The Lutheran visitor. (Columbia, S.C.) 1869-1904, June 23, 1871, Image 2
THE LUTHERAN VISITOR. COLUMBIA, S. C., JUNE 23, 1871
Columbia, &.
Staunton,
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ffCI44. KOTICXS.
motet to-made
Baik Checks. or
tJ»e< r can not to obtained,
i4 a Reoistkrro Let-
tets an' oblig'd to
required.
gent to subscribers until
der Eo discontinue is 1 r©-
aifraragea are paid; m
w. Merely retwroii
mg a
itfef-
distinct
are old
Not only
but also
of <vwb Ml
that the
and accnrw
Marriagf*
"IS
business li
tiou.
pniter by mail, is not
ns relating to *ub-
gfve their names very
carefully indicate which
hich are new an torn here,
name of the pout office,
of t Tie county and State
r is necessary, in order
eut iet> may to promptly
mm 1 e.
*1 c hituarv notices,
intruded for publics
en separately, and
to receive proper fttten-
Organ Church. *?
Wo left Mfc. Pleasant on Friday
morning, in a very pleasant mood.
We felt well; we had passed our
time profitably and most agreeably ;
had found out that we were right in
thinking that the good brethren on
the Mount did not differ as much
from those who dwell in the plain,
as diffcreuco iu locality and altitude
made it appear; the day was pleas
ant ; the country charming, present
ing the rich variety of scenery which
a well watered and rolling country
always excels in; the crops looked
promising; the clover fields scented
the air with their delicious fragrance;
Selim stepped out as if driven by
Henry Ward Beecher; and we, that
is, Brother Cone and onr own self,
were in a few hoars after starting,
enjoying the comforts of the parson-
are pointed. The whole does credit did Aaron and Onr the hands of Mo-
both to pastor and to peopla. The , sea, and sastain*and onnnwage hint
organ, from which the church ha* it* in hi* labors of love among os, with
name, is silent; the intention is, 1 oar prayers, oar labors, oar Christian
however, to procure another. Organ j sympathy and loro.
•church must jmve no shams in it; its i Aa n church we adept
members must be faithful servants the tender, loving and pathetic lan
of the Lord; its organ most have ***** of Rath, I: Id—“We ea
rn ask in it. itiwnt thee not In leave en, or to re
The congregatiou wss large, and tnrn town following after ns; thy
into
itn possessor Is
destiny. “Children,
Lord,) how hard is it for
that trust in riches to enter
the kingdom of God! It is
for a camel to go through the
eye of s needle, than for a rich man
to eater into the kingdom of God!”
The Iloty Hptrit every where
its solemn votes against the
>f Address.
The Poqfioffice address of Rev
KSchelber# n is c langed from Gfave
Hffl to Is ray, page county, Va.
Correspondents \fill please note the
change.
Rev. J.
tie meat,
still have
subscril
you the
glad that
tinue the
and kuow
ont it
by deeds
Honor
Rev. H.
S.O.,
with the
think now
theran 1
ont, and n
Brother
he contril
obtains sul
the paper
and persev
er brother
per to puff
from his
wonderful
never sent
learn that
ever he thij
near to tak<
The cup of
lull.
A Word! of Cheer. ,
Cu^p, of .German Set-
Yirgima, writes : “1
promise of several uew
>r ujhich I hope to send
soon.
W© all
hoit we could
all would say
[ well is by words;
truly
to cou
ve it,
o with
much
Honor is Due
“ ?
Tingard, of Netoberry,
[us two new subscribers,
itifyitig statement: 41
my people take the Im-
|f not, I ^ill tiud
;ce them to subscribe.”
is a working nmn;
uable articles; he
ribe -s, and works for
ieerfdly, gratuitously,
iglyi We have anoth-
always wants the pa-
0 publish Extracts
ty piper concerning his
biletlc feats, yet he has
ubseriber, and we
it aud us, when-
it there 'is * no one
rt of the absent,
iniquity will jpoon be
I
A person
Brandt;
tlieran minis <
vinity, is like
by the name of
aims to he a Lu
d a Doctc r of Di
na what v c learn,
to turn np so {nowhere in Sou ;h Caro-
for a br ef time
, he next appear-
which lu left for
letter wi us found
aied jthat, wea; y of lifo
t himself to t he deep,
t hold lijim. Ho.
gton, H C.; ap-
Charlctte; did
lina. He
in Alexan
ed in Norf<
parts nn
in which
he would
but the deep
then went to ^
peared
not pay his I
leaving a
effect that,
apprecia
sphere. Hi
not born to
pur ministers
their guard.!
exactly what we like a worshipping
assembly to he. They are Lutheran
in doctrine ami practice. We frit at
home—and our prayer is: “Lord!
bless both pastor and people.* 1
We met after services with several
friends, whose utxjtmiuUncc we had
made In former days, and were ha;v
py to fiud that they were fntthfol.
true, aud happy in aud blessed by
the Lord. One we missed—Colonel
Paul Ileilig; we learned, however,
that tie had removed to Salisbury,
age. How we could have rented ! nni | had not, like many of whom w©
How we could have indulged in the!
drier far nicate! How we
have sat on that porch and dreamed,
aud thought poetry—we can not
writo it—and almost lost to the pres
ent, lived over the past and antici
pated the future!
But there is no paradise on earth
without a tempter. Brother Cone
was ours! lie had so much to con
verse aliout, and the conversation
was pleasant He had so much to
could tell, left his Kvangelical Lutb
could era n ism behind him. How we do
abhor scalawags! those who went
out from among, but were not of us.
Rev. I>r. Mayer, of Philadelphia,
nsed to say of snch: “They are de
serter*, and ought to be shot 11 We
do not think it necessary to waste
powder and lead on them; they coot
tnit suicide fast enough. If the man
whose lot God cast* in the Lntheruu
church will not serve God within her
show us, and it was worth showing, j pale, such an one will not be permit
He has got a flue place, aud is—His
a pity though—a very good farmer.
Why a pity T Ought not a man to
ted to serve Him anywhere elae. All
he boihlit is wood, bay sad stubbie.
“Every man's work shall be made
people shall be our people, ami
God our God.”
U*
For the Lathmaa Viator
Ths Danger of Rishat.
be a good farmer 1 To be sum, if he j manifest; for the day shall declare
is a farmer. But a good farmer is it, because it shall be revealed by
apt to be a’ poor preacher, and a' lire j aud the fire shall try every
good preacher is apt to be an indif [ mao's work, of what sort it to.*
ferenfc farmer. We sjieak from ex
perience. We do not object to a
small' piece of laud, say ten acres,
which the minister, with the aid of a
boy, can work without robbing his
study or hU jiastoral work of valua
ble time; uay, we believe the manual
labor will prove beneficial to the
minister's physique, and the change
of pursuit rest and iuvigorate his
mind ; but uufortunately, what man,
minister or not, is satisfied with a
farm of ten acres ?
Nevertheless, Brother Cone has a
delightful tabernacle; he lives liter
ally and figuratively in clover; hi*
home is cheerfal ami sunny, and
Mrs. Cone understands to perfection
the ways of the doth. She does not
interfere! We are under the great
est obligations to both for their nn
remitting and unobtrusive kindness
and hospitality, and are fully resolv-
After services, wt* went to Mr.
Moses BarrtarV We stayed aith
him when the Genera! By trad met at
Organ Synod ; we met a* old friend*. ’ *"9 *•* ^ ctaring and grasping,
Mrx Barringer, ou wfioin time sits ■ ted the highest happiness in
Uftcd aphis rjr*.
XTl: M.
1 The great intrresta of the soul
are not only endangered by the prof
ligate expenditure of richen npou nn
worthy object*, but may be a lan
through the dotihtoM or hsordfaf
disposition of it* poaseasor. A non
receives the d map; a-ofti tiou of the
Lonl. TV servant to whom waa
committed the one pound, and laid
R up in a napkin, wa* expected and
required to make a profitable use of
it, and because be foiled so to
do, wo* adjndgrd and condemned.
There in a rlaa* of wealthy men who
have no disposition to lavish their
means in empty show sod extrara
gant living, and they * consequently
do not stand ia peril from this qoar
ter, lait froai a eraviag dealer to la
rreone their wealth and hoard their
riche*. lake the remocseta— daagh
ter of the home leach, their inert as
lag cry ia for awre. If miarrlj ia
dbponitioy. gold ia their gnd, and
they lore it and worship it parrly
and sapronely, for its ask#
Oa the other hand. If
lightly, is a* kind and a* intent on
serving a* ever; and Mia* Barringer,
wluvn we left a little child, is now
an accompliabcrl young lady, and we
do not wonder that no many travel
the nan! that lead* to Mr. Barrier’s
mill. We enjoyed ourselvea; oar
appetite was good ; and the milk-
why the valley of Virginia doc* not
afford better; we wanted to stay,
but Brother Cone vetoed it, and
dragged ns off four, five, six, e%cr!
so many mile* to Tenners church,
where be had another ap|s»iutment
for us.
But, oh! lie did make a* work,
aud travel, and get subscriber*. The
very recollect ion of all we went
wearing farther arqaisitiaaa.
inducements ana tempt the «
part aith his god, and
Influence the other to
any portion of his means
apua object* that do not |Wtuniar a
naturally disposed to place in riches;
and by preorpt and example points
to the awtttl doom of snob as disre
gard its admonitions. To all
in their wealth,
In the multitude of their
it a tiers it© waraiag eeveet:
“If riches Increase, set not your
upon them.” “Ye can not
God and Mammon.* Trust ia
Hj destroys trpst in
God; and he who devoutly kneels
at a shrine of gold, con not “warship
Odd, who is a Spirit, hi spirit aod in
troth.” Trusting in riahes Is a Irons
for of the heart Si affection from the
fVeatoe to the malars It to giar
log idolatry ; and “all tdolstors shall
have their port in the lake which
jmrnclh with fin* sod brimstone,
which to the aroood death ’
A Wealth to calculated to foster a
proud, selfish and tyrannical spirit;
to the neqatoitioa ef power
and not a ufreqneatly
wgto of ;»rotertioa to
the character of an nupiincipled end
iafamow* nun It thus lead* to aa
and presumption;
to itself undo*
aod predisposes its poearaaur to dis
regard law and public opinion. The
-rich man wrap* himself up ia the
tie ef inordinate self esteem to
adc aod in sales t ia his iater-
aith othara—to impatiewt of
md aablushingty im
pugns the nrrrrideatiai rarrmarnt
of God. He look* with
UTO-
by vanity, or the
self import ©are, he
to be the creator ef
tmwpertif e ef aa
evevH
himself
over rohog
t “U not than g
ykm that I have built for
of the tuagvkmi hp At
Bab
sad Aw the
csty r This a Mini sSmI
of my auy
ottered than
timeot
ed, if duty docs not forbid, to eujoy through make* n* tired; we ttore-
ag-aiu the pleasure of feeling that we fore tog leave to tell the rest of onr
arc among true friend*, eveu though ! ejjdoits in our next.
Brother Cone will ride aiul walk us j •• • •
abont. However, we think we hud For ths Lathersn Yhitar.
the advantage of him : the country , rom men cement Week at Wal halls
nir always makes us sleepy ; it i*
iy*
i toil
and
ftyu*)8e epist
ifinutierstood
would seek
ever, as
il eparted,
e to tbh^
and not
another
t seeing
Wle advise
j.people tb be on
|»nre, unadulterated ox gin, and we an- request. <1 to ai.aoouce that 4
did some lengthy sleeping iu that mtUMl tri P will he tosoerf from
same parsonage. StOtkme on the Greenville A Co-
Sunday came, however, bright, j hmibia iUilnwiI, to A tale rum, f»r
beautiful, and cxliilirating. iVhat *wh persons as may desire to visit
s the reason that nature always j" *!balla on the above (wcasioa.
rears a smiling face, a happy look, j ^ ,r tfoket* t(* ■ <n©a»etire aa [
iind her most brilliant colors ou “the j an4 * 0n the Sfltli | the
day of all the week the beet T \V© privilege to return free cm said tick
were bonud for Organ churcA, and l ‘* s *° expire oa the 1st day of
3eliu» was not slow iu taking n*
here. Sena years have iwwwed Ticket* inti*t In ufl rsm^ Is* pur
since we saw it; but the whole wa* rha*ed from the Agents, or tlieprivi
familiar to us. It is the same grove, n,n not u ' available, exr.*|H In
with the same grand oKl tree*, real i tickets air not *.»»«! at
patriarohs; the graveyard, too, is point where parin'* take the
the same, only it contains many fresh tra * ,w -
graves. It ought to be hallowed ft ta thonifht the Bine Ridge Rail
ground to all Lutherans, for many of road wiU extra,\ the *amc privilege,
the saints sleep there, anti among ald Wf> attendance
them Rev. C. A. O. Stork, the father (tom •*> q«*rters np«m the eUming
Of Dr. T. Stork, of Hiladelphia, « xeret*e© at College and the laying of
1831; Rev. H. Graebcr, 1843; Rev. the stone. Daring the we. k
J. A* Linn, 1862 ;^nd Rev. D. I.! there will be nddreMes by Itev. W.
erete* 4inl hides away from the
knowledge of the world Ids cherish
ed treasure*, whilst the other forest*
his mmdi as rapidly aa they acrwmv
late ia lands, stocks or bostnsro
Approach them when yoa will, io
behalf of wane good objert, or char
ity small or great, they have
lag to give—©re always ne*d>
hard prv—d to meet their
»et»u! With them u ia
try to be always ia debt, whteh aa
•wen* the • too his pqrpose of a spar display of Gad's
to stimulate to effort, aod ©too sen es •*» record tor
a* a plausible pretext for not adnto * foarfol proof that Jte guards with
teriag to the neersaitoes of othsrw, or "wropoloos jrakmsy the aboolate ©ov
cootrttmtiog to the csunr of God io eveigwty of Tit* throne, and that He
the erection of church**, or the |<rop- will by no moons spore the guilty,
* gat ion of the Gospel. who forget Him ia the day of prow
The rich prodigal and the board |<er»ty, and fewnaptawii) reotsre
, opkrto mm tto
its false
was signally
lent king smitten
to the
is awooder-
fol infatuation about wealth. It is
a snare skiltfelly and adroitly set;
and alas t ft to eminently sooeessftil.
The arch fiend even essayed its
blandishments in connection with
earthly aggrandisement npon the
Boo of God himself, bat the bane
bribe was rejected, sad the foal
spirit rebaked.
Book, in oooclaskm, are some of
the considerations tending to ©stab-
lish the troth of oot proposition,
that riehea are daagwroos; not that
ia nod of themselves they done the
door of mercy against the opulent
miit for with God all things are
possible—bat on account of the rs-
spomsibihty growing oat of their pos
session, and the various temptation*
to evil which they originate aod pre
•eat
A for inferences, by way of im
prove a»ent, and we are dooe.
L The poor of this world, who ore
rich ia faith aod beira of the king
dom which be hath promised to thorn
that love him, may derive oowtfort
from this doctrine.
f#;Your appointment iu life to by
divine direction, or iwrmissiou; for
the Lord maketh poor and moketh
rich, he bringeth low and lifteth up.
God to the judge; he patteth down
one, and sHteth up another ; and the
judge of all ths earth doetb right
Therefore, cultivate a spirit of resig
tiou to yoar M is life; because, god
lines* with coats*tme*it to great
gain; for w* brought nothing into
the world, and U to certain we can
carry nothing oat; and having food
aud raiment, tot os be therewith con
teat; for the liUk that a righteous
man bath is better than the riche* of
assay wicked.
fajYoor reeponoiMity to not so
great. The Lord, it stoy lie, in hi©
providence, has only entrusted to
you one tolnt; but It to accurding to
your ability, as ranch as you con
skilfully handle and profitably use,
and for the wise administration of
which yoa only will be bckl ac
countable. Murmur not hecattaoyoa
have not received more; neither
through tooth fatness bide It in the
earth; hat cheerfully put it ont to
the exchanger*, that w hen the Lord
rerknoeth with thee at his coming be
may reoriv# his own with usury .
“Ocenpy nntH I come" is aa injnnc
tkm the Master has laid ajms all,
without respect to ooodHion ia life.
The Lord to not a banl man, reaping
where he ha© not sown, and gather
ing
woridliag mntoally reproach «|«m Ills
other, whilst neither calmly them (Taal t* Thnothyj that are rich
weighs hto rewfHatsibiiity to God. at >• this world, that they he not high
sppamitly take* a serums thought mioded, nor trust In uncertain riches,
of a future reckoning, t'ootrolied but iu the living God, rto pirHh m*
hr > rfok/g
Hy
guhl, every
<1 warfe«l, every
mmI the nrh m<tn lives to
and for himself, irrespective
gareliraw of the rlaiass of t»ml and
man. There to then, aa w© have
seen, great rnysntihly in fanner
(too with riches, ami great peril Io
Deliver us from Such Friends
The Lutl
fesses to
Southern ch
1 »or ton ity
torily and
pass by.
Not long
which it
to keep a
would be
number is A
ians. Strang
Southern min
a sheet,' and
We give thfi|
Lands /hr
are beginnin
inevitable. 1
estates flkHl
now for sal©.;
Winchester
bordering u
thousands
ed by the
cultural
the papers
oversowing
Missionary.
ana Missionary pro-
frieudlyi to the
lets, no op-
speak deroga;
y of the South,
Abstinence
stated in an
gregational
a unanimous -
j . *\ r 4 •
of wine attj
doubt our
deemed
many a mod
t had an article in
Swedish emigrants
us, because they
and iu a lato
useer at Virgin-
ing strange, that
sre jail-1 support Such
its high priest^
aspersion :
te- -The Virginians
i acknowledge the
ds of the finest
coibmon wealth are
the valley near
m Loudon County,
this Potomac, are
cjfland unsnrpass-
ndaj of Ohio for
The columns
the State are
hind sales.—Luth.
Dreher, 1871. All good and true S-
men, whose memory is precious, beside* the
whom many bless; and we trust * stn dooU.
that while Christ has a people and .
an Evangelical church, descendants
of those men of God and servants of
Christ may stand before Him for
ever.
ij The church, too, i* the same, aud
yet it seems to have undergone a
Change, aud that for the better. We
examine and find ont at last what is
the matter; the doors aud window
©hntters have been painted. Well
done, think we. We like to see the
bouse of God kept neatly and iu
to repof * Rirkc*
gratification bf the
sod high minded
si* the too* by which
the wealthy are lnort ou all
from within *od from without
world smtlrs, flatter* am! fawn* ti|«n*
them, and oothuig but the grarr of
God can rouateroct their |mrwly xiag
ittflaroor, sod «avr the *wul from |>rr
dltfon. The fmstoie graces of bnaiti
if i, merkmos, pntlmrr and gudlimos
are aanall.v exotic* in the abodes of
wealth, demandfag nn weary tag at
hto own selfish aggrsiHiiarmei<t tentlon to *cr*re rffloriacmcr and (
3. Wraith engender* a strong dm- |*Mk*| vitality. The soil and clt
|Kisitioti fa place a falfo estimate mate are sot congenial; aud *{i<iita*J
Bowpisti aod R«v. J. Hawkins upon its impnrtaace, ami tba* leads lifo to the prirr of toecfdeas i igilaaor.
the soul, arming from the fact that
man ia nstarally predtopuarel either
fa lavish hto sealth upon improper
object*. or fa steel hto heart against
every call of merry, and pander fa
IIVIIil |
exercises by the
T. a B.
For the bothers* Visiter.
Rev W. 8
A meeting of the coogregation of
the Wentworth 8t Luthcnm Chwrrb,
('harleston, wa* held after morning
service ou Huuday, June 11, 1871,
when the follow tag preamble aud reelv
lutious were adopted and ordered to
be published in the dally pn|>era, and
the Lutheran Visitor:
Rum into the temptatloa of trust tog
fa it a* aa end. sad not hi “the liv
ing God r This truth to faaght aod
strikingly illustrated ia the «ad hto
tory of the rirh worldling fa the Gos
pel, who said to hto soul t “Boat,
tboa hast mnrh good* Hud np for
•may years; take thine ease,
drink and be mem P Bat God
In the gay hall* of the rich work)
ling, where fanhtoualde foUy and
oatcufatinns display are wont to role
the hour, the more* generous and
noble impulse* of the soul are dwarf ,
ed and finally crushed out. Koch a
•fate of mind and heart to exceed
eat, ’ ingly odious in the sight of God ; sod ,
said S
Wiikkkah, our Iwloved Pastor, layetli n|* tromuire for himself and in
Rev. W. & Bowman, having recently nut rich toaanl Oui"
laui
-We see it!
that the Con-
ordcr. We do not think much of received a call from a sister cbnreh,! cure*
t *
the religion of men who live in fine ; in the city of Savannah, accompanied , teem, and
booses, and fare sumptuously every
4<ty, while they worship God on Hi*
day in a rickety, roady-to-tnmble-
down—and unfinished at that—slmit-
tjf, which they are ashamed to call
‘four chnrchand if they, in addi
tion to this, withhold from the taborer
0
bis hire, and thus starve the preacher,
we are done with them. They may
go to the Foxes, who have holes.
We entered the chtinph, and did
not believe our own eyes. We re
raembered Organ church fixed np a*
a kind of Noah's ark; now It is a
cheerful, handsome sanctuary. The
no mnrh security
H ought not fa Mirprtor u* that lie
unto him, “Tboa fool, tbt* night thy w ho "setteth the solitary in families." j
*»ml »lt*U la re«|itireil of Ihn*: thru toumhl dstoi in pasws the huuarhokl
whom' sliall tluor things be which gods, and scalier fa the winds the
thou has prmotod I Ko to be * h*« l» ill gotten gain* of fiwntl and oyqirea
man. Far “God will brtog dnara
high looks, and hia» that hath a high
look unyl a pnntd heart * ill to not
snflrr." Yea, yoa may look fa vnia
by a pecuniary proffer, greater than and happiness, that it to diflkwK for for him that was ia great power, sad
the amount which we, as a church, in the carnal mind fa realm© the truth <q»ra*d Itimrelf as a green hay tree, j
onr impoverished condition, are able fulnessGod’s Word, that “riche© . Yon may seek him, but be con not
to beatow, (though not unwilling,), certainly make themselves wings and he found; for the finger at the land
and whereas Brother Bowman hat fly away a© an eagle toward heaven.", hath touched him, and hi* boarded
promptly declined it* acceptance, The fata! effort of tbi* indisfMWtioa wealth hath penahed.
thereby giving additional proof (were to fB© fall credit to the testimony , a. Ftaally. Ukhea are “* mm,
it nceiicd) of hto affection for tbto of inspiration, aa fa the tree nature j and lead into temptation and into
chnrch, and pioo© devotion to its and tendency of riches, ia area fa many and hurtful last* which drown {
spiritual welfare and iutercuta, chocs- the lamentable fart, that the heart to men in destruction aud perdition.”
lag rather to suffer affliction with oa, alienated from God, wh© in tto ooly They wrnfcs a fair preteoee and prom j
aud share in onr sorrows and joya, fonudathm of unfailing security mid ia© much, bat cheat Urn aoal out «*f ,
than enjoy plenty, comfort and ease ©olid comfort, and treat reposed fa the' eqjoymeut and comfort* of the
among others, though of the siitne uncertain riches. Of all who tiros tree rich©*, and reader its condition ]
faith; therefore
who
Uivaaoii ami act, it most he arid, ©La!. one of hfipeleaa poverty and misery;,
swallow’s nest, high up against the Resolved', That the Wentworth thto to the mail that made not God - Morey ia a templing bait, aod to
t Akron, has, byj wall, has disappeared ;yn its place street Lutheran Chnrch gratefully his strength, bat traatad fa the acquire
mum .
led the
mion table. No!
wofd and work arc,
jof improvement by’
rou <1 be-reformer.
it
and
are
there is a neat, modern pulpit; the acknowledge their obligation* to Rev. abundance of hto riches, and atroagth l maned, and avaa life itself imimriled.
ugly box that served a* nn altar is W». S, Bow man, for hto prompt ami coed himndf ia bto wu-keducaa.” The The “lore of it to the root of all evil,
gone ftltey have now a chancel, with positive declination of the tempting tendency of rirlica to to harden the whicb, a bile some coveted after,
an altar and a reading desk; the proffer, and. will endeavor, with h* art, beget * «k fiaet *|Hrit toward© Ibvjr hare «rrcd from the faith, ami j
pews, galleries and all the wood work ! Ood’H helm to hold up bto hand*, a* ! God, and prcduti* the impression pierced
through with
he does demand a faithful improve
meat at the talents which fa hto
providence he ha* committed to onr
keeping.
(e/Dae poor are shielded from
maay trmptatin— fa which the rich
sre exposed, ia consequence at their
affluent eirrnmstanees, with its nsw
ally aUetHlaat profligacy at lifo and
forgwtfnlness of God. Your* to aa
humble *plw*re. and far imoved
ftoo the and faidiiows,' that
make the daily routine of n higher
*urud lifo. All your artificial desires
•wit not be gratified, and y on are are
•ilively alive to yoar decadent po
Your treasure* are not on
rib. and your trine and Attention
not entirely engrossed with the
management of yoar temjiorwl inter
esta. Ton have oppnrtnnity for re
Anri fan. and yoar thoughts instinct
ivety torn from the present and
perishing, to the fatme and eternal;
where the chafing distinctions of
earthly society are unknown—where
the aching heart Is at rest; and
where all who ktpiw the I xml Jeans
Christ, whether rich or poor, are
kings and priest* unto God forever.
“Blessed be ye poor, for yours to the
kingdom of God.* “Bat wroe unto
you that are rich, for ye have receiv
ed your consolation* Be recon rag
ed. and comforted by the example of
Chriwl, who “though he was rich, for
nor ashes lire*roe poor, that ye
through hto poverty might be rich
and by the exultant language of holy
Ifanl, expires!ve of his own foldings,
“aa poor yet making many rich $ aa
having nothing, and yet possessing
•II things.* lli* wa* a lifo of toil
and privation, terminating fa a
bloody death ; Hot he had been emi
nently diligent ia the nar of hto
IxmTs talent*, and now as the rich
reward of hto stewardship, be w ear*
a crow* of exceeding and eternal
weight of glory.
11. The rich should be admonished
of their jerll-of the danger and
deceitfatness of riches, ami of their
finty fa God aod man fa the wise
administration of their wealth.
Y«jThere to a danger on the one
hand, lest H he footfahly squandered j
and on the oilier, lest it be boarded
for Its own sake. There to danger
arising from a disposition to trout in
it—to “make guhl oar hope, and fine
gold our confidence.* And there Is
danger growing ont of the many
temptations it presents to depart
from the living God, and indulge fa
a grotificatkai of the fasts of the
flesh and th« pride of tUb.
(bfthe rich man should remember
that hto wealth to the grit God »* that
be to but a steward of hto Lord’s
goods, aod that as such be must ren
der on account of his xtewantokto-
that be moot seek the glory of God
is the disposition of hto property
and “honor the Lord with hto ^
stance;* “that be be rich fa
works, ready to distribute, willing t*
communicate, faying up fa ator«
for himself a good foundation agafaa
the time to oome.”
(cjfn eondndtng this exposition (> f
scripture, we remark that they
ore rich should be warned of tfa
danger eoaoectod with It, by the HA
death, and doom of the rich mat* \ n
the narrative. He was prodigal of
bis means—fan
wealthy men
*l*©ut hi© Lord*© money a© if % _
been hto own, and without the fam
reference to hi© fiduciary relation.
At death be waa summoned to q*
dcr ou areoant ©€ bto treat a*|
it* ruanagreront He ftmd rornfafa
much, aod “nnia vtonmi
to given, of him shall be
quired.” He was accused of
wasted bto Lord's
judged an unprofitable
coat into outer
the deep ahyaa of bell be liftad ©p
hto eyes, being fa torment*. Obj
mtoerable red of a toiaapret Ufa
And rest ran never dwell!
That conn to all; but torture
end
8tit! urges — *
KIWHKAFRKISD.
edited by aix miutotora fa tbs Gro
ws! Council, difforinc from each
other fa regard fa the actio© An
General Council should hare taken,
and the meaning at the official otter
suer given by fa Btateofanto me
made by one and contradicted fa
the other. The
other of unioau
of ignorance and crime, of Inrdifa
Hr- Betoa will be enmpeUed t© taka
his amt with men ia the IVoasyir*
nto By nod, ami Rev. R. Laird fa the
Pittsburg Synod, who regard Mi-
ICimrian opioiona as an!
if they kiwi the power they
exclude them, and all the
and leaders whose divergencies sad
criminatioos and recriminations wa
have presented above, will be earn
polled to ait together in tlm €1 enrol
Council and accord to each otter /
And aa the Lutheran giver its
^■■Ito opinion of the
of the Ohaerrar, its editor
obfoet fa onr giving onr renders tte
judgment of “X. W n * a
ent of the Standard,
present character of the lAOheraa:
“When Dr. Kraath edited the La
lheron, it wras a noble and powerfid
luntrwment for good, no far aa hit
editorial* were concerned. Biaoette
w v,- ■ ,
present editors have charge at tte
paper, it has sadly degenerated ftwm
its masentine character into decided
weakness, or rather weaknesses. I
pity the Council for not having bet
ter advocates of its cans©, than tte
f**ur dortors who edit the only paper
«lcvated to it* interest*.”
I a roly Time* Ahead.—The tost
Zritnrkrift may lie styled an rote
astiral Itotnb thrown into the camp
of the General (Vmndl. whose «x*
ploKion will wound if it does sot kit.
It contains a nmfetoro ami declara
tion from Prof. Wsltber, origiaafly
published fa the IjUtheraner, a re
joinder fa Dr. Weis*' answer Is tte
history of the “mbsriteteP foam pss-
tor Stoker, of Minnesota, six colaiam
long, with a column and a half rf
editorial comments, and the ptton
toed history amt defense of the “OH
Primsylvonia Standpoint," which
jMistor Brobat maintain* he ha* re-
enpied for more than twenty ye**
It also covers aix columns. Tte ver
sion of the substitute given by Br-
Hein* is denied, the charge of havfaf
been deceived by the last action st
the General Council on the fear
|toints made, and the votes p***
for ita l *incaster declaratimM nadrt'
*neh mi«M|>prehetiftNHi, a ithdraw*
both by Rev. Brobat and 1***"
BH*kw. From the matter and ama-
Dcr of tb(>ne deliverances, liwly
lirore may be expected, if not at tte
meeting of the Pennsylvania Kyaod,
fa Easton, certainly at tte tteti
meeting of the Genera! Council, *•
Rochester.
1
Sunday Observance Among the Gff-
mem*.—Pastor Grahnn, in hto
Lie Warhende Kirch*, gives on a Lfr
t heron Sunday tow which was to
force 13fi years agtv HMmrieW*
drag, boy* and girl* and aH rite**'
are liereby tekMim, duriag divto*
service, to loiter Iwforr tte rimn^h,
er in the grsveysrd ; further, chorte
ter* aud schoolmasters an* hereby
commanded not to udmit any per**** •
into the choir gallery who do not be
long fa it, aud to prevent all talk tap
and looking sboot. They ttt
also to be careful that none of tte
scholar* slip ont of church duriwP
the sermon'Ve wish «uch » l 51 *
were in foree now.
•f Mbfoo
the Ifatik Giirrit «■
■ 1
/
s-srjr 1 a—i co,
^0 l ©^iective b
c *» A, TiI r 1
^ gpoo tte folte* K : •
ankm tetweei
Jfo » *
mcrHt p UT.-ORn f
la order fa thto Uni te
Doctrine to n©cf ^
in praoiro* tle^i
ITtte Holy ^
only tofoWble rote ^
y. The tree hood of I*i - <
m - - “to th m k
Ute frmtr- 1 '} tmtod, Orel
Tte nitolteml Aup-
i* the tree bond *x
Ik© O-horehes of i.|
letter*** Bynod*.
3*. Th© three Ancient
oW rfc.r<*.m. ««»
l
the oaaltered Aogrimrg <
u »getter with ths Apolog
Artfalro, Cotter»s larger a.j
< rieehtoma, and the Form
owi ftitfeMl) «xbibit «b.
taught fa tte Word of Go
to be ree
filh. The right of privsi
pretfagwoy ailicto of the
Creed, with tte design of
uurotrqrrtnn th;
it by tte acknowleilj
• Cbnreh to i
versivc of a onsoon fail
s:
k
Br.
at strifo nod
fa believe and tenc
ia our 8yi
to tteir
Holy Boersm,
■‘N
- \
S. •
>- t
|\
' y
.
K S
*.V
t
tte
iu tte wxmto
(Mat xxvrif : Iff.) (Mat.«^
(IriCreit»-3jk)
8th. Tte Word of God
are tte only
and are saffictout
i to convert the shim
taMtoh the believer.
Ml It to admitte*! that t
should be preached, (2d Tin
^,)aoi that the Holy Spi
modem to ©ffeeanal; but it
that Bto divine influence*
snfaect Id tte human will.
A) By thto however, we 4*
tend to tench, that tte op-rJ
the Holy Bptrit u;*on tinj
heart, may not be restated t|
Htraotton at tte soul.
10th. In regard fa the ro<*|
ducting public wondiip. ij
eansmence Khowkl not Is* i
»ith. tart there should be i
miiformity aa pmwftiie. wrhit!
ftdteriou fa gennim' Lotta
sew
11th. As tte reiiginti of
l*ei to something that midiv? I
the undemanding and tbff
'-tt-
•N,
I V-.'
:
.v
donbt, a wise and jwdk-iou >
«f tte Church, far etdiglitr
format and exciting the affi^
the latter and therefore, n nj
nary eirtumstanc©*, shoul<
l.v adhered to in reforence
dates far Chnrch menibersi
therefore dtoapfirove of tin
•f any meamre that neoe*s;
to it* abritahmem, or that
00 °todrretl fa it* naturv
tute.
12th. A unifortti system p
Diacipliue should be adopt-«
forced.
■■ctiox 2d.—srKoi.v
Of the Person of Ckn
S|]Kv Chrtot ia both Gotl
bold tbe God-mnu soft
^ a, d that now lie ta, J
.to bath natures every when
Human Depravity.
Depravity ta tii
fy ^ Adam’s sin, uauvci
aU Adam's |K»sif-i
hn it effect* the wbole i
totter* to all evil.
* *bummu nar innste •
* tmih^al moral diau<
netxemsarv to >
7**y <* Adam, a* t
' fatne of Christ s
ttal, mork ’ iH W i
_ Jaatijkatiaa.
is jnuiM by faith |p^.
-«f Christ. -
works ore the toga »i
fruits of Jauifoa
Regeneration.
grueratioti is a new liiV J
m "8bt fa ,„ Mtl %ty tfe, fIl) ,
o *w*nw ..*■ a- Mio
• • o -v
w . . Roptixm.
** ve and teach tUnt
au<i i# ,,M
•"-l-v i, ,T K ' u< ‘ rHti " n; I
s.w 1,1 t,l '‘ Wlse of childn
UtarL ^ baptism, a* to ui.i j
A*.
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