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THE LUTHERAN VISITOR, COLUMBIA, S. C., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1869.
illifrnn Vrisifor.
COLUMBIA, S. C.
Wednesday, October 6,1869.
Rkv. A* .it.IiUDE, COLI’XBIA, S.C.
Rev. J. 1. Mili.kk, Staunton, Va.
“/a emwntial* unity, in non-eunential*
liberty, in all thing* charity.”
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A. R. RUDE,
, .J. L MILLER.
** Tl»e A mrriran uud other* will
please excuse us this time. We are
happy to say that for once communi
cations have come in upon n$ like n
flood. Our brethren have been es-
ceedingly kind.
Correspondence.
8HEPHEBDSTOWX,S;*pt.20,1«C«).
Dear Bfo. Rude: A kind brother,
on yesterday, hamlet 1, ^pe the en
closed $2 to pay for a years. suli-
aeription, for the lady who, with her
children, loves the Luthernn Visitor,
bnt feel unable to pay for it. Tell
that good lady to love God, and trust
in Him, throngli Jesus Christ, and
Jehorn Jirah will lie forever inscrib
ed npon lier hearthstone, where her
children may read it daily.
Yours, &e_, : I). H. Bittle.
Pail Mot
To read the article : “A Lutheran
Church in Washington.” It is a val
uable contribution to the history of
the church ; a masterly rebuke of the
self-adulatory and aelf-sjfftteient spirit,
which is ruining the ehdrehea ; it
shows what the fknits of making yml-
itics and the rights of nmn—aml of
strpng-tainded females too—pulpit
themes are, and a striking proof of
the truth of, and a running, commen-
tory on, the Apostolic declaration, 1
Cor. ix, 16: “Woe is unto me, if 1
preach not the gospel.”
We onglit to have an English
Evangelical Lutheran Cldirvh in
Washiugtcfi- Let us go to <vork. A
political .preacher Would myt^agi.
tate, agitate; w.e sOy^Brethren, let
ns bestir ourselves,»« this matter,
and ask the Lord of'the iiarvest.
The Episcopal Methodist
Dr. Bond, who for several years,
edited this paper with so much
ability and success, retired from the
ehaip. Editorial.
The publisher Dr. Poisal pays
hiuy the following graceful and de
scried compliment:
“No toue could more deeply regret
the \vitli4es\vpl of Dr. Bond from the
Editorial (rtiMT, J.luvn the Publisher
of the Journal. .Our friends all know
our devotion to him..personally, our
admiration of his great ‘ajliifities, and
the lively interest we ifelt in his
growing popularity and usufulncss.
It is due to the Publisher, and to all
concerned, to say, that probably no
man was ever more faithfully sus
tained in the Editorial management
of a, •public Journal. In his retire-
flSettt, fi'Oiu. hi-* arduous duties he
carries. with higi/nur best
his happiness anti welfare.’
wishes for
The paper now serines under the
'entire control of Jlr, Poisal, who
,JiitJ»?rtq sustui;ied -to 'it simply the
Telafk-r^ of Publisher,
p. We *}*h him success in his ardu
ous work, huU hope his jaiper will
m
be as fearless and ontapoketi in
defense, of truth ps tthen edited by
Dr. B., but cfii] imagine the sense of
relief he feeli), ; sinoC: laying aside the
cares, anxieties, tind labors of Edito
rial life.--,;.: _ - - - -■ -
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The Invitation.
Bel . Richardson says in n letter to
ns: “I should be glml to see the
Southern Church represented on the
occasion referrd to—the dedication.
I wish with all my heart that you
could Is* present.”
Thunk you, Brother. It is to Is*
regretted that the meetings of three
of our Southern Synods take plats*
at almost the same time. If it were
not for that, we feel eonlUlent that
several of our Virginia brethren
would have been pivTO-nt with you.
As far ourselves we would like to
meet your kind people mire more,
though wt> iflippoae most of tliost*
whom we knew in days of yore art*
no longer with yon; we would also
like to ate Dr. Conrad; as for his
sermon, we will no doubt have the
privilege of reading it; but we
especially drain* once more to la*
with you for u few, .days, to t*om|HUe
notes—talk over the |nih(—find out
that though we disagree, we yet love
as brethren, and then |uirt, to meet
in the ehim-li above, when* there is
neither North nor South; no difl'er-
ent views on jsiinl* v 1 dta-trim*, and
when* we shall all have the same
creed, the, same praises, and the
undivided Christ—tin* God-man in
all his saving fullness.
May God la* with yon. May the
glory of the latler home la* greater
than the glory of tin* former, mid
may you have ail almmlant «oul-
liarveat •
A Heavy Loee.
A letter from n gentleman al IV
maria, 8. (’., infnnna ns that Brother
Boinest has latrn made to suffer
probably for his energy hud zeal in
promoting the interests of tin* |ieoplc,
and developing the resoun-es of the
State. We, and all right-thinking
men will too, sympathise with him,
and nrge him not to la* discouraged.
With Oral, earnest efforts, and |*a
Rent jiersevering toil, nil w ill Is* well.
Tin* friends of imignition should
rally to his.nid, and no efforts might
to be'qiSlMl. Self prob-etion, nnitmt
and nintiud, is uA|H*iliBvely <h*mniHl-
ed. If the suspieion is eom*et, tlien
no home is safe, and no life is saen d.
Anwai and murder are kin. We
give the letter:
“Our mutual friend, Rev. Mr.
Boinest, reached here this a. m.,
from Charleston ; and imagine his
feelings when informed by ltacliimin
at the de]M>t, that Ids gin and cow
houses were ol<serve<l on fire, near
daylight, this morning. Thm* lwiles
of cotton, in the seed, the smsl of two
others, tinllet’s gin, thresher mid
horse iniwer, wagon, wheat straw,
tielting, &e„ wen* eonsiinusl. I*>ks
not less thou $l,2fl«.
“Mr. HuinVrft lias lasui one of the
prime movers in the introduction ot
immigrants, and from this fact his
wife has frequently cxpi-cssed her
fears of th» torch.
“How sad ! We know not what is
going on, or pldw laid for rendering
ns homeless, when in our Issls of
rest.”
Liturgical Worship.
In npy remarks we have m«d«\ or
may yet. make on ttiis sulipvr, we
distinctly disavow any intention to
censure the views anil | .nu t ires of
those opjamed to Liturgies, w hether
in our own or any other chqrcli.
They liavo a right to worship God
according to the dictates of their
own consciences. But when we
grant this much to them—we claim
as much from them, that is, the
privilege to worship “the Father in
spirit ami in truth,” in accordance
with modes which we think good
and afctqitablc. Christian charity
demands this tnncli—will nceept
nothing less.
In tin*.censorious pnrngnipU firptn
the Religion* -Herald, which gave rise
to these articles, the impression is
made by the language us**d that n
Liturgy in the Lutheran Church is
an intrusion, a copying after others.
Now, we are unwilling to allow
such an erroneous impression to go 1
out unnoticed. The language is:
“The subject of adopting a Litmrgv is
still agitating the Lutheran Church."
Leaving the reader ignorant of the
glorious history of Lutheranism, to
infer that till now our church has
been uou Liturgical.
But this is just the opposite of the
troth on the snbjoet. The Lutheran
Ohnreh, from the beginning, in Ger
many, and in many places in this
Country, hjis been unitbnnly a Litur
gical church. And there is no doubt
she would lie so yet in this land but
for the r want of a Liturgy in the
Englisl^ tongue, where this language
was first introduced into our church
in Americfe.
Why Ve -should shun, with sueh
holy abhorrence, a Liturgy we can
not nndwKtand. It was through the
jKiwer of the "Spirit aecowpnnying
the worship of a ehnreh Liturgical under the platform of the pulpit f
in her services, that the Reformation I It may b*» said thej" did not .becuus**
the sixteenth century was effect there wen* no Baptistery*; but with
«1. And throngh the agency qf Lu
ther, and the cIihitIi which bean
his name, but which, lutd her ene
mies not forced this mime ii|sm her,
would Ite known as tin* Evangelical
Church, the jsiwer of 1*i«]m*1 Rome
was t>roki*u; the Bible lUiehaiinsl, ami
plm-ed iu the hands of the people,
the glorious, uud soul saving doc
trines of justification liy faith, clear
ed up, and presented, witli a pbwer
itiiknnwii since till* «ismtle’s day, and
true ehristiunity, with tlii* «*en*nientM
of error, in' wldctl slii* hud Ims-ii
wnpped torn iiff, resurrected and
sent out to bless tin* nations witli
lier pi'wer', we sis* no satisfactory
miaou now for heaping odium ii|toii
her early rites and forms. “Now we
know that God bearetli nut siunent,
but if any limn be a worshi|s*r of
Gml him he beareth.” And if Gisl
heanl the prayers of Iaither and
Melnncthon, and their eojnljuturs.
the same force it may j*t "idd they
did not read a Liturgy, lierause there
wi*re no printing press*'«■
Again, it is imkerl, ‘H'ouhl the
disci|tlisi who Acre assembled iu the
bouse of Mary to |*n»y for Itie deliv
erance <»f J*eter, have found IttMMCt
foe their Aimin'* iu the language of a
liturgy t” Certainly not, for the
tYnmcrs of a Liturgyhad then* been
one extant, could not have known
that Peter would lie imprisoned.
Hock argument is a mere begging
the question. It 'p*m out on tIn-
assn mpt ion that if tin* Iaitheruu
elmreh or uny other, is Liturgical in
worship, that uo oilier thau written
prayers is or eau Is* used. 1 Jturgies
an* pn*|Mircd and timml only in tin*
regular suiietnary sr it ices, as I>r. J.
mill all know iug ally thing on the
satiitm-t must know. _ But tin* ease
refemmi to was \cry diffetent. They
had met ill tin* cujMicity of sts-iul
and successors to sucli a woudiTfUl pray»‘r, Id effei-t thereby, tin* deliver
mid world renowned extent, we ctai
elude, mid rightly, that they must
have lx-en “worsliijirrs of Gwl,*
though iu the use of Liturginil
forms. We argue, uud we ehallenge
the proof to the coutrury, tliut
tliongli tle-N ailliertml in their serUircH
to “rites mnl forms,*' they did not
“sutistitute tln*m for ie|s*titu*iei*,
faith ami the word dp of the Father v None ever prayist more success
— * D t a at. U <-•*.* w .a *.t ..a f ...
ill spirit mid in troth.'
So tong ns we cart chit rtp Such a
host of worthies, who wors)ii|sml
Gisl in the use of “rites mid forms"
ill the Luthcntn Church, us I.iitlnr,
MelaiietliolVt Joiuis, ttuyeiihugrii,
GerluinU, Reiiihanl, AniMtsis’iief,
Fninkcs, Xliilileiibnrg, Moslieim
Neamlen 1 li-ngst«nts*rg, Tliolm-k,
uml hiairy etlu-rs, we eikrt not think
that to worship Gist iu sfiirit hud in
troth', It Is hi shy menus essential
mice or an imprisoned ami death
doomed ii | usd Ic, and. t lit 1 re fore, as
now ml siiHi iseusiims, .did not use '
a Liturgy.
In family worship, Secret devotion, |
or s>s*ial pr.n ,*r, tlie iuciiiIntm ol
elmrehes using lAtnrgies have the .
privilege to pniy as 1 hey mav And
most eilifying to theaiarives.
fully titan Luther without a form,
when with his family, at ilu* fail
side of the sick uud dying, or iu his
closet roiumitilig the great issues id .
the Itefonnatiou to Gml his Father,
and yei, hi the pidilie serviees, he'
worslii|M*il in the use of “rites uud
fonns.” Therefore, *'l/*t every one
Is* fully |M*rsiuiilisl in his os u aiiuil."
Our Churches.
GKtIKtilA.
Rev. F. Bansimer is in Stlvsniiah,
pivaehing to mir German lirrthreii.
We snp|sM«* tlie olijeet is tin* rstaR
lishmeiit of a Gen min Lutlu-niu
< 'liiirrh.
to reject all fonn. Nor ran we think
that from this smim* vital piety is
so much iin|«crilhsl as some would
have us tsdievi*. No brighter lights
iu the Christian flnnuinciit eau lie
seen than art* found in rouncctioii
with tin* Littlienu. and Kptseo|ial
Churches, laith jsist and present. 77TllH ■■ i
though Liturgical in their services— *
men wlm wen* burning und shining ,{rv - M.wV <-omuiuui<-atcs eliei ring
lights in their day and genenthm. inteUig»*iM*r: “YYhile writing, I must
Again we n*is*at, “Now we know inform yon that my St. Kms-h’s row
Gist heareth not sinners." invention lias at hist got in earnest
We me told that, “the printer i “*"•"* building , „•» (hrirk) ehmvh.
fountenu tion of the evil, the sulwti At * eongrvgati.aial nus-ting held
tntion of rites and forms for n*|s*iit-
mus* Ae., is a strict adlietam-i* to tin*
simplicity of a|snitoiir worsliqa’—
Now, if tiy simplicity the author
means singleness of mitiil, and |auit.\
of faith wliieh ehanu-terizrd the
u|M>stleM in tlieir worship, then we
agrvs* with him. But if lie simply
means that a scrvIce minlin teil with
out a Liturgy, is “the proper cimuter-
aetion of tin* evil" complained of
t4,*n we must denominate his inn
elusion a uou trguitur.
Tin* Phuriscc, w lm went up into
the JVmplc to pray, had no written
form any more tlmu tin* PublM-uu,
anil yet was ever then a limn* heart
less and formal worshi|iCr T Tin*
disciples of our blessed Ian*I wen*
not near so formal w1h*ii they used
the form tin* Master taught them.
to ilay, they decidisl to Imilil n araai-
tiotkir brick ilmrih AS lav 75 feet.
! witli a vestibule in fusil.
“I mil Miim-wlmt snrjirisisl at toy
|ssiph* for making such nil roniest
‘"move to -ret a new church just now , J
si me* having suffered So scvciely
finm a long drought; bnt the hand
of providence is leiuling them. I mil
highly gr.ititled, and cmi •Thank Gml
and take innrsgi*.’”
i
VIRGINIA.
1‘otomar Cnu/rrmcr.—Tin* attend- •
a nee wns “quite full." ami the meet* j
iug “very pleasant." Brother How- i
man of 4 'luirli-ston was present, anil
gave, by *|*rhl reqin-st, “* most
interesting" sketeb of the state of the !
• ('hure-h iu S,mtli Uuroliua. Rev. T. j
Miller, of tltV Tennessee Synisl, tisik
“<bir Father w lm art in Hroiven.". l»rt T/l tlarf* iliarnssaims and services.
Tin* iliseiples of Jolin, whom lie We e\|«*et a fid I aeemtnt of the pro
taught to Vrsy, in tin* him* of tlie eeisflngs from ReV. W. Eiefienierger.
form thftt he gave them, ilnutitless. Dedication.—A neat frame ehUreli,
jprayirl mueli more aeivptntdy than 25 liy -Kl fis*t, at Hermitage, Augusta
the l*hnri»**e without a form. No, the County, Vn., wm deitieatirl ini the
worshiper,properly lnstrtM«l in “the 18th of July last. It w as built by
way of salvation," is no more likiflv the Lutherans mid Methodists for
to sulmti'iite “rites nnd fonns” for 11n*ir joint use. Tin* former to have
“repentance and fiiith," than In* is to tin* first mid tliinl, and tin* latter,
sutistitute an extenqsin* serviiv for the second slid fourth Hahhntlis of
these. Men may la* just ns fonn- i*m-h month. On the ilay of distica
al without a written fonn ns with tion our hundred nnd einrty-oue ilollars
iMie. We can just as easily draw were raised, which covers the entire
nigh to Gisl with the li|m, mnl yet indebtednes. Tills ehiiirh h in the
the heart lie far from him, when we charge of Rev. C. lh-ant.
come Iwtore God in sn nnwritten as Nkeyardnton-n^ Tlrx. iff. Bitth*
in a written service. And the dan writes: Y'estentny w as a glut ions
get to both Liturgical and non Litur- ,Uy h, my ehmvh. We lunl the Holy
gical worshiper is not so nmeh the 8upper, and nrouihl the altar kneeled, |
worshiping in one farm or the other, w j t i, tin* Lutherans, German Ite
hut in worshiping the form
iUnlf.
When men make so intti-h of this
or that mode of doing a thing, then
is -the danger of sulsititiititig the
thing, fur n*|ientiince and faith; of
losing the spirit of worship in the
zeal displayed about the mode' of
worship. Anil this is Just ns likely
to follow where tisi much iin|nirtaniv
is nttnelieil to an unwritten as to a
written form. The same watchfiill-
.nessthat Will ki*ep tlie opiMmer of
L'turgleid worship from a heartless
servile will keep its advocate there
from.
Why a sound farm of prayer, useil
in the spirit of-prayer, though sunn*
rit it'lie'lu tuiirtspirvd words, slmnlil
mit Yh* *na aeeepfsble to Gml us a
•prayer offered w itllont a form in tin-
inspired words, no one can show,
l’htycr should, ns nun'll ns ]sissililc,
formeil, Methislists, lxitli North nnd
South, Presbyterians, anil E|iisin|ial-
imis. 1 mvivetlby eiaiftnnationsix in
teresting young |s*ople. In looking
over tny tvciini, I find tliat irt tlie
short time of tny sojourn hen* (20
months) I have added sijrt) hro to tny
mcmtienriiip. I try tb Jesus
Christ ull the glory.
For fire Lvtlroran Viator.
InaUllstion.
Whoever lisikeil w'ifh findings of
indifferoniv upon the tieaiitifully
bright uioro, (lit ICdawhed last Sun
day tqsm tlie Vorlil^—tlh* people of
Salem, Virginht, did not. It was
the day appointed far the liistallatioii
of the new jaiMor of tf^T 'ollege Ln-
tlierun Church, Rev. S. A. Repass;
and though they lutO wttnesseil n
be in “words which tlie Holy Ghost similar ceremony in the emigrega-
teftcheth,” mid this written fonns of thins of other denominatiilns, it was
prayer abound in much more than
unwritten in most eases.
But tlie goud«Dr. askS: “Itons any
Ixxlysuppose that Patti and Timotliy
ever hud a Litnrgy f” We will not
answer this question except by an
other: Does inly body Suppcss* they
ever baptized arty rine in a jiool
tlie first time fur tlieih in tlieir own
elinreh, i**rfamlcd ih 'a Lutheran
serviee. Mahy mi dirtiest, aileut
“thank God” went np, that a day so (
ealm, clear, delightful, hail lievn
allowed them.
Tills elmreh is large mid ctqtarioua ;
situated on "Main Stfoet in the verv 1
ivntiv of the town. It is enclosed
with iron railings, ami its yard is 1
nutted wjth grass. I«st winter,
through the etteigy of a few (allies,
It was beautifully freamed. We ob
servnl quite a receut uililitiiai to its
furniture—u. matt, chaste, eushioueil,
rending desk. We leanted that a
Isiptisuuil font will noon be added by
tlie liberality of a jauus huly.
At tlie aiqiuinted hour « large
auilieiHX* had assembled, niiu|saied
of tlie wit, lavuty, intelligenn*, curi
osity and devotion of the town and
its t ouiuliiiiity. After a very appro-
iiriate intnsluetory br the choir,
(imr of tin* best in the Valley,) the
altar arrviee was mud acted by tlie
| suit or aissirding to tbe ltoqk of
Worship. l>r. Bittle delivered tlie
cliurgc to tin* |instor,. uml I*rof.
Davis to tin* jmiplc. Tin* Doctor
minoiim*eil as his text, “He that
wimietli soiils iu wine,” uml urgmxl
iu a clear, foreitili- imipm-r tin* inqsir
tmiee of wisilHiii in mwiiit, theology,
mid “hmmiii luitnre," to u amvessful
minister. Tin Priifessnr idaiuly,
eariH-sily, in mi elevutnl lint |siinteil
style, enjoined u|miii tin* (vingregu
lion tin* duty of Mip|sirtiiig tlieir {
pastor, I'sitii w ith tlieir Miltstaihv,
and prayers. At night Mr. Re|sis*
pieaelnsl uu able, i-vullgeU«-ul ser
■non to a highly appns-iative miili ,
a*r. Tin* aeiviea-s of tin; day wen* •
of tlu* must interesting mid impn-ss
iveeliur.ii ter,and w ill Is* loug n*aieiu-
ls*n*il liy tliiws* who wen* |irivileged
to attend them.
This young man whose n-latiou us
|Mstor of this mngivgatioii was that !
day forimtlly esialilislieil, is begin |
niug under tlie most favontbie aus
|iiivs. Ho lately from tbe Hrmi
nary, mnl ciMtsrqmutly iis xjienemvvl,
many fean-U (bat In- would tail la*
aide to sustain himaelf iu a field so
ilifllcult as this is kmiwn to la*,-tail
1m* lias iiiorr tlmu met tin* most
sanguine expectations of bis miait
•h'vntrd (riemls. Ilis senisMts an*
so well pri'iNinsl. his sulijeets so
Well eullsiilereil, his matter so adapt ,
eil to tlie time ami plni-c, his uminge-.
HM*nt so happy. mnl ids delivery so .
easy, yet fotvilili*. that he hassltvsdy
won many admirers. Ills |htmhi is
IiiiihIsinih*. his Ism ting 'rnutiiy sml
dignified, his iiiatiners hlaml and
imiavssive, uml his jsist oral ra|weity
so fine—if his own |sn|>le w ill saw-
tain him, lie ran not Isit succeed.
lie has intnaliuxsl with happy
effivt tin* entire form of morning
uml evening serviei*, as pn-acritied
by the Ikstk of Wondti|i. Tlie eon-
gn-gation ivs|».iid<*l. auil aitu-h the
greater jwrt stvni to enjoy gniitly j
tin* new otder of things. Not until
we saw it li-wil liy them ilhl we kimw 1
liow siiA|dc, how M-ri|iturul, bow well
sniteil To the Wants of tin* elmreh ,
it is ami boU admirably it unvts tin- '
■lesires of a ilevotiiHuil spirit. TIm-iv
me imiIM* among them now who op-
jsise it, mnl the few who tin not
ap|iro\ e it w ill sisai Is* foreevl to
hive it.
Knminkt- College, lis'ateil betel ami
giving tbis ivaigtvgatiiai its greatest
im|sirtnmv, iqs-mvl on tlie 1st with
very faionible jinsqs-ets. Already
more than 1.10 names have Uen teg '
iatereil. Tim Senior t 'lass has eleven
niciiibem, mote than uny |ireviiiiia
session. It has uiiieh decided talent.
Several of them are eainlidates for
tlm ministry in onr ehunli. Tlie
Junior Class is also large, ami is of
very iWjavtalili* ability, niiitainiug
some'iff tlm miait Lrilllaiit minds of
college. Hertral ofthCM are pn*|tar-
ing to jitvarh. If this institution
were entirely relieved of all jmruni-
nry cinbamissmcut, it would very
sismi Imeoinc mm of he gn-atest |siw-
era iu the ehitieh. Is then* not aiming
onr jw*uple a siifflcicnt liberalily and
zeal for luitlmrmiiaiu in tin* South to
plan* it entirely lieyinid tim reach of
danger,'fri*e Its care worn 1 “resident
from anxiety, mid cnnlile it to go <m
in its mission entirely tinembar-
rasseilY H. t«.
For lli* LatlwreB Visitor.
A. Lothersn Church in Washington City.
Me**it Editor*: Sonic time ngn,
Dr. J. G. Butler, of Wnsliingtiai City,
colebruted the 20tti Anniversary of
his labors in that city ami charge.
In liis a|N*cch npon the occasion, por-
hajis nmler extra excitement, lm gave
utterance to some very unfortunate
remarks. These were quoted and
commented upon To an •extent that
greatly annoyed Dr. B. The remarks
sere troe, lint cxpressMl more than
was intended by theirt nt the time.
One remark especially attracted at
tention. It is this : “Of tko*e who
were in tke mono union of the ckurch
twenty year* rime, not* half dorm are
here now.” This assertion at once
awakened public sym|mthy, nnd the
uatnral inquiry ns to wliat liad lie-
come of them. The iMthemn and
Misnionary answers the inquiry quite
satisfactorily to the pvfalic mind, Imt
somewhat rlamaging to the policy
and prmh-itee of I»r. B, He evident
ly felt the keen edge of this reply,
bnt found'no wsy to protect himself.
The colnnino'of the |ia]ier were ripen
to him and Ms friends, and not a line
of explanation or contrmHeXion ap
peated. Tlie Bcangrlicdl Lutheran,
in speaking of the apparent ineffi
ciency of city missions in our ehnn-h,
quotes this sentence from the remarks
of Dr. B., to sustain bis point. It is
most natural tliut he shcihlil do so,
oml it ftllly sustains his view: This
brings mit Dr. Butler in sn article In |
that pu|s*r. Tlm editor of tlm Eran-
griical Lutheran after quoting the
almve aetitemr, asks the question
directly : 11 What has lieeome of 1
tlmmf" \W. B. quotes the sentence j
and tlm qneatiqn up|s*uiled, and then
uiiswera thus systeinatiiuilly :
“Answer: Tltere were then about
tweaty-firi i-oinniitim-utits In tlm
chiiri-li; now, I hope, quite u nuiu-
Imr iff them are in tlm eommnniiai of
tlm Cliun-li iu Ileuveti. The common
*rn*r of erery reader will an*wer your
queuluai." This constitutes tbe ail- I
swer entire to tbe question nlmve,
tint coiiimon artiae la sadly at fault
lien*. Does tlm Dr. wish his readers
to infer'tluit all have died, suv*^ tbe '
few cMvptiil f If an, be leads them
to inter what is not trim. It is ut
terly iiujsiaaibU* fur common aeuae to
inter w hat tlm Lutheran and Minion-
ary says, and wliat l>r. It. ilare not
deny, nuutely, tliut a uumlmr of those
same iktmmu an* living in Washing-
tiiu city mil of communion with ]>r.
Ik’s chutrit. NVUen askt*d some years ;
siitM*, by a friend who was mi a visit ,
to Wnsliingtiai city, “Wliat luis Is- ,
conn* of tin* l,”» uud tlm J’s and tlm
ll’s?” Dr. Ik n*|*lii*il: “They rim not
athui my church Itrrauae they are reb
el*, and tool offence at the truth,” anil
tben milled, “firry are no Ion* fa tke
ehurrh.” I liars (Wily to say tliat tbe
kiwi of eoiuinoii m-iine that can arrive
nt hiii-It <*oiw!unions, from sut-li prern-
ises, with tlm ease indicated by Dr.
Ik., is a ran* article in iuy locality.
Here, tlmu, iu tim troth ; these good
brethren, with tlieir families now
living iu WwshiiigtiMi eity, and meui
lieraof Kt. Paul's nNign-gation twenty
years ago, bare fa* driern out of that
communion by the gutfwl according to '
Dr. Ilnller. t >r in his own words, “A ■
goM|H-t Ilf Freedom. Equality and ./«! 1
tier.” Tluit is, fnssloiu to ail except,
SoMtkrrn rebel* ,- equality iff races, !
exerpt Southern rebel* ,- ami jiistice to
all, except to Southern rebel*. In |iruof
iff this, I nerd only quote a few sen
let men from Dr. Butler to Gen. Kakiu, !
written from Virginia, August 2Ctii.
“I return to my field of labor not
mon* ViMinrrvativr' tlian I left it, I
assure you. My la-art is more tlmti
ever moved with pity for tlm Imams, ’
mid sufferings, and prejudice*, wliieli
meet yon on every hanil. • • • :
Tlm Hotttli needs the whole giaqml— 1
a gos|H*l ih-liverml from nil tliefon-eil
inteiqav-frithms of tht- |tro-slavery
rcifeVi.” Dr tlm gos|ml acixmliug to
Dr Butler, w hh-ll lunl sttcll a decided
iflit upon liis relml meuilM-rs.
What a flourish in liis second |umi-
gTupli! I would siuqil.v ask the
lha*tor a few questions. If his
rhmVh luis iimn-aseil to simli dinmn-
shaik from an insjgniflcaiit Imginning
withotit Hie Aid Wud the great iuflu-
eoce of th<* excluded melnlmrs, w liat
wiuihl lm its eonilition if they were
included f Would nol their wA-nltb
anil tlm weight of its inflnrhce have
doubled tin* present congregation f
If tlm Memorial elinn-li were intent (ml
to commemorate aonm great event in
Christianity, or aoum gn*at historical
fact in tlm Imt Imran Church, and
not a quest Mutable policy tliut may
yet |wove this innntry'a greatest
cwnm, would it wot Yuig since have
been flnislmil t One question more:
“If tlm ]Hx*sent mlministnitKMi were
to clmuge ]Militically, how many of
tlm 250 members wiaild lm retained,
eitlmr in Wasliiugtiai city or in tlm
I/iitlmtwn Uhnrch t
In Dr. Itntler's |aiblislieil articles,
us well ns in liis eon versa tions with
friends, lm has repea tedly complained
that Wusliiiigtoii has mostly a float
ing imputation. He means that near
ly the entire imputation changes With
♦In* eWnge of administration. Now
supjmse—ami from jacst'iit indications
the thing is not only *uppo*able, lint
quite po*nible-Mlmt the admistratiou
should change, ami President JatA-
oon’a famous “cabinet broom” bit'
applied to all tlm public offices, *and
wliat would be the result t Xeariy-
the entire roiigregation would be
swi*pt away, and tlm “first Lutheran
chaplain” would lie left tan* office,
•an* congregation, tan* resident Lu
theran*, tan* rcerythiug.
This shows how sadly ]mlitics arc
interwoven with the church of Christ
in many localities.' The, gates of lwll
shall not prevail against the church
-of Christ, yet a change in politics
may prevail against some churches
calling theitumlvtw Christian.
Again Dr. B. sqys: “This same
decaying church in Washington city
has/oarflreirriidiiirg-Sabbntli-schools,”
&c. Dr. B;, however, forgets to
state of what color two of those
Sabbath-schools are. In a lecture at
Frostburg some years ajrti, lie'ldt his
audience infer the complexion of
those two schools by The statement
that he had pupil* 7(1 ycA r* old just
teaming their letter*. I presidne it
would not be diffleult in a population
of 30,000 idle, ragalKHid negroes, to
gather np two flourishing -Sabbath-
schools, bnt is it altogether fair to
claim them as Imthenn or evnf
denominational schools T
' He farther states that his cluing
bos “repeatedly fumiobMl funds to
imrclmse libraries for Kabtiath-achooi*
in the Honth.” PRy lw- dW not
tfanlarizc. He leavea the matter no
indefinite, tliat I far one do not V
lipfe H kingle I/utheran school but
1 fronted by- his liberality. 1 am al.
most sure that every donation is to
negro w-IiooIn. To this I have no
objection, exee|it that lie wishes hi«
readers to understand that the Ln
tbcruii Church were tbe m-ipfanto nf
Ids bounty. Of this I am not posj.
tivHy (x-rtain, lint have reason to
think an until corrected by informs,
tion to the contrary. Who oonld
*-onm to a «liffen*nt ('(inclusion, should
lm read such sentence* as the follow-
ing, taken frotu Dr. ll.’s letter to
Gen. Eakin, already tjnotedf “I
think, UHiUKtroas as it may appear
to some, (not to tin* Doctor, of eonrse,J
the time will come w lmn all right
thinking |ieople. South a* well as
forth, will tltank God for the war
blissly aud terrible as it was." 2
ckri*tiilM minuter write* thia!
He etamlndes liis letter by the
fallowing pterions morroan, which fa
denominates “one fact": “A clergy
man (whether Waek or white, ortho-
dox or heterodox, lm does not ny(
Bil.1 me tliat a rowdy white man had
rut a negro to pieces, murdered him
cruelly, w as arrested, tried and at
i/uittrd ; whilst in tlm same judicial
district a jssir negro (does not mi
whether he was rowdy or not] was
sent to the |M*iiitentiary wren year*
fyr stealing twenty ptmnd* of four—
stolen, it may lm, to keep bis family
from starvation. ‘Vengeance is mine,
Mit It tlm Lord.’" Tlie concluding
verse of Hcri|iture quoted l»y this
tender hearted minister shows his
naiia n* towards everything Houtfara.
Wliat terriiile n-lmls they must fa
ill Maryland! Tlmyhave400negraes
ill tlm .Baltimore iienitentiary, and
only 22K whiten. If the good JVs-toT
reads of this cruelty to tlm negroes, his
exclamation will lie: “Vengeance is
mine." &(^.
Farther on in His artirk* he say*
liis church is u Lutheran riinreh, and
brings, in (insif. among other things,
that it belong* to tke Mary! end Synod:
I have tlm liiglmst res|s*ct for many
good Imethren in' that Usly—men
wlm would lm an honor to any Synod
of I^iTbernns—yet the mure fact of
liehinging to said Syiiml «ha*s not
prove any one a Lutheran. For in
stiuK-e. one member of that Synod
contends tliat water slumhl be used
iiinti-nd of wine in the ll,ily Commu
nion. Amitlier contends for the
imupiration of tlm ministry in onr
day. Another ojijVsUM tin- education
of ministers, and asserts that they
can d«i more grssl if tlmy are nnedn-
cated. Another says that liturgies
am* a device of the devil to destroy
vital godliness. Another lately went
into a vacant cougregntuai ami ad-
ministered tile Holy KnpjHT without
the consecration of the bread and wine
to holy o*e. Tims I could go on ad
nauaeaat. Now all these worthies
(*a*i prove themselves Lutheran* by'
!>T. B.’s argnnmnt, for they all belong
to tlm Mary kind Sytnsl.
Tin* I hs*tor then very' complacently
informs his Smithem readers that he
is **the first laitlmran chaplain of the
U. S. Congress, and lnqies lm may
bring no dishomir.” &c. Tlie Doctor
slumhl have given his readers a
speciiwea or so of his ehajilainry.
Ah he has faihsl to do so, 1 will
siqiply tlu* omission. Not long since,
somewhere near the adjournment of
('ongress, this “first Lutheran ehap-
hiin," iu the same i*rayer, and almost
in tlm same breath, jirayed Almighty-
God to root out every rebel sentiment
in this laud, and gice entire mere**
to the rebel* in Cuba !
The Doetor concludes by tbe asser-
ti(ai that “the Southern churches (I
know not wlmther the Lutheran
(Tutreh is included) have no better
friend tlmu the pastor of St. l*anl in
this city, bnt our Southern brethren
ma*t accept our orerture* of peace aud
union.'' This being interpreted, means
that they mnst lm as radical as he:
they must favor equality of races,
female suffrage, reconstruction npon
his interpretation, “inornH^paa," pu-
ritanism, and, for anghr I know,
miscegenation included. But so long
as Southern ministers maintain their
manhood and clerical dignity, they
are rcM*, aud falUbeneath the ban
of tlie “first Lutheran chaplain of
the U. S. Congress.”
Mr. Editor, what I mean by this
review of Dr. Butler’s article in the
Fran griical Lutheran, is not so much
to correct mistakes, as to call the
attention of the church in the South
to the necessity of establishing a
Lutheran ehnreh in Washington city.
Tlie General Conncil has an eye tA
the same thing, but I think it would
be bettei for ns in the South to do it,
for we could better gather np Dr,
Butler’s rebel members. “Birds of
a feather” would argue in favor of a
Southerner. Besides this, the admin
istration may change in a few years,
(a consummation devoutly tb be
wished,) and then Washington city
will swarm with those whom fir. B.
hdls MW"*"" |
wouhl be a h»r*
lie could f*
General Council
eircumakuH-'” I
,1m Council wild E
can cooperate >.|
y\e isitb stand t |
not, a* Dr. B
tsisis, ami most p
that of the M-t.J
iqsiu the grand. E
burg Confes.se
B do,dMl mu O' .
wreutiab.' ‘'" ,rr " I
py farming u «1*
rasia out ,,f 11 i -
Woaldugton nt: 1 ^
noble, of Ii*'- 1
tMiu, r u» wip' 1 ' I
easily affected b*
Ecd'-i
GKI I
Meeting
at the On
ei
Tlm recent
of religion in Get*'
interest to the !<>IB
fnmi tlm forth |)
dent: ■
“Tim twenty t* ■
‘German Prote>i
the ffn«tavus-A i
took place in B
of August, ami t I
I>r. Kuhuis prv.i*
sermon in tlm pr
at the jMililie in*
l»r. BlfaMRii.
annual reiailt
year animiiitc
(tlm tbafar is al
and w ith this sn
were aided, at" 1
crated ; tlm Ol*'
will slMirtly »td
reboot* were est
ages fiuished. ai
23 churehes, 1 *
vantages laid,
also received aj*
■•unities prayii
of lliTi ellllreln .
parsonages; 2T<*
iu couseipiem *
with detit. Him
the society, tie
have diaUibti''
congregatioiis i: 1
tinders, and tin
tlm comities*
given dinstly 4
mit tees.
“Pastor Gram
of tlm Rcfoi'iii.-.
states that iu ti
church ac(-onn>i<
had iimreased i
Dr. Vallette. al*
tlie imnmnse pr; •
ism iu Paris ami
jmrfwt good-fee
tlm l’rotestaii!
Catholic brothi
“Pastor KoL
Neustadt. gave l :
view of tlie com
ism in Austria,
of Protestant".
140,000, or 2 |M*i
titui. In 321
172 relnsils. 211
teachers. Tin
to meet nearly
they obtain fro
pittance of 50,(X
have enjoyed <■
adequate allow;
Then* an* hut
communities, tli
Trieste; a few a
Imt the rest a
though willing
rifiees they can
many plates tie
wretched bam
and the aid of tl
the State, it ]
lsissiblc to pay
smaller Congn ;
year. Tlm Pi
Austria is still
rugs. Divine i
and achool-iusti.
languages—jGen
ish, and Italian
the congregat e-
tribnfe Th *tW s.
rpgnlar serv ic
ociiisionallj. T
preacher and t,
vacant for yen
f«mnd with sufr,
to accept then
usually old non .
w disabled mim
“Pastor C-wst*
a brief historica
mitism in Spain.
»»4£, like the ni;* £
Proteatant eh*r
to pine for sc\ (
The revotnrion
i«K light, and
w lmther a react i.
•h, he uuUesit.i
He eonelndwl 1
the WK-icty- iii
snitnble house ol
“Candidate F
" mb, related Ii
>>» Austria, Italy,
’other things, 1„
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