The Lutheran visitor. (Columbia, S.C.) 1869-1904, November 17, 1871, Image 2
LUTHERAN VISITOR. COLUMBIA, 6
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empire strong
#'• WhnaMmbgereaKk fry perti
nent <fiestion, ^though We apprehend
the parties concerned will call it very
impertinent. He first gives an ex
tract from the Frankean Synod’s
report on the last year’s /tate of
religion: “Some of the churches
have )et*i favored with refreshing
teutons 1 of grace. In some cases
them have been gratifying secessions,
and a desirable state of piety seems
to exist; all of which indicate the
existence of a. living faith aud no
fettle work ou the part of both pas
tort and people. In some of the
ehnfchpes, while there is nothing
new
> bumble France, erecting i!
unpeople We will
wpAtr, unfc. the Aliiifhtjo^
himself nope rates us.
“Sow, God is witness to the ?q* #
we have exchanged. May he gfa
40 bumble France, erecting itqPf in
the midst of Europe as a Protestant
power; while France, which put out
the light.of tbs gospfl with blood, Is
becoming ultra montane, and sur
rendering those ‘liberties' which her
Kings and Bishops defended forlorn
April, 1872, towtiine tn tbf
next meeting of Conference.
During both the days that Confer
ence was in sessiou the weather was
quite inclement, still there was a
very good attendance on the pro
ceedings of Conference by Hhe ment-
bere of the congregation. These
good people, by their actions, which
often speak louder than words, show
that they not only appreciate spirit
ual blessings, but that they ateo know
how to entertain property those that
come amongst them to minister onto
them these Messing*. The congre
gation being a country one, the
* liter which R ad
in 8t. John's church
November 17l 1871
Preaching during the meeting was
iardrlt i£
rvices, on Sunday morning, the
aft is fere.”
-ThCT. let to' 1 ' '
oar child bapti*'
Mtfennw wilb'i
] ggni n ? but h*
4 withool any t
gbd psuhuhly b»
-Jkift Beprisn* »■
»«• nbieotion to it
turies against the ambitions of Phpes
and Cardiuals.”
2. Education aud Christianity. 3.
The First and Highest Office in the
‘Church. While not entirely agreeing,
we yet commend. We invite atten
tiou to a few extracts;
“The office of the preaching pres
byter is the first in the church both
for diguity and usefulness."—“As to
the office of prophet and evangelist,
the preacher is both, is the only
souse in which their offices do uow
exist. The preacher, then, being in
some sense a pus tie and prophet and
evangelist, there plainly can be no
other office in the church compara
ble with the preacher’s. For, as it
includes three three highest fuuc
uoa essential*
1 beseech you, then, let us strive
with one another, who may love the
assoimab
towards me, or 1 towards you; rnd
thus let us go together the wty q
heaven. God has united Uh,ttot j
industriously aud truly, should —tki
known to yon, from his word, the
way <*' life; that you industrious}^
and truly shook! receive the iastnu
tiou pf everlasting blessedness^ ^
that we industriously aud'*trulv
might travel together the way that
leads to heaven, and there osotfeoe
the bonds of fere, which we top*
this day established. Let aspq^ :
Have mercy upon us Triune Gt*.
Send thy Holy Spirit into our hearts,
that we may remain true to thehsmL
by^ which we, ia thy eight, ]£**
aad bearing; true tn faith,
death, that we may inherit the csnm»
oflife. lais*^. k ,
special to report, yet there are evi
denced- of a steady growth in grace
and efficiency.” He then insinua
tingly adds: “Sneh is the pleasing
prospect as It presented itself to the
mind of the committee on the slate
of reMgion;* and—unheard of inquis
itiveness—asks
more, there existed some degree of
co operation—possibly not Synodical,'
but• fraternal—between our I r .•«.?.
element here and t#e vast German
population of the 8Ute.
Bro. Itude, our chhrch has u vast
field here in Texas; she is derelict *
in not occupying it Could we uot
support here, for a year or two, six
or. eight evangelical missionaries,
BWase paid, a*
ly rtuumifi# n,
uail. i* not qtif-
datiad te sub-
KdardS
morning, bringiug with tbetn baskets
filled with a variety of good things
necessary fbr the well being of the
inner man, and remained till the
clone of the exercises for the day—
the enjoyment of which good thing*
the absentee* deservedly missed for
/kiting to notify Conference of the res
ton o f their absence. This is not the
first time that Conference has been
)Aftd at Stone's Chapel, and it will
be “passing strange" if it will not be
held there again ere very long.
Divine services were hold twice a
day during Conference, and were
continued during the remainder of
the week, and on Sabbath, when the
sacrament of the Lortl's Supper was
administered to several tables of
communicants. One person was re
ceived into frill membership with the
church by the rite of Confirmation.
There is reason for believing that
this series of meetings was not held
ia vain, bat that several will, in doe
time, be received into the ekureh as
the fruits of H.
Hi? ,f . HaWlins, Who goes to labor
iu anbthfr part of the Church.
are]new subscribers.
'We Mil bqtv remind the congregu
tious that their fielegutes for the
next year artist bring with them, to
the meeting, (heir proper cre
dentials.
How much is all
tlfo prosperity worth in moneyF
Did any one ever read the like 9
Dgfb—the Jew! To value the piety
of the Frankean*—the most ad
vanced of all Lutherans, who have
outgrown the Augsburg Confession,
who hare no use tor the Catechism,
and who teork not a little—by the
amount of their contributions to mis
stone, education, etc. What docs
Vase Clomantls mean 9 These Frank-
dms are serving God day and night;
they have many and protracted meet
ings; they are converted, most of
them can tell the time when to a
minute; they pray, they praise, they
atteud church conveniently and in
conveniently, as the new version has
it, and yet he is not satisfied. It is
preposterous! Are they not fhithfhl
workers 1 Must they be liberal givers
also t The only thing they reserve
for themselves is their mouey; sorely
Vox Clamantis ought not to be un
reasonable. He sayB: “We find that
the total contributions of this Synod,
with its three thousand three hundred
and thirty-six communicants, in the
enjoyment of religioos prosperity,
was jnst $640, or not quite nineteen
cents a year from each member.”
How stupid the main must be! The
thing is perfectly plain. Their en
joyment and their prosperity were
so great and so superabundant, that
their cop was frill, running over,
and therefore it was not necessary
for them to give, as it could neither
have heightened their enjoyment nor
increased their prosperity. Why,
we know a good many chnrch roetn
bers who never give anything, and
yet they are crammed frill of religion,
they are continually boasting
“Of inward joy* and *in* forgiven
yet “lay hp treasure for themselves,”
and are “not rich toward God."
There is too much illiberatUy, nay,
covetousness in the churches in oar
day. The Frankeans are not worse
than the Tennesseans, but What these
give is nothing to nobody. Now, do
not misonderstand us: we mean to
abla and willing to preach ip German
aud English!
Conversing, tome time hack, with
an excellent Presbyterian clergy mau,
whoee congregations are adjacent to
some of our moat flourishing German
settlements, be remarked“If youx,
church would send evangelical men
Into this field, rneuiu whom Germans
could confide, able to preach in tier
man and Euglish, willing to teach
German Euglish schools, you would
find that the rationalistic infidelity
in which they are thought to shut
themselves up is more mythical than
real” A corollary to this, to my mind
demonstrable proposition, would be
that evangelists for this field must
be intelligent^ whole smiled men.
Here In Austin there are many
Germans. With no church, hardly
a secular school, they are the tool
tiona, so far as they now exist iu the
church, so also it includes ueocssa-
rily every other which the Lord has
instituted, down to the very lowest.”
—“Diocesan Episcopacy is not the
form of government set forth ‘in the
Beriptures.’”—“lHocesaa Episcopacy
ia a man made power in the church. ’
—“The Beriptures give the especial
aud highest honor to the inresbyter
who labors in the word and doc
trine.”—“Diocesan Episcopacy pats
a ruler—a single ruler—over many
preachers.”—“The order of Scripture,
the order which Christ the King and
Head ordained, he the bishop—re
verses; pats the first office below
the secoud, and claims especial
honor for himself, precisely not for
laboring in the word, but simply
ruling well; and yet all ht^-JAs
bishops— ruling is unlawfhL"
4. Education. A Susteutatioii. 6.
The General Assembly of 1871. 7.
The Practical Efficiency of our
Church
H. S. WifVftAKD, rtte»y.
wpasstwy, aaad sot in
ihis^atten-
, Met. pursuant to adjounraieut, at
Mtock* Chapel, Ifi the Bmithfieid
charge, Tuesday evening, October
94, rtfl. ‘In the absence of the
ohr broth
of UPS
. Solomon
mitfeoftery pas
rday we held a
urge. Ob Mon
Ktal health, and
1st ids*, he fell
died suddenly,
mem >er of his
t. Aii Was his
posed, he laid
and Jhe follow
id dead. Being
PUGH TUK SOSTAftttBOm
A geotleiuj t called ou hia pastor,
and seemed to V rather excited.
What is wroug now 7 thought fee
minister. He was uot Ml ieag «
ignorance of the rnase of his visit.
the Father, the Word i
Ghost; and these tbr>-
John v; 7. Three tin;
called Samuel.—1 Sain
How often has he eulfe
Ijpd Simon Peter dt-
o£s irrijajy&n
“Sir,” said the gentWuw. “[
not going to have my child hap.
tixed.” T *
Minuter.—“ Why not F
0.—“Because I think it a wrong
doctrine of our church to to—h and
practice infant baptism T
Jf.—“Have you left our church r
G.—“No.”
if.—“Then you are still a mem
ber r
€r^—“Certainly.”
if.—“And you consider me year
pastor 9”
0.—“Ofoouree.~
M.—“Then you also will admit
that the sheep should follow the stop
herd, instead of the shepherd foSsw-
reached his befert and
&0at(i. Th; absence
fie of n Strigge, the
>euro of his features,
able tfeat Ac died while
beautifully ligiiificant
mg at bis funeral i—
V. Five wounds of I h
refagh 'WithRve bre.v
thfftimHr 1 men..—Matt, x I
hand is not shorten*
net save.—Jaa- lix1. [
Yt "fcx hours my S I
on the fomilfe' m\A
shall deliver thee; \« I
there shall no evil tou< I
with the Germau character, sealous
io ever} thing it tooebea, they become,
in the hands of bad men, a dangerous
implement.
The Scandinavian element ia our
population is increasing. The Swedes
are not in general isolated as are the
Germans, settle among our American
families—consequently, learn our lao
guage rapidly. 1 notice that they
retain v a deep rooted hive for the
church.
If not out ot |4ace, Bro. Rudi . I
most express tbs belief that, were
our chnrch 1n the South to oeaar
disagreeing about Syubd* and bouu
dariea, unite in forming a seminary
& Critical Notices.
As Monatshefte. September.
Alien town, Pa.
Contents: 1. A Bejoiuder from a
Missourian. 2. “Exact no more than
that which is Appointed You.** A
Important Explanations of Prof.
Walther. 4. Dr. C. F. Schaeffer and
the Four Points, so-ealled. A Re-
ge concourse of friends
t his bortal. 1 H 0 was
For the Lutheran Visitor.
Pastor Louis Harms' Union Marriage
much
with Hli Oongregstioa.
la these -latter evil times,” wbeu
the holiest ties are broken with indif-
feranoe, and even levity; aud when
the nouuectiou between pastor and
people—between shepherd and sheep
—iu feet, between soul guardian and
soul, has become so weak, that hun
dreds of pastoral charges yearly take
plaor, the following words of Tas-
tor Harms seem to be strikingly io
point. They are taken from his in
troductory serin ou, preached the 22d
Sunday after Trinity, from Matthew
xviii: f 21-48, after be bad been, on
the previous Sunday, installed Pas
tor of the Hermansburg congress
tiou:
“1 look upou the past Sunday,”
aaul Pastor Harms, “as a spiritual
wedding-day, when I was married,
by word and vow, to this congrega
tion, in the uame. and through the
calling of the Triune God. Such a
spiritual marriage, bc&weeu pastor
and people, should be as irrevokable
ms a worMly nuioti betw een man and
woman ; and. as ! knelt with you on
that day, 1 solemnly vowed to my
God, that 1 would, through his com
mission and wifi, live with you—ex
hibit to you Christian lore and troth
desert you in uo weed and t rouble
—and never separate from you,
unless the Almighty God shook! call
me from you by death, or through
his otherw ise expressed will. And 1
have prayed from the muoeeut
depths of my heart that he wooM
not remove me from you in any
other way, if it be bis gracioos wife
than by death—that 1 may be borne
from your midst to the chureh-yard
which I have consecrated, and in
which my fether reposes.
But what I there vowed before the
heart searching God. my beloved,
tbo must also vow fa war hearts:
barch In that com inunity,
had feboted for 31 years
e charge. He leaves many
lourtiers, an afflicted wife
hildreu. I can uot wrifce
r, hint fiope some one ac
iritb| Ibis tifo will prepare
PrayS-.~*£even werd^
Thc first: “Father,
for they know not Vrba
Luke xxiii; 34. The aJ
mas, behold thy non K
36. The third: “Verily j
thee, Today thou aha];
in Paradise;”—Luke XXI
fourth : “IWi, Kit. lame
That Is to say, “My G
why hast thou forsake
fifth : “I thirst.”—Jo
The mxth: “It is fhi -
xix: 30. The seveutr
into thy hands I entnni« : t!
Luke xxiii: 46. >
times, but until seventy
must I forgive my bt
xriii: 22. .
VIII. Eight times did
nounce, “Wo unto
xxiii: 13. Unto you. t
IX. Where are th*-
xvh: 17. Hare I aK
give glory to God f A
grateful f f
X. Ten oommami tn
Wd given me. Do 1 n
keep them ?
Even about the <
brgoes out to seek $fc<
On taking the chair, the Preakient
ade some remarks appropriate to
The following are partieaiariy in
tereating: Jamas MeCoah, Presidest
of Prinoeton College; A Man among
Men; Spiritual Presence; The Ede-
anted Man in American Society;
Alexander H. Stevens; Thoughts ee
Phrenology ; The Tagals and Visa-
vans; Heakhy or Diseased Children ;
“fill ep the (Meetei) Measure ; Pre
historic Msn; The Boa Oooftrhtor;
Consumption ; His Recommenda
tions, or the Boy who got s Situa
tion ; etc. The publisher ofleie the
test three numbers of 1871 free as a
that I am your shepherd. How tins
comes it that you want to reveres it,
sad make me follow you Y That W9
not do. As long as you are a mem
ber of our church, you mast Mknr
your shepherd. You wife therefore,
present your child for baptism.*
0,—“But, sir, I do not think it is
right to baptize children.'"
Jf.—“Why not 1»
G.—“Because K is not taught hi
the Bible.”
Jf.—“Indeed. Then our Lord Jesai
Christ did not baptize children V
G.—“Ho, sir P
Jf.—“What, then,'did he do with
the children that were brought to
him f"
0.—“He took them in his arms,
kissed them, pat his hands on them,
and btesqed them.”
Jf.—“Would yon suffer Christ to
do the same to your child 9*
G.—“Yes, dr, that I would."
Jf.—“Well, then, bring yodrtMM
here; 1 will take it in my arms, kiss
it, and put my hands on it, aad bleu
it. Will that content youf*
f»\—“Xo, sir!”
Jf.—“Not me either, for I am net
the Lord Jeans Christ He store
can truly bless. We must therefore
baptize in his name when the same
Messing is received, which wos§4
have bee* conferred if be in persoS
had put bis hands upon them sod
blessed them f*
“No, sir !*
Jf.—“And what did Christ
tbcless do to them P
G.” “Well, he nevertbefcus
them”
Jf.—“Are you, sir, rilling that
your child should live rittotot
Christ's blessing, you kuod not for
bow many yeaisl Nay, would ^ vm
be willlug that it should die without
nr
G.—“No, sir."
Ji.—“Then suffer yoot child to »
baptiWd.”
0.—Buf children can uot be thz»
fill for it* ”
ilf.—•ritf hat theu did yoh, s * r ^ 0
with your child when it was bornr
“We laid it st'onue In s Fans
bed.” * •»]>*• i ■'■•••
Jf.—“But Why did yo« hot iet
alone, or even put ft dut df dore*
of the feet that there was no qoes
tiou chosen at the last meeting of
Conference for disenssfou st its pres-
couies
ter learning colloquial Germau, and
send them in Moravian zeal and
Lutheran faith to Texas, God would
bless his church.
Tmo*. C. Bittul
to aii! ‘Be ye alAo ready/
“tUt; 'lh.ien.ay,'
A. Repays.”
-Ir • I
Hipnon Bay-Lob.—We re-
learp that this excellent
xauB fin voted oburcbmau,
»Mtlbfk Of the steircb at
t Ya-i and irequeutiy its
^A uod, uo .longer is in
toriPto him
t-
J MlHsot^hrAXs' have got
fefnffiii elrnrcbes iu Bk>ston,
ileb was Some years ago
jMd Reformed minister,
the day be spent iu a free talk con
ceruing the condition of the charges
Represented, aud that, on the follow
ing day, the passage in the Apos
tle's Creed, test speaks of Christ's
descent into hell, be discussed. The
suggestion wss agreed to, and the
films of Conference was thus stately
30 cts. S. R. Wells, 380 Broadway,
N. Y. »
Old and New. November. Bootou.
Among the contents we notice:
The Modern English Novel; The
Language of Brutes; Forgiveness of
Sins—this is, however, too muoh for
Old and New; its theology is too
humanitarian to tp worth anything.
We like the number, however, be
cause it is out spoken, gentlemanly
and high toned.
Whitnefs Musical Guest. November.
Toledo, Ohio.
With a glance throsgh its pages,
we notice some very infievesllsg srti
clea, editorial*, fee., and also an
announcement of the publisher, offer
in* to send this valuable musical
monthly oo a three months trial trip
for twmtty five cents, giving over
four dollars worth of musk, sad a
hue opportunity for all those who
desire to examine this choice publi
cation. We also notice that to all
those who subscribe for 1872, before
January 1st, will be seat this aad
the December number* free.. Barely
now is the time to subscribe; $1 per
annum, speeimeo copy IS eta. Ad
dress the publisher, W. W. Whitney,
Toledo, Ohio.
CkarvMs Musical Tisiksr. October.
CindoBsti, Ohio. !
Moral CaroUaian. November, 1871,
,i Charleston, 8. C.
• Our rule is, wbeu we go among
our friends in the country, to ask s
Do you got the Hared Carolinian f
A mam may as well try to form
successfully without it, as to attempt
to eat hot soup without a spoon.
American Agriculturist. November.
Wie is tend to secure a patent
reeommeodatioa for the Amshaam
Agriculturist No. 1. It is worthy of
iu Only the bear pictare must bare
server says: The credit system m
conducting a newspaper is a snare,
au aunoyauce, a wrong, and a nui
sance. The Zeitschrifl has discov
ered this through long and bitter
experience, and announces that ne
cessity compels it to abandon the
credit system, and to adopt that of
advance payment. The editor says:
Iuasmucb as we again find ourselves
in great embarrassment, because so
many of our friends are indebted to
us for periodicals and books, and
have paid no attention to onr re
quests for immediate payment, neces
sity compels os to refuse henceforth
to give any credit, and to enforce
strictly the rale of requiring advance
payments.
a hulf feverish and
i rether languid and
»er by a Lutheran. All
in churohes in Ifew Eng-
i the bands-of old Lutheran
and nearly all of the new
he *West*4w States have
■Wished by them. Even
nothoruf ns all” is a little
tills business, liet Mis-
? the credit, for she Cer-
s ‘rtje WofC' Jft 1
, ii 4 *»,.■
k) j>0T Iukoki Old
-F, ; 8. writes from V#.:
find i . I au* au old
tQi the Visitor, pud am
M Be.—Matt, xx: 6. 1) n
tot thou his invitatioi f
Xil. Twelve aposti ■
eta, move around the Ei
^Ighteousoess, Wilt til
ite of these planets?
prostrates thee ou a si
Christian eyes o
pieet ; but it is both
Jo do it while yet thou J
b#tfc i»WU> iMd Mr, .
rhf:
tho* be sick, a
oi SiI,s rejientaf«
?*** ^ »nay be a t*. \
Clurist's deaosat hits hell, elicited
the fis t that the frith of the primi
tive church upna this poret wss still
retained to Its parity sad simplicity.
What is there coafesred wv room re
•ad hold, rithost sStmoptisg to be
esoUidMiAfe wtoeh smoas
paid to him, was by loom
8t Mark's Church. What 1
got from otbsr chsrehco aad
asis, 1 know not. He did nc
to aw, and hence J will not
for it The asMNWt paid to
he used i* aid of the pans
with the paper, and
s not fescoff all
i will take their church
New Publications.
Die Harfe. A Collection of Select
and Religious Songs, with and
without Organ— Accoufpanimeut
for mixed Cnorch Choirs. No. 1.
By Jn lias Sebakf, Organist Schae
fer & Koradi, Philadelphia.
The first number of a selection of
chnrch music, which promises to be
very valuable. The two first chorus’
are taken from a mans of Mozarts.
These, as well as the remaining
pieces, can only be used in Protest
ant churches as voluntaries before
the regular order of service com
mences. For this, as well as for
musical entertainments of a religious
cast, they are admirably adapted.
Many would no doubt prefer if the
name of the composer of each piece
were given. K.
Acrtcic.
meeting of < ’oofrreoor, aad that
they be pubbehed atoua wkh the
notice of the pext meeting of Cou-
fentoce, in the Visitor.
besotted, Tbst tbs President, in
hfs opening sermon of the next
meeting of Conference, preach srpon
some subject connected with the
doctrine or coitus of our church.
The following paper was received
and adopted -
Wirt KEYS, a mfodrity of the eterl-
cal feemberi of CVtefereure fir8 ab
rent, and Ouly on* of the absentee*
has offered an fiictfe : therefore, '**
* Bmtdrcd; That we ore pained is
wltoemfing such cfelinqaeoey an the
pkrt of our brefhreti, and express
« rapid flight. Tl.
h'ae-piero.
h life's time-pie* r
can wind it up ?
le »ve rnartfe h
all. Then “j
*—I John ii: it>.-
This Conferetioe met in IJbeftV
HU! rhnrefa, Ttev. J.iD. rtbireyW
charge, oo Friday the %7th of Octo
ber.
The folia wing members were prea
eut:
Clergy.—Revs. "3. D. 8hirey and
H.8. Wiugaid. Laity — Messra. J. H.
Counts, Adorn Berley, aud J, N. Ep^
ting.
.yLfeer the Couforence was opeued Uy
the becretsry, BexJ. D, 8hlrey was
called to the chair, and (be Minutes
of last meeting wore road and ap
proved, Conference then a^ydrued
Tjjflif|retiqp ou Haturday morn
ing, tee Preoideii
declares to the wife must the wife
declare to the h ns baud. Ho it is
spin tn ally with us. The same vow
which the pastor make* to the people
mighty God dissolves our aittoa.
Holy Ghost, *(
c *y I ..
S** JOU »«. I
to your real.*; 1 I
S?”* 1 ' We Mi d „, §
1 te * t ■$* ?<»t fmi | s
“'<8 Ml r
Mnt0 Th L
kt £u toll [.
The tiouthern
October. 187L Columbia, s. C.
* Contents : 1. The Keforaation in
the XVIth Centnry, contemplated in
some of its causes and results. 8a-
periicial and hasty. Reads as if the
writer had crammed to write it
The best thing in the article we
quote with pleasure < . ,,i t
“The internal political weakness
of Germany was the streugth of the
Reformation. The internal streugth
of France was the weakness of the
Reformation iu tb»t country- Io
Germany Mtow Hilftgnly
is house, established after many a storm of
ter bopr that Ihev wffi bwacefrrlk
tUefrd onr mmlkpfif * all fnibiv
cable; Hr, ft prertlksftlmitypnimt
ml. comply #«h the feomfeng re
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