The Lutheran visitor. (Columbia, S.C.) 1869-1904, February 16, 1872, Image 1
ONE LORD, ONE FAITH, ONE B APTI8 M"-E P HE 81A N8 IV: 5.
COLUMBIA. 8.C., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16. 1872
SKRIE
OLD SERIES, VOL. V.-lfO. 179
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The World •» Trial
Arrow.—I charge thee, O World,
with being a deceiver. Thon dost
offer and promiee happiness to thy
votaries, but their expectations are
always disappointed. Thou art a
flatterer who spreadest a net for the
feet of thy victims. Thou art a rob
ber who dost rob men of real sab
stnntial bliss, both in this life and
in that which is to come.
Judge.—These are hard charges,
and should not be made without suf
ficient evidence; have yon this evi
dence f*
.Accuser,
known unto os tho mystery of his
will—according to his good pleasure
which he hath purposed in himself.
We have obtained an inheritance,
being predemined, according to the
purpose of him who worketb all
things after the counsel of his own
will, that we should be to the praise
of his glory. We have the earnest
of our inheritance until the redetap
t ion of the purchased possession—
unto the praiaa of his glory, lienee,
again, how appropriate the title,
“The Father of Glory T and bow
appropriate the prayer, that we may
have this higher knowledge of him
in the riches of his gmoe, and that
we may know the riches of the glory
of his iaheritaoos in the saints; yea,
more, that we may know the exceed
tog greatness of the power of his
Should it be granted that arnknes*
afflicted the families of aO who ab
sent themselves from oar charchc*.
we should have a long Met of names
to bo prayed for.—Central Prctb*
tcrian.
That not in natural «*t amaUl wealth
Was human hsgpiana or gvsiMkar foand.
Attempt how roofifttmu* sad how surely
rafa! ’ *
With things of earthly sort, with eagkt
hat Uod,
With sught hat SMtal rtisBtSW, truth,
sod love,
To othfr sod till the tmmcs-ul Miai V*
l Lst CoL Ctflfdfafli now
be examined.
Judge.—-Col. tiardiocr, what have
you to say against the prisoner et
the barf
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but calmly and with a well informed
judgment, la, “ Vgmtp gf esattss, all
fall of dash and stir to a train of
cam in motion, thundering down
through the valleys, sending the
echoes flying over the hill tops.
There is nothing very romantic
about the train at reel, a few box
cars succeeding uoe another, the
engine lazily rolling its smoke aloft,
itence Which 1
gash. Strictly is
per enema
n|
<vm Widow* of M
Matthew Henry was accustomed
to say: “To win a single soul from
Satan to Christ would afford me
grentor joy than to po—m a moon
tafa of silver Nd f«ld” Of the god
ly Alietne it was said : “He was in
finitely, insatiably greedy of the con
When
mmetaneee, and found It wanting.
It Is a great painted idol tarn pie, full
of idol gods, and on each of them
tenlocionl Student*.! ‘2.00
bribers who fail to remit at
srstion of their *ulwcfip-
nll be charged per annum 100
iptiona not rewired for tarn than
r ate euteredjon the- *ub-
bsek, without the flb*t psyimut
wheel and breaking the stillness
with the ofaof of hie hammer Bat
the swiftly gliding train may be
running with a dangerowe flaw fa its
wheels, exposing it to sad and swift
disaster.
Ah, Christian worker, it is a good
idea to “brake-up” now and then,
let the train come to a fall stop and
then strike the wheels.
1 was once considered
the gayest of the gay. I was an
object of envy to my Mandates, who
called me “the ’ happy rpke.” Uut
they were mistaken, 1 was not hap
py. On the oootrary, I was often
supremely wretched. On owe occa
sion, while at a party of pleasure,
seeing a dog eater the room, 1 said
within my unhappy heart, “I wish
that 1 was that dug-''
Accuser.—Let Hubert Bums be
called, that he way testify to the
brief duration of sorldly [deasure.
Jndge.— Robert Bums, let ns hear
your testimony.
Baras.—
1 have. If 1 could suin-
uiou before yon all the generations
of nteti who have lived and died,
they would ail be witnesses to the
truth of what I have said. I will,
however,-call in bat a few of the
most noted. Beverns, couie into
court.
Judge.—Severn», what have you
to say against the prisoner at the
barf
Sererut.—1 was once a piivate sol*
dier iu the Homan army, ('row this
humble station I rose to be the Em
peror. I was then the chief ruler of
the mightiest empire which the
world has ever beheld
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all have thin
mind to work for their Lord, how
wlfl the sheaves be multiplied. A
great many things we take pleasure
In now, we Shan find no joy In when
the last hoar comes. But if we can
remember eves one poor child God
permitted as to lead into his king
dean, it will afford us more comfort
than coffers of gold.
When Dr. Lyman Beecher lay on
his dying bed, a brother mtuiaUi
,aaid to him: “Dr. Beecher, you
know a great deal; tell ax what is
the greatest of all things F Let all
embassadors of Christ mark his an
oann* or another
pribed or not—l!
t ,
non orders his |
must oay all ai
per diacon-
eorages, or
to M*nd it
collect the
p paper is
to the working of his mighty power
—like that in raisin Christ from the
dead; and to cream the whole, ex
alted him to the right hand of God
far above all sod over all | and ms
aanh gave him to be the Dead ot the
Church, which is his body, the fal
nets of him that flUrth all is all.
Thus the Temple of Grope being flu
ished, the Father of Glory will bring
forth Christ, the top stone thereof,
with shoutings, crying, Grace, gracr
onto it; and crown him Lard of all.
“And every' create re which is fa
hasten, and oo the earth, and under
the earth, and such as are in the sea,
and all that are la them, heard 1
aay iag, Bless tag, sod honor, aad
glory, and power, be unto the Lamb
fur ever and ever.” her. v: lk—
Prcthgterimm mud Jmdmr.
In the hfahfaads of
punctuality at public worship is
reckoned smoug the cardinal virtues.
The people for generations have
been trained to reverence God’s day
and his bouse, so that it is considered
that tvfu-
prri'MliruU
loving ami
A uau|«m title,
bat iag a unique
grace unfolds. God the Father ie
the fountain of all spiritual blsss
tags, sumiufd up sutler three heads s
1. Iliad mu. the work of the Father.
not only wrong, bat also disreputa
ble, to fouug* si home, or to stroll
over heath aud hum, while others
are honoring God in the sanctuary *
There lived in this region some
honest funder, yclept
R*v. A. R. RU|)E, D.D.,
Columbia, 8. C.
Among
other great works by which I gained
renown, I built a huge wall with
strong towers along the whole line
Which separated Scotland from Fug-
land. My (tower was so great that
I was enabled to obtain every' thing
which my heart desired of earthly
good. Yet 1 was never perfectly
satisfied, or truly happy. On the
throne of an Empire that filled the
world, I exclaimed, “Omnia ./hi, d
nihil expedite
Let Voltaire now be ex-
RAILROAD.
Rid*® Railroad
revelation Umaaaf, both outward and
inward, by lha Spirit. Aad each
paragraph winda up with an aacnp
* “U is not theology ; it is not cun
tnnersy ; it is to save souls.*’
We mast labor and pray lot tuttl>
as those who must give account to
God for every one we might iufiu
ence, if we would be successful. We
need the spirit of John Welsh, who.
oo the coldest winter nights, would
rise to pray and wrestle with God for
a blessing oa his flock, in reply to
s ovoepted
Sudden Death
years since
Donald Grant. He was very wise
for this w orld; aud while professing
better ihiuga, he gave all his strength
sad energy to his six days’ toil, ao
that when Sabbath came he was
unfit for the service of the sanctuary •
Once m the season of barley harvest,
when farm help was scarce, Donald
on Saturday,
Have you ever known as many
sddefi andLunlooked for deaths
F0R8HIP.
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Torik Amtrttm.
>aaes, *4m.» is now
tlie churrh eight
Id, and in this way
ne to the church.
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gracecuhgb trued, rulnuffrd ui
pa, oearalgia, as fire reported
gt this time? I have uot. You cun
Jmrdiy pick up a paper from North,
South, East, or West, that does uofc
record one or more of these afflicting
Death meets us on every
hand, the shafts of disease aud
prows of death are fly ing thick and
and still we do not lay these
things to hearfc It i# true, they
jjaake au impression oa Us for a time,
jbut that impression is not deep and
lasctog; they are like drops of w ater
ifiOliug on a red-hot pi fee ' ot iron—
,yi a {pojftcut thjyr^are goue, ami
leave .nothing behind. People will
driak to intovication, take God’a
paste iu vain, desecrate! the Sabbath,
aad violate every precept of the Di
vine law, as though there
enjoy the
no overwrought
that his seat iu the “anUl kirk” was
empty tbs next day. He remained
at home to recruit bia powers for a
fresh campaign on Monday. Some
wag fa the parish knowing Donald’s
Accuser,
a mined.
Judge.—Voltaire, what have yoo
to say against the prisoner at the
bar ?
Voltaire.—“Who cun, without hor
ror, consider the whole world as the
empire of destruction ? It aboumls
with wonders; it also abounds with
victim*. It M » vast field of ear
nage. Every specie* 1s without pity
pursued aod torn to pieces, through
the earth, and air and water. In
man there is more wretchedness tbau
in all the other animal* put together.
He loves life, and yet knows that he
inriHt die. If be enjoya a transient
good,'ho sutfcrw various evils, and fa
at last -devoured by worms. This
knowledge is life fatal prerogative:
otjior animal* have it not. He s)iends
the transient moments of his ex
istence in diffusing the miseries
which be nnfiers; in catting the
throats of his icllow creature* for
pay; in cheating and being cheated;
in robbing aud being robbed; in
serviug that be might command;
i and in repentiug of alt be does. The
I bulk of mankind are nothing more
| than a erowu of wretchedness etpial
| ly criminal and unfortunate; and
| the globe contains carcasses rather
l than men. I tremble at the review
needs to be willing to deny hiamolf if
by H he can better win aouls.
“I cared not how or where I lived.'
he said, “or what hardship* I weul
through, so that I could bat gain
sou la to Christ. WHIe I was asleep
1st David, the hang of
D1TION.
with his haaimet. He was testing the
« heels. 1V*y had turned many times
that morning, ami wouid tarn many
tunes more before night should amt
Thrwngh many a deep cat, over
quick, fierce streams, round sharp
cams thug a oak! tarn, aod it was
important that they should be sound
and strong. Thon* were trains that
would run far into the night; aad
who would want to go ovar the bridge
at Niagara with n flaw m the wheels f
a those who buy h
E & CHAPMAN,
Hers, Columbia, S C
24—tf
was no
$04,, Whose all-aeefagf eye is upon
them, and as though there was no
j recording angel with |peu iu ham!
| to write ap a faithful record of their
also did the people when the note
was read, that his family pew was
ieuautleos fa the morning. Alter
wrvioty one asked * another what
ailed Donald Grant, hot none could
: JLt seems to urn (haft there uever
was a thae wheu critpa n an so nun
'pant, and when p*yi»etr.ttor.* of
crime were so regard^* of its con
isequences. Can Christians do any
thing more than they are doing, to
«h*t up the flood gate* pf iniquity ?
Can they! This if a question of
serious and solemn i njHirt. 1 was
J^ad to see Rev. 7— exerting
g hfatedf a few days ago iu "Ur
village to procure signatures to a
temperance pledge, fud I rejoiosl
to see some twenty; signatures to
that pledge, complied of onr citi
'U», old and youug. j
And qpw. my dear sir, us to the
'mnch of it is very irreligious. AU
such conversation about ministers,
churches aud good men, that is die
fated by suspicion or envy, or
jealousy, or rivalry, is selfish, aod
therefore irreligious. Religions con
vernation is that which is dictated
by Christian charity. It is always
reverent towards God, and loving
towards all men
Our duty to
directly from the family,
nth passed, aod Donald,
»y uiaay boon of sleep,
thinking «f the
in thn world.
holy calm of his native hills, rose
on Mooday like a strong man to run
a rare. But scarcely had the sun
began to gem the dewy heather,
when above the whetting of the
sickle, he heard the stentorian voire
of Handy Graham, the village black-
leas busy fa spiritual things. At
Inst the noises die down till you
come to the stillness of huge, over
shadowing monasteries, as hollow
with little cell* as a hire. There,
in such couvei
the command
desired, and I hold il aat I
aay Joy. I mhmo posse sard
did not forsake me while 1
r\peri menu iu earthly t
The r treading greatness of God’s
power toward as who feline—after
the model of lh« working of Ilia
augbty power which he wrought fa
life, m«a wars Uyat to And the
J'reuads of the galdan ladder that
“Hoot man, and are ye at it this
early after the deathly illness o’ yes
terday f*
It was fa vatu that Dousld pro
tested that he bad uever been better.
Handy declared that he was out of
his h«sid and ought to be takeu back
to bed—he could see tf far color of
hit /ore that there was n high fever
on huu !
While yet ho was speakiug, they
were joined by Duncan Mclver ami
I fae last twenty years, the character j
of Ofr diseases bavejbccu changing
from their old form] of what was
failed “hihoua,” toi» foore intensely
amyous form or t.vpje; indeed, tin*
change has been going on for over
thirty years. There is scarcely a
► dtsfase now of any kind iu which the j
nervous system is mat largely impli
cated, and hence we ’have neuralgia,
®F®flfexy, paralysis, and when
fa* great sympathetic nerve become*
involved, then may wc h»ok for sud
den deaths. What is called apo
plexy, in nine cases *ut of ten, is an
affection of that, portion of that
nerve which is distributed to the
"fart. The nerve j become* para
tywd, aud the patient dies instantly.
Thi* nerve has a .more extensive
influence over the \jtal orgsms, the
heart,.fongs, &e,, than any other.
Thi* tendency to derangement of the
nervous system is Increasing every'
fW, and it will tare *a wiser head
fhah mine to say where it will stop.
And now for Ihej practical, moral
^"rmg of this state of things. Hin-
**4 it is uot my purpose to try
to scaje you into tlie embracement
°f ehiistianity, or, [in other words,
seek religion, bu h would advise
)oi| to turu your ' itteutiou to this
gregt subject at oinie, for you do not
knpw what a daiy may bring forth.
edge. I knocked at cm
door*, ami asked, “fa
here?” Aad each tune I
came. “No! it fe uot hi
the moat renowned *u
world. 1 stood at the
«*> a divine eommaml. but a di vim
model, and may refer to the couver
aatioa of Nathan frith David; of
Philip with Nathaniel; of Philip
with the Eunuch ; of tlie Saviour
with Ntoodemtm; atop with the
youug ruler ; also with the woman ot
Hamaria ; aod ateo with the diodplc s
journeying to Emmus. All those
were written for our examples^unl
are perfect models for our imitation.
French nation. l^t Lird I .iron ^ the earib truii hrvMUth pro
now be examined. claimed my pmi cw My riehaa wore
Judge.—Lonl Byron, what have irexhaumible. 1 |s»-uh**o*1 *u« h vast
you to say against the prisoner at ^ ^ *| Ter Utot the
the liar ? t latter I reganfesl almost as worth
Lord ligron.—The account which . | woo m ^ moop down to pick
Hubert Poliok has given of in« i* ^ ^ jjy was aregnifloeut,
substantially correct, except that it ^ Q|> . ^ ^
is somewhat too ttattenug. Ue said flocka of ,1^, uml « rsllto
tliat were alnroat coon tiros. I had sar
“He touched hi* harp and nation* heard vaAta to do evorythldg for are that
entranced > deHired. I had muatctnne who
A* some vast river of nnfsitin* *ourre; , . . .
Kapiit, okMnrtlM. *»p. w. numWr. •»«•-«*.*, and -ho P*»}“ ■»«■
H,>wwl. every sweet musical faotruamot, so
And opened new fountain* in the human that I could have a feast of music
heart. 6TWV day. My table daily groaned
WlM** fancy laltcd, -cnp. in her HUM. , ,n u fa«o« of the chotcent
In other men, hi*. fre*h aa mornin*, rtwe. Vttll ^ WlUl then .
Ami Moored untrodden heiirht*. snd *eem- All<l wm va
ed at home man or woman #bo was more splen
Where angel* brehful looked, others, dhlly or gorgeously arrayed tiuui I
though great, waa. Mv knowledge aod 1 isilntn.
Beneath their argument seemed strng- , mv J. .^ xkM
Kling while*; like my riebes, appoared iaexhau.U
He from above descending stepped to ^ *i‘»*k«* thou>-.»uds <»i prm» rt»s;
touch . I spake of all trees from the cedar
The loftiest thought; and proudly stoop- of Lehaoou to tho hyssop that
•d, as though springeth from the wall ; I spake of
rth Street, ;
1 l¥ hi a,
o|darsforall oar
lications,
f -v ^v- * 4.
andard
ellaneous Work*,
riven to tlie filling
Donald's affliction, aud to |iroflor
tbeir aid m reaping his barfe^ ; aod
before any explanation coqld be
made of the puxxlrog mattfei, the
loving old lauustor, with staff in
baud, had arrived with the oil of
CHGGLS,
h to t he selection of
k
itendent gives hi*
Ih>v«, to • I’-
SCHBAOK,
LSuperfu ten den t.
raooe of the heathen, Mr. Fox en
oouutered all the difficulties usually
met wtth under like dronmstaoces.
One man showed a disposition to
turu Christian, fa osse the missionary
would promise to support him. “I
tokl. him, (sayn Mr. Fox,) I could
not promise to do that, hat that
asked, “Why, then, moo, did ye
fnwnkn your sent fa God’s house,
and implore the prayers of his
people T
“ A weei, aweel, then,” replied Dou
aid, in amusement, “I was nwa' fra
the kirk wi’ the aching o’ my limbs
fro’ the week’s work, but I asked
prayers o’ no mau alive F
The joke was perceived, and the
pastor reminded Donald that the
man who absented himself from
God's house for no better reason
than his, ought to ask the igayers if
he 4Mt!
Donald Grant tost more time fa
eoterfaioii* the many who oatne
to impure for him on Monday, than
he had gained by reeling on the
Sabbath, but he learned a lreaou he
did not forget. Tb# burtoj harvest
newer kept hfeffi home &$ain qft the
given to be Head over all things to
tho Church, which is hto body, the
fnlnnoa «f him tfeit flileth all fa alt
Thus while we would fill tho Church
to ovorifowfag with thooe bl—rings
which hero boeo woo for it and
nda|toed to it, lie also Alls the nai-
with reaata that those who come to
him he will provide for.” “Oh,” said
the mao, “that won’t do for me.” So
I said to him, “If you can not trust
God’s promise for support fa this life,
how can you trust his promise for
what is so much greater aud more
difficult, eternal life in the world to
cornel” I afterwards oould feot help
thinking how inconsistent we Christ
fans are on this point, trusting to
God for forgiveness of sfas, for a
Us gift, nod how appropriate the
title “Father ot Glory P
-.£ Ha hath hleo»od us with all spirit-
sisl of creeping things | 1 sms a uai
venal featurer, a whole uatvwrwity
the great stir of this outward activi
ty wo may become averse to the
hour of meditation. Let it oome
though; IU still ocas, ito solitude, its
few pfaiu, heart-searching questions.
Ws may be sarpriasd to find soma
all the great ones of the earth jour
neyel to Jerusalem to hoar my wis
dom aad admire my glory. And
everything that the world ooold give
wsa laid with a lavish hand as my
Ring to pray as
seldom. “Pray
without ceasing.