The Lutheran visitor. (Columbia, S.C.) 1869-1904, June 30, 1871, Image 1
ONE LORD, ONB FAITH, ONE BAPTI8 M"—EPHB8IA N8 IV
SERIES, VOL. 3.—NO. 43
COLUMBIA, 8. C., FRIDAY. Ji NE 30. 1871
OLD SERIFS, VOL. V
ffl WTB^I8HEP
the Hglit ami fire have come bad: to
his ©jre. Sinew that day, the Wtttera
barp mmik hm found heaven nearer
earth ; light has begin) to break in
and hi labor* At the age of four
score years he discharged the duties
of his chair la the Sevhiary with
pooetuality sad vigor. He had Iris
wioh, dying in msdife rttm*. imtmg
his last letters was one addressed to
a venerable miaietor, Dr. HeUeu
dd>, ia which he Mvtgn is the
whwpiet of a long We, and records
a sober judgment concerning hts
“ltfowork.” The following is an os
tract from it, which will be read with
upon him from above. * He has made
a toflaomc joaruej to the “Holy
City,” walking all day, and begging
food ami lodging at night. Borne
days has he been in Rome, viewing
the grand displays and great nrbes;
but he thiuks this does not seem like
“Bely Rome. 9 He has gazed on the
Veronica, which is a cloth said still
to retain the impression left by our
when 8t. Veronica
to speak boldly for the truth in the
flu® of a world of enemies ; to defy
the highest authority on earth;,to
unchain the Bible, add send the
pfvriotu ueaaages on angelt* wings
through all the laud. Carlisle says:
•*! wiU caM thlo farther a tear, great
matt | great in intellect, In oooragr.
Hi iffrrtim and integrity—our of the
Kpahktine, to Itnptoiw Mm to fam
back, dM he not nay, “Go tell yoor
master that if the* tat* at Worms
as many devils as there are tiles oa
the rooilh, yet would I go in* And
go in he did f Straight through that
crowd of secirt friend and open foe
did he w«d Ms way. Monks scowl
lroad. d0mamM
life. If ** would afifift** wareelvra
to any work, the effort is nm \rnn tin
less we are engaged In it, trusting in
the Lord.
The man who aadertakas a duty
in his own name and strength and in
deiiendence on his own ability, will
be almost Oort to foil, eras Is the
judgment of the world. There may
mouth-* ......<1,
tVidsw* of HUH
real Student*.....
, Who fau to remi
w of thdr mbs
charged per am
- **• entered on
trees sfe Ms foot, the King summoned
his {tohtical ministers to his side.
o go jt
metnn
MW DM*?* Alv niw n ii uu tm* huu
t ion hoof, without the Hr*t p*iym«- nt
, jpgaisraraB imontoita.!
>n« neryxi who take# a paper rvg-
. ftfga (he post office—whether cu-
I to ha Same v snot to r s, w whether
Saviour's fWce
presented it to hlta to wipe his brow
upon, when bowed under the weight
of the cross. Poor lather—all eyes
—stores, bat sees nothing bat a piece
of white cloth, hanging on a black
board. He thinks he lacks faith to
see it, ami perhaps is tempted to
take oat his thongs and whip him
self. Ue goes to see the skull of St.
Peter and 8t. Paul, but, to his honest
German eyes, they seem to be only
“carved in wood* Poor Lather!
mechanically does he go through
every detail of the prescribed round
of devotions, believing against expe
rience, and hoping against hope.
Bat watch him now, as he goes to
perform one of those penances that
will give indulgence for 1,000 years.
He is to ascend the “Ssncta Seal a"—
the holy staircase, which once, they
say, formed a part of Pilate’s house.
Slowly, mournfully, on his knees, he
commences the ascent; slowly, sadly,
he creeps from step to step, bruised
on the hard stone, worn into hollows
by the knees of pilgrims. Patiently
still be rises—when see! Tie lifts
himself; he stands erect on bis feet;
throws bis head hack« gates Into the
sky with a heavenly light beaming
and playing over his face. There,
while bowed oa those steps, seeking
earthly aid, a voice from heaven has
come floating down, sinking into his
big soft heart, and speaking in a soul
soothing whisper the words that ever
after rung from his mighty lips as a
butte cry: “The just shall lire by
fhith !* And God be imused ! It hip
not ceased echoing, bat Hags yet,
and yet may it ring, in circles ever
widening rjjiuid the world, until they
meet again ami rise to heaven, from
whence they came!
IfAJUXG rr THK THB8KCL
In the next picture, we are oar
monk passing through the streets of
Witteinborg, with a step quick aud
firm. His face galm, yet indiguant,
his powerful aud erect form suggest*
rather the warrior than the Priest.
In bis bauds he carries a large pack
et of paper*. ..These are hut famous
99 theses or articles against the sale
of indulgences. Bee him at the door
of the castle church nailing them up.
These indulgences were {tapers sign
ed by the Pope, which, it was pre
tended, could pardon the sins of men
even before they were committed.
They were sold to get money to
complete the building of the famous
St. Peter’s Cathedral at Koine. A
priest named Tetsei carried on this
remarkable traffic. A great red
cross would 1m- erected, with the
crown of thorns, the nails and spear
suspended from it, and by some
wicked deception the poor |>eople
are said sometimes to have seen the
blond of the crucified “flow from
that cross.” Before the cross was a
large iron money chest, ami these
lines were written upon it: .
“A* noon as money ia this chest no**.
So soon the soul to Heaves it brings.”
Often had Luther preached against
this practice, aud now he boldly
struck at it with his theses. They
were printed ipi Latiu and German,
and sent flyiag through all laods.
D’Aubignc says “they spread with
the rapidity of lightning. Before a
month bad elapsed, they found their
way to Rome. In the space of a
fortnight they had run tbroegh all
Christendom, as if angels themselves
had bean the bearers of them to all
men. It is difficult to conceive the
stir they occasioned: They were
afterwards translated into Dutch
and Spanish, and a traveler carried
them for sale as far aa Jerusa
lem.”
LtTTHKR WIIVOKS TMX MOTT OF
~s promts.
Four years afterward we see Lu
ther standing before the Diet of
Worms. Before Kasper or, prelate
priest Gazed on with wooder, by
knight and soldier, burgher and
peasant. This solitary man about
to tiaee the mighty of the world.
Here hod he come from his quiet
home to answer the summons. Noth
mg deferred him, nothing moved
him. When entreated by friends
Great, not as a hewn obelisk, but as
an Alpine mountain—so rim pit, hott
est, BftoaUneoos, not setting up to
bo givut at all; there for quite an
other purpose than betas great.
from Spain, “who had torn his hooks
to pieces,* (lashed their angry ryes
upon him. Rome shrunk from him,
ami crossed themselves, as if be were
the Devil himself. Yet with eye
Axed irmly forward sad soul looking
up to God, oa through that mighty
host he pasaed, nor turned aside.
“As he drew near the door, the ret
eratt General FreumtsU-rg, touching
his shoulder, said t “Little Monk,
you have before yoa an eocounter
such am neither I, nor any other cap
taiue, have seen the like of, even ia
our bloodiest campaign*. But if
your cause be just, aud if you know
it to be so, g
of God, and
s orders hi* pager discou
nt pay all arrtNUBirea, or
■tar continue to send it
is made, and collect the
, whether the paper is
office or not. ’ '
i have decided that rvfu-
■wspapers ami perimli. aU
office, or rciuertoir and
aealkd for, is prism /oris
the out work to the foil and iada
live nature within. .VII the richness
of a noble heart was there, and words
of wise ad\iee were freely given to
all, from the inquiring prince who
desired to rale righteously, to the
country and the duty
of teaming.* That very day the
erection of-a Univesaity was deckled
Khonkl ftiul ourselves of the same
mind, uamely, that none among all
mankind ham been mute favored
than ourselves as to the life-work
•which was assigned us by the suign
lac grace of God. Could any angel
have coveted a greater calling than
that in which we have spent our
days! Fredbhing to poor, perishing
men the unsearchable riches of
Christ! Blessed be God that this—
not heaping up treasures oa eaiih,
not making ourselves a name among
scholars, and the worldly wise, aud
great politician*, and place-seekers
—has been our occupation. I am
constantly lamenting over my sbortr
comings, my little profiting by all
my advantages and opportunities of
serving the Lord, and my countless
infirmities and sins, aud I sometimes
wish, in view of my mistakes and
failures, that I could begin say coarse
again; but, notwithstanding all iny
drawbacks, I can Mi but call oa
soul and all that is wkMn me to
bless the Lord that I have beenJmrv
on earth, not a banker, or lawyer, or
statesmen, or prince, but a poor
preacher of the everlasting gospel.
And I am sure that in this yoa are
like me. And bow should we rejoice
together in the wooderftd grace of
God toward os in this respect, if we
could talk with each other of the
ministry wc have almost comple
ted !* , ~.u -r.ri'
For the Lntheran Visitor
thing. God will
Friendly heart,"
love within that massive outer
Much did he love poetry and
and be wrote many of our as
hymns. That grand hymn,
//■Mrri," ehiims Lufhsr as i
thor; he
words.
I JP by John,
at t \e Celebration of l
simply going aa a rooqaeror to da
dare before all m«w the victory he
had won from mightier foes the
victor) be bad made certain the
night before on his knees. And
when he bad declared God’s truth,
he said, “Here I stand; I can act de
otherwise. God help aw!" Yew,
there he stood—planted like the
toohh- oak, ready for the storm.
Ready for dwtigeou, rack ami dr*.
He received, oae day, a
touching tribute, when a strange
minstrel from the North *{«pearvd at
hi* window nml eaag a hymo, l*egis-
hin*.
“Ri ist das llrtl aoskuUMara Mar.**
("It hi the Saviour ram hr rr to oa.**)
It woo a reopiwoe from Prussia, to
the glad tkiiogo which hod tow for
nil not let us turn to Martin
jfefr, w! lose iuemory is'! so dear
oh, a* the one from shorn our
jeh re rives its name, at first
to in ffrrfedon, t>nt ere lot)# held
honorable, in showing that Le
gs* are Christian* who strive to
|w Ckri it as Lather dkLj ij
If littl; town pf Fislehen, iu
ouy, ttss Luthers birth-place,
jUi«*re h e died. HU parents were
imines, who found it a hard
jgle t> gain a support. StiH
Marti l was scut, when 13 years
to the chool of the Fnturismii
for, a. Magdeburg, where be
tte one of a chbir of little hoys
Went 1 rum door to door lagging
he monks, ami ringing chants,
wouh have thought that poor,
n half*tarved cloister boy would
to shake the world! ! Little
in bail a beautiful voice, aud
ij was the crust given aqd the
I word spoken for the sake of
sjtweet ittle ringer. When older,
darkness ia hhn hi our ilcan ut com
fort, and in every sorrow we find
Christ our eternal joy. It is a blessed
thing to be able to say, with s fall,
true heart, I trust in the Lord Ghrist
as my Saviour, as the friend who
loved me and gave kimself for me.
This is saving faith. No other faith
that comes short of this is worth the
' >r«nr» crt sssfo.
*wygf
the third, “Art,* while in gokleu let
to life, abut him op, away from the
persecuting world. Hi the castle of
Warthurg. Then* he made ase of
hie powerful and well trained mi ad.
to transhito the Bible into language
that all could read and understand.
There, in that old camtle, did he
labor and prepare the mighty weapon
to crush the enemies of God. There
iraed him for lost.
should. We are so apt to forget that
be is the blessed Comforter who has
taken up the work of Christ in its
hearing upon his people's growth In
grace; that it is be, who is the Para
elete, the Advocate and Counsellor,
who teaches ns the things of God
which we are to learn.
Let every man who trusts in the
I xml remember that part of his work
is to trust in the power of the Holy
8pirit, and In the grace of him whose
presence brings sure peace and joy
to the sonl.—Clr. Intelligencer.
—while friends
ami fyra, rejoicing at his disappear
ance, thought thnt his voice was
hushed forever—them did he open
the Bible, and with it a sure way to
heaven. Think you he rouhl have
dome thin without his Christian Kdm-
cationt Never! Without education,
he could not hare translated; without
the chriatlari element of edaeation
to uphold Mm, he teonid meet have
done ft!
In that dark, solitary chamber he
hod (so to spekk) many a fight with
the Dfvil. One day, it is adkl, aa
he was engaged in translating the
New Tewtament, he fancied he aaw
8atdn prowling around, marking
him and gnashing his teeth at him.
Was Luther terrified f No! But
lie took up Ms big inkstand and
buried it at the Devil’s bead. Satan
dodged it and disappeared, and the
inkstand was smashed to pieces on
the opposite wall. And ia that very
room bow, the keeper of Warthurg
will show you the spots mode by
Lather’s ink. Glorious old Luther [
Tboogb shut up iu a dismal castle,
with nerves over wrought by much
writing ami over study, be still
showed bis grand nature. Though
ill of body and troubled by the dis
tracted state of the church, be still
wrote his mighty words of reproof
and hurled them down from bis
mountain rtrival Ilis friends might
imprison his body, but they could
not resell bis mind, sod ho was ready
to fight the Devil himself for truth’s
sake. Grand Lather!
But the months of Lather’s cap
A missionary society is said to
have adopted a device, found on aa
ancient medal, which represents a
bullock standing between a plough
and an altar, with the inseriptico,
“Ready for either—ready for toil or
Truly God on loved the World.*
When he was apparently anoonartoua,
his old frieod Justin Jouas said,
“Venerable father, do jou die trust
tug in Christ, nml in the doctrine
jiio have constaatlj |iruarbed f He
aumwnrvd by au audible and joyful
“pm.* That was bin last word on
earth. He folded bis bauds spun
his breast, gently Mg bed. aud with
that sigh his soul weat up to God.
“In the place where his ey es opened
on this earthly life, hi* spirit awakeo
ed to the beavuuly life,* ami his
wcepiug friends could only console
themselves with the words so often
upon Lather’s lrpa: “Fear not! God
tivrth still* Thu* died Luther.
Anxiety Vnwisa
L Because all the future an ia
God’s bands. An infinitely wme and
good Being is sovereign ever all its
events. Not one of them aaa escape
bis notice, or rlwlc his control.
2. Breams* you have no right to
put into oae day what belongs to
another. The future *will have its
able Go<*d.-<, of
ttsnrr-
*U tilUC cs fc** *»il
r, than anV noR?c
p, ami hnportbis
» ct foji4Uiiywr,
- prompt!v sop-
of thr London
W
if it for ertsh rind
1. Is it because I am ashamed of
ridicule, nod of what others will say
to me f
The whole history of ChrfstiaullN
has proved that its gtvat ol»px t mut
not be secured withont both the toil
1 1* education, this mental train-
Luther afterwards owe«l his
y library labors. It it said
»t home and in the University
as sppken of as “our Martin
ft* 1 low soon and how glori-
\ all Germany and the jwhol 6
} learn sd to call him our Anther.
M this this noble instillment
pd *4® iwejmred for glorious
“Whosoever shall l«e dsIihiihm! of '
me and of my words, of him shall
the Hon of Man lie nobsmed.” I
i Is it hecanse of the mconsts-
IwIKIvB OI |*YN*H vDl ihi IIIhN T
“Every man riisll give an aceonnt
of litmsrif to God.*
A Is it because I am not wifi mg
to giro up all to Christ f
“What shall it profit * man if he
♦will 11 ttttl vric m IvWfs sCPWP
his own sonl 1" - v { 1
A Is H beranae f am afraid I shaft
“I fill up that which i* behind of the
sftHetions of iNirirff in my flesh for
His body’s sake, which is the Chnivk.*
ia the agony of the stoning mmrifiee
them, likely—end-they wiU be along
ia doe time. Bat they hove no httri-
nml auxieCies
You mast not
pie there were nort* frith Mai * Bhf
Be has left, miexhxnsted, enough of
the bitter cup of His previous toils
and trials to remind His hflnvwi>
amid their great work, what thefr
of the present time,
pot them there.
X Because it is disregard of God's
word. Just read the following i
“Wherefore take no thought for the
morrow, for the morrow shall take
thought for the things of itself. 8nf
ftoient unto the day ia the evil
thereof*
4. Because it implies want of con
Adence ia God. Lias He net hitherto
dealt well with yoa f Could you
hsve taken aa good care of yourself
an Ha has take of you f If you
eau reflect oa goodness, can yoa not
anticipate goodness f Has not God
laid a noble busts for confidence iu
all Ilis faithfulness t
JC3ALE BcXWfi*
a .Stock in «ir
Bm 4 '
lit* Luther's life,
hat jioor monk, toiling slowly
»th^ streets, bent los| with
iveet bag of broken in eats,
lis btxiily weakness makes a
warden. The snow covers the
—and bis feet are hew, and
th cold, his face is pale, and
r hands that clinch the coarse
re rent thin. The man is
sad jyet, oh ! so miserable ;
ith fasting and setfinflu bil
and blows. How dismal and
looks Hi his long, > dingy
gow », with its carious hood,
belt round him, with an ink-
d wad let on one ride, and some
f haM leather thongs on the
Msafo that eat into his poor
>r H !was the custom then for
w friiatiu monks to sfMirge
!ve* ! for their smsL They
i they could whip titti Devil
rem Idoor to door the unaer-
“HIu that oometh unto me I will
in no wise east cat.*
5. Is it because I fear I am too
great a dinner T
“The blood of Jesus Christ cleans
rtl» from alt riii *
A Is it because I am afraid f shall
not “hold out T
“He which hath begun a good
work ki you wifi perform R until the
day of Jeeus Ohitet.* »
7. Is It beeaaae 1 am thinking
that I will do as well as I can, and
that God ought to be satisfied with
(butt; ” ^
“Whosoever shall keep the Whole
law and yet ofiend in one point, he J
is guilty uf uH.* ^ • '
& Is H because I am. postponing
the matter without any definite rea-
jsfaction tljsa
Tevas finring
niusTfodnce-
wen A CO..
mingled with men. Thau It wax that
Luther's God Meeaed him with a
noble wife, Catharine Yoa Bora, and
a sweet choir of little stagers.—
Weald we had time to dwell upon
this most lovely and happy part of
trouble.
6. Anxiety about the future can
do you no possible good. R can not
better At you to see it) but eootrari
-wise. It will net change anything
that is appointed to overtake yoa. ,
Therefore, ail these voices in your
ears proclaim to you that it is a very
poor buainees to tease and trouble
taming
tin, Harmony,
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