The Lutheran visitor. (Columbia, S.C.) 1869-1904, April 04, 1873, Image 2
THE LUTHERAN VISITOR, COLOMBIA, 8. C., APRIL 4, ’!81B
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horn, after such a
Wa generally read Om £^raa
olumbiii, £1. O
aud Mteaianarg with plenum re and
profit. Wa are constrained to nay,
however, that every now and then
oar nteasare ia a number of that
Ml
Aoertttlu editor
plained, that “sqp
the two words “«w WA" 1 mast
••M respact folly ask who “aw" is,
Mars i aaa admit the power of such
srgemaat<?)
Third position : “fh* ssorrft* of
•,,, | Editors:
Rev. a. R- RUDE. n.D.. Olusibla. B. 0
Rev. A I. MILLER. A.M., Staunton, Vs.
tala “Letters from the Soutb, ttie
spirit slid object af which fife about
aa far from commendable ae they are
In essentials, unify ; «%pou —srsfmti,
liberty f in all things, ohmrity
The quarter of the South horn
which these letters hell, sad the
names of their authors, are not rnoch
more of a aeerot, at leaat to the min
iaters amoogri us, than they art to
the chief editor of the IjuUheraa end
Mimwmmrf himself. We think too
ary could willingly
eooourafe sneh an %
sractAL nonep.
ees must bar me
short times, the Ot«lsg
This la tiroo, sod anything
this la ootroe. What has
Hoot soul to do with the
fed e/erf* of suit The Hu
mankind, through his suffer
vise them, that when “Let**
the South,* of the sort sU«
above, come to their offal, fi
best course in the world, (for
ties concerned,) to ha pm
au exyfteM on Ur to diseootinus is re
ceives!, »n<l all arrearage* are paid, a
required by law. Merely returning i
du mbs# of the paper by mail. Is not «ul
fleient.
All Ifemraunktttions relating to mb
•cribera should give their wmw verj
distinctly, and carefully indicate whirl
eaght to be as perfectly patent to him
menus, and tor that reason are we
surprised at their appearance in bis
that ehipoff “How,* and M *M. X.
II.* ** b pot Id bank and make it
•tick he la watoofess. Aa regards the
better be sent to the
establishment.* it wfl!
for the New Market <
but also that of the county sad Stats
of ea*a subscriber is aoeewsury, la order
that thi proper entries may be promptly
and accurately made.
Marasmt and oMtoan notice*, and
other matter intended for public**km.,
should be written separately, and not in
■ A —- — I, J, I .'.MAM AW •*- A . — —
letien, to rwirf propft Mini*
Tor the LathersfeVtsH*
Bffitow rf IfT. I % fa*
To Uluba of five (5) prepaid sob-
scribers, seat to one address, we
mail tie Writer for #3 for filly-I wo
numbers- *>
imbhab it at all. There are several matfer.’Mfc
r of there gnu there letters sc u ted iu out Book, all or stfel
there* mnd flftorisrory, was rwjnire notice, but we ffH jjJ
ago given in the Fritter, them alt tblPfato number/ *** *
looaeaeasof its statement*. “Greets,* he ** >*, “are fesctfal
mildly,) pretty effectually only where there ..re sects, but «4
vediy ex pound hy the senior nanism is forbidden, thereto*
Ve mean that plausible sad a re forbidden. This briti^ fartml
y ittoffeosive effusion over the dogma of the fife) ft**
are “U«W,"or “W. K. HZ’ occupies forbiddeo *Wjd ; mt)\
er tbs letters were. itself, of coarse, as homes pmtM
stU suffice as s|mcimetis of tion, forbidden." This dove-tfa
ns we have in view. It proposition is of a piere wit J
t»ly be said to any oue in argument The logic is jurist*]
t» our church matters, who a* tbe following: “Hie Bible Uas|
them letters, that they essary only where theca ate toast
i • rates from a stand- but sinuing it forbidden, thocfol
l by pareaas decidedly bos the Bible is forbidden. This feJ
r Moalfceru Geosrql Synod, the case, the dogma of saivatiwkj
■d of[the uommuoisattotiM grace occupies forbidden gram
< «• observed, was copied aud is itself forbidden>
iptly and prominently from Our author says that the FsreJ
wary by Oar Church Jumper, Concord caused “animosity salmi
at Near Market, Va. And teniion* among the Reformed,*
sU«<A us vary forcibly a* that it was all on aroountof thefof*
iue« hat suggeaUve. We of the Real Presence. This is s «i
i help asking ouroelvea, mistake, for that doctrine had hi
view of if* autliueship, did Greedy taught for years in tbs Asp
immity appear in for €?*««* burg Confession. He is revets •
bar as editorial or comma- the Reformers for raising that
lurbaoee, and says it was bans
l> anuateetery answer we of this creed, the Form of Otway
to that question was some Now who raised the disturbance,M
i this: The paper at New friends of the Augsburg Ccefoafcj
i* started out with certain or its oppose rs f Those who am
a It is to ha quite a model the “contention and animosity* is
tguriy, in freedom from of then, just what our author ii am-
gsotiaiiues, Ac. It ia to be they were in the church, bat Ms
may do “Hew* muck g»w»i
The coming Sunday, called Palm
Sunday, ia the “Beginuiug of the
Passiou or Holy Week.* It Is to be
hoped v that our churches will all ob
serve the anuiversary week of the
suffering aud death of the Lord
Jesus Christ. The holy seasons and
the solemn festivals of the church
are too much neglected. For the
service on Palm Sunday, see the
Book of Worship. Friday alter Palm
Sunday ia Good Friday. On that
day uo minister able to officiate
should, be idle. The prayer for G red
Frida
"WmnfIiIt* tor tJL* “Fairer n*«.«-*>.
A West Virginia rorresiMiedenl
writes: “Sorry to kero that brother
Cupp la determined to leave West
Virginia this Spring. Too much den
Utntioo here new. My private spin
ion Is the General Synod Booth had
better occupy West Virginia, and
provide for her ministerially. If
there most he e uncrtffce why net
Jeenih used the ram* to the Nioevitr*
A fffi fffousa jmmsfil mmaun aaffit «*J|1 m .. ... » • * »-!■* ssffe ■ . . R
ii IHfi? MW jro 1 a)Sia-i
ff Iff S-fik. it It M.
iff 1 YUM IU
wed * Peter
We have ettempu <
nasdoo of tbe G< d
mme of its more mi
There are other j
church work of wbic!
in our Book is a fervent aud
spiritual outpouring of tbe hearts of
the assembly of believers. In many
places the congregations are not like
ly to top large; let not that conside
ration keep the church doors dosed.
Tbe priimise is to two or three j to
belicrdre Remember Gideon at the
well of* Hnrod. *
We suppose every pastor wilt have
commribioft on Faster Sunday.
form and ltreaty. There are many
points along ths rail rend between
Richmond and Heotiagtse that
ought to be pressured jnst new.
They would pay after awhile. The
interior aa well as ths border* of
West Virginia will noon teem with
NM jfi^r ssr ^sr rasfefefefefif feff feta.
• essr, (I think he in a tier
New this
tor sin, a dhlld sf sight years
Foreign Miatiom. Vmt
the claims of this w<fl
Synod except by tln-B
doty. That church. M
tians, that does uotK
maud, “Go ye into all
preach the Gospel
tare,” can not exp« <®
bhwsing of Gtxl. >1
oor home destitntu' I
creature." can exetnl
detj’; nor should till
stand in tbe w ay ol
this blessed privilegl
car 8oatbeni Zion,
move iu this mattcH
certainly move the hi
osryouug meu to <1
Abroad. If the ell
isdifereut to this wl
go to work to pr ay I
■ionary Society into I
General Synod.
With these practi< l
church there are !• I
qpehcies, of which m!
*«te more particui *
mission may be cal
•Sriontly there rnu- B
«n»««d » diligent ul
■oarces. In our zrl
p nds stated we mul
those means ordinal!
for accomplish!
Hf If we dol
i^y, w e do nothin!
y* •* the concom!
PJJ^i jnst as wor
™*th. It »« the dul
to the greatest
8* *H tbe agetici
^’•■kphsh her work
[pa«k tbe word bt tl
«^o.n of heaven
tribuLou tbe things
7* ha « constituted
J; »orW i„ | he 8eb
saiuthNT qpmdmrs of togte. “Thu*
Hi ltd ftiald as4 aitala to that do
rearing apprehension of right end
STWtfbSk* I h«kiD ^KjaSkSfe W m Mil.r ii** ■ i f i iit> Mu 1.— JP jA l-ii
r w^PWms w |,H Hnll * .ff’Clfi * Hi
hshnrss and gaodwre*. and the fceeu
sense or hi ww» *>miuioe«* wn«cu
mrm#w uo tmmm imem wWMI1VHMM
smww * Tire, I ask to all reo
sfetonew. why roqntoelt sf the child.
Oor Churches.
StaT! rtTOlf, Va.—Rev. Philip (Iraef,
a liomtiftte of Maryland Bynod, and
at present a student at Gettysburg
Tl) co logical Semi nary, baa been unani
mounly elected pastor of tbe Lather
an Church in Stannton, An gusts
County, Va.
Salkm, Va.—Rev. B. B. Sibole of
Pbilat^elphiaSeminary has been elect
ed pastor of tbe Lntberau Church at
Salem, Roanoke County, Va.
Sandy Run Church, Lexington
Count*, S. C., has fifteen treasure
boxes. Tbe congregation is small,
and the war has impoverished the
members; but they are rich in good
works. The fifteen boxes were open
ed at the close of the first quarter
— April 1st- and the contents amount
ed to #44. In oue box was found a
half sovereign of tbe year 1775* An
old keepsake. Tbe widow T s mite
from the box of a widow, who lost
husband t and home by the war.
Blessed be God she lost uot her faith,
nor her love to honor God and to
serve fchriat. That piece of money
carries with it His blessing, and
through it the other gills will be
sanctified*..
“God’s love hath to us wealth ap heaped.
Only by giving is it reaped.
The tody withers, and the mind.
If pen tin by selfish rind.
Give strength, fire thought, give deeds,
give pelf,
Give lave, give tears, and give thyself %
Who gives not is not living.
The more we give,
The more we live.”
Are we not neglecting ref Home
Mission Field f la it not a mistake
UanMs A Hints,
simply a
i too and general church news for the
brethren, clerical and lay, of three
14> nods, who oottkl find oo existing
paper sattoCaotorilv answerfag their
porposeu Those who have taken aa
interest ia establishing this organ of
Use three SjixkK «lo not desire its
r<>« mini tor*, nor rorreepimdctitM, ami
h-A*t of all its adders, to “pitch into’'
say Uafo, or stir up controversy or
uapleseaotaees amongst neighbors
sod brethren. Oh no I the pa|wr is
•uorety to uaiurate weekly, bat earn
estly, itsowu proper field- But there
are certain restless spirits in a rol
lout corner of tbe three Synods, who,
we Its sard liule in assamiug, are
somewhat chafed by there reatrio-
hi* I aa Ikap
M B|fiP ffiH IwB ffB I safiPJI
etgfol yesMf* sM w'hw psofossstvl to he
ere*eri«d at a reuval TV writer
i aa J iwurff iWiltol aw^^dfo|j|u|wMffi ffifa. a#ffiqmMMSSMlfieM^Mi
wdm^Bw^w rww IwSw wqM
hie ease, ehteb 1 iwopnes to tab* op
Itort thte wnrttev Mu ia jwffgmsMtt
re this chill** totdUgeore. m hi*
kwow todgv He wars fhe ehttnl “bad
*a -s - -P - « - ■«. - WA ^ jj* l«ftw
HHPm m reRmJpPr THff ,, ll wre II IP
rritotlwa ta Ms Maker * “wo retigjmi*
know ledge wtmi ever,* fHerrfbr* cn
more mtoelonary work dono t Woe Id H **' IM ml dewy that the
not a more equal dtotributtoo of tV * revjvwto Is to th* Mthto. ami
money raised for cherrhlv parpoees *bat revivals roafly ffid oorat to Hi
V good pollcv f If we had tV Bare*, •* I •<» fimthee show ;
money coo Id we not at ores send oat that rely tho term revival to ef
several miasioaarie* wdhoot tiepfiv -filfijBPilfffffijph
ing a single charge of its pastor V “O. B.*rourefy miMfqirtfaaide “Ik
How many ministers, who see wot MV remarks almwt Use siomre
pastore, have we ia the Geooral rrt hreeb. and mums to think that
Synod ? How shoo Id they be eiaaoi • “reviver and the *foerel»* are to-
fled T How would the following do f suporoMe **C. B * etoareo eatooririams,
DitisngagfNl ministers 1. Cnable: «hotre, gowaa, books of wretorip, ami
a, Physical Infirmity A Mental la mourner** twmrkeo ail together. A0
flrmity. c, Moral lafinsity 1 Able «• Lnthsraa ireropt tV last 1*
1. Unknown 1 Co the Ume of Ed weeds, fanddard, Me*
verted, (foe writer being the telle
.row i*s iUm I esff I isreskhak B*esik»'4
sPkl * Wt v* II * ppf*'WW * *TI H t*
or wotwre, wet Idttsls, new V nw
verted to a rertvsl Here is logic I
fbtfk peerilnn t fir IWy /#WWf t»
wmMr t* resale u oeesrfew* folrl fa e
Hrihf ripfif pro re dM floes tie writer
mean tfiuo sertoueiy f Here ka limits
the Alerigktjr. Tie child, fllMqsS
Silill wr~fa g _ ■.■lull S. , 'M hi*** fiff-ttt
wroeM *"“fa I* * ^ m u*Pia w m pi*re l ogw* fwffi ■
**mt fm ft* irtdnT t* i« n
■ #9^ iBlltl fill feftii iffIMpil and to
the wsstd. fare bad no faith at all.
Barit an saarrttre as the afonev Is
mere toffy, and nuwonhy a serious
change lit* ekm, ihm the lct>|med his
toiotq, e%ett under tlte atanipalalitMis
ot the three ri) eml wbu still
j ett in to think that the best way to
prove the getintitonees of their Ln-
U*eraiiisin is by assailing other Lu
therans whom they conceive to fell
short of their standard. These, no
doubt, bare (wtisfactorily argued
with tbrioselve* and others, that
“simply cupjfing article* from other
Let Arras paper* far Ike m/ormaiwH of
ewr reader*, who temnt to kaotr trkat ii
going on, cun not t tamtnabig he objected
fo. We are not to be held responsi
ble for such copied or selected articles,
no matter whom they may hit, *or
hg ickom theg original!) ma) Kart keen
j/besisfcerf'* . .
Now, iookiog s little Mow tbe
surface of things—keeping in mind
the nature of tbe “Letters from tbe
Booth," in the Lutheran and Miation
ary—keeping in mind tbe authonhip
ot them—and keeping in mind tbe
serf of pmfmeion* which Our Church
Paper has made—ioet tbe copyiug of
such letters into Our Church Paper
fairly suggest anything !
Is it suggretivc at all of diaingeu-
eouattess on tin* pert of tbe editors
of that immaculate sheet f Doe* it
, warreut a auapicion tbst they are
willing to do circattoosly aud covert
ly that * hid they will not take tbe
resiMMiwbtltty of doing directly and
undisguised bt t That they will stab
ateulthtly, if itoasible, those whom
they will not, or dare not, as tlte
care may be, attack opeqlyY* With
a, Willing
appreciated. A Objectioosble 4, l*»
willing f- 1. Hlpftoeoodria f. ffoeu
ueous views" were iu oar tw
what would you not writol
oue thiug to tbeorixe^oa
charity, snd quite auotber tw F
tiro it . . . .y-IH
The truth chaftei is cuf***
“Some of the dogmas of the L* 11
su Church have fallen ink) A*
tude; a fact which enooersfi**
hope that the doctrine of th« *
per tree* therefore all who are con
fWiHi H 1 rr^fill Ifr mrvp pppPMr*
faro. Tlmqfare, farther, s PM-frst is
wmwmj mWKM wwwmi wtiri mpmTmumm j**w
true rearorwtou* Thrrefbte, still
tort her sa4 tasffy, “a revival Is not
ot ths Larth hut «f the etff ree."
Here are a sutog ot swqwrssro. in
tmi kb ■Ma^mtbas 4 a* iu| ... M-. u^sfi iviil f
lint ‘11* is not the first ore who
asarrore xas upunsmpas tst ism treuit
to the devil MsU *ff t ti mod 32.
wRHMBiBRw wfilPT« row M e9r Rslllv ,
We toad iu tbe Lutheran and Mis*
sionarg af March 13th, your “emu
municatiou,” in which you say :
No! long since u com mutt (cation
appeared in The Lutheran, signed
io which the writer said, “A
mission has already been commenced
in etc. Dr. Rude
denies the statement of “Hew* as to
a mission at Knoxville, “ooly tbe
ruissiop of tho Missouri Synod.”
Being satisfied that be was correct
in his Missouri statements, and that
be had hewed “Hew," be closed. Dr.
Rude : certainly Was not informed
upon the subnect, for the Missouri
Byuod,never did have a mission there
atapy time.- Rev. J. Heck el to a
member of tho Iowa By nod, and
sent to Knoxville by the Pen nay I
vania Bynod or General Council.
I am certain that an English o»u
gregatiou was organized oo the lfith
of August, 1372, at KnoxvUte, (which
was hospitably entertained “How
Is it," said he, “that you can afford
to live so well on your small salary F
Presence may, eventually,
a similar fate.* Quite cheeri*V
pared with “Tbe doctris* »
Real Presence in the Lord 5 * Si
must be Forever retained} M
Book of Coocotd is reqairri 1
subscribed.* Bxcelletit Ijph
when put together!
One “dogma* that, a* h®
fallen into desuetude, is “tw**
in theory." He says Luthor #!
it, bat uot as the only arid**
me shy hero too, he to ■ril
for 1 know Lutheran mini* 1 **
who immerse candidates for M|
when they desire it; and I bm
w ho believed so strongl)’ iu5^’
that be went into tbe BaptiriP 1
iu order that be might bfi#** 1
of Use hives, and rstoarked, pointing
to tbs busy buss ? *ff|sw Utils M
lows furnish my larder sod hasp up
my wardrobe.” ft fisc that, whre-
Gospel of the Lord Jsaoa, ftfaa m a
fauales ssf. and whilst hvs brwto was
dfsatod with ths fume* of liquor, and
m^m, WokUtos MtitittI It
groi^ro ■ ™fir ■ wss ’-qffBfaHfiPVHWi
• lathis
■ liMattnl wreti b
fr *•'- •«' 1 ■>' wqtmsw'no
tkaus mi Ulster of Jesus
is ths human heart,
ms Ik a revival I
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