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tion. Hail H iiiSAtaresaiitaoiMMnaiMmta
Minister Wanted
J ,& #fl|
nboga, Tenu. One who
pijeacb both in German
nglisli. Addrtvss John
^ip,* Ohattanooga, Teu-
RflWrn of a Missionary.
The vt
Heye.r,
instant,
ninth bit
The im
ginin is
of the 2lt
on the
eerued wi
«rap Missionary, Father
wl from India the Oth
celebrated his oeventy-
ln£r last week.
f
Correction.
Received
StephentSljHi
acceptable
perfectly fipujtis
had not f
of the Synod of Vir-
printed in the Visitor
nly, on the 12th,
Bit >f August. All
J lease bear this in miujd.
tameless
ately a letter from T.
Va., which \?as
wonhl have
name.
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add
actory
brkotteu
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Dear
is higbWj
who liavti
good wc
am doii
within tl
this StaC
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the writer
to sign
rom Mississippi.
For ni. r iiv
'our excellent ppper
dated by all
it, and is.doitjg
u the church hen. I
I can to circulate it
bounds of our Chore i in
Ret r« |Dr. Jacobs,
vjears a I'rofesso
1‘ennsyltJ nia College, is dead.
Jacobs Wiis opu among the purest,
meekest i pd most couscidntioti a of
men.* T|< se rlo knew him the pest
loved hirfi the most.
has redeemed us; we have three on-
failing tokens of God’s pardon of
peace, and of eternal life—eveu the
water with which we ate washed,
and the blood with which we are re
deemed, and the Spirit which is a
witness to us who believe. “By
grace are ye saved through faith."
Does your heart burn within you t
Or is it cold and dead T
While in Charleston wo went with
Mr. It. O. Chisolm, the devoted
superintendent of St. John's Sunday-
school) to the new chapel erected for
the school. O, but it is a beautiful
structure. We kuow how to admire
it, how to coinmend the superinten
dent for his faithful and zealous per
severance itt the cause, to which he
is so entirely devoted; bnt we
know not how to give an intelligent,
and “as it ought to be done," ac
count of the edifice, and avail our
selves therefore of the skillful pen of
our friend, Miyor J. Mnrrel, of the
Charleston Courier: ;
An Attractive Edifice.—A contract
of a similar kind he has evar at- that claas; he applies the torture to no one can dester to aee repeated,
tempted. The building ta on » brick ns to the best of his ability, and TV* equal righto of all American dt-
fonndatiou, three and a half feet watobea smilingly for the effect* ia*)» were vindicated by violence,
high, and ia pointed with cement for In eomdueion, what right has ami Md oersf be disputed again,
preaervatiou. IU frame is nearly all rani* to dictate to tut True, iht — Hoston /W.
of seasoned lumber. Both that and South i* conquered, hot the church i* ^ —
the flooriug are oontributioiiM to the »tiU independent. So carpet hag w * oblf Wo,i *
school, tlie ceiling* are nineteen large enough to hold it. m ,
f«-t hiKh, with thw bn>utift.l ra-nlrr l« »«■ «rtN*«
pleon (IrooratlaK thrnl, .ml an.wrr Dr. Sum ud Um Y. ■ C tmdMiu "" l tiemt too'id wWHi >;•
tug admirably tha puV|mM- of vrnHU ' # "—«*• Xo right .ni.ala.1 and
tors. Very large and high windows, A little more than a year ago. Dr. j honorable man is guillx «»l such con
together with a deep cornice ami Seiss belaltored the Young Men’s t«*u»|»U!>le am!
heavy brackets, add very much, ia- Christian Association, in a dennnria ^ **
deed, to the beauty and comfort also tory editorial in the /.afhrras.^ Ills
of the edifice.
The Sabi with school building of
8t John’s church nf therefore, as w«
now understand it, and have de
scribed tt, complete and ready for
orcn|»ancy, provided the fencing,
necessary ftimitnre or seats and
bookcases were in their proper
places. A confident e*|*ectation ia
entertained that St. John's wilt, aa
she has hitherto contribnted nothing
towards this enterprise, give to her
to reconstruct on a much larger and* future church—to her children—all
the
I
• We h
friendly
had gone| Id
Bachman
sorry to
feeble h
he has
and his
who in
a leader
the
he who
wliq.co
who w
every
of field
see min
tiring
gospel i
healing
still lo
has no
to labor
preacher,
for Ct
the hot
more
Lord;
Christ,
ardent
the
Charleaton.
,je j isjt returned from) the
the sea, where we
the venerable Dr.
many friends will be
that he is in frery
yet rejoice because
assurance of fhith,
i nndimmed. • He,
er d^ys was a prince and
ng the men who made
nafiure their text book,
byi name every plant,
tell by its note every bird,
on iitimate terms with
of the indigenous denizens
wild, has forgotten
all; he <who was an un-
who loved to carry the
every family and to pou r its
in ^very wound, though
work of holy love,
r jthe physical strength
d be, the evangelical
ho was wise to win souls
nore able to enter
in which he for
century served the
has not forgotten
lov(e4 the church with
e awaits cheerfully
le is at peace; he
prays. We joined
of
praises
with hiri|| in ipkayer, and he also
pray
of a rigi
much.
Does Gdc
hearts o
the
longs to
loving
brance
amen?
is, the
the
“We si
Blessed
and
what it
are unwi
before tl
We sec
the law
Guilty;
Christ
fervent prayer
ms man, which availeth
te‘ been thinking:
the minds and
saints here by
of lal) that is of^and be
Does God in his
out the remem-
is not a yea aud
abd feeble though he
went with ns to
last words were:
l meet in the beyond/
*ance, certainty,
e shall meet! See
in Christ. We
e stand condemned
nal of conscience.
Judge point to
we hear him say:
we tremble not;
our stead; Christ
an improved plan the Sabbath school
building of St* JohuV Lutheran
church, which was destroyed by fire
during the late war, was awarded to
Mr. Walter Cade on the first day of
February last, aud, like all other
contracts which Mr. Cade has ever
entered into, has beeu carried out to
the complete satisfaction of all in
terested—indeed he has turned over
to its projectors and owners a build
iug that is not only at ouoe an orna
ment to that portiou of the city iu
which it has beengreeted, but it is
also one that challenges, equally as
quickly, the admiratiou of all who
can claim auy knowledge whatever of
what constitutes the beautiful iu
architecture, or that which is taste
ful and appropriate iu art. Whether
by design or otherwise, we are uoa
ble to say, but as we write that the
foundation of this beautiful buildiug
was laid on the fourth day of Feb
ruary last, we recollect that day as
having beeu the eighty first anniver
sary of the birth of the venerable
man who bus filled the pulpit of 8t.
John’s nearly fifty seven years. U
will be apiairent to every oue that
this work has been very rapidly
pushed forward, when we state that
the frame of the building was com
meuoed ou the l.'Uh February, and
that the workmeu were putting that
frame up as early as the 27th of the
same month. The tiuuiug of the
roof, which does infinite credit to
T. W. Bliss, Esq., was done as early
as April. That which strikes us,
however, as the most remarkable
feature iu the achievement, of which
we are writing, is the fact that so
far all the money required to carry
on work on as large a scale as this
is, has, with the exception of a little
over #300, made by a concert given
ou the 9th May last, been contri
buted solely by the 8abl>ath school
of St. John's itself.
The plan and desigu of this very*
tasteful buildiug were conceived by
Robert G. Chisolm, Esq., the able
Superintendent of St. John's Luther
an Sabbath school, as far back as
when the former building was de
stroyed, but owing to the poverty
that befel the Southern people from
the waste of their substance by tbe
effects of the late war, bis cherished
hope in regard to the entire work,
was forced to slumber, until, as we
have already stated, the work com
menced. r The building, which is
thirty by seventy-five feet, is in tbe
shape of a cross, the arms forming
two class rooms—one arm designed
for a Bible class, the other for an
infant class, and each, when necessa
ry, separated by large folding doors
from the main room. The bead of
the cross, made semi circular con
tains four recesses, designed for the
libraries. This paction of the build
ing will be lighted by a large win
dow of ground glass, which will add
greatly to the magnificent appear
ance of the room. The building will
seat comfortably 300 children with
their teachers. Its walls are colored
with tbe most delicate tints. The
cornice that surround and adorn
thpm is very haudsomely painted.
All of the inside wood work is grain
ed in imitation of very light oak.
The great object of the Superintend
ent seems to have been that this
buildiug be made as light and as
cheerful in all its appointments as
possible, and entirely in keeping
with the glad and blithe young
hearts who expect to be gathered
within its attractive and comfortable
walls. This design Seems also to
have influenced outside as well as in.
The exterior of the building, which
is a wooden structure, has been
given one of the most beautiful and
delicate tints perhaps that oonld
have been chosen. The roof, too,
dissimilar from onr old-fashioned
Spanish brown, is alternated with
two modest dresses, which gives the
building a complete finish, and will
quickly attract the beholder. Tbo
beautiful painting done t6 execute
this contract, was by T. A. Beamish,
Esq., and reflects that great credit
on him which has followed the com-
they now lack, aa just mentioned.
These children, wr understand, in
tend making an appeal soon in that
direction, and as nothing can be
more reasonable, we doubt not their
apiieal will be at once favorably en
tertained and answered.
dishonorable rahan
the man who does
not honor and esteem woman; be
oawlMMMtfcMi of the organisation he j proclaims his own baseness, and
declared aa follows: ‘ bmmU himself as the com|an.ion of
“We have no fhith iu what are M" creatures. How dif
called «Yonny Men'* Christian Assort ftrcotl.v Lulher thought and wrote
of her whom God appointed to he “a
help meet for man !• When once
Sebastian Frank expressed himself
in unseemly language about woman
in a pamphlet, I ait her wrote : “Who
ever likes to read such thingas is as
pious and aa hottest as this Berlsetnib
Frank."
An Apology
atious,' made up of all sorts of reli
gionist* They are essentially anti
churrhly, aud more worldly tbau
Christian. With all that can bc aaid
to their credit, their tendencies are
evil, and in many ways misrhievoo*
They tend to make an empty, creed
lea* arntlm.-ntahMii, a half woridly<
religiousness answer fbr the faith,
the church, and the religion of
God."
We were, therefore, somewhat ear
prised that the Yontig Men's Chris
tian AsauciatkA of Roanoke College,
Virginia, hail iuvited Dr. 8. to
deliver the aunual address before
them, and still more So to Imrn that
he had srcejHed tbe Invitation. We,
accordingly, wondered what theme
Far the La the rail
fa
Vi
Reiicgiulr* have alwa}« been tbe the Philadelphia doctor wonkl regard
bitterest and most reckless enemies as befitting to discuss before an
of the ixtnse ami the men they apoata asam*iation of which he disapproved,
tize from. They all have the spirit, ami whoar influence l»e regardrd as
and they all Mo tbe work of Jmla* pernicious; ami whether lie would
In order to convince their new candidly tell them what the true
friends of their sincerity and seal for character of the organization was,
the new course, and in onler to in *ml advise them to dissolve, in order
gratiate themselves with their new that they might efirapr the evil ten'
masters they are apt to be seolous deneiea to which, in his judgment.
“over much." Knowing tbe weak
points of tbe cause ami the mm to
whom they in former day* belonged,
they are able to inflict painful
wound*
they naturally lead. Hence, we read
the aeranut of the Com metier m*-nt at
Roanoke Id the l.ntheram of laid week, j
by Her. A. J. Brown, with special
interest, bnt confess that we were
History, both sacred ami profane, disappointed, because the information
furnishes bnt too many instances of we exported was not given. AH that
men who by snch a course have Mr. II. aays if the address i* that
covered themselves with lasting in “ it was repk-tc with momentous
famy. Atwl onr age add* to that truth* wholesome slvicr, am) |u
long and black roll of degradation theta* appeal* all clothe*I in highlv
many a name once held in high ornate language, and eloquent!\ and
honor. Amoog the oppressor* and impressively delivered.'
detractor* of the Houth are men The charitythat **hopet hall thing*'
who were at the commencement oi might have induced aa to conclude
the war shrieking secessionists; an# 1 that Ihr. ririsa had, since he wrote
in tbe rhureh North are found in j the article referred to, «hanged hi*
dividual* of ami from the Hnnth. who mind, were it not for the fart that
are doing all they can to foarent in denouncing Dr. fsther’s moral
discon! in the Hi mi them ehnreh. who wiener moment, not long ago, he j
set brother against brother, who aar ■ «leriarrd that R deserved to be char
the gifts God has given them to acteriard hy the name mural no
break up tbe Southern ehnreh. more tbsa the asannatiotts of the
We fault no man for going wbrr ■**** draenrrel to he designated
ever the Lord semis him. We honor, f hr^fian, thn* precluding tb* lu»j»*
love, and fellowship with every hi " bostilitv to
worker in the vinevanl of the Lord, friendship f**« the 'tonng Men's
We do not care in tbe le*»t fbr a Clfldim Amfathm «f this coon |
man's politic* nor «lo we ask «u ® ,M ^ Knrape. H not rirrmrd im j
phat latitndin.il degree be Hveo; | we take the liberty of
provided lie ia an evangelical better j rcqnrefsng the «hs*t«w to unravel the
er and worker we are content, ami »***»*" «**•
more than content: we heartily re wl»jot. aaonig him that hi* ***Ju
spond Amen to bis prayer, aiid re " ,I * M " i,, ' interear »•%
At a meeting of the congregation
of Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran
ehnreh, near Waynesboro, Augusta
county, Va_ held ou the Ifith of July,
H*7I, Rev. T. Courier being present,
was requested to art as Chairman,
and the following |treanible and rnso
lutiuus were nuauiatuusly a*lopted :
Wuuikax, oar la-loved I’aator,
Rev. Jarol» Kiiltaa, who labored so
acceptably and prafitaiiiy atnongst
u* from the orgaaixatxMi of this con
gregation until hm late tilnea* a
period of about aevcateeu year* wa*
by an ail-wise Provident*, siitnmoued
to tits rest ou the >th nit. | though
muuruing and deeply aormwiug in
wuerquenor of the kuas of one so
much toted, we humbly submit with
reaigualMo to the dealings of Oue
who h» too wise to err, or too good
uevdkwaly lo afflict; therefure,
kmmieod. That we do here and
now express nor high appreciation
of hm service* and that we will
rhermh hm memory hr the fidelity
and dexutmn which he has mam
(rated, and the kind others he has
l»erformi«d for as during hm long
mtnmtmal career.
Ifaoslrerf, That the rfaurrh resaain
draped in mourning for ;*l day*
krmmlcrd. That a copy of three
pmrredtttg* he qiread upon the
record of tin- eougregmthm, a coj»v
tnrnmhed the family of the tkwued,
aud a copy each forwarded to the
Mumiasmey aud Lmtherrau l uihr for
poldieattuu.
joice over the good he dub. lint many others Iw-m*I*‘ th« r*lit«>t >*t tl>*- ^ || in this reapet, than to say
any man leaves hi* own field to lira <**rrrcr.—lAtthcmn uhserrrr.
past* upon ours; if he leaves his ap
The Riot ia flew Tork
For the Latherwn Ymitur.
Ths JsvsUa hy a Lathers*
Horh is the brief but significant
title of a book of 387 page*, just
issued from the press by the Lathe
rati Book Store, Philadelphia.
Ho far as the mechanical executioti
of the work is concerned, it is all
that could hr desired even by tbe
Betel fastidiua*. It need* and we
can express no higher reunmemlatinti
it is
mt> Ip of the
of Sherman
era! Hynod, North, aud tbe Missouri
ansand their sympathizers on the
celebrated "four point*" Very
earnestly ami MMMhAltly does it
ex pone tbe duplicity find inconsis
tency of the General Hynod iu pro
fessing to In* Lutheran, whilst they
at the same time either absolutely
reject ami even o|»poae every thing
distinctive in Lutheranism, or at
least do not require their ministers
to brlieve and preach the confession
of the Gburch in iu integrity. With
equal clearness and success does the
Jacetin show that tbe Missouriaus
are not strictly in harmony, on the
“ four points," with the Confessions
of tbe church, but occupy an extra
cnnfrsaioual positiou. In additlou to
this the author expose# and trium
phantly refutes certain charges, of
error in doctrine brought against
our church by other* successfully
repels several severe thrusts made
at ns by Roman Catholics and I’ssey-
ite* and administers a most wither
iug rebuke to the spirit of proaelyt-
ism exhibited by a dignitary iu a
leading Proteataut denomination.
But I must close this notice already
extended beyond what I had intend-
rd when I commenced. I would ad
vise all who desire correct aud full
informat ton ujtou tbe great and vital
questions which now agitate the
Lutheran Church, and which are
likely to coutiuoc to agitate it for
sometime it# come, to iworure aud
read and stody the Javelin. As
stated iu the preface, it has lawn
crested by the times, ami is emphati
cally a book for the time*
It ia useless for us to attempt to
ignore or conceal the fact that our
ehnreh in this country* ia in an unset
tied condition. The elements are all
ia commotion. Hbe is in an abnor
mal condition. The work of diwinte
gratton and reemi*fruction to some
extent mnst take place. She must
be more extensively and ehiaely
united if she is ever successfully to
actvMnplifth her great mission, and
attain that prominent and command
ing powitiou to which she is so
eminently entitled as the first boru
at tin- n-fonustiou. A crisis is upon
a* which we must meet. We owe a
duty to tbe church which we can not
evade with impunity. A responaibil
tty rests u|H*n us which we can not
shift from ua if we would. To dis
charge oar duty faithfully aud meet
our re«p<Nt«tbUities fully, we must
inform • hi twelve* u|mmi the great ami
vital question* now before n* , IT pou
these the Jaeetim throws much
light. A. J. BROWN.
pointed task o* bnihling op where be
occnpie* and undertakes instead to (Htr ^ h^Theant of the kale
poll 118 down, who ilo not folrrfrrw ^ Nr . T<-fc lhr
with him ; if be instead of preaching
the gospel, slstwler* backbite* anti
stabs his elder brother under tbe
fifth rib privately, and then becomes
theatrically indignant because his
victims will not silently • submit to
be abused and injured, then are we
done with that man. Act* xx. 3.
We do not hold serret omveatiele*
We do not go say where to plot. W#
do not write letters to pornou the
minds ol brethren against each other,
nor private letters of abase. We do
not any that these things are dooe by
any, we only state what we are sot
guilty of. •
It is also a strange fact that jrouag
men are apt to write insulting letter*
to elder brethren. We lately reeetv
ed such a communication from a
young man, in Pennsylvania who has
wiped the dust of the Sooth off bta
feet, and gone North where ministers
are paid better than in the impover
mlied South. We will if desired give
the tetter in frill, only suppressing
what might point out the writer.
We do not wish to injure him, we
make all possible allowances for him,
aud feel confident that when a few
Hibernians attacked the Irish Or
angemeu, and at least 'em- hundred
lives were saerillred. We present
some of the after*nor* of the pres*
Kooimimn ia always iwtoiecwwi. Id
Protestants hewnre:
The tdendsbed in the street fights
la New York city is the result «*f the
base and shsan-fnt tracfcling to the
Irish t'uth**l»e voter* lit the nttg id [
robber* who have the city in therr
grasp and have squandered #IU0.
0(10.000 within two year*—ffahaifi
(Vmu merriat.
The Koatan Catholic «'hnn-h ia
America has this lesson to taunt—
that If there were but one man living
who differed from it, t(%at man has
the mute right to flaunt hi* banner,
and kindle bonfire* if he choose*
that the ehnreh has to I mild rathe
rival* and burn inerttar on ita altar*
The rburrli in New York nerd* to
Hot be itaetf m aackeloth ami ashes
now, mit 1 treatise its enanset was
fuming, hat Iteransc its |«st Uuu*hittg
has Iteen sirli that in the very critical
hour It could not «*attcr»l Ha member*
— fit—tom Adrrrtiurr.
gotten up in the
jiMtl) ceirktrated
4 t o.
* i
As to the a»Ucr and maimer of
the book, we do not know how wc
can better ckararlerise it than to say
it is a sqjrt of unique nondescript.
By tki* as will he amt |treaeuUy,
ae intend mithiug di*rvq*-ctful. We
know of at other just aoch a Itook,
or of tMie that hear* the slightest re
Per the Lnthmiti Visitor.
"The Coasenrative Reformation "
Ita. Krauth’s work <m the (Vwi-
servalive ltcfornistuMi ami its The
ology, supidics a great dmideratmm,
j and out- long felt in onr rhureh.
K«|trrt:dly is every minister with a
scanty library laid umier tribute of
grani«ulc to thi» contribution to our
literature. It is a great store house
of lti*ltM-kr fact with rvfi*re«M*e to our
coufcMaious and theology. It is a
grant! ami noble defence of tlie Lu
tlteran faith, and a work in every
tetts* rnJt-ulstrd to iustruet Hitt!
quicken. With tlie same material
Mini learning, ohm preened in the tqmce *
of Still pages, map v writers would
have given tut a down volnuie*.
put Knuitli Iteside Knapp in
library for study and reference. It
should hy all means lie a tr&t hook 1
iu onr Seminaries. It is a work al*t»
logiiic laity. If any man desire* to
seutblsute to it, ate I we tlouM \ lie aide to gi\‘e a reason for tin* Itelief
whether another wit h exi*t«v T«t that i* lu him a* a Lutheran, let jiim
tl*-—-tilte it * on U l n-tpnrc n* to give rcml tlie <'otiservative Reformation, i
ant only its tabic of ruatruts fully, A rertaia layman in tmr ehnreh, who
hut also much of the Itotly of tlie is in Iriqneut ctMitrovendes with the 1
wuak i Ur If. It is mainly a tvproduc sect* about tlie Lutheran dot*trinc*
lam in a u»«»rv ooti»M* le»i, »> ntcuiatie ; at out*> pixxuirvtl a copy, ami (Hi
ami rouventeut Iona, of numerous
aud xarious cditonals which haie
from lime to time appeared in tbe
tAtihermn and Missionary, aud which
reading it, remarked to us on oue
occasion, “if only 1 had had this
book long ago, wouldn't I have
knocied (hosr fellow* J" It certainly
has come at a good time, aud will :
by lta. Sets* the Editor iu ehief of! make tt« mark upoa the age.
that |sqsn. It treau of a gnat Ti»e Lutheran Visitor, I believe, is
win t> of tuiDjt* t* all however of a the only pa|ier that cuutaiaed an
strictly religious and mkwiartkwl auiKHtiKx-meut of this work several
were, if we are ik4 mistaken, written
character, and haling a direct aud
im|Mirtaut U-anug on the doctrine,
usage* slid interests of the Lutheran
Church. Ite stand |m»iut t*distinctly,
umquixucMlly and fully Lutherau.
The auth«r is e\ idrutly dear headed,
understand* his subject and wn>td*
I ■ I • the pen of a ready w ntrr. , The dta
Tlie supreinary of tlie law has Is-en efowhsa* n|lhaagh necessarily brief.
mouths heftwe its npiieanince.
LINDEN.
years older, he wRl be both wiser and _
more charitable, ami not boast of ***** lished, amt in such a way that ^ iwverthdes* lucid, toasierly,
kindliness at tbe very time be 11 " Ul iw naiclusixe, ami, in some distance*
sparingly applies his rat-o’-niue tail* ,n fhwngc exbaurtive. The multum in parro is
Onr reason for wishing topuhltah bta ' u " 11 ^ > >v< * ia< * prmiwsirm,and MH . of |s*iultar characteristkw
letter i* to teach a leaaon to son
ami to sliow to all what we have to
bear. Many think that an editor is
New Publications.
StradfuMtsr*n in I hud rim and in IttUy.
A sermon deli voted at tlie 142d :
C(Hi vent ton of the Synod of Penn-!
nylvanin, on Trinitv Snudav, bv
Rev. O. F. Hchaffer, D.D.
Instructive and timely. H<qm it
will lie re*u exteiiKivdv.
a dog who ta to bark and to be silent,
to fetch and to carry, to lick their
Iluchncr* Con&trdance. No* 2, 3,
the principle ta fixed that they cam 1 mn| excelieocie* Whilst it beeitatM J # and 3. We have already noticed
have one as often as it please* them. ^ (!}l || R,ing* by their true name, this invaluable aid to a thorough
itnffato Courtre. ^,,,1 lm outapokeu in its op|XMMtiou to soquaintauce w-ith the Word of God,
\\ bat right had tlie Irish t atIndie* error, inctmaisteucy ami nufaimea*, ft i»d wonhl urge our luiutate/M and
to Combine ami resolve to attack tbe wherever iu the judgment of the lay men who read German to procure
hands and to follow bwrahly in their procession Orangemen f Ntaw xnthot they may he found. Mill it is ^ D •’HI h** <*unplet<*l in ten
footsteps when and where they whatever. It was an organised con .always fair ami reepectftil toward* nM>ut|»ly number* price js*r ntttalier
please. Ixmta the XIN. said; “lam *P*rocy to brrak the public peace and those with wlmui It mav differ, and j M ci‘*it* To be hml feo« I. 4. Koh
Violate tlie laws. And the attempt careful not to violate tbe taw of
to curry out the criminal pur|**sc ehriatian charity or honorable txai
was so unjustifiable that universal troversy, and substitute atm*e for
iudignathni tmiM attach to them.— argument.
Cincinnati Enquirer. Tbe JoceUn is tnniuty gotten up
the state." Many a minister ajtealt*
aud acta aa if he were tlie church. Au
old puritan once* remarked: “Every
man has a |>ope inside him." There
are ministers who not only wonhl
make popes, but also graud iuqui»i
tar, Philadelphia.
s Phrenological Journal. August
New York. We prefer the articles
on China, with original ‘H>lc.stial de
signs Tin* German HcIkh>1 System ;
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Tlie dread Ail scene* enacted iu the in tlie inh«r<-*t of the General Council, Tl.« (famu Labor Quest ion ; ami
For the Lnfhenui Vi«aUir.
A Card.
mmmmumu
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Jnly- 24, 1871. i
Mr. Editor: Please allow me *
siiihII sqace in yunr columns to return
my sincere thanks to the kind frimfi
of this city w ho last week prraeiihd
me with a copy of tlie “< ^maervatire
Reformation." by Ita. Kranth.
Yonrs, truly,
# g. a. Rough.
Lutheranism Distinctive
There ta in Ijuthenuitasi, aa tW»e
is iu every other ism, something yi*.
tinrtice. There are other doctrinal
embraced in the Christian system h*
sides those already enumqnqtfl.
These our church ncitbet ignores o»»r
oousidetw uuimjKirtant. 8be danw
not do thin, for it would be to i*.
(reach the wisdom and the goodness
of its divine Author. In the chri*
tian s> Ktem there i* neither deficteaej
nor redundancy. Tlie Bible teaches
nothing uuiinportauL “All Script
tore ta given by iuspiratioa of God,
and ta profitable for doctrine, for re
proof, for correction, for instraetiea
in righteousness; that the inati of
God may be perfect, thoroughly 1
furnished unto all good works." As
we value our eternal happiness, «e
dare neither add to, nor take frow
the w ord of God. “ If any umu shall
odd unto these thing* God nhall add
unto him tlie plagues that are wrik
ten in this (took. And if nny man
shall take away from the word* of
the book of thi* proplmey, God niui]
take away bta |»art (Hit of the book
of life, and from the holy city, MN i
from the thiugs which are writtex m
this book." We are exhorted, there
fore, “to take heed unto oursdres
and the doctrine; continue ia tbeai;
for iu doing this we shall both ssre
ourselves and them that bear us."
Every doctrine embraced ia say
creed, is either taught, or it is not
taught iu the word of God. if
taught, we are bound, according to
au indisputable principle already
enunciated, to believe, oonfes* sad
teach it; but it uot taught, w« are tt
liberty u» reject it; aud it cuotraiy to
the word of God, we are bound not
only to reject it, but to opporeit
lutereouug as it might be, 1 shall not
now stop to iuquire, bow far we nxy
depart from the teachings of the
Bible, or bow far we may fail to cone
tip fully to them, without vittatiag
the great foundation, or eudangeriag
our Ralvation. Time will not penait
me to do thi* uor does the oocaaoa
demand it Huftice it to say, that it
ta not only iinportaut that we build
ou the right foundation, but that we
build of good material. “Now if say
man build u|M>u this fouudstio*
gold, silver, precious stone* wood,
hay, atubide; every uiau’s work abatl
be made manifest, for tlie day shall
declare it, because it kIisII lie reveal
ed by fire; and the tire shall try
every man's work, of * hat sort it ia
If any man's work abide which be
hath built thereupon, Im-shall receive
a reward. If any man's work shall
be btirne«l, be shall suffer low: but
he hituaelf shall be saved; yet so a# •
by fire."
But to return. The poiuts tt|ioa
which wc prit)ci|>al!y differ in doc
trine from oilier Protestaut denwai ;
nations are the Sacrament*. In cost-
mon w ith them, unlike tlie t 'athaiia,
who hold that there are seven sacra
ment* we hold that there ore ou!v
two, Baptism aud iIk* Lord’s8ngW>
On them*, in our judgment, the
Gat holies occupy one extreme,
some Protestants occupy the othre
extreme. We occupy an interme
diate ground. • The human mind is
strangely prone to extremes, it i*
like the (leuduluui of the d«t#»
which continually vibrates front «*
extreme to the other. It ta extremely
difficult to steer between Scylta *ad
dmrybdta.
Whilst ,we agree* with tbe great
ltody of Protestant* as well **
Catholic* Imtli as reganls tta* pfiH
Mtbjw.ts of baptism, and tin* pruprr
mode of its administration, we attack
much greater importance to it tko»
do most Protestants. On the vow
hand, w e reject aud -oppose os * d**
gertnis heresy the cr open operate
duetriiie of the Cat holies; «*« ii,f
other hand, we reject him! «q*poae u»
doctrine of riiooe who would deuwi*'
baptism of any regenerating and »*'•
ing (‘llieaey, and reduce it t« a
external ceremony with which **
may disiM-usi- without any sertaa*
detriineut to the soul. We hold that ,
it is necessary and au iai|a>rt«M
means of grace. Ia*ss than thi* *"**
ean not hold, with due
the wisdom and benevotottOt iff th*
tireat Head or the Ohureh.
mission to earth eontwuplwfed the
salvation of sinners. To stceuMl#*
this he institnti-d various men ns.
amongst these is baptism. Hi*
tuttsl just such means, and neitta*
more nor less, us He would eiu|*ko
iu the cntNutunicaUnti of the refi® ■
ing and sanctify ing influence*^
Holy 8i»irit to the soul of the si»» M ‘ , ■
Our church, therefore, teaches, »!•
most in the verv words of ihi* blessed
pleticto of nearly hvbry ptdeo of wdrk ttirx. Oar young frit nil belong* to« xlrecta of New Y rk oa Wednesday, hi o)»po*ition to itt rival* the Geu-1 The Beautiful Suushiue, a poem. Redeemer, “of baptism, that it »*
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; The Lord’* Suppt
On the subject of the J.
IM . r we *l*> ah Ult I
Lvamfc The Catholics hoi|
irioe of transnbafantiatit I
affiliated error* They ru:.i|
tbeoficiating minister ita>'
power by pronouncing t
word* hoc e*i meum corp» I
ing a pta«* of brf * A<1 in th ° ' l”
wafer into the real body •< ^
ftHil and divinity of- the 1/
Christ- I» ac*^»r<lwioe
monstrous heresy they wr
cup from the laity, maint.
in receiving Imdy.of <
partake by eoncomitaney «>?'
jdao. Hence, too. they •
Host, sad t«n y it in aolen
sion, and humbly and dev.J
adoration to it. I need sot!
same time to coutute t ie
sirs. , *
8oineProtcsUut* shocked
heresies, in guarding, sg-ai
hare been driven, iu their
oppositiou, into tl»e opposite
They teach that there is no
either substantial or iudul
the glorified body of the i
in tbe Eucharist. They n -
wbole performsace into a />
manic act. It i* in our H
impossible to haniiouixe
aceordiugto the seknoirle«ld
viptas of sacred exegesi-i- /
explicit aud unequivocal Ini I
tbe Bsviour, used iu the iie v
and first adin in tat ration ol
l**r. If this had been all
intended to tern-h, it s*-e.
that it would have been elf.
folly express--<i by the w<-
this iu remembrance of M
those otln-r word* -This i-‘
which is broken for you,"
is the New Testament in ml
•which ta shell for you dml j
for the remission of sins.' I
have beett wholly aud wo, I- ^
unmeaning and useless. L « '
Our chmvh regards b mf
views, to which we have ; M""
as extremes and errors, ai ,.m f >
them. She sees in the holy
of the laird's Hiipja-r someth B ,
than mere bread and « ffy,
“flisoenis the Lord's U*.i
holds the doctrine of the iTft"
vuee. Bnt she docs iu>t
transuMamiation, imh* conJ> -
tiation, uor subpauatiotq.n. >: ftc ,- e >
1km. with which she is n I ■
either intentionally and iik’K
or ignorantly charged, j I; fN
define the inode of the 1
presence in tlie Encharisi. -1
declines the attempt.
‘‘dtfing that it is a mysf.
many other doctrine* tang
Bible, incxplieable aud incivl
sibta. We call it a s;«.-ij
presencf-, to distinguish if
ordinary presence #*f the
and to indicate onr ignoian
ni'Mta of this pres-Micc. wc
Me iveeive Jesus in) cum, kh/.J
Our (onfessioii. 0 i» jtlita
hke qn the other surratnent,
expressed in ainmst tlie Ye>l
ot t,H * 8*vi(Mir Hinun-lf. . l i I
Take, eat, thi* i* my body^
for you;" “Take. U
’Ml* is the New Tesiameii Ml
W “‘ Kl * *hicli is shed lor R
h*r many for the reuiissioo
-uiguage could not la*-plait'
la*en s:ii«l and
M, * OM ***** vexed question A
* ,5,,, Hrixa* eenturies, then
'***: '* i ,ls l*irilUou, tin-.
• M stand, and there they w
*re\er. i j M ,„ m -^| s .
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^unptated rl|(*ir finsdogtcai .
L'olumbns, O lu „, Semin
waters a library f„ u d
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b* osmptate, in smile lit?
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.lulling riuH»higi«*al 8»mm'
some ,WIWT ^"l* 1
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not .1.. tr -' ,niM b as euiplovci
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lbai 1 'i*i,’“'V S ™“*' Hall .
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; hidera ,» 1 ,n ! tbn r Jfrius.
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