The Lutheran visitor. (Columbia, S.C.) 1869-1904, February 09, 1872, Image 2
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THE LUTHERAN VISITOR. iCOLUMMA/S. C./FEBRUARY 9. 187
lit* hfix scvqjB im |Mutant works is
coutemplatioflf and If a iUU of
preparation. He U also revising aad
superintending now edition* of kie
former works. One of these, a now
edition of hit Catechism for Sunday
schools, had ja*t reached him on the
day of ear visit. May bia life and
health be precious in the sight of the
Lord, so that his valuable labors
may benefit the church yet for many
years to come.—-Lutheran and Mis-
bat all the Trustees, together with
“J/ and all other friends, will sot
promptly ia the matter, I give the
fotlowiag pledge upon the conditions
taw, claim U<|
ommoa, iah j -
8eeIptara!
who dissent I
rV selvm pcq I
when confn 11'-
RUPE, D.D., Enrijoa
abundantly, and in many im
not withoot the sssirtsaot
State; bat sddilioaal choral
not supplied, either hy Stale
On., #100.
Is, unity ; ia non-essentials
in alt things, charity"
’g&oiiBg •«*'*'
™m^I will neeUt in
TTILlina of the *u
ble original mailer. The two piaraa,, oungregauoos
“Remember the Poor” and “Indian Mfcfln f
Sum
double exception there ia («^
there is more than one it mam he m
n very small scale, aad la the (9,
of a chapel for some fonsdry or man.
u factoryin a large ehdreh etnelm
fig tree of o«r own “Bettor Is n
I dinner of herbs, where lore ia, then
a stalled ox end hatred therewith.*
During the services connected with
The forty-third number of Lothardt’s
paper con talas a review of ProC CL
F. W. Walther’s artiste*, reprinted
from Lekrt and VVeJkrr, on the sub
ject : “What do the modem would
poken of in
1 approbate
sating natur
Uke to i»«D
it^ uufirmw't'
9 of with
voluntary contributions and throegt
the nutiring exertions of g fiovntef
mud popular young miutetet, Mt.
Beskow, who is now iu paster, aofi
preaches every Sabbath to a osagre
gallon of betweea two sad three
thousand. A wealthy merchant of
Stockholm also has recently am
was installed ss Pastor, by Bora P.
Shirk el and 8. A. Repast. After
this the Wont wan presented In ft*
simplicity for a number of days, and
at the done some fond additions
were made to the membership, the
whole community made arrkms, sad
some brought B> give attendance to
holy things who before were care lens.
*<kul owns the fhtthfat preaching of
his Word in its parity and rimpliHty,
and (tod Memea it*
A* Lutheranism h rewiring a
fresh Impetus you may expect the
Visitor to IM the effects.
• • •
If it is actually time that ear rings
constitute the Devflta mark on we
poor homaa sheep, I most believe in
To tht. tie editor
•impie t~* «■»*,*
Uere U-t the »or.l
declare* that no druj
kerit the kingdom of
approve of a drunkai
r*tre is ooocloidve » I
Ijetion And theii I
k* constate* 11 with I
would not be 00 the*®
only 00c kind of viJ
ftutA Ptov. xxiii : 2Si. I
U; Deni. : 33 m
Piwf. xx ; 1; I
xxri : 1 » *' fl
xxrii: 11 • « i
Solomon v : 1 ; foai-* 1 *
iah lxr : 8; Gen. xhvl
12; Amos ix : 14. I
#348,000, to G. P. Leaves, of Okia
than three or four yean of ife-,
when I did not know good from evil.
Row, ft ta fair to presume that Satan
will claim his own, f.all bearing
his sunk; and so, must I be consid
ered the property of Satan because
1 bear the mark, which the Christian
lady cboours to designate as Satan’s
mark, that mark having been placed
00 me whew I was at an irrespousi
Me age. And not ns n sign of 8a
tunic ownership was this mark placed
on me by my dear mother, but with
a view of relieving me of painfully
sore eyes. My eye* were at that
time oo son that they could not be
opened of mornings until saturated
with warm milk. Piercing my cars
resulted happily iu the effectual cure
of my eyes. And twenty years after
this, when my ey es were again pain
folly affected, I produced irritation
by wearing heavy ear rings in my
earn, and with the same beneficial
effect- 1 have worn ear nags ever
since, and will probably continue to
do 00 until my end.
Bat, even If I were to lay aside
the ear rings, that would not better
the case, for the mark would still
remaia, aad as 1 said before, the
Beast will claim his sheep.
I think If the Christian Lady
would like to say anything against
the folly of this world’s dress sod
fashion let her say something 00
some other articles of jewelry not so
mu-fill as ear rings; or she might,
with pru|iriety, lift up her voice
sgainst the superfluous amount of
hwli
recovering Great Britain
uexed the African diamond
promote evangelical religion. The
Evangelical Rational flsifeitj fc
Stockholm, ia addition to the pub
following
if any man were to toll ms that there
Is a pastor in the South Carolina
8y nod, 00 recreant to Synodic*! law,
the Oht
giui*,in
Dr. DT
must $<
Jsn’y. 3^ 187*
Mr. Editor—Thar for. With your
kind note of intrvdactioa to oar aow
highly esteemed friend, the Bov.
W. A How man, after having re
ceived your lipoedictioM, and having
partaken of yuor kindness generally,
er wrong among those woo urn
brethren. To givo expression to
such sentiments is reference to this
book of Prof. Wnlther’s given ns
pais, great pain; bat wo can not
ami dare not keep it back. Weither
makes all the theologians pass in
leview before him, in this qasmien
concerning inspiration, beginning
with Bchleiermacher, Base, and
Scbetiled, continuing with Ritasch,
Muller, Thotock, Olabaunen, Meyer,
Beck, l>omer, and Threaten, aad
dosing with Martanaen, von Hoff
man, Thamnsioo, Lathardt. and De
bate s large circulation. Is tfe
south u nvutkljr periodical, called
the Coogreg*. 'ions' Friend, was darted
at the beginutu 0 of this year, sad
baa already obtain, 4 n goad iofli
euce and large and im n aaing sop-
port. It is devoted to the rdvaaee-
pledge as not to present this matter
to each of his congregation*, 1
woald resent the insinuation ns an
insult. All oar minister* hare enough
of thr love of Christ ia their beans
OollegA We are greatly ia need of
iniaistor*, and we mast have edu
rated mdk Rooters, stonners and
jumpers aire played out. The people
crave to be edified aud instructed in
the hoosfijrfGud. Among the enuaes
church has not held her
ie Booth, the want of edu-
ieters is not the least. But
idocate our men ourselves;
I on otlaers to dp it for «• is
( of folly, is wWdal. We
fc who qre able will respond
o the appeals made,
hg might assist, and that
fiion about our institutions,
nr of students preparing
ministry, the cost toj the
sustaining each student—
re do not mean what the
re for instruction,! board,
rhat the yearly eontribu-
le churches for the support
4leges are; whether a| ma
in ten years.. .. Rothschilda and Jay
Cooke ft Co. have bought #000,080,
000 of the aew loan Two ban
dred people were nr rested at n eoek
fight at Hoboken. .At Columbia,
8. ti, eoek fights are hehl near tbs
Stole House. The Russian Priure,
Alexis, who is inteeviswfug (ha
United States, so-called, shot on
Sunday n buffalo, sad telegraphed
iu the afternoon, we found the Bev.
Bowman, who treated u» with all the
kindness iu liU power, and triad to
show us am many of the moat inter
eating poisu aa possible about that
buttle scarred old dty. A aad 00
carrrocr, kowwer, the death of a
venerable member pf his church,
prevented him frudi devoting ns
much of his time to pur enjoyment,
sa be otherwise would have done;
bat ae are, 1 assure you, quite coo
touted with hi* effort* to gratiQ our
curiosity, aud make our stay is
fharfoutoa a pleasant one. Chief
amongst the olpcp of interest w kick
hr showed us was the “Orphaaa’
Home,* sltU4t<-d iu tb.R * ity. In my
humble opruiou, thD InsUtuthm la
all that u claims to 1* Though, in
"uiw respec>| the toother exerts
over the child sa influence which is
bryood the reach of any other ha
mao bring. Still we feel assured
that * good hoar ia here provided
for the booMtesa, aud think It beyond
a doubt preferable la many cases to
those which very many of these
children have been called upon to
leave.- A greater degree of cdsra
lion Is here given them than foils to
the lot of those who are left orphans
iu a state necessary to be provided
for by thr public benevolence. W«
were not present so one of tbs
weekly rece|<k*» days of the school,
bat through tbs kindues* and iuflu
eucv of Rev. RoWmaa wr were
grunted admittance. And though
the school ami boom was not nr
ran gad purpoarly for exhibition, it
sbowrt! s degree of cleanliness that
would have dour credit to any pri
vale fomlly —showing to oar minds
st once how well adapted to her
responsible position hi the lady, Miss
Bi-win, who presides over this im
u»oo*r household.
But ns *!1 friends, who have be-
cope soch under similar eiresm
stance*, are soon called iJ *pon to
l«rt, we too were compelled to yield
to rfrcomatsAce* and continne oar
journey to this so called “Land dt
Pfowerm." tVe reached Bavannsh
oo Saturday, and sa the tfsamer 00
which we had taken passage allowed
as ti> stop s few hours In that place,
we determine*! to pass this ;tedod of
time plcssstilty by calling on an old
and highly esteemed family friend,
tbe Rev. D. it. PottU. We found
him changed neither aa regards his
general appears net- nor klndnaas of
manner, from what be was, when,
not half s score year* oldT we were
socostrNned to see him a welcome
guest st our father’s house. We
also learned through him, that oar
former President find instructor, tbe
Rev. F. BaneetneY, live* in flsvao-
nah, bdt onr \*-ry short stay pre
vailed u* from 1.tiling to see him.
He now editk a German puj* r, T uu
derstsod. Feeling SMtured that y ou
know more atnint thh* eftyr, even in
its present ooudittoii than I could
fell you, and that, therefore, any
drat-riptiou whu-li 1 rOnld glv»* would
be on interesting,* T iwas from this
place, tfer appearance of which great
ly pleased me, to oqe which does sot
preneut quite so charming s apecU
df, polltiaaUv. especially. in FVori-
On any other hyp»^i»
would be a book
and frightful ooutrt fo
a symbol of wrath—-.1*.
hoi of mercy. The I
readily conceive is il
tutors in that uuivemty. Aamug
works Iran slated from foreign lan
guages which have obtained s very
extensive circulation, may be men
turned Merle cTAubigne’s “History
of the Keformataou,*' his “life of
Oliver Cromwell," and his “Germany,
Euglaud sad Scotland.*
There is, however, another side sf
the picture. Raboualism, or “Pres
Thinking,*ss it is called, has • btais-
and Phillip pi—and they all foil be
fore bis judgnseot, and aet a solitary
one finds grace, not one I Aad why I
Because they have all rejected the
theory hehl by onr old dogmatical
teachers of the Seventeenth Century,
according to which the inspired au
thors of the Sacred Scriptures were
regarded aa nothing more than amsa
senses, etc. For, according to Wal-
tber.H opinion, faith in the Bible, as
the Word of God, stands or folia
with this theory of the old Hkchere.
But by what doctrine or principle of
our church are we, far all time,
bound to all the theorise of the
dogmatics of the Seventeenth Oee-
liberalty
Duett
is infoim
nine different Uebr<
the original, which
lated simply into Lb
This is what has con
founded tbe qaesTiot
in our English tran* .
Republic, destroyed by sa earth
quake. ...The Grand Jury of New
York here indicted Stoke*, the mur
derer of Fisk A defalcation la
the Rhode Inland National Bank of
#230,000 In Clevelnud a man aad
bis wife lately died from Irish roe
charge, Qracgeberg county, #11.30;
Rev. G. A- Hough’s charge, Orange
burg county, #*k40.
I have beard that root of the
the words which ajJ
qoently arc TirosM. 1
The first occurs thirj
and, with s single j-
(Hoses iv; 11) is col
Meeting. There is n
mg uttered respect it. j
as admouition of its 1
actor to be foohd in in
deuta of the universities sad tbs
half-educated, aad has somewhat in
fected tbe minds of all desses; sad
such is the prostrate, fettered eaafi-
liuo of the National Church, that an
open denier of oar Lord's divinity
was allowed to sit as member of the
• few
a dram for oar modern ladles of
■tjla, to any nothing of tbe extrava
gant sum expended for the trimuming
sick. .. General Jordan, indicted
for violating the neutrality laws,
number of destitute persons. And
I may venture to say that the softer
fatty iu these lines oreads Ae er
Church Assembly which
yean ago to advise regsrdiag the
Cbatch's interests! Even among the
ranks of FrfieHunker*, however, God
theories and systems eonld he stig
matized aa ‘apostasy from the faith
of oar fathers? Thank God, feRh
The Bible say*. “Judge not that
ye be not judged.* I will not sign
myself a Christian wosaan, for I do
not know if I am worthy of that
title. ! try to nerve my God, and Ha
only knows if I am a Christian or
not. Very respeetfolly,
L.Q
Tirssk is simply tbe fi
and it ia almost uuiv<
and sovereignty of his grace. A
young tutor in the University of
Upaaia, on whom the hopes of acade
mic ififidels rested, aad who, an to-
cooat of his admitted pre-eminece is
talents aad varied accompRshmenl^
as well as in respect to the parity
the Word of God, in ao«
foreut from the thorny of
held by our fathers.”
him with a thirty fourth child. ...
The buck bone of the Mexiraa revo
lution is broken Fire ia Vfefee-
buig; loss 50,000. ... The success
of Spatn in Cuba ia dressed hopeless
to keep an institution
few ! years. What we
think the only correct
tainitig a ehurcbly fdu-
and position of the Lutheran theolo
gians of the preseat day hi a tone
which is not only devoid of all love,
but ala* of all dignity.*
After charging Prof. Walther with
foiling to bring any proof to main
tain bis position, he says: “lu view
of this, ft does not become him by
any menus to employ such s tone in
condemning those who are one with
him in the faith aad ia the eeofcs-
won of the same. Should he see
this, let him believe the writer when
be declares that he would much have
preferred lo leave it unsaid and un
written, and that he has only obeyed
tbe promptings of duty in publicly
expressing himself aa he haa here
done.*
5 It seems, therefore, that among
the theologians of the Lutheran
Church of Germany that dietorial
and conceited tone, which often char
acterises the productions of the mind
of tbe Synod of. Missouri, aad which
tbe weaker brethren of that body
faithfully copy, gives as much offense
as it does among ns in this land.
“No doobt, but ye are the people,
and wisdom shall die with you.”—
Lutheran and Missionary.
was expected to gain derisive tn
uwphs for the Pmuthewtae system
which had been taught from the
philosophical chair there, has, aft*
passing through a severe csufiie*,
become s deckled aad earnest Chris
tian, and, to the chagrin of the so-
called ‘philosopher*,’’ publicly stow
ed bis Christianity la fi ve«y able
aud impressive^ speech at the feM
anniversary of thfi Bible 8ocirty st
Btockbolm.
‘Where God builds s church, the
devil will build a chapel* the Ifo
man Catholics, not unobservant of
the opening afforded by the »WKi«
of tbe iubderant law, have sent
priests, men of tact sad worthy sc-
complUduneute, to the two principal
seaport towns, Gothenburg sad Mai
mo (there was one at tbe seat of the
Court, Stockholm, "beforehand), •**
have erected, or are erecting, chulth
es in both. There was no Rum**
population in either town, and the
anti Kwiuiab feeling is strong thresfih’
out the coon fry. Bat feeling
out s foundation in the knowledge**
Mr. Editors The proper endow
ment of Rnuuokc College has hern,
for years, “a ore summation devoutly
to be wished,” by all of iu friend*.
Tbe name desire is felt ia behalf of
sit onr church institution* 1 am
pleased to see the subject, with ref
erence to Roam Ac, agitated by “A
Trustee/ “J./' aud other*. 8urh
ankles bring the, rauae to the sir
teutiou U person* w ho arc m illing
to assist iu the mailer.
The propmdtiou of “J.” is to raise
IIO/MO by •Mdatcripiioii* of #60, jgg.
able ia five years, or #10 s year for
five years. This sum is too small
for the benefit intended, aad too
e capital nhculd
d, and only tbe
S the salaries of
of building*, land
Of the outstanding bond* and Its bill
tie* of the State of South Caroltaa.
... Fire in Abbeville, & G ; tom
#75,000 Oeagrea* removed tbs
political dinabilitie* of Hersrhel V,
Johnson, of Georgia..... A Treutoa
It is well known that the old ia-
• •• w •- . >. *
tolerhat laws which prohibited, under
severe |M*oaltiea, native Swedes from
leaving the communion of the Na
tional Lutheran Church, aud even
from bolding prayer meetings or
“ conveurides" ia private bouse*,
were some years ago abolished, and
that now there remain few re&tric
tkms on religious liberty in the
widest sense. It is gratifying to
know that alongside of thi* change,
and partly in oousequence of it, there
ha* been a manifestly increasing re
ligious earncstne** among tbe people.
Small congregation* of Weuleyau
Metliodiiits and of Baptist* are form
ed ih many places; aud not only ia
tunny towns, bat also in several vil
lages and country district*, are to
be found misaioa halls, ia which,
under the guidance of focal nocietiea
of Christian men, member* of tbe
Uitherau Church, 8abbuth schools,
prayer meetings aud Sabbath eve
uiug services are held, io mauy is
manors to supply the want of erau V
gelfoal preaching iu the parish
ohurrhes, ia others to afford addi-
tiooal opportunity for the well dis
posed to eqjoy it Tbe crowds that
repair to these Sabbath services,
ami the earwestiteas with which they
baton, are hulk*tarns of that hun
gering aud thirsting after tbe word
which has for many yearn been in
rreaaing thiougbont tbe country. It
is fervently to he hojiwl that thi*
wHI ere long lead to the erection of
additional ebarehea, with some free
dom of constitution both for the
must be preserved
•banned and avoids!
^ universally spoken
*fifoyed. There i*
SDfenueuted wrine sboi
and cotumeuded. 1
Pe * 8 °« why alcoholk> >
dw *ouu«»d and avoi<h
>*»g wedge Into
words foiaalut
used but infrequently
discriminat
original meaning. Ie
tut ions must be permanently endotrad.
ENCODai.GiNO.-l— u Maryland” r
“I need not say {that I am pleased
with the^jmper aad its doctrinal
status. I am delighted, aud khe
poper ifi fiq excellent one. Planked
nquarnhflinftto thfi Unaltered Augs-
barg Coofemdeu | denying that the
otfaer Luftieran Symbols are abso-
rapt... Tbe govetwmeat in prepar
ing for war Tbe New York Saving
Banks are in bud odor.... .Coogress
win not remove the tariff 00 fm
ported rice.... Mrs. Wharton has
been acquitted General M. W.
Ransom has been elected United
States Senator for North Carolina.
Fred. Douglas wa* refbsed ac
commodation st tbe Plan ter*’ Hotel,
St. Louis.
•ays that the Truriees of the College
in lead to act iu the matter. Thin is
right They should do as. la order
to teat their esrueatnesa, and briug
them aad other friends of Roanoke
to immediate action, I w#l submit
the foBnwiag propositions:
L Let as raise- not try $s raise—
but let as RAMOK #30,000 lor Roan
uke Cfiffefe*
2. Let there be solicited 100 nub.
acrlptkm* st #100 s piece, of w kieh
any one is privileged to repreneut 2
or 5 or 10 MiUncnptiun* by pledging
#300 or #500 or #1,000
1 Lot there be notieltrd 200 aub-
•oiptiou* at #50 a piece, thus real-
Uiug #30,000.
A Lot these subscription* be (mid
is yearly instalment* ss suggewted
by *g.”
A Let the names be poblinhed
ouce in the Lmtkeraa Visitor, sad
afterwards merely the uuittlmcw gives
ustil the number* be fall.
A Lei the Treasurer of Roanoke
College transcribe the names from
thr ImtUran Visitor as they oorur.
„ 7. Bo suon ss tbs number of 10#
subscribers, according to No. 2,
sbovs, ahsU haw U-cu yUatuol, thr
true, native, ofegin.il
is f and that those
hem ‘mart not only
he same words, but
tad and nee those
ig-did to the quant
is merely
e a* an srttrle e
agree to use t
thOH nndersto
words ia one s
Tbe Visitor*# do
tinctiYcly Luth
exclirsire or sec
/"** Wf aynuisuJ
Wfoent, for two (tn J
** OP| k.* r to uiiikn
with itself, an,?
* b...-h
**1 Ml test uu-
tli^? a . R *• sacred]
Plmy, Homer.
^ColumenH and otii3
W»4 the
JJOwderatkMi of tboM
2?*°*** winery
New Publications.
OId Cathoties.—According to tbe
latest advice* from Germany, tbe
did Cstbollcs are by no means dying
oat, bat rather Increasing. SMm-e
tbe congrees in Munich, many new
congregations have been organised
in Munich, Pasaau, Mering, Kiefer*
feldon in Bavaria, as also ia Doan,
Breslau, Vienna, aad other places.
Tbs bfobops are busily at work barl
ing anathemas in every direction,
and their press does not neglect to
tall most thrilling tales of tbe effects
of this punishment. It was reported
not long ago that oue half of the
excommunicated had already died nr
Wells? Illustrated Annual sf Phrasal
ogy for 1872.
Instructive and entertaining. Tbs
sketches of iwpreseatative and lead
ing men are, although brief, yet
drawn by oue who is an adept in
weighing men. Price 25 cts. Ad
dress PkrsnologiotU Journal, New
York.
Lit lefts Living Age. for the week
ending January 27th. Llttell ft
without being
; breathes jthe
► nud has the
A little girt railed some time
upon an old Christian lady* *"
1 • quested her to subscribe to ft*
convent schools where she, •ri®
other ebiklreu, was tanght
what do the non* teach ytfi
child T asked tbe old lady- “B**®
ing, writing, sewing sWl
ma’am,” was tbe answer. “Aa3 do
thev teach yoo tbe Bftde,
“Tbe Bible! no indeed. maWr#
would not open ouch • "^rZ
1h*A.” “Soch a horrible *>“!**.
crieil the old lady, sghsat.
.+(W, do TOO know
“Oi indeed t da, ma'am; fiftlff
Mkd aa It w»* written by thfi W**
Go on I write, lab<
ties,: and the chnr
iu|t approve.”
—^‘Virginia w-nds
isitor Is always A'
1 g January
Bostou.
Among the articles, we find par-
tioaiariy worthy of attention: Church
aad State in Halyj Old Fashiouable
London ; Tile Queen of the French j
A Reminiscence of Baton j Rots
Neil’s Lady Jane Gray j Affair* at
PMrio* ftfiayw.
V "trggman to (M
John 8. Wsuol
LU ^> »'!»« killed 1
, bs« (X >i,vim
dl iwobubh be hi
“ton ol the tb
■** »»at been h
oi Dr. Do,;
silently, for
May the I.
tbe ml mil list rat tan of their tflfhire;
for it is a melancholy illustration of
the j •sternal can* whirl) government
claims to tokio of "the spiritual weL
that his
of
ir-