The Lutheran visitor. (Columbia, S.C.) 1869-1904, March 30, 1870, Image 1
ONE LORD, ONE FAITH, ONE BAPTISM."—EPHESIANS IV: 5.
COLUMBIA. S. C„ WBUN K8DAY, MARCH 30. 1870
OLD 3ERIKS, VOL. IV-SO. 83
they ore Lmthermn berrive t The
women doe* not know anything
about Luther, nor dsns she belong
to oar chareh.”
“Oh,* replied the MiklWr, “you
Me, they ere brought here on Mon
day morning, end, an they were
probably picked on .See dap, 1 (edged
them to he Lntiienui her new"
“There now,* raid an eodnaot
Lutheran divine, when ho hennl
thin ) “aee whet a prapueaity the
world haa to charge oar Bavtour
nod the Lntherana with branhing
the Sabbath."
iut&ftau T : Uitnr
The Watchman and Reflector, in
answer to an inquiry ofa correspond-
ent on thia subject, makes the follow
ing iloin U. They are in refn tattoo
of the theory set forth in theaa
worIs: ‘"That the righteooa dead
do not at once enter heaven, bat
dwvtl in wme inter mediate plaee un
01 Christ, having at the resurrection
and the judgment folly accomplished
His redemptive work, ascends to the
glory of the Father nod sits down
at his right band." To this it is re
plied :
It is important teaching. Still U
is important not to be wise above
what is written, and also to have oar
views cow formed as for a* possible
to whatever the Bible has revealed.
We sludl briefly indicate wbnt teem
to be Its teachings.
L We regard Christ’s work as
having been, for all redemptive par
pwee substantially consuinaied in
Hia death and rewnw-tiou. It cul-
miuated on Calvary.
At the meeting of the Antbropo
logical Society on January 4—Dr.
| Churnock lu the chair—Mr. Carter
Make nmd a paper by Mr. L. O.Pike
■ on “The Psychical Elements of Re
; ligtoii." He included in bis definition
of religion all su|>erstltiotis and creeds
front tbe grossest TVtk hi*iu of Africa
to that phaae known as atheism.
Bot he said there were two distinct
bead* nmlcr which the subject should
!» trented, namely, religion which
qirung from the emotional part, and
’ that which was purely intellectual
The latter was at no time widely
diffuxed, and the former had always
, preceded It} and the ltasis of all
creeds was fear. Alter describing
the growth of ideas by which the
, heavenly bodies were invested in the
minds of men with the powers of
governors of the unh orse, aiul thus
Is* awe deitted. he went on to allude
to other forms of deity—it being al
ways the case that a human shape
«as attributed to the object of war -
ship. He then discussed the quea
tiou of purely intellectual religion,
and concluded by say ing that as long
ss human nature was associated with
intellect, emotions, and feelings, so
long would there be religion among
mankind.
The Rev. Dunbar Heath agreed
with Mr. I'ike in the view that religion
was emiuewtly human as opposed
to views most geaeraUy preached,
namely, that it only ajtpealed to what
was uppoimd t* human nature. He
said that l>r. Temple's recent sermon
in Kaetsr had euuutood this view,
sod if reasoned out would go to
assert that oats and dogs bad 4,vine
.eielation, for they had ounschmora.
Mr. IMbfo} denied that any of the
lower animals bad coosetenee other
than that which was the result ot the
tnuii mg of man. Jtf. Dendy denied
that fear was the basis of religion.
There could be no religion without
revelation. Mr. Macrae Molt said
the wind which was Inundated tar
should have been rendered “rever
ence," and the feeling was more like
that which a child entertained towards
a beloved parent. Mr. Reddic said
the paper was wrong in classing all
reiigioo* together; some were in
spired by terror, while the Christian
religion notably w as opposed to fear.
Mr. Carter Blake regretted that the
portion of the pa|ier wldcb treated
intellectaal reiigioo had not beeu
discussed. The faith of Buddha,
which was one of the oldest and most
widely diffused in the wortd, was
baaed at first upon fear and after
wards on reverence.
BY A CITY raltoON,
a*aiaat with apeatoi aus A writer
on this outpost remarks, wo ordinary
prayer befoeu sennou oagM not to
exceed twchre, or at moat flfltmu
minutes in leagtU." «* e •
It is mfotod of Whit.-mad, that
alV r baitig greatly fatigued with
preaching aie evening, hr request cl
He U not a foitfcfol disciple who
would be above Vis laud. ITe is not
a true one wbo murmur* because be
Is called to suffhf s» Ids master suf
RUDE & MILLER.
IV rectel of happiness lies in
two thiuga: I. That the w«U,
does not eontaui It., X. That the fori i
vat ion of Jeooa (%riat does.
Men are slow t« learn that they are
living for eternity—that tka fashion
and glory of the world peas away. j
Eveu Christians are prune to this sad
neglect It 1s supremely easy U> run .
alter the world; t# covet Its joys; j
to cnltiiate its associations; to im '
bihe its ruling spirit; to set store by .
its wealth; to attain its greatness
Slut |MMMess its rrhown. Bat, did
vou ever hear of a person who isvred
for these things wheu death con
fronted him f
Aa old hcathsu philosopher said •
that while life waa viguroua, the , u
vain might toy with folly and per mmut ^
sue the world’s art*, but when death —
came the heat thing waa virtue. m togelfo
How beggarly a man must feat- aHtafo
laden with the spot)* of earth ou his ... „
way to eternity—when, halted by
Tboulotiy, ara **.00 per J ear, if paid is
winner.
Qf Those who So not per wttllu tlrrse
nonllis of tlw lime tUu year bents* win. »u
•eery esse, b* ctorgfo ®J Mads sdh uosst
saiws or ssrssTWtra:
Far ooe square (ene hsch of cotswn) :
Hut the grief inwardly
him. The item talar*
bouse be lodged, to conduct worship
before retiring. The plena father
gave au inordinately tong prayer that
night, lu the mklst of which, White
field ruse from hia knees, at in hia
chair, awl groaned audibly | and
when it waa ended he took hie friend
by the hand *ml saM with strong
feeling: “Brother, how ran yon allow
yourself to indulge sock redtaosneaa
in your derottoua. You prated me
jnto a delightful frame of mind, and
then yon preyed me eompleMy out
of It."
Mi a inters should beware of twng
prayer*, which, is many cases, fa-
Stead of helping, rather hinder devo
Bon.
Owe more: everything a|ipnatrh
Ing to finttery. in n srefans fonlt hi
public prayer. Mlm«ters frrqnenfti
muqJiment each other in prayer.
Bless the !*wd far the '“richly hi
strnctjvr, |>owerfnl gad evceWent
rl i*r< Hirer, which ha* jwat been de
IIerred," and that the good hmdher
“may shine with increasing I astir as
be advances in yeora,” ami that Ms
“departure, Ilka tlie setting aaa, stay
be Seven* and foH of rhrr." Bow
all stieh etpremi.am iwc these are hi
taut taste, and should never be in
dwlged In
Tears ago, when 1 lived in ,
I was culled upon to preach the
funeral sermon of an uM lady, in a
school bouse. It was tn (be smin.ier,
in the ultenioon, and, an she was
ameh beloved in the community,
the Ikkim was filled,fad many were
standing aroand the windows and
door. I had been exceedingly an
noyed during the introductory ex
ercises by n young man standing
at one of the windows, when, ia the
midst of the ringing of the hymn,
just before the aenaoo, I stopped
and said, without weighing my
words, “1/ tkmt gonng sum, with the
red heed and fellow toot, •tom-ling ot
the ifiwbw, don't stop hit talking, M
*« apt to point him out to the congre
gallon." -
The Httle fellow stretched o|ieu
his eyes, nu> out hia tongue, and I
never saw him again.
Thne mouths * J®
Six mouth* I 09
Twelve monlb*.... 1* #0
Os sdvsrtisemMt* ot ll-IV* sqnsrv* sod up-
„,rd» s Aiwosnt of Kps cost. of tv* syssrrs
swi «ew*oiA 30 per cant., ol tsu squsnr* ami
spsssia. (0 per awe. swi of use half eulomu
sndspwsnri 50 per emit will be deducted tom
U* store rate*. J •
Obilusrws, shsti mar* than five Uucs, tsa
ersu tor risht orurds. payable in advance.
ftjeOf*—Fve cents per quarter. ’
gy rvssas usmts si) bfajacas MtlS,
AwU h* addrtmed s> _ _ . .
“Now is the
judgment of this woridF He ex
churned, in huiy autfaapatfon of it:
“Bow shall the prince of this world
be east out, and L, if I be lifted up,
will draw ail men unto Me." Hence
He came forth from the grave aa a
conqueror, bearing the key^of death
and hell; and hence, also, in Ool ii:
15, He is represented as baring by
Hia cross spoiled principalities mid
pow era, and made a show of them
opeuly iu hia triumph over them.
2. lu aocordauce with this the
Bible teaches that Christ is already
at the right band of God in hreven.
“When He bad by himself purged
our sins, sat down at the right hand
of the Majesty ou high." (Heb. i: X)
“Christ is not entered into the holy
places made with hands, which ore
the figures of the true; but into
heavre itself, now to appear in the
present* of God for ua." (xi: 24.)
Again -. “This Man, after He had
offered one sacrifice for sins forever,
sat down on the right hind of God;
•bom henceforth expecting till Hia
enemies ba made His footstool. For
by out offering He hath perfected
forever them that are sanctified."
(x: 12-14.)
3. Tlio crucified robber went with
Christ directly to paradise (Lake
xxiii: 43), and paradise is heaven.
John says (Bev. iis 7) that the tree
of life is in the midst of the paradise
of God; and agaiu, in Bev. ixii: 1,
2, that this tree of life is by the river
of life which proceeds out of the
t bruise of God and Use 1st ash, and
represents it aa a firatarq of the Sew
Jerusalem, the ultimate state of glo
rified believers. It waa to paradise
in the third heavens that Paul waa
caught up, <2 Cor. xii: 4.)
4. Stephen, wheu dyiug, aaw heav
en opened, and Jeeus standing at
the right hand of God, and he prayed,
“Lord Jeans, receive my spirit’—re
oeire it to Thyself, in that heavenly
state. (Acta viis 56-50.
X As Cbrifit la ia hreven, au Paul
desired to depart and be with Him.
(Phil, i: 23.) He also (2 Cor. v: *-8)
expressed the same thought With
reference to believer* in general:
“Whilst we are at home in the body
we are absent from the Lord
Religious.
Fresi th* Lutheran Observer
Leave (from My Scrap-Book.
Scree twenty-fii e years ago, when
I was pastor of a church m , I
took occasion one evening to attend
• loee-fcatt in the Methodist Church
of that place. As is their custom on
sach occasions, one after another
toot, and gave bia or her experience.
After a time, a man uf humble rir
resistances, small in stature, and
with a very effeminate, squeaking
voice, rose to give in a piece of bis
experience, which was done iu the
Hollowing manner :
“Brethren, I have been a asemher
of this Methodist Church for many
years; 1 have seen hard times; my
family baa Ix-en much atBicted; but
I have for the first time in my life to
are my pastor or any of the trustees
of this church cron the threshold of
my door."
So sooner had he uttered this part
of his experience, titan be was sud
deidy interrupted by ooe of the
trustees, an aged man, wbo rose and
saM in a firm, loud voice i “Afy dear
intit r, you must put the Devil behind
jm»* On Aw taking Ida seat, the
pastor in charge quickly rose, and
»iao replied to the little man, as
follows; “My dear brother, you must
remember that we shepherds are seat
to the lost sheep of the house of
Amsei." Wisereupan the little auto
rest again, and, in answer, said, in a
very lead tone: “Yea and if I had
been a/to sue, you would hart: found
meloagago.”
The effect upon the audience cun
he better imagined than expressed.
A worthy deacon in a town of
Maine, was remarkable for the fa
cility with which he quoted Scrip
tnre ou all occasions. The Dilute
Word was ever at Isis tongue's cud,
and all the trivial as well as Un
important occurrences of life fur
itished occaaious for quoting the
Bible. What is better, hosovir,
the exemplary uiau always ntadr
his quotaUous the staudaid of ac
tion. One hot day he was engaged
in mowing with his hired man who
was leading off, the deacon following
in his sw ath, conning hia apt quota
tioua, wheu the man suddenly Sprang
from hi* swath just in time to c«ca|w
a wasp’s nest.
“What is the matter P hurriedly
inquired the deacon.
“Waapar
“Pob !"aaid the deacon, “the wick
ed fie* when no man purmwfh, hot
the righteous are a* hold aa a lion f
and taking the workman’s swath, he
moved but a step when a swarm of
brisk insects settled about bis ears,
comfort. The ialiif«M* I lungs, in
the world’s estimate) the neglerXrd
(lung*, the utn|4r thing* of duty sud
eternal Ufa now appear la all their
Mqwmatr impurtsoov and dignity.
Thu*, frequently when too late, do
»ew wake op to real thing*, and
would give all they ever dreamed of
wurkfly good fur q muauml'a cuu
aciousaroa of rmomoltotioii with
'hen we upprnwrli flml in
prayer.
It waa related ot PwMnN Ed
words that ou a eertata Bwhlmth, be
juul enpsged to psvoeh fisc s weigh
broringimstor. to - hen tboday arrived
the pastor went to his pnlpit at tin-
appointed time. I mi did not find Mr.
Bdwmrjls there. Wnlttog as long so
be thought proper, be began the
aervfees himself Just in the wwise
of hi* And prayer, Mr. Kdwsrda
quietly entered the pnlpit aaohwervrd
by the pastor. Taking tor granted
iMe that I feel my intollertual
bSciary luas more poignantly
■fJtnl
ini Ticket
Me then mrations hto baring guar
the morning before (the Habbatb,) to
the Brick ( bueeh, and the reference
fiT. J. Huge, D.lh, (thru re
wtth Ihr. Spring,) to the death
Are we not hohling the thing* of the
world for which we labor wdh band
and braia, for abuse their Uve *«th
and uses f Do we n«t stand oouvtcA
ed uf a too loud ottoehnsrat to hasi
ness sod plrasara- Cl re to the deep
hurt of our a sals I
It is Ibd holy mismua of the guapal
of Chrito to warn and affrcUoustriy
admonish ua. To reach as the ••
lure of three thing, wtoch are good
and useful within their limits, but
which are unfitted lo take the {finer
of pasty, devuttou and God l
The qarstiua to not, wtot a>a> I
hope to puaaaoa of earth aad Uajugre,
’•ut cmploging wmrly what 1 are aad
feel and know, bow ahaii I areare
eternity t
A arid the shadows tot mscaiuiatr
acquaintnaoe wish tha auhatanaa.
Amid the univenr uf aemblaaeaa.
let am know aad panama Urn realities.
Amid the rplwusarsl that please aad
attract and gratify, let are grasp far
my permanent pusermauus, nbaliug
things!
My frtoml, shoavm trefire with
time, has no hold on eternity. Who
ever rnakto this world the goal of
hto ambition or hto lahare, moat Ivor
all he ha* staked aad all that ho haa
won!
The Christian, then, to right. Hto
conduct to adaurebla. Ho siqoy * the
world, but makes it ouboerx toat to
that Godly tear within him whiub
ratoanu heaven. Uto parpaot goto
through and beyond the life that
now fa Ila turwcaata. Uto kapau,
taking »y taarirto* tad interpret*
ttan. hat *m|ihrytag aad foeritig with
great power and beauty. After go
ing through with u deornptiou of]
pastor In his prwy er, jjrwit
wgrrt at hm tMnre, laanrtiing oot
fw of pfoftittfwl rropoot
far the talents, horning nnd piety of
Mr. Edwards, thanking God that he
bad raised up an eminent an fasiru
M aad toorhiag application .4 the
pnooegs to our dear departed brother.
This was imsqisak.blv alMinr, end
I UUU nto now recall It a ithoat tears.
J my hereafter fire you some or
noun* of K, but now run only men
thm oar stroke that cossptrtety over
raUM met After speaking of hi*
ami shining Hght. At tha clone of
bln prayer, to hto great astontohatenf.
far saw Mr. Edwards standing by hto
aide. With some little emtmmtsment
he mid to Mr. K., “far I did md know
that yon were premat s if I hud I
should not have prayed aa I did."
Rut fading ns if it might do good to
throw into the srnie something to
bnhuiee hto compliments, be added t
“But after uM, they do say that your
wife haa more piety than you.”
Mach more might be mud upon
thin imimrtaat aalpect of Pubtfe
Prayer, bat here we rkma.
TIMOTHY.
many a painful sting. In great <li«
confiture.
“Ah I" shouted the other with a
chuckle, “the prudent man forroreth
the "evil and bideth himself, but the
rimjiie pas* on and are pnniabed."
The good deaeon had found his
equal in making applications of the
sacred writings, and thereafter was
not beard to qnote Scripture in a
mowing field.
We'are sometimes almost tempted
to say that no event* can be called
•mall, because so many which are
deemed insignificant prove to be the
beginning* of the mightiest result*.
It seemed a very small thing that
Eve listened when nhe should have
turned away her ear; that she looked
when she should have been blind to
everything but the consequences of
disobedience; but who will say that
all the twin and sorrow and death,
which are the fruit* of the first sin,
are a small matter in the sight either
of God or man. The whole order of
nature teaches us in ever) depart
rami of industry and of life, not to
drwpisr the duy of small thiuga,
either for good or for evil
The grandest institutions of learn
ing have hod their origin in vary
small beginnings, and the greatest
enterprises of the Uknstiaa Church
have sprung out ot orcurrenoes ex-
cwdiugly trivial iu the worlsl's »
and n writer), and of hto npvrr-
ftdtog Mtogr (as a man and a ehrfa
Haw), ha said; ‘Frew now that he
to ent down—no, not rut down—to
the rout uf anrh trees there la no axe
laid bat now that God boa gretfH
lifted Mm. with all his rents and ah
hto frulta above them, fa the more
rengrata! aril of Paradise, he is still
a tree, a perfect, verdant, fruitful
tree, overhanging that river of life,
the washing of whose wruves upon
tta honks was the music of kto soul
on earth.' The whole waa tovuiufot.
and reudered inure so by the uhIsvw
• ions of sincere grief oa hto own
port"
Bev. C isa wit, nnd sometimes
***** his fan too far. But I want
to Ml you of u trial of it, having a
practical end in view. Going from
B—— to C , to meet an appoint
■sot, ou foot, and becoming wearied,
ke descried ahead on the railroad a
eampauy of Irish traek-hand* with a
kaod-ear. A happy idea led him to
*touk of riding with tkem. A|i-
Pmaching, he sot down, and entered
mto conversation. As they gathered
■P thait tools, one of them asked
"kaX hnatoeas he waa engaged in.
Htjiromptly replied, “I’m a fortune
teller." He waa asked his price to
MB the fortunes of the six. “Let me
ride to C— with you, and I’ll do
>L 9 he answered. They agreed, and
wore placed fa a raw, laughing at the
4**ofaect of fun, while he drew forth
■•bwkj then read the words: “Er-
"Ptfebe converted, ge thaU mil Ube
«* pmruh." They agreed that “the
psamtl* was too much for eveu Irish
■en, and with mauy bursts of lough
tor paid the fee demanded*, and the
-P a *»“n got to ride.
Ministers generally pay too little
attention to this part of divine wor
ship. The author of “Thought* on
Public Prayer" says, “a very common
fanit with most of ministers in their
prayeht ih, the over frequent recur
rence of favorite words and set
forms of expression, however unex
cejifional In thetuselvea. Among
these are the constant repetition in
every sentence almost, of the itames
and titles of God; the perpetual re
currence of the modes of expression:
“O God—Great God, our Heavenly
Father/ “we pray Thee," “we ba
stweh Thee," or the asreMire aee of
the interjection Oh! prefixed to al
most every sentence.” It become*
ministers to guard against these
things.
Another fault with many in pwMIr
prayer is, hesitation and emharra*
ment. When we pause, stumble, re
call, or go back to correct, wo give
pain to onr bearers; and their attan
turn ia thus drawn off, and they cease
to be interested; their thoaghts be
gin to wander and their eyes to
Dtt. Counts AW Klt.wx.VY.—The
Her. D. Thomson, of Knrgwti, writes:
There is aa old man reahting at
New|H>rt whs spent hto snrty days in
the parish wf KHamay, at the time
of l»r. Ghalawra* sKttemrat there.
He tells me thsf he amt bis folka
atwny s attended the ministry of Mr.
Been, el Knrgwn, “hei asse, ye km.
we are
confident and willing rather to ab
sent from the body and to be present
with the Lord." We can not see
how these words can be understood
as teaching any thing else than, not
only the conscious happy existence
of deported saints, but their pres
ence with Christ in that heaven
where, as we have seen, it is so
plainly taught that He now dwells
and reigns.
C. Iu accordance with this is John's
representation (no matter that it mqy
be figurative) of the one hundred and
forty and four thousand redeemed
from among men, the first fruits unto
God and the Lamb, singing a new
song before the throne. (Rev. xiv:-
1-5.) The jieriod to which it is re
ferred is long anterior to the end of
the world.
Such are some of the Scriptural
fact* which compel us to believe
that saints enter heaven at death.
ia the enduring, ebony lass eter
nity I
Thia ia to taka (be honey from Ifer
flower asd evade the thorn. The
presence of ( brut earn bias ns to eqjoy
th* world property. The wisdom
that invests ei ety thing with Ua true
value, ia the Christian’s wealth. He to
no worshi|ier of mammon, for the
reason that bo is not Wind.
, High above all human aooom|fiiah-
ueuu, power or satiafaethm, ia the
greater and higher light which Ah*
the mighty realm and mu verse of the
soul, and thm he leads hia traa Ufa,
achieves hia rest purposes, and wn
1 traces substantial joy.
That is the empire of peaoe. Be
neoth u the world, and there to the
scene of tribulation. J , .
day for thirty yware, with nn wearied
patieaer, he went thixmgh the atraats,
snd sbrnts, and school*, and poblic
sssrenhHes. teoehtng and discoursing
apon Ins favorite therm-. Ilia whole
imMAMmi aim aaams M have been ta
make men moral by giving them
clear notions of morality . Does any
on* donbt that bis iiistriictfons must
hare conrtweed the hitrlb-et of those
to whom they were gfren T What
matchless rluaraee* nod Mththdy and
coaviaeing power do these lust roc
tiou* still imssara I And y et we have
no eiridence that they produevd the
It waa a small thing, apparently
tliat those two young men met out
in the field, near the haystack, to
pray for the heathen, and yet in
answer to their supplications the
magnificent system of the American
Board of Commissioners for Foreign
MtsMons was Instituted. Life is made
npof small things, unoO duties, small
disappointments, and small trials;
the great onea are the exception, and
the imrt of wisdom is to giuird dili
gently against all occasions of wrong
doings, and to watch sedulously for
every opportunity to do good. The
Lord Jesus rales, sud He uses the
Weak things of the world to coufound
the mighty, and things that an- not
to bring to naught the things that
are, that no flesh may glory iu Ilia
preaeuoe. Men wbo djbsire to do
some great thing are seldom gratified,
while they who go forward to meet
present duty accomplish, through
IBs blessing, great things for the
graeiona Maatar.—Or. Inetroetor.
Loot Wobds,—Tha dosologg of
the angels baa somotiree* filled the
thoughts of dying saints. The Anal
wards of the Kav. Edward tVrronet,
noth or of the hymn, “AU Hail the
Power of Jeans’ Name." ware, “Glory
to God in the bright of bia divinity!
Glory to God Is the depths of hto
hmmanity I CHory ta God ia His all
aufteieney! And Into hto hnmls I
commend my apirib’ Tha last words,
tun, of How. Dr. Backus, fire* Pnd
dent of Hamilton College, were,
“Glory to God in tbs highest, and
oa earth pesos, good will toward
“The want of regularity and order
is another fault whieb frequently anti
greatly impairs the acceptable snd
edifying character of peldieprayers."
Borne men have a grant (tool of order
Dew Dsonx—Wa cannot expact
too much from God, nor too little
from man.
The anal ia not ao orach where it
lives, as where it loves. u»*i -.- v
That lore to God whtoh knows as
end, never had a beginning. •' faff
Providence Is creation continued.
to a* to become more virtuous ur
less vicious by it all. It to a very
narrow rending of history, and a
vary shallow acquaintance with the
heart, which haa sat yet taught ns
that something more than knowledge
Is necessary ia order to virtue, that
something Other than light ia needful
for faith is pot much better. It ia
hard for human nature to commit
our matters unreservedly to God.
these, it would