The Lutheran visitor. (Columbia, S.C.) 1869-1904, December 15, 1871, Image 2
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THK LITIWSRAN VI8I
He U self sufficient, self-opio toasted,
always right, and exceedingly hard.
What, moreover, has he dooe for
and in the La thermo Church t He
)»r m i milk cow, ami
R. RUDE, D.D
X «4 H «• *Uk dow
at bis bidding, he goes somewher
Africa, as agent, da
contributor, he hw
■Hector, not as
drawn a good
debt of ritooey from the ehnreb.
K kmgago he wrote one or wore
ahea tor .tlw Lutheran Otorwr.
Wss there treason motive ia his heart f
Was ft done to deceive 1 We are
ptod hei# gone* He went oat from
n*, hm he was not of ea; tor If he
had been of ns, be would no doebt
have continued with us. Of sours#
hO wiM prove t Melons Oangvega-
tkmalist, White it lasts. Men ef his
stamp, though, always seek their
own. *" ■ • i ♦ ■
j We have oer eye on one or two
others of that ilk. The sows they
orfft ere almost dry, and It Is said
that they are beginning to leek
about, r. pi »
“SeyeethDay Baptists.—This
body has a membership of about
seven thousand, and aa immense
amount of eoorage, generosity and
zeal. , They suffer great hardships
<>u account of tbeir views of tea
Sabbath, by being isolated froai
Thu Belfast Lit
it, pebiiabed hi the
tators are not inspired. ChrtafS
words must therefore si ways be kept
in mind : “Watch aad prey.* The
beat and safest commentary on the
Bible is the Bible itself, with the
the f«** 1
pray the gi**t Head af &e<h*t|
fee rales np ether yoasg
G«jf. O.n bgn u,
thise with Ms bereend
inhere.
erikvs
Such a dictionary the English La
theren Church stands greatly hi
attrn
•alarms, there ia another evil that
1 >revents person* from the Berth
broom lag paalora ia the Sooth.
Pa*adk»s am i nil mad, instead of
allayed, by political domsgoguea,
shoos lost of power sod office will
osor nde all moral honesty. North
V of Bew d. P. Margait
tin vain. He is ibeauty
and pioneer our Southern
iuj, aad is doing a good i
Lheriug together* the di*
as and daugbteok of tbs
l Reformation, who bare
bus in . Western Georgia,
for #300.Wo fcu ve not a<
odd give that amount, sod
ifcy did, would seel that
aid np tssaaure in heaven,
iod with tbeir substance
iaae and ia «etendtcr, and
r planting and extending
pelical Cbulsl.. We look
irgartV work as * great
i work in -the Lard. We
i strong Jiffwoti.ni and llrui
in his people, They have
j that i wbish they had.
been tried. add remained
They haw not forgotten
whence they, are bev-t.
Bead Youe ^esTRaecs Pou
cnca.—The Philadelphia IaCper, d
of educated' men in their ministry.
They hare tWe colleges: owe at
Milton. Wisconsin, the other st Al
fred, New York. TbeJb colleges
liave small endowments and deficient
boards of instruction, yet they give a
complete Collegiate coarse, and turn
out thorough stodest*. Consorted
with the one at Alfred Is a theologt-
<«1 school with three professors, two
haviug been added daring the past
year. Ten students are now studying
for the ministry. If other Baptists
did as well Hi this cause, tbeir col
leges would be better eedewed nod
more largely manned with students.
We greatly admire the frank and
honorable spirit which prevails among
this people. They are close column
nionist*, both on the quest ion of
Imptism and the Sabbath; yet they
are not afraid, like the larger Bap
tist body, to discuss the question.
ceipt whereof is hereby aekaowl
edged,*' are omitted. Ws are ia
formed bj ooe in the heal asm that
>y be found that the
the Ujburcb
A The vacant places ia the South
sored purchase the rhaeeea of a
lawsuit, aad in two tustnaren, at
least, oar informaat soys, to kts ewa
knowledge, within the past five
years, soils arising from policies of
the kind here alluded to have bees
decided against the underwriters.
Every ooe procuring a policy of
insurance should carefully read it*
Are Mi.xutters Mere Emfloy-
t biff ory.
glorious past Thqy are
ia* strong lipk bet* cm
nd the still [grauder fo
il is now dawning on the
the Confession of Augs*
ji are time and faithful
• dxss *• ii.ii 1 - U. * •
I church ia * sr iioniier-
*tbe great, ; iouth-west;
mil ge forth fcas soldiers
h *> «onqpaf jpnd pmwess
rood, asd M uuiko ; giad
rf those to whom juattfi-;
Djttthi.m Jesus Christ ia
could be divided to asake room for
se many more. Then take into the
accusal the number of cities to be
11.^1 sue:
instead of disowning the open coma
iiron brethren, end declaring that
they are not Baptists and have no
right to homes ia the Baptist
churches, they* treat tbeir open-corn
muiou brethivu kindly and discuss
the qnestiou fairly. They did this
at their recent General Conference,
and then appointed a committee to
onfcei
afjbe
friendly face. Be
l*oth and all sides of the question,
and publish them.*—Baptist Union.
If a literal observance of the third
commandment ia obligatory under
the New* Jhspeofiatioo, then the
Seventh-Dsy Baptists, and they only,
keep'this commandment. But the
church of Christ has decided ether-
Georgia
heartily
than from the pal pit, nod have their
vocations besides. People are com
plaining of the coot of running* eat
l**thr*
and sab
Luthtra
Others
whole chi
£mt »as
avTieirti _u# ^ kji<» . t TJr xju
»&tF
airwftsr^ .
law is spiritual. The last of the
seven days ef the week was to be
observed by the children of Israel
to whom the law was given oof
Sinai. Tbe first of the seven days
of the Week is observed by ebristisos,
to whom the gospel wss given no
Calvary. Tbe Jewish Sabbath aad
the Christian Lord’s day differ widely.
The first is observed in remembranes
bf the finished material creation,
detobythe Winter of
first anxiety (mase^
Roads an
lo s t we «
at Cross
le moved
* ; WK# in.
mage . at
afo^beh ‘tfto ftem
Bprfeg are raising. ^
rui, auil make you .
toeyaieourty dfc wir
ambitioas to i
• (bar dollar
tlfey are jget^g
hk .Yl wish 1 j was able
:tfo|gb,JiWd r pi?each to
h- diriliil’itf neopkL. 1
Awquld like.to serve
wqfhfM l ftere Q##*
isfaed spiritual creation. The one is
a day of rest, because God rented
on the seventh day; the other a
daj* Of life, because Christ arose on
ft from tbe grave, and sanctified it
by spiritual and holy work, through
the pouring of the Holy Spirit on
his church, the preaching of tbe gos
pel, and the first ingathering of souls
in his kingdom
srhe are net dead will has* mesM
fesm Him power fer a new Ufa toll
church year is a constant, fsilldd
aosatki
do now;
iiU not a^vjpe W
it yeags ago was pur
in Christ had called
for advice is * consult
ltqu of your own Syn-
i? that you are qpaii-
hough hub. foamed in
crammed with what
I, & £ P.s* and D.D.’s
isa.We, yet you have
mu have gifoi, which
i SO acceptable herald
It comes from Lutheran couu
S Nurwq), Sweden, Unumark,
anott* parts of 1'rotartmil
tgr. U is grautying to know
Tbe Lo thermo view
of the Lord's day is the only true
evangelical view. It is utterly im
possible to observe tbe day now as
it wss done by tbe Israelites before
the advent of Christ Christ him
self did not so Keep it The ob
servance should be voluntary. Com
pulsion never can make a man a
Christian, nor can it make any one
«£-r"l b*Ua. »il
■**-?**“* b *>r n «‘ jo« L'- >■
iW Bfoljr Gbo- \
eon-4. K
even they are oooniving fit the In-
trod netion of English words. The
Luthrramrr, which, aa Dr. Krefisl
ooce said of one of bis brethren, is
“entsetslich Dentnch,* allows Its ear-
respondets to soy, “settlements,*
“town sn town,* u Frmem kipche,*
“formers,* and others of the same
character. Well, perhape, this Is a
slight iutimation that the people, aa
well as the lauguage, shall become
all English after awhile !*—Lather**
Observer.
Slows op the Timer—Dr. Ger
hard Ziiligenz, a Roman Catholic
priest and Prqfeeoor of Philosophy
at tbe arch Episcopal Theological
Seminary in Poeen, Prussia, was, oo
the fifth of November last, after hav
ing first resigned his professor-
ship, admitted in the Evangelical
Church in Elbe!, near Magdeburg.
At Vilbel, in Hease, a Amend took
place on tbe sixth of November,
which, in connection with other
ttgna of tbe times, proves that Ger
many is rapidly passing from Roseau
himself
useful
-StiU I do not asy:
»ot say: Go s ' 1
in among whom yon
with whom jtou ought
t do you realize what
sufficiently, constmin-
to do thatd
b Offices.—^-W e learn
oolleges aad setuiusnes lUmrtig our
SusadioaViaa aad German herthreu
in the distant Wash
2. The decrease of oae, both ia
North Candiaa aad Georgia, can be
soouanted for ettly by the late war.
Tbs >ouag meu in the South were
afl la the army. They had no sub
stitutes to send in their place, whilst
they continued tficir studies. Those
who would have given a oorraapoud
log Increase to our church in the
South, now “sleep their last sleep.*
Poor fhllowsl They obeyed the «dl
of their native Statea, aad did what
they implicitly believed to bo right.
Tbeir account must bs adjudged by
Him who doeth all things right.
Let out man, noder the influence of
feel sorry; he spent the winter of
’69 and 70 in South Carolina; left
in bad health in May, and we fear
displeased with ns, because we could
not agree with him. We called cold
cold, aad dead dead; and though
we both love with sincere affection
aud, esteem, for the sake of “aold
iang syne,” oar brother, yet we hold
troth, tbe church and oar Lord more
precious than even a brother well
beloved.
The American Lutheran ia quite
sarcastic on tbe General Council:
“ That distinguished Trio, Siess,
Krautb sod Passavant, have their
praises published in the Rochester
Chronicle and tb* XaOsroa sad Mis.
live are t
to advise
duty dew
ingly encM
personal knowledge of the liberality
of many of the cherchea In Booth
Carolina, which I served 1i • paste
rml capacity, aa well as others which I
have visited, together with the well
knows liberality of the Lutheran
Church every where, 1 am folly
Areas am W»> * Aiders.
Joe as Cromer;
Joke Maetie,
Jose Price, j
1'ETEE BKAFRR, > Deacon t.
J. C. Price, )
Geo. W. L. KaErick, £ter>. >
' L TEX8PRX5*.
Spring Is the banning of
natural year. The sun moves *p
ward; the triads blow mildly»
•now sad fee soften sad break; «•
earth brings forth its herbs; tiert
and shrnbe shoot forth, sad
UrtU slug in their branches. Xto
goodness of God extondetk to t»
excellent a
•ugeuial
in Coug
At a meeting of tbe Church Coun
cil, belonging to the charge of Rev.
Solomon Schaeffer, deed., convened
at St. PrtePs charcb, Moutgomery
county, Virginia, November tetb,
the fotlowiog preamble aud res-
•alvation was n
of all. This is
J ° r d. Hot dot*h jj
Edvagca to the j
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