The Lutheran visitor. (Columbia, S.C.) 1869-1904, February 09, 1872, Image 1
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COLUMBIA, 8. C.. FRIDAY. FEBRUARY !< W>.
OLD SERIES, VOL V.-NO. 178
which be ran not procure forltimself.
la your Iast illness >ou will eeud (or
a suffering minister U> do all that
u<uu can do, to gird you 04* lor your
kxiely and mysterious journey. A
suffering minuter will, perhaps, pro
nounce the benedictions of
over your grave, and the mao qf
God, us be look* upon the nsrhyis
display of your coffin, may feel that,
of right, be earn challenge it ea with
held from bit) nurturing childreu 1
This question rises fer above the
region of satire or fretfufoeMa, or
iuaiuoaUoos, io which it is often
discussed. Next to the earaestueas
with which a Christian mao pray*
for his own personal salvation, let
him pray for his minister,' that his
faith fail not io the hour of trial.
Alexander 000c gave to a common
soldier a sack of heavy valuables
to carry to a certain point. Bering
’be 1 soldier about to give way, so
unusual impulse of tuodly feeling
uioviug hla cold and selfish bosom,
lie cried, “Carry it a little (anker,
toy brave soldier, for if is slf throe
mes r Let s stronger, a more to-
spiring appeal be whispered to the
overladen, sorely pressed mi mater:
“Tbou earnest more than gold t
Men are looking at thee, to ase how
thy Muster would bear himself i«
thy place!*
The Doke of Wellington, io oae
of his critical battles, came to a part
of the field where auto* troops were
under heavy fire, with liulf oppur
tunity to return it. They sremed
placed there just to tiro out tbe
ith a de-
TrWfw
The preset population of fhe
world It tfiffipaasri to to* about
^noo, diserttmted a* IbllBus:
rtf the Caucasian rase, !Wn,UWI,au#*
Rthtnpian, 'JOh.UOO.OOO, *
| Malay. £*,*»,*§» t
Xonh American Indian.
of these l^dod.ddo soots, **,.
m,00» are (’hrist tans ; TOn.uOO.tWf
M odd hints ; IW.OUO.WO Mohammed
aas t JU0,U0U,U00 Pagans ; t,<*9.<K*
Jews; leuvfftg j09,0dMt9tA todi*
tnbotsd among the r arsons minor
Asiatie religions *
This atsttotiea) exhibit leaves Ml,
>*oong nuiu, was very attest to Join
A skeptic, wiaa is bis own eyes,
sad prudent in hla own tight, oooe
ssmufed fa the prvseuea of a cbr»*
tiaa that be mould tofccre asffiin#
which he could net --jrlin mod ups
prriapd. field the other* “f behove
thouasipls of things wkmh I can
Oath, strictly
gnr annum...
ax months...
pw. Wulow* of
monfiug be was to hare sailed, the
eerraot ia coming into hit roam at
breakfast., stumbled and spilled over
Minister*,
[its........
'to remit at
of thefr swh*«wi|w
him that be was unable to go ou his
Journey. He lamented the acrident
-nrae disappointed 1b all his plana ;
I on the *nh-
tirst pay meat
infidel aeocrnfally sepUad, ‘*1 willaotr
without
tuau two ihirue of the raee are,
therefore, without frith ta Jew*
Christ! The rbatrh has a great
work to do. The gonprl mast he
preached to these mifhoas. sad the
chor« h permaaeatly planted see mg
them.
If the three hundred sad eighty
eight minioow called chrieTtaos were
really true Bible Christens la heart
and life, the v*f% adrtgwai them
tbe fotugb kmu
Ftoaaa expUia
rson orders hi* paper dtscon-
BHMt psv all arreanures, or
ex may continue to scud it
the. or rewovinji
died fir, ts prism
Oonal fraud.
and comm .i« i \*
it appaara
Wtmhni. S. C.
either oppose the eraogeUra! efforts
of tbe rhureh,or tneadhel no satorret
whatever la the worhfki roneermon.
Again, we most redone the general
aggregate of evaegrlicnl Christian*
by subtnedMi 1193,000,000 Bon.so
and 93,000,000 Cretin, fee
while we hop* are amay sincere
followers ol Clriet la these < burtew,
we can not leelade ih«* ciurehes as
orthodox, and most eaekulr them
ia our estimate of the Scriptural
wgru« ics now at dork ia the world.
This leaves oaly tK.M0.MQ to fru
reefsotbui, or the reformed chin hea
that drop from heaven, that change
and mold-thc whole sphere of our
lives ! This brcatluug ! God breathed
into mao, sod he became a living
1 at ( a
through
The lextract below la from sr
Address delivered by Pfof Carlisle
of Woflbrd College, (who is not i
enemy. The Irou Duke,
gree of feeling unusual with him,
said, as he rode by, “This ia bloody
work, uiy men! But we will are
who cau bear this pounding longest,
the cueiuy or *«." The French w«re
as during aud gallaut in a charge,
but the Duka depended 00 tbe pass
•ve, imperturbable Saxon element to
stand pounding. And that woo the
day. Among tbe many glorious
epitaphs which a chriiliau minister
may covet, this is 00 ignoble «pe ;
“ He could stand pounding 1hi
Wy, christtaiil^* To be pomaded
by a fault-finding dock, or by aa
illiberal board of stewards, who cate
chiae yon as to tbe aiae of your (am
dy, their appetite* and tastes, as
coarsely as they would examine aa
HiiimaT they were weighing oa the
public scales—this is not a very ro-
mautic lile. No, my brother but it
may be la/ above all romance It
mar be Christian discipline, heavenly
tuitiou, the coarse, but needful train
ing of the king's sou, before he is
called to the throne. Whether tbe
pounding be that which ruts, or that
which bruises, it may be borne, until
the snflerer escapes into that field of
service where the salutation which
insures his ini mortality will sot be,
“Well done, ntweesaful wt*d folly
psfd up servant P bur ••Wet? deue,
good end faith Ail servant!" T*
A minister hi sot called open to
be unfeeling, Hot if he cun attain to
it, let him be nnfrettfMg. Let Mm
disappoint the narrow minded stew
ard who expect* and de«ires this in
self defense. Let the tentloouy be
wrong from the cold ofllclaL “If our
preacher would oulyJiAve fretted or
railed at us, I could have got along
lietier. That btinga on the engage
ment in a field where I ran are mj
way find hold my own. Bat he
would not. lie gave me a receipt
in full, and left the diflbrence between
our promise and our |»erfnrmaucc, to
be credited elsewhere, lie does not
seem to lie made of iron or stone,
j The tear
That dropped upon his Bible was sincere.
But not a muscle of tbe good man
quivered as we ‘nettled up.**
is a good deal of missionary
till in tbe church We do
1 tbe term missionary here to
in a geographical sense,
ot mean tlnatljn Christen
Kbin the Uses of church
JL* iL
tion, there are ifiany regions
ir or less extent,not covered
efficient reljgiou* agency,
this is trueT to a painful
Bat the meaning is that
r within the church there is
fy much nnapi>rt)pr1ate<l mu
nch idle caiilta'. Suppose
w our views tb that interest
ke word capital at onye
/ ? Abd let na restrict it
■ther, ^ tbe lunount which
>0 at her dilposal for the
SQ|iport of ■’ Ele ministry,
the service reo> led by the
to the cause of humanity
igle respect, f ^ There are
her agency, 4ratteie*l alt
land, meu, m profession
lice, trained tor feel for bu
K ^npmMt tn travel In tk*
interior . >0 fort it was ant sale la
fi» » half tom attp fra tbe Ha
tea Butam. Bam It in qaita earn
mom for trader* nad ten to travel
(bniagb tbe xmn mtetf of tbe aa
the prgcew* of rrtirtl-n. JpafliT an
ft U, moat V rattled at in frfttirr.
Lfre tbe btft of Gbtaoa. tbe aamWr
mast be limited to • rvltabb* nfrorUy.
There are deuomtbatioae anti eerta
Claiming to be tbrietene among tbe
Proteetaat eoaimanfUea ot f&snqia
and America, who deny tbe divinity
of Christ, aad the office aad work
>*f the Holy Spirit These make
but little effort Io enl^hum the
heathen world, and mast, ua this
•ant, if no ofber, he left pat of
dot rati malt of the eraugrtleal
church. And again, the test must
be appBNf. flow main ia the araa
grlw-al rharrhes of FroteaUat Chris
teatefr *%ave a name to tire, while
they are dead T The) do ast give,
pmy or work for the convertea af
their fWtow men ; maltftldea of these
are Iheaaaehmo aoaaved The active
Kind Factory,
ample of it in bis own lifr j nod an we
when there was a necessity fordesbr
mg God was there, that bn might
give a revile Una emd man might
know it was from God, ws find no
I* accessible,
fives, there is
ttifierer may
lit hesitate to
m(iiie without
be eau go to
■fif'and cou
F not always
Our fault and
tburity purse
nt he can get
5 well-known fl
r a minister
■t which any
Ick. He ui!^
jour door or
netion. But t
pagV, and fi t
: mobey—through j
w the®"minister’s
y be often empty—1
which to oor m
►ter than money—«y
k r^bdily and freely
all tffe crises of life,
y have watched all
k %||e or dying . fold. ]
fwet him wtth morning li
P® ryes aud sa.o^th hb
1 to answer ever]
his door. We expect
De slightest «mll, (s
jn, perhaps, it be waits
1!) ainl keep dowfi the
his own heart, whili* be li
" tale of sorrow, aa if be lu
So ilnvid
finrk, for it h yoar Father's good
pleasure to give you tbe kli fdom "
Haviag tboa endeavored to nacer-
tah>, at lenat apprurimalnr. tbe
evangelical mtaakioary forma of Pm
tratant ( hnatend m, now laboring
for the eoovrrteu of the heathen
worki, let aa are what In'befog done
by them to Ur*t end. There are
Ha* eVn rrturmd tbe mystery to dear f
Re-Ood'a Incarnate Soa 1
G*ee Jmcb aad grasa tbe vtrtary waa
A minister, Dr. in addreasuign
Sabbath-school in Albany, alluded
to a touching incident in bit own
ministry. Being at the boose of oae
of his members, he was present at
that aflfoctiug moment when two lit
tie boys knelt at their mother’s feet
for their evening devotions. Their
prayer was as follows:
sgeu, aad invariably eat tbe
Of all who happened la be 1
on their sborsn. On tbta m
wm Works,
ta tbe fining
by the boastful say mg* of
nn aggregate working eorpa la the
foreign field of twenty tre tmadred
meu, aided by a large number of lay
helpers, and shoot twenty thonaaed
natfri* preacher*, teacher*, ootpnr
tenr*. etc. Of tbe sixty two societies
represented Io the foreign afoioa
field, twenty two ire la Great Brit
sin; twelve hi Germany; three In
Holland; seventeen hi the Failed
Staten; two lu Swltserlnnd ; two fo
France ; t wo iu Sw rden ; add One li
Norway. These societies have es
tablished native churches In all parts
of the heathen world, with a mam
bersblp of converts from has then lam
of arore than 1,1MM,000l They hare
translated the Blbh* into more than
two hired red languages and dialect*,
thus placing the word of Ood to the
hand* of eight hundred milflna of
tbe race ; and all this aUfilb fob hut
seventy-five years? Hade dtolects
have been reduced to a written form,
and a Christian (Herstare crested
where, a few years ago, the Intellec
tual and moral character of tbe
people waa of tbe to west savage
type.
M'I/cod. “I was requested by a
brother minister, who was unwell, to
go and rtfutadyiag ohikL He told
A: “Heaven aud eurUr shall
aw ay, but my wools shall not
easy auiil all be fulflUnd T • ^
Da. E. described the emotions of
bis own soul at that time, which
forty years have not Craned from
his memory, nor the abuse af aam-
mioisury would be Masa^i fo the
church aad people. After giving
the history of these little boys, ooe
of whom is now in heaven, be said
to the Sonday-aobooi:
“Next to yoar father, mother, and
brother, pray for year ammeter. Ton
will love him more, aud be will love
you more: you will enoograge him
in his ministry; he wffi TW tbe In
fluence of your prayers pervading
his inmoat soul, and he wM pease*
better to pom. 9
Ou Monday morning a little girl
came running to her mother, n/iagi
Motx lwm, Than tuk Jruo-
Ventfnl days *ie “shedding
(mow” on many sau aiixioax
and JL find 1 if taxes all
mod, with all the help we
from heaven and earth, to
; ti and bear ojur burdena mk
ibsbandfc, as ^fathers. Onr
^as all this, gnd added to
ud beyond an this, he has
en, which w^ do not, can
r—the care [ of all tbe
solicitude i»r your soul
-• If that khid) ia our
hurdeu is hjs lighter oue,
y moat be fhe other, and
.terably cru^Uing the eotn-
esaure of both! I have
uniaue aud tftoaghtfnl man
can pot bear to drive a
beast, one biingry or over-
t cbnfed witl the Larue**.”
ug i* honorable to the
urt. But, m; • brother, per-
°i 1 ? 8 ? et y ntehl yon hare
f driveh a suffering
Wi*!i you^mn sick a auf
tbe moot pstiaot submission to tbs
will of God, with a singular eolight-
tirnr* af tbe Spirit. I went to visit
him. Tbe child bad sufiarsd excru
ciating Mil ; for yuan he bad wot
koowu vi% day's rest. I fused with
wooder at tbe bay. after drawing
“Dayspriho prom Off HlOM.”—
By the ligfit of resnon we cast a
sort of glaring Illusion arowmf our
selves ; bnt if confided kt, It tends
Only to obscure our vision of more
exalted glories. I Dominate a town,
the streets are light, while the hear,
ens are lost in dfu-lcoeas; hot when
the day breaks forth, both tbe earth
and sky become vtsltilp. 80 that
tbe *{Mrks of mir own 1 kindling,
while they shed an artificial brillian
cy for a short distance around ns,
involve Hie seenes above in shadows
even darker than those of night; hot
if the “dnyspring from on high"
dawn in the soul," wo have clear
views, both of earth and heaven.—
Rvirland Bill. il
asvmtrealh century, fo a sermon to
a crowded audience, described tbs
tenors of the Ulo judgment with
•m b eloquence, pathos, sad toree of
•cUum, that tome at his aodiauoe not
00I3 buret into tears, but scut fonb
pemnf cries, aa lithe Judge himself
bad bees pram«it T sod waa olwut to
pass upon them their final sentence.
U the height of this excitement tbe
preacher called upon them to dry
their team sod cease their cries ••
altered feebly 1 they were tbe words
of e feeble child, iu a poor ' horns
where the only ornament was that of
a meek, and quiet, and affeetioaate
mother : but these words seemed to
lift the burden from tbe very heart;
they seemed to make the world more
bOMitifrl
they brou
great and
“Dr- E- told as yesterday that if
we prayed for our minister be would
r ich better for it, and I prayed
our minister last night.”
A beautiful illustration of a confid
ing spirit of true Ohriatiaa frith.
None but Christ himself could so
illustrate the spirit of his own king
dotn—the faith of a chiUL Well did
he say, “Suffer little chfidrea to
come onto me, and forbid them affn
for of snob fo tbe kingdom of God."
Let aH Christian hearers learn
them. Sitoocc bring obtained, he
with an agtutml coutouaooe aad
■otoma voice addressed them thus 1
“In ooe qjaarter of an hour from
this Urns the emotions which >«o
have just now exhibited wilt be
nrifrriTf tbe femetnbrewee of tbe
fearful troths wbieh /avitod them
wifi vanish f yos wifi rstarn Sa wear
* arti^ or mu io« ! >ii ^
urr. .IriTpiwjSpf ria «rt
,ou *m tmi tl! >0, h»vc Itvd
“A persou converted*in youth.”
■ays John Angt-ll Jamcrt, “ia like the
sun rising on a smnmcf** morning to
shine through the long, bright Amp
But u person converted! late ia life 1*
like the evening star, a lovely object
of Christian contemplation, but not
appearing till the day is closing, and
truth
atbaal teacher tab# aouraga from
tide thought. , Weak ia self, but
“strong in Hjaa." Whet are oor dtf
Acuities with such a foundation u
by fiteti drawn from the
fields.