The Lutheran visitor. (Columbia, S.C.) 1869-1904, September 01, 1871, Image 1
ONE LORD, ONE PAITH, ONE B APTI8 M”—E PHE8IA NS IV: 5.
COLUMBIA, 8. C„ WtIDAY. 8KPTEMBKR 1. 1871
OLD SERIK8, VOL. V.~*0. H6
chain. Obedience is beat sccom
pllshcd in detail. It become* prae
ticnblc so. We arc to regard oar-
selves as artists working under a
master. The master knows Ike cod
to which we labor, lie may vouch
safe to os a glimpse bow and then of
the Meal to which the statue under
our bands is growing. Hut we are
to strike our strokes of putieaoe la
hnmiNty sml faith.
‘ It is \rr»nd refill bow many are the
iudhrithml commandments of the
fWbte, and liow infinitely msnifohl
they are in application to the needs
and uses of onr ever} day life! let
the Christian bhfc read his BUd©—not
so man> verses, as Paptafa const
vhefr beads—there is no magical rir
feue in Bible reading of that sort—
but with tlie prpcMeal pwrpeae to do
the things therein bidden, one by
one, and his pegwe wHl begin stand
taneonsly with hts obedience. If
there is anything wanting in the
spirit of his obedience, tlie letter of
the commnndment to be obeyed wHl
be note to tad it oat. The com
**••• cottage. Bat ah hearts are in
God’s hands, and he can torn them
aboai at his own wflL Hecaascnd
as help from the most unlikely
motive*. Be let us never fail to call
upon him to the day of trouble, and
This was the pointed interrogatory
addressed to young man by an apsd
saint, to whom the youtbfn? eottred
ast iiad been dapriti«ff ia giowiag
colors, his ambittons schemes and
happiness. Efts hopes and .dream*
, Strictly in Advance.
lITHHYtYl ••••••• «#«»,•••
« * « - * w • • • - • -* Ww A
Widows of Xliut^tcvs,
we stfN have. We can not be in so
had a case that we have nothing to
be thankful tor.—CM* WvrH. »
things that are seen and temporal.
He bad not aocastsiaad himself tot
look beyond the grave, to the thing*
which are unseen and eternal. For
an argument against the feasibility of
been armed at m. point*. Bat fbr
tho starting inquiry which asuamsd
Chat success might crown bto effiuru,
and yet that it was well to look mrmt
beyond tttB goal of fifa aspiration*,
he was not jfreporrif. *•*
To bow many, just entering upon
as untried career which youthful
hope has painted with rainbow hoes,
the same question might be ad
dressed. True, disappointment may
await them; their lot in life will be
su exceptional one, if it does not.
And yet, should every plan result in
accordance with their brightest an
tkipatious, this is not all, It would
be well to look farther. To use the
wools of One who spake as never
uiau spake—words which embrace in
one comprehensive sweep ah possible
arms of liuiuau ambition—should the
aspirant “gain the whole world,* yet,
if this were all, he wighl"weU put to
his own heart the searching question,
What will it (iroftt f
Hui not sloim warm hearted and
impulsive youth should heed the
same inquiry. Middle life, and even
grey haired age, plodding ^aWg to
the same beaten path of tod and
care which they have beeu feus*
ing fur weary yean, aud which with
Ami for myself, I oan say that
eace to detail to the actual
main I menu of I’hriU did, om
ter yearn, change H*u what* I
harped per nttmnn Ite
are entennl an tee «u)>
ithout the first payment
vea Decision*.
who talma alUSper m«-
.Mcn hare tried ail kinds of mrth
U, except the only right, effectual
d divinely appointed oar, for
thareag into union the brolua aud
and for tuning to harmony iU
eordaut v
order* his p»|w discon
pay all arrears ices, oi
ruses isbsrtd
They have tried the
compulsion of law, the ponaor of
logic, the pcrsuautoB of ataqoepcc,
the subscription of article*, the ap
plication of teats, the authority of
tradition; and yet all these means
have signally failed, not only to pro
em* internal unity, bat external uni
tbrmity. tfcwpcrere sod klip*, popes
and prelates, councils and convoca
tions, oabioeU and senate*, divines
sod lawyers, have all employed their
wits and exerted their hand* in this
great work of unity; and yet, what
ever bare been their scheme*, and
with whatever dftfgmce the> have
been applied—however they may
have ap|teah-d to the fears, the rea
son, or the rtrpititty of the o|»poslitg
parties—they have alt left the rhumb
as dirktrd and as inbarmoniofi* as
(hey lonnd It, and, ia the language
of tfespair, bare confessed that mtkui
among Christians was a state of
things not to be expected in this
per seat wocW. A i»d \rt there, ttpou
the very surface of rcvdutioti, where
every eye can mot it, He*, and has
lain fbr eighteen centuries, a princi-
ptr so Ktnrplc. that a chikl may un-
demtaiid H, w hich, it properly felt
and jndietoudy applied, would have
effected that which has ever been
considered so difficult. and yet so
wowary->rn«MAxn»« crew aw
otiict ix Ijovb.*
:DW*dy inspired, heaven descend
ed, God like sentence, how simple,
yet how Miblime! By what ma-
rhinatioti of Hat an, by what entitling
artifice of the father of lies, by what
operation of the dcoeftftilneag of sin,
or by what treachery of the desper
ately wicked heart of man, has the
ttestify of thi* precept lieen conceal
ed, its feme evaded, or its efficiency
prevented 9 If (here be one practi
cal precept we would w ish to be
printed to wtavry fhanuMer* On the
dark page of the niglgjy *hy, that
the attention of men might be irre
i siatibly turned, to it, it Is this iqjuoc-
lion, “Forbearing one another in
love** This one short precept uui-
vetauhy obeyed, would sot aU right
and reduce all to order. It would
| not at once reconcile all miuds, but
it would harmonize aH heart*. It
would uut amalgamate ah churches
I into tut external uniformity, but it
w ould < oaiUne Uu iu all iu thr unity
of the S|*int and iu il»<* buml of
l*aee. It might net hush Uie von*)
of «:ouUo\crw\, i»st it would toko
from it the harsh dtemuance of hu
man passtou, and cause it to speak
iu tbv nweet tone* of divine chari-
Uo* m And whoa He aotece again,
•rely ere shall see Him, mid they
dm that ph-rred Him. They shall
are Ills bauds sod Nk able. And
while Hts peofde are gfid wte-u they
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A. R. Rri)K»I>.U.,
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fererer, RU eaemtos wtll weep ami
toiuem heeaase <rf Him. He si ap
|war as their Judge, aud they most
the* he driven away from Ilia |*re
■mire. mnI e is bn* Awever the vrsUi
of the Vsaavkf Hmlasnl feoriuldueml
Ilk. that tke> me wtea www, am!
won Id enme to film while Ho totem
IUtOAD.
xcepted:
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I 92 P “»
3 team
^ 15 a m
pto atari tor divina »<mdilp, Uusi
and thurv muy U>«> etpato Cknai's
pimruoa. Ilia diaujitos acts mil «x
parting ty, a%l whun lie cojar and
Bdigious.
ibdnce is generally aonteived
Christians as doing what ia
rather than aa doing what ia
;m<$ed. This ia emasculating
iaa ty of that which ia its most
jr>j i teMIlitotto pocaliarity—
MtMfoal relation of Christ to the
f the believer. Christ did not
mb sevsdl duty aa magnetise
an I make it attractive by as
mg it with himself. It has
bteu claimed by skeptical
iatl that Christ aihh-d uotbiug
•Set to human knowledge of
with *nrpp|9*, ,
ofhsu so with us f
OTIOE
net expecting Jesus k* aoaot wuh lav.
and .if ww» sliooid ace u»} spmaal
Buinifastalious of Uw «fo\ me pause o»s,
•o unprrimrttl are aa, and re UUto
do we look tor and vapuct *i> snob
ilium, that M rInntliI t'lilutiL ustlnl
Jsrok| “Huruly ibu Isjwd is m tin-*
ptonr; ami i kins it nut! Uww
drosdtet U tins pluot*, for God is
bore f* This ia w rung. W« skuahl
expect tied to inert with n*. Ur
Y GOODS!
of my experience. INd my iN-hswitli
incline mo to despondency t ftew
ophy Would advise me to keep ap tey
spirits ia vain. Hygiewr nonbl pre
scribe a hearty laugh feu bo ptnymsp.
But one whisper feum the l/srd, “Be
of good cheerp 1 have overcome the
world,” wss enough to revive me. I
SB * 801TB,
S, MD.,
meet the wants
th »t s distance,
ss com is and. But it wns todtotely
consoling to obey. My heart became
as the heart of a (feiht hi tears whom
its mother takes to her bosom ami
wooing! v bhis be eomferted. It is
It ia llo that tank*
to all who believe.
ward, they are, eoaieUtees hwguidly,
MHoetiaMS renleusly, porsutog still,
should (suite lo ask the tewa qaee
liou. A laigo I*srt of their journey
has been already' passed. The re
wsiudor uaj be very brief Would
iloiot be wise to consider the latter
cord my name, & will mam* wain you,
and I will Ursa jon.” lie lores the
gates of dkm more than all the dud
Umm of Jacob. Uu mar is there»
not be careful to dispute
. What ufen needed for
I* of duty but more love of
bis Christ offers to produce.
' it by taking ap the duties
ring them teHtimoBials of
himself. The absttset im
to conscience becomes the
huperative of Christ to the
obey.
Under the goading of a pastoral
conscience unaware* beeomtog ia
periou* beyond its aim I was grow
ing harsh sad exacting to thought
toward the spiritual sluggards of
my flock f .1 came in from a walk
fall of ceusorions solkdtmle, and took
op the New Testament to got my
reckoning afresh. There I read 4 “Be
patient toward all men.* Aa an act
of instantaneous loyalty to the Lord,
bow easy it was, with an toward
smile half of shame and bah of con
scion* forgiveness, to lay aside iay
foolish mood of blame.
Well I remember having once re
turned a stinging retort to some
sharp word from a friend, and parted
from him to the heat of my spirit.
I strode hastily away, pushed on by
inward stir to a rapid gait. • A pre
cept .made uie slack my speed it
made me pause—it made me tarn —
and took me all the way back hi
where 1 had toft my friend, to *s^
that I bad been wrong and Chut I
with sorry. ‘tJoafras your (halt oat*
to another* had conquered are.
1 sat oae day listening re a voiun
teor teetere in a course of Agricultural
Chemistry to New Haven. The tor
turer was an elderly gentleman from
the eooutry, whose torn It was to
detail but views and experiences on
the culture of fruit. He was not a
preettaed speaker, and Ms talking
halted and stumbled. Yielding to
the critical spirit most habitual with
me, I found myself luasiag ia a cap
tious vein—‘*Mv dear air, you are
should export to awl with Hiss, sad
to have Hull meet with die Nor
should this expectation hr nsduul
to the worship of the Mortuary, am
to the riahhatb; far Jesus Christ
«ar*s “Where two or three are
gathered together ia agr name, there
am 1 in the midst of them.” Around
our fruady share, aod ia the social
meaUag far prayer aod pnusr, ire
rt to Baltimore
promptly asp
Indeed, do wot tha people of Ated
often deny them stives rt-itShmaVir
privilege, wheu they too, amidst Ike
cares, peridexities, and sorrows of
life, fail to look forward ia a sorrow
less and sinless future 9 Wfcy is it
that the Christina, with such a tmaft
ney of promises placed before him to
the Gospel, so often refuses to avail
»cc is soint*tlim_ r i—ntially
from right dmugv Bight
he conformity of oneVi cou-
* rule. Obedienea fte the
o of one’s wilt to u refer,
tog is a barren exerci^* of
solitude. Obedience is a
having such attributes, maid have
crested this upi vrewe with I* weadrr
fid harsHWiw red adsiealton*. Tbs
two rctoitohina are Mitetnhak Urea.
Iu Mppfeowat eaoh other. It as se if
Orel liad given two taiolaihMte. the
hrtfrr bo otcreoom IMT) farm of
ae Stock iu inir
Twirtment- Ad-
KKA SONS.
Baltimore St.,
Baltimore, Mil.
48—ly
tioo to he derived from dwelling upon
them ami making them his own 9
Tossed as hs oflk n is, tike a mariner
upon.the billows of a tempestuous
sea, bow (ireefcms to hts sodl should
be tlie possession of that hope » Wdi
Is an anchor, rare and steadfrnl, nml
which entoreth into that wttlrtn the
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To bo sore, (her* are, at present,
U s a are ever placed iu great
straits amt UilHrulUe*, there ia no
remedy for it like pm> cr. “Call npun
mo ia thr day d truubhq and 1 w ill
answer thee* ^
A |hmit urea was ouoeroo i**lue«-«l
that tie lre*l no feud for his fsiuily .
and Jeans met with them, teal ua
rspoetsdly to thru motet; so He has
proudstsi to umrt witli His iwopfe at
Blotted Oat
TIow blessed to know tliitf att tfte
didogue of siu and "nflt
fur Hts wstndMp, aud a* at the last
meeting with His dmciptra torture
He was nailed to Uni tress lla suM,
having lanfftated the eapper, “This
do ia rciarmbraacv of mo,” sandy
Hi* people hare speriat era*re t»
expeet Hit pretence whea they most
ls« * the Ueiuvinh, the revelation
oi the Word and ret rlatmu «f u-Ourr.
ltet three tlnwepturm are uob
apperrot, nut real. Where ihr» er-
loiig, dark catalogue of siu and ^nflt
—the way warduo.ss and dWhe<^ncc
of years—is blot led oat. Blotted
out from (be sight of him with whom
we Tkave to do. I ga*e,, as it were,
upou each l>agc of tbst dark history
of the past, and flmt that till is gone.
ru-place of mectiiig at ev ery page
my grievous slus, T see the brood—
that precious blood tvhich coveys,
yea, blots out ev^ry staiu. Seeing
this 1 rejoice, knowing tha| Jesus
has borne Hie prtulshtoept—til&the
bus goue down' it.to the dseep, dark
grave, having doue all that wo*
necessary for tny acquittal from tfe*
guilt, the shanle, amt awful cObse
<juences of my sins, and this gives
mO peace—cafrn, settled, jbxftil peace.
The cblWren iiwt wreq^tg to bed,
and tin* half frMniiibril mother wcpl
over there, atitff she too v» exhwust-
ed and fell ri#|v. The poof dither
looked with anguish on lus Kloupuig
oaaa, aud then weat out into tbs
bright tunoidigbt» to talk aloue with
L He walkod uu to a retired
place, w barn be bad often guns 14
pray, tiers those words from Hate
akkuk came into his mind: 4< A1-
thiHigh the tig tree shall not blossom,
neither shall frtut lm in the vim*;
the labor of tlic olive shall fail, and
the held* shall }icW uo mest; th#
flock shall U’ cut off from the folJ,
pk of This! I
!U 30,060
<»f the Fmaco-
day». It now
fie Bed Rebel-
fJJB
■toforr. Brice,
When Jeans m«*4« with His pen
pie He makes them happy, fftod sml
joyful. When lie ntainU is their
mtdfrt. Hr says, “Fence lie unto
youand tlien no wuadev that they
are glad and rejoice. Ifkl elfrinriteis
when they meet alsreyu expert tbs
HavtooFn presence, He would not
<lisap|MrtHt them, wad tto-y would
always have a good end happy amet
leg. None would then rxet.iim, My
cehhwte«, tny leanaeiml bat every
heart Would be Warm, every eaul tel
and flmtrhflitoff, nail all would —Jam
IB tbe Hod of ffieir ashrarion. lto|s-
be jeyfrit nml bsppy samainaifws
ox|ireted always to meet Jsaaa at
Hfs table; for He would breathe
upon ua. and say, Ksotfve fo the
Holy Ghost, He would stretch fwrtb
His hands and My, Ifearw be onto
you!
Our expectation" of the Per fear* •
presence snd favor should always
Strattons, and,
a to l>e dtfteiek
Brockett'a, »n
n, w the mort
le, cheap
I.ook to yoar
id von can w®
»EED A C0-,
IPfais— which mean* that ire
y intention do what Christ
y* because Christ says it.
|pwijas the Christian lrttolfliritoet-
9Hi>rabcnded the personal (piaUty
'- H1Q obedience, he in still liable
“tot b> bis obedience fat lack of
ow ledge exactly how to obey. He
U himself at large in tbe bound
Wipl are of duty, where ha is lost
fleck] e what the specific l thing is
*1 lie should do. He fancies that
faMbrnl it out lHmsrifei Hede-
and there shah bo no hcnl iu th#
stalls; yet I Will rejoice in the I **rd,
Jf know that God Is jdst. Jfly siias
have uirt their due in Christ upon
the cross, so am t free from Ac pun
ishtn^ufc tb^y deserve; yea, more, I
am *■ in stifled—God looks upon me
as though I never committed otie.
Oh, the jierfection, the blessed com
pleteness of that salvatipij b} 1 Jesp*
Christ. It is this which gives mi
shaken peace and joy to the soul
thaa resting upon his finished work
—upon himself. God hath declared
in his Word, “that through this Man
(Jeans Christ) is preached onto you
the forgiveness of sins; and by him
all who believe are Justified from all
things, from which y*e could not
justified by the law of -Moses.*
1 WiU joy m tbs God of n>> salva*
tiaa.*
As ho tiiought upon it, his heart
¥M lifted up oulil it was ChU of joy
i td please Christ by obeying
] Me takes the most todnsive
«t»tj of all, which we^mne the
lemBule. But how to apply It f
MM himself with a kind of baf
ala|, what would Christ have me
T int is not the clue question
«#<1 him out of his lubyriuth.
#t Cstion for him ia not, what
lienor, imoauM it «Umanut cuaiptete-
ly, and at onus, liarnMmoo wuh the
toaohuigs of Bcrqrtare.
Tha world moron, although GaUWo
loved him. I imagined tbe way 1a
which, for iastanoe, a daughter pres
ent would listen to her father 1 # lac
tom With eager sympathy, know
ing his want of pmetioe, she would
watch big beginning, and as hr sur
mounted one difficulty after another
would reflect, “Why, really, how
well bather gets on! Who woald
have guessed It 9 I shall feel quite
proud of Mm!”" Tbto course of
changed inedHation about tlie gentle
man to whom I was listening, wholly
transformed tlie ex(»erieuoe of the
hour. My obediansa to a prsiwpt
transflgursd my spiritual mood, but
it alao fructified my miad. 1 tanuf
of the thing. We are *o busy thiuk-
ing, discussing, defending, Inquiring,
or preaching, and teaching, and
working, that we have no time aud
no leisure of heart for quiet contem
plation, without which the exercise
of the intellect upon Cbristfa truth
will not fool, and busy activfy ;)n
Christ's cause may starve the soul.
There are few things which the
church of this day, in all its parts,
need* more than to obey the iuvita
tiou—“Come ye yourselves apart iuta
a lonely place, and rest awhile.*—.
Set. Alexander ATcLarm.
shir, on a wooden bench, was
joint of rotated meat aqd a very
largo leaf ef bread l Ob, don't, you
think he felt aa if God had sent ad
angel to help him 9 He gunUy awok#
his wife and then the litUe ones, and
such a supper aa they feasted out
it seemed like angel's food totbwp.
What was stUl more rein.ukali.«
was that Go»l had so influenced tbt
heart of a revy miteriy okl laan, t#
omU sp his servant in the night, and
bid her cany the food to this poor
Wltoh ispired the church tha more—
this grand discovery, or the attempt
to oeooral U1 God has not given ns
bring in a world of wonders, sub ply
to aortasd m( auc haa he suirMred-
ed ua with eo mueh that ia beautiful,
without <1—igssng that wa «ho«14
ciamiiH aod stedi IL lie feu giv#a
OS the wondecfal aud the beautif** 1 .
iu older UmI the tiMohimfe to uaUut
No. 8 8. Cdj
6 Lou' ot»*
v and Fr*™*
tt 4-ir-
f* 1 3hrist tell uie to do 9 bat,
Mr Christ told uie to do f He
4 1 ® r »» answer to tbe for-
(Ufetion {terhap*. He has only
•en and a thousand answers to
quest fey spring at once to
y»| Let him frankly take hi*
5 4»d begtnj. ft wrktarS little
Ptecepflfaltr VHii f Euch
of them is a link is an eudfoee
I'oKcivi^sLs.s.JSybp( leaves a
mark of itself in th© w^bc, whereby it
is know n so, it is witit every o»e who
lma a readiness to fotgi'
for by it the ckrUtiaa may know dfet
God hath scaled the foigivcuess of
his gins upon his heart.