The Lutheran visitor. (Columbia, S.C.) 1869-1904, November 01, 1872, Image 2
8. C., NOVKMBBR 1, 1878
UTHKRA
Tbi* body met la ftyaodical
vraiioa Haturdaj the SUt sf
timber, at II oVilwfc at Emm
cbarrb, III ft*. A. Juftmafouh
Hallivan county, Im.
et«ry da|| even Hen J who do not
snbecribeto it, Mr cheerful teM-
roooy to its Evangelical truth, end
we are convinced that we have read
tlie eigne of the times aright, and ato
therefore not mistaken in asserting
that the history of the Charoh of
Bern, vi: 4,) or that person (ns
Christ, or Pan!, or Motes,) into
which they were baptised. For this
will show tbst the sacrament Is
prospective, sad not irrespective,
ss the ImmentoukCs maintain."—
IV. Method of the Argument far the
Existence of God.” f. Anaale of
English Presbytery. VL Spiritual
ism |td the Bible. V& Critical
Mottoes.
LittelTt Living Ape. — Numbers
1479 and 1499, for the weeks eading
October 12th sad 19th, contain Me
moirs of the Marquis of Pombal
from the MMmrph Review ; George
voder the skin surprising efleets had
been produced, sad that functions!
and organic diseases of the optic
COLU
Friday, November 1, 1872
sf the Bible.
UMow npon the my trat done of the
ressedy, sad in s few cases r of
fnnctional derangement the com
plete ustoratioa of sight was so*
tablisbed after three or four dsasa of
D.D- Columbia, 8. C.
t, A.M., Staunton, Va.
Christ in the thmteeuth oentary
teaches that the Augsburg Confession
must become the Confession of the
Chnrcli Universal.
In c**Mttels, nnffjf f In mm-mcntiaU,
things, charity”
Our View.—An exchange says
that as the fruit of a revival, it has re
ceived a club of subscribers, and
adds: “Whenever a revival results
in a better paid pastor, a better Son-
day school or the organisation of one,
or s club of subscribers to a religions
newspaper, we think there was some
thing in it; bat if nooeef these visi
ble results fellow, we always feel
certain that it was either not moeh
of a revival, or that it was conduct
ed with very poor instruction from
the pulpit."
skin, but the whole quantity was not
more than a minute fraction of a
grain.
Dr. Chisolm, cHaiesl professor of
eye sad ear diseases in the Universi
ty of Marytaul, »t Baltimore, heard
of thcae cures, and though be bad
hlmaetf relieved infirmity of sight by
the use of strychnia, he thought it
“nearly as possible to metamor
phose old age into jonth as to give
sight In case of serve atrophy."
However, he tried the remedy on the
naval captain mentioned in the para
graph shore referred to, sod with
complete success, although his esse
had previously been dismissed as in
curable. Souse other eases were of
that peculiar imperfection of sight
known an “night-bttndneas" extend
log in one instance over a period of
aevna months. On this case Dr.
Remittances must be mmlt- in Post
■od the money la a Rsgutsmd Lkt-
(K. ,|U1 Postmasters are obliged to
i sinter letters when required.
Papon are sent to subscriber* until
i express order to diseontame is re*
-ived/and all arrearages are paid, as
<1 aired by law. Merely returning a
unbeg of the paper by matt, is not snf-
AB oommunkations relating to sub*
Lennon st tbe-St Bartholomew, Pott
Matt Gazette; Belies, Saturday Re
view ; Danish Expedition to the
Faroes, Nature; The Duke and
Duchess of Newcastle, Athensrum ;
Novels and their Times, MacmiUau’s
Magazine; The Method of Asiatic
Conquest, Spectator • Lauxnn, Cam-
hiU Magazine ; Melting sod Begeta-
tion of lee, Nature; The Cutting of
the Nile, IhO Matt Gazette; The
Potato Disease. Nature; life of
Madame de Lafayette, BlackwoodPs
Magazine; The PhBoooophy of Court
life, PaO Matt Gazette/ with instal
ments of the new story from the
Dutch, “The Burgomaster's Family,"
r, and carefully indicats which
auAwhkh are new subscribers.
j the name of the post office,
i that of the county and State
subscriber is necessary, in order
of each i | ,,
tlmt the proper entries may be promptly
and accurately made.
Marriage and obituary notices, and
other matter intended for publication,
should be written separately, and not in
business letters, to receive proper atten
tion. •,
Our accomplished nod favorite
correspondent, “B.," has so plea*
antly and acceptably written about
the part of Georgia which we visited,
that we almost feel inclined to
close our reminiscences with “Home
expe-
Kgv. D. Efird
Uw Tennessee S
aeats as advisor
Bev. T.W I
young gentlemen worry as a feed
deal. They are evidently on a-what
do yon oaU itf One lourishes n
bottle, another deals in aaconoaioal,
ml though very emphatic, language,
sad the third one Is evldmrtly In n
busy state of mind. We me afraid
that they iatead to travel ear way,
bat at last they conclude ts go to
The Festival of the Reformation.
Do hot forget to observe it If
circa instances do uot admit of hav-
iug religions services on the day it
self- October the 31st- the succeeding
Sunday should be set apart for that
purpose. Our Book of Worship has
an Order of Service for that festival,
consisting of au lotroit, Scripture
Lessons, and a Prayer. • Among the
hyms are several suitable for that
occasion. Luther's graud hymn :
“A able stronghold, our God is still,*'
should always be sung on that day;
only choirs are so apt to ninrder it
The sermon should be a Reformation
sermon. The Reformation itself;
The. Instrumentalities Employed;
The Men Chosen by Christ to Re
store His church; The Results; The
Triumphs; The Losses of the Evan
gelical Church ; The Excellency of
her Confession; The Mission of the
Lutheran Cbqrch ; Her Witnesses;
Her Oneness; Her Distinctive Fea
tures!, and similar subjects should be
selected. We give as our contribu
tion to the right keeping of the Fes-
7^j^ad®irable poem by M. E. 9.,
thoughts by an
era! Synod of North America with a
view at forming u joint Synod wfefc
the Tennessee sod North (Ms
Synod*, iud with them of otfimstrij
becoming mu integral port of foe
General Council. < 4ioMuittee appoint
ed were Iter*. Barit, sod Cloofogw,
a ltd Messrs. Martin ilarr sod Hsr
Again;" but then we
rienoed and heard things which “B."
did not, and tbeu we like to tell
about it, hoping that others ars
williug to listen to us. *
We left Columbia for “the Little
Church around the Corner" ©u Tues
day. The C. C. & A. R. R. i# one
of the best, if uot the best, managed
in the South. The conductors are
gentlemen, ami the rood from Co
lombia to Angusta is foil of interest,
Along the rood several new villages
have sprang up, bouses are being
built, saw mills are in active opera
tion, cottou fields are white unto the
harvest, and there are everywhere
proofs of life, activity and enter
{wise, which can not Vail to benefit
the com mou weulth and the church.
We have evidently entered, upon n
new era; Rip Van Winkle has been
made to understand that this is the
nineteenth century ; the future of
the South is promising, although
much has yet to be ensured, changed,
learned, sad—forgotten
We had not many pawmitfcouju***
and of “OfiT the SkiUigs," by Jean
Ingelow; besides shorter articles
sad poetry. “Hie Burgomaster's
Family," by the way, is an extra
ordinarily good story so for as pub
lished; few more promising ones
have appeared in a long time. 8eb*»
seribers to The Living Age, begin
ning October 1st, will get it complete.
The aubeeripilon price of this 94
page weekly magazine is 98 a year,
or for $19 hay one of the Americas
$4 magasiues is sent with TV Living
Age for a year. LiUell & Guy, Bos
ton, l*ubtisbers.
Brainard's Musical World. October.
Cleveland, Ohio.
a The music ia this number is a
beautiful song and chorus, “Mother,
do not Shut the Door," “Beautiful
Duy Mazurka," and “Pooy Galop."
log n long and carefully instituted
treatment by other physician* the
were receive*!
Synod.
After the Pr
ana! Report,
ballot for ofhc
vear, which rew
‘ Rev. J. P. »
dent: Rev. J. 1
after uightfell that he could not de
tect even a gaslight Hi foil blase.
After a few doses of the sulphate of
strychnia injected under the skin of
the arm right vision was so perfectly
restored that at the rod of tea days
the patient eould read s newspaper
by the gas, when a few sights pre
viously he eould not see even the
light itself."
So for as ws cm gather from Dr.
Chisolm'S statement, he has not foiled
to aftbrd relief la a single instance.
His cure at the naval Captain was
net leas wsaderfol than the eases
rrpwrid by Professor Nagle; and
after this the doctor remarks: “la
vnKIII Jf UN* Mr •! NJMM Hi
eases of optic serve atrophy, the
A. J. Brown, was added tr
committee foiled to ag.rr
seated two reports, a maj
minority, Rev. A. J. Brow
Martin Harr bring in the
David Busmoml—This
as wants Ws paper elnppai
General Synod of North America,
with a view of forming a joint Synod
with the Tennessee and North Oam-
lina Synods, and with them ultimate
ly becoming so integral part of Gen
eral Council, was takeu up on aa
t i pa thy
editor, and two
'"TCUOtlgm.-i mill
rival of the Reformation derived from
the Parable of the Prodigal Son."—
ffeintzttr.
“1 John v : 4."
“The great work of the Reforma
tion with reference to,
1. Its authority and power.
2. Ite glory and its shame.
3. Its warfare and its final triumph.
[Dr. van Oosterzcc.
He stood, God’s mighty champam bold.
And tho'time's many cycle* on hare rotted.
Lather has not yet died.
The troth immutable he diMiitrrred,
To which hk name is joined,
And which the hearts of million* deep
vrisuWy thrown Into a vela, the am
satloa of light and s feeling of mus
cular twitching* were apparently
simultaneous with the emptying of
the syringe. I commence usually
with 1 99th of s grain, which I grad
nelly increase to 189th, twice a day,
is no case exceeding this last
aasount."
T*e professor at Tubiogin injects
under the akin of the temple, bat Dr.
Chisolm prefers to inject in the arm;
sad we elooe oar notice with his
eoueiading wards: “This treatment
has now been tried is penny cases,
doing harm to none, and benefiting
all more or leas. In functional dis
turbances the relief is very prompt;
ia organic troubles of the retina and
optic nerve, results show themselves
more slowly. So for, my experience
iu the hypodermic (under-skin) use
of strychnia enables me to endorse
the statement of the wonderful ef
fect* secured by Professor Nagel ;
»nd I nan recommend to the profes
sioa strychnin, hypodermically used,
and s moat valuable remedy in many
eaaes of nerve blindness."
Those who desire to read Dr. Obis-
aim’s statement in folt will find It iu
the American Joornal of the Medical
Scieoec, January, 1872, palishcd at
Philadelphia, and to be had of Trub-
ncr Sc On, No. 90 Paternoster row,
London. Bat alt who may desire to
try the remedy, we say, do not try it
except under the best medical adder.
year ia which tlj
ship plan wa.s
and from the
number of the d
due. It is earn
delinquents will
their “promises!
largely relieve tj
cumary embaxrJ
Rev. Dr. RtJ
meeting of his Synod in North
Carolina. He was evidently so
earnest believer, wholly devoted to
bis work; but people in Alabama
most be like people in other places
—the gospel is not valued
a ted : “Is the hag
The voice again am
bye Bob r Thu* it
all right r
from point to point. Both parties
evinced a degree of readiness, info
caring anticipation of the more ri
forethought as to the ©oueeqaeuibu
It soon became evident in the conns
of the debate that the sabfret Hal
been canvassed to some exteat is
parts of the Synod, ami that many
“ap|des of discord" had lee* throws
in by outsiders, who were dorixfem-
ly deeply interested in the separation
of this Synod from the General Syn
od of North America. For two
years the work ronsnmmated at Ik*
convention has been going on. Many
arguments have been adduced, hut
flimsy in the main, to an extent Is-
credible. Large magnifying glaum
have been called into requiaStioa.
Motes have, grown into beams, sad
beams have dwindled into mots*
The three leading argnueats ad
duced by the sup|»orters of the «*►
hit km were, “Unsoundneas of doc
trine, tin Lutheran in practice, and is
efficiency (X the General fysml at
North America," each of which was
promptly met by tlm opposition. F«r
two days the discussion was kept
np, sometime waxing pretty warm,
though always in a spirit of bvrihrr-
ly love. The question was the*
called, which resulted in favor of the
affirmative, the vote being, ayes 13>
nays 8. ,
A recorded vote was then asked
for, Revs. J. K. Rancher, Prof. S. A.
Barb, J. Ckmiager and Was. Mol
ford, of the clergy, voting sfifems-
lively, and Revs. A. J. Brown, Jms.
Flener, J. H. Turner and J. M. Wag
nor iu the negative.
Here we would remark that k is
of the utmost importance that the
delegates to our con vent ions should
be selected with the greatest care,
am) tbst men of discretion sad
sound judgment should be cheer*
to deliberate upon the best modes ef
Too often
the naasss, any; “Ton sea, I am
going to Alabama, and want to know
if my baggage is all right" After
that sleep fleb from ns;'we got np
utterly disgusted with oar acecaraio-
He com
plained, too, of the sectarian exclu
siveness, narrow miuded bigotry and
proselyting efforts of the Baptists
by whom be was surrounded. Well,
that is nothing new nor strange. It
is well known that with them water
is everything, sod the ward nothing.
How different our Lutheran teach
ing, according to which “Baptism is
not only mere water, bat it is the
water comprehended in God's com
mand, and connected with God’s
word." Aye, that is the point—
God’s command and God's word!
They too give to the water its effl
cacy, and therefore is a handful of
water as efficacious as a whole tubful
By the way, the river Jordan of the
Baptists water is anywhere, provided
a person can be immersed in k. A
horse-trough, a bovse-poud and •
creek, no matter how mnddy, are*
alike honored with the name of Jor- I
dan.
a
The other traveler was an agent
for a sewing machine. These agents
are working hard just now. No
wonder, the patents are oat in
November, and then their harvest
time is past.
Last summer we went from Co
lumbia to Lexington, about twelve
miles by rail. There were bat few j
passengers, bat some of them were !
not every-day travelers. One party
consisted of a gentleman, a lady and \
a little child. Hie gentlemau told
ns that their home was in Minnesota, j
He was now seeking a milder climate ’
for his wife. Poor woman! Her
hectic cheeks, her jaded looks, her 1
listless and apparently selfish indif j
ference to everything ootokle herself, *
told unmistakably that the terrible |
A noble spirit! Feaml he naught but
God,
His glory all his aim,
As on thro persecution'* fires lie trod.
His great soul all aflame
With lore to God and his poor fellow -
man
Who bound by error's chain,
Id midnight darkneas on to ruiu ran,
Ner was his seal in rsin.
For with him milKoo* sing unto the Lamb
once slain.
What cared He for the glittering
A New Chi rc* Paper.—“A La
theras church paper la to he publish*
ad im New Market, Va. Neither the
pebtte. It Is supposed that Rev.
8ucratrs Henkel I is to be the editor."
to Georgia atxl
ods, reported tl
the Annual Me-
vara cordially
J Luther, the Reformer.
Go to auy Catholic country, dis
tribute the Bible, preach justification
by foith, preach that the Bon of man
has power to forgive sins, preach
that the meaus of grace avail noth-
iug without faith, and the cry will
iuatautiy be raised: Away with the
Lutherans.
Iu Tyrol, in Spain, iu Italy, Evan
gelical Christians are called Ly-
Ljh era ns, just as the primitive Chris
tiana were called Nazarenes. Cal
vin is but little known. Heretics, as
the Romans call all Protestants, are
not spoken of as Calvinists, bat as
Lutherans. Calvin ia. the founder of
a school, and of a sect
pomp of
earth f
Or for the ufooatth dread t
Or for that brillumt thraugof noble birth,
whose power could strike him dead t
"* ^ Ring of king* upon hi,
throoe,
And in that Presence high,
Whose limit* know infinity aloue, ’
Earth's proud distinctions die,
And soul meets nonl in trae equality.
l>id lie not bunt with inspiration's bbwe.
Aud felt he lees than Paul,
That o er the darkened earth truth's glit
tering rays
In sunlight bright must fall t
Did be nut labor on in heat and cold.
Nor felt the driving rain,
As animated by this great thought bold,
God’s strength did him sustain T
Ami were his mighty toils endured in
vain t
VN hat though the imperial banners fanned
His bold and lofty brow,
Did he e’en at an emperor'* command.
His knee to error bow t
Aud did he compromise with haughty
the seven sleepers; but aft is rain.
That Indy had to travel on to Mason,
nolens, volena. When near Macon
the Good actor came, gave Her a re
N. (X, is Ho be tie managing editor
of s new Lutherin toper.
It seems that the Lutheran and Mis
sionary dues not give entire sntisfoe-
tisu.
William H. reward died at ki«
residence in Anbqrn, N. T9 years
aid. He bad acted * leading part,
nod was probably when BecteUry of
titatr under Unysla, tha real Preul
dent of the linked States. He
withdrew into grivqte life, when
Andrew Jobnsout term stoned, made
Lather is
the man of the people, of the uni
versal word, and of the holy Cbris-
tiau church. Scholars admire Cal-
viu; whosoever believes in Christ,
loves Luther. Calvinism makes the
glorified humanity of Christ superior
to His divinity; Lutheranism ele
vates His humanity through, and
with His divinity to the right hand
of God. Luther’s Christ is every
where ; Calvin’s Christ is confined to
heaven. The Christ of Luther comes
to mao,..to the believer aud unbe
liever man most ascend to heaven
before be finds Calvin’s Christ.
Christ's.! institutions, Baptism and
the Lord’s Sapper, are positive
att, only a third dues house. There
we fiad Mrs. and Dr. Ritfir.
However this is not our stopping
finished the preparation for the press
of his travels, w^e" death overtook
him.
We do uot judfil him. We frvel.v
admit that his «s a master anud, s
firm purpose, nu roa will, and he
knew to rale.
New Publications.
is the train."'—“Thuuk yon, air."
Blow ye the wbislfo, blow! We are
off. UN aud gone! How loug T ON
and gone! Aud tbs places that now
know us, shall know ns no more.
Rome
1* her iniquity ?
Aud bow again
The.-Southern Presbyterian Review,
cood acted by su Association of
bcuestli Her gorgeou*
Where God's Word bade Him flee,
Aud fight ffir truth beneath Hi* banner
free?
rmtiunU d stood the noble licn> grand,
Whilst proudly flushed his eye,
And calmly npukc he to the ireful bond.
"Must I retract or die ?
I stand now in God’s awful presence great,
And naught eke can l do;
My voice shall ever ring through Church
and State,
God's Word alone is true t
So help me God. Amen. He’ll bear me
through." •
M. £. 8.
* - ——^ggg- . ..
The Society for the Suppression of
Vice ia a London organisation which
wens TrfoiT
Louimittoe. ,
J- H. ih
preach the M
next An huh
*»»d Rev. 8. T. I
“»te.
Fending tfa«-4
LoinuriUe*'* Ro|,
Annual ReiMwt
C'outeots: I. The General Asscui
Ny of 1872. II. Logic and the Laws
o< Thought. 111. Rowans vi: 4, and
Coloasiaim <i : 12, ami the Baptist
Controversy. A Lnthcron might
have written this utricle. We give
the writer’s aim in his own language:
“It Is proposed to t-outrider the only
Scripture texts upon which the Im
mention tats found their doctrine that
baptism i* commemorative of Christ's
burial, and that in the <Kat*dn(ri*'
aud ‘Aosdusis’ of fmmention, his
deueent into and ascent out of the
grave are signified. As an a priori
argument against this view of bap
ham, it shall he first shown that,
according to the words of Christ
himself, and the understanding of
the same by his apostles, baptism
signified the ’washing of regenera
tiou sad the renewiug of the Holy
Ghost;' and that baptise sad bap
tiam are essentkUy VtkieaP terms,
building up our Zion
delegates are chosen simply because
they express * willingness to set,
or an intention of attending any
how, whether elected or not. Thu*
young, iuexperiettoed members are
made delegates to repreooui the in
terest* and wishes of those with
whose interests they have no ac
quaintance at all, nod hence arises
much daamM infection. Wn were-
struck with the youthful appears are
of u very large majority oT the lay
delegates to this Coh vent ion.
PetiikaU were banded ia from aev
•nil congregations, praying that 8ya
ud examine, and if qualified, ordain
Mr. George H. Cox to the ofik-c ot
i’sstur. A cowittiUrr of exstitius-
liott was appoiuled, but we left W'
fore they repotted; we ptes—m
The following utrs. f from Cits-
at high rank, is igratifying iodieu
^*ceived the e
By nod. After
K »«», k warn rem
»‘ l “dge their oiMii
. as think
‘“lautote the de
«dl wa
and nearly M li
I’h-dgoa, and n
K * tr * mwle indi
This ,
" dl b*
Chisolm, of the Diversity of Mary
h»ud, Is s()rradhq even to the Old
World, i’rofeoooi Chisolm, it need
hardly bn sold, is motive of Ohsrtca-
ton, and tbs tftnga of his well
deserved prngresp are sore to be
I* doing a good work for the mentis
of the English people. One of the
latest and beat of its achievements is
the prosecution or a publisher of im
moral literature, which has resulted
iu his suffering the severest sentence
which the law allows for such an
•flenoe—two years’ iin|>risunmeu at
hart! labor. A few such prosecutions
in this country would be as good s
piece of work in the interest of the
S blic morals as the Young Men’s
nation Assodation could engage
which sp|iearad luthu OoutruMat*