The Lutheran visitor. (Columbia, S.C.) 1869-1904, August 25, 1871, Image 2
AUGUST 25. 1871
THERAN VISITOR. COLUMBIA, S. <
M iron itself—altogether unaided by
a tutor, entirely prepared himself for
Collage, graduated after a very short
through the lueflfaiaocy of this both-
naftttre. We boM that we hare a
right to expect action from this
committee. We hare waited until
we are tired waiting, for an appeal
from it, for money to establish a
mission somewhere. But no appeal
comes. Brother fkmh, how is this 1
Give us an explanation. Barely the
General Hynod can not be satisfied
to suffer two iireckma years to jiaas
awajr without doiag anything at all
in missionary work. The church it
moved, mud harmony rrwtocfif. I
on your visitiud our
By nod.*
We have published without note,
comment or explanations the sum
and anhstaaoe of the commonleatioa
received. We can not, however, re
frain from inquiring, why was Dr.
Betas so determined about the hold
iug of the Free ('oofrreocc, if it were
to result only iu letting us alone,
ami leaving us as we are f
four pages, aad spiced
lew dnnuneintKins and again fosist
iUMBIA
ooutae with high distinction, and
bore off the first honor of his Alma
Mater. Having been licensed, he
next for a short time with great ac
ceptability engaged in mission work,
embracing near and at his home
three congregations. He graduated
in Theology under the. first masters
in Philadelphia, l*a. His fame pre-
(wdlog him) the first call be hid after
his graduation was to the pulpit of
St John’s Evangelical Lutheran
church of this city. Accepting this
call, l>r. Bachman arrived in Charles
ton in January 1815, and from two
days after that to the present time a
period embracing nearly 57 years, be
Has served the congregation of 8L
John's as their Pastor, constantly,
faithfully, usefully, acceptably. His
great attainment*, added to his deep
ptoty and attractive social worth,
very quickly necessitated the erec-
Uoo for him of the present spacious
and chaste temple, known aa Bach
man's Church in Arcbdek* street.
Dr. Baohman’s health greatly fading
him, be travelled for recuperation
mainly,•exteoaivoly oa the continent
of Europe in 1837. While thus rec
reating, be added largely to the
stock of his Library, already one of
the most valuable ou this continent,
many rare and invaluable works.
That Library , however, with moan
•eriftm that can never he replaced is
now lost to the world, baring been
rr moved foam Charleston to Colom
bia for safety daring the late war,
where it became a prey to the iaeeu
diary torch of Sherman and his van
tbo *tbrer onhffw.* on* rmatin! to
the ministry, Hoch are the points
of difference, ami it la unrmndid to
August 25
Uoot» hypocri'*-
Tb, k* *•* “l
*** ,°i
die mother and §
ojtj. heard them pi ■' K
aad the br«H. I
SZ all «*»««• Uh- I
to the Lord. I »•«
ktloWD * bonac in
H openly confirsee*! |
wd do you know wlf.
this story, woobl like#
TO ur bearts—»».' • *>uni #
of fire 1 It is
your chriatianity con*|
done, All talk is all
'Tbercol believer Ms mik |
bo* He neither to God j
The heartfelt convicts ■
. hypocrite I
■ inrr i by the coudm §
believers on all who *1
tbe®; if that were del
would be very differ.-j
je. But most of the <1
but talk—hence lies a |
It, teerefore. like Pilntl
yes and release, pray |
big aloue, confess aw I
a* ctrcauMtaaues re«p
not always lie preach :■
with whom you live, ml
been called to be ft. I
men. Tins does often
(ban good. Bat to be
and to walk as a Christ u
to confess by your work
tiaaity in all earuestnc
dissemble or to lie eith
to man, this it u, vrhi
the bearts of the father
drea, and the heart* o(
to their fathers. When
to convert people, I ntt I
when I call on the Lon;
to convert the people;
same time lead an earn
life before them, not b*
pass for a Christian. I*i
am one, v then God
people.
Tho Salem witches are famous,
not because they were real sorcerers,*
but because considered and treated
as such ; and we have not the least
doubt that Salem was iu the mouth
of rouud houded. pilgrims aud fair
maideus aud umtrons loug after the
unhappy victims of iguoraut zeal
had perished. lately Salem has
aguiu agitated the miuds of not a
few, caused iuk to flu*, harsii word*
to be spoken, enmity between breth-
reu to arise—and what is it after
all! A tempest in a tea pot. We
have received a full account of the
whole affair, and hasten t
it to our readers. But a In
a failuret
Our correapoudeut say*
was no Free Conference,
talked of as a matter of abother time
aud place. The only warm advocate
of it was , at whose urgent re
quest a number’ of us met, thirteen
iu all—eleven ministers and two lay
men. Of the laymen, one is a trustee
of the College; of the miuistera
! EDITORS:
I i ,-
l Mf'DE, D.D., Cohin l>ii|L S. C.
MILLER, A.M., Stan atop, Va.
ficial. liberal men will not oonarnt
to be driven oat owe by ooe, nor will
they* allow their Uftpoaers to pervert
the Protestant Episcopal Church to
t mmtial«
ATsiriUa fauiM
la devastating Parma. Over two
ttiilliooa of the inhabitanU have
perished. The dead being left uu
buried have poisoned the ait mud
the water. It is said that the ftah hi
the rivers are dying; aud now, in
addition to the seoargw of humor,
the iieAtileuoe la raging. The rbol
and the committee is responsible to
the General Synod and to God.
But its inactivity is crippling the
moat be made in Pew
Bank Checks, a ^Drafts
! these can not be 4>t*iued
ty in » Rjwirrr.irii*' Lkt
stnunSers aiv obliged t<
i when required,
sent to Knbecribttx nntf
'.ier to discontiute is ve
il an-earairrs are ]pmd, a.
aw. Merely retnininir i
i pai>er by mail, is not sut
15 r i
lieationM relatiujct to nub*
|d give their i untie* very
The ('•mfrtfatiamalirt aUribntoa to
a certain Boston minister the saying
that “Baptism is tha application of
water to the persoa, and not of the
but who was so high-tempm**^
violent that he almost
murder mote than once.
He was considerably edraated it
years, when one of his sons who t*
studying law found the Saviour
became converted while at the mj.
vermity. It was but natural that fc
ardently desired the salvation of hi
parents and their whole tamily. g,
poured oat his heart in his leasts to
them, described what be bad exp*
rienoed, and how happy be faith
the assurance of the forgiven®*
his sins, and the sure hope of «*.
nal life. “Oh," be wrote, “that sfi
meu were aa blessed as I am? ^
last be received a letter from hi
father, wbo wyote: “My son, y«*
fetters were formerly my
and delight, bat now they **«
sire and a cause of bitter grief 1
perceive that you are in dsageref
becoming tike those hypocrites when
I so often have told you shoal. 1
entreat you either to write at yta
formerly did, or to stop altogether
writing to me.” The son answered
tenor of the church. As the matter
now stands, the church cun work
only through the committee, its
authorised agent And if it dons
not set, it virtually precludes the
church foam doing (ta duty in this
u*> eS
Sbj
rfqlul
that the apothegm bids fair to im
mortalise him. We are loath to
pluck the laurel from any roan's
brows, bat suggest that we have
beard the terse .led a It ion a great
many time* sinew the imblteatfon of
a Utile English hook, entitled “t oo
version from Baptism ia Water to
Baptism with Water* The book ia
certainly over t went? yean old, aad
we think contains the snothewm.
Mini carefully indica
ml which are new su
tl to name of the
thj it ]of the county 11
sfe vefiber is necessary,
toper entries may be
ate lyjmacte.
te and obituary not
iter intended for pu
wiitteo separately, tv
doomed Persia, and ia spreading.
It has readied to Russia. It ia ra
ging at Moscow, It ia arvere ia St.
Petersburg; and before we are swam
it may claim ita victims in our midst.
Ws do not say, that it will s we only
say It may t lint suppose it does
not t Death ia always among oa,
and they wbo are truly wise are a!
way* prepared A maa*s bouse
m boa Id always bo set ia order; and
that is a task which must ha reflect
ed every day. Ask any boras-keef*
nr, ask any basineae ansa, if it is not
true that one day's uudteuttaa aad
neglect makes the neat day's labor
heavier, and ofreu ransee trouble aad
difficulty. As the boner, so the
beart, ao the hie. The heart should
always be right before tied; the life
should always be preferred to be ear
rendered to them who gave it. Aod
bow f By doing as taught in the
Catechism: “The oh! man Adam in
us is to be drowned by daily sorrow
and repentance and die with all muss
and aril lasts, and a aew man should
daily come forth aad arise, that us
nghUxmaocae aod parity shall lira
fume
There
j<1 State
in order
promptly
[*ri and
other <i
should
lion t ion
buaiiieBi ijteti era to receive pi
fistthfally carried
irver Jnbilan
be befitiaed f*—Interim
itdriill item tells of
ladjl in Virginia, t
jood lold Observer a:
raiclij paper. How
htfrn brethren are I
tliat^ they have fr
an in-
!ho pre-
a Lu
lotions
> make
ends in
•othieg ia the lloese Mlesioe Field.
Aad it is not to be wondered at so
ansch that the “Church of the
North* ia dasmau of a Free Coa
trreact, to eaitivetr friendly reiaUooa
with aa, that this “deeiraMe* field
as) be cadtaveted by it. If oar
telligrti]
fers tu i
theruii y
our jTql
it sppe j
the Spc
Accepted
Re^l
S. C., (it
froins-S!
will oah
of meu, for they even want eomagt
to speak the truth; and now ym
waat to force me to beooote a hr.
1 most either write yon aa sty been
tells me—for neither can nor vffl I
lie or diataaihlc—or 1 mast ds «
you direct, and give up writing/
This filled his father with art raid
menu He often had said to ha
friends, “That boy does not lie; be
will rather kme his heed.” He wrote
to his sou. “AVcil then, write wbat
yon please. If yon are not s hypo
elite, then are yon an enUuuaHt
Bat you mast not lie; in that yes
are tight, and I was wrong.”
Not Long after this correspondenor
the vacation enabled the son to*
! turn home. HU mother received
him with tears, and looked at bia
ns if she thought hw mind wao
affected. He caught her aroaad the
neck, kissed her, and whispered:
“Do not look so worried, mother!
I have still my five senses.” Be
then afiprouched hi* father, aad
wauled to kiss him. The father
would not permit it. But his u»
asked, “Ate you not my kind aad
dear father, and will yon not css
^nue such ? Am I no longer ysor
sou 7 And why uot f Wbat crime
have 1 done V The father the®
kissed his son, and answered: “I
must rea;tect the truth ; my soa hai
done nothing that is base.”
They conversed about the nsivn
sity till they were called to sapper
The son folded hi* hands, sad asked
a btaasing. The father poshed sway
bis choir and left the room; the
terrified mother followed him. The
sou remained, prayed earoestijfer
his ) terra to, ate his sapper is tears,
ami as his imrent* did not retain, ke
went to his own rttom, poured esi
his heart iu earnest sapplkatMa-
and slept then quietly till theaeat
morning. Of coarse the first thin*
in the morning was prayer ; he sefl
read a chapter in his Bible, vd
went then into the sitting raoa,
where his father was sitting is ks
anu chair. He greeted hi* paeesh
affectionately. “My son,” said tte
father, “are yon mastic of tk>*
house, or am IT The son ans«rr
ed: “Who else but jaa, fath*^
“Why, then, will yon introduced
iug grace at the table, wbr* yw
know well enough that it »* not d
custom here F “Father,” said
son, “have I demanded that J*
slioukl pray T I prayed, Lord Jsd
be my guctU, although it b used k
(tray, be our guest. 1 knew tfe*
you do not pray; it would tkerstt*
have lieeu a lie to have **k*d
to be our guest. It would ^
have been presumptnoa* ia at*
it would have appeared *• if
wonted to lay a trap for you.”
why did you not Id praying
You know it is not the role
“Not for yon, father, but for
ia tlie rule; and if I had eat» *»*
out praying, I would have been *
liar before Oral, and you wbo «io
want me to He to man, can not ’FT,
that 1 should lie to God*
said the father, “yon raH ** *** "
lfoay tlien. but only when we
alone, sml not wbetr Strang*** fig
heiv, or we will be rhBaafed. |
ther, 1 could uot be a ^* l * r
God to please my dear father; *hte ^
I la* out* for- the sake of straiqf^
1 usi uot ushauitd ‘d »»> ^5
Kjyfem before any man* uoi b*W
BbWJMP?® If* «*-■*“*“
c0uut itself highly fa-
v; Hawkins is an able
a diligent pastor, bnt
Ljevel!
of God/*
Twelve death* from rhotera have
taken place at Koaigsbarg, and one
irth Carolina.
Heas^uti College opeued the
e iat with thirty on t sta-
th iu, twenty-terra, addi
drrivife * have enlarge 1 the
rljfo f ftyfeighL We co igrat-
rtjL P ern auk Prof. Hi bbert
twed upon his duties, fully
L*d according to Genets ii>:
o wish ti e Professor anil “die
happiiiesn aud
dtenl. Correspoudeut*. will
fjpi oddrct> Prof. Hubi>trt at
OS^ut, Cabamis county, p. C.,
of Saleui, Virginia.
Alt.
Ztti a
dents
tional
befitting one with hi* commanding
■nnnirsli and dignified pnsillfm-y
ia all aeaaonaof great public calaaiity
nad distress ia this city, Dr. Bach
maa was always to be foaad where
duty called, admuusteriag ooaoola-
toua, relief aad cocoaragemrat on
WW) hand. His great public s|drit
had fed him to imrform valuable
New PublicaJ
Dr. Martin Lather* Hi> ’■#
Sennons on the Gt»l
Sundays and princM s
of the Church Year I
from the German, -ft
J. NAWKIM4,
church of the North ; onr neglected
cities were especially referred to.
It was thought the proposal of this
renewal of fraternal conference would
couie most properly from those wbo
were ou the victorious side of the
war. If any harm has resulted to
the Southern church, it is attribn
table to false aocusatious of the mo
tives and spirit of those who proposed
it, aud the coarse of those who so
bitterly opp&od the proposition.
The projH>sition contained no poison.
The 1 poison was not so much in the
rejection as the manner of rejection
by the Lutheran Visitor, aud the
gagging process adopted; that Dr.
Passavant—so Dr. Biess believed—
was the first who suggested the hold
ing of the Free Conference. This
was the only meeting held. The
proposition to hold another amount
ed to nothing.”
Our correspondent thinks “the
whole matter has assumed an undue
importance, that there was neither
a disposition to sell the Booth, nor
any disloyalty to the Southern Gen
eral Synod manifested. ' The imyon
ty met as Southern men, whose most
acceptable ecclesiastical home is iu
the ‘Booth, and the meeting—or
meetings—assumed less formality
than they would have done if Dr.
Seiss hod not been present, for it Is
customary for ministers meeting at
Commencement at Roanoke College
to hold a conference.” “And tlie fact
that a second meetiug could not be
held shows that there was no such
bargain aud sale as has been inti
mated. Prof. was the cause of
the meeting, and some of ns went
that we might not be left iu the
dark.” Dr. Seiss stated further,
“that the advocates of true Luther
anism in the United Btate* were
watching with pleasure the happy
development whiefai our Boutheru
Synods were undergoing in tbat di
rection, through the use of the Book
of Worship and our improved doc
trinal basis, aud that it was hoped
our Southern General Bynod would
continue in tlie happy accomplish
ment of its misssioo, and that the
representatives of Confessional Lu-
therauism, North, were uot unwilling
to assist in the fulfillment of this
end, both in men ami menus, if it
were in accordance with the wishes
of the Southern Chorch.”
Onr correspondent add* n P. ft.,
which we copy verbatim : “Tlie pre
vailing sentiment of the ministers
who happened to meet at Salem was
fidelity to oar Southern Church.
Therefore any strictures upon the
motives of those who . there * met
might do injustice to the .majority*
They worn sot schisms tics*-. I. (fo
uttering them. No tree, no honest,
no earnest man ran either leave or
wilfrilly agitate and injure the ebanrh
to whteh be was bora, in which be
was taught all he knows of God. in
which be was confirmed and find ra
reived the “body broken* and (be
“blood shed * Luther never left the
Catholic ehurrh; the rbnrrb of Krone
amatbematired him. 14)ther was
utterly unwilling to do the work he
did, bat necessity was laid upon bha.
Luther opposed the Reformation aad
according to some reformed too Httlc.
Bnt this la what we admire hi La
ther, and we have for this very
reason perfect confidence hi his work.
He was a God made Reformer He
obeyed the word and the *)drit; was
not wise above what hi written, aad
the spirit spoke to him through and
from the word. It hi different a tth
DolHnger. He will never rrfWcai the
Roman cbnreti. The utmost that he
may effect, will be the formation of a
party, which will have a very short
lived existence.
auR. 1871. Pp. 4-Vi.J
per copy.
t The second volume oi I
We work coutaiu* thn I
from Maundy Tbarsd. I
mooday. Key. Prof. E. I
Rev. 4. T. Iseneee are ilefi
The jmblishers arc <Jpi
work, for which they fl
the thanks aud the sir I
church. What Lathe: I
tench is becoming asor I
the question asked by ini
the truth held bv the I
church, and no one can
question lietter than Ltil
We hope that onr mil
member* will not lie I
obtaining these powei 1
quen t sermons. For rest fl
Suudays, for family V.I
espoctally for tbe use oil
hold service* ia the a!>l
ministers. Luthers “Hi
is admirably adapted
the Lo* that our Eng I
People are being fnnii^bl
Lutheran works, ami re) I
the Umk 1 can uot be v
JUAN
Whet
be arao
friends i
Corr^sp
mind a;
Those a
should
snbscrij
rule is i
spend m
we ret®
bills to i
□her appears ny will
kind brethren and
h-western Vir ;ini;L
will bear th s ia
I cool till we «turn-
jdebted to the pap* r
w sending ou their
I we return. 4 safe
: Visitor befor: you
|on yourself. When
f we will send out
bents. I ,
Uik. U7L I
Ik. Borhman. baa lived a great*-*
rhnstian life, sad 1 feel ia fully tire-
pared to die tke death of tbe right
eooo. May his hurt rad be yet for
»"•> J. H. M.
in Newberry coanty,
tted $5 to purihase
irk for the stu(tents,
“hot to mentioii his
otd knows hiui, al-
3 jof those who hever
; Jthe left hand know
hand does. Would
ke him!
oopies of the ‘*Con-
njation” sufficieht to
resent necessities.—
rant is an arm for a
who lost his ifi de-
to man’s rights. We
S. C., ha
Dr. Krajji
but char
name.” ^
though t
is williuj
what tl <
we had
Wei
servatiri
supply |
What W<
phymral bmag mm oar hood, white
his an ml, hta apintaal aad teaawftal
aoiare oa the other, is mode brighter
aad clearer, bad belter be givea
tke light, tkaa reaizia shut ap ia tke
neoan of that and, an which tkrv
have left aa imfireai hounded only
There ia no greater came hi a con
gregorion than meddlraoaw-. gnwwp
Ing, lying hrmr bodies, male or female,
wbo often keep ap a secret and open
“strife of toe goes,” and destroy tke
peace and prosperity of a roagriga
Hon and embitter the life of a fan
tor.
The rrarnt death by ftufrfclr of
Rev. Joaeph H. l'hipps, an excel lent
and devoted Uaitariaa an mater si
Kingwtou, Man, ia attributed to
Umger uc*h1 to rwul War I
and olkers to leant tin I
Udirered to tke saints. s I
The iSoHthcm Pre*byt< > I
Columbia. S. C. Juk i
Contents: Teetimouv
Posters aud Evangelist |
BuiqdieK. The Religion I
tbe Life of the Natnu I
Truth T Inauguration t’l I
Hr. Wilson. Critiral N( I
Ijthre and Wekrr. Auj I
Themlofrisrhe Mnnatxfo f I
1871. ,*
Twenty fifth (foerN/l
General Byuod ui tb< I
Uttemnui (Jfaurch in
States. Daytou. 18717 I
beteeed by all who knew him, for
be was friendly, amiable, ami pre-
pnwarssmg ia kis ways. Bat his
kqaae eras (trayertews. Neither at
tke table, nor in the mom iug, uor
at oigbi was prayer offered. Qaiei
d*Wt however in his bouse. Pa
rents ami children hied in perfect
harmony and sympathy with each
other, the servants were well treated
aad well conducted, and nothing im
pro|ier or unseemly whs tolerated-
For tke rest, every thing was accord
lag to v the fashion of this world.
Ihrds wore played, occasionally a
party was given, and there was
darning, now and tbeu an oath was
altered, but outward propriety had
to he observed; be was a stickler
for that. The Bible was never read,
although be had
young ra
fence off
win need
WV
list T f
this all important work. Bwt what
has tke committee doaof If it has
done anything, tke church has not
I wen informed of the fact. And if it
has door nothing, than, Mr. Editor,
1 submit tha qaestma to )wa, aod to
the Presidual of tha Grasr-I hv nod,
evil tongues. He was a man of
great moral worth, of literary ar
quire incuts, sod unselfish devotion
to every good word am! w ork, ami
the fault with bis preaching was,
that it was “too ev aagnbeal,” which
bmag interpreted, means too faithfnl
twen against the in
IkA, rights and priri
Church
I raved tu trust f If it dal nut, ami
does not intend to art, then was it
wot in doty howad to trader Its is
MgustkMi tu the Preonfent, that he
might aiqmint another committee to
carry into effect the mirations of the
General Bynod f Tbe chareh bos
waited, sad waded, aod is WAirtXu
still to bear from Una Caatnd Item
milter, bat it mo tew uot—it speaks
not, to oar k sow ledge, la U dead f
la it ossified f Did it freer* to death
last winter f Or, has it evaporated
daring the bat samamr month* f
M hat baa Imoar of I, Mr. Editor f
Tell us. \V« are tmpatient. Umk
sad joys of Heaven are ever prearpt
high regard for
ooe which he had inherited from his
pious mother. It had the l»rat place
tfi hi* book rase, but it was not uaed;
and only taken down now <u>d thru
to be floated. He had alao a large
family of children, aud his wife was
devoted to him. Often wheu she
heard his step in tbe |tannage, she
j wonld cull him in the room, ami
when he asked what she wanted, her
answer generally was, “O, 1 only
1 wanted to
l«rha|«s now
terw ouuutr),
In allusion to the policy of ig
noriog parties in th< EpiacafaU
church, the Protestant Churchman
than briefly rata forth tbe points of
difference ou which that charch ia
divided t
The immnU of difference in oar
church are felt to he vary important,
and neither party can, or will, yield
to the other, in writing or speak
ing, it is soon apimreut whether ooe
does, or does uot, believe every bap
tized infant regenerated by. the Holy
S|*nt4 w bother .our Luol in press* t
to tbe ulemnats oo .thn. table oiler
m the experii
a very early age be exhibited evi
donors of that gtffaaUc tateUcet
whteh,ia afesr life, ranked him ass
net ora list ia thin rooniry, the com
pert of the Immortal Humboldt of
ltaropr, snd as an Oraathokifiat,
tc direct ns 1
ri what to advc
lei loijncc. The ru
liiu# we have b.
maul in Pennsylv
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