The Lutheran visitor. (Columbia, S.C.) 1869-1904, January 12, 1872, Image 1
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COLUMBIA. S. C, FRIDAY, JANUARY 12. 1872
OLD SERIES, VOL. V.-NO. 174
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Of our commercial prosperity—t#
"bo Mm —Bad m oat of dark*
n«M into Mia marvellous light," and
to whom all glory and honor, nil
thanksgiving and praise are doe.—
.Virm.
I* the doctrine if b—vsnly iraif-
nitioo true t i bulfevw la M, and I
think the Bible toacMaa U ©lc*ri>.
In tMo lm (dans caa it bo |in—lb to
that if arc ao fortunate aa to fat
bi h—veiq ao wW bo laoca ignorant
there than we arm bora I A denial
of tine (trerioue truth would clearly
iiap«> tltiau» From a pretty exteumva
examination of line eaM|oet for a loug
tune past, and more —ireutoUj re
cently—for 1 Marc bad oiucM to larw
tu> attention m that direct aa*— 1 aut
fully HMtiaffcd I bat tbio gluriuaa Irotb
ia —deniable. -Whito! to it uoaaibto
All Ac interest* aad hop— of
iaaa iiMmoc centre ia bat •‘one
*»«*-** religion of J—ns. To
M tble to emphatically the pbtlo—
»•»*• etoae, —averting everything
ir into (Mire gold. Array ft*m all
e ends, duties, aad happiness ot
b, to iMo uan who bac not iMia
*• thing,"thia true spiritual al
PAY
Me «M not a risk aunt or a
prime. Ho did not appear to eeab
wraith, or honor, or btoaeare as the
groat rad of life ftff did not seem
to live tor the sake of —>»>iag life.
Yet be e% ulrutiy did o^ it, tor ha
was always rejoa—g. Ho war %
singular man, aad-fils history to
worth knowing. Wo boro ao doubt
that bo woo what the wudd ought
S7 I Game aet to load Paaet
Mai a fiw—ff/'-Bn*. s: ML
The world to vary In—ist—t.
On the one baud, it chargee ehrta
tiaaity with being aggressive aad
quarrelsome, meddling with other
men's matter*, and turning the world
uptodr down. Who ha* not board
of the odium theologicum, the theo
logies numor, which to held up — the
ayuouym of the bitterest possible
hatred f Who ha* not heard of the
jagpotosr aad enmity of the safe t
From one point of view it would
kilroad.
ia temporal things, I bepa the day
♦bfcpsli^lmeso and pstsfin—, dine
and have all the bread aad batter !
who tHfctw a paper rep-
pest oflkto--whether di-
»or suottor**, or whether
I or not*-i» reapenidble
orders hh paper dinoon-
parr aUfsmsrejres, nr
ay eoatiaue to mud it
i made, And collect the
whetlieri the paper to
£lve 0 de$ied that refn-
wpapers |nd periodical*
mce. or , removing aad
ailed for. ia prtmo facie
ha was ao* a penes t or a tonkas
a. Like yua aud me, ht w—hu
Iwi—a einoar to the eight uf God
x posed to all the rntoutottos «f
eihto. Owe of the sweetest consul*
none of my litis to tba* l shall sow
them again in tbs upper and bettor
world; indeed, i* would hardly bo
heaveu (1 write it roveroatiy) with
out this dear thought «aa ho to*
du I god. Dives, in the tower world,
recognised Iaxaras area to heaven;
and can it btf possible that the —au-
Ou the other hand, we are told
just as toucorely, that ohristiaoity is
eflcmiuatc, that it does sot develop
a robust aad vigorous manhood, that
it lacks nerve and force. How re
concile these inconsistencies t Ha in
ly it is iapassfoto. O world! world l
how oft— have we piped onto you
and you have sot danced $> and
mourned unto you, and you bars
out lamented!
Bui tt ia of the more oonsequeoca
that Christian* should them wives
have clearly debited notions of the
olraded uuiun of the jwcific and the
aggressive to our relations to the
world. And truly! these are times
*heu it scrota hard to know whether
our proper wea|K>u to a sword or an
tdive branch, llni it must be quo
ceded that there ought to be and is
some plaiu principle which throws
light u|»ou this great question ot
duty, that to, our Christian attitude
iu duty .
Christ tells us be gives ns /most.
Ilia advent is the dawn of peace to
a world of conflict*. Hto work to
mercy and hu character to love.
But again he says, 1 came not U>
send pence hut A SWORD.
bet us solve this riddle! The pesos
Christ gives, to pence with God,
(trace with goodness aad friendship
justice and truth, with all of which
we were previously %t munity. But
he does not sQabliah pacific relations
between hto disciples and the Devil
or hto works, or hto followers. Peace
with God, to war with bis foes. Per-
haps there to no limit tor our capaci
ty of an i not sane to peace, aad knowl
edge of Christ, bat it iuvolvea a cor
responding growth to thn intensity
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toss knowledge than ths inhabitants
of the but loo ilea* pit T It sau\ bo
possible—the very idea to abhorrent.
Ths greatest bliss of heaven will no
doubt enwatot in beholding the face
of our Saviour, bat nett to that, to
my bumble opinioo, it wig he in
meeting with our dear loved ones
who have gooe before as. 1 love to
coo template this thought. This idea
enters into almost every funeral dis
course 1 ever heard delivered; is
deed, it is' inherent ia ear very
nature*, aad to. to instinctively acted
ii|mmi whether are believe it or not.
David said, ou a certain occasion,
on the death of a beloved child, “be
can not return to me, bat 1 can go
to him T Who* mtotofsrtion could
it be to lhivid to go to hto child If
be could not recognize him, if be
could uot see him f And how con Id
lie knotc that he was with Ida child
if lie could not see and reedgnise
liiuif The fact mind be that David
belieied this glorious doctrine of
heavenly recognition, and hence the
language be used bad a world of
meaning in it. We are taught in
the Scriptures of Divine Truth that
if wc are ao fortunate as to be saved
at all, it wHl be to us the cufiuina
tin*, the entire perfection of puffed
liappfncHSand bow can ltd* lv an
lesw wc are able to recognize our near
and dear friends as also saved f
And again flic Scriptures also teach
that the saved In heaven wifi Imw iu
humble resignation to the Diine
will In consigning our impenitent
friends to eternal punishment in a
world of woe. And 1 would now
ask how we are to know whether our
dear ones are saved or lost f bow
we a re Ho recognize the goodness or
justice of God iu saving or damning
them in the eternal world, unless we
can rrrognfze' them as
was whipped aa if he were a felon;
three turn* hu «u hunt— wifo rods;
he wan stoned once, and dragged out
of the town — dead; hu w— ship
wrecked three times; amt hu w—
abundant to a arks of beauvolrown
to different cuuUlrica, nod — hto
Mooorable than
her called his
Jabeiralled ou ths
tog. Ok. tliat thoa
toecL aud eniarge my
.blications,
Ulkal
*ie. And God
requested.”—
and thirst and eukl, and w— ultra
iu iwrilu hr hind and a—; and yut
oiwwfs ryipif, and uv— •Mf>»og
in tnhnlatsum Uk at him* U yu
dewpondeats, who are coat down by
baud ism of gkmn aad no—Mg, torn
tog to peer into the dark ai— ui to*
had been called
pon to select
that might
(ulnded thorn the Bible without
i toss or detoimeut, wu would
chsuen the first tune chapters
btvntotos. It wet^ld seem that
\ ehupturs are *<-thing more
in Mst of hard narkes, devoid of
iictiso and attnokion; and ia
Xuthiag eonld he more braadfhl
than the spiritual suggewtioos and
aaaoriatkma of Advent \V f have
the try unto In them all to the
exqwtoltr hymn of Zochariaa, when
he took the child of wooderfbl birth
to hto ansa. The first port of the
above, to
rouge cited : “Wind*mi to the
J tkimf; therefore gut uriu-
Hw father, David, had poaai
uiudcru beruea, like potiUciaoO, have
become common |*tare and tri——but
the world has tow men, and weds
many mure, who, like l**al, thn
niMiuusry to the beuthrn. cam naffer
sud r^uke as he did fur the elect's
sake, to promote the kiugdom and
glory ot unr Lord and Master Here
•isrhe that
Tito rejoicing of the Apoatle ap
pears to have been the joy of grati
tude. ft fiowed out than a grateful
heart to thanksgiving, an walit lb—
au o%*er ffuwiag fouatahi. la alt Iria
sufferings, wu hear the not— of
.grateful praise. Hto example la ihta
respect merits the attention of at!
•ko ha Ml intensely the depths
of the political degradation of hto
p—plc, and rej—ees to the hope of
rieHvrraaae. And then the to—
ch so gen to one of t—durui— and
spiritual aigntocaace.
'•And thou, child, shaft be railed
the prophet of the Highest, fbr tbou
Anh go htifiwi the to— of the Lord
fo prepare hto ways! to ghre know!-
edge of aalvscino unto hto people,
by the remhmkm of their stow,
rbrougit the tender mercy of our
Ood: whereby the day spring IVom
on high hath \ kited as, to give
light to them that tot In dart a—s
si d the shadow of death, to guide
oar feet Into the way of pence.'*
There to womlertol poetic b—aty to
the Scriptural syrnladtom of Advent,
by which Che coming of Chrlut to
unmpnred to the dawning light.
Modern dkeeuveriea, in regard to the
uatdre and oomyioaition of light, add
greatly to the beauty and toguM—acr
of thin rimditude. Light to found to
comprise various influences and pow.
era which make ft the great source
and aoatalnrr of life. That the light
of CkrWk coming should hare
dawned upon the world, to owing to
the tender mercy of Ood. The object
la to give salvation, by the remission
of tons, aad guidance by which our
feet shall be led in the way of peace.
ft to wonder Ail how, in this repre
sentation, the divine agency In man's
salvation to etrtotovely presented.
Tbe id— Is that of a gift bestowed
out of Ifeu tender mercy of God,
remitting oar ton*, and 1—ding as
to the peace which u passetb all
understanding* Wbflt this h the
repreu—toclan of the ftibto, It to
confirmed by the deep—t religions
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! IE A CHAPMA
“This
an emotion foreign to our past expe
rt—. The reverse of love to halved,
and love to Christ proclaims autipa
thy teauuobrtou That great peace ot
God, sublime in iu glory, fathomless
iu iu sweetness, heavenly in its caltu
sincerity, bears in iu hand a sword.
Hau stands ever between t«f© Eter
nities, the eta uity of love, sud thu
eternity of hatred. Divine grace
changes bis relatione, and makes the
antagonisms w hich before were mis
er) and defeat to him, to be hence
forth happiness aad strength. A
•word is the -badge of the pence of
Nw-wes— the n
rdf hwhvklUHto w
this earth, hu\in
tncs of bitu-
o once tried
their (Might
ewaona who,
*dy engaged
went* of life,
rits of bappi
toy bad tbeir
eir pleasures
(roubles ami
ling the things which ore behind,
and raanhiug forth unto those things
which are before, I pres* toward the
HACKBtl
Blind Factory,
One thing —ms up the whole aim,
duty and happiucos of human ex-
tot wire ; and that to to “fear Ood
ami keep hto commandments.*' Man's
Hfc to on wtter Wank, an awfttl foil
ore on any other principle than thin.
Kuia to this life and perdition to the
life ku come to the fete, the certain
doom, of all who will not reek la
religion the repore and comfort of
tbeir morel nature*—the well bring
and security Of their souls in eter
nity. Do any of our readers lack
this u one thing T Let each nod all
of us analyse our hearts; and when
we have held an honest inquest over
l*ast Hr— and actions, let the ques
tkm be answered iu the fear of Ood.
If we really lack this "sa tkimf”
then, render, do we not lack every
thing essentia! to ©or well-being aad
safety f—FOMify A drees to.
_ i —ved or aa
tuKtf A denial of this doctrine will
it most he true, and in tny
the different vwrph
I fe the various po
duties aad oocupntioiia. Occasional
efltorts or qpecial deportments of
labor, we count as Christian service,
forgetting .that cirrytkimg to to be
—aerified through our fore to the
Saviour, who orders aQ oar lives.
^1 wish I could do something for
Christ* —id the little nurse maid
to the motherly housekeeper, wlien
they came home from prayer-meeting
on Sabbath evening.
“Well, child,* said the good wo
man, “one of the first things I did
fir him was to nceep do—. 1 was
Carafes* about my work, and when
! let my breakfast dishes stood on
uot do
opiuion the teachings of the Bible,
from GcnesiM to Revelation, declare
its tmtb, either positively or infer
entiully, and if true, it is oue of the
moat precious and glorious truths iu
Divine revelation.
Kkfcwhrelv-,
snd their fears, 1
heir pains, tbeir
rials, and at la
***i God's paq
4dwdL How auk
wbeu they
* on earth,
* the redeo-
uafe, whose
L> a careless
w» still (iviug in the
ifl world, that they have taken
ponitiona iu the sgint laud, and
Ah— aliouting iiod’s praises, or
»rii*g beneath bis feown. »
the.midst of these hard names,
tol this beautiful tribute paid
to •smory of Juhesy also re-
•A hto pious prayer, and God's
ertoit. This veiise stands in
4d»t of these ge—alogies like
totfeit rose in the bed of
ikror as the ,p—resiling stream
kfsnltry deem.' If is a recoin-
kife the careful mudeut who
tofo examines God's word, com-
to^one part with another, with-
wtoiegaiding or undervaluing
!“Aad dab— was more bou
« than his brethren. Aad he
fiton the God of irtfael, sayings
In spiritual things ww are too often
hviug upon self. VV# seek in fancy
church (if be bud a favorite charvh]
pi rhiilippi. "Be careful for noth
ing; but iu every tbiug, by prmyei
aut! supplication, with thanksgiving,
let your requests be made koowu
unto (iod.**
Tfiere are some men who seem to
ttituk that they have little or nothing
to lhauk God tor, eveu iu tbeir
It was uot so with t’aat,
pea— and stability which are to 1m
found in foe ifedeeiaer only. Out
ward duties are well iu their |4ace,
but they burn ao divinwUfe in tbeia-
•erieu, am) Llmrefors can grie none.
They are to be (ariformed, but so*
trusted La ; to be used - it to grace,
but uot — the price with which
grace may be purchased. They are
as the scatiuhl of the building—n
menus tor (*arryiag on the work ; but
not the end of the grv»J design, in
the power of Christ they are bias*-
tags; without it, they hntnimpoa—.
The whole trust must lie iu him; ho
iu tbo (say,,lbs truth, sud the life;
without him, prayers, pahses^ bl
and orduiane ft are snrea»iiss wii hoot
a soul.
All^p* iToniiuiiecis iu under Ao be
holy aud aooeptable, oiast be am
mated by hto Bporto. Tboo to to that
wr enjoy a cciamnnuai of heart and
interest with the adorable Jesus,
and a deliglitUii %«t>w, hehiad the
veil <a «hii ward or4iii>uic*-s (auch —
iio casual w
City rfilww- ' ■
to somebody, my mistreat explained
in mo that feitfcftdoess iu daily da
ties, — unto the Lord, was working
for him, aad that we most begia to
nerve him jwat where we ore and iu
wbatsve work we are doing. It
helps me a good deal when I aai
tired and fretted, to remember that
i am working for him in the way be
appoints." $
nale
Shull ore, in the courts of the
Lord's house, aud iu the pisseooc of
ail his people, give him most humble
aud hearty thanks for all his good
no— and lo\ lujfkiuduc— to us and
to all meu; shall we bless him for
our orwatiou, preservation, aud all
the bio—tags of this life, but, above
all, for lbs redemption of the world
by our Lord Jesus Christ, aud yut
withhold from bis service the silver
aad the gold with which be has
blest us, aad a— our brethren have
itfMnl, and shut up our bowels of
compassion from them f Shall we
do the— things, aad yet imagine
that we are heirs of his kiugdom 1
No: we must show our feith by our
prayers.
aud we suggest to those from whom
uo thanks to God are ever heard,
Giui they might thank God for life,
for (he light uf the sun, siul for (lie
Gospel—for hto long suffering toward
them, permitting such men to tire,
even if thvy toau uni rejoice. But
they ought to rejoice every day. A
little joy would greatly promote their
liuppiaves. it would enable them to
Urar tire little privations sad Ills of
life more < bcorlutly, sad greatly
blew*tags which they
lifted up, by a higher
BumniSG or Affuctios—The
aged Samuel Rutherford said, U 1
find such comfort aad advancement
of soul through the afflictions ap
pointed ynto me; aud as for m\
Lord's cross, which 1 am now carry
iog, I find to just such a bordeu a*
sails are to a ship, or as wings are to
a bird. They weigh something; but
they are worth their weight; they
make the ship to go, and foe bird to
fly ? aud well worth its weight **
cross of Christ to His people.**
r including *
[ and wanhbto
L m be
B to Bev- J-
f EL LOui* I®
enhance
might nimjpiniu dpy m
Did you never observe what power
for good a rejoicing vhrVtmu parent
or child h— in the fomily f touch a
parent — cluid. • host counteoama
la ever beaming wHh giateAil j«^
sml brnigmly.toan lavstosMs bis—
lug to s fondly. Were the entire
chart b »umponrd of *och perfitxts, It
ft.t. rot®®®*
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iMMI ifihii |*
“And Gud granted that iug the Ixn-l ip biHffpotbu.-**, Is uut.\,
quest• d." , ,, T. gritltdvtir, tdeNju-dnex* end glory.—
i)i.ipg[.y j.ijL L What s iff It lie ttt enjoy this v miUii
** may lai JUrukk mil. "**d eomuianiou wltluNtt veil lie-
[„n. li.M J,*.| - tovatiy Oifdfo eujuyfo >———fi
^(hq uiargip; 4o u .i—ua, |aepsre me for it» and
works, our love by our obedience,
nod our abounding gratitude by de
voting ourselves and our substance—
our silver aad our gold, our flocks
and oar herds, the first fruits of our
Grace never appears grace till
sin appears to be sin. The deeper
our sense of the evil of Mn is, foe
deeper oar appreberrttoa of the free