The Lutheran visitor. (Columbia, S.C.) 1869-1904, May 10, 1872, Image 1
ONE LORD, ONE FAITH, ONE BAPT181C"—£PHE8IAN8 IV: 6
COLUMBIA. 8.(
FRIDAY. MAY 10. 1872
in sot the Hpteit, hot fitted with tbe Th» Bafoevfl Dtsetpls
BpWt-4t ti godlike. (I Wif rtt* ■■ «
▼•tea. Tbe smoke ascend « up, the The shnrscter of the Apostle
arise, ten! tb* sparks bend I which svoked the pfil k
their cooix* he*vonward. Keen mo
with the »1mi which hat mvived
th<* S|>irit-b*pti«Ht | the itx^fiM* of
prayer daily arias# and iw»mh la
heaven }* the tame of divine love,
kindled by the Holy Bpirit, goes up
to God ; and the thought of the
heart, as the spark* of Are from the
smitten steel, are continually bending
their course to the Hirer of all good.
Paul says, u lf ye then be risen with
Christ, seek those things which are
above. Set your affections on things
above, and not on things on the
earth* If the symbol is nst abso
lute, we have a frill and practical
demonstration of the Spirit** wort
upon the human heart for time, and
the foil answer to the perplexing
question, whether there are degrees
in heaven. Take two pieces of metal,
one of five pounds and the other of
ten |>ouuds weight. Now All them
with Are. Ranh looka Uke Are, and
each feels like Are, yet the one eou
tains fust ouc ball more than the
other. Now this Is In accordance
to capacity ; and so it may be with
the saved in heaven. Alt who are
fortunate enough to get there win be
Ailed with Godi and wbat will be
heaveu to ooe will be beaven to all.
Fourth. The dorr. This* is set forth
as an emblem of the Holy Bpirit.
At the ttaptiam of Cliriat the taint
of God was seeu descending tike e
dove and lighting upon hum Hsu.
iii: 16. Dove is au emblem of endear
meat j a symbol of innocence. Christ
was j os tided in the Spirit, and there
tore was innocent no guile was
toand in his mouth. Han is planted
by the Bpirit, and is therefore inno
cent—loved as though he had never
siuued. The dove is gentle and
liar in leas; ami such are God’s elect
commanded to hew They meat tie
barm lea* a* doves. Hstl. % : 16.
The plumage of a dove la chamrtrr
totic of Christian character, which
muni be meek and quiet under the
Spirits influence. The dove is not
proud and haughty, ie not Ailed with
egotism, and is a stranger to oaleo
tatioo—can not act the hypuerite
and deceive its friends.
Fifth. The laid emblem I note, is
that of a seal. See Rev. vti: 2. To
seal is to impress, to mark with a
stamp, to coo Arm, to ratify, to es
tablish, to mark
stillness of his character, like the
oriental sky, brake, from time to
Hme, into tempests ef tape tanned
vehemence. He bed an intense
hatred of evil. It to 4u hto inspired
epistlea that the mtat deoancta
“the home of the blessed* one in
•taut after it has left the body. And
therefore It i« said, “The souls of
believers, are at their death made
|*rfoct in botineaa, and do imme
diately pom into glory* Messed
thought! lift ns then “not be frith
lens, but believing.”—Presbyterian
mod Index. ' * '
A pastor relates the following in
cident: “1 like to repeat the an
•wer a little sweep gave ins in our
Sabbath school. Knowing that ail
the children in my class were con
stantly occ4|>ied daring the week.
I team! the duty of prayer wa*
sointaama neglected. 1 insisted that
day on the importance of prayer.
At the close I asked a little boy
of ten years of age, who led an un
comfortable life in the service of a
master sweep:
“ i And you, my dear friend, do you
ever pray f
u K)h! yes, monsieur.'
“ ‘And when do yon do it t You
go out very early in the morning, do
you not f
“Tw, monsieur, and we are oul\
half awake when we leave the bouse.
1 think about God, but cau not say I
pray then.’
then f
“ <You see, mousieur, out -master
orders ns to mount the chimney
quickly, but does not forbid oh. to
rest a little when we are at the
top. Then I sit on the chimney and
pra.i.'
“ *And what do you say T ,
** Ah! monsieur, very little.' 1
know no grand words with which
to speak to God. Most frequently
I only repeat two verses that I bare
learned at school.’
“ ‘Which are they f
“‘My scholar repeated with for
ror, ‘God be merciful to me a sin
ner,’ ‘Let the words of my mouth
and the meditation of my heart be
acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my
strength and my Redeemer.”
aibibty of
ry uiuoh ia said, by Christians,
l the Holy Ghost, and its work
the heart; mid, withal, bat lew
the time or take the pains to
iue, to aay great extent, thu
nod wherefores of the great
andstueutal doctrine taught in
criptiuvs. namely, its work upon
oola of men. X Uke it for grant-
nt there ie a Holy Ghost, and
aot, therefore, attempt to prove
op, as it were, U Ik* coart of jaatioe
for the pmtam ef the debtor. 1
owe my wbste eeif. 1 want C hrist
to dwell la my heart, to guide every
glance of the eye, every step of the
foet, every thoaght of the mind.
Because his holy name to magnified
la my forgiveness, therefore f have
A minister of the Gospel was
asked to visit a poor dying woman.
The mas longer being ignorant, coukl
give no account of her state, except
that abu waa a very good woman,
and very happy; and was now at
the end of a «*U spent life, there
fore, sore of going to heaven.
The minister went, saw she was
very ill, and after a few kindly in
quiries about her bodily condition,
•aid: “Well, I understand you are
in a very peaceful state of mind,
depending upon a w ell spent life.”
The dying woman looked hard at
him aod said, “Tea, 1 am in the
enjoyment of peace.” “You are
quite right; sweet peace, and that
from a well spent life. Bat it is the
welt spent life of Jeans j not my do
ings, but his; not niv merits, but
hi* Wood."
Dear reader, what a blessed state
to be in, whether for life or death.
The nature of Gospel liberty is just
this, to he brought as a j»oor sinner
to tee that all Jesus ia and has,
and all he has done, Is made over
to us. and that as he has taken our
place, we take his, and therefore are
“accepted ia the Beloved* When
our good doings are baaed upon this
foundation, the well spent life of
Jesus, thru our services And accept
tanct before God. The life ia well
spent that understands this mystery.
The well spent Hie of Jems just put
to our account.
Tens of thousands are toiling to
recommend themselves to God by
a soil-spent life of their own, but
it is labor in vaiu ; it is sa 0, with
out a figure before U- Crowd myriads
of ciphers together and they stand
for nothing. Christ is the figure
that gives value to all our accounts,
grout or wnall. aod the Spirit gives
the receipt iu foil to his well spent
against the truth.
numl Agents,
barlestou, S, C,
Why need we ask f Heaven ia
kora God to, provided a loving
wl meets Him there. The iu font’s
vividly
The elcuiypt wafer, us shows
johu iii: 5: “Ifoeept a man be
p of water aud ipf the Spirit, be
i aot rater into* the kingdom oT
g» John viii IH, 39: “He that
loveth ou me, as the Scripture
lh aid, out of bin belly ahull flow
er a of liviug rater. But this
Ue he of the S writ, which they
believe on hm(
It is aot to be
fral sense, but
fD co: L Water
the Spirit. “La
tb a true heart li
faith, having our
understood in a
it emblematically,
i cleanses: even
Hi ua draw near
a full assurance
hearts sprinkled
Science, and our
tb pure water.”
'ater fertilises the
r Spirit fertilises
Balm i; A “Aud
shall be like a tree planted by
) rivers of watofc* 3. Water re-
tbes; even so tiw Spirit refreshes
r souls. “Thefo to a river, tbe
theirordf
il ten ]
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Teachers. The or-
Wben Herod consented to the be
beading of John tbe Baptist, it is
said, “He was exceeding sorry; yet
for his oath’s sake,* be would not
deny the request of Herodias’ daugh
ter. Marvellous sense of honor! Sur
net his sorrow over against his sin.
and makes his conscientiousness jus
tify his cruelty.
Instead of rendering a reason for
his conduct, however, we' only die
cover in bis words an avownl of his
retention. And, on their face, they
curry this meaning: “No matter
what the consequences, my pledge
must stand. And it shafl stand,
etea if John has to lose his bend.”
Thus his wilful ness supplied him
with an excuse for his conduct, and
supported him in his wickedness.
And may we not discover much of
this same spirit in men now f Are
there not cases where sinning is
imagined to be a necessity, and
where plausible pretexts, very much
like Herod’s, # are offered to justify
wbat is poasitivcly and palpably
i wrong ?
r With reference to some principle,
or coarse of action, men often find
themselves compromised, and, with
perverted views, feel themselves
bound by some pledge or precedent
to do wrong.
It was this foolish notion in Her al
that led him to justify himself in
cutting ofl a prophet’s head; and
his case is well fitted to alarm and
arouse any who are disposed to re
sort to such excases, and who seek
to persuade themselves that there is
a necessity for their sinning.
Tbe duty of all who find them
selves thus involved, is openly and
lwldlv to extricate tbemseves. It
was dearly in the power of the king
to do so; either by recalling an
abased pledge, or by limiting it to
the bestowment of a bounty. In
stead of doing so, under the false
notion that he was bound by his
word to do wrong, he became a
miserable murderer. And there are
nnltitudesat the present day who,
in the same way, softer themselves
to become involved in sia, when,
with truer aud higher views, they
might assert their right of release
from any bond that God does not
require them to recognise.—-AaicrfraH
Messenger.
Giving w ah Act of Worship.
—Rvery gift for the Lord’s cause
should be an act of worship, even
as the wise men from the East first
fell down and worshiped the babe in
the manger, acknowledged Him to
be the promised Messiah, and then
opened their treasures, and present
ed to him gifts-lgold, frankincense
and myrrh'; wfth au adoring faith
sanctifying tbe gifts of love and
gratitude.
■nts. Teach
solicited
Ttm led Mu aim* to return the
low uf low with deep, slMurisuf, 4
unwavering tavoiMu t and it rv a |
iu anted inorv unbroken In the end M
and drink.*
SeAmd. Wind i> also chosen to
seprescnt the Spirit * n operations
o|k>u the human b^art, 1. Tbe Spir
It's independence. “The wind blow-
<th where it liaU-tB,” &c. John iii : M.
ijjlooe can resist the wind. It is
sensible in its effects; and though
•e see it not, and cau not tell from
whence it eoatan ' or whither it
goeth, we are still couviuoed of its
existence aod preseuce when it
jjllowsopoo «*r person. 2. Its power.
This represents the power of tbe
Holy Ghost. -And he said. Go
forth, and stand upon the mount
before the Lord. And, behold, the
lord passed by, and « great and
tag wind rent the mountains, and
C > in pieces thf rocks before the
, * 1 Kings xix: 11. “And
Kudenly there crime • sound from
fcfesrea as of a rnshing mighty wind,
||M it filled all the boose where they
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W. FREDERICK
31—3m
at Um role of nearly twenty
n second. You never ia all
ASTEp & SONS,
O K E, M D.',
ruttinue j«errin* their
<outh. sfill send SAM-
h width and price of
oue n (mqterl>, j
aiul from danger. Soch
se«-ms to be the great oAkv work of
the Holy Bpirit. 1. 8pint'« imprvon.
“It is turner! as clay to the avah”
Job xxxviii: 14. “But we all, with I
0|>en face beholding as in n glass the
glory of the Lord, are changed tuto
the saiue image from glory to glury,
even as by tbe 8|iirit ot the I xml.”
3 Cor. iii; h. 3. Market!, sortireti,
&e. “Ye were sealed with that
Holy Spirit of promise" hgri. i 1
13. This to called the earnest of
our inheritance (verse 14). Again.
“Who hath also nraied ua, und *
given the earnest of the Bpirit *a
oar liearts." 3 Cor. i; ti.
We bavo bow m-vii in th« giwpei •
mirror what we may to- bv the ripfett
of God, a«nl it only mnmhin for us to*.
miv whether the Mrswii Bpirit shall ’
do for us that work fiUunit which
we own never be savta aud bapfiv in ;
time nod raeruity. All the emhhmw*
iwemtiani are such aa the. Bthlc fur- 4
iiishea iu or«h*r to ilhistrdle awl en
force the great troths thereto reveal
ed. W« may gain much by paying 1
guts! I wed thereto. Muy the Heir
Spirit eeligliten our iMNlevetandMigs
while we search for the Itiddeu treas
ures of (itwVs word, Ota fisahv lead
ns to the liefeer inheritance iu heaven.
1 he t harah is not only qsicksaed
b) Gaal, hoi qnwksard lnythw sith
4 hnst. If thi* truth sets maned
mb* tb% utalnistaadtng and sflec
Us», and hie*l u|s*a in the daily
esgicMeuw uf the «hddxsa of Oral,
thru very gsimeal* «urihi sotal of
ot><ih and liakiiHsur. with all
|M«tiri» of the merchant; and they
would undrii stand sotueihiqg of their
high calUag as hiug» and priests
unto 4*«sl.
Tu rise above tie <4d Adam, «•
must live iu the Last Adam. We
shall then U shir in the spvnt to
usr the language of the Mb Vonlm*
and to haw all tbuigs under our
foci.
4Jui Lite i* in 4'hrtat, therehuv a is
eternal partaking of the salute
of Christ himself, a bo to “the «M»u»e
yesterday, today, ami forever.*
4 its la design was md only lo save
ns front hrll, hoaevrt gtwat that
otay have bmi, but In* object was
to satkt ua mho and daughters, tit
order (but uo, with b>nmelf and
Jean* the Elder Brother, ought dwell
la heaven fuirvrr.
We have three chief characters to
sustain as believers, tb# child at
God. the soldier, and the spouse of
Christ. Wo Have to foal, to fight,
and to sing. Chnat has won the
victory for ua; we may gather op
the spoils, and though, In no doing.
Ore are subject to the enemy’s at-
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almosplHix where they are. Their
iafluv-aoe seems to you tike the per
fume of flowers in a garden. There
are |mtbou» who are so genial, so
Ifoatlu, so forth putting in the direc-
Uuu of purity, and gentleuoss. aud
love, that yon have not tb. slightest
doubt of their being ehnstians.—
Have yon never known person* of
“I do not want
t>. Vfsjrcli 1, Ut*~-
tit*, date; the following
be mn ( ailv;, Suuday*
and «rife foe.” That is, like
*» would be a baptists of fire so
■Ml be the baptism »*f tbe Htdy
Ghost. Fire purifies metals when
brought ia cow tael with it, eves so
Holy Bpirit purifies the hearts
of m«*a when brought in proper con-
^ 8ra Isaiah ■ iv : 4. 2. Fire il-
lumiuates and expels darkness; even
Messed taint illumines the
hiad and expels the darkness of the
taL 3. Fire searches. Bo tbe blesa-
T of God searches the deep
of man, and revests the dross
!* depraved natnre. Under ita
•parching mtlocata the seal may be
J^yfiod pore, aod fit meet for the
iter’s service. For proof see Zepw
^*2, and 1 Cor. ii: 16. 4. Fira
Under the Bpirit’s influence
« grosser natnm of men is refined
until,they aUod forth,
? ■ in miniature, clad in the habili-
menu ot heaven—all their grosser
Hubduetl and brought into
subjection to God’s diviue law.
Fire trmiHfornua. AU that comes
, ontact therewith to either ei>n-
■fifi^d or Irsustonned to a like i*‘
^^d aiipeaaaaee of itself. We
i Jj Ioortl shall sit p i re-
,^ rw *. * if and shall |>urge
5* !K>0 * * Levi* ’Tifi thus the
k y transforms the image of
P® forthljr to that of the heavenly.
r®» place a piece fit metal in the
brarnnea. filled with heat
“Muse* amt Khas talking with Je
an*." A part of heaveu surely was
there, at toast Lhr dtsrtpto* tb.sight
so; but it appeared not to anv ex
cept to those nmtot tbe canopy. Ho
may it be with the fttft toarro, to
be entered at death
«
3 Them, again, heaven uiav be
fall of light —nav, enrefoped In it,
and may be very near a* too; yet
tbe light raa> to ^ seek kind that
the tons of the udearopt will not
refract it, sad tbe retina of the eye
will not be aftected by it. Arliats
know bow to arrange their trans
poreoctos to that on tbe tome sheet
figures are made visible by one kind
of light which are wholly invisible
by soother. Per hap* heaven’s light
may not salt the mortal eye while
ia fall view of the eye immortal.
4. Bat even supposing it distant
from us bqyood all computation,
trkat is distance to the spirit? What
to It to thought f What to U even
to gravitation f This principal in
naturv by which every particle of
matter attracts towards It and la
attracted by every other particle in
the unlvento—a principle which
•nria* to ignore n0 time aud all
distance, and which seems to act
equally at both its termini, however
distant, at the same moment —i* act
forth in nature as. if to teach those
who are more learned in the im
moose magnitude* of space than lu
the power aod faithfulness of God,
not to be afraid of distance- Tb
whom you have
aay other definition of a Christian
than that which I sec ia him T lie
is an orphan, who, having lived
forty years, cau not lay his finger on
any one, aud aay, “He gives me one
idea of good.” Blessed be God. 1
know a great many.
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Boiuu uicideoU teach great Lessous.
Borne years ago a young lady was
teaching a clam of boys in the tab-
bath school. She was oue whose
heart was devotedly engaged in her
work, and who loved to sit before
her clam to open up to them the
Scripture*. She never went from a
mere leaden sense of duty. One
Lord’s day afternoon the rain was
falling heavily, and the wind was
very hipb. It waa a day of all days
for staying at borne. She looked at
the rain aod listened to the wind,
and for a moment was very much
tempted to leave her place' in the
Sabbath school vacant. But bettei
thoughts prevailed, and she cheer
*—I—I u On reaching
lose their bloom aud freshnessx for Thou immmimJoly “Peter turning
Christ would not that we should about aeeth the dtompie whom Jesus
rest satisfied with Mis gifts and loved following.’’ Uto lender fove To have the Lord Jes«a rarasfed
comfort*, and tokens of His love, inspired mors promptness ia action to us by the Tloly Ghost to enough,
iustririd of tufuig, “Than jwrt my than did thri pMPNlPW forwsrd- j It tofoel Btcpheo wUil hto peno-
(HHliau, G Lord.” Ho refresh?* aud ness of Peter. outers, and suttees ua aamtot all our
gladdsu* us with the dowers aud Au intense lave for the truth, , dtritonUww sod srivswsirim, smtrial
rpuea of divine csitanlatkm, nut united with n devoted ndsairntioo all trials, great and aatal.
that wo rififo’ look away foa Hum- , of guodiu*ss, shines through the life : Tbe Church lias spiritual, heaven-
self to them, bat lhai, enjoy ing the of John. This prepared him U> rs ly, sternal life to Christ, her risen
sweet fragrance t|t HU comforting csive the teach lugs of the JU*<1, and Lord. Hto pisvred aids in tbs feuu
love, we may render ft buck to to follow him to the end, to a truly , tain, the sssvee of life to sa. na tbe
Him in thu bmithiugs of joy t fove, self sacrificing hpiriL , •pooar of Christ. ^Tirit a ifUUua Is
und thankfulness. He to not hidtog , Thm Iqve of the truth waa aaauci-^ tbia! 1 W# are umler IriW of
His face, though Uto llowti* Ih* *h.> ; sled with a remarkslM. strung aud , God’s love and grace, in oar o#w
but He Mould buv. tu be ever going decided haired «f ana^Mt/k with j relatfou as chUdrm wr are uodsr
sgauc tlirough the geotl>-dro|»(>iug *oibo the stsrucat flash' * of m- j obligation to l brut <» • 1 ir.-tl*otn,
dews of prayer iu thq Holy Ghost, dignotioti agsiust its bidders. There U tng hi* brethren; and as bis mem
to knock at Hto garden-gate and was. uetbiug weak ot c^flemuiate , ^ r f, to ohey him as oar Bond.
ask Him for a irmb gift of Hia.slamt Urn guu. He i*» a iks^, W f Isve often <L 3(t>rd^ mmhsrs
eboiem flower*. H*» wit usr* the > ergv*—ri *Qk fd thptofor- Ih^jf toj*/ Cortot, afe*u our 1»P* ; would lbs*
flowers we have, that w« may glwaya j *ugg^tt| IVMIattlrlU 1
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folly faced tbe storm
tbs school, she found oil her boys
wore there. Not oue was missing.
Sbe of course expressed her pleas
ure at seeing them there. One of
them said to her in a bright, hearttr
elemeijt. 6o the human
» brought in contact with
j« transformed to the ua-