The Lutheran visitor. (Columbia, S.C.) 1869-1904, September 15, 1871, Image 2
I wbe to
stamped according to lav, to obtain
a charge within the bounds of the
General Synod, North, and who oa
that account pity, because we know
that be muat fail utterly and entire
ly . J To show where and what we are
wo will again declare publicly oar
position.
4* Wbhiievein the Scriptures of
the Old and New Testaments, and
receive only as revealed and evnu
S* «r «n km
faith theyarethej
calls himself a a<
He or Univorul
gcUcal truth, what they toocli.
We believe that the Holy Chris- i
tirtii Chnreh to the divinely appointed
guardian and interpreter of the Scrip-
taros.
$. We believe that the Evangelical
I nthersn Church is the Httiy Chris
tian Church. *
r k We believe in the full and free ■
exercise of human judgment
5. We believe that it is wrong, un
christian, and therefore uuscriptural,
to condemn any man who honestly
and conscientiously judges and de
cides for himself.
6. We believe that any amn who
«W give their mbs vm
id rarefully mtUcjUWwUkL
w| ich are new subscriber*.
o game of the post office,
it jl the comity and Putt*
scribe r is necessary* Jn ordei
gjggw may be promptly
differs from us eon not cooperate
frith us.
t. We believe that aay man who
ipvr, rejects the Augsburg Confession Is
mka not a Lutheran Christian.
>tter a We before that only, when the
reek Church professes and acts in accor-
' < dairt* with the Coofereiou of Aagw-
i - burg, can prosperity, progress and
triumphs be obtaiued.
p 9iW© betters that our work is to
****’, lead the Charch ia the South back to
r®{ the Uonfeerion.
fifeik. We are determined to the tore
and fear of God to labor for that
purpose, and to dio working fbr that
MOt end.
R||:-ll. Wo know that brethren wrong
Pt- us if other motives are ascribed to
If Ira- TA,V^ n m U rtn ^ ■ I fcl, M . n ,,
119- ivi? gnevf WCJtO.w OrrVilmi,
whom we know to be good men, often
,. think unkindly of us. We regret
that often brethren think that Wo
fffe|opp w© and assail them individually
approved of by Gud» and
man disapproval ttfcnald m
“Not so, Lord,’’, whon Orel
•onto to Ghost f JMMNffc
a letter iu
given into the hands of an officer
called Ffrospfoa, whose duty His to
inspect the whole and hand it ww
to a namariltoe of three, white
kaife blade coeUI
•wR
“Institutions with more
head do not work
of newspapers and ill other
taka the plan of Lord Boos and see
for ourselves. Let us thou so adjust
one telescope as to bear directly npoo
the mtod, and by taking a peep see
the condition of things.
Wa behold a magnificent palace,
eeuipoood of a variety of hehottfnl
•partmeats, arranged with the most
perfect symmetry, in which Will site
enthroned as arbitrary monarch, sub
ject only to the laws nrraa—ry t*
preatrre the. -balance of power*
like all sovereigns, he has his court
favorite, called Before, whom to
plmm* he would aacriAoe half hie eia
I*re. this monarch, by virtu© of his
toation, holds the prerogative of do-
iag jnat what he piroare, and his sub
jeeta bring loyal, promptly execute
gent, and then he wffl jumble every *
thing together into a mass of ooafa
skm, so that bis office will proseat
the appearance of a lumber room. .
When any particular record is need- J
ed and called for, he tambles about
all the various records, making cos i
fusion worse confused iu banting hr t
it, aod is scaroeljr ever suooemfel iu
finding what he is seeking.
Mrmorjf generally has, in his de- R
partmeat, two grave and thoughtful V
old fellows, very exact ia their hah |
its, and, like the -spectator,’ re-^
markable for their taciturnity, who
pore over the different records which
fall in their way with great cam,
and mtenae interest, without speak- L
iag a word to each other or any one b
rise. They are great friends to Kef'-*
general welfare, and, by thee sagely
habits, show that they have mock to L
do with the preservation of virtue jjf
and good morals within the palace.
Their names are Attention and
stroetkm.
- Within this palace there is a msti |
singular personage, who seems to he t
an ambassador from some fmriffig'.
court. He ia very little know# ore
perfectly independent in his chiwto
ter. He appears to be intimate
none but the committee of three, i* :
s horn be seems to have great
deuce, and through whom he ham [;
all the secrets and intrigues t>f ooMtob>
His name is (tonactoace. He « b* e fe
old Moans among the gods, always L,
finding fault, and, like Peter rinda*>£>
alwaysamimghU satires and stem r
rebukes at bis noqesty, holdnag hi® £
responsible fbr all the transactions,
both In the pslgce and in the w*l»v*i
As a natural consequence, he if dfo -
spised, moot bitterly despised by *Mt|'
monarch and his favorite. Gladly |
would they expel him, bnt they know r
not hou he came there, having bees j -
h the palace before his m^esty i
ascended the throne or knew his j*
favorite, and honor he might wpre->
sent a Power whose displease** it
been attributed, to
of tempera mewf 1
Mf. Bowen, the ou
chief. We areauw
led. Truly this ■
written is grid; ‘ S I
only another illustration of the fact
that two controlling heads can not
got along smoothly on a paper with
positive opinions. Bin, Bowen msdsr-
Stonds bow to run his poper, and
very naturaQkJHul ptoperly instate
that thoseWbpfoV ••mploys shall
condnclf ft according to his views.*
.colman was fssmsd m fount of the
chnreh U> thavnat ceoudri mounmns
and the corpae was ramed toSo the
charch by Hava. X IX gfcirey, ji. U.
W. 'Vetu, 4 Hawkins, J? P Dagstok,
A A. ffiigh and H. & WiagarO,
td give afo1
the Waaooi to ho Isnroed from tbit
beautiful imngv ore there: We foam
to dwell upon the bright bows of
Iht pact, to look .foe Uigbt days to
come, whsht wr s prissal of
oretout; also, iu pat tha hoot cun
■trucfkm on the words and seta of
others, to look for tha four rids j
fossr rhonmtor while wa present to
shows bdw mm
how deeply hi»
ramble snd resol alio
noasly adopted :
Whjceaie, Almighii
aiujhria, Sept 5th
f feude, D.D.-Dear Mr
j we have lost oak shep-
mbre will be seen the
e 6f him whom do ^ow
aUaUing the altar of bur
) ulster to his peopielin
providence has seen fit
th feruove ^om our midst
>3t r >. I ^- T ' 8 ®j i “-
4S«a m his sppeatalo
rgt a pleasure,*b«t no
1 ^ privileged to sit un<|er
foods. Our aim is to moke the Vis
itor* positive paper—positive In on
to* bus seen fit
fseful labors iy
sentials, positive to promoting the
welfare of our Zfoo, and positive In
serving the Lord. Different views
and opinions obtain in onr Chord)
on almost every point; but there
differences are not such as should
estrange brethren who are of the
same ecclesiastical family, and who
tabor in the same portion of the
Lord’s harvest field. The different
vfoww entertained have resulted in
the tacit and unorganised formation
of two parties iu onr taidat, which,
owing to the mighty power of ottr
common bond of union, the Augs
burg Confession, received either as
correct or “sutmtantiaUf cor reef,* does
not di vide us hrto two hostile enmihjv
L meats; we are still brethren of the
same faith, ami servants of the same
Lord, T*f. ■*’; v
V The Visitor is, however, hot (As
organ of either party. Its rirfftor
sympathixes, of course, more with
one than with the other: is now and
then accused of being one sided and
psrtial; hut the feet that both
parties, alike, find fetor with, And
alike, approve at bis (tottres, proves
that neither has a right to claim him.
The fact is, the Editor of the Virt
tor aims to make the paper svAtigeh*
hymn, which the tboir snag. Her. X
Hawktoa than rare aod (fofcrerwd an
•**«»“. *• i»aa »» o«t«iwa u.
useful labors, tbeproarinret Urits of
character, and the type of piety and
stylo of preaching which dmtia-
d bow in hutnbl-
briy will,
fomfeeri, That we hav< I
^•fereuoe. one of j j
moat devot.
Ijts iJ’oet efficient mi
That in onr 1
“^we had a worthy p;
ehriSfian z*
%^vafiffelica! faitl)
a ? end nil those* col;
Ife should ever el)
of Jesus Chris-
That it giv
record the <
»^ 0f bis au«I
death:
^vvr cherish in our
if his wanting voi
i and advice. He
mo ia heaven!
r ta .au> of fop
of the wore than unluutry lore the
wboto chnreh nod community bad
wottaiued, in lbs death at so gifted a
minister and so prominent a ritisen.
Bev. & A. Boiloe followed with
same pathetic remark*, whkh net a
iioirly echo is the h« •arta of all. The
tiou *o ihore which n merrifol and
all wire God hides from net Can
yoo thaw are any command of Scrip-
t«n to trouble ourerlrsa with sorrow
that is yet to eomet We ore to
sjperi if, not to took far we ore to
bo prepared for it, not to reek It; to
be ready to meet ft with rerigweUae
the immense aaremhlage bvgaa to file ourrelvee with a “a»orrow # that “will
in, take a last lingering look at Ureir take thought* for Karit* Is it the
dear friend and pastor, aod pass on port of piadoai or true manhood to
to.gtye place to other*. Fire* the (took m**. the dork ride, when aatare
«W kt the dcocimod; the* the tion- ? and nature** Ood fed rw fopk up to
day -school; then the mmgtogatiun. 'the light f, Wfon onr own foX
And tha** for uear fotif am boor, the 1 jt|n*n faculties whf«iwr w»fr!y to* our
living ctitwi* passed py tiienuldf HtiH ami*, “Loah mr »t; l h bright
tore form of oar departed fowtrerj T ff.iw *bs!l w* rm U* fittr«l
When all bad peered the lid Waofto,.«Nm to tiw ^v#r IrnghtuXa n©
closed and that fomUmr form ha ijtmd, 1^ ww do nat coosiaMly reek
uoaih wa* forever hupb o from war *1m« hgH fo n t \
sight; sod soon It toy lawman tfo* Book »f Troth to foil W •*«
tender
teal, confessional, and charehlv, rw
gstffleM of popnlarity with eitlrer
ride. He believes that Luther and
Melanehtbon—riot Lather stone, tmjV
Mchiuchthoa alone, bntboth together
wnre raised up try God, not to ee-
tablwh m new church, bnt to reform
the church, and to males it anew the
bride of Christ by eteaaring and pu
rityiag It. Ur bc*lievea that tire Angw
; bnrg Coofereioa toA Tlinrchly ereeti,
At last they conclude to dwrei
his censures and ad monitions,
immetliately Ire l»eet»iires kws eb
hfe satires tore cutting, Uie ad*
tiore tore frequent, until tiuaiij
Is ciutgtd najqtiug. j Gooc m
bands of the Emperor, he fiod
foexnoiyofour,
°‘d H nnajj Orit
one of whoa
NPptH^ pfjth
who he