The Lutheran visitor. (Columbia, S.C.) 1869-1904, March 10, 1871, Image 2
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THERAN VISITO
1 HmrWhKUttt I had mad* Vj> my
nind to hated to all that might be
■aid in the rhtireb papers about that
FrreJC«hU*Tt*y , U b id *> Act.
of the General Council on the tern
tory of the Southern General By nod,
bot not to my anytl^tfjalM^l; it.
la fact, I was hnftiaed to A dplwm
Unwilling to be
it RUDE, P.D., Colmnb
UOAmi XJi. Staun
non-essential*
; 4n all thint/f, charity.
m h t1 rm iLu y]|A||a aiui
i oust uuaTwrii) -
dyspeptic of all eecboas of the
church might* he cored of their on
happy umUoltcs; but unhappily fer
as, 1 hod that there U greet reason
to believe that DO greater calamity
could befall our motion of the church
than for ua to ooeoqgpge the brethren
sot' to mi weriber* until
ier to di» ontimie i* rv~
her arms, wenf Into a church and
“forbid the bans.” The bridegroom
shot himself.
* eT «nr
indi\ )■
»* > i.
of tho General Council to hold their
conference. Anti indeed it ie thee
iiUMiifljg a
til, ie uot «ui-
latin* fee Sub*
ir names very
indicate which
iw suWribem.
fee poet, office,
ity and State
mnrr, in order
seeuis that thgea brethren are deter
mined to come on, uninvited by nay
official authority, sod kill as with,
kindness. [
writer* need the ward hi
. Obrtat m4 (be writer* «
for sincerity of iatewUun ami parity
of motieet bat twltovrd thorn to he
greatly misteksa in regard to Booth
l The Suuday school of St. Jobu!s
Evangelical Lutheran church, Fhila
dclphia, (Race street, between Fifth
and Sixth,) proposes to celebrate its
fiftieth anniversary or jubilee, on
Monday, April 10, 1871. It is de
sired to have together on that
occasion as many of those who have
heretofore been connected with tho
school ns teachers or scholars, as
possible, that it may bo a jubilee in
deed.
We kuow there are scattered nl(
over the country, those who have
been connected witty the school, and
any communication from such would
be gladly welcomed. Any farther
information may be had of, dr auy
communication addressed to, the
committee on invitation : Charles
»fl, 600 Washington Avenue; T. L.
Schrack, 117 North Sixth street
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The Free Conference,
The Free Conference, which Rev.
LH, Siess has commanded to be held
in Virginia, is to come off at Staun
ton, it being the most central place
fog the North in the South. It will
not cost as much to go from Phila
delphia to Staunton as it "would to
Charlotte, N. G., or to some point
farther South. By the tray, who is
to pay the expenseU I Southern
ministers are not very well provided
with foods at present, because
Southern laymen have not the
ability to be liberal to the church
now. By the way, ie tho Conference
to be composed of ministers alone,
or ministers and laymen, or laymen
and ministers V
Rev. J. I. Miller, of Staunton,
writes: M I Invited them”—the Free
how meu will act who are over
anxious about a matter; but the
great anxiety of tho General Cornu
cil meu to take us by guile, is by ne
menus amusing. It is simply din
gustiug to meu in the South of sere
Mbility and firmness of character,
That there is ao manner of use Cur
such a conference has been dearly
shown already in the I infer And
it follows that the mca who urge its
necessity hsve for their ultimate ob
ject the dismemberment and red* of
oar General Hj iwtl. They deny it,
but they do not deny that U may
cveutuate in our death.
Why does the Qhrrrw remain ao
quiet in regard to the matter ! Him
ply because it knows that if the
conference ie held, we will ream to
exist, and in that event the Council
will have done the shooting, IhU the
General Synod of the United Stales
will bag the game, or at leaat the
larger portion of U. it can afford to
remain quiet, for it is aware that it
will pay to do so.
unwillingness to withdraw a
Newspaper dkci uons
person who take , a w
inscribed or not- is rrepoRMmb
■Mmsiji t * r H*ij %f
person orders hi paper disco u-
ie must pay all irrean**M, or
isher may cootii ae to semlvfe
Ifmeut is mode, a id collect tue
fnount, whether the paper is
fen the office or no f ade 1
courts have deci ed that rtf u-
God by which he dc^
jaitt—*r as absolved ft™
accused Tfo jastito*I xrht
us—irr* ***oc guilty'
'The prisoner is justs;
cording to lfcfrthJP
prison without puui*hi**«
Bather ease is the r
bsh it were, covers
eghf. '“Ha that J*ri*fi*
ted, 1* the freedom of sack a meet
ing, to go ta ed libitum. Why is it
that the very persons with whom
they steed «p it Fort W aync i»ISM
la the exercise of that charity that
“thtnketb oo evil," it may be seppoecd
that the oriffeatori of a free confer
sore were enemged tofcfot it apon
the chorrh by me fo the Boat* own
s *!. Tb imply
which was the
of man shall Sit *a OfeChrooeof Hit
glory, ye also shiQ sit am twdrc
thrums, judging the twelve trfrm
ery InetitntkMM. If tMs he the fact, It
should he borer in mind that are
of this class, who are In a great mens
ere withdrawn from iutereoures with
the world end the active duties of
the mioietry. sad wholly engrossed
with the eases of sdacatioa, are not
?ad the Supifement con
ic advertisnieni of Carolina
E5&KED.—Boy your fiower
James Tick, ;i Rochester,
nd your veget ,ble seed of
a*s & Co., Yo: k, Pa. But
if CFKeefe, and >ietz.
men holding n Free Conference upon
our territory | ami I feel sure that a
large majority of the ministers and
laymen of tbs General Synod la
North America wiU join ms in this
protest. i J. HAWKINS.
differently from wluu
undcrstcxHl by the . jus
tory, aad we are not surprised at ft
We earefalty read it over twice, and
came to the coadttskm that ft was
a most admirably prepared paper for
the pernlUr emergency that called ft
th owr instita
oa the sutyoct
or at least not
Lhorixed tq state that
iustitutioi til has not
The servic )» of Prof.
Mr. Prx; asatt, N. C^ »
T Feb »7th. urn. <
: Her. A. R. Rude, AD.—fhwr Mr .*
Re kind enough to give the follow ing
resoHitiona an insert tow in the I Aether
ss Viewer t
always iwomtaeut.
fi. They used the
l of Worship A tasked.
wan and Miekmary is
;s attack on th i Southern
sneering at oi t Book of
Of course tl e Church
e Council is o be sub
)r. Krnuth ou se praised
lighly, and o tly msap
Menre of Almighty Ood, he has
church
Prof. D. I. I ire her this Board and
Seminary have lost en able and effi
cieni Principal, and the pwpils in
fonneefroo with the inatitatian. an
amiable ami Authfal iasTTWi Isc.
RmolrrH 2. That in hia death this
mmnmHr h*» here deprived of a
valuable six! eurmplan eirisen ; the
chnieh, of na »Mr and reMnrethm
minister of the gospel of CTirfot; the
Maaonto flrnteniftr, of oaa of lit mast
worrnr hihi fOOMNCK BiffiiOPfl; top
aoeial circle, of a genial and instrm t-
tve compitnion ; ms wtie, ot an anee
Bonafo hn«hand; and Ms children,
of a kind and iminlgvnt father.
‘ Opening S rvico anti
Invitation tc all «\ au
iana to uuit< with us,
•take of the Sacrament
Before conHtiding this srtirfe, it
may hr further stated, that the ends
when we
of the Lprtfs Supper
the wind blows
The Lutheran Church built on the Only
True Foundation.
Sermon, preached at the dedication
of tho First German Lutheran rhumb,
Knoxville, Tenti., September 35,1870,
by Rev. Prof. A. J. Brown, A.M.
I’uWisho<l by an Associatloti of gen
tlemen. The Lutheran Book Store,
Philadelphia. Price 18 cents.
Satisfactorily and ably does Prof.
Brown prove that the Kvangelical
Lutheran Church is “built on the
foundation of (he apostles ami proph
ets, Jesus Christ himself being the
chief corner-stone.’’ We confess that
we do not like to read sermons, not
even our own, and we felt some
misgivings, when we, as in doty
bound, commenced the perusal of
this, although we know that the
Professor is both an instructive and
interesting preacher, having heard
him several times. We knew the
fault would be ours, and not the
sermon’s. We read, we became in
terested, delighted and edified. The
words, foe sentences, the sermon
itself linger Wke strain* of sweet
music in oar mind and heart We
asked ourself: What is it that pro
duced this effect t The style is
chaste and pure; the truth and facts
involve no
that
^Id
► General
February
ic Conference s proper,
lesired by the v at Ecajort-
brethren Soot! We do
re think to withi raw ii.”
j the highest r “garils Tor
but we know hat he is
We maintain that the
rity of Southern Lnther-
vt distinction of male and
e opposed to the Free
erence
“Cbriat in us the hoj* I
In conversion we *rv
in our i|
God- TW Form ^ (> |
meotiug upon this K u |
«sys that “he wishes to I
of himself, or h i
natural powers, is nm^ ^
anything, or to assist ii I
Wfeuf and that this ;
*u.>*°* ooly ha part, bur
entirely an operation, a
worfe of the Holy Gbos
can not agree, the
^ Calviui^g, who hold
** *hna. Scott, that v*
i" butk fmitb am,
^ to our on
Bible, it fe faith ;
S4 °n upon which our *
sospouded, aud not *
a ®y arbitrary dfaposith
It is positive’>
^ioself that He wills n. :
be so slloatJy and nnosteotknialy et-
em pit fled in ht* general deportment,
since his (oration in cor midst and
connection with the Beminary, this
Board wear the mhtsl badge of iqpiiro
rag thirty day*.
sense it is onmmnwly used by
logical writers. •
It is worthy, not cmfy Of it!
but of oor most actions »tte
has never barn publidy dtsrlosM.
Be this as ft may, the thought would
naturally arise (and repriifiy if as
Informed) that the disnffeemd North
OnrnHiilana were the represeofestive
men of n large aad infoeutaai party
In the Mouth who were mifiloudly feu
the General Synod of the Boath. and
of the subject, adopt proctodiiigs
uhfesh for all nsatal purposes will be
nugatory, aad of no binding oblige
path) and roodslenre of this Board
are hereby extended to the bereaved
widow and family of the deceased in
wnceV is
our pa-
? mind to
e subject
m on the
e Lu«um
ling from
want it,
© acconv
hat ‘Free Coni
of the day ill
ivc made up m;
g much on th
boat settled do-
published in tl
Ikwtlon in the fmthemn Phifer; and
band a third to the widow of the
deceased. I* A, BIKUt, foriy •
fa the usual way, without
1 The grand idea in the ps*N
above quoted Is, that It w ^
tlwn wv are brought into the ttdj
church, and placed within
nant «f grace, which God ih
has made with his people, a»4 i
thereby brought into a poefflon
receive and w\}oy fn all its faHw
and blessing, that internsl reneri
oT the heart, wkVh W not only*
aided by, but Also offered to«J
the external regvnerarieo. ylfll
two are combined and eqjoyed bj- \
#* hre then hi the free scr^w
reuse dr the term, “sous of God.”
AlHf .ltbOdgl! ter w»T«h.
sake, and far the purpose of de\
oping foe IhB meaning of the tel
ir!t?ft^!^U W y, t h in th6 opi^
a*d fn Swiptnns and i>y OH<>s‘
.writers who andersfand ffa
'a^oot be no dfvided; fcI **
Let those wh<
The good to
it becomes <h
problematical.
;e much the ton
elphia paper i
m be a Confers oe of their
ting withiu the >ounds of
, whether the a ass of the
utli, likes it or i ot; their
xiet, Jw the i access «t
have it
pllshed
mind n
Idonoi
the Ph
that the,
own oft
our Byi
presented are deeply interesting and
precious to ns, but not new; the
sermon is earnest and evangelical,
but so are other sermons, and yet
generally to read them la not profit
able to us. What is It therefore t
It is its evangelical, Ha catholic, its
aptrffoal character. The spirit of
God dwells in tho words, and speaks
to us from every page. Prof. Brown
i* a Christian disciple*, he himself
has built on the true foundation; he
himself baa the spirit of the Refor
mation, sod ie 41 true sen of the
j Evangelical Church. Thi« sermon
should be extensively mad, and we
would suggest, that every pastoc
make an effort to circulate it asioug
his people. % r 5
uux come unto tne Unit r
which is eq \
will not U [
5%Uiay be regen< r |
w© can com© to him on! r
evident
their sc
the lt m&-
ngof it—
1 ** tJ »© importation u
JP ^hich Christ has ix
^ that in point
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