The Lutheran visitor. (Columbia, S.C.) 1869-1904, March 22, 1872, Image 1
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COLUMBIA. S. C.,.FRIDAY,MARCH 22.. 1872
OLD SERIES, VOL. fii-fife to4
fa»Uer ibnu <le ua notation from a Ui'«*
fife, Tha spirit uf bar*, whtoh. while
henrlled note God."
*TEry «fe» om> Hi* k*4*
.l iud it r>rrU*u** love."
JwofM wi f\ frmwmic wtrairtfl.—
laaiah xxvi: 4.
Mao is uot always wiling *> Intat
hie fellow mao ; it ie Dot always mh.
All men are not worthy of uoafi-
deooe. We may treat a am if wa
have oonfiileaoe in him, if he tea
never deceived us, if we know him
to bo truthful: bat fafenhnml do
strays the faith of man in —aa. Aa
*oou aa it ia uuderatood that a inaa
indulges io untruth, people will loea
coufidence ia him, they will not
trust bun. Trnthfuloeas ia owe of the
indispensable elements of true iesa-
bood. A strictly truthful aiaa would
die rather than falsify bin word, or
speak an nutrnth. ▲ truthful mua
has the admiration aad the court-
deuce of all who know him. Ue ia
an honorable mao. The habit ef
using petty falsehoods, minor un
truth* in conversation, ia 1 ms-east
and in various ways in life, lowers
the standard of honor mbork nau.
Communities, households, ami indi
viduals can make themselves help
ful to each othei by truthfuliies*.
Some men govern themselves by dif
ferent rules ia different places. Fur
example the elements of trathbd
ness in a merchant or mao io busi
ness may uot be auifurm, we can not
believe him unless we have coUat
oral evidence that he is trIUug the
truth. But when we converse with
him iu his family , disconnected from
his business, we can believe hua
without any hesitation. Ue there
pacific* his cooaciener by adhering
strictly to the truth. There are
some men who regard it es dugruee-
ful to tell a falsehood, • bat think
it is uot dishonorable to use decep
tion iu business. They say “busi
ness has its appointed coeloms, aad
we most act accordingly." While
transacting business with some men
we are obliged to be on our guard,
and sift their words, and give them
a thorough investigation, ask this
man and that mao about them be
the wheels in a-tina. We fffeulfi
iru* and hope, for the Lord J«ho-
vah is everlasting etreagth. Tbs
1'bristisas sxpsriaoos ouuflraat the
truth of every premise. The feia
uf unbelief Is condemned ia the
riihk, dfehoaorahls to God and burA
ful Piooraehes, yet it is a *m that
imluridly prevails iu all mod
It can not tolerate the ate, rearns
"*H» -ru.l. o*%i U*«* *iouei, com
|mUa response grt— mass to
the heart which up f feeling appeal,
fh*l wim llanos, false taaehers
aad bad twee kata th**.g>. It
fsnwu them out of their “refugee
of lies*" it strips away their de
oritfed oo votings; it buidfc holds
them up to the light of eternal,
divine truth. *i»d *
IV* how coadads with a atagfo
tad more ftequcutly in the still
» of the eight, have we thought
selected for a fifes**, when hector
the * oefihoHh* Ixwd Jeuus, “1H.
more blessed to gfv£ than to receive;"
but litUa did ha couceive (ha effect
tfmt would foftow from hfolp-i—t
l> » Ventral Stqt t
ueral TioUt Ag't.
ilroad. »
uuthia, R. (L_ i
j When Mr. Liftoffs, (be author of
JWfUhr tm fir Kpxttlrw *f John,
pooh* to ft** second Wpfstfe, be offers
soox rrumths mi the relation of the
second epfetlc* to the first epistles la
th< word of God. There seems
something derogatory to the full ia-
splmtion & (he Hcripture* to too
thought that a second epistle was
«*y of the God of the
Kuo God—whose handy
— forth power, wisdom
ifeaee ift their great Origi-
ight thyself in God" is an
l which none who believe
4 contemplate his attri
fail to observe.^ Does it
i great joy to kuow
bow with oar divinely
dioa, ‘‘Our Father which
too," that we .age bowing
tenoe; to Him
id fee lightninx forms,
i old osoas, »ml who wing*
which oeostost omugresisu wife God
through prayer efd Uttb affords,
would make ear pulpsu a power
that would but ihfi oommaoiiy to
the conscience of one of hta.weaMfiy
hearers ths duly of gwari8fty^ae>
PitopH amfi the offer ef hie res.-
Ghrist ami the spastic* leal do« u
self m ignorant or
tod beans we hipdjy
Jie sulL U boaster,
is*puise thea given. *Ibtbat scr
moo," be was weak to eny 7 #ffw
town of Halifax n it f urn hi fete i Ot*J
omitted m tbeWL There rant be
a special design in such an arrange-
mens, sod that wtrteh the author
suggests Is at least worthy of coo-
■MMIms. „ He dates that “the
seesud epistle* pr—eat the truth
etohriued to the first, in Ha peculiar
appiioathm to tbf walk of the be
liever, sad te the church in the last
an to underlie sU true Uyiug, sod
the defy °f the pulpit is to apply
those truth* ami sdspt them to ths
tfeanitftg csiruitmstances of varunis
suusrediug sgss. Ws ars uot dweet
ed to pUCtuahw mulhods of apprica-
lion, hut are IsU to hr guided by Uis
Tb* man who sttervd threr words;*
“/ kmv* little mad new he* akmt lie
ofefjr,*’ recently iu an snstsra pulpit,
doubtless eiprvsaad tfe esaet truth.
But what is tbeufcpy, here*spoken
of with so much contempt f—com
tempt, not merely hv the l»di> .<! .»:
whoae disnmrse w# quote, W by
nearly the pbolr virrfe in which be
stands, or rather, fntoly stood—s
contempt < xprtussd with such an
alms booses, and its orphanage:
For instance, iu looking at the
Second and Third Kpfetles of John,
wc mast observe the jx-etdtar empba-
ats wHh which the Holy Ghost dwells
upon “the truth." The bipolar the
oiogT of (be day is that, provided
you love oue another, H matters little
•boot difference uf opinion. “We
must all agree to differ," as runs the
papular * proverb. Tct the Holy
RAILROAD.
preaching to the mwessiiiea of a |«o
pie who were deorired by false leech
ers, who had wuHjr departed from
the divine path. Hts pulpit was a
battery thundering sgaiuet error ia
the churvh j s church active, ener
getk- ami powerful, but tsW Ilia
missiou Waa To restore, in break
down a living berray and supplant it
with o hung truth
Wesley and Edwards preached to
s people who were torpid, uet be-
Ueviag error, but asleep ia ladifirr
enee. They aimed to resuscitate »
dead chart b. They preached to the
people a new vitality. They brought
forth no new doctrine, but clothed the
ones aJreedy groerallj iverired with
s beauty eml power that compelled
active persoonl MrrpUacr. tin ia
various sgea leadiag men made H
their suasieu to peseeh the Uw|el
so as to adapt it to the cxigeacie* of
their day.
From uor present outlook we hsvs
uiski* the very aims of theology
•corned by multitude who koow
little sml raff lees almal any re
ligipu. * * ~ J
We rep**t it, k1»t, then, is the
ologyT We sucsrlr, it is, etyawdo
gicuBy, the knowledge qf G»d, or
diviae srieuori but, ss the term ha*
hem used la the cherch from time
immeuHwial, It 4|te"S 1 aystsusalk
■muigvtneot of (fee greet troth*
which God bss lufeir known to as
is hi* works, sodV>prcisll> ia his
wiwd. If an, *erff|, ef sQ branches
of learning, theology most be ths
•Mist import sot, imh ia ite^ and
ta respect to all out interests ia this
fife and that to eumr. feeelly to
know the true Opl la to be wise
unto *slisUfki: bUt Io igUotV hha
t« «w>?f destruction
But it msv he said that an* tdalg.
and bold
he letter?
tag up the note, said f
the letter T
“Oh," said feu mast
Bated that I wanted to
when ! sent you the
AILL-AJAI), btpt,
tot £iMngtL,.,l Lu-
tk fmtricM.
ipe4 *t»p. i» now
the church eight
il, aad in tiiu war
e to the church.'
....L...... fl oo
• Well, aee, LrtW tolfeothci letter
asndiag for yoa by One eqaaJU In
earnest," said his master, bolding up
a slip of paper with ome texts of
tfer\ptere wnGto 90 it
James took the paper sad began
here each happy thought
have recoiled to unladen with
lad not our Mediator inter
An hare sinned and are
sis before the justice of God.
b are none that doeth good,
4 one." But hath, the divine
i boss frustrated ? Hath On-
cents
to respond to appeals from every
quarter. The pespU of Yorkshire
were justly proud ef hAtu m their
member to Parliament.
In hU speech, 00 presenting the
beautiful park to the citizens of Hal:
fax, August ]4, 1857, he stated mu
interesting fact In regard to the sag
gestiou of the idea to him. While
on a tour In America, he wa£ goring
on the White mountains. The mag
oifleent sight overwhelmed him with
gratitude at God** great gooduees to
him. and he asked, “Lord, what wfh
thou have me to dof* The answer
came immediately, “It is true thou
const not bring the many thousand*
thou hast left In thy nadre country
to see this beautiful scenery: bat
thou canst take this to them. It is
possible so to arrange art and nature
that they shall be within the walk of
every workingman in Halifax, so
that be may be able to strefl (here
after his day’s work, and to get borne
agsiu without being tired." In
recognition of his noble generosity
for the good of the people be received
in 1883 the title of baronet
bngregatious arc re
thHr orders at one*,
it of tea per cent. i«
EDITION. .
88; Aral**»e, gilt
rm kejr, #4. Teu per
to those who buy is
PIE 4c (UHAPMAfr,
sellt-rs, Columbia, S C
'?r 24—tf
rim ply by rradtag
Storing Of** God's
rm, I* antbiag to
• hat to do. At length
“Am 1 just lo believs
imr «ay 1 hriievcd your
fence sad Oiuniscience failed in
braevoieat design iu man’s crca
I Nay, the plan Is complete—
IB the ( ham has been broken.
Siaoed and fell fropi bi* prime
Spd happy sfate, anil now stauds
i| before God. Bpt the baud
permitted it kiM$w from the
cits of eternity the arui that
14 be made bare tin t man might
pad live. No too ler had man
I Sftd made a wi eck of that
i God had create I iu hia owu
asd pronouucct very good,
i s beacon Ijgijt, v dltri in types
what Is called chanty Whoa
think* of Up Hoods of hernia—
ths devil t* 1—srtisg into the
rh, in thaac last days, sud uf ths
find oat enough of soil* to know
where, with mlt outage, to pnt in ht*
plow 1 or o« vegetables a* to pick
out tor food thing* nnlriiioo*, and
nut poiaDOou* Hot what sort uf ao
argon*rtfe la thin against the «rie—w
of botany at agnrwltoral chemistry t
And so in all othn «-•■**. i’uonaoa
obnor\atwm aad iwmuu mirrnots
may, ami 4m t« a great rttont,
provide for hamati interest*; hot
artence will do a vast deal more, and
ts per eminently ' aloable in its ptaea.
This all arkoow Imlge io worldly m«t
Now, thc«4ugj is to leligtun jo»t
shadows, was giieu to direct
i to the 6b*Ht o eternal life
3 due lime the veil is removed
h morning but in iced apfiears
NffpntafiP 8 tChrists God mani
fen the tiesh cornea to atone for
il man and bring him into cooi-
ion again with lab Father and
rogaiduig iu “If there oome any
unto yoa and bring not thia doctrine
(the deotnae of Christ), receive him
aot uuto jour bouns, aeisber bid him
God spend." il is not a quanttou of
ohoroh discipline merely, but ef ao-
•iai tateovour—i we are to have
nothing to do with him. Hut if the
breoud Epistle shows who— ws am
to rfeect, the Third Kpaslfe shows
us whom we are to receive. There
is no lnxUp iu dealing with the—
who bring uot tbs doofeiue of Christ
liut wo must be equally careful not
to sfeeot the brethren. There if
danger of setting up the peculiar
are to all the wnmii and uaofol
art* uf life. And theology i» 6>mnl
and built tqi ju*i *» all other
h*- in* I net 1' e
philimipbi that h-ad* n« into *fi
11 tar «rtre< •
la ufbrt ***nU, 11 i» by |aumt,
honest oboervalian ut the nalmil
world, or some psTfecwlat «lcpoit
ntettt »f it. and thee by ouondty
reoauaing npon |br (s*t* thus ool
tec ted, a mao strives at general
truth*; and then b> baimoabmaly
arraoging these general truths, he
has s system ot weiHr-M rhe—te
try, natural phik—*ph>. astiomouy,
medicine, law, Hr.
It ia precisely is the aasse *•> WS
get st » true theology. Htndy God’s
works of rrration and (irovidfooe
rrAilIj. “search the
jr Nt sub-deity reinst
fetoj-god, but God e
father. He is one w
from, all eternity. He
creaks dawn, when
«0pf sang together an
tf Cijoi shouted for h»
God has saints of several degree*,
and some of them have more c—n
mnnioti with him than others. From
among the miiltJtwde he chose (white
Io t>e with him; from among the
twelve he chose three—refer, James
sud John—who were the privy coun
cil; -from among the three he tfrone
oat Joan as ms oosom mvortte, ot
whom it Is said fire times in 8t
John's Gospel, that he was the dis
oiple whom Jesus loved. 80 now,
ft this day, God has his “babes."
who live upon milk.Be has his
children also, who kuow their Fa
ther, and arc assured of his love.
Moreover, he has his “young men,"
who go out to war, aad fight the
Lonfs battles victoriously, sod he
has “fittbers’ln 'Israel, who abound
in grey beaded experience sad wis
dom; for they knew him from the
beginning, and they remember his
words. It is a great mercy to be one
of God’s “little ones," yea, the least
It befall ther. And U thou be —
proposed in the Divine mind
/iMnake man and nobly endow him ;
‘jvheld bis fearful tragedy enacted
’uKden^and knew thfe price of bis
rede ***jfh- The pr^ce has been
F’dul, justice La* been patisfied. He
tbat|fleeketh flndetb, ai id to biin that
ijfoocketh it shall be q>ened. Man
“ *gs»n made happy, happy for
«ermty or is alone responsible.—
tolden eiaster of thoughts; the at-
” 1 ® w ®s of our God, 1 ritb his wise,
wjffsnoag an( j benevolent pro vi
sa a suadard, aad making alto
giance to him a teat of followahipw
There have been many Diotrephoses,
ef whom it ought be a»ld, as of that
one in thia spiatie, “Neithar doth he
himsrlt receive the brethren, aad
forbiddeth them that would, and
castetb them out of the church. 9
We most be equally on oar guard
gainst the false liberality wLiob
5. HACKEKfe
id Blind Faotoryi
lung and
Scripturvw** with an uprigbfeTsvimt
mind, and fret after feet, ia rfok
slmadaniw, will coo— to view, all
embodying great truths; and these
troths thus shining oat just take
of Faith.
surrender* the truth and oouute
nances those who bring not the doc
trine of Christ, sad against the
party seal which rejects the children
of God becaose they do not follow
a favored leader, or teacher, or sect
-IV Wifw.
lecause Jeses
it wealth be-
^eaasof aasist-
*p faith with
huder evil to
) but 1 desire
n my own, io
| evil nor good
. I endeavor
cere and faith-
iave a tender-
to whom God
closely j and
in the sight of
in* I have in
l jngde them,
e eoosecrated
>og the wretched I k
aH men. I do not
who do ii to an
% •fete for them like
certain, invnlaabfe
on the Diviae Word. We w«at
more Bible and lee* human reason
iog that men may rust their faith 00
God atone.
4. Yf a*i.t nricacBixo. The pea
pie want a bold, outspoken, generous
sermon, frill of true manhood. Mere
sentimentalism, the clap trap sense-
Cionalism that substitutes a romance
for the noble Gospel of (ferist, has no
adaput too to the present waota of this
vigorous tg*. Ifee oewapaper* whfeh
ad\ cruse such preach log ars the
ontyouo* who profit from ft Tbf
not chaff
of all. To be a star, though not of
the first magnitude. To be a disci
pie, though not a John, not one ol
tbe three, nor oae of the twelve, nor
ono of the seventy, ft is a mercy to
be new-born—to be taken Into tbe
frailly of God, and household of
hi r ® ceive firithc
the hand 01 mai
! >st, trnthful, sii
oall men; and I
othsast for thow
Jtoitod me more
ork kept on w
country feed®
oriT own factory
w proprietor * 1
? Li4t- Factor
iuK. opposite c
; Cuy -railway.
Whnoo
P. 0.
frith. But to grow up to a perfect
statue, to be a man in Christ Jeans
—O how great a mercy ? *' c
1 TW SottL.—If men take care of R
In life, they may trwfr God to take
immA>
fempUUou* it hue passed through;
the brief pulsation of joy, tbe fever
ish inquietude of hope apd fesf, the
pressure of want, the desertion of
friends, 1 would fain leave the erring
soul of py fellow man with G im
from vboM fcutd it amt.
Checks
evtl» K
f seutiineuts, and all
life I bless my Be-
# unt them into me;
1 man j ful I of misery,
Tridei sad ambition
rengtb of Hia grace,
SiSMDS-^Sl:
nttemlt'd to and r
1 st., Charleston, »• L '
wisldfiX Exehnnjre ^
pieronl with a spear, that by the—
marks we may always kriow hi—.
There is no deception la the— signa
ture*. When men ge to I—r they
are willing to trust theIr law yet
to latereede aad ai—mga their —rth
people (tomsnd bread,
Give them seed troth wife manly
sanctified endeavor.
8yxpathxtic Faxacumro. m Te
einn— end dfeefple plain, brave,
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