The Lutheran visitor. (Columbia, S.C.) 1869-1904, June 21, 1872, Image 1
ONELOKD, ONE FAITH, ONE BAPTI8 M”—EPHE8IA N8 IV: 6
COLUMBIA, S.C., FRIDAY. JI NK 21. 1872
OLD SERIES, VOL V.-NO. 197
•olactng their toil* with psalm* and
selves juto in a coral-cell, let un not
be dlaeontented, fellow worker. Let
uh be willing to work in oar oell,
and make ooe bit of coral, doing
our work ikorouyhly. In a Sabbath
school data, mission district, weekly
prayer meeting, aeroe little borne
that we are trying to make happier,
may be our place. We wfl! build
oar one oeM, though, and do it tkor
oughtf/. In the accumulation of Utile*i,
one can be comforted if inclined to
aak deapondingly, “Coral or volcano,
which V
' The command la, "Pray to thy
Father which to in secret, and thy
Father which aecth in secret shall
reward thee openly. 1 * There to much
hidden work in religion. True fa
ligion to not all exposed to pnblic
view. * A Take heed that ye do not
your aims before men, to be ntru
of them, otherwise ye hhve no re
ward of your Father which to ia
heaven.* 1 Attending public worship,
family worship and the social prayer
meeting ia not the whole of religion
To be religions before God, are most
attend to the performance of public
duties, and hold sweet common ion
and intereonrsc with him in secret
prayer, without which we can not
enjoy spiritual Hfc no more than we
can enjoy temporal life without our
daily bread. This to a part of wor
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eaedl flow to tbs norni retofed to
tbs body, tba thinking pad is the
tiuggiah part!
l*o you aak wby are mu and pain
alto wad la tba government of a Ood
of iaintla goodness t We have not
naniarbsn, Wa who dwell where
mao to everywhere followed by abed
Msrot*» psalms soon eclijijpd bis
madrlgalt and aouneU. 'Psalm-sing-
log became the general mode of
domestic merriment It wae the
common accompaniment to the fid
die. In the splendid and feetive
Court of Frauds I., of a sadden,
nothing was heard but the new
psalms. The aagndous mind of
Calvin turned to account this new
feshioo. Perceiving in it the means
of carrying Into effect hfs- precon
oeived scheme, and of hu mediately
popularising, as well as simplifying,
the ehureh motor, he forthwith in
troduced the Psalms of Marot into
the congregation at Geneva. Being
aet to wary simple airs, in which
the whale congregation could join,
*ay were soon established as a
regular branch of Genevan worship,
and formed an appendix to the
Geoevan Catechism.
Bat the first psalm book or met
rical version of the whole Psalter
was made in Engffeh, as
K very body to not coifed W> bo n
minister. If a otan in middle life,
who has been following albas bmd-
kdiiion
r Lord's words and promises
intended for sll time ami for all
9. They embody the grand
pies of the Gospel, and are
•sd for guidance and govern
in the work assigned ns as
rkers with Gurl himself in pub-
g “the glad idings,” and ap-
f the benefits >f Christ's atone-
to the souls pf men. In con
Ion with the tegular means of
■od has ordained
controlling power
ingdom. It lays
atigth of Omnipo
kbrs into the very
tof the universe—
dare, and of prov
ide- Thus wielded
(jufiding suppliant
4e of Him who is
ad God over all—
i and earth,
a Sovereign in the
ojre has proposed
s[ people, aud has
*>um promised in
Hth; but they all
w as a condition of
1 I will be inquired
srael, concerning
to do it for fifes s* is a rule in the
owmenta of |ia saving gifts,
k ami ye shall receive,” “seek
ye shall find.* Bat to be ac-
toils, prayer tuli.st be offered in
way that God ho* .appointed.
Is great end to the glory of Ood
ugh Jesns Christ, so its only
tod must be t te name of Jesns
to, through whom alone God is
[fled in the sfilvation of men,
e being “no other name under
ren given ainopg men whereby
1 would nol ofivtoa him to
Under his now
uiuiltory
cal Cure True
how a thinking
kingdom, many will feel there to
heart and genninoncao in U that
they do not find ia official tntoror
tioue from the pat|»tt on the Lord'S
day.
How art we to treat w%ik tg/kdoit t
Infidelity, great at nil times, to now
worse than at any time. 1‘etrr safe:
41 There •hoU come ia fife feel dope
wafers walking a Oar Ibmr own
Into*, and saying. Where to the
In all the range of objects for is
subject Pant with ail his splendid
gifts and rich graces, besought tori*
tians to pray that utterance might
be given him that he might open
his month boldly. And if Panl
needed the prayers of Christians,
what ministers can do without
them t They need all the grace
of the private Christian, and
in addition, grace for the right
discharge of all their high spiritual
duties. And the reflex influence of
prayer for a pastor upon the people
is very great. One of the greenest
spots upon earth was the parish of
SL Peter’s Dundee, when the lovely
M’Oheyne was its pastor. Ho thus
records in bis diary the spirit of
prayer which prevailed among his
people: “Many prayer meeting were
formed, some of which were strik
ingiy private, and others, conducted
by persons of some Christian expert
eoee, wore open to persons undei
concern at one another’s houses. At
the time of my return from the mis
toon to the Jews, I found thirty nine
such meetings held weekly in connec
tion with the congregation.” Ob,
that this beautiful instance of co
operation with a minister by the
people prevailed in all oar churches !
When shall this pattern be imi
tatedf This is the earnestness of
religion. Ministers will never labor
in vain among such people. With
sacb » Ptopfe to prog for them, holy
M'Cheynee might be gretly multi
plied all over the church. Will not
professing Christians ponder this f
It is narrated of the Kev. Solomon
Stoddard that soon after his settle
ment in Northampton his people
became convinced that he gave no
evidence of serious piety. They
loved him much and greatly admired
his talents, and did not wish to pari
with him. Their recourse was to
prayer. A day was set apart by the
people to pray for his conversion.
Seeing the people going to the
church, he asked a plain man on his
way there, “What is going on to
• day r Hie reply was, “Hie people,
sir, are going to meet to pray for
your conversion.” Smitten to the
heart, be said, “Then it is time 1
prayed for myselfl* He went to his
closet, and the people to the cnurch.
They both met at the throne of
grace for the same object: and while
speaking they were beard and an
swered. There was no question as
to his conversion afterward. He
labored amoog them for half a ecu
tury, and deservedly ranked among
the most able and useful ministers
of his age. This was in the olden
time. When people pray more for
their ministers there will be boter
preachers and far better bearers.
The captions, fault-finding, com
plaining members of chinches, who
are never satisfied, who, if they have
nothing etoe to fret them, will com
plain of the color of the minister's
hair, or the tie of his cravat, or the
way he pronounces Beelzebub or
Canaan, are but rarely seen in the
plaoe where prayer to want to be
made. We have known a venerable,
learned, eloquent, and pious senator
melted uuder a sermon in which a
little bit of a Yankee school master
who looked like a note of interroga
tion and whose thoughts never rose
higher than syntax, could see noth
ing bat what was worthy of eensnre.
The more people pray for their
minister, the more they will be
edified by his services; and the
more intelligent they are, the more
will they overlook the defects of an
earnest ministry.—Rev. JTfefioto*
■fe^tofestor to an
that will retain tin
tofeMuto the waaft.,
ic wuMufltremedy
and thus eu
and required of os. Have we no
secret sins, no secret wants, or secret
temptations. And shall we have no
secret prayers adapted to each, re
questing the Lord to pardon all our
secret tons, and graciously supply
all our private wants, and giro ns
grace aud strength to gain the vic
tor)’ and overcome all oar secret
temptation*.
Hoeret prayer beta* a known duty
let ns remember that “The servant
that knew Ms master** will, bat did
it not, shall he beaten with many
stripe*." Bnt I eon not take time,
says one, from my work. My dear
friend, this is the moot important
work yon ever ran engage in, oven
the salvation of yonr son!. “For
what is a man profited if be should
gain the whole world and tone his
own soul." If you have not the time,
the command to, “Redeem the time.”
Rise earlier In the morning. “Before
the morning's dawn I rose, and
onto Thee I cried.” The Prophet
Daniel would by no means omit thin
duty, though nt the hararri of his
own life. Home may say it all ap
pears right what you soy about
secret prayer, hut 1 have no closet
or suitable place in my house, or
perhaps 1 would not neglect the duty
any longer. 1 say, my dear friend,
if your heart is right iu this matter,
you will be at uo toss for aoiUtUfe
places for retircaieuL You may Aud
it in the fields, the forest, or the
grove. God require* all tneu every
when' to pray, “Pray without eras
ing. Ju all things give thanks.”
fe the humble,
g,«y»U»9«
In French,
by s laymen, s courtier, and n court
poet—Thomas Sternhoid, who was
Groom to the Robes of Henry VIIL,
and afterwards to Edward YT The
Hootch version of the Psalms was
made ia 1645 by Francis Rouse, an
Kaghsh Statesman. The first Eog
the divinity of Cfcnto 1 God
fethers fell asleep, oil things con
tinoe as they were front the bsgin
ning of creation.” This to Urn pre
cise form of the present infidelity
—to magnify the < restore and over
look the Creator; to see the law aod
forget the Law maker. Km* has
been held bark by the great revivals
in this country sad ia Korops, and
the war. both ia the North anil to
the South, turned toe** those hU
to God. to aer his prut idenre In the
world Mid its government. Non, m
the time of peace and a largo
measure of prosperity, the aainrsl
heart is satisfied with the works of
God. instead of beta* fed by thorn
to God hunaatf lius ia Arno m
Koglaod aod fieuUaad, bnt not m
Ireland, where the people ore *»*«*•
Up to Popish idolatry We knew
Prussia has very mash kto the fed-
dip was that of Dr. Isaac Watts,
which came into use about 1715.
This was soon followed by many
other writers of hymns, of whom
Weelej aud Doddridge are among
the best known. Toplady wrote one
buudrrd aud twenty four lyrics
about 17tO, aud among them is
what is generally, conceded to be
the best English hymn. -Rock of
Age*!*
Uterine
competent
! MAUN
The many heauttfo! islands of the
Pacific can be separated into two
Hasses, as to their origin. Some are
volcanic, with grand wood Hi moun
tains doping far upward. These
were lifted into pfese at name strong
saa be saveji.?* This essential
i constitutes the foundation of
I universal charter for the privi
and prevalence of prayer.—
I whatsoever ye shall ask in my
i, that will /' <fo,* says Jesns,
t the Father m ij be ghrijUd in
bn. n And tiun, as if to give
ie assurance, he adds in ira
toe connection, “If ye shall
anything ifi tny name I will
k* This is i large promise,
authorizes tlio most enlarged
confident expectation of a
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Augusta
[Colom
1) beautiful. The fending oka with
tfe Reformer* to Koglaod aod oo
the routine*!, waa to simplify **
ligmoa worship, and to give the laity
bat never safer a toum k agora uD
lh- day of thru marriage, aod fruau
that till tbs day of their death, ad
doui go to any pubis onliunnr of
the chun k. Many of them anon to
this country, and than owe lafidality
may be traced to Prussia.
ixMiiKuiv hay sin« iitotr ia a
VAST V A HASTY Of KUiOS
cd ritual, the Protestant churches
prompt mid gracious answer. Whilst
tot an unlimited grant to ask just
vhstwe please, iU only limits are
ifeares and expeoti .lions to what is
inseparably connect *1 with the name
to 'Christ—his na are, atonement
and intercession. His name is all
prevailing, because infinitely meri
torious. Pleading that, we never
pii'ad in vain. An<$ no prayer it ac-
wpUMe to God that is not offered in
Christ'* name t however earnest and
devout it may seem, or however elo-
this always included the church
mask, Tho well trained choir, and
the Ioffe anthem, the uhl litirrgtc
byma aod aaUphoaal chant, gave
way to a great extent to hymns ia
the tentacular, net to the simplest
strains and sung by the whole con
cite us to obedience. “Watch and
pray lest ye fell into temptation.”
Open thou my lips ami my mouth
shall praise thee, O Lord. “The
works of the Lord arc great, sought
out of all them that have pleasure
therein.” ^The glorious orb of day,
dispensing heat and life to earth find
far ofl worlds to ns unknown, the
moon in calm majesty moving through
the realms of darkness, the stars in
numerable, that veil with fleecy light
the unfathomable depths of night,
proclaim their great Creator's praise.
Warbling birds and gargling foun
taids, murmuring streams aod foam
ing billows, that lift their angry
crests on high join their songs of
praise. The eternal blue of heaven,
the rosy tinted morn, the declining
day, the unfolded bods aud fragrant
flowers of spriug, tho ripening fruits
of summer, the yellow grain of au
tumn
Branch
v* and
by Luther, was followed up by Cal
via, and from him found its way
Koglaod, through the Kagiish
Rules living at Geneva Calvin
found facilities for making the
change in Geneva in a curious in
cident which happened just then ia
for Abbevflte At.1030 a in
rorCokeshtur... Atihp »
Clement Marot, a vaict of the
bed-chamber to Francis L, was in
his day the favorite poet of France,
and embellished in various ways
the French poetry which had been
hitherto littiw cultivated, lie dia
tiaguisbed him**-If by roodcaux,
oath MKwnoinu) in nu Bini.K
do not memo always twenty feme hours.
There was a time when there was
no sun and moon. Tbs work of God
was progressive. light come- before
the sod—then plants, animals, aod
man. Geolog) tfll* the same thing.
Hion there was a time when light
was concentrated into a solid body.
There waa a period of preparation
for the coming of man. Home scicu
titos will ted you man must have
appeared before Moses declare*! him
to have appeared j but other noted
and learned scientific men have
shown since that there is no proof
of man aa early as scientists say. So
in history. A stone has been found,
the Moabite Stone, that shows things
as described In the Old Testament
Old Assyrian slabs also confirm the
word of God. If you set aside the
Bible, you must set aside all history
whatever.
If sin is committed, how can it
be forgiven f The law to holy, jo to,
and good; If broken, how may the
penalty be removed! Forgiveness
lies in the mercy of Ood! Mercy to
not the only attribute of God, but
also holiness and justice. How can
he be Jnst and yet justify the an
godly 1 1 Who can unfold this mjt
tery f The deep says, it is not in me.
flefeooe could not solve It The soul
hgs nothing to rest upon till it sees
a lamb ss U bad been slain oo the
throne of God. Under this aspect,
a holy God extends mercy.
Do you say there are difficulties f
Ho there are in science! Try your
;q south.
rain No. 1.
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syer “in the ijanie of Christ*
irehends a heartfelt trust in his
*ed work of atonement, and a
« to glorify- hfc name in the
totion of his cause among men,
til may come tij the knowledge
«troth as it i.4 in him. Thus
ray, “Hallowed be thy name,’ 1 ’
r kingdom ooin< .* And this is
Ptonnd of ©oil confidence in
elegies, epitaphs, and puetisal ver
sion* from the Italian and the Latin.
At leuglh tired of the vanities of
profane poetry, he conceived the
idea of translating lbs Psalms of
David iato French rhymes. At his
project was not connected w ith any
intended innovation in public wor
ship, it reeeived the assistance of
the Professor in Hebrew in the
University, aod the sanction of the
Horbonns { and the Psalmsyor songs
balmy airs and winds, and
cooling showers the adoring chorus
swelL These are Thy mighty works,
Parent of good. But nobler works
than these declare thy loving kind
ness. Man, made in God's image,
last and best of bis creation, whose
soul shall never <lie, oh let thy heart
rejoice, and with hymn ami psalm
in load acclaim thy mighty Maker's
praise. Delight ou earth to raise
the aoeg, “Holy, holy, holy, I-ord
God of hosts, heaven ami earth are
full of thy glory : Glory be to tlies,
0 Lord most High.”
tom* them the other way. ItoobU
are like the snow sosaotimcs hard
enough for walking, then soft »«H
melting, then a mat, thick said an
ing bringing the day.
Tint i>utv or wvr.nv « nomix
to answer the abjections qf injMrls.
Bnt we can at least bring them in
contact with men fitted to argue
with them. It is not expected of
every one to undertake every work.
Brer) one Is not prepared to wrestle
with an educated infidel. Many a
preacher has argued in *och a way
as to injure the cause he wished to
benefit. All men have gifts to preach
in Kfmplidty, bat all have not the
gift to wrestle with those who are
misled with the sophistries of the
infidel. There is a body ot men
especially called by their high educa
tion and logical potoort to this work.
In your visitations, if you come iu
contact with scoffers, or those who
dispute the authority of the Bible,
bring them to your minister, or some
layman, who can answer their doubts,
and so you may accomplish your
purpose. Young men and maidens
may accomplish this. Yon can insti
tute a course of lectures. laymen
Francis L, and the ladies of Franco.
In his dedication to the ladies, whom
he so often add dressed in, the tender
phrases of passion and oomplunent,
Marot seems anxious to depnoate
the raillery, which his new kind of
verses was likely to incur. In a
spirit of religions gallantry he de
clares that his design is to add to
the happiness of his fair readers,
by giving them divine hymns in
stead of love songs j to inspire their
susceptible hearts with a passion ia
which there is no torment; to ban
ish that fantastic and fickle deity,
Cupid, from the world, and to fill
Dlligkncb.—We find in Scripture
that most of the great appearances
which were made to eminent naiuta
were made when they were busy.
Moses kept his father’s flock when
he saw the burning bush ; Joshua is
going round about the city of Jeri
cho when he meets the angel of the
Lord; Jacob Is in prayer, and the
angel of God appears to him ; Gid
eon is threshing and KUsha is plough
iug, wkeu the Lord calls them;
Matthew is at the receipt of custom,
when he is bidden to follow Jesns;
and James and John are fishing.
The Almighty Lover of the souls of
men to not want to manifest Him
self to idle persona Ho who ia
slothful and inactive cau not expect
to have the sweet company of bis
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Mgtoh • • Tho
- 0 rjtbi» work. * * *
keeomplUb
°jjtoke me not, f oi
beloved Son, ,
my backlei
was asked if he could comprehend
how Jesas Christ ooatd be both God
aod man. “No, sir,* he replied, and
added, “1 should be ashamed t«*
acknowledge him as my Saviour if
■ “ ‘ ‘ * u Iflcouhl
not of ‘the little god,’ but of the
tree Jehovah. The golden age,’ he
says ‘would then noon be restored.
Wo should see the peasant at his
plough, the carman in ths street
and the mechanic in his to»op,
I could comprehend him.
comprehend him, he could be ihj
greater than myself. Such is m.\
inability to save myself, that I feel
I need a superhuman Saviour, one
so great and glorious that I can not
comprehend him.”. , ,
“e nearer wo li
closer our walk
inclination we
Pfeasures in wl
ave for pursuits
icli he is not the
Saviour.