The Lutheran visitor. (Columbia, S.C.) 1869-1904, April 25, 1873, Image 1
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COLUMBIA. S. C.. FRIDAY. APRIL 26. 1873
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munications.
Alph»b«ti£»ITfrt tflorlptwt.
It hi» pi—If —fi useful exercise,
at twilight or in the dusk of evening,
or «t any.time when the family or a
ft* friends ere gathered around the
fire or At the table, to e*H forth is
torn text* of Scripture —h ooe has
committed to mrnrnry fiafth recitmg
a text at the ti—, the first eon
mencing with A, the next with B; or
children,) and nee every mean* by
which to soften them, sod leave the
result with God.” The original is
A Ttry common objection, ou
K of oppoaers of revivals, is,
Kaivmtil /iWI luaLkni
' , SCuASAjlvCt » FPSv’ "Aror a
•»* Mt*
w »— <>/ <A«> ofikw. Thcv
with such people f Sorely wet la
hie church at Wittenberg, where his
CAriri “ **•
“It is great wisdom in a
>jai((-rW discriminate properly be-
^tvooUsees of bearers, so that
(gadamsisy receive bis own. To
I gignecked and obdurate be
agt—eat the most terrible ex
of God’s wrath ; hut to the
ytfkasd timid, the most geutle and
for they shall see God.—Mfifew; 8
C. Go— onto me all ye that labor
and are heavy Is dee, and I will give
you rest—Matt xl: 28.
tlM««etoet coosolatio us.”—On Gen.
xa:L
; u U yon are timid ami
■ aW ih, eon template God’s mercy
»vatd» Lot; bet if you are given
smdttSSttS, grasping after money
ad worldly goods, seeking your
e«s|islaBd living well, in short,
jf job at an epicurean swine, then
lakatfie terrible dealings of God
fill ike people of Sodom.”—On Gen.
ig:t m ■ - -Jjl .
Apia: “To such siuners (harden
ed »ad careless) one must not preach
dad tie mercy of God, but of His
talk,**! show them tbst God has
msmd them the fire of hell, unless
dl? repent. But when the heart
hi been broken and crushed by the
baser of God’s law and judgments,
lima it is time to administer mercy.’’
iOlPs. ti: 3. j
who would
u Tbe Holy Ghost governs aad
moves upon the hearts of mom
through external things, aa the word,
certain ceremonies, or aay txtarsal
the heart.”—On Geo. xxvii: 24-77.
“When we have the aiae at our
hearts made manifest, whoa the ree
ord is opened, then ell levity is gone.
Then we say, I am the most miser
able wretch ou earth—there le nous
on earth so wretched. Sock ashaowl
edgement causes true humility, aad
prepares the way for the forgiveness
of sin.'’—On Gospel J*Jil Solid * j sf
ter Trinity.
“From this we sre to know that
true repeutanee begins with the
knowledge and sincere acknowledge
meut of sin. This knowledge of sin
is accompanied with great suffer!eg.
As the heart eon templates the will
of God, it also sees the eternal pun
ishuient for sin, that is death, an
that it becomes deeply concerned
and positively frightened about past
sins, and strives to bale nil sia.
of the |
qerntty
gstnlon
Again: “A minister
lightly divide the word of God, must
iraeh to hardened sinners, bow God
to given the whole race of man to
denial death, how he drowned the
whole world, men and beasts, in the
food, how he destroyed Sodom and
Gomorrah with brimstone and fire
bom hesven, how he drowned Pha
noh in the Red Sea, until they see 1
the lightnings blaze and bear the i
thunders crash on Mount Siuai,
uwl feel the earth quake beneath
jfiw, and everything about them
| threatened with destruction. But
[ vhw men become alarmed and de
me to be rid of sin, theu preach
fo Gospel of Christ.”—Op Pa. xc: 2.
Horrible! What an old keUfire
preacher we have here ! Why he
retaafiy tries to frighten men into
ithgion! The General Council have
I hag since voted him “out of order,*>
I »ad “Hew” has turned up his nose
I mi aaid. with the most withering
I attempt, “Rocked in the cradle of
hearts, through the Word, the fisste
of God’s judgments against ma, hy
pocrisy is excluded, and a punitive
and earnest agitation sod pstn force
us to the confession of sia.”—Ou Uos.
xiv : 3.
5. Another objection made, is about
the prayers used in a revival. They
say, the prmpere mode If prmehrrt
R. Remember now thy Creator in
the days of thy youth.—Rod. xii: 1.
8. Suffer little children and forbid
them not to come unto me, for of
each is the Kingdom of Heaven.—
Matt, xix : 14.
T. The Lord is my Sheperd, I shall
not want—Pa xxiil: 1.
17. Unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up
my soul.—Ps. xxxv : 1.
V. Verily, verily, I say unto you,
he that believeth ou me hath ever
lasting life—John vi: 47.
W. Whatsoever a man sowetb,
that shall he also reap.—Gal. vi: 7.
Y. Yea, though I walk through
the dark valley of the Shadow of
Death, I will fear no evil, for thou
art with me, thy rod and thy staff
they comfort me.—Pa xxii: 4.
himself, suggests to os
neb, knows to the neighbors as the
eexpMiturta sod under whose root of
thatch Jesss redded with his moth
eej to all probability theu s widow,
aad, like maay a widow since then,
cheered by the love sod supported
by tbs lab— of a dutiful —. I
have as doubt that holy Angela taro
tag their wiogw away from lordly
meditated and boisterous mod contrary
to the proprieties of Christian worship.
Prayers should he solemn, and hence
tee should use those already prepared.
Luther: “Much bubbling out of
prayer-books, or blubbering in church
is not prayer. Out of a book you
will never pray to any advantage.
You can read in it, ami inform your
self how And for what you should
pray, and animate yourself But
prayer must come free from the
heart, without any mods up or written
words, and must mske words for
itself from a burning heart. We mast
be importunate in prayer, that la,
we must not quit nod grow buy,
because we do not immediately re
ceive what we ask. The very Wat
thing in prayer is faith that trusts
Bp. 2d Hon
•arrow aad trial with lb— Is to da
proas their foil aad to some th#4r
spirilla! llfo.
This Is a rerjr natural a—hn»,
and eaa which Paal aatfoipaieoi
g ** ft J ntuTOm km
he server of as
kings, often hovered over that peace-
fai horns, as still they who are mini*
taring spirits — t forth for them
who shall he heirs of salvation, do
over the hamMest abode at piety.
Bat, so for as this world aad its
inhabitants wars eoaesrwed, Jeans
of life freely ! It will
lag. lie parohaaed it
Poor lather! But seriously, I know
of no finer passage anywhere, so
defining a true, genuine re-
l *d. This single passage is quite
a, ® e ‘eot, of itself, to prove the head-
‘“5 «f this article.
to continue, Luther Isays: “The
8 * c,ni ‘i *nd those without any fear
* ^ ***& of God, one must urge
50 repentance by the strongest threat-
tod terrors of the law—uoth
to* 1 Moses and the law. But
v fon they become alarmed, then
oodiMMi fjQsiaia* This living water
wilt wash a»ay aU year mas sad
panfy yum. as that yaa will be fit to
bsco- A Happy Man.
ft to
i be Reader, this is what yon would like
i life, to be. It is quite natural* All pen
men. pi* want to be happy. But remember
God a J words this day: The true chria-
1 him turn, the believer in Christ, the eon-
sod verted man, he is the ooly happy
lary’s ra * D
bon id Such a one is an ark. When the
last fiery deinge is sweeping over all
sport things on the surface of the earth,
baa- »* shall not oome nigh him. He shall
and, be caught up, and borne securely
above it all. He ti in Christ
dwel- Such'a one is in a hiding-place.
and When God arises to judge terribly
iksof the earth, and men are calling to
and rocks and mountains to fall upon
, that them and cover them, the everiest
t the tog arms shall be thrown around,
d un - them, sod the storm shall pass over
mined his bead. He shall Abide under the
rods shadow of the Almighty. He ti in
Christ
rldsw Bach a ooe ti rich. He has treas
wear mree in heaven which cab not be
fern effected by worldly changes. He
d an- need not envy the richest merchants
agbti sod bankers. He has a portion that
>oried will endure when bank-notes and
She sovereigns are worthless things. He
►ping, has Christ
there, Such s one ti insured. He is
P the ready for anything that may happen.
( the Nothing can harm him. Banks may
the peaesahl* frail sf right mesa*—
the promise* of God
day after Epiph.
Imagine Luther leading a prayer
out of a prayer-book, at the sick bed
of Melanctbon !
Again : “External gestures or pos
turn in prayer, when alone, is mere
hypocrisy j though when prayer has
its peculiar fire, with which the heat
is enkindled, by a contemplation of
our necessities, and the mercies to
be obtained, aad faith ia God’s word
and promises awakened, the soul
is set ou fire and man drops upon
his knees,and pisys for the strength
and power of the Spirit. Therefore
when prayer ti kindled in the heart
and barns, the body win eftyust
itself accordingly, and eyes aad
hands will be uplifted and the knees
bent without direction from other*.
Oat ward gesture* and posture* will
oome of themselves when one prays
with a heart on fire, for the Spirit
will suggest them. Therefore socli
gestures and postures are not to be
despised, unless they arise from by
pocrisy, or with a desire to do good
works thereby.”—Rp. 19th Sunday
after Trinity.
Again: “An earnest aod fervid
prayer, that will not be dtieoutinotsl
j nor become weary, bat waits aod
perseveres to the last, will finally
break through heaven and earth,
and it ti impossible that it shall not
be beard.”—On Gen. xxv : 21
Again: “The God to whom ws pray
ti infinite in power aad merer, yes, be
governs and orders all things, all
r*iif**V \<m a ho bora foaled nod
MM that God Is good, let as not be
•elf will, aad even
n : “Peter stood; up on the
Pentecost, fearing neither
norCaiaphas, nor the whole
Ith and at-
aud,
**! opened his
^ the devil’s kiogd l
0,145 sermon, converted from the
gorn sf Satan to Christ, three
tools. The mother apostles
^ to, until it seemed the syna-
ie * an< * the entire Jewish autbori-
Pd fall. Afterwards they came
**** an d attacked the highest
* on earth, rebuked their hea-
** tootitry, and, through tbeir
produced such a power as no
ooold resist. Farther, ttaev
are tbs prsowyoors of tbs good. The
pMMfifi ffnoowaa aspect of
dealings, the ehssrteas aad terrible
upheaval, tbs stlfriag op of robol*
overturned. Famine and pestilence
may rage around him. SkAn— and
sorrow may visit his own fireside.
Bat still he ti ready for all—ready
for health, ready for disease, ready
for teen, ready for joy, ready for
poverty, n»dj for jwdr fcr