The Lutheran visitor. (Columbia, S.C.) 1869-1904, January 25, 1871, Image 1
OWE LORD, OHE FAITH. ORE BAPTI81T-EPHE8IANS IV
COLUMBIA, 8. C., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 1871
OLD SERIES, VOL. V.~NO. 125
the quiet stars as be communed with
bis Maker” ! Or, “Soppoar the out
side world but seldom gets a glimpse
at the pantaloons of the study sud
closet” ! Or, ‘ Suppose the minister
has s Wtfe, and theyffa/A habitually
use the one same mirror, how ia ft
to be decided which has done the
greater amount of damage to the
pattern and texture of the patch of
carpet before it ! The ladies, eren
though ministers’ wives, are said to
bcHbot totally indifferent to that arti
cle of fumitore” Or, “Suppose ‘the
patch’ of carpet before the mirror
(a little 8 by 10 sharing glass) la
about the only patch of carpet the
poor parsofi has in his chamber, ami
that it has been there for a good
many years”! etc., etc. “In soch
cases the return given by a compar
ison between these two psychome
ters would hardly be as infallible
as i» claimed, would it T Is not this
wisdom of Dr. Holmes’, after all, like
a great deal of stuff that is made
to pass for wisdom among certain
people—mere bo*V*t . And we con
fess that it would not be easy to an
swer our literal jp»d grumpy brother
Croesgrain satisfactorily, and at the
same time folly vindicate the state
ments of the Doctor. Yet the pas
sage is wisely suggestive, notwith
standing that fact. Those who are
disposed to profit by it can easily
discover for themselves in what ways,
whilst for those who are not, no
amonnt of explanation would do any
good. . Gkoffkky Oleines.
They should live beyond the grave |
they should see him la heaves ; see
him because, though their bodies
should return to dust, their souls
should live forever; see him in the
next world as well as in this $ see
him because their souls were im
mortal, ami must live forever. (John
XX : 17; vlli : 31-24.) *
Immortal! The gospel brings im
mortality to light. It settles the
question which the wisest sagas sad
philosophers could never solve to
their own satisfaction. It teaches
us that we are but probationers for
an eternal state; that this world is
Imt the dawn of our existence ; that
we begin ter be here, only to axis!
forever in another world. The body
is mortal beoause of sin, but the soul
shall live forevsr—live when tha
dust shall have returned to the earth
as It was. This world Is bound to
the next! We are immortal. {% Tim.
i: 10j Roc. xii: ?.)
of th)s; world,>wayj from God, from
peace and^from’etema! Ufa I
With the spiritually-minded ftps
different Tbey*have*“reeeived the
Spirit which is of God"—the^,Holy
Spirit, aad la him they nstsln a
sear, important, covenant relation
in which the carnal or fleshy-
minded have no part. It ia true,
these sustain a relation to the
Spirit, but ft is not this relation
Not only all mankiad, but alao all
created things sustain to the Spirit
fit fUBUSHRD
f WEPNE
Of fhla truth we have the Indica
tion* aft around as. Tbs ns torsi
world famishes the proof ■ The coral
reefs of the Sooth Sen Islands are
the production of insects. Moun
tains an made up of particles of
rock and of earth—the ocean of par-
tides of water. Fractions can be
so increased as to result ia whole
numbers—cents can be enlarged into
dollars, and penes Into potiuda. If
we wish to be minions* res is wealth,
colled cents aad farthings, an til
the aggregate amounts to doftam or
pounds by mlflioas If we woo'd
remove a mountain, ft is sot neces
sary to secure the services of liar
coles,or of HasMou, or of s few giants.
Men aad boys can do the work by
multiplying their numbers and gir
ing them a snAcient smonut of time.
The pyramids were built by ru
slaved, weak bodied Egyptians, but
thousands of them were employed
for twenty years at one of those
structures. To destroy a nation it
is not necessary to invoke the aa
list sacs of the pestilence, or to
employ a few powerfttl demons, for
that work nan be doos as effectual],)
soldiers,
i£ & MILLE
4 baa tx
children, wl
before they
ICaay can rsasIlirS bow whole chap
tens of dark glad} became soddeaiy
luminous by their obtaining the par
Ucular meaning of n few important
words. Ho, also, many chapters of
the Bible are freqnenfty read hat
aot understood, becaaee the mind
of the reader has not been schooled
iuto the Bptrit’s meauiog of some
fjTbe deducted from tbs above
et, when more than fore lines,
for eight word*, payable in
Jriveeent* per quarter.
Now, if tbete be any- troth la the
doctrine of the sours iiamortahty, it
Is plainly a truth which should never
be forgotten. If we are to live
itioa* to
with higher claim*. But now, by
rtoeou of sin, every thing ban beeu
thrown into the utmost coufu**on.
Every s)wtng of action, which msu
holds in common with the brutes,
has become inordinate. There is not
oae that lie does not jxrvert from
lawfol use; not one that he is not
disposed to push to excess; not oae
that be does not gratify by unlawful
mean*. They absorb the man. And
in endeavoring to meet their claims,
be “makes provision for the flesh to
fulfill the Inst* thereof.”
In some resperta those who are
uptrittudly minded are similar to
these, sod it other* they are
widely different. Their bodies, and
instincts, sod sppetitea, and pro
petuities are the same as they
siw in the carnal, or fleshly minded.
While they live in, the flesh, they
are under n necessity of living, in
some defrer, though not in s siufa
•roar, to the flesh. Iieuoe they have
their temptations to i»oah each one of
these necessities to excess, to pervert
from lawfal use, or to gratify by
nnlawfhl means. But they differ
from the fleshly-minded ia this:
They have important blessings and
hope* respecting a future world.
And animated by the ko}te of things
unseen ami eternal, they are enabled
t** resist the temputioa which comes
through the lusts of the flesh.—
While tl»c fleshly aunded yield to
these, and sometimes even seek the
indulgence of them, as their chief
good.
Soch a difference io conduct im
plies a difference ia mind. Hence
the questions; In what does it
cornust f and, bow come* it to exist f
The apostle bases it upon a change
of nature. And the making of this
change he ascribes to the Holy
Spirit: “The natural man rereiveth
not the things of the Spirit of God ;
for they A are foolishness to him:
neither can be know them; for
they arc spiritually discerned. But
be that is spiritual diacerneth all
things." Here the contrast is be
tween the “natural" and the “spirit
usT man, jtntt as is the text it iff
between the rants!, or fleshly, and
the spiritual uiau. And this “uatn-
raP msu, another apostle says, “has
not tlx Spirit." And soother, again,
declares the “natural” man to be
also “earthly and devilish.” In so
speaking, the aj»o«Ue* do not bring
against mankind a railing accusation,
bat s)xak sober, (tainfill truths.
Because tlx two classes sustain
respectively such relations to differ
ent spirits, as to be so influenced.
These are pointed and thus: “Now
we have received, not the spirit
of the world, bat tbe Spirit which
it of God, that we may know the
thing* which are freely given us
of God.” But this Spirit, say? our
Lord, “the world can not receive;
because it teeth Him not, neither
kuoweth Him.” On the other hand,
“the spirit of tha world" is received
by the natural, carnal, fleshly mind.
“The world, tbe flesh and the Devil,”
when associated in Scripture, make
up a phrase that denotes evil, and
only evil. And all tbe carnal, or
fleshly minded sons and daughters
of Adam
A. R. RUDE. D.D..
Cohmbit, 8. C.
by an army of
provided they are
oe* tp overran th
fluently malirioos to perpetrate the
oou tern plated iigunea. The same
principle holds good else where. The
widow’s mite can m* do much of
Itself, but multiply those mites, add
on* to another, the third to the
ex prams a the idea iateaded ssort
toraddy than does the smooth, Lstw
derived earsel. Fleshly minded, it
Ys Shall Live.
“Bui ye ar« nx; because I live, ye shall
bve also.John xiv: t*.
It is written of Jeans, that, having
loved his own which were in the
work!, lx loved them unto the cod.
(John xiii: 1.) Among the eviden
ces of bis lore, are the word* of
consolation which he spoke to -them.
As he was about to leave them, he
promised them another Comforter,
who 8bonkl abide with them forevsr,
and he also gave them the assurance
that they shook! behold him again,,
saying, “Let not your heart be
troubled; ye believe in God, believe
also in me. In my Father’s bouse
are many mansions; If it were not
so, I would nqt hare told yon. 1 go
to prepare a; place for you. Ami
If I go and prepare a place for yon,
I will come again and receive yon
onto myself; that where I am, there
ye may be also. It Is expedient for
you that I go away; for if I go not
away, tbe Comforter will not come
nnta yon; but if I depart, I wfll
seud bim unto yon. I wfll not leave
swallowed up with earthly things,
while eternity is forgotten, is most
unreasonable and dangerous. It is
ooe of the wonders of the world,
that mea*are so thoughtless of strr-
ntty, so forgetful of their souls, so
indifferent to the world to come!
Look abroad over tbe fare of aork-ty,
aud would A suspicion flit semes
your mind that thts'world is peopled
with immortal beings T Everywhere
you see a busy multitude, but they
are busy only In the pursuit of the
meat that perisheth, while that
which emlureth auto ervchistiag life
Is entirely neglected. (John ri: 17.)
Meu everywhere are living just sa
if this life were all the life they had
to live, just as if death were aa
eternal deep, jast as if thsre were no
work! but this, just as if time wen*
all and eternity nothing. The im
mortality of the soul la forgotten;
eternity is kept out of vk*w A and
time is regarded as the limit, the
beginning sod the ending of human
existence sod human drstim. This
world Is all! Kflsder, is ft not t**»
much so with yoaT Are you not
believe that they are, what is there
to hinder tbe arromptiafcaxat of
graft fossils! TVs divine blraflug,
of courer, is xnrwp to sack re
salts, bat be It rememlxrvd that
that biewtmg may be counted upon
when the afnwim ate properly
ry fair in
to them,
then he
denough
a vein of
lawfully indulged,
give/a
found
fault ia aot availing
trusting
at value
’he Rev.
a some
lyer—an
iflned to
“Humanity* is a word which yon
look for in vain in Plato and Aris
totle; tbe idea of mankind as one
family, as tbe children of oae God,
is an idea of Christum growth; and
done, they fay themselves down,
with pleasurable, sensuous feeling*,
to enjoy ease. They act with great
promptness sod certainty, to secure
a present eqjoy meet ; bat they hare
no coaceptkwi* whatever of say
course of eoodaet which to a present
pleasure will add a future pain.
Man, holding a part of hi* nature
In common with these, is partly un
der the aaax law. If he had been
placed under It exclusively, be would
have seldom transgressed. Wbeu
instinct would have failed him, his
experience of the instantaneous pen
Iplr would have put him on his
guard against incurring ft tbe second
time. And - this remark implies
a difference between physical aad
moral law. It may be illnstrmted
would
see turn ; nut that, even then,
when invisible to tbe world, he
should be visible to bis disciples;
he would be present with them, as
he says in another place
is so gift
ffiilitylaiwl
White his
knees <fbelc
iff too fcpt
with Jflmi
Lo, T am
with you always, even unto the end
of the world.” (Matt. xxvHi: 18-30.)
They shall see him with the eye
of faith, and endure as seeing him
who is invisible. (Heb. x»: 27.) And
they shoukl by-and-by go where he
was going and see his unveiled glory.
“Yet a little while, and the world
but ye see; be-
tiou R|K>ken t<| the Cre
tin- consciousness filial
creatures are listening
rto admire, is the great
"set forms of j rayer.”
page 154, he i ays: “Tc
er a minister, young oi
r, is in safe or < angerom
seeth me no more
cause I lire, ye shall live also ” (John
xiv: 19.)
Several things are implied in these
words of our Saviour. Let ns con
sider what they imply. We shall
find some very Important truths
involved in them. It may be wef?
to bring together into one view the
deep and impressive, the solemn aud
yet joyfal, lessons taught ns by
Jesos Christ when be saM, “Bnt ye
see me ; because I live, ye shall live
also.” (John xfV : 19.)
These words connect this world
and the next! They nnite earth
and heaven. They join time and
eternity. They teach the immor
tality of the soul. Immortality !
The Saviour was about to go away
to bii Pather aud their Father, to
his God and thefr "Odd. Tbe world,
then, coaid not see him. As be said
to the Jews, “Ye shall die in your
sins; whither I go, ye can not
come so he said pf an ungodly
world, “It seetli roe no mpre.” Not
merely that he should be no more
in the woridj.bat tbe world of sinful,
nnbelieviug men should be excluded
from bis presence, and see him no
more forever- “Bat ye shall see me,”
said he to his sorrowful disciples;
npon It would be highly pleasurable,
but the foture intensely painful.—
Suppose him to be warned of the
fact, and commanded by the. highest
authority to deny himself the pres
cut gratification. In order to avoid
the foture pain. If. then, be should
yield to the soliciting pleasures of
the present indulgence, be would
obey physical law, just as the brute
creation, In a similar case, would do.
It would be a setuooas pleasure that
weald eofttrat, and ooe that is justly
called carnal, or Jfertly, because the
senses reside in, or are comprehend
ed In the flesh. On tbe other hand,
if he bettered tbe things stated, as
fhottu to be true; aad if he, ia
AH men now presume to criticise
the Gospel. Almost every old do
ting fool or prating sopbfat must,
forsooth, be a doctor in divinity.
All other arts ami sciences have
masters, of whom people most barn,
and rales and regulations which
mnat be obeyed and oltserved: the
holy scripture only, OocPs Word,
mnst be snhject to each man’s pride
and preaumptiou; hence so many
sects, seducer* and offences.—tm
tier, t
cause of more than scientific interest
It ia no valid objection that so many
centuries should have elapsed before
is between w rich frill
Bible a retur i as !tbe
i bulbs of the ingenious
The first is he black
forming the knees of his
the second, tbs patch of
|rhis mirror, uf the first
bd the second! is frayed
kfre, pray for 1 him. If
rosy be quits isrou
individual, separate
fifat is Worn and sbi iy, wlifle
8 « B ond keeps its pat era and
texture, get him to' pray f r you.”
it is hire that Rev. Mr. Orqss-
frain, who delights in spoking, if be
<*», that might pass fed a smart
thing, | would. Hke to mak i himself
^ff^grfeeable'bjr subjecting beamier-
tion °f thin l|t or passage t > the text
^ v ar|on* prb mble hypotheses. He
ify? for i* stance: “Swpoee the
walk aooordiug to tbe
tofljfo tif this world, according to
the Friace of the power of the air,
the spirit that now worketh in the
children of disobedience.” He Is “the
god of this world who the
minds of those that believe not”
And the}’, “being taken captive by
him at his will,” are “of their father,
tbe Devil, aad tha lust of their father
will they do.” O wretched condition
for maa to be la 1 to be drawn con
tinually by the Devil, through , the
deference to tbe authority, denied
himself the present sensuous fleshly
gratification, ia order to avoid tbs
future pain, he would thereby evince
controlled by higher mo
that be was eon trolled by higher mo
tivc*. aad that he iHxvw-ffard higher
powers of mind than have fatten to
the lot of the “beasts that perish.”
ow the Boripiuree divide man
kind into two els m*s Of the oae
without mufh i
e of his tx iy j
bd at night! to