The Lutheran visitor. (Columbia, S.C.) 1869-1904, March 16, 1870, Image 2
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THE LUTHERAN VISITOR. COLUMBIA. S. C., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10. 1870
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offer the lame, bruised ami Mod, in
itacriAce. .The Priest’s Hps shoold
keep knowledge and they ahall learn
the law at Ms mfatth. HeMmst he
.prepared to reprove, rtliultfe tttld ex
hort wfthtdl hour scdfartng and with
doctrine. There may be some bright
particular stars who can preach with-
■«nt writing or stady. I have never
seen nr heard them. Ood save the
OhitrA of Christ from empty and
“incoherent “palavers.” They have
driven her into the wilderness and
made her savor to stink. That pas
tor who would be faithful to himself,
to the lock aud to “tb^ chief Shep
herd,” mast devote very much time
to preparation for his public minis
trations. And it will be left for the
revelation of the Aesl clay to tell the
church, how many of her pastors,
when her members were qnietly
steeping hi their beds, alone in their
cells, with aching heads, anxious tartwd
hearts and trembling nerves were
still toiling on to try to be proper ITtL
ed to Maud up as embassadors Ibr < *? ok ”-
Christ. This work cats off the
preacher, some more, some lees, *“"•
from social visiting, lint the Elders ,j,m i« <
having none of this to do, being astos."
numerous, and located, each, con-
veniont to bis section, should mix «i»aa<
much with them and take heed to
all the. dock. Thus they can counsel «sw»l*
the strong, encourage the weak, give
advice to the wandering, throw the w-rafri
light of ho]>e ami the cheerful liens of
piety into sceues of sorrow, bind all ih» sub
together, and keep alive in every -
bosom, a lively feeling of tliat family ■
relationship which all the members
of the dock bear to sach other.
Where this is done, the cfTect will >Vp
soon be seen ami felt by all— as tw<
■ ‘‘Like prcciou* ointment os the bend of “ D
Which down the bean! did flow
Even Aaron’s hoard, and to the ski la
Pid, ot his gannen s ami f
the fbily of laying up tram
earth by the stnrtltag dawk
“Thou fool, this night thy as
ba required of thee." “Otve
COLUMBIA, S. C
air.” It may prove the nebs hr
around which something taiid may
pMdr. What report will the com
mittee appointed at Newberry be
rrady to make at the approaching
meeting *t Winchester! On turn
ingtothe Minutes of the lest meeting
of our General Synod, we And the
coaimMee to constat of the following
members’; g. I. Miller, A. J. Brown,
II. AMrtoh, T. 8. Boinest, L. A. Mean
and Ik M. Gilbert
An chairman, we would suggest
that each member of this committee
take the matter in hand, and aes
bow much can be raised in the lead
ing towns and cities of his Mate
towards securing a building and
endowing professorships. Then at
General Bynod a comparison caa be
of Planting and Cultivating Cotton,"
are also worthy of attention in the
export as to satisfy and gratify- them.
Our “collaborator* has, however, done
bis part, aad we hope that ho will be
not only fund, hut also headed. Our
means of diversifying our industry.
“Poultry Farming for the Booth,” a
beautifully illustrated article on the
note died away, as it weir, foT*
distance. The congregation -
slq wiy and quietly disperse.
We have noticed in those cfcumh
tag and proAteblr to all who are
fond of eggs and chickens The
Editor's “Suggestive Facte” should
er< onr people to thinking. We hope
they will heed the warning the article
blunder was not discovered until too
late to be remedied. This thing
serves the occasion to call alter tkm
to the foot, that some of the secular
papers of this dly appear to be edited
in the tatercet* of the Methodist and
Baptist sects. Take the Lodger:
every week you wilt see items Ailing
the redgvms budget of this kind,
e. g: “Rev. Mr. Hnasrnnder baptised
sue mem tier in the church of Siloam,
near the Schuylkill water works. Bar.
Mr. Thnmpentsrp, the groat revival
tat, still eontinans to hold meetings
of groat interest at the corner of
Backdown and Dragmout. TVo
have signified their intention of coo
neeting themselves with the church
on next Sunday—it it don’t nun !"
IV only notice of nay importance
that we have seen recently, rotative
to the Latharan church, is the follow
ing : “ IV Rev. P. 8. Bprecher wants
the nsme of the Lutheran General
Synod changed to the Church of the
Reformation * After a quiet shake
•vit that, (for my wife says she does
not like to see a man laughing to
himself,) I concluded we were as well
"AT without further notice, and that
the compiler was better on reporting
cssnrrsmns than anything else.
As the tame of ourebareh does not
tteprod on weeklies, dailies or alma
■•ca, we pans this thing by, with the
mere anggeatioa that the rfanrcii
which ta, among Protestant*, the And
ta this State, the third ia the United
States, (giving the Methodist and
Baptist the advantage of working
over and reporting the same material
every year,) and which number* forty
millions ta the world, is aide to take
care of itself. Brtah.
am; alum.
Ht. Mark's. Episcopal, is the St.
Allians of Philadelphia. The church
ia on Locust, between Sixteenth and
Seventeenth, and Is the admiration
of all who like the severe old English
style of architecture. A* a ehurehly
pile, we hare never sera anything so
grand and impmwive. On Sunday
that the dose of worship, sr wk T
the Benediction ta h»4* g Tu [ f| _^ |
pronounced, ta made the
for a general dive after hat*. .
putting on shawl* and ~iumw.
and making ready for » 1^2
stampede Am- the door, aadgjZ
the rush and gabble begins »■-;
the Amen is sjtoken. “Oh
bat tint ain’t ritumliem , m yj
ritualism ain't that
TVo, a* for IV other part at
the service* in Ht. Mark's, yon ^
contrast them with the wild* ralgm
disorderly scenes enacted hi -
of tV eburehes which arruate ...
wards its permanent location.
Brethren of the committee, tad
others interlaced ta this matter, write
out yoar views, and tat aM of wo, the
whole Church, have tV beoeAt of
them through tV columns of tV
I’mi for. M.
A mrritmu Agriemlturiet. March,
1*70. Orange Judd A Co, Bm
Tort.
TV enver Prontiaptare now given
flne original sketches ta each paper.
Psshaps tV best “cattle piece" ever
published with tatter press, adorns
the Arat inside page; a Mexican
Thrashing Machine scene is tV load-
lag middle Cartoon; and a “Street
Beene" ta China, dearribrd to tV
life ta a chapter by “Csrieton," gives
ns a eanrefitioa uf that cuaatry simoat
who belong
tion of tV dying millionaire : “ft is
a life derated ta smsy getttuf that /
regret." But IV satgret has unin
tealtouall) grown an oar handn,
■uni instead of one article, as we
Arat intended, we are now aa Un-
sixth. Had we designed to ealarge sn
much tVroua when wa began, we
wuahl have observed more system ta
t V arrangement and unfolding of ear
thoughts. But ns we neither eon
template.! writing so mark, and as
what we have written arms door
under heavy pressure from other
duties, of conrae tV generous reader
will amkr all dan allowance for tV
nm-staed, Convenirnt Da riling, fully
iOwatrated ami ih-nmbed, afford*
or Improving their Homes. Catting
ap Beef, Maple Sugar Making, Use-
Ad Implements, Fruits, Flowers,
Household Work, Nau for Boys aad
Girts, etc., are tV auigect* of other
engravings—in all, between forty and
Afty ta this one paper. Exposure of
Hambag*, Walks and Talks on tV
Fans, Work Air tV month, ta tV
Garden and ia tV House, Chapter
oa Horwa, dc, etc.
TV difficulty between part at tta
congrogntioa of St. Paul** (Vs
Lotheron and their imator, Mr. Retake,
has been before the Commsa rhn
Judge Alliann derided that the pm
tor must be tried by a WHy, Mum
the cbtirrii. before V can V dtamtat-
ed. Mr. Retake Usd better go l—k
to Germany and stay there. He m
stiibborp and heterodox.
Mr. Sritm-k, tV genial sad enter
(•rising Superintendent at the Veter
an Book Store, 8U7 Vine, has teas
very iU, bat ia now »— -• , t
TV recc|Sioa of a large anu.brr si
orders foe books wUl pot hist hi hta
original Clemen’.
Rev. Dr. Seiss has rosnmrd hta
lectaros oa tV Apocalypse. Sunday
night, 13th taat., V h-ctured oa tte
Seveotli Seal, to a very large congre
gation. IV Arat volume on the
Apocalypse ta |>ublinked.
“ Humbler," tV Secretary of the
General Council, rambled into cor
domicil recently.
New Puhlioatkrax
aooux casumxtTT.
In the fore of every proteat of the
BMral sense of this city, the organise
tion known an the Young Mrn'a Chris
ttan Association |«rsiated ta potting
H. W. Beerher before this peofde os
a lecturer apno “TV Household.’
that there i!
complaint; b
fating under
He roimrts encour
agingly of tV work of tV charoh ta
tV Pittsburg Synod.
Rev. K. J. Koous, formerly PraAts-
•or ia Muhlenberg College, spent an
evening with us not long nor*. Re
ia editing tV Dailg Aon, ta Abes
town. He ta still cugaged apes
“ Woof aad Proof,” an execileut Bttfc
work for Samtay-arhooU.
TV letters from Enropc. pabHahed
ia tV Lathers a. are from t V pcs of
Rev. W. C. Hchnctfcr, son of Rev. Dr.
C. W. He harder, of Germantown.
TV Tonag Men’s Christian HocietJ
of HC Mark’s, Lutheran, gave ea «n-
tertainmeut at tV Academy of Mode
recently, of Stereoptieon, diKsotring
views, 4r, for tV bene At of their
library. They had a good honor.
Ht. Luke’s, Lutheran, enjoys s Ma-
aical Kntortainmeut and a Lotte
by Bev. Dr. Willita, oa “ Hanahtae,*
to-night. 2*1. Hope it will amount
tribatora are under any greater ob
ligation to do extra daty in Uus
dimetiuu Uum thmc vbo viUMd
their VIp. But this ta a digression
which some of our traders may not
relish, for
esteemed t il l
Now, we i
And tV child
ing the sm
these ait wo;
it ta surprise
that Gosjk-
“God hath 4
world rich if
kingdom win
.them that lo
n similar spi-
frated by tl
But sach is
1 have seen
A few days since we received a
long and interesting letter from one
of our most intimate and tteeael
friends, a part of whieh we take tV
liberty of transcribing, in on ter to
bring before the Church the subject
which stands at the head of this
article, and about which tVre is so
little said: •*• • “Were you hero.
1 would talk ou, on, on—but will not
weary you in this manner much
longer—only I would like to know
your opinion about a Theological
Seminary in the South. Art we to
have one at onr own, or depend upon
Philadelphia f TV Philadelphia Sem-
rnary ta doubtless good—so ta tV
to aay that tV household wass vary
rtakety affair, or temporary strange-
Wit I that a wife, should her hue
hand meet with reverses ami V
unable to tarnish her ■affirteat to
live ta style, was jaatiAed ta tearing
tV poor wretch and forming a Noam
with tV next choice of her love; aad
that V himself would, ta cose she
procure a divorce clandestinely, offiei
at* at their marriage, from the Awl
that “they had done nothing contrary
to tV heat customs at nortetj.” lie
might also strengthen hta paaitiun
by Urn similar rare of Rex . Horace
Cook, tV Methodist parson, who left
hta fondly and ran away with a
ytemg girl—which V woahl consider
as “ate contrary to tV tenet* of
Christianity." Both these would
■how how (Re true Household waa
constituted : by one wife having two
husband*, and one husband foraak
ing Ma wife ami trying to get another,
anti tailing, no doubt, because H. W.
Bencher was not culled upon to marry
Voaf a# Union.—Ia Hagan, there
as * «m»n Reformed and a large Lu
theran congregation. The former had
an old, email chnrch, and reoeutly
collected a snm of money to build
a new church. As there waa not
enongh, and the work proceeded
slowly, somebody proposed that the
two congregations should unite. A
certain day was fixed for tV decision
by vote. The Reformed voted first
and rejected tlie proposition by s
large majority. Upon this tV Lu
therans did not pot the question to
vote among themselves.
Long SermouM.—A certain Scandi-
HAvian preacher in Illinois is noted
ter his long senna*s. He often
preaches from two to three hour*!
Instances are known wVn services
opened *t sine, a. m., and closed nt
four, p, m. In order to hold bis au
dience daring these “ protracted
meetings,” tV church doors are
tanked / His congregation, we are
informed, passed a reaolntion that
V should not preach longer than till
one o’clock, which has now been
extended to two. Ye restless Amer
icans, who, with difficulty, can e»-
•fiore three-quarters of an hour ia the
morning awl half an how at night,
what think ye of flknf Do not all
fifteen-minute sermons arise from
giving undue heed to tV caviling*
«f matidtjr-minded hearers!
old ivied castles, sod sot ia tV “dim
religions light” of oM Cathedrals.
You eater hers through a aide door
opening into a vestibule, and then
walk over a bare stone floor leading
down the isle amoug pews which
remind you of “tVoid oaken backet.”
Cold otoae walla, with deep, dingy
windows, are around you | stone
pillars stand beside yos; stone arches
bend over you. Above tV chancel
steads a large cross, beneath which
are tV words, “Glory to God ta tV
High sol.” To the right of tVobaaoel,
as yon enter, is the eroding desk j to
the left a small pulpit The font ia
to the left, near tV door. TV
church won quite fall when we
eaterod, which waa a few minutes
before sarviee tune.
As we sat there wondering what
was to eome first—for we naturally
expected to hear or aee some oattand-
tah thing—we thought we heard low
ewaet strains of manic. We listened,
and now heard more distinctly tV
“Ifrocenaiunal Hymn." As tV chor-
sdailtted ; tV parpoae has been In
give place to wmr hot thoroughly
tented tnnre, which tart proved
popular, and to tnriade, If paste We,
all of throe.” The Americas Tune
Book, if faithfully ooed, mate make
poor singing so rare Vreuftev aa
good singing ta now.
The Southern Piruhptrriam fwinr
Colombia, a CL January, HTTP,
Contents; I. Prayer Constat rut
with tV Uniform Operation of Note
ral Law. A manual tie and masterly
article. 2. TV Weed of God. X
Boor Though ta aad some Facta coo
renting Domestic Missions ta our
Presbyteries. 4. Southern Views
and Principles not “Extinguished"
by the War. By Dr. W. A. Milter,
Charlotte, N.C. 1 Charoh Property
Litigation la Kentucky and MIsaaciy.
X Critical Notices.
Lake* and li ters. Moastehsfts tier
Rr. Lath. Bysoda van Mtawuri,
Ohio a. s. Ht. Loots, Mo. Frb-
ruary, 1*7 0.
CooteaU: 1. Ysrwort X Mste-
ritetau sur Pastoral tVofogta. X
General Conneil, tec., sod yet I sm
UOt willing to substitute Wwosrg
for Yuitor, nor General Cnuaril far
General Synod. Doubtless l’biladel
phis possesses advantages whs*
we could net have ia a Seminary
for some time to come, but are
there not disadvantages along with
tV advantages, which imperatively
demand that we should have our
own institution*, tVoiogirsl aa well
u scientific and literary I • • •
Well, it taut worth while to aay any
more. You are the point j y ou we
we need a Seminary. Now, can we
have it, or not! That’s tV question.
I think we can—but then wa must
work for it, frog for it, gag for it. In
tV air 1 have ous built, bat yoo
know sach are not of much account,
generally. Henee, I will not locate
it in this, tell it* dimenteuaa, name
its professor*, nor state thrir aata-
We have waited three weeks for
tV apprentice of our last letter. We
give it ap. and arntl another.
' LINDEN,
Mr. editor: For tV sake of sum*
of my dear brethren ta the Lutheran
Church, I wish to state the ob
jection* urged against Secret Socie
ties. I win express no opinion on the
subject, but wish every Lutheran
who belongs to any secret society to
examine these objections, and if they
are of any weight, let tVm have their
tall influence upon the heart. 1
not consider it a frilling matter.
Nothing that in any way affects the
welfare of the soul can be of trifling
importance.
1. Ia moat of these societies, tV
ringing aad prayer—the rrilgfoW
•earthip—which is offered to God, **
"fades Chriet, and is, therefota.fi
mockery and an abominntioo. ref
Bible says: “No man Comtek B B *«
the Father, but by the Son.” 5-‘3r
man knoweth the Father, S*yp
Son, and V to whom the §oo will
reveal Him.” “ Whatsoever ye *ek
the Father fa tag some, )3e will do it”
“ He that houoreth not the Soo,bon-
oreth nte the Father which hath *■!
Him.” “ I (said Ohrtat) honor my
Father, but ye djshonor me.”
a. TV worship jn these societies,
by excluding Chrjyt and the Holy-
Ghost, dettiet the Godhead. “ I (amid
Christ) aad my Father are one.”
“TV Holy Spirit proecedetb fto*
the Father mad the Am."
X Recast wnfatarr some of their
memher* bebej-e. fay another fonmla-
ls a HVi open religion nod virtue.
He has fought hard against the
■ratktag rebuke* mlminiatered him on
every hand, bjr press and pulpit, and
ta seeking to extricate himself has
only sank deeper ia tV filth of hta
•wa mraptng ap. Ia order to pre
vent IV appearance of aay wane ta
hta popularity store tV mock mar
riage ta New York, we Iran that at
tV late auction of pew* ta hta church
V waa present, cocoa ragtag the sole
aad inviting bids, and by this menus
nothing to enable tV owner* thereof
to pay tV some. The strew was
taken away, hot angbt thereof was
not diminished from tV tale of
bricks.
Thonsaads, who, lw/oce and daring
tV war, from their greed at gate,
refused to give the merest pittance
of their wealth to the cease at God,
(band them wives era long anahta Ae
buy bread or clothing Aw t Vtnartvee
sad little ones. And la there no pur
pore no God’s part ta alt thtal Is
it not to touch we that ws ena not dr
fraud aad rob God with impunity t
of our holy 1
Now, let all
lU.sjxjsed to
reflect for a m
of injury th. >
is deeirahle, xssiSTlst., INDISPEN
SABLE. We msy train some min
istera privately, send some to Phila
delphia to be trained, and transport
some foreigners, but until wn have a
good Theological Seminary located
aud encouraged in our midst, ws will
fail-to take that high stand and exert
that positive iuflueaoe that we aught,
as the Reformation Church, to 4o.
’ And, with that brother, wa believe
that it can be done, but only ia the
may which he suggests. But what
are we doing Air it! Talking a little
at onr general conventions, sod
appointing a committee to report at
the aext meeting, and—there the
matter rests till the next meettag.
I Brethren, let us betake ourselves
to teork There ta too much supine
i Mm characterizing our course with
regped to many tkinga which are
A correspondent of the Wettemos
and Reflector, whom the editor in
dorses as a “good Baptist, w V has
seen long and honorable service as a
pastor,” begs his brethren “not to
ignore the fact that the number ta
constantly increasing in the ranks of
our clergy and the laity of Jthore who
believe in toleration, wfce fang to sat
j* .closer union <ef oil Christians, and
•who, because they «an find ns tajanc-
ttu*. to the coutrary, either ia tV law
-or spirit of .Christ, belters that there
Js.no more fitting place to show forth
this onion .than at -the sacred table,
where they together may commemo
rate the gre«t-k>re .of their common
Lord.”