ia*
or over will ho, that ana giro yoo n
correct view of that ahrtslhsn sub
urban .1 moat remain ignorant of
ll; reading the Bible In out of ihn
question/ was his reply.
common things Christian* gat, and
Christ allows, as wall no those that
spring directly from spiritual expo
riencc. He both ant at a marriage
feast In Cana, sad stood at the grave
and he shortly afterward* privately
bought nod read the Hilda The af
fect* were soon visible. 11a was ant
known to be “a Bible render/ bat
bis mnnaers were treated with con
P.—For the Lord is good: His
mnrsy is everl anting
C.—And His truth eoduroth to all
generations. “Glory be to the Fa
ther, aad to the Sou,” Ac.
After the Confession, and at the
ooocIosmw of the Gloria in Bxeeltis,
Rev. J. EL Honour rend 99th Psalm
and 8 Tim. iv t 1-8, and offered a
most fewest and appropriate prayer.
Hymn 134 was then sang, being rend
by Rev. W. 8. Bowman.
HYnnr 134.
I love Thy kingdom, Lord !
Tbs bouse ef Thine abode;
But let the truth out. There is no
profit in deceiving ourselves, sod no
possibility of deceiving on? Judge.
The elaborate pleasures of the world
are little else than n load noise made
of design to drown the voice of God.
lost it should penetrate a aiaoer’s
conscience, and disturb tbe sleep of
such as tbe anniversary of Christ’s
birth, aud the beginning of a new
year, are selected as the periods for
the wildest revelry. Ia this mirth
the heart ia lifted op, aot ia the
ways of the Lord, bat agstt** them.
This is not merely the. skirmish of aa
outpost. Tbe main battle is here.
Those who are alienated from God
in heart, lie under the terrible oeeee-
aity of stifling serious reflection.
They strire to drown thought about
God is t flood of tacirimtnt; because
thought about God, when allowed to
come ia, torments them like a living
worm. Only these who are rveoa
oiled to God by the death of his dun
can afford to admit Christ into their
porariea, aad having enjoyed inter
oeurae with them such aa only affinity
genial er practical)!* fc» y«t was
never known to exhibit nay feeling
of eelf-oomplacency la rinw of kie
StftSOClfttlOQ ^jSWMPt renowned in
hkhnbltnnte, sad they
fafisl4n*lrr i '
are not willing to bear. Tbe Jews
wort not allowed To offer to God
lame, nr lean, or sick sacrifices, bat
with their grant learning. Kings,
prinoes and lords had »0«ghttodo
him honor, but their deference in
spired him with BO Mifdaadntfen er
vain glory. When ia Paris, whilst
awaiting, in the antecteaaiber of the
French Academy of SeUmee, Ms an
aounoeokent to the Assembly, he un
avoidably heard h« own name bon
orably irr-rinsmd in the discussion,
md his works quoted as the highest
authority on the question at iaaue.
Yet no such demonrirattoni and
the invading foe.
During all thin Gam Prince Galit*
And graven on thy hand.
standi ug the prevailing fear His
Them heads let useful skill forsake,
This voice in sBence die.
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If eta my heart forget
Her wsitfare or her woe ;
ftat every Joy this heart forsake.
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NEW SERIES, VOL 6
-“NO. 36.
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DAY. MAY 1874 • ♦ ^
OLD SERIES, VOL 6-NO. 296.
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Tf -• TO her my cares and toils be given,