The Lutheran visitor. (Columbia, S.C.) 1869-1904, February 28, 1873, Image 2
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deed symbolism.**
itseasAf it it called a revival f
If they maoifeat such a spirit they
hud better duff their clerical habit,
la justification of Mn-ir expressed
leutiwetiti In opposition to revivals,
they will no doubt urge, that they
are not opposed to revivals, but ottlj
Til ^TAJtDAftD.—Tbv l.tttkrrnn
Visitor win jNkratot in spsaktug para
Idea. In the number of January
31 at tl># editor, in reply to oaa »»t
our •‘Soda* says: **We moat ova
that v« are afraid of BitubolioaJ
Lutheranism, because thr l ,7/
eth." Well, me, vra 4ew%*NMto%
; aaderataad that igun w« know
i faff wet! what the apaplkt, jarere*
when be eaya that the letter kill*,
but how to apply (bat aeuae to the
matter in luod, la what peep levee
o*. Nee oan va persuade i >tir<kW s #.«
that the Vistfmr mc«Ai to *ajt that
faith can not he pot into vurda with
out iniUngeHug the llfpef the |«<>
pie. We give it up.
The »Sfeud*Tif given *Ht n|/ (mo
easily. It hi right In refoaing to
“persuade* Itself “that the Ffcltor
intMui to say that feltti can not be
put into words Without endangering
the life of people." What the Fbi
ter means to say la tbta: To many
the worth impart neither spiritual
life, nor Joy In bettering. And why
not f Because the wards alone eon-
tent them. The ebrissiun must have
hie, and the Church most have her
creed, but the ehrtetlaa asl the
Church must aleo have feith. and it
maat ba a Hrtog feith, sad < tonal
moat dwell In ibr heart of the owe
aad la the midst of the other. There
■mat be love, holiness onto the f«>rd,
aad good works. The J#w« in onr
1 xml's day held taut to the law, the
prophets and the saying* of them
of old time, yet they rteeivtd not
Christ, nor «ttd they obey the retro
MMMh Many to awr day pew
fees adherence to the s-riptnrr* aad
to the Christian Booh of Coseotd,
and yet— we grieve to nay it, hr
they are our brethren, and we love
them trwty—they are neither roM
nor hot; and this It is which we
meant when we wrote what per
ptoses the femhrf
ordinary
lug that
Skated la going among those nnciviti
aad baa (how. The grand, the baaoti
fhl, tha|p%r. *| flit thrilling picture
of the slaughter of hr i pleas teat*
for i 'bred* Mho. te not mow by thorn
only admire the
•a retoftorae charade*
la In v ariably cy fouad
meaner of earn ing litem
what sea theae otouoxious
Lei as eeo all the atUmdsa
of a revival, aad from ub
the <» Aswan* umsa. We wi
l. A protracted amelia^
lag «v«r> day and evening
aad months, aad ; aomet
whose eyes *Mfe
beaaty of worldly
nMy iipprn nUtoi U
•nttrriy aalAeh!
i puraait of that whtoh to bo
I moot nomurlooM their nleo*
of peraoua gathered in frotn a great
distance, and sometime* iwtot**p>
Mans and Uad oaadart on the part of
the tricked and profane oecar.
4 Parsons are ofkoo arretted in
their wirhodoaoa and go to praying,
aad are directed to Christ by the
taUilatrvs, ufed by faitb m Him asa
eonrertod—burn again, bereave cbtta
t mas and suite with the chcurdb, aad
»me uf the young me* afterwards
buneure MtefatoaM. vw
1 It M Hoasctaaiea customary to
ha ve a ascrsidi bad or a daaiiaot
my gvavafol
slaws* Me* of a
gbrsMOg «tof)
tremai right*'
w* . sag
IM tf | MHmH
was past ap
my -utmnrb
nanrteefy, i
qtiffetelfy of the dead of Charleston.
Btit blessed be the Lord who bronght
life and immortality to fight, onr
spirit looks beyond the tomb to the
plage of rest that rein ai net h for the
salats. The departed and we, not
oiie bat many who mourn her, had
ortp Lord, one feith, one baptism.
We, she and I, did not always see
eye to eye when there was no “Thu*
salth the Lord," but in faith and
love and hope we were one. She
was always to us, to many others,
ami to all who loved the Lord, a
prudent, a kind, aud active friend.
She showed her faith by tier works.
She pract iced self denial, to give.
She was earnest, active, and a work
editor at ths AwMAnrww Miserere
May ha t«s abaadawtly rewards* few
Utos ana smaagsi hto many bsmafm
1*1*3 act*, and may hto asafed Mb tto
lung •pared la awr tortorewd tohtotoAb
It to gvafllfebig as tmw that feha
t’rmnf*tirwi Ureters cawimaes in ns
rupy tha aaam Hfwrwl aad ferangrfl
aar* peasetaai whtdi hna vhmrnsMMrinsd
Mi la wrnty stags af Mg fNttreyk
" U.Ui ft Is penpevty fin wvpamsat nf
e »•- aid Osmral My and, Ma torn to **t*
sfewd a amdtomi fer tin fetn hater
riMAfeP : sf views atsmay «C! these
wha. ihoagh dMfevfngwa saw yatoefa,
io| hear (hr IxMhsree sms* It to
f. Tha mots hers of tb« chunk he
came interested, j»ra\ more earnest
ly, and a ork far the church.
t At tha close of the meeting,
ik>um, sometimes scores, sometimes
run hundreds anile with (fee cbarch.
t Of thane who uaite with the
dkuswh. asaaa, and it siay be a good
fstfitau, forsake their vows aad dis
grass iMr ntembersbip a after
proves to me that it to «»<t
ionsl>
Iwdh to m*
haw gindy
t s«*d is* a»ea. ta ms
ttppnutly dtopfefeg
a “Symboli
III. Many will live ooaetoteutly
aud die bi«aKlag Oad for the revival
la which Diet ware converted, and
aemetlmas Lametae annn*tera, and
I wanes, the word as taltlifnlly as ft
was prcuri*ed to them
Now let us sea. I» the <f|i|»oattkin to
the poWrHiWmo nf the meefing lata
dava and wewhs f If an. then the per
son* atuat condrma Ileaehiah ta hto
aulewii^ PBtoMfr ak recorded iu 2
I hum , chafUer 3tKi>. After the expi-
ratiau of the tune ap|*ointed by the
Leofl, had ex|dred, we are told, fa verse
33, that the ttkale gumlly took nowa-
ari •* keep of her arrea days ; sad they
kept ether areas dwp* trith g!mines*.
An*l in verse M, Ms there teas great
f*g mi Jermssirm. Mead also what
tfttuk place afterward* in chapter 31.
Moreover the transactimis at Jemea-
tom, a* recorded in Acta, are too well
haosret to he oywictllwd ia detail. l*er>
hapa the op|HNutk*i may be to the
pmuractloi of the exercises to a Isle
hour of thv night. If <Kk read Acta
xx : 1-12. Here Paul preached till
mwinfgltt, au1 then having been in-
temipied by an acrident, he (go)»|*ed.
hrr. A. tL R*
the time fer whir
the Lutheran Li
out, 1 will say tbi
tilled when that
not opposed to «!
and eoatroversie*
•far takes graatwl
labor most and hi
lain sane of tha «l
mmlm tn - oa
pure integrity, I I
me too.
r mm «salfaMMt*g*f tfeadfe nMMRpaM
*4 nf grene In wfrtoh Iht ehareh j
nil ha nuehsiid op ts maew sar»«m
aa. and naals ha ewateited to t*<*4, -
•hurt a rveiapi TW nett paper |
a wMwahars nar eewtaMM a deann
•than nf the very tldnga fee whieh
ej 'kjrrv nahewfed aa pray* *" to* ikl
%* “fasmscaam** “animal excite
Mat..* lM Mhaentefi) wnrahlp,** “Metb )
Warn, 9 **ne •■ut.ai*' l*e**cli retagum,"
©r. She followed her husband, who
led her to Christ; she taught her
children to love Jesus; she worked
with her hands for the diariple*;
she—but that we leave reverently
for the Lord himself to declare on
the great day. The husband mourns
her, the children mtow her, the cbarch
will feel the loss more and more, and
we—stood at the grave, and the
Spirit whispered : one fellow worker
less on earth ; one more to welcome
you in the spirit land. A few darn
—and we will all meet.
Ecclesis..
Ll'THLi. I
the Pennsylvania
serving mission eon I
ring the past eight
which lime he ba>
tbousaud dollars less
General ConnciT* //J
Is connection with till
od. the Mission Coiui J
tinned to austuin tit
Heukei during the pa
city of Richmond, V
to he obliged to atatJ
«tondiug the favorabl-;
ntto the early hap ij
wcore a lot aud comm
to» of a church edir
^ the health of li:
We are
offended,
had be gut
ing he In
but alas,
we come
wonderful
the Visit*
belongs 1
whtoh wiibdr
Synod, and k
era) body so
*nit« with.
May God h
nan
ispMtvM uf aa agwa**M*lHto>tk
ItMiMlMp hww UHweiwag t aa 1
pswUy **S *awtswMMki, ayv, aesi
■MPMS^SifeMto* Swltam tfefedWt
i tnldtoMi sfwsfeaetoi, w*d ana
mai aa stir ta Ma Aapslu She
hmsmmm heart. Bat hat*
wfe* mm. Xbas appewmsse tha
aad lha i awr lung wards «f
fdfemdfmJhnyauXh .aana^fe a rlay-s naaMhito-nas mmsmhrns
sack irnits a*.n i«w*mg* are
The ninth feature gives ns pil
for we must all admit its truth. Ba
to seek a remedy for the evil, to *
posing and denouncing all revival
to surely unwise and un-Scriptonl
Upon the same principle, the Cali
chiaas woald have long since lav
been destroyed and every palp
woald be vacant. Silence, ths *
Jenoe ot death woald reign to eng;
church. Philip did not so ream
Chtttng.
Olobsof five (5) prepaid sub-
re, sent to one address, we mail
isitor fer $2.00 for 52 numbers.
lane* that ware wlvwratm wf what
they now dawaaaae, aad perhaps
ware auwverted ta a revival, (le v
till ywu that “what* they isvar-
ad revtvsAa tor) were mere toys hut
essarveaa# ad aapetmr wtodom have
Hope Not.—“It to rumored that
an effort will be made at the next
meeting of the General Synod to
change the doctrinal basis to con
form to the Genera) Council."
We hope not. Nothing but harm
can boms of it. Onr General Synod
stands squarely in the Angsbnrg
Confession. All Lutherans can unite
Jl -s duty to tender lnJ
tbe committee and ul
«*y there on the ;|
The importance of tin
fer to toe Church to |
BMjre apparent :|
^ to team from tl-J
of Sfaunton, th« ]
o f the Virginia S.\!
visittol and pi J
brethren there, that
1 yuod will use its ntj
in °^toiniug a laborei 1
at a* early a day a»
era* ami
^ Mf tu ill toljftCIttfjfy, »
Opened. -J
"***■ of tW. Philadelj
10 Pra,1 kliu Square ha]
pleted, the bnilditig
y*** wi Monday Iasi
build ° f vi8itors, * h<
**g and were in vi
a feratpfrMMS colls t
ladf ** wbi'di a
.1 ,es fron ‘ the differei
% oity attended. *
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can fhe huiklin<
accommodate sixt
n^lv r00m 1 8 ^ Verv
»nd com fort abh
^•>„ tion8 *cMi
* aud Sunday s (
rtksrgs has ssmffltMi--
wary feawlaty $<3? JKV
fr-iwa $*T life S«*d tS*
Mfe smww >$haa saw
»**• shaabl ha la a>
ia u* Mw *Hwh and awsharwalv'e
i ii saary **dhg ftsilh is sadhMtog,
•Maw awl dawth fer aw isusfMwwl
•atag*, las* «• th# prnaacwtlsn
MMnsgWwg nmNw thaa a tredie
—awwa thsMfedivsswsKw at tssssar^
Tn* Kiruntuxi
for the use of
Containiog Lessor
with Ixnsaotu* fe
Chareh Festivals
Volume I.—On t
Our Lord, by Hev.
Phitoklelphto Lnthen
Ucatioo
Volume 2.
For Bible clause
such, we consider I
lion Boohs, on i
Titos has evidently
labor, valnable
never seen before, upoa the
tMUue profession that Siaree
made. He never started the
tioa as to whether the Rth
etiuosh might not be as great i
cal aa Bisson Magas. This «»<
of Philip’s busiuess. God i
Ixmi of the couecieuoo aud so
may arrogate to himself to
judgment upon the “thought
iuteots of the heart.* Psal
plained bitterly of Hymcneufe
etus, l)emas and Alexander
never thought of suspeadii
chaagiug hto mode of preachio
Out he ftwgwtSea that
rwal of mtpsrmsm have
re. It wvmld tw a mark
Sum* low .tsiw whlah
mmw awsMed hsv r e eSDer* 1
.twngnv pwuet is w it
eatwe lu tha case «d
wsaumwl fereLdtoge who
explaaaihws, that nit
si, ths swwgeagMlwaal
ad fhe susauol mess-
feUofrship with ns, but be would
have to study the Form of Concord
find the Articles of visitation before
the General Council would aeknowl
edge him to be a true Lutheran.
Littkli.’m Utikci At;
here of Hie hieing A
sportively February fit!
sry 15th, eoutaiu t
noteworthy articles;
English in lrtdaud, 1
Lecky. Macmillan* H
Emperor Alexander ar
of Russia, British t/ua>
Heroism, by C. King
Magazine ; Borne Cork)
elxiBI, Fraser** .tfasauriv
Ooixl Wort* i The Th
The Standabd.—The editor of
the Lutheran Visitor talks like a man
tha* is In earuest and that lovea the
Lutheran Church, but be aometimex
expresses himself in a manner that
must
toyfoakusm, tf any I ujwry
llavival, In tia ysrewoi
prove prejndicial to Lutheran
Sometimes hto words may sug
gest what he does not even mean, as
when he accounts for indifference
and sluggish ness in the Church by
against similar desertions. U
simply consigned such creatun
the devil, and weut on thtmderk
Melauctbon calls his preachiag. 1
the Baviour says the “tare*
wheat" will grow in the asms
to the end of time. It won!
wretched policy, on the part
farmer, to oppose ploughisg
sow ing, because he found tart
hto field, and justify himself k
guing that, by plmighing and
ing, he would be held atsoonn
for |>reiMuring the soil iu which
might spring up. It tojiot mot
Uonal to oppose revivals becaus
the existence iu her of -too much
“dead symbolism." Devotion to the
pure confession of our Chnreh to
often stigmatised aa symbolism, and
those who understand the word must
be led by such expressions to think
thqt| in his estimation, all coufes
sionaf fidelity is void of life. Such
statements from professed adherents
of the Augsburg Confession are pain
y, tseunty
foL
We assart the Standard that ‘touch
statements" are as painful to os as
to him; bat nevertheless it to true,
that our beloved Church suffers
greatly from “dead symbolism." No
one Who knows anything about the
Lutheran Church dares gainsay us
when we affirm that many who pro
fess to reoeive the entire Book of
Concprd, and who will neither fe)
lowsliip with nor recognize as Luth
erans tboss who are satisfied with
the Augsburg Confession alone, yet
are entirely without a religious ex
perience, have not the assurance of
feith, have not a lively hope, and
do ndC w*lk with Christ. Many who
hold to baptismal regeneration, ths
Mijazine / O
vine; Dr. Cal
together with it
Little Borens II
from ths Piatt lh
ter, and of “The
here creep into the church.
To the tenth feature there os«
no opposition by a Christian.
Those who oppose revivals sre
stanMy crying “look at ths «<
quenoes," meatting thereby tha*
result# follow a revival. Now l
OmMi a toastsr wees ; tool *tukl » or*
nwuld tor sotostvtutrl t* wa|«twre but-
las who* * wirsl claims f I'rmoti
he its *t*Moral ww* feu th# tktMth, Dr,
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