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wpiiji " .in -in. vvwwm ■«' 11,1 - wiP h ; »• THE LUTHERAN VISITOR, THE LHTHEIII VISITOR 4" Columbia, &• C. Friday, March SB, 1178. r Editor.: Rtv. A. R. RUDE. D.D., Columbia. g. C Rev. J. I. MILLER. A.M., Stosatou. Vm. i : U * ,, .. - In essentials, unity ; im non essentials, . liberty ; is all things, char%ty. n 1 i|lnm, nn- iu7 , mr 1 '"iimi imii* SPECIAL MOT!CBS. Remittances most Office Orders, Rank If possible, Jr *W •eud the money to i K TKB. AirPoetmrtJtters j»p* are Met to sabscrtton uatfl any exprese order to dierootinue ie pa» reived, and ail arreMa.ee are paid, as required br lea. ifteelj rsOemla. a nujnber or the paper by ewll, Ie sot Mtf- flcqmi. ■meeieerieoe wlittf to mb should fhre their aauaee very and carefully Indiattv «hirn xi<l and which are aew subscribe ni. I T&ISXA^ “tr, of each subscriber ie uereamry, la order that the proper entries may be promptly aim accurately made. Marriage ead obituary notices, ead other matter intended tat publication, should he written separately, and not he butanes* letters, to recrive proper aaavai « the «wf fflrm'l'V'l'iiilW.l T WMBI.L S. C., MARCH 1873. to hie lot; not only from itoknaso he mid oat rmllaat a tenet* day du ring hie whole life <m which ho had been free from polos; hat In add! tioo to this ha had to eadaro meay . hardahipa daring the latter part of loved Sea, aad that the Thirty year** war. fa 1«34 neee deprive,! him of the j*>w ■peach, aad ha v from the ministry He to Liana in |*ticti, as Prom til he, nit death ittiogly «n eased la the com -*-* nebli of devotion _ the poet aad preacher of the militant Church * the uost at ioh]biu#s If Ood did aat — Ohbbbg. To Club, of five (ft) prepaid sub ibers, sent to one address, we ra^il the Visitor for #3 for fifty-two ibers. E Standard.—Our good broth Columbus, Ohio, will hare the word. We are content, and that it will do him much good, we are by no means willing to it that we “misapplied inspired ik rwD Wehbr.—We hare to the conclusion that it woeld be' iuk spilt and time wasted for as to say anything additional to what we hare said to “W.” Our readers do not trouble the ante Ires sbont him, he Is not their “Sir Oracle f and to convince him of baring treated oe unfairly and unjustly is in our opin ion 1 utterly impossible. The man who undertakes this ought first try his ability on the Ethiopian’s skin and the leopard’s spots. ] Please Rktcrmhk*.—W# do not exchange with Our Church Paper, We received the first number, hat did* not place Our Church Paper on our exchange list, as notice was gives that the pubiieation of “number two* would be delayed for some time. We never received “number two,* and were quite astonished to learn from some of our exchanges that Out Church Paper was issued regu Immr* Perhaps it is the beat for us that we do not exchange. It ear* tatnly keeps us oat of the way of temptation to criticise Oar Church t. Pager, and of coarse the “editors,” beilig Christian gentlemen, will not is. Haio spoken people it call it backbiting. far Churches. JfT. Jackson, Va.—“Rev. Bjuder received some valuable here yesterday.” MfipfiNHUTY, 8. C.—“I confirmed eight, all with the exception of two. Sunday School scholars.” W. -—■ The Passion. We are now in the midst of the solemn season which ths Church terms Lent, and which is to serve to prepare her members for the wor I hat also of fins oootage, and of rimer of a brokei. hemt, h** ♦ 4 :• i oowfal spam richly eumforied by the lave of Ood. iBDiTATiositt ow m rnmoi. From f^kh Ifasrm l 'maun f Am f rutti JMO* lliirsliH * ITU IW U: Lot es first of all noasidor the was the moarafol, aaaonocemsot at the bloody passion of oor Lord, who said to the apostle*, Te know after two days Is the feast j as If he purposed to say, tl hi well hsowe to yon, my beloved dtseniptae, that the great aad holy footlvsl of Easter Is to be celebrated two days hence. 4s then a yearling lamb Is state, so shall I also, who sm the true Easier Lamb witeoat Mem tab aad withoot spot, be pot to death oa the mm aad consumed in the tv* ef love for the falfitoent of what the Eaeter Lamb repreeswts. fa ao other way caa ten be blotted oat, the strong prtaee of bell conquered, death, the always hangry man eater, made powerteas, heirs orison bouse tJestroved. the eoasaming fire of the wrath of Ood qoeoched, aad the hamaa femtly •d. Take heed, tharsAMf% thsi ye he not dfenfwl because of my ii** imed is g a f a. I „ I rlwHUmfipM iJtrsfJ srwBllall^ 1U I |UMT* eeivs clearly the truth of thy Ms ration la the 43d Psalm: U f come: la the volume of the book It Ie writ I delight to do thy wtH, 0 my Ood. Thou hsoweet aad meat beforehand that thoo art to bo Moot ed moot ersellv la tsraaalem, aad yet thoo sort eHhng aad ready la . L j* pi # jS^Al a*mianmkM'h , ▼seme a ssmy wssa^He w wr e w* a we-nr^es wilt be obedient to the henveoly Pa thsr onto death, even the death at os, that thoo, by thy msyeet atone f*ir eiy Eternal praiiwra he thtae for eh foithfolueea. flpqt hero, chrietisn heart, let this rvo thee ad' a noble esssayAe foe imitation Meditate coo tonally oa the Mood and death of fy, mach, sad often did thy nsk of hia painful saf- fitring. And wilt thoo, few whose he suffered kset> silent, sod never, or hot very eeldoai, think of itt Christ has written thy name with hia own Mood in his haad, that ho may net even f«*r a moment f**c get thee. WUt thoo put out of thy eight ami thy thoughts his love sad fhlthfotoesa. Augnettoe soys the ao v of kith reels on blood of Christ Christ’s passion is the Me book of history. In it thoo art taught the all kopoetaot eveat, the Nke of which has not token place since the world existed Heble aad wtll The History of the of Per ths Lethsma Visitor- The Bandsgi J ths Pulpit eftky E. Somuui, Ml), I firnmamn,fE of (led, whieh teketh awajr thy ami tkooki ef who is th He grusleeely esyn to thee, I, a am he that M stoeth eat thy KMT W|]P mImi mmA v thy stae. Thu History ie too o mh of On to m fen —pfonmown Oa Va, t March to, life j fori I have Joel the heads of Her. fe. A. feffo ■nsutootsd hf to of Mrs K C Rods, to tho emtfoadd fee sto toi i| okas when ho Aft toon 1 Here ("hnel si pat thy trasl in (led. with David, I wfelfi « unto the hills foaa Lord, who Pu Uriel, death f 0# te es u misaenm itof'liahA fihfo fotlhCffi*, |.iw T folfeg.Met toto igo, there appeared toe Writer two or ring ths above nop- ■in mu i m imiS S S- ti, m mi UK#' 4 AMU pur{ «ort of (aoer arucies. let only te was seek a boadage as that of t eon especially, per* sympathy to such min isters of the ysupsl of Gkrtot as were setfieet to it, aad who felt It ss so heavily open their faithful to their com rib ft I* f hiti-fff Ws take it eat a whefly there U seed V R® pulpit. os o geoeraJIv, arm if udtuoutotbmt fact, that • a fewfios so mm tJL » futn j fotols® fo tofo vRv MM toteMp^ Ws believe it to bo V& Moi’aiTurv, la 1 letry amt than fortorriy, sod eepi ctofey toon Is the primitive days of It was scarcely, If at aft, frit And we think we risk little in roe taring the It is a growing bond is daily hemming still more | to the mm many that ministers of ths Word ~ - ‘ “ tog' T the ilpit, \ are urge the rber letry ttmm u» iu w-miim a m muuM onm todHfo to fMMfoHIJ f foWt* ef Ml My (need, Ur. L, If hy toe with thy observance of the solemnities of Position Week. Daring Lent it is vetJ much to be desired that our ministers use the Lessons given in our Book of Worship, and that they preach, not on a single verse, but on the lesson or lessons appointed for each Lord’s day. Oar people ought also to read these lessons devotedly, and thus follow ths Redeemer step by Step from Galilee to Jerusalem. If ministers hud people will bat do this 1 falthfhlly, then will this holy season bring them an abundant in* crease of spiritual blessings; then will:they be able to rejoice at the triumphant entrance of their King in Jerusalem on Palm Sunday, ami accompanying him from Getbsema&e to Golgotha, watch in glad hope at his grave, and sing, “The Lord isi risen indeed,” on Raster morning. ! r For the benefit and comfort of oar fellow believers we have translated a i most delightful article from the Oer tkbeindchUut, and thinking that oar reader* would like to know onms- thing of the author, we present a brief sketeh of this true and faithful witness, who, in affliction, ie oar Baxter, and in sacred song itberan Watts. mesHeerman was born Oe* 1,1586, in Raateu in Lower Siie- He at an early age wrote first and afterwards German poe* He was crowned as poet in and made pastor at Koetb«a iu in Ml. Untold Suffering foil in one battle f Or of with toe Jawbone at urn mm killed a thousand Philistines f Or of David, who with hie eling laid tow Ciettoth, the chamnion of the PhilietiiMM ? Ab4sht*. the sou of Zcrniah. lifted on his arNMir asaisst three hoadre«l sod stow them. DM net Jilin* Omsar fight fifty bad tie*, take eight .foulUMaitaltosUMuto I^Mir SUfc im It L. Ifo onoareu euies, overcome tars* eun drwl uattoue, ami have five tri umphsf Aad did not, without ukttj in aeceuot toe etvU warm, etovea timen ooe hundred end ninety two jttoeT Hoe tool any | Eaten. saalUiwed up death la M»*y, i tog entev 1 (A wbe to la toe arm* of stoop O All thel live*, it has Tm 0«d tto given His e imget tod *e *rw told tmih end Is pru|. Ths tad, ifo j^fo n had ee eys • hito aw she te ths propew mmm with sgL tgfiofotoi llwtevy la far e m this History. wf ( m*m ifcr Iwmm mA K»iog( oC gflocy, Mii Mot ehiy hava fofo i The night asd goto**} • er duo# to, if It 1 Hi*- •f the >d<M*t «h W# bed g We el Ike foy fieeh i thy I toy Ufr a i, toot qetokly Dovid t 1A I .j .^-j t gjg^p Ihfol Ifof t h t dtotdi for! toe riesptog fW"» ■ hnin, < of toe nor to given np to way is of wely •arh ot it i»e m I of 1 i kj that tove feou. -1 * fit vwf nflu : are brio r*»« to ▼ *«« my death W| heart, set toy dying to •) •fifol HM toy to kaww mi fofor «’**•» *wpw « Kfohe Posoieu ie also the loot book of tauBtroetloo Duet thou want to know God’s thoughu to theo f Here j twenty thou canst learn them j»,»t f**t* h - Bhoohi not toy beaveoly Father care for thee t Did ha not give hia only Son, and deliver him np to ignominy sod death when thoo west vet oa mMMml y ■ vmww wwo j w-w- ws* •netnv f Should not C’hnat tool kind these ly towards than T lie who gave him will •elf for thee, heated thee wttofoto fatty *d bought toon fern tdo la* I truly ha In toe 1 wi(H MW ilfil wtWItl IHOCPVj ♦ I ove hath no mao !hst* this. ian lay down hie iifo for hte Thie vanai ora bum*, u ay taeo Doat than want to know how God looks oa too f Htofele too right place to laasp ik For what waa or pay It Htfl only at It Is the yloa af the of the If si I eae oak Th* hiag of day to hMsIdiag his [t «ha( toe pacts tail the ^ withdrawing toe dark rartodo at ’ f night, we pom vapatly Mtotma *i«*r | stain*, too M «wh <4 «Uj pua»a e ‘ flood of glmrf da««» o* the aoakea earth, toll ckflmtisw heMMt fltogui' Ace the CVoeSar. «ed the hoorea «j at the lirshwMaiSi rings m We arm reedy—toil t»‘» efd ssk Think at that! 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(.. v am itsu W VWt s x we *^ee u e t ssk : -Aivlwv la the add* of rah bstaV* “*hf to to* mply, "faaf a gsettoman hhs hmt his watch * We •a fas it With to gmri grace »* we m* ; they go ifetoMMh toe miHaaa, and aw-m m-u-muH * Ikfoibito fotofi th>s» f fhtdtnwr fvBSaao<el mm felifi * m-m* Iwi »”"Wfolfi itokAtomfe i r.^tkifu Sii -.jt ikiAi. am hmofitittTir-rl lit; gpumt'V"* ‘w '* » w “ wjf gPWw I ana was thor eorht i ecidendL l*ut oa Vairk mmm Mtotodl Tbf f itmtwiM b»d 1 *r«ilobli left the (r*itt In theae dsva m fefje"|»( pet I«w 1 v^e**v » ‘ ilfc * ♦’ *<i'> it l idKitiiffifo « - ID v ir foiyt ffoi Iwt f mietpalaiad hy ana* of the light* feFtfotoiiiJ'MMy- 1 Dr At Angafon we eteheage eaia, so maroon the Ha rnrf in iigfo (ami k^feiinfUii [HHKMijh ||l^> ^ i.^Sdk- We now new (Irauitevifle, a heaatl ^ij|l | jj ^ ^ j IfotogTiij fi weal less*, m to a beo* plane 1 it* UMivolled Whtor power aad huge it the Lowed of Booth hat f 1 dC r LU lolr^l she ought tail She ear thing Hm mamt eeedttiuu. Tht la and eel I to at r.tatm* have six A frtowd wvofakee me, tir me to * atu wfo^^gfo w mMmfififi^totofefoklf nm^toufiMfiMh foHhfih S w riii* on it A i f-iiti t 1 Ww-iWjf lu swi w dW-AmiaosJ^* J Ifofofefir gsee V"4 a ITWII w*y IfwMMfiMfifo 1 MMl fUJ WT*1I. folN) fed ! bfi foil feftd ffitfor UimI fhiife . IrEaBhiHto* ■oral krist »ith r »• per* fat jr, u» kity hris f, to reed and I «f I es Ice to such bam. the master’! pfaodit, “Well done, thoo good and faithful servant," »©r anxious with regard to ths retard he shall receive in the world to come. None of them things move him. He to moved alone by such things as, iu his opinion, will tend to increase bis popularity. Only think of the popu lar preacher announcing to s fash ionable congregation as his teste, such passage* of Scripture as 1 Peter, ill: l-d; ITim.H: 11,12; Rom xii: 1,2; sod Matt, vi: 19. *. The rase loving preacher, who receives a large salary which enables him to fort quite sumptuously, to very careful not to preach the offen rive portions of the Word of God. lie well knows that in doing so he would alienate from him those rich aad easy -of-000science members from whom he receive# toe principal por tion of his salary*, and that bis io- eome would consequently be greatly diminished. His love of ease and good cheer to too great to allow him to pul in jeopardy the certainty of Ms salary by offending and driving aft hia easy of «on science bearers through preaching to them the disa greeable portions of God’s message: so he remains s willing subject under the bondage of the pulpit. A Even the true and oonacieottone preacher, who earnestly desires and •ntoereiy prays for grace, to be found faithful in teaching the people to ob serve all thisipt whatsoever the turn*- Um has commanded, nut uufreqneutly hesitates and shrinks, when ponder ing upon the probable consequences, to deliver to his hearers those por tions of God’s message, the bearing of which they so much disrelish. Hm tiauiditp to the* cause of his bring pulpu bondnged. A man who to not a Christian dies. The timid preacher to called upon to conduct toe funeral services. He fears that he will greatly offend and wound the feelings of the family and friends of the deceased by declaring what he sincerely believes to be his fate. And mare especially to this the case when any of the family are In OMiurctkoa with the charch or in sympathy with it. Umler the cir cumstances the temptation to grest to actually preach the dead sinner to heaven. The preacher that has a fashions Me town congregation meets with n tMkodajre of the pulpit in faith fully exhorting his people not to be conformed to the world in their man ner sod style of living, but to imitate the Banner in Hto humility of mind. Wevhtty mtnded and even some tol erably good people do not like to hear it prroebed that it to their duty to give to the cause of Christianity as God has prospered them. These, and kindred subjects, prove the fruitful eauam of “the bondage of toe pulpit* Webster. 1 not span mod will is of bend the con- •wtll **ch sab* itrifjr 1 not lend fear ihst 0 be a the hto at of to to the He i of For the Lutheran Vim tor. Osnml Synod. Sooth. M'MBKIt (V. We have already named aa the great cause which led the North ('arotina Bynod to dissolve itscon- noctioo with the General Synod, an inherent weakness in the bond <4 iu unlou. end which w»* attribute hie to the equivocal political coin plexMHi of the Stole, and from which it is pceeumafcfc the Synod wc not wholly exempt. And this fact, as ws have seen, inclined the body to turn a longing and lingering eye to the North, and to neck ecclesiastical al liance with the churches there. We now leave this topic and direct stn-titHHi to other possible causes of uiuior iniportAtior; and yet which in the aggregate acre not a it bout their weight in tleteriniiiiug the action of Byisxl. Ami Jlrmt f it is very proba We that cettoiu proceedings of the General By noil at its conventions held in Btsuuton and Newberry may bar* engendered the opposition of econo of its former adhereuts, and On rendered their further connection with it not only undesirable but un- ptonsauL Thu* action also may have been made the occasion of foment ing a Ui vim on of sentiment as to the iNkcesaity and nltHty of the Gcueral Bynod se an organisation iu the Bouth. It will be readily seen how, by persistent effort, a body already enfeebled in its attachment by s pow erful latent sentiment might be moved to aiutndoit a scheme with which it did not fully sympathise, and whose objects it 0041kl not heartily advance. Whatever may have been thought by those wbo felt themselves aggrieved by the action of the General Synod, we are well assured that it was prompted by pority of motive, cou pled with an earnest desire to pro tect i*s interests, and promote the genera! welfare of the churches un der its supervision. We regret the unpleasant incidents bens alluded to nit*’ their consequences; but fiat jaatuia ruat codam. Again. In addition to motives basrel upon mere i*rnonal iediug, affecting s few members of the Bynod, it may have been moved by a laudable ambition to enlarge the area of its influence by pursnitig a line of policy that it could not con- Closely Bound •latently do whilst an General Synod. For it have been thought that so remained in connection General Synod, the Utem, tions within its border w«^7 detriment by being ov« some extent, by othflu# fibre and more oomi euce, and thus a which, nnder a different" arrangement, might be largely increased. It to uT 1 oeivable that the practical^ 1 of this subject were lost, those who were immeiiatfik' oerued in their m- - larged prosperity. Or it may be that the 1 posed it to be its mission to “the bright particular atari <77 constellation in the Bonth; lowing the example of ths vauia Synod, it withdrew general organization only to! the centre of another. supposition to not wholly foundation, but altogether! to evident from the feet then By nod which was relaetontfci itself squarely and • upon the “Augsburg directly after it had separate from the General changed its doctrinal bun*, m, only accepted the Unaltered burg Confession as in harmoej, the Word of God and a es bibition of doctrine, but s Apole^y, fb* Catechisms of the Jamaicani articles, and fee] tnula of Oncoid, as a fajfofo velopnirnr a*>d dHence of fee trine of tin* W„rd of God, «< forth in the Aurdmig The new and enlarged having been adopted, and the] thus put in au attitude fori operations ou a new lines! proceedings are at once to effect a uniou with its oidi the Tennessee By nod, that ton congregations iu Tenoeaaea la] a basis of uniou was agreed 1 a joint committee represeotisg 1 two Synods, and proceeding! j reiitly were progressing to s consummation, when Io! bofei lies came to a dead halt after) mutual congratulations; whole matter to left in statefu\ imssibiy has been pushed to I plus ultra, What arrested tions we can not imagine, euketi Tennessee Synod stood is drasij the North Carolina Synod's 1 of deglutition, and being quite ready for the paiufuG nor disposed to Lay aside her 1 prestige, she demanded tuns far! tiier reflection before subj self to the terrible ordeal, tells us (and he ought to koesjl aside from purely local ql there is much agreement ia between the two Synods. ( and yet thiugs are not always' they seem to be. The fable that although a cat rolled is 1 may somewhat resemble that yet, that a wise and venerates) ouoe pronounced bis judgment,’ the cat our ancient enemy.* tabula doert, dv. Finally. The projected itori policy may have ooutemplafed*« w ider range of grasp ami > and the bojie may bare tamed from the beginning as 1 intimated, of inaugurating s composed of all the Synods ■< South not embraced in other) organisations. This 000s foreign influenoes, skillfbl meut, the charm that largo boilies, and s diaporitej gratify instinctive tendencies’ prove powerful agencies in ting at an early |K*riod it* astical relations with the church. As, a part of this P**J church {>a|>er was undoubtofo’ ganied as a Meetoty to adt views, and prosecute pm |Kisc&. This expectatios to* 1 ready been realized, aud we fo 1 ] formed that it has a one thousand. We ooofemMri touishment at the success rm] has met, when we considei tto* culties attending such ani The establishment of a school, or at least the of a professor, iu whole <w ** 1 iu one of the Northern Semi* the church, has no doubt been the subject ot grave tiou, and as an accotuphs^ 1 made dependent upon tbe of a general organizaties. In conclusion : Looking * course of the North Carolas* and in connection therewith «b£ velopment of important fi^*- its secession, I am relunctete^T* to the concinsion that ah *** MJ tlm legitimate results of oj® viseil scheme to effect a fully to be developed. Upas 1 saanptioii that theae view* aoM wi in truth, we have no < gret tbe action ol the North | Synod. To be suroalote sustained iu numerical atom as a component part of fo* Synod her eontiuuanoe wsml been tbe'eause of discord, eud she would have gone out i don.) * » can? iacto- 10 ih * £d, both *?<» ' drt^ **3 fre ineffcieocr ma the Ttif * nw evwta I*"” who h»« e.H grceof cons " * kind 1 h#ve candidly • at Um cm-" 511 the H«W»" Synods to with the Dene together *»*>.. ieeal questions^ in his ortkjfe, e tinfi 1 1 tion of these By aware bo* nr by ctreumstan <mr interests. Movcmonfe relation to the tbe church d* to their accomi our readers to facts and argn •mount of cre<’ statements arc (To bf\ I p*. Wm K JL < "■. i The General Ihis leads to of our anbject. feoce has been iows that tbe mi Church embra Synod Sooth prominence. It dearly defined, upon it with realize how soli fa ence. So impe the obligation u dies, crew to a fo but tbe strou urged against it a unity of faith child of the chn selfishly to opr>o God has wrong bisjieople—ouen B " But even than it ^ rian to cc^miae ical existenw. < I towards determi I BK When the doctri H. siastieal bodies and settled, who 1 feat ly in a tn when Providenc a different themselves lonG who would seek uuioti under tht t Now. such w. I condition of th;t tberan Church e eral Svnotl Sout an Church in t general, that uui ticable and unw si hie, fruitful of We have rested facts stated. Tl itive argument position we pro] I. That accord Proridenct the mission 1 chick c retaining her pi What that missi now pro|K)se to >« general that the Gospel is the church of Christian, nor l» authorized to fur ol Christ nnder that they are sj! This Is the prin sions have too. There must be ; ®**ce before an v rightfully »e B °t to illustrate tiou of it to 0 ^simed for the present orgi °outiuued inerd the gosiH'l is (h] Oo, »g, and GihI rion by crownii snoceas. But tin w °Ht laid out eru States. Di tiiis as a most i tl,e Lutheran Cl has a special uo other br, e hurcb can j»er efficiently! *ud t on the pr ^er*l Synod! how confidently 7,°** Prepared Master. A comparison G* progress amd t-bhreb in the m “l Hince that ““favorable to t K, re old relation .** ® TW| new on ““t propose to •neffhlency 0 ) t result of her * rn Synod, nor p ds G»e cause But »en will >