The Lutheran visitor. (Columbia, S.C.) 1869-1904, February 21, 1873, Image 2
COLUMBIA. 8. C
THE LUTHERAN
Wirt'.*nog aod death a the North
we*t, wlam the South with Its kindly
aod riah soil, iH aoaombeiufl n«*a
r^d r^UMdii(^S(S^^ l^fas genial rhmatr, in
mode rat# viator*, aid tha enrtately
that industry and food management
will ia a comparatively brief tin*
■scare a nompeieyey, and attimatoij
M A MLaKaaiaaaaeia^iMaidtoaaw
NMPPNMBM I, HVMi HM MHM
The parent i* engrafted lot® **»
church bjr baptism, aad though ha
<hU to bear frnit-foil to oojoy M*
privileges to which hi* .NffiMf •»
trodooed him—he baa, nevertheless,
received the rite, and he can never
Miaul that rite; whatever be may do,
whatever Mb he may lead, be la still
a baptised peraon. And tale nppUcw
tioa to iba minister tor the baptism
of bit ehikl la evidence that be rue-
ogwitoa hi* owa baptism, and that
ha places aooh a value upon H that
he b unwilling to derive bit child
of It.
The coodsahMi then is, that any
nan, or woman, who haa bean bap
tised— whether a communicant or
■ot, who haa not been exeommuni
eated—can, at any time, apply for
paoation mainly afreet ia
tioo," aaya oor antbor, “»*,
•Friday, February SI, 1873
. -EDiroti:
R. RUDE, t>.D., Columbia. 8. C
L MILLER. A.ML. Staunton. Vo.
grant*. What tha (tooth waata
liberty; ia all ikinpa, charity.
fch and m
(he trash]
» work* t
nothin!
y faith to i
k* wim*
CoiUfw had
«l»ir«d by law. Manly vWtoiaiaa i
gntgr of the paper by mail, i* not »«tf
All coiumunicattoes relating to Mb
our Lord Jeans Christ*
He then relieves biam
claiming ia holy horror “
aot 'defend
k, and if o
m author
A tnoTiacmm Dtyraaamca. —
nottoiag the appearance of Om
Ckmrtk refer, ‘ that ft was orifiao
rlow of dfoeatibg
A North Carolina minister aaha t
“la U consistent with tha Mymbala
and Formula of Government of tho
Evangelical Lutheran church, to rw-
quin of road id* to* tor tho ministry
to oommit Ihtmaalvoa agataat ran
vala of retigtoa F
(i Although
should be written M>p*rately, sad not ia
basines* letter*, to receive proper atten
tion. . -»:
The birth of the Christ-child—tbe
grant gift of the heavenly father to
hi# children—w** to be celebrated.
Christmas was fast approaching. The
henna of the children were toll of
expects tSou, vision* of new toy*,
flaxen haired dofl* and hobby horaeo
floated through their waking and
sleeping dream*. Mother* and God
—mother* were bogy preparing cakes
and present* tor the little ones.
The little Katie, tha child of live
aammera, had her bright dreams too,
yet her thoughts were not sloue di
rected to oelf. The desire of her lit
tic, loving, generous heart was to
make others happy. Far away at
“Wattless Farm,” nearly four ban
dred mile* distant from her home,
lived her little cousin Mabel, leas
than three yean of age. The chil
dren had never met, yet little Katie's
heart was no toll of love for her little
cousin that she entreated that her
pretty clothes and toys might be sent
as Christman gifts to Mabel.
Katie was taken sick, she was pa
tnmt aad gentle, not thinking only
of herself, still wishing to give plea*
are to other*. Constantly the child
asked. Have tile presents been sent
to liuto Mabel ? gbe was delighted
when (be heard that the express
wagon had come, and the gifts were
traveling sway to the distant Geor
gia home. That night came a letter
—the aagcil* had couie for little Ma
bel, sad she was dead. The mother
did not know bow to tell loving
Katie that Mabel was no longer on
earth. When she said to her, “your
little cousin Mabel ia dead,* the child
raised her soft eyes, so toll of intetli
g*ow sad answered, “Mama, little
Mabel ha* cone to aneud Christmas
in heaven,” and her little bean was
comforted. On Christmas day when
the Castor of 8t» John's, Charleston,
addressed the children of bis coo
gregatioa, in touching word* be rela
ted the atory of these two dear chil
dren of his flock—little Mabel—hun
dred* of miles sway, and Katie, a
pet lamb of the fold, whose unselfish
joy it had been to give pleasure to
another. •Children,’’ be said, “Katie
loved a cousin whom she bad never
seen; doe* this not show you that we
ran love an unseen friend, and can
yea not love the dear Lord Jesus
tho’ you hsve never seen him t* The
The Pastor next dwelt on the beauti
ful, firm faith of a little child. When
told that Mabel was dead, Katie iu
Mtanllj exclaimed, “Then Mabel bus
gone to spend Christms* in heaven.”
She did not grieve, for in faith she
pictured to herself the joys of the
besutltol heavenly home.
Charleston, &C. C. L. B.
Clubbing.
To Clubs of five (5) prepaid sub
scribers, sent to one address, we mail
the Visitor for $2.00 for 52 number*.
Wai.U41.lx, a C.
Dmr Sir .—You will please find
(■(Closed #2.30, which yea will ptaew
to my ersdit for the Fiafeer.
I hold al*■> the same amount
ject to your order* for tha benefit of
brother John K. Menu, who it her*
with his wife sod thru* little childiua
studying for the mtoistrf Brother
Koon mcrifieed hia Utile boom ia
Florida. oame here, aad is la great
need, lie steam to be is earnest, la
llvto* 111iihiihmihIIi bat with *11 hi*
w rMm| wuw^imuweemumuinetoemiiaj * m
industry sod oteas living |m too oat
heap np tm the #180 Ryaod ho* sp
preprinted to him. Its needs help,
aad nuat h*\* it. or he amtmflo
mms* sow ^mww v^mur ~ ws
tu dMfervut ways We scad him to
Iks flajil f IrmMMI that r hltolklMNi
MwtJ I allM m latfHwa' kru* I itol v^ *wivr»
honest to pendet
charge when it. has
hjmliwl time* by tb
tberan*7
Oar abfhor sayfe
ware unable to push
the Lord’s Sapper
amsubiUmtiation; thi
Kow tot u* see 1
tiny* is in this l*old
- Dr. JfraMth, the \
thority to this coom
RBfoTBi3twrr,«iyfl: J
the Lutheran Chord
areas doctrine has
Pams without numt
Kkv. W. A. Houck.—We regret
to learn that thi* faithful servant
and most exoelleot brother wss un
able to All his appointment last Sun
Ou the way to church he was
suddenly taken very ill.
tt to miod, sod not
as at the grave,”
a IIabd Cass.—A minister, who
may be ton ml somewhere between
(jhe Potomac and the Golf of Mexico,
writes #0: “It took thirty miles to
marry a couple, and the happy man
said: ‘Thank you, sir. Call in when
you pass this way.’*
That fellow was either an hliot or
a pauper, or too mean to have a wife.
We pity the woman. A man who
will not pay a wedding foe, will not
support a wife. He only marries to
t it some one to be his slave. We
ent lately thirty-eight miles to
marry a couple, met any number of
accidents, the train run off, the car
riago broke down, we had to ride
home on a cotton bale, it was eokl,
dark and dreary, but the happy
pan paid ns ten dollars, and he would
pave paid na fifty—he was so well
satisfied with his wifo, his marriage,
pod the parson—if we had not cried,
“Hold, enough* “What,* sak) he.
“Yes,* said we, “you are a new be
ginner, if God blesses yon, yon can
make a donation next year to the
chnrch.* Will he remember! Bat
the fact is: be has for two yean
read the Visitor.
tend ti stdl circular
•my to fill its page*
Meas of the Confess
gekcal Lutheran (
great theologian k.
dissenting voice re
trine, the name and t
ami in etery one of i
Waterland says: “T
njr and ctis-ovru ax
elements into the hr
as, likewise *»gm
ptnation, yea, and
and eoneomitancy” !
mental union, note <
Gotta says: “Bnt
tan that M088TE< h
UOIWUBSTAKTIATro
to oar church. sin<
#S«*f**P jgHMg ^ x *
wot lieiieve either
jaootioQof two lx*in
word from you will seaosnphah i
• •
P. H—Do sot aso mg ass*
probably know brother Kook's $
teg waats better lima sn> «>Unrr
We gisdlji say the word; bat »•
have so iafloeoce. If Ns* horn
Conference would only move! If
Dr. SmeiUrr would write as *p
peal! Then!!
It la really aa easy thing to assist
brother Koon He does aot east
money He waata food aod cktihutg.
All that ia acoeasory la that a tow of
the MH handmaiden# of the Lord
go around and sak the omay who
hsve to spore, sad who wfll aot feel
it ia the least, to coatribute from
their corn crib, their nmehr house,
and their pantry only what tt takes
to tornish ou#» omal for thew ml vto.
The foot Is in Many country boueae
elements instead of the bom
Giver of them, would be stefi
flagrant absurdity.*
“Instead of interpreting thefh
‘This is my body, according to
nm loquendi. of which the ft
text i* a translation, aad ago*
•a the erprettrion. Lather andenO
it literally, aod thus, unfortmai
aa ter at least as the dogma d
Beal Presence ia involved* the*
fideoce in him as a reliaMt am
later of the holy ScHptmmmja
Rev. John T. Campbell writes: “I
aave been qnito nnwall for about
Wo week*. Cause exposure daring
|o«r very severe weather. We oever
have had such a winter to my re
membranes in the valley of Virginia.
'For nearly two months the ground
has been covered with snow aod toe.
On the 29th of January the mercury
stood, at 8 A. M., 2° below Zero for
an hour. On tha 30th, at the same
Jbonr, 14° below Zero, aad in Stiraa-
burg (me or two degrees lower. Oa
the 31st, at the same hour, 2° below
Zero. At 20° and 30° we felt quite
comfortable. We are to have seven
weeks more of winter. The ground
hog was sot, saw—unfortunate!y—
his shadow, and went book.*
Groundhog or not, shadow or aot,
a*y that we belie 1
ftripnagfiaa or Con
• Leiboits say s : *
Approve of the di
ttantiation or of is
one could impute
la the first place, in the mis
given, Jesus is a mere mss, win
power to bless. Hi* wordisilf
as those of any impious Jew. *
Mark,* says be, blessed, sod d
fore Rev. Gross will wot tote"
He simply said grace as say f
man Would. He did not am
his Father to bless the tern*
w ine, but tkemked him for tes
Christ to hare commanded *bid
on that bread and wins, oar to
says, would have been “a pt
stoordtfy.” Christ's word,
not a few, who have nothing for the
suffering child of God, feed a parcel
of makes n g
for the children can also be obtained,
and a little exertion. • few steps, a
a willingness to terra Christ, the
church and tha disciple, will ha
crowned with sueeisil
Brother Koon aad hia Gundy most
be auataioed. Wa do not kaow kim,
bat we know rhfe—the mam who aiM
fVPi VP •PPry mmmmff ff# mrrw \ dnif,
aa ht has dear, k earthy We fool
also confident that liom Poomria,
Frog Lsvel and Newberry, ample
•applies will at once be forwarded to
brother Koon.
Every eh art h ought to have a
dfl II. Uid |t| S 4.1
IWOM #
wifi if fir w rut
toTbhd foiled to ins
Jl kCqaginted with
These oitittkms
to nay length, h
•have is sufficient.
-.What a pity th
prejudice will so
tom, that he cat
though it skiues i
Where »m>w the;
ther got. no farther
Nation! It is eas
tious, and theyv w j
flaeuce with the igi
lies not in bare sta
hold the Individual
I-WtAR Bofli SMUUI
at ita atuholx of u
<*..irurally rv*p*sst yta
verbose to quote, eoald have
nothing. That word white M
the universe into axfttoUMflN
cansed a deluge to destiflf * 1
of siaaers, which opened the <to
receive Korah aod hi*
which nostopi>e<l the deaf {
ad the blind eye, raised to ^
dead, that word could not a*®
a sacrament, nor command * *
ing. Then the Savkmr dte
those mothers who broogb*
children to be blessed. Nhff
it, let ate ask, that caused tif *
and Jiahm to increase ! Whte*
that the five thousand
Was it bread aad fishes, c*<bj
only imagine they were estiaf.
Christ, when he “goto
that occasion, only say f***
return thanks to the Father^
New Teatameut tolls us M»*t
not the Father, perfoimidtej*
{»ciudouH miracle* that
hia Messiahship } ttod itet*** 1 .
thinks he ouly said giaoeat»
|K?r like any other JeWt ® J
did, it argues nothing for—fj
No Lutheran claims that he"*
or mcreased the breail.ffPPilBj
that be united himself
that <*ccasiou. I only “**;]
palpable blunder to show ■
will degrade aud obseme #yj
stndi power of the flaviosf J
world, to carry out * 0SJ
fouuded iu uiiscou(»ptte*
feuded by prejudice. ^ J
All this array of
prove that old Lutheraflt
Carolina it has been cold, hot wo
have had no snow storms; in Vir
ginia tt has been cold, but nose have
frozen to death. On tha other hand
it is distressing to read the accounts
of the sufferings from the severity
of the winter in the North west. In
Minnesota for more than fifty hours,
from Tuesday, Jan. 7th, till Thursday,
the freezing wind, the telling snow
and the intense cold continued. At
Champlain the thermometer was 5i
degrees below Zero, at other points
from 8 to 42 degree* below. Horses
froze, men* perished, houses were
buried beneath the snow—aod boa
bands and tethers In the forest, on
(Are prairb, in the highway, harrying
( home to their temiHea froue to death,
and mothers and children while
j watching and waiting grew cold aad
stiff Ond (tied. Winter claimed its
tribute of precious Uvea. In Min
in the year 1134, Heinrich Wacker
beck preached iu Macbow, near
Neustiult, to Meek leu burg: “Christ
ia truly the door of heaven, but
Mother Mary is also a window, aod
through this window urny all those
be saved, whom Christ will not per
mit to eater in through the door.*
Binoe thru the church of Home has
changed. Now site makes Mary the
duoi and Christ the window. We
never raanl to the Uibtoof the window,
but we hsve often read that Christ
is the door — the ouly door aud the
wily enloanee. But even Protestant#
block up the way ; some with epos-
toUc saootusMMi, others with mourn-
arm" benches, others with symbols,
and aot a few dig a deep ditek and
fill it with water to lump the children
UUt, .. Lom
war. v. 'Hf*rn, ot > irftBn, aas
nt ua a very interesting totter.
“print* it
i,RPm a * -<*•*| wlfflfp ipfWI f FfvfR
home moot of the Winter, sod will
j m s nnri wmivinwi v* wvffn
m*v-t tnga I have attended. I piwurh
ed a week at Friadena ohureh, Reek
toghom ' oattly. Brother Barb haa
mods, and the revival of tho people
of God. I vteited (It. Pauls', Page
■MafisfljiteMMMfe 1 '- 'THtehou' fi.fiuks-» fo folk s*nti u s L ,i» a, e
w^Wwalf wy * Mmma . •3PPMMPMI pf’rsMCjfilwWf w
dsaire to rsultae, to private export
•owe aad public lobufu, the folftt)
i'uen* .J iU#i iiUHiiin 1 n>
sw w^‘ "• fT w s ^^Pk w mma vtimo
you *Jw*>, eveu usto the aod of tho
or t
The entire
be it
rooXK Tbiar^nh
for tho oatpounag of the Spirit o j«• n
sB# tetoten, kmo cJj neeh SMM|' mU*
world, wa br-UM'sm to fwu the follow
fikifi Mstel#ptfiteitef oeocort s
1 That God may tearsaas the tool
aad piety of th# stodsots^ asnl fta*
pan thorn to bo amaaoaafuJ smhessa
dors of (ho cross of Christ.
1 That hi Ua mmctftol provtilsoss
nesota alone from 200 to 300 have
perished from cold aad exposure.
Add to these the dead ia Kansas,
Wisconsin, Iowa, Nebraska, sod the
^ number will ha—we foot to moke
aso merit <rf a
** tested
- Vear » to U
dr develop
The Bahi
2E22” of Gri17
a Kucce^s
Siam's
* national
33"^ aud reli
he is nut to toqairs whother
towoot Is u esnimosleoaf or Ghriat says: “Be that beliereth
wt»f4her either hot ham bop- and is bsprired shall be saved.* All
t either has received the aao> who are baptised and do not believe,
ef bs|*uem, then he to bound belong to the visible chnrch ; all who
m tha child; if otethur has see both, who heMsve sad are bap
I tbte rite, then ho la to to- ttaud belong to the viuiblv and in-
ha psoral, an applying* may risible Ckurfch. But there are not
Welted hie right to the earn- two ehnrehea, bnt only one, which
table, hot ha ran never undo are related to om-h other as soul and
tam. Ha the teridfoge of that tHrito, ao khmhertiel and the shell.
jhM a so iik Wt fot i jfi ama
>w| |Wl “ fHK (M WHM M»
uBuiSO • i iMtt e V ^ hsSMak BiulsiusoJI
Wm Itoito# mm fiMfmlwjl * MtaRNPHMPh
I regTeUerl to leave
Recently I assisted Bi
hi 8t. Matthew «* obi
Coanty. I remsiseii i
say that at toast 500 or even more
have perished. Tho limber will
never be known—it would atop im
migration; it would turn it 8outh
ward to tell the truth. Indeed we
are at a lorn to explain toby it ia that
men will prefer hardship*, exposure,