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TIE LUTHERAN VISITOR, COLUMBIA, S'. C., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1809.
®§t ‘JuUjfcan ^isilot.
COLiUMBIA, Si. C.
Wednesday, September 29,1889.
• EDITORS:
Bky. A. R. RUDE* Columbia, 8. C.
'â–  â– 'Wim. J. I. Miller, Stanton, Va.
“Ja essentials unity, in non-essentials
liberty, in all thing* charity.”
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A. R. RUDE,
J. I. MILLER.
strict adherence to tlie simplicity of
the apostolic worship. Does any
body suppose thftt Paw or Peter tri er
read a liturgy t, Could the disciples,
who were assembled in the house of
Mary to prfty for the deliverance of
Peter, have found utterance for their
desires . yl, the language of a lit
urgy t (Acts xii: 12.)”
How warped the human mind may
become, even in good aud intelligent
men, through education and habit.
The pamgrnph, which opens this
article, we clip fruin the Religion*
Herald, a Baptist paiier, ably edited
from his stand point in theology, liy
Dr. Jeter.
But behold tlie contraction of mind,
yea the illiberal, uncharitable spirit,
and the illogical conclusions that are*
condensed in that short space.
Personally, we have no acquaint
ance with the Doctor. But from an
extended knowledge of him through
his (Hiper, we are ]>ersutulcd that Ik*
is a man of talent, and despite the
tendency of his peculiar theological
views, a liberal minded Christian,
take all others of tlie genus homo,
however, he indulges himself in cut
ting off or stretching out tlie views
and' practices of others to suit his
own. proerustean lasl. Baptists art*
rn. Fr
ti-liVu
To Peter.
We will take the liberty and girc
ourselves the pleasure to pay you oiir
respects next week. We plead higher
dnties iu extenuation of onr ni pa
rent want of respect.
We wonld call the attention of all
whom it may concent tojthe adver
tisement of Chisolm Brothers. We
know nothing about saw mills, or
saw gnmmers; bnt we do know the
Mr. Chisolm that sent ns the adver
tisement. Tlie firm rartff a large
saw mill; lias tested the Sharpener
and Cummer thoroughly; and what
ChtFol n Brothers say ean lie de
pended on.
We therefore, as moreover neither
expense nor risk is Incurred, advise
every say miller to give this “simple
machine" a trial.
A Postscript
“ * * • Will send yon some sub
scribers soon. I Stirred them np on
tlie subject."
Glad yon did. It is exactly what
so many nmbng ns need. Sinners
and saints, people And pastors, snb
scribers and editors, they all should
be stirred up, and not be allowed to
settle down again either. If we do
not bear aoon from • • • we will let
yon know, and yon must go and give
liim a shaking. If yon love us keep
on “stirring them np" from the Poto
mac to the everglades of Florida.
Father Hyacinth.
Parisian papers of a late date con
tain an item of news which ean not
fail to interest all evangelical Chris
tians, and tlie results of which it is
impossible to anticipate. Onr readers
will rememlier that “Father Hya
cinth" is none other than tlie cele
brated orator whom crowds flock
together to hear. Let Christians re
member him in their prayers, that
he may not become a Kenan i
“Father Hyacinth lias addressed a
letter to the Father-General of his
order at Rome, annonneing that he
abandons liis convent and ceases to
preach iu the ehnrch of Notre Dame
de Paris. His reason for this
step is, that he can not obey tlie
orders of tlie Holy 8&>. He protests
liefore the Pope and Council against
the doctrines and practice of the
Komnnisli Church, which, lie con-
teiuht, are not in accordance witli tlie
principles of christianic bodies."
xem-loo
Liturgical Worihip.
“Tlie Bubjyt of adopting a liturgy
is still agitating tlie Lutheran Church.
The tendency of the times is to litur
gical worship, and the tendency of
liturgical worship is to ritualism.
Indeed, to substitute rites and forms
and ]iomp for repentance, faith and
worshiping ‘the Father in spirit and
in tenth,’ is tlie universal inclina
tion of un sanctified humanity. The
proper counteraction of the evil is a
anti-fifurgical, and as such, can see*
no true worship in those who conic
before God in the use ot liturgical
forms.
How uiYeharitabU* the imputation
that those who may prefer to wor
ship God according to the luttcr
mode do not worship him in “spirit
and in truth."H
How heavy the charge that when
rites and forms an* used they Wome
a substitute for “nqientmice and
faith r>
The worsht|K-r may not, iu tin
use of printed forms, “worship the Fa
tlier in spirit and in truth." But does
this follow ns a logical sequence, from
the use of a form t TbCb spiritual
worship follows as a necessary result
from the rejection of forms. But is
it so t Is the often incoherent, tin
edifying, sometimes irreverent rant
ingS of the nnn-liturgienl worshiiier,
always, and, boennse dime without a
form, necessarily pleasing to God,
ami “in spirit and in truth V We
have known some good Christians
who never use a form in worship,
anti we feel confident Dr. J. belongs
to this class. Bnt, on the other hand,
we have known some as good ns we
think are to be found this side of
heaven, who, in the public sanctuary,
always route before God in Rite use
of “rites ami forms." Tlieu again
we have known some hollow-hearted
formalists, who pray from a book,
and who, we are sure have, in the
place of “repentance and faith,” sub
stituted “rites and forms."
Bnt‘while we admit this, we are
charitable enough to acknowledge
that we have known many just such
formalists, who wonld have lifted np
their hands in holy horror nt tlie
Imre mention of a Christian praying
from a book. What then is the con
clusion to which this experience
should lead us t
Shall we conclude because formal
ists are found under lsith systems of
worship tliat, therefore, “rites mid
forms,” and tlie want of “rites anil
forms," alike lieeome a substitute for
“reqientnnce and faith;" therefore
both must be repudiated f And yet
this is the reasoning, the logic, of the
paragraph above concerning liturgi
cal worship. Tlie suppressed syllo
gism is just this : “Whatever be-
conies a substitute for repentmic**,
faith mid worshiping ‘the Father in
spirit and in tenth,’ should be re
jected ; rites anil forms become n
substitute for reiientnnee, &e_; there
fore they slionld lie rejected."
Now every one can see the fnllaey
of sneli reasoning. Hot it may be
objected that the language referred
to does not say that “rites and forms
and pomp" do lieeome a substitute
for repentance, &C-, lint, that it “is
the universal tendency of the unsaire-
tided heart to employ tlrein as a sub
stitute.” Admit this. Then we con
tend that Dr. .T. should, according to
liis own reasoning, persistently re
fuse to follow any order of service
in the lionse of God. Foi; whctiier
we follow a printed formnln, or one
which obtains from custom, it is “a
rite anil form,” and therefore dnn-
geruffs. Webster defines a “rite” to
be: “Tlie manner of performing
divine or solemn service, ns estab
lished by law, precept or custom."
The Doctor must also cease to ad
minister ' tlie rites 'of baptism and
of tlie liord's Supper, because the
universal tendency of the unsancti-
fled heart is to substitute “rites and
forms” foi r “repentance and faith.”
Bnt it may still be objected that
tlie reference is to a printed rubric
with prayers and responses, etc.
Bnt npon what authority are sneli
declarations made with regard to
sneli a service I Not from Scripture.
No one ean prove from the Bible
tHit we are to pray either from a
written of tin Written form of prayer.
It is said that we are to worship
God in spirit. Bnt we have shown
that, while some worship him in
spirit, without a form, others worship
him, equally so, in tlie use of a form.
Then to use language adapted to
make the impression that worship in
the use of forms is not “in spirit anil
in tenth,Is, to say the least, unchar
itable nnd unauthorised.
We might, in applying the Doc
tor’s language to onr church, abont
which it is uttered, draw the follow
ing conclusion; “Tlie universal ten
dency of unsanrtifhsl humanity, is
to sulistititte rites and forms nnd
pump for re]M>utuiice and faith.”
Tlie Lutheran t’liureli uses “rites
and forms; therefore this church
substitutes rites amftonus for nqient-
ance,” «Sic. We know that tlie good
Doctor will shrink from any sneli
sweeping coix-Ituumi coneeming a
church which is universally acktiowl-
edged to be the* mother of 1 “rotent
ail t ism.
Blit that the language employed
will Ire likely to leave tlint impres
siou upon the reader’s mind, no ouc
ran question. Tliut the rejection of
a liturgy in the Baptist Church docs
not secure, in nil eases, true godli
ness, will iippcur from the following
extract from a letter of a Baptist
minister, in tire same pa|>cr iu which
we find tlie language which gave rise
to this article.
H;id truth ! We inoy draw nigh to
God with the li|ts while the heart in
far from him, just as well in wonls
of our own fhimiiig us iu tliosc
funiishcd os to hand iu a printed
form. But here is the extract to
which we refer:
did not remain true to the Lullietan ; httsiues-wdl, it is written : “Judge
( ‘lmreh. We alwav* expected th* nob" Though we are without an
it was to some exteot, to what we tlo j overcoat, we have nevertheless the
not say, hia fault; be dhl wot instruct mantle of charity,
them in the distinctive feature* of; We are done with the Brethren,
Lutheranism; he probably neither 1 and have now got to deal with S. 8.,
I trenched our essential doctrines, in person. We most mind our p's
nor need our ikairhlj forms. He ami <f*. or wJ* will, before we know it,
very likely opened the doors of the be Brother No. 5.
church, but tlid not confirm ; he may a a aaya: “Onr ]>eople lregin to
luive administered tire Jared's Hupper I learn that we differ from summnding
without any preparatory service; and | ileiiumi nations." It is high time!
the sacra incuts may have been to j Bnt, is it not lameutable, tliat they
him forms and not means of grace, have called themselves Lutherans
“My painftil conviction is, that our
great want us n demwiiiiiatimi is a
higher standard of piety. This tie-
feet will never be remedied till the
churches enjoy more frequent wor
shin, more faithful itostonil visiting,
nnd a more spiritually minded minis
try. Protracted meeting* are very
common; but they pnsliirc only
teui|Nirarv uni mid spniimslic ac
tivity, followed by long seasons of
torpid worhllincss. Die young run
verts, not trained to holy and useful
living, soon settle dow n to a close
imitation of their seuior brethren,
nnd all is again cold and dead till
the next animal religious excite
ment."
Sam Small.
Tlie article over this modest ami nn
assuming flfwi* demand* mid dcarrves
our particular attention. It throws
light on dark subject* and (duces, it
contains cln-cring ns well as dim-out'
aging facts, nnd it abows np one
individual in such a way, that we
feel iisanred that he will lien after
ask: “Is Sum Sumil abont T before
Ire discharges himself of him venom.
We take tlie li!a*rty to add a few
remarks, expluiiathiax, and comdi-
orations to S. 8., Imping that Urey
will lie taken in good |«urt. Not
knowing who the Brethren are to
Such Lutherans rain the church;
they buihl up otlier denominations,
anti canse tlreir own communion to
be (h*aertcd 1
Brother No. 3 take* tire correct
view. Tire Btrnk of Woraliip meets
and supplies a great want of tire
ehureh. If tire work of pre|airatioii
all tlreir llvea, auit yet not kuowu
what Lutherans teach and practice t
Whom* fault hw it been 1 We differ
from other*. Evangelical Lutheran
ia not a meaningless appethitiou;
for, very for from it. It is a true
saying of Dr. Schafer*: “The 1st
tlreran doctrine is the most Hcrip-
liad laren h-ft to us alone and exelfl tural, bnt tire least |s>pnliir.” We
sivHy, tire Ifook wtaild have treen
very different from what' it ia, bnt
we are now convitreed that it would
have lawn as atrcptaldr. Tire Gcu-
enil Synod wisely n|i|«ointcd a coin
mil tee ronqswed of brethren of tire
different Hyuods, anil each one waa
jierfectly acquainted with tire |iart
a<ld: “and the Inlat umieratood.”
K. H. givea one reason for tire obfoe-
thai to the Book of Worahip: “It
lin-ska np ratsMIulHil customs awd
jmlrtim into which we Inul heetl-
leanly fallen." Home forget that the
ehureh baa a future ; others, that it
bud a i«st. Many think that all
of the ehureh he re|ire«entisl; tire thing* in the ehureh were from tire
â–  took ia tlrerefore in fact the joint
production of tlie etitire section of
the ehureh in the Houtbem State*,
and utlmirabiy udupteil to it* stand
|mtint and develiqiaieut. It i* Ln-
tlieran and yet liberal
treginning a* they have ticca accus
tomed to otarerve tln-ni. ami whatso
ever differ* from the usages of tlreir
iudividnul ehureh, i* eallrel an inno
vation and a new measure. The
fort is, lurwever, that the Liitlieran
Brother No. S t* dumb, and liis Uhureh in the Houtli huff de]«artml
people ure blind, according to H. 8. f«*m tire nneient Umlmarks. ami
No wouder! No. 3 befog himwlf f«>rg«»tteu the aoiemu way* of the
dumb eau mil teniove tire nrwle* | luithernn Zion ; and tire couwe
from tlreir eyes, tlmt tlreir darkm-ss; qoeores were that otlier denomiua
may he made light. WngunuitH UohM in the Lutheran t'lmreh.
that hi* |M*o|de .fo not *up|Mirt him. i ‘aptuml ita people, ami itropkraM
and Ire hs* tlrereAree Ind time »«• I it* *l"’**dV tloOlllMll. The Bulk of
follow the A|aist<4re admonition :! Wtfffodp |H)la A atnii to thia; there
1 Tim. iv: 1.1. j hire ihre* a circuit rider hate and tie
No. 0 is a circuit ruler. What has “ounce It, ami tlie lukewarm among
Ire got to do with the Book of Wor '•* »pl»ae its introdm-tioii.
sliip t Mure enough, what doc* onr 8. H. show* that he is a wise
Book coneera him? We will tril man by aaving: “It"—the iiitrmlnr
you : tliat equewtriaa ia “a taiay-body t thtn of the Hook tif M ondiip—“can
in other nreu'a matter*.’ Four Vclkiw, I not Ire done by hrerc.* We recoin
it ia hia nature. Mam aaya: “It "»cml tire thoughtful reading of all
is an houor fire a man to cease from j that he aaya ctmceniing jt» intendur
strife : hut even' fr*J will !"• wi I Ibm, other denominatuaw, and the
dling.” (for Ihstk is not a Metlio-
diat pnalnctuai. It is not to Ire used
by onr Metlimlist Iretdliren. Intelli
gent Metluslist* pntiwr I.utlrer ami
liis work. They arealway*iii friendly
and fraternal term* with Istthrr-
una. It ia only tire eiuitemptilde, j in tire land ?
little, tiiinrbief-making, and proarlyt- M- M. aaya;
iug wolves in nlreep’s clothing tlmt ; ,iur |>ul|«it*.*
net a* thia imlividmil. Will 8. 8.
give tta the name «*f Ona < imiit ruler,
that we may pillorj him, nnd ascer
tain Ilia Ktamling in his ow n rlinreh ?
We are sure it is not much. Dint
i-irenit rider sav*: “The Lntlieniii*
clWcts made to pmnrl.vtc onr |a<o]ilc.
We only add, that be who laUrea to
lireak ilnwti a sister church, ami to
roll her of her memlrer*, ia worse
thau a house breaker nr a slurp
stealer. Are there not sinner*enough
New Publications.
“We want diw-tritre in j
Just so; Inst it take*:
«<11 nliH-Htol altil strong men not ;
only tot ptvncii, but also to rtigrwt
sireh aeniHiim. Tlrey are strong meat;
lait too many of imr eongn-gatiisiH
have laren fed (Ml declamation, rxbor
tation, roiiiimsi place, ami |ilatitnile*
—cake*, pniM-nes, pickle*, ami Gra
ham I ret-ail; they liave Irecome utterly
ilira|Mtcitated to cooi|reelicisl. eujo\
ami appnqreiate doctrinal aermon*.
whom 8. a refer*, we write (rerfrrt-1 «* t-’ang to ML 4 We are grateful,
ly untrammeled; wr would have done <hat he ia not onr appointed judge,
that anyhow, however. j iln ‘* *hat onr eternal utatc dire* twit
I. Brother No. 1 faults tire B.*A ‘h-|*nd on him; we Orel confident
of Worahip on account of ita*“»/»" ’bat Ire would like to send it* down j We must liave an educated mini*
and “ora.” We donlit that there are •” thn Iwttoaalraa |Ht, ami would clap *t7< nien “mighty in tire Henptlire*,’
uuy su|*Tfinons "ifs,” and as for tire his baud* and idiont for joy, tire anti “filled aitli the Holy (ilioat.
“or*,” tlreir wiipret is to assist tire pas- bvrerer tin- fiery flames rirled anmnd Dtlu-r ehiirelres are (slueating, ltap
tors and congfogation* in using the | ,w - What a splendid Graml lapfo- *«»". Prrahytiriaar, Methodist*, Uni
Tiik Mother’s Maoactxk, for
He; >t cm her. One of the best num
her* we have yet seen of this excel
lent tnouthly. Terms, fil AO. No. 5,
Heekman 8t., N. Y.
Loxdoi Quarterly Review. July,
lflfltl. Ismnarti Scott Ifolilhaiiiig
Co. New York.
Content*: 1. Hastens Christians.
The writer exclude# India, Persia,
Asiatle Husain, China, and their
mUireent kingdoms or sub-kingdom#,
ami taken fire tire field of “Eastern
Christiana” the territory within the
l>ooml* of the Turkish Empire and
Egypt. “To this last,” he any#, “we
may not iinsuitaltly odd Ahysainia."
He divide* them in aereral classes.
1st class: the KutyelHart Mrfdo
pin site,or Aiiti-Chaleeiltwimn School,
which ha* four sub-clnsae*, namely,
Copts, Anuenians, Ahyasiniiuis, and
Hyriaua. 2d class: the Ncstoriau, or
Anti Ephesian Bert. 3d ebuw: the
Orthodox, ot Greek, or < ‘halcedoninn
srbool, wltieii ha* tiro sulnliviimm*,
ITnnaiiot (ireeka and Russianized
Greeks, fth class: latstern rhris-
tians, also called Melrbite or United
adherent* of ltonre. They Imre five
sub-eiasses, Greek, Armenian, 8yr
iaii, Clialdnni, nnd Coptic, each with
tire prefix “United.” 5th class: the
Mamnite* of Mont Lelmnon, ltoinan
Catholics in creed, fith class: Na
tive “Eastern Christians,” who have
ado|»ted not <stly tire creed and
obedience, but also tire jieculiar rites
of Home. It ia evident tliat tire
reviewer ia not a lover of his “East
ern brethren." Acconliug to him.
tlreir distinctive character is hatred ;
they lisle one another heartily, aud
look dowa witli ronteui|>t on the hst
of mankind. They call Western
Christian* skuliphrankoi, (literally,
dog* of Kurojieans,) and are furiously
is got ml. It is a sad, dark, and dis
tressing picture drawn, and we fear
that with every |m*sible allowance
made for English idiosynorracy and
contempt of all wire are mit native
Alliiotis, that there is much of truth
in it. But we must rememlier tire cen
turies of bloody oppression, of utter
ignoennee, and of isolation, which
tlrey have |MK*cd. It is really a
miracle that then- still are “Eastern
(‘hristinnsami that they are not
utterly abandoned, tliat there is for
tkrm a Iictter day dawning, is folly
anil satisfactorily established by the
success which crowns the lalmrs
of tire American missionaries among
tire Nestnrians ami Armenians.—
2. Srimtihr rersns Amateur Admin
istration. 1 The Malay Archipel
ago.—Die reviewer must liave queer
ideas of lresnty and happiness. He
calls those islands lovely regions,
ami tlrey ntamnd with voleanoe*.
Java ahme lias forty-five; earth-
qnakca are of almost daily occur
retire; tigers nbonnd; at Singaimre
tlrey kill on nn average a Chinaman
a day; and snakes thirty feet long
are common. Mr. Wallace heard,
whilst staving in Amboyna, a rust
ling in the thatch over his head one
tliat we have descended to the hot-
tom- «. The House of Condie. 7..
The Royal Engineers and Fortifa.
tions. s. 1/uean. 0. The Truth n bn„t
Ireland.—Ireland ' ~
ning sore; the.
incut. It has
inauraliie.
American Agriculturist, fw
tefober, 1800. Judd & Co, 245 Ilrtbfl.
way, New York. The Table of Con
tent* is, by measurement, seven in-
i lie* in length, and nineteen article*
are illustrated.
is England’s rn n .
e .result of bad treat ‘
lieeome diranie aad
Our Ghurches,
lsMik. Du- “kr»" are chiefly fowl
connected with tire Introits; anil
tlrey there indicate that any singb-
tm of tire eleven Introits given may
lie sek-ctnL Our rule is to use them
in regular succession. No. 1 Might,
with greater propriety have objected
to tlie “isays.” We were <>p|Kwcd to
tliem, bnt tlie majority (IdeUtd
against ns. Ilnitlier No. 1 is cor
res]M>nding witli n l’mfessor iu Saxo
ny. What of it! Is Saxony our
Rome ? IS tire Saxon Professor tire
Po|m- oT tire Lutherans in North
America t Is No. 1 tire Saxon Pro
fessor’s Is-gate or Nuncio f Not by
any moans. Neither Saxony, nor
Saxon professor* are our lawgivers
and rulers, (for General Hymsl lias,
in accordance with its constitution,
furnished “a uniform Order of Her-
vires, which slinll ls> olisom-d ill
ever>- port tif the ehureh.” It has
also caused to Ire prejiared anil puls
lisped a Book of Worship (B. W.
p. (Mift, Art. V: 2.); and the orders of
services, niul the Book containing
tlrein, are exactly what we need.
If they are not acceptable to No. 1,
will the more complicated and prolix
services of Saxony flml favor with
him T Will Brother No. 1 put i n a
gown, will lie have a crucifix, candles,
nnd an nltnrf Will lie intone his
imrt of the Liturgy T Will he preach
from the Pericopcc !
Oar General Syncsl hns by adopt
ing its present form of service only
made use of tire lilierty the Confess
ion grants. A. C. Art. 7: “For the
true unity of the Christinu (‘lmreh
it is not necessary that uniform cere
monies instituted by men Ire every
where observed.”
Die objection of No. 1 to tlie Book
of Worship lias, we fear, a deeper
foundation than the and “or*.”
His real objection, we apprt-lreml, is
this: Die Book is too Evangelical
Lutheran. His own testimony shows
tliat he is not a Lutheran on some
essential points of doctrine. That is
the difficulty. No. 1, and those wlto
ore like-minded remind ns of n
Brother, wlio once lamented exceed
ingly tliat his members, when they
changed their places of residence.
tor lie would have made, ami Ire ;
would liavr had na Anto de ft of
Lutheran hcn-irei*every day. la he a ,
representative of tlie spirit ami the {
temper of the Month (‘nn.limi (’on
frrenee t We tlo not lielieve it.
Ansaredly that large and mqM-ctaliie
body iu which there an- men whom
we Mil love and resfiert, from w limn
we have received nothing Imt kind
ness. with whom me
and |»rnycd, ate aud drank at tbc
Isinl's table, ilo imt appntve sneli
ted Brethren, etc., and some stming bwt H stop,red, ami he went
ns can remcmlrer the time when it >PI ‘ ,non,,n R '*
was not uncon,,for mfoisterx of i to ,ook "**» * ,,a 8aw " '•** makf '
tire
- Chureh to Imast of not
he was not slow to raise nn alarm—
having rahfcedagwfo* cofo-gew.lfo Ur, l* â„¢ ki,W ' 11
im-asttred twelve feet and was very
We too must educate. No man
should Ire ordained to the ministry
unless Ire is “apt to teach," and
“ready always to give nn answer to
every man that asketh” him “a reason
have praised ! °* Ure hojre that is in” him. Unbelief
> is learned; lrelief, to cope with it,!
must also have learning. .
treatment of the mendrera of another " c are glad that 8. R, will explain |
chun-h. We have wrilten excitedly: tlto doctrine* of lire ckKh, wliicli
we fi-el indignant, and it i* gmsl to »re niisnntlcratood. We know no
Ire acaloaily affected in n good thing. m»» Iretter qualified; lie is nt home
Would there ever luive lreeti a John in tire Hcri|itnre*, true to our Con
Wesley, if tire re had been no Mull fesshm, and lie know* what onr
burger* ! Would there ever had i people need. We hope he will begin
Ireen Salzburgers, ir tlrere had not »« °°ce- He charge* ns editors with
turn H bather ? neglecting it. Admitted; but can we
Brother No. 4 is right. We agree ,to “ T Arp wp *** fu "-' "cenpied?
with him, that it is (wesumptnous fire W henever a qnestion of doctrine or
any man to set himself in opjmsition ,,Rn lte *s propounded to ns, we en
VIRGINIA.
Rev- L. Keller held a communion
moeting at Woodstock, commencing
on Saturday last. Rev. Winkler, of
(’Itarleston, Month Carolina, and Be V ,
Wi 8. Bowman, of tlie same eitv
assisted in tire service*.' These are
Ik dll men of eminent ability, and
their ministrations were listened to
with marked attention by the targe
concourse of people wlio heard them.
J>r. Winkler went North by tire Mon
day morning's train. Rev. Mr. Bow-
mitn remains among his relations and
friends recuperating his health which
w as rather feeble on his arrival here
Hofeie fonr weeks since, bnt is now
iretter. He will lip present and as
sist Rev. Mr. Keller at thcdedicjdion
of8t. IVtcr’s Chnreb, on the Brook.'
on: the 3d Mahlmth of tiiis lnontli. On
tlie 4tli he will assist Rev. J. A. 8oy.
(tef in a sacntBscntefl ntccfing at New
Market.
NORTH CAROLINA.
Tire adjourned meeting of the
North Carolina Hvnod, apiNiinted at
tire regular meeting lad May, was
held at Salem Chtireh, Rowan Co,
commencing August 28th. After
wane preliminary bosinen, inclmliug
till- admission of Macedonia Chureh,
at Company Slaqis, N. the Synod
pBKt-cdcd to take action on the adop
tion of * .
THE SEW IKK TRIX AT. BASIS, ^
w liieli reads as follows :
“SEC. 1. We Irelicve that tire
canouteal Uioks of tlie Old and New
Testaments are by inspiration of God,
and are tin* irerfeet and only rule
of faitli and practice.
“8ku. 2. We Irelieve that the throe
gi-inr.il creeds—the A j sixties', Nicene
anil Atlmnasian—exhihit tlie faith
of the Church universal, in accor
dance with this ride.
^ “Spc. A We Irelicve that the
Unaltered Angslmrg Confession is,
in ail its parts, in harmony with tint
Word of God, and is a correct ex
hibition of diK-trine.
“Sec. 4. We Irelieve that the
AjK»logv, the Catecliisms of Lntlicr,
tlje Mmalculd Articles, and the For-
iiiula t>f Concord are a faithful devd-
opmeut anil defence of tlie doctrines
of the Word of God, as set forth in
the Angslmrg Confession.”
Diis basis was proposed by the
committee, ajipointcd to revise the
old Constitution, at the annual meet
ing in May; but there was no action
taken upon it then, because some of
the member* desired time few further
examination. To gratify this desire
the subject was postponed till the
30th hist. At that time tlie mem-
thick. A* for inserts-it is thete I bcr * ^ S F nod wpr * l««nptly «■ ft#
l-radise. 4; KMe'. Hiogmphy.^A Rro«»d, and greatly interested in tlie
delightful, refreshing article. The WHrk bcf,,ri ‘ As \ K ' ,,cst Lu ‘
rending of it leaves pleasant, jrence- ’herans they were dissatisfied with
foLbolv impressions lrehind. Keble a statement of tlieir doctrinal
waif a good, tnie, lreavenly mimled position, and desired to ad,.pt a basis
man, pure and simple as a child -, yet
learned, and able to eojre with the
master-minds of his day ; fervent in
hi* love for bis ehurrb. tier work,
and tier Lord. He hod liis failings ;
the greatest of which was pcrluqis
liis one-sided ness, but lie would not
have lrecn human if lie had Ireen
irerfeet. We love him, and though
we can not follow him, our path*
nevertheless lie together, aide by
side ; they meet at last—he lias en
tered in before ns. Lord let us and
to tlie whole chnn-h. This ia Evan
gelical Lutheran. Jenna has givea
the power of tlie keya to the rlinreh,
ami expreasl.v declare*: “If a man
neglect to hear tlie rlinreh, let him
Ire unto thee a* an heathen man nnd
a publican.” No single individual
has any right to lord it over the
rhurrli. We Lutheran# have no
deavor to answer it; hut we have not *" 1 ° V< ‘ " C ‘ n< ‘ T1,w
the time required to write a regular to °’ * <,notntion ‘ wl,ic,,
series of theological esKays. I wi,h * lJiKht ch " ,, » fp to °" r
We nn- to tlie irest of onr ability
laboring, tliat the ehureh, iu whieh
onr hit is east, way be unspotted,
Ireantifol, ami adorned as Irecometh
tire bride of tire I snub of God; but
we are Imt two ; the Brethren mast
own chnreli also: “Dins, whefi he
i* summing up the difficulties of
Hooker and his associates in con
ducting the controversy with Ifori-
tanism on the shir of the existing
ehureh down to tlie middle of Elina-
: I Mn na - and then there u n orcni Mil’s reigti t lie names with an eH-
popr, and no sneerasora of tin- A,ms-1 ^P-.s-’then ^ ^ of q,*
eertaiirty -----
| drawlmek:
: tliat need
do i • • • • that whatever
r ; they aaid nnd did wonld be tainted
wliieh would fairly entitle them to
their distinctive name.
Die first, second, and tliinl sec
tions were adopted without delate.
Tlie last\Hoctkm, however, elicited,
an animated, but friendly and ehrw-
tiau discussion, which lasted for
more than a day and a half. The
prominent participants in tiiis dis
cussion were Rev s. Bernlieiiii, Bickte,
Sclicrer, ami Kothrock. It resulted
in the entire- removal of all the ap
parent difficulties, existing in the
minds of some of tlie members, and
when the vote was taken this section
was unanimously adopted by
members of Synod rising to ti
feet. Diis action of the North Caro
lina Synod will certainly be very
gratifying to all the friends of pur*
Lutheranism.
THE LICENSURE SYSTEM ABAN
DONED.
At the last annual meeting of tho
’Synod, the retiring president, Rev.-
Prof. L. A. Rickie, recommended tf*
with tlie name nml snspiscion of Pa- abolition of tlie Licensure- system,. <*
opinions.” Have Lutheran Chttreh, aud constitutes aa
Lutherans ever been able “to shake objectionable method of luistily intro
ducing imperfectly prepared men int®
the ministry. This recommettdatJaB
. Puri
ties. Onr ministers are nil Insliops.
Diis worel, by the way, sound* i tl,at ,ipp<i ,lle ,UOBt i
grandly in its Gieek re-uiniint of ,lot roa< * ’ enongh ; they
,lr 7.' V Ut j 1 tT" 1 ' " ir?' * im,, . 1P arr The K n,inls7ero Ihat^ opmmed to ! ' affixed and so hare! | the grounds that snch a praetk* ha*
and insignfficrtt tem. to ««; whomever men demur no warrant in Scripture, is not in
Greek, UdfopilR English, means of what are- denomi- ncoonbmce with the raagra of the
orfrarer, ami nothing more : overseer pi« sen i« me ivock oi ^onunp, „ t ... .... . ,
of n ehure h; a ,m*tor. thereto*; a « hp FWfor. “ twl 1
brotlier set a|tnrt for, nml npiminted TheT in fl,ot 1,0 ,,ot favor t,ip in tro-
by the ehnrch to the office of the ! ,lnrti,m «f any re ligions pa;K-r among
ministry ; nnd only ns long ns he ****** people; their cry ia, tlie Bible n _,—
sen es ns pastor is lie nn cpiscopoa, | '* al * ,l,atrw l nlr ed ; and they, as ,
bishop or overseer. We Lutherans ' ** pt ** r “wrest It unto their
i it , . . .. , own destruction f)u> ^ 0RC6 tll6 kiltQTy of liis
only rail ex-ministers Reverends T* „ anotne oestruetion . .. * ,
of the Kvnngelical Lutheran Chureh. placidity in those remark-
alile words: ‘Ho lays aside his
He does
opimsed the Book.” This is a strong I “ “""i- 1 ' whom lie is content to leave it i
IKdnt, and, with some exceptions, j ^ KeW York ForU the therefore he is stiU, nnd slee,v. like
IK-rfeetly true. There are "o«ne >n ,,resent edition of the monev mar * T»>™ the Christian con-
telligent men who exhibit a negative ; Let as similar to that which preceded Adea. A The Argument of Demon —
enmity nnd opposition to the Book, the trims of 4857. I An able article, but deep. We doubt
off tlie slander of Buck P And is not
' cry of Rome raised, whenever the
is appealed to! We
another extract: “Mrs.
through courtesy.
Na 4 also said : “He had not yet
We have lost ground, because we !
'•oniessi
‘unequal.”
««. * • ««• ->• J | „ ot lwM , tnt ' to oUr , WeB ,i„n “nneties with bis prayers,
fonrnl an intelligent Imtherau who ^ onr Wliyg lmve Wn “unequal.” bg ran; the issue is with God,
was coneurred in by Synod ,
sow candidates arc invested with the
office of the ministry so soon ast
have passed through' the requ
literary and theological course, a
are found npon examination to
properly qualified.
OTHER ITEMS.
North Carolina College and Mo
Pleasant Female Sojninary hare i
siimed duties nnder the most fort
blc auspices. Die attcndaaee
1 1
poth mstitnt->n-
hsnal. '
The tfow ,F.v.i
Clmrch at Wilt;-
tledieu’rtl on the
irf the «nest ch
The congregate
IMP me«db fTS -
h call to Rev. | i
cijs.1 of Mt- no
ijarx-, to become I |
ir doubtful wheii :
1-Yoni current
that no »e«* than
will W erected
of the S. C. Bynm
vrfi r. With the i
5i„d an earnest HI
pieces* tenst Ik
jjotlM-ran Cbnrcii
' J». M. Biekle,
Carolino Colle-
tin* 29tli of An;
MviksI.—Luthcnm
â–  SOUTH <I
1 J
fcon*eer*tion rf I
thenn 8t Pa
â– iagt- ,
We had a #<>!
Holiday, the 22.
tierman eongre;
building of a chi
and thej- have iiy
amidst great d
they have been
pastor. The wii
engageil in the <
and tolerably w<
ecclesiastic are-ir.l
surprised at tl
and beauty of tl
only 85 by 45 fi-
a hamhonic nr
bricks, and co' - |
down in a cni< -|
outside could
The beauty com
proportions. '1 ,
which we insist . I ”
style fiwGeniun
interitM" present
chnn-h that we
of the ocean. '
the pews, the
vestibule, the
(tam-ls, and th.
all in pure <
Bout hem yeliow
but vaniislii-d
so jndieiouslv
selected, tliat i<
anee tlie richet
cnsliions ami
admirable rout
(lows! Also ;
windows, witli
euildems—bow <
grey glass witli
and shadings
yellow, and pro
head, snch as l!
the crown, the
<*np, the lamb, t
eyes—it is m :i
cost abont t I8,i
|>aid for. We
the eongregat n>
riHfltfe,ndtru| \
as they ought,
isters took pm
in the presen.v
of tlennans
clear, sonorexu
ent of two of tl
«i ns togetliei-
ooinnu :|
A. M. We pa
Unle to.the alt;
prayers and re
Bembeiin eon
services in (in
Bemheim and
Synod of Nort
St. PanTs be!
signed from iR >
Oarolina,. assij
Council took
altar. Die sol
Pennsylvani;.
i «r, tlie Creed,
in which all joi
a deep impr.
the hearts of <
also consccrat.
service, aud th
pies of the livi
Rev. G. D. !
'English semi.
—S 24, after i
sermon was a
'â– ** regards the
given to the
leneies of the
ClrareL. Tin
afternoon frmi
and Rev. Julia
nt night from
The audience-
iinpressions
dneed. Die d
ton are, aln-
Tbejr need OIK
German and i:
noon send a g.
intereoting fie)
This church
activity of on.
«Mi aceompl.
Such a man
Wilmington.
Ann hami by <
it into the 1im\
bis propositi.,
conquered all
Pm
Churieston.
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