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THE l.iTHERAN VISITOR, COUMH1A,’ S. C., BBRUARV 7, 1873.
THE LUTHERJtl VISITOR.
Columbia, C\
Friday, February 7, 1878.
Editoid:
|Uv. A. H. KUDE, IXr>.. Cotnmbia, A C
K» v. J. I. MILLER, AM, Stsantao, Vs.
7a ementiol*, unity; fa now msralfal*,
Iikerty; in all iking*, charity*
srcciAL wot tea*.
Remittances must be auMk in Pont
0®ce Orders, Bank Check*. or Drafts,
V possible. If these om not be obtained,
flend the money in a Rkumtkmko Lst-
rim. All Postmasters are obtiffed la
register letter* when required.
Papers are sent to subscriber* until
on express order to discontinue hi re-
wived, and all arrewrsffe* are paid, aa
required by law. Merely returning a
number of the paper by mail, ia not suf
ficient.
AU communications relating to aab
ibers. should give their names eery
inctly, and carefully indicate which
old and which are new subscriber*.
-.-T only the name of tbe pool office,
bat also that of the county and State
of each subscriber is necessary, in order
that the proper entries may be promptly
and accurately made.
Marriage and obituary notices, aad
other matter intended for publication,
should be written separately, and not fas
business letters, to reeeiTe proper atten
tion.
■f
m
ChbbLng.
To Clubs of Are (5) prepaid sub
scribers, sent to one address, we mail
tbe Visitor for $2.00 for 52 numbers.
Resignation.
jRsv. A. D. L. Moeer has resigned
St. Enqcli Pastorate in Rowan and
Cabarrna counties, N. O. Any con
gregation wishing his service* as
p*Mor, can address him for a while
at Mill HiH, Cabarrus County, N. C.
Comapcndancs.
Mississippi.—“We can not do
without the Fisrior. The clrurcb in
our part of Mississippi is at a low
ebb, and the Visitor stimulates us to
be more zealous, when we sea that
this is not the case everywhere. O,
may the Lord smile on our Church,
and gladden our hearts once more t
is our continued prayer.”
A Layma*.
South Carolina.—‘ A One thing
very much desired : The pasture
shook) write more for the paper. Not
doing so shows a lack Of interest OB
their part to advance the caose they
are called to labor for.”
A Laymas.
VimenviA.~~“By tbs way, it is not
strange that yoo receive flattering
words in regard to the Visitor. Its
improvement is too manifest to be
unnoticed. I hail every number
with increased interest. There Is
about it a spirit of couciliatioo that
is truly commendable. And this ia
what we now so much need, what we
want, what we lack. A spirit to
harmonize and reconcile conflicting
viewp and parties. There are so few
of oar leading men that seeai dis
posed to poor oil upon the troubled
waters. They write wonderful ss
says, bnt they are incomplete with-
out an uncharitable fling at some
body or some thing.”
A CLKB4YMAH.
ViEGgNiA.—“I think that every
good Lnthcran ought to take your
paper, i If any are not good Lather*
ans, if they will take the Flatter, and
read it, they soon will be.”
14 , . . A Layma*.
South Carolina.-H. W. H.—
we will call him Honest, pays up la
full, and adds: -‘Please stop my
paper, ss I think tbe best plan ia,
never to take a paper unless it can
invariably be paid for in advance."
Yon are right, sir. Will you set
become our General Agent 1 We
have the highest opinion of your
integrity. Please, are you aa honest
God ward as you are usward f
North Carols* a*—“Tbe Visitor
is the best Lutheran paper extant,
especially for our Church South.’'
| $.■ '' A Cuuioyma*.
Virooua—“You know what the
word gays about suffering wrongfully.
If you bars enemies, you have some
very true and Arm friends. Nega
tive men are not of much account,
and glide smoothly along. Positive
men ate angular, do something, and
generally have a rough time of R.”
South Carolina.—“A friend
sends us five dollars, and postscripts:
“Your ’possum I bad to kill. It
was fat enough to make potatoes
good eating. Yes he was.”
Query i What right had “a friend 1 *
to kill nod to eat our ’possum !
Wiam* ow Nxwsr x raut —The
Mowing truthful estimate s4 the
I vein* of a good aswapapnr Is at
tribute*! to Daniel Webster 8very
word of It is true:
Small Is ths mam that is require!
j to patronise n newspaper, sod smjiijr
i rewarded fat Its patron. I safe not
j how hnmbte nod #« pretend!,.g tin*
I geaette which ho takes. It ia
next to impossible to hU a sheet
without putting Into it something
that is worth the whacripitoa price.
Ever} parent whose aoa is away
from home at school «heutd supply
him with a newspaper. I wqjl to
member what a awrtol diflereore
there was between those of my
school mates who had, and who had
not access, to newspaper*. Other
thing* being equal, the Arm were
always superior to the l**t in debate,
composition and gsniraHntelligearv.
Ml*'Sr* "riff*
ty these Authorised by the
administer the risers mumts
to) minister*." sad by the
nor tTvsnrk «r»
1 RPwjTq
administer baptise*, whfle
Irvimety doubtfql
mish Clergy are
frd minteteve," in the fififa
this express! ua is naod in
Tun GaamsuiiMi
rsl minister*, sssee «*f the*
sent nttnsr*. have lately
| f sited Hy nod of the Wank
ted with the
M »s ms* as
e*h'
me, lev. J. p.
Rev. B. F. Allemao, of Topeka,
Kansas, has accepted a call to
Woodtboro, Md.. and bis address ia
Wbodsboto, Frederick county, Md.
Fbom tmk Omaha Journal.—
“The people of this city and teat*
will learn with deep regret that Mi.
Kobo* Is about to transfer the scene
of his labor* to Mouth Carolina. Ilia
long residence here, bis unMemiahed
lift*, his abilities as a pastor, aad his
mm teflf * *'. , * n * IlfJRI 999m
many years the mom prominent
among ths minister* of Omaha. By
hundreds he la regarded not only
with internal, bat with love, lie
cemented their aflbrtkms by the sn
ored rite of marriage, nod ohm the
angel of death has brooded over ths
household, be has hern present to
speak comfort fa the mourner, and
perforin the last sad dalles tor the
dead.
“Though pastor of the Utter**
church be was looked upon as the
common connsellor and Mh4 *<*l
In addition to his ordinary pulpit
work performed task* usually depu
ted to four or Are sompaats of the
ministerial otter Few men ran
boast of a pastorship In the w**t «*t
tending without Interruption through
fifteen year*. It betokens bin pan
session not only of nil tbe quahle t
tioos demanded by that high office,
hut of those natural qualities of tin
position and char after which endear
others to ns. Mr. Kahns goes uiih
our beat wishes tot Ins future proa
parity, aad we know that ia the
views we have expressed «« have
only given (hint expression to the
sentiment which pervade* this entire
community."
Bubibti —Mr* rinrab ( aaghmsn.
wife of Rev. E. Caughman, Lee*
ville, 8. C., on Satiday. Janaary 28th,
at Lee*rllle, 8. CV
OvGhsrehtt.
8hhfu K niwrr< • w *. w. Va Ths
fine parsonage came near being
burnt. It was on Are twine. Cnasw
—defective const ruction.
8mm*a*doah Ox, V a —A Lay
man in n letter sayn: “Tbe Lutheran
Church in this coonty bus lost many
members within the last ynar. God
ia warning ns Lutheran* by hiu a#
dieting bund to have eur lamps
trimmed and burning, ready to re
MteSmStetea Blhtsn bmnssnis iss*r n aa fa m.1,. ^
Cpff?* v fa Iwv Mtei$av||gsuPlFlae ^W
etb, and to he always randy. “Aar In
such an boor an we think not the
Son of man enmetk"
RmnoeATlo*.—Rev. U. M Gil
bert has accepted the call to W»
cheater, V*. Ill* snnaeotioa with
the Btauatou charge will dose April
the 1st.
From far Hichor.;-^
The Mohtmly Ranitn-Rrm o
fal.—I think that our Arttclos were
framed expressly to include the asm
Episcopal Okwehei of the Itelorms
lion, in which “the pure word of
God was preached,* and “the Heera
meats duly mintetermt.'* If they
hnd meant to limit ths power of
salting and sanding miwketef* to
bishops, the framer* of these Art!
cles would have nuid so in plain
term*, and thus ovoid si) cuatrurcf
ay no the point. They recognise all
congregations of believer*, ia which
tbe word of God was truly preached,
etc., as forming parts of Christ’s vfcri
blc church, aad those to whom au
thority was givea to call men iato
the ministry In say of the cuugrrga
tioos, they reganletl as possessed of
that aatbority As n nooseq netHu,
then, those chosen culled sad seat
by them, we are to conalder ss law
tolly called aad sent.
I am aware that the practice of
our Church doe* not conform to her
teaching*, as thus collected from her
Office* and Article*, but this only
shows that her practice is lacoasist
ent with her theory, which is the
ease on other points as well aa tbt*.
From the examination of the Avti
dee of Religion, I conclude that it
ia at toast extremely doubtful, whetb
er according to the teaching* of our
Church, the Church of Rear, farms
any part of the visible church of
Christ, while (he non Episcopal cotv
gregatums of toithtol men, m which
the word of God is truly preached,
etc., ore branches of the visible
church, though imperfect ia (heir
y t wilti Liumw.
«.«nr hand red dtdiar* raise
tbwmsrlva* will hardly be
. - M . | K| pf||||j||)|||Sg|g ^ |^||y .yy
church |»uper J * in the
tor the extenstou *f that
it # mmwm NtoMIVfNI UMI RlH
ehteh < «>u tains dtechmuras about the
* 4;r l t ,.uid.I>«.*! ul Ik** t tiH^’d
8ywad of lbs Wrai, whteh Atewteh
renewed evidence, that an external
union withoat natty In wcsnil te bat
s bellow tmna Bari If them minis
tern have left thstt riynod an acmmnt
of tin laxity of duttirtar, they have
not belleml thwmselves In the Kpis
copal I hurcb, in whteh tor yearn the
High rhurra, the Lee tfesite, sad
vne tvrnnn cnsrvu pansns nave ussm
ctuwlewdteg. Bat if than* guat.ls mi*
maiutnto that the tJhBttNfftoA gffitolun
of the EpiscwpsU rhurah ugyee with
the t^eutomteaal eriilug* of the
1 Church sf the German Rsdarmall *.
1 w* And it, as regards the Lutheran
Church, extremely rtdtewleua, and
mate entirety duay A Rev. Riedtt,
I iftk-n* ssaifcfAk# | Ixji imMi' imsmf h mm
g)**iw T ' wwssism w* e eater uungrte* .BteSImatete + tensH
moreover made aarwral chaages nl
ready Ue want Dram the ITaton la
the Itotrh itetoraaed Charch, Arum It
to 1 hr Itomaa 1^*1 hidw then Iwwrh
again to the Catoa, and new ha la la
; the kpmuwl Churah, ti la hard to
any where he will Anally stop,
' ■—i"
lew PoHkstkas.
The tmuiiMi Uiimu Howl
VoL 2- ths the Miracles of amr
lari By Rev T. Titan Phils
f . ' . ■ jh| AtbSHgam a* ^Kskin n*$ in.., k.
FMtotsttlmFemm u>ewRtt»F** *181
r
P Nat having reewieed V#| |, we
l«vetor to lay It ss» the table tor the
LirmxV Lrtxu Aug.—No Ittri
of 71# hieing Aye, tor the week
ending Jan UL has the fatten lag
seta worthy wllrhs, smeag ether*,
tii-s Middlemareh, frass fflarlmamFs
g t KstnCiimHIRPRI ttRI$l
teitioa*, fWateR Magurior, The
Publte tamh of the raUed Mtote*.
#Veeier't Mmgnsims f The Maori Clmr
■iti.lahH ^HLwoiMsAim:dUime ^ff^nSiSH ^^8aHMiiSH aBthUMUioe
m0 * ttteMP •ffwPte MmRMrjr uMT
the 8h«ps sent hy Char tea L to aswo
update ?l>. French Prutaatanta.
Atkonermm; Animal Gtetoafaeu,
tutor f Brule* and Bridals, fasmrte
tor; “The White Man'* Oiwve,*
hU! Mott tuxrtt* ; pan UL of “Ills
Lilli* Aetna* lligharea,* truasialed
from the Pia## fkmterk of JVter Stem
tor t and Part II- af “The Two
Brother*," from the French of MM.
Errkmaan < Ustrtaa, etc., she. The
j Arte number of January (Re. Ittl)
' Imgaa a now volume and aew anrira,
utlb entirely new serial*, aRhtdmg
aa utteaaafly excellent affwftsMty
fur the beginning ef new subsurip
tioaa. The •utmcriptlau prise of this
A* page weekly msgasiae to $11 a
year, or to* $lt say one af the
American $1 magustoaa to seat with
TV faring Age tor a year. Llftlafl 4
Gay, Boston, Publishers.
1*BTKJM* Mt StCAL MuftTHLY, Feb-
ruary.-r We wil) send • ewpf af ear
paper aad a copy ef frtorf Jfawml
Ifostkiy far one year to any aae seed
ing us $4 0*1 pager speak* ter
itself, and you may Me* tha value
of TVSrrv' JfasMWf Monthly from the
lact that evawy yearly sabaevitenr pu
about sixty Hongs, Itote*. and Che
ruses, and from fifty to sixty Bsiw
l»wcea» earth at laaaft $«o
flniiMMx Mtuacax. Jchuxau
Jsuaary —The J—nsmt is hut one
dollar a year. Hpetemau tmpaaa uaoi
free, (sadden * Hales, .Havaunab,
Ua
Far ths Lttheraa Tldter
A Kiftootti TtoH
Mr Editor. A* perhaps some of
tbe numerates render* of your ante
excellent paper, as oell a* you reel I,
would tike to hour something from
the Isolated mountains of Booth
Western Virginia, I will sak a small
place ia tha FMter. Owing to the
great irregularity of the mails ws
often do not get your puffer until
sftet It ha* been issued secern!
weeks, nevertheless its approach ks
always hailed by oa ss s
rtefar, as we are still without s
thermn minister. We
have preaching in our. churah by
MMoe otter deuoaainaUou, sad for
this one |*»rttowlar res son some d
our brethren shook! attend to this
rhorah; there see a grant many
young per sun* in I
oho will sooner or later
themselves with some braoch of (he
tom- MLsfi
I " Tltelffl W
w ishss of all, «md
rldt * iff ever
in!
aad will ever ho
page with a
Ahant two ttaoth* ago Rev. J. A.
Brawn visited us. oad haW • pro
by all who ml under tha
ussah vuiufi Raverwl sdditems worn
mads In tha shorah, and if M worn
osdjr paste Ids Aar a* la hate a preach
<f, I tod isffttrrl theso wonld he
Will - —* she
RmuMI^ ow 88* Rw udRfiF dferatt-!
brsthran. ohs bar* R In their power,
km etMd uiitoh alflUhSel *
omi *m g , ""l ttuavol ■♦•Tnmfie^y
Is abroad In our
me we hsva Omni
nomui aw^Kff Rimit , m X, aosiR!
Wi 1 »Wl WR pmvi WIIA IR# tt>l8
team ef surtt to thstt long home,
and as wo aff And pnrtkotoriy to
tr reeled in tha yeong, we b«qa* aom*
one will attend to thm g>md work,
ttBrifel RMBM& ffMMff^RttRt. nsa f s-gatl terns.
mas 'w wwr stemi fifiuate mttNMn
to Uis Idy Word. “Go ye ioto all tha
toe, the Fsi her is the
of the buslmudmaa,
Bn. Bo says our aulhor. Thru thu»r
to n door, a food Shepherd, u way,
truth, Ufa, * vine, bread from hear-
ass* kmmfi' i *. * s e*# #kss» Asa* in ss
MRP|i ^lRRP!l||RiPlOT wjp «'dhim|k ’-pra l" 8
• * L^juh. gM donnk , , ■
**RP^Bffff8(| pi *7*
It win he aswn at once that aoch
a uac of ths verb “to be" destroys
not only ths sense of Hcriptorr. bat
the God head and muibiMl of the
Ksviuur, and hestce the very found*
Won of ths chrlsttoti doetriue. And
men will aa wittingly do (his to
*<**■»•' mm# ss *am«sA dmkeasimnHw ttissa
CMrf) 0811 I pH UMOr) IOC J rogrt**
Row why not tot is h*vo its literal
legitimate sense In the words of tbe
institution, us in tbe drclxraUtMi,
He Is tha Lord of glory ,* “1 om come
that they might hare Ufa," “I om
ths rtmi tract ton and the life V Ac.
The Saviour was not dreaming,
nor interpreting dreams, nor s|mak-
tng in purabhu, nor using metaphors,
hat iwakiag s scdemti, direct address
to Us dtemptes, when he aakl, “This
Is my body " And no sacred writer,
Matthew, oho wrote for thr Ue
Ureas, n
For the LuUiersn Visitor.
Tht Public Warship of God.
(Concluded.)
Text.—Oh worship the Lord in the beau
ty of holiness, (sr in the glorion# mne-
tiisry—Msrgia.V—-Psai u *cri: fi.
Ill The ruBPOHB oa I>khioh
OF PtTHLir WoBKHIP.
This unquestionably is the glory
of God and tbe welfare of man in
tbs advancement of tbe kingdom
of heaven oo earth. Its object
to happily expressed in the natal
song of the heavenly host fit tbe
birth of the Great Head of tbe
church, when in mid heaven they
hung over tbe plain of Bethlehem,
praising God in tbe bearing of tbe
wondering shepherds, and saying,
“Glory to God in tbe highest,
and on earth peace, good will to
ward men.” This angel song is the
key note in the grand anthem of
redemption to which public worship
bears a most intimate relation, and
of which it constitutes a most im
portant elemeot.
Public worship is one of the most
Mark, who wrote for the gracious di<qiensatiotis of God to
Luke, who w rote for man. Its design is to afford a suita-
thc Grreks, the two latter using a «4e, rimvruieut and appropriate op
did hate words to portouity, statedly, collectively and
OUJMIXIOHf.
r*r
—I am s MMrmbsf’ of
ths MbstetoFs Luague, Of w hich Dr.
Moms Is Fraahtout. aad Dr. ftirobet
Awrisri Alteuttou has town call
*4 to It to lit Visitor, hut I have
just rami u Short afttete iu ths Otor
usr, that exprimar* my own Mu|»
a* wstt, that I wish to rapraduns it
hate. Tha writer, after speak mg sf
the teHlisk stttets that w«ra made a
jom os on n§o to break H dovra. says
that to* tote paid out, aiucw he be
ths hurt that b* knew he «ss dslug
sf
guie
W
8* I tori ! hues paid oat $5, aad j
I wSfitete ttsw*k ff*k t 9 temem * § hmmamsm 4 m
* MW *Wi I RRYW A irfwiff IR
the familllU sf Revs. My era aad
Fray I pttd the money «Wrfhlly,
hnsuuus t tost i 1 UfMte R Ss u far bet
o^m | m Aiku **4 ^ mm j
mv. mmy M^^^RIRRpA*
Ihau If I hud put R to huate
■ ^ smsk Xtom u Asm f Amis o^n- jwft a A^ma H
mttnM' Jf ute uttfaF W^mPnw^W m *ttl 1 Rite
I'mittr, If ym an aide to (save your
west them ups* thu charity sf sth
re to a g«hi way to do
to toy up treasure la
jriy ttdtosii x «g.: * fa susd ss
i^iw uurai ^^e^o^^oo uumums tss,
wMI sutorgs year grace sf RhRAffRRlki
sad give you graut emwfart.
J. Hirttix
for I hr I .wtfew <"*•* YOstot.
Irvtow M lor l 1 fern
it.
Our author sprat hi*
ilrismutem A A*^* mte a$ « ^ s .SI
VTuPWR *raRr * jRPm8$I mfA f8fwMpf.fPte
iu his lutradurtory chupt* 1 # by sts
*i»g list the fijr*<‘haldalr Imfxaps
that used hy the ftsvtour st thr fa
*4notion, unutaln* ua *r*rd to mmxn
“In stgwlfy. tu rrfwvsruf. lo sy mbu
Has," sod my* that “the candid and
erudite Dr. Clarke* Is of uptatoa
that If thr Ravtonr had *pokeu in
Ufa hr would have said “fam
usr ewryu* mewm shgoijkmtf m "ttym
hsfum sri snrpms smL* This luuud
oiyo(jisi my body, or is a «ymlsfofi
•y body lie then fim numerous
tint sure ■ both frvMu (he Old and
New Turium su to *b«»w that thr
ttfswdfai ^1 4m txi^ol ^tedttfa4ri# , k#*81fu
so* mo r* ur * e wt,
W* do not H» issue Witb him in
smmSiusI Sm .a. . —.... — ..s Jfi ..
rvflDi 9m ■MPMpMful Aftffl amMlllS
and do not deny that ihe verb “to
tri* Is used in the «msr of “to •iff
*<fy" to «Msr instnares, uhere dream*
am interpreted, or a metaphor is in
tended to hr nurd ; toil we «lo must
emphatically deny that fc is mUgnyt
used metaphorically, m that it is
ever so used fa a direct addmas or
dsrlaruftoa, such as Chris* mad* st
ths InatlTnltem of the riapprr. And {
the laataacns hr dies an proof of
Ida position show the slmurdity of
bin views. For instance: The rxpls
nation sf the Parable of the How er
is riled throughout Now let us sue
how it Indd* oat. “Kir (tout sowrth
t!wffk if* mm I tenw ii* iif i~#ttiigr
ws^^^w way HMHemwswv^H iff w *.pe - *r
aradt the Hsu of Man ; thr Arid sig
m*fm m ayshban tbe world; the
good seed spmhrlrie the children of
thr ktagdom ; the fares rrprmrnt the
childrao si the W irked owe; the
deoil ia tsri the enemy that sawed
the ewestf—ths harwat is not the
end sf the world, It only dewtern the
end | Ihe su grit am not reapers,
they ifaMia reapers. Christ Is not
the brand that cum* dow* from
«mis fc *■ l^mh suMM-uiim kan^sfi ■ ^hmhih
sw^^^u* v w-7*w f, |( *vsrw^^r , s - *ew w' ■ m^nee ^
Christ is ant the door, the good |
■bepberd, the ««y, truth, lifa, hu
only Is » epmM of them- He is tbs i
“to aiguify," “to mean,* **to
*to aymbolixe," dared to
thr form at the Huviour's
No transistor of the Bible
af any respectability has net at
tempted It, No lexscographrr of
say standing fives to the verb “to
bcT thr litoral meaning of “to sigui
$,* “to symbolise."
It doss not follow st a!) that
bee*use the SyrnChaklak or the
Hebrew language toss no term to
convey the Ue* of signify or rap
raamit that the Saviour necrsaanly
intended to way that the tody Sac
ramrut rqprmrotsd his body ami
a.u1 t«> r 1*110 kill'll an |t]|j>f
pratatkm sf bis own words oa this
found, is aimply “• lagging of tbe
quest tea." Dr. Clarke and Rev.
Gross know ss little about w hut the
flurtoar would have said, bad be
spoken Iu Latin, m I do; and no
man ran with nay honesty «sy that
ht would not have said, Hie emt cor
pm ami (law then is the matter to
l*e derided t I contend that it must
ha settled hy the connection of dr-
caaxstaacws attending the last Passu
rur sad the tnstltatioa of the Ho|«prr,
the train of thought iq the Saviour'*
mind, ecrieriuoticul custom, suiheo-
Ue deriarwtiaas of Hcnjdure iu to-
gurd to the object sad design of the
Atonement and the land's Hupfiei,
sad the analogy of faith and general
harmony of doctrine All these,
when rightly studied, call for a
kfars4 interptotaUon of the Hsvtour’s
worda #
CMskauara, a far more rriiabk* ex-
pualtor of doctrine than Dr. Clarke,
says, “Kxegaam should not Wise aright
of the train of thought in the Ha
rfar's mind shew he instituted the
dapper, should not separate the or
diaanew from acelusiastacal practnw,
from the aathratlc drrlarslions of
Hnriptato cuuceramg the natnre of
nor from the general
ihe uhriatian lioxinne*.
Taking Matthew and Mark alone,
wu aright inter that the Havictur in
leaded to take leave «»< his l>us-iplc*
hy mesas of a symbolic service rep
resenting his death. In 1 Corinth
isaa aad fa Jobs fab s Mpecific
spiritual character is applied to the
>up3*r», srlfexaminsttou is enjoined
prrvMsua to its rroeptiou, and a Urn
<s# off carrsr is aai»exi'«l oa it# sane
Imnis. This gives to it a specifically
h*fh> f fssh/jr than sn ordinary “tvmi-
memorativr meal," snch as Ewingle
mad. it, “and hemw," he says, “I
bold that Luther's notion of the
hriy Happrr Is that which unmuIm
most oumpletriy iu all cwaeutlaU
with rodraiastkari (irartice, (he au-
thrutic derlarstMNis of the words of
the iwatitniton, and with the hsrnio
ay ot Mcriptura ductriiicw."
R Af our author ts so auxtvus to
make is wh
(Miblidy, to all so disfiosed to ac-
koouUdge Christ before the world
as their prophet, priest and kiug—
to draw a line of demark alien be
tween his friend* and liis foes—to
make manifest who are for him and
who are for Belial—who are for God
and who are for Mam mom ; to show
who are Christ's witnesses, and who
are ashamed of him and the testi
mony of liia word before men and
augela j to enable the frienda of God
and troth to come out from among
the ungodly, and be separate from
sinners; in short, to identify and
openly connect themselves with the
church of God, and thus be brought
into communion and fellowship with
angel* and ihe spirits of just men
made perfect.
Among the purposes contemplated
by social worship was that of prof-
faiing and urging upou all tbe duty
of making an humble, public confes
sion of sin as meet ami proper and
well (dcasing in the sight of God,
extending to the church, aud to all,
the inestimable privilege of confess
iug the great foundation truths of
4-hnstiau religion ss embodied iu the
rrsed of all evangelical deuoniina
tioos, and which has received tbe
unqualified approval of the Reform
rrw and wonts of every age and
dime. Also the gracious favor of
uniting iu the general prayers of the
church, and her hy mns of exultant
praise or pfeuiteutial sorrow; of tes
tifying sn abnliug confidence iu the
efficacy of the sarnumeuto, aud tbe
great truths which they symbolical
ly inculcate By tbe institu
tion of public worship it was in
tended that the entire congregation
should enjoy, during the hour* devo
ted to religious exercises, the invalu
able blessing of unit iug the services
d God’s house, and that pastor and
IM-oplf should be octuolly engaged in
the respective parts of devotion ap
propriate to each. Thus God will
lie “exalted in the congregation ot
the )*eopl*, and praised ill the as
aembly of the elders." “Let the
people praise thee, O God; let oil the
peuplr praise thee, aud let all the
people soy, A who "
Another eud had in view is the
preaching of tbe word and the dis
pensation of the sacraments. Preach
ing, as has been stated, is merely an
dement or jwirt of worship, but not
its tutors*; yet it has its appropri
ate {dace in the (iosjnd economy.
That too much consequence has
t**eti attached to it aa a part of pub
lic worship by most Protests ut de-
uoramatioua, we think highly proba-
ble, but it is necessary to its com
pleteness, and to tbe ndvaucement
of tbu |»ur)>oses of Gial in the evau-
gdizatiou of the w orld; for “it
pleases him by the foolishness of
“signifies" will w|»|»eu! 1 praochiug to save tbem that belie\e."
u* we adv*ocr. I>r. Kraulb, iu his
cousrrvutive Reformation, bn» proven
iu over seventy |mges of bis careful
ly prepared work, both by trrefrugi
bis argument as well ss by abuudsut
quotsttuiis from tbe best scholars of
Aud Paul declare* that he was sent
not to baptize, but to preach the
gua|iel. Preaching is ous of tbe
great aud diviuely a;qioiuted iustrw-
luctitiUiues for the conversion of
men. By it the saving truths and
to*b conn lien:*, that IS, ill the words , precept* of God’* word are ex{K>und-
uf inwiitiiuou, is to l»e understood cd ai«l tflibmvl i»y the liviug voice,
Idorctty, (bat if the t'svHHii's word*
teach «dhrr« ise than a real presence,
tbs argument must be round iu the
other mortis, simI not in the verb.
J. IUwkinh.
The Jtynod ef Seer England.—This
body has not yet been organised.
Tbe material* for it are 16 laithcnwi
l<**t<«ra, liehMiging to the following
Syutsls t Missouri, 6; New York
Mtnitfenum, 41 Augustaim, 2 ; Penn
svlVauta, 1; East Pennsylvania, 1 ;
Husqaehatma, 1; New* York aud
Nsw Jersey, I.
On tbe basis of language the con
gregations are divided as follows:
Germsn, 10; Hwedish, 6 ; English, 0.
They are scattered among tbe
Stale* as fbUosw: Maine ha* 1; Ver
mont bus I; Massachusetts has 10 ;
Cuui.ectlout has 3; aud Rhode Island
has L
aud earned home to the hearts and
minds of the multitude by the Holy
HpiriL By it tbe pride aud vanity
of man is beaten down aud God ex
alted. Saints arc edified and sinners
I*i inked to the heart. Mourner* are
comforted— transgressors warned—
tht* ignoraut instructed—the luke
warm revived aud the wayward re
claimed Iu connection with
tbe preached word, the spirit of God
diffuses his vitalising and sanctifying
lower upon the hearts of his own
children, imparting to them courage
to do Uis will, and fortitude patiently
to suffer for his cause, whilst he gives
to them an autepart of the deep, aud
hallowed joys of the heavenly in
heritance. Here also in the sanc
tuary the mute elements of water,
br**ad and wine impressively teach
the uature and necessity of regene
ration, and the profoundly my
nas nature of that spiritual &omu I
ment, which is commanieated tTkl
lie vers in the broken body, and ak!
blood of tbe Lord Jesus for thT*
mission of sins. *■
Finally. Tbs sods -ms™,.
public worship are innaroerafa
and iU benefits incalculable ,
public morals, the domestic m?
tiona, the civil law and Ha wte
some administration—upon ffa q
ty, )N>litics, patriotism, pbilanfamj
general benevolence and edmwq?
interests of a comm unity or
Should the public worship of
iu its restraining aud positive to*
ences, be intermitted for s single w
eration, we may form but a Ah
conception of tbe horrible c©* ^®
of society; and the deplorable
of moralx, individual, social md
tional. By it is preserved ia
minds of men a sense of their $
pendence upon God—their fafa
tions to him aud their feDo*.*,.
with their future accountability q^
its rewards and puuishmeqfa |
with these powerful considerathw
as incentives to virtuous o
continually presented in the
worship of God, a loose monfa
prevails—aud corruption,
aud licentioasuess have invadedvj&
their |M>llutions the channels of tifa
politics, literature, and the rafas
avenues of social life—what i
be our conditiou withoat the
trxlixirg and sanctifying power«
the gracA of God in onr Srifafc
ministrations ? C'owper has hspyk
exprasseil fin* value of the
in tbe following nervous lines:
4< I say the pulpit (in the sober eeuae
Of iu legitimate, per iliar power*,}
M urt Ktwnd sekno wle*lx* *1 whitettomq
shall sand
The most important sod eflertnsl ynd
Support snd ornsment of virtue 1 *
There stands the messenger of
there stands
The legate of tbe skies; his
His office Mtcred ; his credewlisls d—t. 1
IV.—The Mode ob Majotib
Public Worbhip.
We hare considered its iusi
tion, natnre and object, and fal
come to inquire how it shall be fal
ducted so as to secure with curtate|
the great porposes contemj
it as a dispensation of grace,
should undoubtedly be so
as to {Hxmiotc order aud prof
behavior, a reverent frame of
a devotional spirit, and the
tion of the congregation. ‘Let i
things be done decently and is
der, tor God is not the nattier
coufusion, but of peace/
We repeat that the worships
God by a congregation demands e l
preteion, the co-operation of the a» j
ister and people, the participatesrfj
both in the services approprite
each, aud neither are to be
spectators. It is the office of tkl
minister to lead the more devoteari
exercises in which the congregate|
should unite. It is his provisos 1
read, expound and enforce the wri|
and to administer tbe
aud it is theirs to receive
means of grace as appointed of l
in his church and worship, h s|
their duty also, in oonnectioo
tbe minister, to eugxge in the
ship of God with suitable
and expressions of solemn awe
his majesty and holiness sod A]
sanctity of bis dwelling place;
exalt his name in a joyful song <
thanksgiving; to make a
ot siu, aud of the faith of his i
universal; to unite their best’ll»|
prayer, and their voices iu hy*w»<
gratefbl praise; and where this
not the case, worship becomes jxjte I
snd vapid. Withoat these eontej
ents worship is in tbe main
ed by tbe minister and choir,
congregation is mute and pafa*|
and the services are resolved" fal
modes of religious entertaiument, #1
which minister and choir are exp**I
ed to eiify and please au ad»ir»lj
audience, who assume the prertFl
tive of setting iu judgment upon ft* j
performance of each.
My brethren, it must not be frj
gotteu that God has said, thatFj
“house shall be called the lion# M
prayer.” The church is not •SM
hall where men aud women sr* **1
lie entertained with a lecture
music, but God’s holy temple *^1
sec rated to him aud to bis servid j
People should not go to church
ply to be edified by what they • r |
aud hear—to be mere spectate I
The church is the hallowed pi*® p |
worship God, and this will only *1
really effecteil when the oougTeFj
tion heartily joins in the service*
the occasion.
Assuming that this discussi*# 1 # |
true, up we believe it to be, in
light does it present the motive* ***
practice of those who attend dira
service merelv as hearer* and FI
actor* f—simply to hoar readral
preaching, praying and singing- ®
it lie said 'kith any degree of bFI
that those who do so worship
lu connection with the un** 8
worship there is a subject in
to which onr church in the 1
States has been greatly exert**"|
and about which uufortuuateb
is not united iu seutiment
•II
tio»i
ooooert*^ 1
Hi
*> itS
m ! nd f
si to *
reach *
'• b<
Mr urosp—itl-
•2SSS&
^ Of tbe
Zaaent »D J ro ‘ ,,
"r h 7 ng of « Til *
Mtio e T**® eoD ‘
have boeo *« ’ ■
tkM tbe nee °l
JTpoertl di*o*(
Sir **'
ic ,t ende°f P 111 ’
moi* perfectly ott
wt |,«ri»d form*
uac: 0u»
Sp U. tbe M*J
pastor
and his
fo
We decidedly f
form of service*
preferenoo the
tioos:
(1.) Because it l
order of service ex
at • ver J 1*'
Lord’s prayer at
Apostles creed f<
which were mor<
daring the second
jios, and subsequo
general use as ti
church, uniform
variations in min
(2.) Because an
was early introdi
ti^aa Church, of
prepared one, tb
years since. Mor
of history that th
ters rho first sett
made use of sue
true that it fell in
not a few of our
the ose of a liturgy
oocasious. We tl
respect to walk in
the ancient fatht
church, of the ref
pioneers of our ch
dred years ago,
is the theu wilds o|
We think it sen.*
Head in the foot
trious servants o
were giants in In
piety and zeal for
and in their uusw
the interests of t
it am not prove h
the general usage
venerable with tl
cen tones. On the
lieve that it was t
tnnatetoha\*eaba
landmark. We
how not a tew ot
remain oblivious t<
history upon this
they can comforts
position on and
And we pity those
who are influence
by members of of
vho are igoorau
usage, aud know b
own church, or iu T;
else.
(3.) Because o
thority aad coinfor
of the chmfch de
otergy and laity.
^ e would seem
of modesty to imj
tod resist the adv
Synod aud tbe DistJ
tore warmly reco
of service contains
worship. Moreov
chordi love shoul
forego the pre]>os>
tion or other cau
^cr practices of
hundred yoxrs. If
whether of neoessit
fathers iu AmerT
tinie houorwl “way
their sous under
^^ces, aud euj
clearer historic ii
from onr wauderiftl
ourselves and to o
should uot our ch!
"••■to her real uoi
' v hy maintaiu ....
lotI ger her auoiualo
Uot l>ut herself in
*** with the
the Reformation,
trough all her bci
^tions of her m J
' “« ■» to b« k.»l 1
|f»cious doctrines,
the I “Til Of libtT
''uitating tbe eia„
h * v * f »Hen iwie,.,, J
'"fared ioto r,L,
be as
Our am
a i- We shall ,
om the charge of i
thl a !>ro f >er »*1
® church and to
c shall com maud j
‘"felfari of
°os, and give prot
ooxipaotae
nod efficici
ml
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