The Lutheran visitor. (Columbia, S.C.) 1869-1904, February 09, 1870, Image 2
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THK LUTHERAN VISITOR. COLUMBIA, S. <!.; WEDNESDAY, FhBRUARY !», 1870.
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COI-UMfelA, S. O.
'Wednesday, February 9, 1870.
EDITORS :
ltKV. A. R. RUDE, Coli miiia, S.C.
ItRV. J. I. Mili.kk, Staunton, Va.
“/» essential* unity, in non-eesential*
liberty, in all thing* charity."
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You may expect some to Quit fault;
if uot, it would be remarkable.’'
It would, indeed. And that name
brother found fault with us uot lone
ago. Well, we are human.
W. II, writes: “ Linden, Luther-
anus, Sam Small, anil Around the
World, have lout none of their inter
est. The L. V. tells us many good,
fttntiy, mul interesting thing*."
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and think it ia doing a very impor
tant ami good work for our Southern
Chnreli. Press on, dear brother,
never were you accomplishing so
much for God in the mime length of
time.”
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itor certainty deserves all tnauner of
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not have to wait for tlie whole of
your reward, until iu the world to
eonte. 1 '
lirotlier, all the reward brother
Miller and we ask is, the privilege to
labor in tlie Church, the love of God’s
jteople, and the Master’s approving
smile.
1>. If. writes: “I like ‘8am
mart be remembered they are, under
all the cireumstauoea, gratifying evi
deuces that for our Lntberau Ziou,
in thia State, there is a brighter day
dawning.
Our |teople have not lieen etlnratrtl
to liberality In the )>a»t, nad imiw
that they are receiving inatruetiou
of a more |>oaitiv<f t'haraeter, many
of theta, at least, ore giving the
most encouraging proofs that they
are not larking rapacity to compre
hend and apply the lesson* taught
them.
Our people, iu many instances,
have been reproached for their |tenu-
riottsitens when they tlitl not deserve
It—when the blame lay more in tlte
pulpit than in the prtr. Ami with
tlte right course purmtetl ia tlie
future by those whose duty it ia to
declare the trhole tanner I of Had, tlie
day ia at hand when such chargea
as “Juan* refers to will prove the
rare exception.
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A. R. RUDE,
J. 1. MILLER.
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aervet
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limbs are too short, and our intellect
•too contracted.
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matter are less to biana*: than the
clergy.”
J. P. write*: “ I continue to lie
.much pleased with the paper. Fight
Small.’ He ia not so tmotl. Stir up ment but Air some articles that
the brethren. It ia dilntorinrtM, anil 1 bail appeared In that {>a|ier; that
not want of ability iu onr minister*, i ttotli the editors bail uranu trirud* in
that you are not tUssled with com- that Syuod, Jte.
niniih-atkiiia.” R. We are gTatelal to know that
■ ■ ■ •— * among that body wo have sincere
Dear Senior: Wo have Just laid friends, anil can soy that toward*
aside the last number of the I'unitor, lliese brethren we clteriah Iraling* of
after having |ieniseil its contents 1 kliidiiess only. Hut, aa by their
with a good ileal of plctisure anil : action, they have set in judgment
profit. upon ua for sdmitting objects* table
But though an editor, a class of article*, they will, in the cxrruiar of
bi]M*ls who are thought by some to that eharity which sujfrrrlk lemg and
know everything, and though oik- ii kind, I war (wtii-nUy somelUing
of the editor* of tin* lmtheran Visitor, from ua. We give them fall credit
yet there is n short article in the fur houenty of punaisc in what they
editorial department that we ihi not j dul in their late action with regard
understand. We did not write it, or to a t'luin-li pajs-r.
it might not have been so muddled. But was it the bent
Blackwood. January, 1870. Leo
nard Hcott Publishing Ca, New
York. Contents s
I. Karl's Dene. Part III. 2. The
Farming and 1‘mraaRtry of the Oun-
tinent. We hope this article will he
extemdvrly read. 3. John. Part III.
John la hu|irovtag. 4. Lord Mayo
awl the t’lnlttlla Dnrlmr. We are
here introduced to Atailr Whir All,
the present ruler of Afghnuistau,
evidentI) a master man, w bo |irumiars
to prove himself the Peter tlie Great,
the social and civil reformer of his
nation of rubber* and rntlbrost*. 5.
Lord Lytton’s Cwmetly. 0. The
<>|*‘iiing of the Him * Canal. Well
told. Wbik' reading, one imagine*
himself to be a partiri|iant. 7. Mr.
Fronde aud Quran Mary. Fronde
catches it for telling the mivartiiabcd
troth of a woman, who, although she
was “a married queen of France, and
anointed queen of HeoUnnd,” never
theless, was an nbsudonnl amt itn-
printipletl woman. 8. Lunl Byron
autl his Calumniate* a. The {taper
awl ink manufacturers owe a debt
of gnitilndr to Harriet BcecberHtuwc. age,
these prinrl|i1ha be accepted aa true,
theoretically, or noi, tkey fra practi
tally denied by large bodies of CMri*
tiau*. Men are too often satisfied
with a name; and, while they are
loot! in their lamentations over the
diviahiaa which abound in Protestant
cliriKtcndom, they do uyt trouble
gnmaly erroneous, and aubrendva of
the very Idea of an incarnation, hav
ing in view the redem|ithm of man.
This view, as applied to the Lord's
8np|ier, makes the Idttlicrwi doctrine
oft bat sacrament a necessary <me< pro
ceeding from tlie very nature of Christ
as the God man ; or It requires that
all idea of u communion be *e|nirated
themselves with the question whether
they, as a part of the Church, arc therefrom, mid that It be regarded as
built U|ioii the very foundation of nothing more than an ordinary meat,
truth. They make more of the found- The Reformed Church, which flu
ent of their sects than they do of the braces all the other I’roteaUnt bodies,
Apoatuhc founilation. Or, if they - holds that in tho Lonlh Hnpper, the
posseaa distinctirencss, aa denouiina j believer eotnmune* with Christ ^»irit-
tiona, this ia wauting hi oossisteiK-v
aud cutapictfneoa. A peculiarity
here uwl tbcn< in a sy stein of reli
gious truth, may lie a wihl brauch,
and docs not Justly entitle those who
bold it, to the nmk which they claim.
This is secured to dewuniiuititmn—
and we are not aiteakiiig of individ
ual Christians—only when their sys
tem of truth, aa a whole, ia cousiat-
ently devehqM*l Iroui what is taught
and set forth in the Hrriptures.
Thia prepares as to iwiaire alter doctrine
what ia distinctive in Lntherau- Church.
ually, tliat his human uatnre is iu
heaven, wltilr be is iirescnt only in
liis divine, thereby separating be
tween the two. This Is practical
no matter bowr tlie ad
its true confessors, in every
siwv the Reformation, hair
t-laimed tor it that the truth, as held
by the Apostles, the Father*, and
tlie Ckureb of all time, ia cmbrwvd
iu its ay stem of doctrines. This may
awl bigoted, but to llume who appie-
to onr mind at least. It is I lie arti
cle referring to the “pood terrier Lin
den hat done a*.”
Bnt in vain we sean the eotnmu*
of Ihe {Hiper to find the article from
(ailicy I Can
any {taper steer dear of Hcy lla on
tlie one hand, awl Chary bitlis on the
otherT Awf ought a paper to lie
t-riisureri for wiw aud llu-u listing
something front a comupondent
the pen of “ Limlcn,” in which this ' which does uot fully w|iwrc aith tlie ^ U10|1C11M
aertice ap{ietira We‘ felt anre that kuowu tUx triual j«*titiiHi of the |m |,
If he had nndertaken to wake up |>er f
some of onr Rip I'd* Winkle*, they Tlien,ought uot these go«*l brethren 1
Could not fill) to be nroiuied to a to remember the peculiar circ«iii*tui«
tlegree, nt least, snlfieient to be *•«» anrrotimlitig the rlturch in tin-
ctMiscions of unea*y sensation*, if not 8outh. *
ASKIICAS AtlKICULTUKAl.lKT. Feb
ruary, 1870. J odd A Co., New
York.
An exeetlcut nnndier. Inatrnetive,
{iruteetivr, entertaining, and we
should say a safe investment. Arti
cles for tthl and young, fanners,' bend lier i-arw-st vpint, and lilc,
gunlener*. booseker|inw, aud the there will be seen ia this claim the
rest of mankind. Tin* number lias {cousislrucy of truth. While others
34 dlustrations, several of them real j have sipped at the cap ot doubt*,
gem* of wrootleuta.
PRtM-KKDlNIW OF THK ANNUAL CoN-
TKXTtON OF THK 8. 0. AGRICCLs
TURAL AND MKOIANK AL HotIK-
TV. Cliarirstuii. Cogswell awl
Kvurs, IMS.
I>r. Parker’s art irle on Cora Culture
should lie read liy every Southern
planter.
ItKIURT or THK RkuKNTW OF THK
Lunatic Asvlum of h. C, im».
Tuk Ciu rcii Alkaxac fur 1*70.
Admirably |wc|ared. It must hate
cost bt*b luls* awl time. Bat why
roll it “Chutvli Almanac f It
misuomer, aa it ouly treats of the J
Neatoriauia
vocates of that view may deny the
charge. Making Christ's ]iersnu the
source of all tliat has been done for
man's salvation, through He v plat km,
the chureh and its menus of grace, we
find this same view aa set forth above
cliaracteriaing tbe entire system of
held by the Lutheran
Hite beholds the tin ion of
tlie divine and the human in the
word, iu the church, aud ia tbe sac
rameuta, and lias never dared to
*eparat<' theta. The Rutoiah Church
cutilbunda the two etc went*, awl re
gard* them ua mi ideutificutHMi; the
appear luiputleute to tin- sup iliciul < IteforuM-tl s> parate* tin nt, while tlu-
Lutbrniii unites tliera, aud holds to
the Uiitou us ui*e|Kir.iblc, but wihxhii
lkiutided. The Romish view lead* pi
a purely external eburvb, awl to an
ague uprmtum efik-ocy of the sacra-
tin m> have cast themselves Isitdly ineuts ; the Iteforuusl sablimates awl
iuto the whirlpool, awl have swam spiritualises the diviw element, tie
through it, aud now stand firmer for
the c-oufliet through which they have
passed.
When asked for the distinclive
doctrine* of the Lutbentu Church,
that of the Lord s 8up|ier is instanced
as the must |iecalur or distinctive.
To this might Is- added that of the 1
Cboreh, Ba|Mtam. the Perwou at
Christ ; but ns she is regarded as
bolding these iu cuuimoa with other
part* of tht Chnrek, they are regard
spines the human, niul in giving
|>r»uiUM:nce to (lie invisible loses
sight of the visible ehureh. Tbe
ioitbenn eltnreb, ou tlte contrary,
unites tlw two into h living unity,
dis|Mraging neither the one nor the
other. Cuureruiug tlie Bible, it bokla
both to the letter and the aptriL In
regard to tbe rknreh it maintains the
significance of the invisible us much
as the visible ehureh. As to the
|M>rsou of Christ, it holds the two
rd aa less distinctive to oar oarn. uatnres to be inseparably tuiitetl; nod
Roman Catholicism threatened it.
Ufc. There were but few who came—
not over one thouiuuid in .1).
first ship sailed in 1037 with the
pioneer* of the enterjirise, anil
reached the mouth of lfeleware
River after a prosperous voyage,
and fimnetl a settlement in (hr
vicinity of Philadelphia, in the same
rear, just thirty year* after the first
permanent settlement of whites in
America, vis: the Kngtisfa at Jamc*
town, Virginia, in 1007. More
Hw ede* came over in the next an4
several years until colonies were
]>lsilted at the following pUee* ;
WilmiagtiHi. Del; l’hiiadclphm. IWi'
con, aa the [Haee of the rbUrfb was
then called,) Tiuk-unl, Kriirittgton.-
nwl Cpper Merum, Pa., and Raccooip
X. J. These cliurelie* were supplied
with a ministration of the word
{•ustor* sent from Hweden until
about 1700. They bail no Seminary
in which to educate their young met)
for the niiniatiy, and had to tlepend
entirely upon those obtained fan*
the Hwctiiah seminaries; bat they
cimld not meet the want* of the
church as the English took the
place of tbe mothtw language. Each
new minister felt this disadvantage,
aud it was long before he would he
aide to use the English hi the pulpit.
For over a century the most intimate
union existed lietwceu these and the
German Ioitheran Churches, the
pastor* meeting awl trao»aeti», K
their m wslk-al busiuess iu tbe same
Hynod. Bnt after this intimate
fellowship, which had existed for wi
kmg a time between the German*
awl tbe Swede# in tlte busoni of the
Lutheran Clioreh, a tiny of sepera
tkm eauie. Tltroogh * hat cause no
one seems to know, but 'it wa*
most likely the {m-jadier, not to my
tlie (imbibition of the English Ian-
guage, which the Germans main
taiiKsi. Althougii tho rider Mnh-
Iculmrg (ireaehod iu EugUsU, his
aoevewaur* stwliwisly a voids 1 it and
were thru, are uow, and ever ahull
be the dumb iqq*iuenu of the very
language which they shtMild ealti
E|>ist <>|ud Chiueb, and it
an cotaliliahetl filet, that Iqumsv . 4Mm M too Krlmllv
paltuns are nut the only clinstiana,'
entirely awakened.
We suspect, however, the printer
might be aide to throw some light
on this mystery, and that iu the next
{wiper there will lie a foil uimI dear
revelation of it, by giving n» the
article to which your editnriiil in'
this refers. Ho we await, with |wi-
tienre, the sequel.
Jl’ANM
Letter in this niunlier, I* sensible
and interesting, as everything we f
ever saw or heanl from his pen Is,
even to bis essay at college, which
he will remember, when he attempted
to turn topsy turry the science which
Wliately calls I/ogic.
By tbe way, is he one of yonr
tronblesomc mnsie boxes t Truly a
burp that plays so well should never
be hung on the willows! The sub
ject which he treats so admirably ia
one that should be kept liefore
the Church. There has been too
tittle written and preached on this
matter of vital iui|iort to Zion.
To some it may be distasteful, bnt
to the more enlightened anti earnest
laymen, it is more distasteful that
ministers refer to it so little and so 1
delicately. Not long since a Presby
Tliat, ift ^naiiy tilings, there IumI
been a departure from the old land
marks, both iu faith aud prnrtire, no
oue pretends to dent. But man;, of
this class are as honest iu their views
as we are in ours.
They claim a hearing, awl to this
there should be no ol^ertlan on utir
port. Tmth lias nothing to four ftom
an examination.
If Lutheranism, as I alt Iter aud tlie
father* tsnght it, is based 111*si tlie
pure word of Cod. then It can uot be
ovei thrown, if thin in not the rase, then
it onglit to be exposed. Therefore, the
arth-k a to whirh onr Tenw-su e tirctli
ren exi-ejit could really tki no harm
to tlie true faith. A limb that, from
disea*e, has grown crooked, ran not
he sfreightened all of a sudtlen with
out danger to th life of tlie inth iit.
Ho, to attempt to bend to our views i
at once those whom- training has
letl them to rut retain very different
one*, won Id he, to say the lesat, IhmI
jwdiry. It is tho work of yenrs to
correct aud remove settled haldta of
mind, w bet tier It reiates to srienre
or religion
awl tbe Episcopal Chureh not the
only Church in the Cnited .State*.
It is high time tu stop that aosarssr.
LANDRUTtiV Rural Rkc.wtkii.
187#. Useful.
Gknkrvi. Cmi.mil ur thk Kv.
U til Owror ln Anuck
Tliml Cistrention, t 'hieagn, Blimws.
18tf».
Minitgm Hr. Luth. Tknniwkk
Hyxod. 1'mi> uiutb Meeting, New
Market, Vd*.l8U0.
, , , ^ ' ate.
This ouc feature of the L'ltberan tu the itierami nU, Iwth the lAqeeti.e \ . But Kngihth {wem-hingthr Swedes
! Chutvh, by the very prouiioetire and snlijertive, the hravmly uwl lutl to haw, and in the year 1787 an
w bk-h ia given it in onr system of earthly He meat* are viewed us {Mrs • amewlmcw of the cliarters of their
rot, and acting in an HW-aeKiit* , churches legalised the eieetiun of
union. Awl whether the recipient, E|itia-ueal as well os of Lutheran
both in hearing the word awl reectv- Mergyumn us pwlureuf tlie eknrrhes,
ing the sac rameuta, has faith or lie awl in a slant time tbe work of
« anting iu it, tlie puwer and efficacy ; transition
of the elemrot* ore present mid ac frenn laitberanimn to E{ikmu,ialian
live, awl he lit-an or reextvea rithec tsm began, and in knut time was
to Ins salxalkm ur rondrauiatkiii. romideteiL Tliese Kpistxqwl rhwgv
Oxer .igainst the Romish Cliureh the | nu n U-g.ui their career as assistant
qaite atqiaiiitr (bom all other truths
we kohl, a* th-Migb it dkl not pro
reed legitimately from the same
source as lltr utber fowls.-ueutsl
priwt|drs of rhnsttanitx emlwured
b> her. When math-, this is a eon
twsmoii ilrslrattivr of all tmth. If
the IaUberau view id the laird's Hnj*
|*t raunot Is- tk-dured h-gitimstely laitlirnin IkiMm to the doctrine of 1
(bum Ike aualogy of faith eootaimal justification by (aith. awl urge* that
to Uw I slum Vsot
Dntuctin
pastor* of the Lutheran cungrega-
tiouH. Any one can see how easy
it was to b>rn*K- sole pastor when
, ever the chief {mstor would leave,
m the Srrqituro*, if it be wd a part without thia the meaus of grace will
of that faith, thro ia it not true, (tv prove a savor of death auto druth.
all revealed truth is ooe, conwstent. Agaiwrt tbe Reformed ebunl. she ami a* all the member* „mW under
baruMmmna, awl cxanpleie. To ran maintain* tbe actual presence of the *tawl English they «mld manage
.ler this from other ductnmm. os tram diviw-human in God's ordinances, odairs by noing Hint language shine
the hotly of Cbreslisn ilurtrine, and irrespective of tbe faith of man, but The profile would argue "whv an*
to art it forth a* distinguishing out that their efficacy for ua tk-peuds tain a mnu U> pixnch pun of us
It ha. hrra sakl. and truly, that the 1 1 hun h fhMn “ *• WnWidet M|*m ORT slate of mind, u briber we in Swedish, owl another to pteaeli
riglit tn a iqierifie name, as a Chureh. tlH ' oirougest argument ue pi warn have (aith or la* wanting in it. Die to the otiter |mrt in Kttgiiahf Lri
•le|s-nd* upon pi—easing distinct I rr for ^ ** uo ^ 1,1 ,au I ,u “it88», for Ihi* »onl of God aud not human reuswi us have it all ia one laugnage »
feature*. Only that which haa throe U ‘ that it w not drienu.wu matter, of faiUn The Awl they |mw*d quirily to Kpiaro
ran Justly lay Haim to an iwlqien **“ l ““*■ •*•**•* “thu* saith tbe Isud” is ummc fur her |tid JurisdirtioH, for they had With
id truth, awl that it dues uot {iraecrd than all the rabtirik-sof Rationalism, antwu from the German Hvnod
Irom tbe same suareu i-mimimmi to all or the analogies of mere human iu i» form was nrcamnry
ChriaUawty—the (wraon of Christ, grnutfy. 8be ia content to atwpt a
the God man.
iwlepeu
•lent deiioniiuarK.ii.il title. All other*
are sehismatie. But the mere prose*
skill of iteeuliar features, iu a rnm
I mnuity af people, culling themselvr*
Christiana, dors not entitle them toa
spjmrate religion* arganiaatkm
Their differeis-es smst beanbstantial,
; awl determined by qurotkm* whirh
involve the life of Christianity,—
Whether peeuliaritiea ia Cbnrvh gov
eminent ran j ratify divudona among
And it is eertoinly unrensonabie Christians, is douhtfol. for Hrripture
it is true that Ihe Lutheran view
td the Lord's 8u|iper is iwruliar to
our Chureh, but by thia ia not to bu
understood tliat it is the only pecu
liarity. or that it ia quite removed
from the other troths which she bold*.
A* tbe doctrine *rUing forth tbe most
intimate union lietweru Christ and
ami
to {tut them
. , - within the {tale of another eeckma*
dm.trine, though it lie my steriou*, tinil orgnnixttiou. To thi* dav the
»ben tbe land iqieakH, luit to the charter* hour the name “Lutheran”
word, of man she will not open her along side of the F^naropd, and re-
ritra, unless he first cornea to the law qmre Unit Um Augsiturg Omferaktn
uiki tbd* tmtimoux. It tkr |(ktry of ;u*l LuUht’k catrcUUiu be Uu^hC in
our ehureh that she is neither ration the (xmgrvgatost. But the widf is
aliatic uur aeuauou* ia her worship or R, the foW, aud hr in not likely to
doctrine. The learned Dr. Kurts, of have uuwh reverence for law# lar
Durput, haa strikingly reuiarkexL iu whosoever miartcd. rroperty and
to oak an orpin whose t-hk-f aim it fe,. girra no rotutdrie body of role. ,1 '*‘ Wk ver, it ia Itetr that her tli* *|*-akiugof Utere different tewleucie*: membero are now ,mn ..si .»reri of
is ,oxM»A*ul 4‘.«t.s foma ,.f • k . .. . . i *»- -• a a . * Tlux D„. ;_1. I II « • » ..
terian minitter, at a l’reAbytery, to '' ont '‘ n<, •‘f ,,M> true faith ofthe for (hi* mtl; owl, to go beyimd tki* tktrtnenraa come* out awst |Hx>mi
• » * • i .• a i • s. - , I 'Imroli Fa* a>l<ou> its ,o*lntMi,a smaina# ‘ , —* — * - *
excnae.l hiinwlf for not lifting a col <-,,urrh - cU - r against
lection for some iinpitftout object con- ,lw view* of all who may not yet be
nected with tbe IVenbytcry, on the l ,r ”*l***rewl to see things in the same
plea that bis people would not snbmit diffen nt iqtinkma be
to so litany appeals for money. When disenssrd. in a spirit of Christian
they heard of it they were indignant,
and assnrnl the l’resbytery that lie
luil ouly to have presented tlie
cause to have found n willing re-
Rpon.se.
There is n commendable improve
ment going ou umong our people in
fort e*ranee, and many in thia way-
will br led to tbs light, who, (Wan a
different course, will only be driven
farther and still further from the
i faith of Lather.
Then, these birth ren should re
member their own history, swl from
a retrospect thereof, iwinced to rxer
authority, In a matter so vitfilns that
of separating the body of Christ, is
entirely unwarranted by the spirit or
Chriatin ity. There ia no injonetion,
either iu thu saying* of Christ, or iu
the writings of the A|Nwtlca, which
corn annuls m to m-|mrat« ournelvr*
from, 11 lose whose lormulsries few
ehureh giivemtneot. or worship, are
different from our own. Them* are
matter* left to the wisdom of tbe
Chnn-h, and to tbe necessities of dif
ferent ngro and toes lilies, bat Pi no
urntly. M'hst she a{>prvhcmbx, cun
eeruing tlie I'rrsuu ot Christ, Ilia
word. His Chureh, Ilia Uaeramriits,
as mean* of grace, culminate* in this
doctrine, and mark* brr off moat
clearly from other n-ligiiMui drnomi-
Hcr {lecaliaritiea proreed
The Komt*h Cknrrh wi»he* loser it, * droontination which has ever been
i be Lutheran to hWtrre it, the Re- seeking t« persuade the HcamUaarian
IxMxned to underwtaad it. UUherRH UuwHi that it is more
F rum w hat we have written, it orurly K|raciqiiU tint It Lut heran, and
would seen to be more projier to sIUrmrcU tho Arekbishup of L'nssl
tqiuak ot Lutheranism as dim inciter Inw in biters tu Urn* country “f‘ w
than ol the dimirnctire features of uud aguiu prxmouoeud N a I
Lmthsrmaism.
this pnrtienlar, fine, in a great mess-, _ _
nre, to tlie f;ict that there is (mprore- > rharity towards other*. >Ye | wise JnstiPringdiviskias into religion*
me it t in the tone of the pulpit and 'hwk are are correct in saying that deDominatioiiii. Tlie ranfetsuon* of
pre** in throning light on this great tho timc **" wllN ' th*' Teunsrare the Ioitlioran Cliureh repeatedly de-
Chrlstian duty. Hyoqd, not ouly did not ramurage, dare that nniformity iu matter* of
A fact has just coinc to my know!- 1,ut apposed Theological Seminaries, worship awl diaeiiillae are uot ___
edge this evening ^hich speaks, iu Rducution aud Missionary Snciet e* tisl to unity iu ftrith, and luiinn among
language immistakdble, iu exidener aa/i Sunday-schools. Now, they are Christians is so important that no
of impro\*emont in thi* direction. ***** advnontea of all throe auxiliaries thing that is uoo-esaeuthil aboukl be
A charge in Rockbridge County, 1 *he extension of Christ 1 * fa in gi him parmittMl to stand hi th* way. Faith,
Va., which, thongh large, only s few 1 It i* fi fact which none can deny, J. ^ whml we tjRui», ns* the betiering,
yean since tlitl not raise #4(10 to- *wiRaintcd with tbe history of the the only true I mud of union, and
wards the support of their pastor. tw0 win K" ot Isttliernnism in tbe where this i* wanting, union is a sxn-
At onr last meeting of Synod, how rto * l,h > tl, at both have chatiged in ooym for hy|iocrisy, and brings
ever, they asked and obtained per m ' u,v things. Tbe mm baring moved 4 ] UIRW . n p<M» the |nrrfmninn of C^hriw
missiou to divide iuto ttrv self snstsiu- * n R*e right direction in giving op tiasity.
Our ciiurrh in her that chureh lus only hnd its appetite
from a foudumrutally diffen nt view agataai of tloctriue is not referfie, and ; whetted for another diet*. Bnt throe
cirarehea ore gone—sic transit gUris,
ing charges. ! *°® 0 nn-I «thcran prartk-cs, awl in doctrine, and not HmHnritJro, _
Thia evening Rev. B. C. Wayman • naderatawling and reception formulariea j and faith—uot onfn-
of the faith of Luther, the other tal WM , M ingwi* the power which
ohnngiiig in favor of a more Hben.1 ta to unlte OhtfatfaM into the same
and enlightened policy. It ia roUgtnra r, mm ratty. Hnt throe must
tanilyto he regretted that anything ^ dsetrines, not spfnfora , revealed
ahoidd have oocmed to hinder thi. trntb . ^ lM scripture, mid not th*
. a«lwct*on* (4 human nmuon, or tho
CaitT, in the apprehension
informs me that he has been called
to the new field at a salary of #400.
The other port retain* tbe old pastor,
Rev. 3. M. Hlireckhise, and, we
snpjiose, gives him as much, If not
more, than Bro. W. is to receive.
A rery weak charge adjoining us,
•Cbttrehvillfi, offered to Bro. YVay-
mutiuil attraction.
At a marriage ceremony iu NViok ! resmlto of Heeuttora epeewtatton. Re
■v dutchvmo, onereu to uni. ” »J- 1 ford, Rhode Island, lately, tlie groom 1‘gioo* feuternitip* are to be lodged
man what wa* equivalent to #400, 1 became Impatient daring the extend *Y the tribunal of God’s word, owl
hut was too late to secure his aenrioe*. I (y j Iira y Cr| ud iuferropted the rl« lt ”‘ »>y Bran’s prefemmra
Awl while It may be sakl these j gyman with : “ Elder, ain’t that aefeuee. Couaeienoe ia uot religion
figures are yet moderate, still itl’beont enough t" 1 where revelation i* known. M-betbcr
of God's redeeming mm ement* to- doc* not need to go over to other* to
warda mau, and where aite seem* to oompbrnent her own, for she bohls
fall in with that of others, it fat tlie tbe vevy tratli of God, one,
result of iuronaiatenciro iu them,
rather than an agree meat of her own
with them.
Iri n* notice a few part ton
lar* in proof of this. Oouccrniag
Christ, she teacl.es, with other ortho
dox denominations, that be la (wrfert
God man. ponacsaiiig a divine human
piete, ami witnessed to b>- the church
of all tlie ages. What then can !«
aakl of th*’. mioerahle a|Kdogiaing,
eompromiaiRg, ami negative course
of many who call themnclvea lier
Minlatera y They a|ioiogiae for wlwt
they do not understand, eempromiMe
what is not their*—tbe truth of God
nature, which is uucoiu|iuundcd, but “* ml Rttemptto build upon a system
of negotiono. Out upim all stub
cowardice and dishonesty I Let us
stand ii|kiii our own impregtmbk*
fotuidatiotiK, and the gates of hell
Khali not prevail against ns. “Wa
ran do nothing against, but for the
*»**•’ 8. A. R.
For the Lutheran VUttur.
uuitcxl ill ore- (leraou. But she hold*
these two natures to be innrparnliie,
and that (TiriotclmiMltIk-approached,
or communed whh, save a* tbe God
man. Following logically from thi*
safe starting point are these truth*;
that wherever ami whenever the lie
llever comes into commuuioti with
Christ, whether in His word or sacra-
meuto, he commune* with the whole
Christ is hi* inKc|a»rably united dl-
nature; tliat wherever tiik hweukk.
Lutlierauism in thu country will
, he very much influenced bv our
luraraate presence to his people; that Hrandinavian immigrants Thiseitv
to sever his two not urre, and to claim (* the place of the first colony of
^■T^ tbem 10 lhu ^ n,r -v- They Were
with to. divine otoare acpmwted Bwedro, and came In ]H]rmiance of
hl * ■ <U T 1> " “ < * KW * ut ’ ‘®Po« * plan of coioaization formed by
«m- oibfar, sod diattoctive of ihe very King Gnst.vua Adoiphna, the great
notion of the God-man of the Scrip defender of the Lutheran faith intbe
tore*: and that all *neh view* are t dark time* of the old worttl, when
vine-human
be to in word, there ia be also hi
power, manifesting the virtue of his
(pretty aick I)
Interested * n tlie hintory of these
*J<L and in thfe ««y the Wdett,
Hmrehe* baitt on Tinicam i.-dand fa
l«4«, and at Wicou, now Chrisriaa
8t M in W77, we, to company with a
friend, determined to visit tbe near
est. After a stroll through the Navy
Ynnl we {msand up YViuUiiugtaa
Avenue to the vicinity of the etoarit,
known as the
gloria dki, or old hwkdkNi
riHUWCW.
Inquiring its locution of an etoerty
gentlemau whom we mot, he kindly
offered to take it* to it. (tor astonish-
■lent w»a great when he took as tn
• «hRbby crons street and through
prison-like iron gates in the midst of
ahl houses, lumber ami root yard*
into a cemetery. ]‘soring up * tong
walk amid raonwairoita and grave
stones we came to a qnaint, ivy-
oovwwd, briek building, tow and
ured feom diatant
view by venerable old trace of frimi
Ove forest growth—all looking lonely
aud uraianclioly amid the gioom of
that retired, tutex spot- I’oaaeasing
property worth UupdrttU of tboos
anda of doUara, wu wondered that
no greater {iretention* were mode.
But we have imbibed at least one
hi
J
V,
Delaware,
heyoud wht
the Jerary
city' of Cat
stand thick!
thh> i-hun-li
i to*
rosy- ami ex
tiotu ami. to '
inxitiug.
In our nex
torioal in*- |
Query.—:i«>
to la-liex i in
the true ehuiv
vieir* and »pi
claim to l* i
life nit to mu
mihjeet. Hoe
right in all j
art idea f
AuSWrr. (i
tow and the
faith gf the Lu
eoafeuneil in 1
infkllililc Rul.
history, and t
come to an
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