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^ tfje cam* of her disaffection.
** true eaas«s weie latent, bat
JL fcave made them p«tfr*f to all
*** barf given the subject any de
*Zof consideration. Kith no un
i feeling towards any oue, we
Sittftyr #tatcd ourimprwHioos
j ****** ADd n,otivW whioh l< * 1
gatotoo and North Carolina
t0 aerer their connection
t General 8nwB. It is al-
reasonable that the “purely
.Iw referred to by “Hew*
2|fe*rticfe, excited a preponder*
^tflaeoee in determining tho ac
2 of these Synods ; and we are ail
how much we are governed
by ofeeamstanoea directjy affecting
«*r Briefest*.
gotemeute so important in their
&£ to the peace and progress of
the chwch demand cause* adequate
w Ihwr aw^MplishmontJ We leave
oor readers to determine from the
ficti sad argumeut submitted the
iuBOflfltof credence to which our
j^ttcDCSts are entitled.
Delegate.
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For the Lutheran Visitor.
fit General Synod—Its Missioii.
NO. III.
This leads to a more practical view
g oar sobject. If a snbstantial de
fame has been made thus far, it fol
lows that the mission of tbe Lutheran
Church embraced iu the General
Synod South claims the greater
prominence. Its work Is the more
dosriy defined, and we can enter
upon it with better heart when we
ndimhow solid its claims to exist-
t«Mt. So imperative de we regard
the obligation upon all Christian bo
ffm, even to a formal union, that none
ha the strongest reasons can be
■rgei against it And where there is
amity of faith among them, no true
dshl of the chnrch dare set himself
selfishly to oppose wliat the grace of
God has wrought in the hearts of
jmpeople—oneness of aim aud spirit
Bat even than it is not always secta
rian to costume in separate Synod
ieai existence. Circumtta nets go far
towards determining this question.
When the doctrinal status of eccle
siastical bodies is not well defined
aud settled, when the church is man
ifestly in s transition state, and
when Providence seeiui to iudicate
a different course, then they set
themselves lords over God’s heritage
who would seek to force or effect a
anion under these circs instances.
Now, such we conceive to be the
condition of that portion of the Lu
the ran Church embraced in the Gen
eral Synod South, and of the Luther
an Church in the United States in
general, that union would be imprac
ticable and nowise, and, even if |*>*
«bfe, fruitful of more evjl than good.
Wo have rested our defence ninm the
facts stated. Theu as a ftirtlier pos
itive argument in favor of the same
position we propose,
I. That according to the pointings of
Providence the General Sgnml hat a
*imon tckich can be beet fulfilled by
retaining her pretent organisation.—
What that mission is, specifically, we
lww propose to consider. It is true
in general that the proclamation of
the Gospel is the grand business of
the ehurch of Jesus Christ. Hut no
diristtim, nor body of jehristiaus, is
Mthorized to farther redd the church
of Christ under any ftich plea as
that they are spreading the Gospel.
’Thw is tho principle oil which divi-
*0°* have too often been justified.
^remu8t be a just claim to exist-
before any body of Christians
frightfully set up for themselves.
. illustrate this by an applica-
of it to ourselves. It is not
drifted for the General Synod that
** Present organization should lie
f tinned merely because through it
ti* gospel is presetted. This she is
and God is soiling her mis-
by crowning her labors with
Wcee8eL But there is a more specific
*®rh laid out for it in these South
?? 8tate «. Do we not recognize
Wasa most important truth, that
•he Lutheran Church in the South
*•* special mission to accomplish f
t no other branch of the Christian
can perform this work so
eutlyf and that this can be best
the pregent basis of the
rj* 6 **! Synod ? If this tie tree,
^ * confidently can wc labor at that
jj w ^P re P are d to onr bands by oor
A comparison of the efficiency and
c progress made by the Lutheran
! ,rch 1,1 Sontb before the war
* lr>Ce ^kt t * fno vrould lie very
HirT V ? rab,e t0 tho *° who vronld de
relations again established,
® te, ‘ new ones formed. We do
ioefe!- 0 ^ 8010 8 ti° w in how far the
ciercy of the church then was
ern ° f her nnion rit h a North
*aa il n0(1, DOr even thnt ***** uuton
k ® cause of this as an effect.
mm so conclude, and no
such charges as “bad logic* aod
ki MOM MftJUitHr” Hill chiAMI rh. malb
’ v * w biro Kllf*life-
od of reasoning. During that time
much of the ground occupied was
badly cultivated. The spirit of ml*
sioos was hardly at all active, ami
while other demooatratioos extended
themselves in all diractlooa.aadavmi
caa»e in not infrequently and planted
themselves in our very midst, wo
were content to take indifferent care
of what had been secured by the
faithful labors of the old pioneer*.
In the absence of a proper activity
losses were then suffered that cun
never be regained tally, and earner
onaevil consequence* have resulted
which arc atiii sorely talk Hot there
has been a reviving of the chnrch ia
all departments of her activity, and
she is arising from her eoa<Utiou of
partial lethargy, ami is being clothed
with something of her tree spirit.
There is manifest a growing appre
ciation of the work committed to her
hands. She is beginning to look
after the interests of her dispersed
and hitherto neglected children The
importance of the work of Domestic
missions is claiming a large share of
attention. Missions are being eaub
lisbed in quarters that should have
been occupied many year* ago. This
work is pressing upon her as a heavy
responsibility. Comparatively little
baa been accomplished as yet, but
who is not encouraged by the evi
dent uneasiness which the chnrch
feels in consequence of her past aeg
lect of duty t In her District Con
veotious this subject claims the first
attention, and tbs destitution that
abounds provokes re prose bee, pray
era, sermons, systematic efforts in
the direction of benevolence, and
general activity. The call for labor
ere is made from all quarter* and
the chnrch ia just now beginuiug
properly to apprehend her daty in
this particular. I>o we err in say
ing that there are now more young
men in preparation for the ministry
than »t any previous time in the
biatory of the Lutheran Church ia
the South f Do you not understand,
brethren, how God is preparing the
way for onr future work, by thus
pointing out our duty, making ua
realize it by exciting tn the minds
of so many a desire to have the
Gospel carried to them by Lutheran
ministers ; by sending bis people here
and there in the field which be has
given ua to cultivate, thus preparing
the way for the planting of congre
gation* in rarioos (daces; and then
by putting it into the minds of so
many to preach the gospel—is there
not in all this the band of our God
making work for his church t To
train onr congregations to a right
appreciation of their daty in this
emergency; to prepare the yoong
men whom God la moving to preach
the gospel in oor Cbnreb; to gather
the dispersed of oor fold into oust
g negations, snd to plant the chnrch
in those localities where it now ia
nuknown—this is a most important
p*rt of the mission of the General
Synod in these Southern States. Hot
this is only a partial view of the real
case. Is It not our daty to establish
the church in all places where there
is a prospect of accomplishing good Y
Why confine our eflbrt* to each lo
calities as contain Lutherans f Have
none but Lutherans claims upon ns f
Ia not the obi i gat ton upon its to
carry the gospel wherever there are
those to be reached by It f The an
•were to these questions arc mere
truisms. And yet, ha»%ot the course
of the Lutheran Church in the South
furnished negative answers to sorb
interrogatories f Very little effort
ha* been made to plant coogrega
tions in communities utiles* there be
first there nuclei around which to
gather them Away with this mi*
erably short sighted policy ! Oor
first duty is to care for our spiritual
children—those who belong to the
same household of faith with us, and
that we have been ao derelict in tbia
is a reproach to the cbarch. for which
she deserves the corse of iaaetivtty.
Hut to confine oor energies to these
places, and to rest satisfied with
caring well for those who are now
onr own, and to make any less than
the most diligent effort to sxteud nor
bonier* in every practicable direc
tion, is to show ourselves most no
faithful stewards. The rule hat been
—bat only as to theory —aim to e»
tablish congregation* wherever there
is an encouraging nmeieut of Luther
ans with which to begin. The rule
thouU he, strive to eaUblish Lather
an congregation* in every available
place where there are none. The qoe*
tion of paramount interest should be,
are there any there who might be
reached through our agency, and
need for the glory of divine grace f
And this exhortation to diligence in
this direction ia urged upon ground*
purely chnrcbly. We believe that
the Lutheran Chnrch hold* the pure
truth of God’s word. Without big
otry, aud without hypocrisy, tfw#
fess the faith of the Angaburg Coo
fession in the native sense held snd
expressed by the Reformers who
framed and presented it. To preach
that troth we have been ordained,
sod topDcokata it in all its
THE LUTHERAN VISITOR, COLUMBIA. 8. €., MARCH 28, 1873.
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abiding aim We beffeve that they
who With tho heart reunlce this truth,
ganael It tern m rtisiwawst (i *n m I ir h&ea ^Li*al hjMMUflt
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and glorify God j and that ooftagn-
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Synod leal <»rgan tantieme whose aim In
to aprend this pure truth ..w* rlodtal
with special authority and green,
nod panaans tho —reel guarantee of
abiding rerrrae
teach!nr we ahoskl
to extend our border* W«
be satisfied with mltiur al
I m pose i hi I > tire In mm active
sod, like mar Meows
“atraitenreT tilt it ha
Animated with this holy
Thin Ifi ffhtinli emr wort
It cam be pm fim mid by as If wo
tilt IW oa% fig
Church Votku.
eyt fttiMhiitol
fW. ft. A.
Va,
la dataM| qf
j Utt&Mku W4
if, me tierelp fuefi^-tme alahaa toi
ntn|
known tho truth wfttoh he
If this he ml led bigotry it to mis-
It lathe aonree from which
teeth nB emr —rttlly In the of fit Mm
rork of tho ehsreh of Joama
drift.
Now this we regard tho pre smiuaot
of tho Lutheran Chmwh tit
mnch ie at head fisr hor to dm * la
It n tight reuse t la It a wevt an
worthy tho hast affbrta id tho eharafct
If she art herself i ti ■ Mate * g MM
wil) she not entnhltah the awmt entid
clataM to her right to tho told which
bo (Ivon than thin t In the
Ifctot vImnni Ini dMi kMMBhMP NNMf
etolmaf To rear ami
to thin faith, and lu the
tfew mm; tn mm tar Mi
tn (Ki# t#»rnt tJant ttabm
of tho pure faith wherever It to nek |
MiMi to d * d| 40P
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smtisi, to great part,
the ntotic of the Gwirral ffyuod,
ami a higher and mere reopens*Me
- -ti
There i* ia proepssrt ftw the Lu
theran Uhorrh In the Booth n noth
of increased maguiinde The ttifte of
immigration U begiausag (o tors
towards the tarethrrn Btotea Gee-
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some ktoatitire they form whale nami'
manitie* And the (treadtimv tarns,
too, are rowing, aod alreodr neseo
tmtobhehml. The iaMnlgretton ef
these people Into emr add «i he
In larger number* each year An
known, thoy uif! si tract In
our shore* thoonands of throe wan
direr* in march of homes. The In
hospitable North went to filling up
wire reree |«ro(*#e last eretaon *f
coos try to active in eeemriag there
immigruaU to kwmte there. A gem
cire are eaxst>hshe«! fee this nniTsi
me mwmW.Ta.
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midst. Hut bow la tbe rburrh pre«
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