The Lutheran visitor. (Columbia, S.C.) 1869-1904, May 02, 1873, Image 1
OKS LORD, ONE FAITH, OKI BAPTISM."—ET HESIANS IV:6
COLUMBIA, S. C.. FRIDAY, MAY % 1873
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boru paasfoae of tbe bwrt will mat
be evoaaaeeut, but will bloooi In
perennial beauty beside the |mn
postures aad still water*. We own
presewt «y»i ritual doty. Haring do
frHh to God they atroggli* with die
mrtrcm* mergy to win the priaee of
Ufa, nod th* very dread of failure
teed* intensity to their struggles.
Bet ekrfaftaa mm bare ao right to
pftfttetfMrio to (bene oppressive sax-
fattea Whib it ia tbeir doty to
Cbriat f Aad what ia haaven t Ia
It not a great aea of lore, where tbe
joy of earth ia the joy of all, where
Jaaaa brood* ia lore orer all, and
each Urea to eremy other f When
tbe beggar caUa to yea to-morrow,
abaterer abape be tafce< do not
torn him off. Oire the cap of cold
hater ; and aome day you will aee
with wonder that it was Christ who
nailed to yoa Croat the wayside far
help. You would not be sorry to
p*r lb* Lutheran Visitor
Satisfied.
widow oppressed, the orphan da
fratided, iniquity of all kinds pee
vaiUug, and wrong of every daacrlp
lion iMwpetratod by the powerful
against the dafeneatoas
When wa ear ignorance, lalaarj
riu abound tag ia erary direction;
wkeu wa aee the myaterioua toeqoaJ
itiaa eiiaUug bate aea aa away* of
■ <nj u* we dlmatisfled« .
• glorious structure must
tarhl faire beeu as it originally
^JJJJ^ba haiid* of th« Creator.
H ow so “ieat, and
ipendaas, we can
conception us to
Iceuce. Her* ia
lingering around
eel aw* struck, aa
hm» to picture its
b> the breath of
byv tofUiite wto
bd asa |chwviou to lie ‘‘racy
lM4»thece could bare beeu noth
l|par to exquisite beauty, and
jggfepftatfefls to the needs of a
tot aad gtorioun race. Its dells,
it* trees, its dowers yat
to* fitching spell of beauty
y..aM> : and tbe grander works
gfttftsto, M exhibited iu the sun,
am, ftors, and lofty mountains,
am m to realize our own tusignifi*
age and fo form some faint idea of
da perfection of their Creator. We
fedpthtfil. too, that were not our
MlUII bUgktod Dy tbe chill that
nc aSwn anon all creation, wo could
bi content to dwell forever under
It toothing influence of these glad-
|Miag scenes. But, ah! far more
fatfaaoimate nature hare we been
afctad by this blight. And yet
daw it the same evidqgpe, too, of
tolfe »*r formation, though it be
arpst Occasionally brilliant seiu-
sitoioai from this dark ruin eviiias
fee Qodlike nature of the original
otatioa—fragments of which will
qstti* thtefgb the si* encased e*
»**♦ : f
One evidence is our dissatisLu:-
tto wife oar condition, j,t*i*d our
writhing safer it. “The wtofr arm-
tie* grows to be delivered,” and the
tMF must have re*teiuptH>n
»f tbeir physical nature aa well us
their moral; they aspire (o ptr/ectioa
henry part, and thus give token of
their origin. This cousciutisnesa of
creitina tor belter things is intuitive,
ud ia not simply a consequence of
owreaorated nature, although this
iataitioti only takes a definite and
diUinct form after we have beeu
H«itoally enlightcucd. Atul having
tfe eouzeiousness, we can not be
utoM. with the imperfection that
tlbtos to aur beat efforts, our most
wtol pursuits, our moat valuable
Utosujeate. We feel keenly the
eat waga im rtrt Km» ««M «nr
•A, W affr. ud Tram Ik* »Uar *>
etaditluv till wbteh all nsHtwl ite
new* <>r Cfcr i «'* ruuag, that* oooM
aa*«ai«gfg a have baaai aot a ca| of
fafiMi Uft In i u..» WfhmS m mm to
eau not naptota
extent that God
that Ha ferns not
interpuae: When
own afloat* far th
never look to fair aa whan studied
to the light of hi* Ward. Katun ia
aot ao aanch a book by whisk wa
aao And out God aa a booh from
which wa assy gather illustration* of
what God in, having learned his per
faction* from hi* revealed tenth. It
ia said of a rrhbishop Usher, when
he grew old, aad spectacles canid
aot help his failing sight, that a
mMt, cheap klndnaa*, conunoo syaa
path***, it amt baldly worth while
to mm thaw Bat haw mock they
may da.
Hr Hobrrteoe •«« 4 great preach
er. Owe day lee was going out of
ffcarrh, and «*i the at«|i» stood a
poor arrraot girt, Uwrty. aorrowfal,
it lingering for sm«m klwdneas. Tbe
attended with aa little aaewan to
aoiupariaon with oar hopes and as
pectatioaa, wa long with awoltorabfa
ia tensity lor him who shall take tha
government upon hit amuipotent
shoulder, sad shall rectify forever
all thaw fearful abnaaa and evtto
Whilst the prtoea of thin warid la
triumphant, and the ptoa of redemp
in great suffering, bat aa be went
by he saw ber siatful ryes and
gave her a smile of tender m mpatby.
" hat a little thing it was! But the
pour heart leaped up tor joy; aba
burst tala happy tears, and neat
bonne rtowred aad content that mobbs
awe oared fat her. He pat the cap
of cold water to the tips of a thirsty
dferiple. Bach a* ha had he gave
her. Ilava ;*w nat even a smile for
the kWMNty, a word for the neglected V
There was a blacksmith blowing
•way at hi* lelV»*» in n dingy cor
her of London, and singing as be
worked A weary, haggard face
looked to at the wladow and panned.
This blsrfcsasifei was a good msn, a
man like Christ. He was poor; “ail
rer aad gidfefend he none,* bat there
was n nust on his shelf and a warm
lave in Ida bnart far all agrt* of men.
strongest light of the windows. And
the aged man would ail
casement, with hit o
before turn, till the
flitted
to another opening, when he wanld
change hit place, and pat himself
again under the brilliant rigs; and
ao he would more about wttfa the
light till the day was done aad hi*
•todies ended. And truly, we may
aay owr weak eyea will not nfloe to
make oat the inscription 00 the
page of Nature, unless wa hold it «p
ia Divine light—uuleaa we get near
the window of Scripture, where God
pour* to upon aa the radiance of his
Spirit. And wherever it shines lei
ua follow it, knowing that nowhere
bat iu iu illumination can we study
the spiritual meanings of Nature ao
well—-J. htongfapu *
inhabit She swrtli arr thoon *
home* to murly childhood have
Few liter* are. it any, who art tbe
promoter* of religtow, moral it 1 and
Christian aneiai totereonrse whose
early homes ware Ailed with vto»,
it religion ami domestic feaeord.
Tbtok of that, all ya parents.
Muk* your homes th* baamehokls of
prayer ami faith— make them at
tractive. Never mind bow bwaobte
to mfewurtl appearances, strew flam
ers of kindnwsa and tow of low*
along |he stair ways and reams af
your doaah ilea. Ton IriH never re
gret it. Perhaps you may have a
Itrodigal, IhU, flke the one in itoly
Writ, be will return. Think of that
home iu Bethany, whore Josuo at
aud telked with Hary and Martha.
Had that not been a boms of piety
would He have aanettfled to by His
presence f Would net Me fasvo
paused it by f
Can w« ex{arct Him to enter owr
homes, when love far Him dooo net
exist f llo we like to go into tbe
bourn* of those who diahk# aad
acorn us f Boa bow we shrink from
it. Just ao with Jeans. He never
intrudes—unless railed upon by the
iwayer of faith and love, and then,
ob then, bow gladly and kindly does
He oome.
Call upon him all yo parents sod
heads of boomfeolds. Let hie sweet
name, like the morning aan and the
effulgent ray s of sunshine, pervade
the Htmoapbere of that spot where
dwell* husband, mother and ehil
dreu. And when Jaaaa, the mighty
Judge, at tbe last day shall read the
record of immortal souls, there will
bo no blank. Tbe reward will bo so
unbroken, eternally bappy and end
less home iu heaven. Kvn.
Ar§rln*|
*ateb far hfeht
**J will not s«
Ifr rnn to tW door, railed after the
wretched mas who was shambl tog ofl,
made bim sit down by the Are, gave
him bl* crust, and talked to bim of
heaven sad God's fare. The wan
fewer ate bis crust, sod listened, and
warmed himself, "sad wondered.
Tbtok bow the sbstrnctioa of tbe
Sabbath woo Id hopelessly enslave
the working classes, with whom we
are identified. Think of labor thus
going on in one monotonous and
eternal cycle, limbs forever on tbe
rack, Augers forever straintog, the
brow forever sweating, tbe feet for
ever plodding, the brain forever throb
bing, the shoulders forever drooping,
nod loin* forever aching, the restless
mind forever scheming.
Think of tbe beauty it would ef
face, tbe merry heartedneas it would
extinguish, of tbe giant strength it
would tame, of tbe resources of na
lure it woald crash, of tbe sickness
it would bring, of tbe projects it
woald wreck, of the groans it would
extort, of tbe lives it woald immo
late, and of tbe cheerless graves it
would prematurely dig ! Bee them
toiling and moiling, sweatiag and
fretting, grinding and hewing, weav
ing and spinning, sowing and gath
ering, moving and repairing, raising
and building, digging and planting,
striving and struggling—to the gar
den and in tbe field, in tbe granary
and the barn, in the factory and in
tbe mill, in tbe warehouse and to the
shop, on the mountain and in tbe
ditch, ou tbe roadside and in the
wood, in tbe city and to the country,
out at aea aud on the shore, in the
day of brightness and of gloom.
What a picture would this world
present if we bad no Sabbath!
jfrA. , L|1 m 1 I fag Alfalfas Mb*) f LtK t
fwllt W-- |.fp ; t.fvffip« wjt mil *'-*
ha resulted to rtokl him *a4 srge
of mm* bias tbs •rewntety ef presuuMil
prety
n, t* % jt Citiy
mm- mi — A fi-.L
w intifti ||lf|*sAa*.|I 9 1
IVrwetttly he got up and went away.
Tbe Mack smith saw bim no note;
hot be bad given bim sorb aa be
bad That (briers outcast was eon
verted by that poor act of ktodueaa.
It was only a crust aad a warm by
the ire aad a Christian word of
welcome; hat ft went to bis heart;
It showed him Cbriat; and be vat
saved, aud became afterward an
evangelist who preached tbe go*)ie!
to thousands. Have yon not an out
look for the wretched f When you
saw aa unhappy face looking into the
window where yoa are ringing, bare
y ou not a erwat and a Christian wonl?
There are none of as who are not
pricked |a our conscience often
•boat tbe quality of out religion.
We look at it and bold it op to tbe
light, and It fa nil foil of boles, moth
eaten, worn threadbare
is tbe goad <44 ways af God.
“Ob, sir, anunw at «■»«• I
>! Hr. 0— la dffaff'
«M»j»»g the
such |»oor
•tuff it fa. Bat we are not generally
trembled most about the worst fail
ares to owr life. This man aay*:
“Yea, I am a very poor Christian ;
I do not pray enough and aa fervent
ly as I ought f and that one, “I do
aot mod my Bible as carefully a* 1
should ;* and another, “I do not feel
my stoa aa 1 wowkl like and y et
another, “I am too worldly and food
of amusement. 1 * They are all right *,
but jhese are not the worst thing*
•boat them. They do not think of
th* timas they have passed by the
•uflhriag and neglected them; they
do not recollect the ignorant they
have left tying to their ignorance,
tha children they have poshed aside,
tha aorrowfhi they have refused to
8«*tt aad say, “O wretched man
j® 1 * * We experieifac a loss
respect at our low ahasemeut,
^•despairing bopelesainesH at the
lffl potenoe that can not burst these
fetter*. Tbe knowledge that
T^ehno condemnation 011 account
glares, and that Jtjeus ia to
e ® 8ct tifa deliverance our weakness
Uofc accomplish does not remove
j**feeUag entirely.. VV* are re-
***** to * certain extent, but we
JHit .be satisfied with our condi-
tong for full parity, aud
i r ^•dvacy at time* is almost
WfORrtble at tbe consciousness
^ “toh U mixed with all we do.”
* a *° Stores of sense, and the
«r °f effectual deliverance
^ cau not alwav* still the
fa to bis ears. A* by the JigfctaMng’s
flash the troth breaks on him ; ood
ha cress, “My Lord aad my Gwd f
Hurb gUmpmm are firm oa of th*
ISUli At-itn laiittt Mlam* A M'tm. mm mm^m
•ff'iffwPPamWWHHBWli f wffW ffni TwHhyff affUflfl
The New York Herald baa surd an
excellent thing on tbe aabfart of
filling churches. It is as follow*;
“There is oua recipe given to the
Bible for fllliug ehprcbea and for
destroying worldltocse which wo
would commaud to tboaa mtuiater*
who have so often to pcwwoh to
empty pews an«l to worldly cbm
tiaus. It ia one given by the Lord
Jesus Christ himself, sad like all ef
his reei|>ea, it ia simple and awaily
And I, if I be lifted
til'HM" who SlIMlftlMTlI ( 'ktMi'a iWalK
wwu awwm ’w ”* *• wi wwOrOff ttoPe nw nsBw'MPmiawi
We hove greater w Hawes lhaa this
of Wbat Christ Vi rising wrought to
group of wash ebltdrwa. Frwm that
hour they twos are tha apfaltoal mm
remembered
up, will draw all meu unto me. f
There is no promise any where in the
word that philosophical assays, aai-
eutifle lectures or disquisition* or
sensational sermons will d 1 this. Bat
the lifting up of Cbriat spiritually
before tbe people will do it, aad
multitudes will flock to listen to bis
words as they did in tbe days of bis
flesh when from Jeronwlem aud Ju
dea and Galilee and the regions
round about they gathered to bear
tbe gracious words that proceeded
out of bis mouth. H« to m certain
ly, though not aa visibly, present
with hi* church and people new aa
he was then, sad tha lifting up of
his cross and Ua atonement today
or iu tbe future gfel draw all ateu
unto bim and will fill the churehes
that are now empty.”
They want on their wag aaddakpaa
•ecutiott aad Mifleriuga, to tha mat'
tyr’a death, fall ef jay, fall af pass*,
full of power over men. While thmr
teacher lived, tbn miaand mi mk
W’wm^wsc a-w wr^wr ^wwwwuwma
arratMN undeveloped men. With hla
rich above all ia absolute faith and
conquer!ug hope. From the tooib of
Jeeaa a new Ufa bad entered tote
thair *»U with tbeir rfainsr Let
From ae oar Cbriat often aaum*
labeo away forever. Hamartmaa the
The proof that we believe to tbe
reality of religion, to that we walk
in the power of it