The Lutheran visitor. (Columbia, S.C.) 1869-1904, February 23, 1870, Image 2
Tffti LUTHERAN VISITOR
COLUMBIA, S. <I„ WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 23, 1870.
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'COLUM0IA, B. Cjv
Wednesday, Iffibruary 24, 1870.
EDITORS:
Rev. A. R. RUDE, COLUMBIA, 8.C.
Rev. J. I. Miiakk, Staunton, Va.
“In essentials unity) In non-e*u*tial*
liberty, »'* all thing* charity.'"
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tee;
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«g*ttwr hr *5.00 per jr««r. CtarvyosMi, Qerjy-
■an 1 ! widow* end tbe Theolocteol Stud.-nw are
only charged $4.50 liar IU Magaiine and paper
or AU cofiuDODicathwa mint be wnuee
correctly and legibly, and aoronpanM with tbe
amen of Urn writer* which, howeeer, may be
wilbheM fiuiu the public. Coneepoodeuia must
not expert declined communicatioaa to be re
turned. ’
or We rcqnret oar eabncriben U> make
mnmancee 'o ua only in registered lettera, or
in tbe turn of poet office money order* er bank
check* All aucb remittance* are at enr riefc.
We on* not lot, the rids total money U tent hi
empded Mint.
Konwfay tUm may have been aome ground
tor the remark, that "th* only eflect <rf regirtra-
Moe la oalyto make tli* teller more (table to be
Molea." But Ojder tbe new law, which eial
into operation last June, wa Clunk registered
lettera are perfectly rale; and we know horn
abuoeC daily, axperieona tiiat oti.rre are not
None* TO Posts t.tTKlts.—I’uoliLuutera through
out the country will wire trouble by obeying the
hurt iu regard to ueaapopere, etc. When a paper
remain* dead in the office for four ooosrcutire
weeks, it ie tbe duty of the poeunaMer or In*
deputy toeeixi the publisher of the paper a written
notice of tbe fact—Meting, if poeaibie. tbe reason
why the paper ia not taken. The returning to
the publisher of a paper marked “not taken."
“1*6 a d,” or “uncalled f r," ia not a legal
notice.
Troutnu.
We will give to am otto who sends
us two Subscribers and $5, one copy
of “ XHMineti rt Doctrines.”
We will give for four Subscribers
and 810, a copy of “ Life and Deedt
qf Liter.”
We will give for five Subscribers
p T dr Haory Gobi*.
ntAELKSTfl^ 8, C.
My Dm Brutktr: Henry Cobia
w*a buried to-day. Hfa death
glorious As the light of earth re
tired—the brightness of heaven cam*
on—caught him up. We are stricken
to the dust Pray for ua.
Last foil we met together in Syood;
Bra Cobin waa the delegate from St.
Joha’a Church, Charleston, 8. C. We
worshiped once more together at the
installation of Bro. Hicks. Oar de
parted Brother waa then hale, vigor
nun, and deeply concerned for, and
interested hi the welfare of the
eburrh. Tfaeq eaiae, a few week*
ago, a letter informing us, that Bro.
Oobia waa very low and given up bj
the pbyrieiaii*. We Borrowed, fbr
we held him in high eateein. Then
came another letter rejoirihg, because
onr Brother wan out of danger. We
too were glad. The church can not
afford to surrender her good and true
men. It ia a More trial to every
pastor to part with those, who act
well their port as brothers, friends,
counsellors, and follow-laborers. The
men on whom the pastor can depend,
and to whom he can unburden him
self, ami who are always ready to
honor Ood with their substance, autl
do nut think the time lost, which ia
given to the work of the Church, are
not many. We know wliat Henry
Cobin was to his pastors. And now
we are all sad—we are all sorrowful.
Our brother is no mitre!
And now we grieve; we silently
ponder; we remember that Cod’*
ways are not as our ways; we feel
assured that all is well with him who
has left us, for lie was a believer.
The family, the community, tbe
church, tbe aged jiastor anti bis
young assistant are losers; he Whom
we mourn is happy—lie ia with
Jesus.
The Charleston Cott ier says:
It is our mournful duty today to
and $12.50, a copy of “ Luther-, Sec^ “ ™ ,r aut > , , ,,A
v, T _ - , , record the death of one of Charles
mont, TV. I.; or if preferred, a cd|>y , (H1 - S m ost prominent mercbailta—
most highly esteemed
of u br. Sic**' Eeeleuia Lutherana or
“ Luther 1 , Church rottil,” in 18 nmn- ,o tixeus. Henry Cobia, died Tester
bees.
We will give for ten Subscribers
and $25, a copy of “The Booh of
Concord.”
The name* and the money must
aceompany each other. •
As regards premiums due Tor Vol.
I., the former publishers are respon
sible. For the premiums for Vol. II.,
we are.
A. R. EC DR.
J. L MILLER.
To Agents anti St-bstrirers.—
Always deduct expenses of remittance*
made to ns. We neither want nor
fifoe oar agents and friends to be the
losers. R.
To Sunday-School Scholars.—
Be sure to read what we engage to do
if yon have energy. Look nnder
New Publications.
Sewing Machine. — We would
call the attention of aewfers 'and
sowers to “ The Fairy." “ It"—is a
fairy and it—“does as good workss
any high priced machine; its me
chanism is no simple that it cannot
get outof order, any person can nn-
derstand it," and every family ought
to have one. Every ‘church ought to
furnish the minister’s wife with one.
R.
ton’s most
one of our
dty morning at his residence 0
Wentworth Street, after an illness of
several weeks, aged 03 year*. Mr.
Cobia was a native of this city, and
commenced business here ia 1833,
under the imwe of Jllum A I'sitnu.
Upon the decease or Col. J. Cha*.
Blum, the firm Was changed to Ileury
Cobia A Co., of which Mr. Cobia was
senior jartner and remained a mem
her to the time of his death.
Mr. Cobia was emiueutly public
spirited, taking tbe warmest interval
in every measure that had for its
end the welfare or prosperity of hia
native city, or of her people; and hla
disinterested benevolence, no leas
than hia ripe judgueut ami wise
counsels, were rewarded with a large
measure of the public confidence.
He had repeatedly been elected one
of the City Aldermen ; and at the
time of hia death was a praaainent
member of the South Carolina iiisti
tut*, President of the People’s
National Bank, President of tbe Cor
poration of 8t. John's Lutheran
Church, President of the Board of
Trade, and a member of the Hoard
of Commissioners of tbe Orphan
House for the last nine years. He
represented the Charleston Board of
Trade at the formation of tbe
Natioual Board of Trade in Phila
delphia, two years ago, aud again at
tbe meeting of the Natioual Board
at Cincinnati.
Tbe Little Banner.—VVe are
well pleased with this new Sunday
school paper, published by order of
the Associate Reformed Synod, by
the Rev. J. I. Bonner, at Due West,
S. C. We have no doubt the Ai
ciaie Reformed ministers and people
will support it liberally. Whatever
Bra Bonner undertakes to do, he
does conscientiously, and it is, there
fore, ably and well done. Each de
nomination ought to have its own
Church paper, and its own Sunday-
school paper.
When shall we have one of onr
own f Until then we would reccom-
mend either the Butty Bee, General
Council’s Sunday schobl paper, or tbe
Lutheran Sunday-school Herald, pub
lished by tbe General Synod North.
Beth Eden.
ON DUTY.
We have but now returned from a
visit to Beth Eden. We were hospi
tably entertained, attentively listened
to, and have returned borne with a
pocket-book that was so distended
with green food, that we could hardly
get it in our pocket. And there is
more of the same sort left As soon
mb we receive tbe "balance jet to be
collected, tbe donors’ names, etc., will
Be published.
Of course we could wbt travel,
talk, preach, beg, and write editorials.
If our brethren and friends would
only hurry np, and send us enough to
finish our church, WJ> could stay at
home, and wopld w/t not write 1 May
be! We have ®asy brethren, that
never 8° from home, and yet they do
not contribute to the Lutheran Visitor.
•We are afraid that some ministers Church, acts contrary
From Our Letter-Bog.
Mrs. H. writes: “ I must ask yon
to erase my name, until I send yon
my name again. I cannot at this
time pay my indebtedness to ywo, and
renew my subscription, hope to do
it at an early day. The Visitor Is
certainly a dear Vititor to me. It
comes as a friend from onr Lutheran
Zion. I am the only Lutheran within
iy miles. 1 am surrounded by
Methodists, Baptists, etc.; but aui
not weaned from the church of my
fathers, aud shall make many sacri
fices rather than give up my paper."
We answered this at once, saying
that we would not stop the paper,
and that us loug as the church sus
tained ns, our beloved, though un
known, sister in the Lord should re
ceive it. Would that we had many-
like iter! If we bad had in days past
onr church in Virginia would not
have to mourn in sackcloth and ashes
over tbe many prodigal sous that
have wandered for away from tbe
altar at wh>eli their fathers bowed
down; if we bad many such daugh
ters now they would be as corner
stones, and them would not be as
many waste places in onr land, nor
as many ritios and villages in which
the Chruch of the Reformation ia un
known. \
We have often been told by indi
viduals of whom we hsd a right to
expect better things: My parents
were Lutherans, bat I foil tlte Luther
an Chnrch long ago. And we have
woudered at tbe utter absence of self-
reproach, and tbe want of self respect
which stub »<v»nlHwion evinces.
The Lutheran Reformation was
God’s work, the Lutheran Church is
God’s Church,' and the man, tbe
woman, whom God sends into the
world to be »o heir to tbe rich treas
ures of truth, graces and gilts with
which He has endowed the Lutheran
to tbe will of
is consumed, the *8 wise; the betted
cent, sad tbe holy purpose* of Hia
Creator and Redeemer.
W* know that every renegade will
deuy what we have written, We
know that they who strive to build j
up their own denominations by pro- ‘
seiytlng, the member* and the people |
of our Church will denounce us for i
writing as we do; but what Is our |
Lay PBBACano. Sermon, bjr the wait dll business boors wen past,
Bev. Way land Hpyt, at the First J**, long before amen waa pro
Anniversary of the New York Lay nounced, aome were out puffing a w^y.
Preaching Association, held ia the and so very ntos are tlmy getting to
Madison Avraue Baptist Church, t«e, that they two not smoke ordinary
New York city,"Not emlicr 1A1808. rigary They must be ‘-Gold tipped,"
American Baptist I’ubllt atioti 8o- or “Stonewall," or “Grant’s beat," ut
ciety, Philadelphia. ! name other lugb-flovu and high
The Baptists have S3 lay pivwrbvra tlavorvd cigar or it can not be smoked
who address those who do not come at all.
Now, bow miniatrr* of die (loupe!
; ran smoke and chew toliacvo in God's
bonar, east out their cud’s and eject
their spittle In the pulpit «f that
hotter, and then teach from that same
pulpit, that all things must be “tltaie
decently and in unlw* in that bonar.
is quit# a query in my mind.
Not litter.years ag<> I aaa a rninia-
offence la reality I It is this, W* | to tbe churchs* to worship. This ia
labor to hold fast thui which God j what Lutheran laymen ought nisi to
ha* given ua. It ia one of the aieel-, da No eburrh iu our connection
lenciea of the Lutheran Church, that should be rkrned bream* the minis
it does not proselyte. I ter la alnarnt—Mill less, If it la va-
But Dome one will say : Luther led j cant It ia unarriptnral, unrhriatian,
the Church of his flutters! We an aad hn Lutheran to clone the hon*
You are in loin formed and mis-1 of Owl on ills holy dsy. Tea, mid
taken. Luther never left the Church It ia folly to build a house .tud then
of his fothers, be remained la it, only oUcupy it tme Hnuday iu a auatib ' tet, (a m.sU worthy undvxtv.h-nt H-an
labored to refiirm it, aud when be ' that has four, or even five Sunday*. um>) and on. o! hia ap*l tui-atb. is,
aud the faithful men that labored j We bold fost to tbe universal priest on HubtMib morning, take out ri.i-u
with him were driven out of the , hood of baptised believers. We ;,i;s**, and take a g.sst *- isl suu.k.-
Catholic Church, Luther and his tearh that brethren sh.sild ih4 “for ' in th« Clmi. li. «hilt theroi.gr. g.itUm
brethren remained tbe true Church, sake the a*wmMtng of yourselves 1 was coiieetmg hn pn aytuug. And
for they had the goapel preached together," but that they almtild unvt ' it was noun a list amn-ang l<* *ce lltai
among them In Its purity, and tbe j in the place where prayer la aont to ; *:un< guud Bro. sitting iu tltr puij.ii ,
holy sacraments admiuistered acvortl be made, “admonishing one anothei on Monday, with a hugli pipe to his
iug to the goapel. The Pope was and ; In psalms and hymns," aud “exhort j month, bis fret crossed ou th* Bible
is Anti-christ, and be ia the In-ad of!
the Homan Church, and therefore is ;
tbnt Church also Auti-cbrist.
Much thotigh can be mid, ami we |
are willing that it should be laid, in
<>oe another while ealk-d biday.
Rut this la not enough. Every
church should be a miaaiouary auei-
ety, aud every mruilwr should be a
missions i y and a teacher. The brelh
Isuml, ami si tbe same time pies.tl
ing over a uns-t iaipnrtant and inter
esting council mertiag. To hear tbe
inleieatiug sjiec bcs uf tlnste council
men, and Ikeu took at the chair
excuse of the past. Tbe guspef was ! mi should unsshiaslr—that is, eatab stetuetl to be rather a commingling
not pn-sclwsl In iu |xtrity, and the lish meetiug* in every plats- where of the sublime with the ridicaluua.
sucTftmeut* were not administered (arcless, improiteul autl unbetieving ^ yj mmarragiag,
mvoiding to the gosjwl in many a aools are found. And are there nut Jp> 1>nictttlliI B onvj. L-okl
ebnrrb railing itself Evangvlieal such iu every aeigb bar hood, aud in iu,,-. iiu,t is inilclil.lv nmtaiui
Lutberuu. The means wee* also every city 1 “Neglect nut the gift UJ in,g every Uod’s bouse ia the bind,
wanting by which oar English s|w*ik (hat ia in Thee." If R ia the gift of w Ukj \y e ^ ,, M
ing |ietqtle could ob'ain a currrct song, alng praises I If it ia tbe gilt wtl j t p j nir j »» aee it at Cal
knowledge of their Church. The of prayer, offir up |«tUiuna aud j^^,^ ^ , every ••l > To,ta<’.
Catechism had been laid amide, the wrestle for souls! If it is teaching, Cbaiabel’ iu the UuhI, sod yet (bear
least educated preochtwa tInsight lie a Httmlay school teacher! If it is meu stand ap sod Ulk aiu! h about
tkcmm-lvea wiser, better, aad greater |Mvo.bing, preach! If it ia the -pj^.
men than Luther aud Mplauetlnst, nt$ii«tiy; of Jbtj, GMgpel, let tu>
the Confession was never thought of, j ministers!
Let ua br—let M tin sound bins—
lest when the eveuing uomctb, we
are asked: -Why have ye stotsl all
the day idle I" Every ausu has at
least one tafouL Brother, what have
you door with yuan I
K had done its wurk, so it waa auhl,
and every nouister made hia own
raaifcsston, ami every' church member I
made hia own meed, and propo
unded with the rhurcb which was
must convenient, or moat influential,
or more tike tbe pattern of the CAorch i
of Christ, which they had fashioned
unto themselves iu their ignuraare,
their (wide, sod their arlf-drluaiun.
Ilut blessed be God, things are
rbangt-d among ua now. The Cate ;
chism ia used, the CtmfoeaNin ia sta
dn-d. the Chnrch ia returning to her
first love; she is becoaiing truly
lAithrraa, not iu name only , bat in
word and in deed, (n doctrine and ia
practice; in frith and in works It
is OtsPs doings. It ia marvellous in
onr eyes I O, the great, the gformn*
Scrips tr«m Jet Lag*
- wvrr aome old >atiug*. my anutl ha*
been carried back lot he last meeting
! of the Potomac ( . afcvcocr, ami 11
^ you think the fidlowitig thougbts
' readable, you ran ymldisb them.
It waa on oor time, lavuutiful,
ImIb.) mornings in autumn, while the
sighing ehids leg (banting their
melancholy dirges through the fhsited
leave* of the sumstinling iuks, that
the ('(Oifcreme s'us aieemtaliiig round
tile little vIhuI biSnw- ( ailed “Ilrvs.k
Union." standing an one of ihe an
cfout lullsnt Nhcnamhmh. Tin um-m
ing on this bill was iu i-vmsr.ju. tici-
of the new t'bufvh not bring quitr
ready to receive ns Under a Isanti
All little shaitr tier 'hard liy th.
“Union" tbe Btrtbteu Were coOVctw
Mippoar you do not love Lliia, sup]>oar ing before the opening arrv Uc^filr.r
yon do not serve him f Whose fault were several brethren already seated,
is it t Suppose von hare no retigitaw ! while others were Mill coming. .l‘i|«-»
cx|ier*ncef Whnaefoult isilt Sap otal riguiw were hrhtg lively samkid
jsise you jieriab I Whose fault ia it f naklM the fiusltes of wit, gissl humor
It it your nra fault, your own tin, amd and sorbtl eiyov uicut. It was a am tat,
not your Churek't. brotherly time. Nearly ail • w* it
May Ood bless onr faitbfrd sister, OJfo and M. ll’a. Jnst then: Tb. n-
change that has been wrought among
uatluring tbe hurt twenty-five years.
We aay to all: “Thine' own friend,
and thy father * friend forsake not."
And what friend ia more true than
the lambs’bride, tbeChu|ch, in which
your parents lived and died. The
rbnrcb hi which yon were baptised,
anti which yon were tanght tn know,
aad love, and to sene t!bri*t. But
We have bad several atrolla to
gether, dear Vititor, through this dty,
and aero much to Interest ua, and a
few tbinga to atop us ou the way—as,
for instance, when wa were going
down Fourth, and saw “old Zion's"
lying in the dnat, a magnificent old
mass of brick, mortar, debris, la
solemn ruin blended; bat we bare
never yet been entirely dumbfounded
na we are Just now. 1 think we are
on 39th street now, near Havrrtbrd
rood. We have passed several very
elegant t-hurrhea, In oar walk, but
In re is one not completed, and y r ott
stop, of course, and want to know
wind fine ebnn-li that is! 8>-e the
heavy butti.-sn, lb. Gothic window*,
tb- gra'.d arch.-*, the iHitiijite tuason-
ry. i/uok thor.-; eurmouuting the
port'll, or vcttibtilc, iso Latin arot* !
And sec there, on the t.qi of fbe tur
ret, i* a Maltese mm* ! Now enter,
and nt tlk- l-ear of the pulpit you see
Ihc “ i( He. lion oi hell-file "—staiued
window glass! And non a* you are
anxfooa to know w list ehun-h this ia,
we shall whiafs-r iu your ear: -'This
1 it a Methodut Her tin Haute.”
I see tbe Irnir elevating your hat
atsiui two inches above it* place, your
1 eyes are stantliug out, your mouth is
wide ojm-u, and, raising your baud*
1 in terror, you stammer : “ Are they,
too, on the way to Rome " t Don’t
be alarmed, my friend. Although it
ia to be wished they were, for they
would br sure to take the mounter’s
bench along, and I hare no doubt
they would find as much virtue in it
as iu aoote other holy retire there.
Bat don’t yoa see how the times
change, aad we change with tfaeai t
These austere primitives are coming
■ gradually, and will soon leave tbe
dowTKws Lutheran anti the Obtrrrer
far brhiud—the former shouting after
them, “By-mhoHata," and the other.
“ Kstremr Hyrnhulista." The Latin
ernaa rejtreaeata the By mbolisto; tbe
Maltese, the “eitn-me," liecause it
is higher ap. There waa a time—
spoaking of the crass and tbe Ob
trrrer— when a
“ STR.1AL ranriDKNfK,"
thnmgh the agency .if conflicting nat
Itral elemetits. iieiuol tailed the rnswt
mi tho tower of 8t. Mark’s Lntberaa
Chnrch, in this city. That was made
the occasion of some special lecturing
ua the put of the Otserrrr men for
stich a heitions ofleore against Chris
tiaoily. The cross savored of Borne,
they would out nae the U«f.) Md m,| thU , judgment of God.
yon have left 1.0*2 malre. Ku M «ar Brefoc. this, there was a general
wremberw do not w jjp ^ satisfaction sj>rend itself ov er
nse it, aud yoa have Ml I.IW who ^ (w-t.igri rnantetiances of some of
are Mt|.|<usnl to use tutmreo. Now , g,. jLii k
wo wdl idotr tbr average rual oa low „ . . ,
Itat the tunes change, and «•
ch.:i ge with th.m. Theu there *erv-
men in the General Syiiod so fouati,-
'* •*' —' Wltcr that they could aee
aignifirtfnrt and nae, ia ordsr that
you may Bre the reason why tha
American Lutherans prefer the fa),
nl ubjeot to the cross. The infthfr
of the Greek word iehthus, (whifr
eona a flab,) forms tbe fotlowfog
sentt-Doe: lent, .Jesus; Christs*.
Christ; Thaou, of God; Lire, ife*!
Molar, Bav four,—Jeans Christ, Baa of
Gad, tbe Saviour. Yoa mo, o-- )L
fore, what B lubLun*
there to in
What other meaning than t
attache* to tire enam, wa bare ^]
fouru. For our port, wean at
boliat, believe iu the »y ■
and in the etoaa, and in the faT
And to some extent, we beiiors fr
Ilk eternal fitness of tha rwmhr at *
maguiftccut ay rebol of that kW of
Lutheranism which denies it* ana
cwiitaasloiutl faith.
_ UN DBS.'
| For Alias
Tha Fsttor't law
flow esa wa preach, as we should,
beoevuleoce and charity to oar peo
ple, and si the some time eneoor
ago, yea, practice a worthless, filthy
bats I that ia coMiag the Virginia
H) nod slMl (at least I Ml
much aa she ia coalrihating la
reutauna aad edatotioa. Now thfa
may startle the reader, bat let hire
iuuh at U calmly fur a moment. What
/Ksar Lutheran Visitor la ImAiag | ^ >«* *
'year! A Uymaa, a lew days ago,
told ate that his l.dmroo costs him
taeot) five dullara a year, and that
ha km msuy who paid more than
that amount. Noa we have \Xtb
((snmuiiH-uuis ui oor by aad. Htnhr
aritl nbun.lantly reward her. While
we have tbe means she shall not be
without the paper. Would that
those who are able would enable ns
to rend tha paptr to the destitute
among ua. Every pastor and every
church should aee to it, that the fam
ilies that cannot afford to snlaw-rilwt, I
are furnished with the paper. There
were K. Sud D. aud L. and M. ami 8.
and H. and others. And there was
Bro. “Potomac" of former days, ex
hibiting as much good huiuor and
aarraatir wit aaayiMtli of only twenty
summers. He was decidedly in a
better mood than whejt Cutiterence
convened at Stone’s Chujwl; for then
unfortunately our “Potomac" had
a* attorn dot.«is tur tarh man per
year, oral «* have IlfeCi*. Now
turn In the 19th poge at minutes
Virginia Synod, and you win find
appropriations to br $1,47&.. Now
reader, yoa can go on aud make yoar
own ralrulatioa*. tt ith tburB|H-tior
suv t*l, we coo Id in a lew years nat
uaty endow Roanoke ( ollegt-, lint we
oaiil iHtihr one ot the Bloat Female
t (..leg. s in the Htatr at Virginia, and
wisl home mismom.rii« to every
cuuuty iu the State. Are we “taw
oralif the Lard with our suustmuee P
But 1 have wamleced far from the
little “ Brook Union," ai d have been
rather mixing mrape. I wish jtiM
here to tall attrtitfoa to, without dis
cussing at any fongtli, Diairitt or
C*hilercoee Hrhools, a subject which
baa been too morh ucglertrd at our
Conference meetings. These imjior
taut feetb-ra of our colleges sboakl
1a too'much Indifference, and too
much inattention to the want* of the I b>R», rock* and stump*, waa
poorer brethren, and the cause ia,! 1 F—l tfo< idcdly in a worse pre
ilicament, than wbcu riding ou that
“nnnihwcript"of a w agon, over the top
that there ia too little love.
Read Phil. 2 chapter, aud 4 verse.
It has a meaniqg.
The man who ray s: It ia indiffi-r
ent wbat church I belong to, will anoo
say in his heart, it mutters not wheth
er I belong to a church or not, and
will end by being rtjected by’ Christ
at last. Rcvclatfou of Bt John, 3
Chapter and tfl Verse. R.
New Publications.
“In the Midst op the North
Sea.” From the German of Marie
Boakowaka. By J. F. Smith, Eaq.
16mA, doth, illustrated, 7A cent*.
Lutheran Publication Society, Phil
adelphia, Pa J. K. Schryrock,
Superintendent.
A charming little hook. Fancy,
ami yet fact A tale, and yet reality.
A parable from actual life, teaching
high and holy lessons. Wo are made
acquainted with scenes and events
new to moet of us, described with fi
siinplicty and earnestness which car
ries conviction to every reader. Tbe
incidents of “Lost in a Fog," “The
Shipwreck," and “The Innndation,"
are Atlrring, deeply intereating, and
illustrate admirably tbe loving-kind
ness and patient car* of the Lord our
God. Tbe hook ought to be in every
overflowed Ilia banks, and while out •*' ,,r kfortcd Every conlrretice
ideal hi have at least onr gtaal rlassi-
cal "rhooi. Let this subject he well
conahlered at the next meeting of
Conference.
Pardon me. dear Lutheran Visitor,
for tresj-asslng njion your sjwoe, end
for not earlier sulmriibing myself,
youra truly, ORIENT.
of “Back hone" moon tain in the days
of yore. But now under this little
shade tree, cheered by the presence
of his brethren, and Tanned by tbe
gentle sepbyraof autumn, be seemed
to be in quite a happy maud.
Up comes old Bio. T. M. looking
“ns dry as a chip,” but ev luring the
vivacity of youth, and duriug hia
stay he waa pleasant, sociable, affec
tionate, earnest in.his sjieechea on
tbe floor, showing tha warmest attach
ment to hia brethren and the Church
of the Reformation. Next comes np
Bro. W. 8. Bowman with hia smiling
face aud warm heart to joiu this
group under the oak. He too knows
how to handle a joke, aa well aa a
sermon. How interesting his speech
on the floor of Conference. Bow
soul-stirring, as be went back and
drew up from the well of memory,
many reminiscences of gone by days,
and especially when the Va. 8ynod
laid her ordaining hands upon hia
bead.
I have spoken of pipes aad cigar*
nnder th* tree: yea, nnfortuuateJy,
many of oor ministerial brethren
smoke, and aome not only aatoke bat
also chew “the weed." (Sboakl I here
tramp upon Editorial toes, you will
please not jump book, and Uft your
type away from my humble scraps.)
This habit has increased te a disgust-
ing sod expensive extent in tbe
jtre flay dreamers.
CV-
- God, and defeats, os far as he himself
Sunday school. type away from my humble scraps.) Mr. Oiivur Hayden, of Braintree,
We will send it and (tie Lutheran Thin habit has increased Is a disgust Mass , has hit by his will, 01,200 to
Ufrtfor to every Sunday-school schol- ing rod expensive extent in the tbe Congregational Sabbath School
ar who, before tbe find of May, lends. Church. At tbe last meeting of tbe (and Publishing Society, and $1,000
two dollar* and seventy 0ircrjtta. | Va. Synod, the brethren amltl banUj ; to tbe church ia tbe plaoe,
Not at all, Brother Orieut. We
perfectly agree with yoa. Chewing
we abominate, hav ing tried, bat ut
terly foiled to conquer n constitu
tional inaptitude to extract aay en
joyment from the weed, we have
given it np iu disgust. As lor mo
lting—well, we do smoke some; but
in n gentlemanly way. We are more
over compelled to smoke. Dr. G., in
whom We bad the utmost confidence,
advised us to smoke thirty years
ago. He ia no more, and bow can
we stop. His advice did us good,
does us good, and ia good for us. We
never smoke cigars, unless we receive
them aa a present. JL
A priest in Hungary having
crated tbe wine in tbe Eucharist,
which, of eouree, according to the
Roman dogma, waa, by the act of
tnin«TiV‘an«i“t^ r "» > tfEDbloriof'd in(o
the blood of Christ, drank it, aod—
fell down dead, Tbe wine bed pre
vkmaly been diluted with sulphuric
t al and
imthiug but anja retitioti in tbe holy
•\ mbol of our faith, simply la-coasr
it waa rt-ongnisi-d by th* ciiun-b of
Home. They con'd sr mote n-ltgfou
in a pin* Iroch Hum in tb* enwa.
But now, whut do w* art When
the(i*li*ral Sy nod met in IlarrialHirg,
ltcv. Slellitig, «bow chilti waa j.u!*-
litly bajttiscd l»y a roving It*.t-rialux
lUTCRt! (.laenora i.ulit* r.i:t.aui; oi
“Cnthoihity" — tbai'a the «ouL)j
Weil, Rrv. stcilmg swung ujwu lit*
dtann oi the Ubutvh to -th* 8> nod, 1
and the am sight, that gm-uxl the
*yre ass, a Jtorol mat, hung bigl.
tlllOVc the )Mii|Hl. Htitl over ii'm Lirge
chanctm: “ Wdcumc to tin (leu- i
cnil 8ynod."
iliac* (hat linn , we have heard oi j
rasps, ol auy uutuber, alien- ibe
Ainericau eliun lieH have broken over
tin-lines, anti made IbemaeJvea wb-
noxfous to th* ct*looms oi th* Ob-
merer, by having th* cioss at auui
vt-rsanrs oi Buuday -scbooia, Ac. It
ia too bad, and w* want to know
when these tbinga will eutL It aj>-
pcara, however, that 8i. Mark's waa
not ecclesiastically damned by the
cross, and the gown, introduced by
I>r. Kraut h, but that it ia now one of
the most fiourwfaiug congregations in
th* city. So much for extreme sym
bolism.
OH THE TOT
of 8t. Mark’s, Episcopal, yoa will see
a cross, aod above that e rooster.
This church ia decidedly ritualistic,
and yet they do not scruple to adopt
one of the outward signs of American
Lutheranism, for it ia well known
that hundreds of that abnormal rises
who aee a fearful superstition in the
cross, am nothing of the kind in a
rooster or a fish. No, they don’t ob
ject to pot a fish up in tbe air (a moat
unlikely place for Ash), and accept as
a lymbol that which the half of them
know nothing about, but they will
■tumble at tbe cross, tbe true sign uf
our Christianity. And yet tb* Aah,
which ia no complacently accepted,
and put ou thounatufo of church
spires, mesas prerierij what the
cross does. This emblem originated
ia the times of heathen persecutions,
tad waa first pat by Christians upon
their tombs aa the symbol of their
frith. Aa we know, it came into
general use, aud it, to this day, seen
upon church steeples, we beg to lay
before you the meaning of the word,
from which this emblem derive* its
JL
r,
re. >
■ •*
Die i‘nat or-elect of fit. PauPt Eng.
gelieal 1 ait tier an t'bureh, in Wiimigy,
too, burl been instructed, before Mr
removal to that city, to irlrgisph ass'
of the members of that Ch
be reached tioldsboro with hit I
ly, in order that, oa his aimak ig
Wilmington, th* inn g
range inputs might be ready to wel
come their pastor and Ua family to
their new home. This, of coum,
all right and projier, and highly ap
preciated by him aud hia family, hat
they had not the slightest ides what
was awaiting them on that ev
evening. AM the lime, -
afternoon, whilst ao tbe trria, the
children freely indulged ia surmises
and speculations whether the tele
gram reached the gentleman ia timet
How would the friends iu Wilmiag-
toi. receive them, on their arrival!
W'luit imprrmomis would be mods
upon their minds by the city, and
their new home I “Be petieat," was
the iiguactrim of patir families, “sufi
tbe answ er to all your inquiries ott .
soon rouse.” No owe, however, had
the most reasote idea that sorb a ie
erptieu wes awaiting them, bat fr
the praise of the members of tbs
Lutheran Choreh in this city, be it
raid, that they always hare a asm
way uf doing things in all tbrirfis-
aM*tk>, as w*U a* eeriest
We are glad to learn that aa
Bmantains of Virginia they haveMhe-
wiac leartud the same lemon weB,
judging from the moaner a certain
nmpvfsIioH surprised their poster,
the Bev. J. H. Cupp.
But we are getting off tbe track of
our narrative. As mat an the train
arrived at iu dretinatioii. a commit
tee of grtii.cjocn took charge of the
pastor awl his family, pfatred them
in two carriages, sent trunks, baud-
boxes. Ac., ua in uu express wagaa,
»ud drove sway to the poraunagtw
How tbe little folks were delighted
with a passing glimpse of the gee-lit
stores, wondering what nice things
Santa Cisus eould And ia thorn well-
tilled toy-s)hi(m ! One of tbe commit-
toe isiinted nut the rboreheo, aad
tsber handsome buildings of this city,
to the littie folks on their way to
liieii in w lioaie. All w.
ly buiird at the iloor ot the |
age, where a couiniittee of
ushered the family up stairs, wh*
were taken by sm prise, to find every
thing arranged lor their Arwt night’s
rest; caqsia, IniI-sUmiIh, and bed-
duig, partly jiurebssed by the jmstor,
ou one of bis v fait* to this city , and
partly sent a few necks in advance
Item Baitimoiv and Mount l’leaaaut,
ail ui their appropriate places, and
ready lor Hie leception of hia family.
Down Mails, in the dining room,
another Mirprfae awaited them: A
long i xte issmi table, groaning nnder
tbe weight of every conceivable aee-
essary article for the susteunuee of
lile, a.id filled with nlmost every lux
ury the market could a fiord, sufficient
to last many days, so much so, that
the good wife exclaimed to her hus
band : “ This looks like n wedding
fount, it seems as if we were to be
married over again.” I will not tir#'
your renders with a bill of fare, and
simply Mate it was both excellent,
abundant and luxuriant, in meats,
different kinds of bread, pastry,
relishes, fruits, sweetmeats, *r., Ac.
Christmas usually contra but once a-
year, but in 166b it certainly amt
twice, or, at least, it was postponed
for tbe benefit of that family to the
2Uth of December.
Tbe next day the pastor was take*
to his study, fitted up for him iu the
Church edifice, in one of the snafl
rooms built ia tbe rear of the pulfri
and over the Sunday school room,
where he wu Assisted in patting ap
his library; here be fonnd two fine
book-res*n, arranged with shelves,
made out of grained pine, sod var
nished, to oorrrapond with the finish
ing, and furniture of tbe Church; a
handsome oak writing-desk, inlaid
with walnut, with drawer* and com
partments for Church record-books
and papers; n cane seat arm choir,
made of oak; a neat Move, and a
nicely papered wood-box; gas fix
tures being is the room, and an aban
donee of wood in tbe basement, be
was requested to help himself to all
flight an.
What post
_M*jgt9.tedt:{
BB d (loail iu
\
gallon
dure, and tl-
that a eorft •
scarcely be re
bring; rtill
endeavor to •]
fall extent n
most forgot!
evening on.-
paatorS nrrv
ling with a bi
thing more
fcabie—the |M I, *
in it l*y » rl '' I
hf tbe rlehcs
from the ladf ;
Tbe next 8
Ant r. guhi:
tor of mirUh'i
Dld-Lnther.i i
found no ou
sound doctn
frith were jus
and in the
the beta vc
sweet item..;
of mtmyof tb
Since the d« |
tbe congregui
withafunm. < t
of the Chare-h“
both the fir
school room
ing pl.ic-d out
struct tbe v
pastor to an
w hich any oil
-centre of on*
■Church, woul® ^
Tbe new B
nately ■econx
member* of t
ling tickets m
Iieople tor two
Tremaine bn.i
tainly a magi
although it i.
baa the aha|s
with two bani, j.
L I
Tie
Roll or aa iotu
tbe whole Chi
of tbe stofMt
arrangement
sweetly when
teriodra betn
hymns. Tbe in
by
New York, an
in the worsh
Tbe divine
in Wilmingt.'i!
German and
required by t
Chnrrit, ado;tt
The present
the German
equal rights
Sunday we Ual
an English sei
have German
and English
next Sundav
and then we
morning and (
lieraon seems
arrangement
love and
here; may it
i v -
IX
LU
Bethlehem (]
I'nge Co, Va,
had be
Stanton’s i
—*- , has
paired, and is, I
pondent, “Iikul
~>d looks likj
around it.”
rounbry chun-l
gentleman in bJ
tbe cbnreh w it
another well (
•enrpet, tbe i
although but
*re circulate. |
Lutheran's in
without their
ttaya been a mj
Miffliuton.
fwrryme
Rev.,
“Non
the flu«
Btatra
“® »on
from Um
Our Min
client,
richness
Prom foil
gregatio
onr G«
frvoraU
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herns, ha
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