The Lutheran visitor. (Columbia, S.C.) 1869-1904, August 08, 1873, Image 2
AUGUST 8, 1873
THE LUTHERAN VISITOR, (COLUMBIA. S (
or th# feet right number* will be
amt yoa, postpaid, for 82 Address,
J. L Peters, 5W Broadway, Sew
Mfegfc. It Ik*
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4W. be Z
thn t which Oo<i
**U <*>■» "
_i«d •dTiwI,
known oatjr Co Uk» Deuu. Mode of
attaining o beurikiary erboUrmhlp
loom cm 1 by applying to Dr. & fl*
Halliard, Down, Lou i»v ills, Kjr. AO
►be next oeoatoo begin* to Staple*#
tier, oil .young ummi nerding aid
iboultl apply mm early a* po-wdtd**
In looking over the recently ^ .
“IJfe of the late Right
John Henry Hop km*," w»fe|gj < ?}
one of hi* noun, my eye feg **
*ome iiaaaagea in tin; 2|«*
which seem marvelously repc^S
oneuncustomed to think tbeBeZ
tion the work of God, aud mhtm
to the church and (be world.
On page 374 tbe author
Tbe Id lowing wo* received by
Mewwt*. ('raddork A Co , 1032 Race
tk., Philadelphia, Po. It ex|taint
itaelf:
LowmiodMirg, Anderson ( a**, Ky., I
Friday, August 8, 1873,
Tbo Lwhcran Vldkr.
It* friend* are entreated to be op
ud doing, to collect data, acud oa
enewala, and to him tab largo ad
Bkw* to tbo subscript i<m u*i
Rev. Margavt'* |taa, (wthliahcd la
fo. 352, meet* Che approval of ovary
metical business man wo bavo mot
rith. Will ear minuter* adept and
arty it oat f
Editors:
Ukv. A. U. KUDK, II I)., Columbia, 8. ©i
Rk.v. J. f. MIIXER. A.M., Staunton, W
February 10 f 1873. f
mmmn Ckipdock A Co.
Gentlemen:—1’kwif lend me twelve
In essential*, unity ; in non <memtials
liberty ; »a nil thing*, charity*
gjtialk, HttiltiNnr, If #iisi^n*I rin^^smr
F9dits#ng^b#p**l f^rogaoutoet w*. I1 t*#e#y,
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of Pitt* *od Ointment, for a friend of
tbe fact of hi* frequent intorrfeT
and conversation* with bit f—
subjects of chorch uitereat,
cieot reason for claiming « f ttii
quatulance with hi* view* p****!
them. He then adds: “l*
these conversation* 1 bappam
allude to the common Protema
proverb that ‘jastiAeatka (
and os year medicines cored me of
Coiumniption ooiae three years
age. 1 want him to try them. I
gained After* pounds while taking
the Aral three bottles, and I know ft
is past the thing for him.
If AariAidfn 11 *»
J. V. Hull.
SrtiCIAI. XOTJCKS.
Remittance* inust l»e wade in l*o*l
Office Order*, flank Check*. #r Dmfl*
if possible. If these can not l»e obtained
send the money in a Kkoistsrko L*t-
teh. All Po*d master* »w obliged t«
rerister letter* When required.
Papers are stmt to subseribers an til
hu esprea* order to discon tin «e is re
ceived, and nil! arrearage* are paid, a*
required by law. Merely returning a
number of the paper by mail, is not suf
ficient.
All communication* relating to sub
scriber!*. should (five their mum * very
distinctly, and carefully indicate whkli
fere ohUuid which are new auWnbera
Not JKho name of tbe post <Ate#
but also that or the county nrtd Stat*
of each fethm-rbrr h nectMwnry, In ordei
that the proper in trie* may be promptly
and accurately 4*h.
Marriage and! obituary notices, anil
other matter in ended for publication
In bis reewut excellent address
Hsfom tbe Pres* A assetstiun of
4 Tennessee, Gen Ira P. Joses, of
he Nashville Ynten and >1 mormon,
pave the follow tog truthful account
4 nsvtntnsr morLsIttr -
*#• www ”UfCww»i atm mows wumstm s
“We do loo rnoeh work without
KHUpenaaUoo. We pay too much
only is the teat article of a ffiotak
or a falling church,’ when he huh
iu with a ooutemidootis sbuig iM
very rare with him, ‘that is ail
On the subject of justification, ^
is no built to be found with |
Council of Trent.’ Tbe atttbst|*.
oeeds: “I have looked through g
the volumes of his work* devotefc
our controversy with Heme, sail
flud that justification is madcap
ing issue in none of then.” Pgftbg,
“I wo* myself surprised at them*
gy and contemptuous tersenem «|g
Urn 3Ath of J«A|, which
Tm the Minuter* nmd Member* of the
Chmrrh :
Dear Bikthsx*—Shall the Ln
thrmn Yuriior be dinoruitioued T Coo
ore afford to suffer it to suspend f
Will we be doing right to allow it to
withdraw from the field from wont
of proper patronage ?
The editor write*: “Seod me 200
prepaid •olmcritmr* and I will eon
tinner*
Now tin* ran be done
carried «wav with them, which IhO
IV> establish on olemocynan mstito
lion at oar own sxpeium. Wo keep
a charity sehoid oa our own hook.
We conduct business a* if we owe
everything to the poblsr. and the
public ie not mtahted to on o farth
ng. We an preyed ttpow hy the
iharimr* ami iooocent* alike. We
idvertim^ gratuitously every week,
when we should have the mooev for
it. The gracrsl public ore entirely
Ignorant—-probably ourselves are not
folly aware of the extent to which
newspaper* ore burdened by this
laahluou* drum upuu it* manor re*,
it insinuates Uaelf in every caaertt
ibie form. It doe* It through cur
respondents, through oulltura, through
trnsme** manager*, through prwpri*
too, with a*
to receive proper stten
business letter*,
turn.
Theological Som nary of the Svxngeli
Lutheran Cl nrch. at Salem. Va.
toed, and others to F» -
m ffie otber-ure we ti \~
in t»ie Unguagi:
t bove qoote<l: “It liar
0m which take* inf t
j^od. and a revived J
which ding* to them it f
wb the neck of the Poj 1
trisreb. to beseech tln i F
Bpd not to make the ter K
which be swept the fooudotiofiof ffi
I'rotesiunt dogma Usui into liak* 1
On |m^i* 377 tbe author ujt,
kuo* bow Very strenuous be »u g
opiNMitioti to .4»i> tiling like Moheh
try. Allet diawmg from ku*ai»
oerattou u4 hi* view* about the. k«.
lulneas of anthei.iv 1 asked *Hhi
there wa* auy otgeotnm to the opt
tifiou of any one purtivuUi autfiwn,
Ho said: ‘Certainly not; they ntj
siug the same one every day m th
year if they like.’ 1 then ssksi
What objection could bo mafit (
the words of the anthem were Am
of the augodic saluLatKm, 4 Hail, Mitj,
thou that art highly faTorady’ Uo,
Let every
miatsler and every layman at oik*
go to work. .Send in your subsenp
tKMis «t «mk*. iki not wait till new
so bam tier* can be obtaiued—but
become responsible lor a certain
oomlier of new subscribers, and me-
oompony your order w ith tbe cash.
Thru yon will be more likely to
secure the subscriber*. There is no
time to kmr mot* number*, ami the
fmper will hr diacontinned without
tm mediate and efficient action. It
wifi be easier work to give sufficient
|«strouage to the I’mfor to eoutioae
It* pubiiestiuu, than will be necessary
to start o new (taper. If 200 sub-
aenbers ass be added to the list
now, a three fold good will be ac
corn|dished : The (taper will be sus
taiuod—good will result to tbe new
aulwwaribers—sod tbe present edits
will be in a better condition to tran*
frr the paper to other hands. He is
noxious to retire from the editorial
The next sc&iiou of this institution
will open on Tl tirsday, September
1873. TUo«c v ho desire to enter are
expected to lx promptly present all
the oixqiing ex *reises. Testimonhil*
with regard to heir Christian chawc
ter, literary att limnents, etc., will he
re(|uircd of al making application
for connection lith tbe Hetuinary.
I w«of|
gggoabip too difticul
|tod Bishop can end or
Ota of Mary, now in v>
torsbip here on eart
prepared to go quite a -
the twelve, *%Vb*f j# bear In tin
*■40*# I fikiss A raorm in anils «:oa mtaub
*wim* I'HI V Wlf JpUP I “w$w Iffff
topa,* sad they wees lu go -wad
make disrtplew of stl nut bam (* hut
there are uot everywhere l*ntheraa
puiptls Her Iowa prearhera. nay,
irs, and geoerHlU
neb dhmdvsatage to the public as
oBonstenc} won Id ca
gome invite him—even
tuaef the “Mother of <
Sow let us not, as I I
aftM that we have v
fim haven of Puseyisr
Lg from it. Oarchu;
Ipboes intimately a«s
[aMAership with that <
We are <•<
Thor* is not a Ihimoom, from the
lispnuaer of ginger cakes and mbr
U> tbe largest manafsetorv, wbieb
will not ndvartisw with you gratia—.
wbieb vrtll, if yon listen to it, eu
leuvor to cooviae# you that it a*
four doty to tbe pobtie to do ao.
There is not no aspirant for public
aud if they were used at every m-
vice throughout tbe year ! Halmk-
ed very grave; walked on ulmtfc
for some minutes, aud them rtfhfi
deliberately, though rather reUumm
ly, that ‘no fault could be fetal,
the pulpit. If thum min Haters of the
a iffcHif at ififfim ipit wm vim piianr!*
lest fund, amni bAfi hnly to eufier
the pulpits of other than tmlfewma
llev. Llr. 8. 8j Bchmuckcr died at
Gettysburg, l*n„ July 27th.
The memory of no mini deserve*
to bo held In ^renter reverence bj
English sneaking Lutherans tbar
Dr. 8chmuckevV. He entered tb«
ministry of our Moved Church at a
time vrbeu tbe faithful laborer* werr
few. Neology, rationalism, iudiflVr
once to distinctive KvangeTTenl Lnth
cran doctrine and order prevalfod
while godliness and spirituality wen
With the lows ol
with it, provided the words mti
were simply those of the Holy heap
ture, without the uuscnpturai aifi
Uon of ‘3'ray for us sinner* now, ant
at the hoar of our death.’ ” ^
Lu those extract* I have given (few
fall connection aud moauiug. Tkg
are full of siguificauce, aud a§ »
dioea are certainly startling to ife
evangelical 1'roteataut clmstiax-
Sttch seu tun cuts, expressed with tk
acknowledged aid of “slang, 1 mi
with such “energy and coutemptam
toiseueas,’ a fiord sufficient reaaaak
suspicion and painful apprebemim
ns to the (waitiou aud prevailing tm
deucy of the “/Vofrwfoal Epimfri
Church in the United State* 4
America.” We can not suppremmr
amazement at tbe Eev. prelate’* wfr
mate of tbe great doctrine of a*l»
tiou, that “we are saved by gnat,
through faith,” aud that, “tatf
justified by faith, we have peace iA
God through our Lord Jesas Ckrnt’
That is a dottrine which has al*ra$»
been esteemed au essential one aiact
the great reformation. Luther’* A»
tguatiou of it as “the article at«
* lauding or falling chunk,” «*
caught up and re-echoed by ah fe*
pure Eugliah liefortuere. Calvin td
said, “If this one head were yuMri ,
safe aud entire, it would not pay d*
cost to make auy great quarrel
other matters in con trover*)
itome.” Oranmer, I>atimer ami B*4
ley had goue to the stake in it* ^
leuce, after having assisted « P®
panug the Jiturgy? bomilim *>4
articles of religion w hich g»V«
church of England her |*osit»aa
witness to the truth over ip**
the corruptions of Rome. BlffM
quently Hooker said : “Tbe gttd.
question that hangwth in controvOff
between us aud Home i* nbotf "p
matter of justifying rigbteoata*
Usheralso: “The stroug baadta*
our lteformed Church is
by faith, • • • That goue tht^
pie is takeu, the ark is in captive
‘from the daughter of &on
lieauty is departed.’” Aud aotaff
noble men in tbe same ohnrob Mm
ml Chorch
set to the unconsci^nK . £ ~
NBpUoeot attempts of \\^e
lany com muni tics to | ^
oung people through \ |
Me motives, based upo u
wumefi social or ecclo I
ority. “The temple I
h*. temple of the Lortl . |k .
ivrpA F And many w ^ ffffi
panic at any close n r i> — 3
on of their children w n
* quite asampicioii' I
leased, when their chi! f ***
*twl, as some would
isrch in which the boi p
»* can be preached. r
Jvsiest “Ritualism*’ can P
itk impunity. Tbe L |
act thus can have j
■t his pride aud his K
fogforiwis truth trhki
«lway ; tfewy onU have alaw4 Iwtaw
the pwlpit, or Iky wi|M feats
twowght with Hmmm lartfewrcm cfeafcr*
aw (srtrknhi to ott# •* hi
lanlvr that tfewarn wHbo #1 Widay
aftvw ftwatha? Iw do#boro* might Aar
urn* enjoy th# hgfet and hear tfea
truth They mwl ewmffy tow re
ffemvl to prvorh in tfea wwfewml pro
waSisa r . mb x ol luihiiMu.o>a fi miOuJI
|Hir« IvrWR fmwm+l mwm
I'Mff IMkiaHa’l ... I liffii'ffta manmimi im **&&&*»
iverwhelnung
The altiwMUom ia trim* you.
Hhnii the 300 inr ukcrthri be me
cared and the cash tent Is the editor at
once f or shall the Yieitot be diacon
tinned f With murk sol«c*Uide we
await the reapouar of those who
read!) led the necessity of a religious
paper to (hr welfare of the church.
J. D. StURBY.
it to be tbe imperative duty of the
press daily and wewhty, to speak
kith a pan of taleanop*# power, of hia
pforoaeopfo daawrvingw. Kvrn that
btrmy of stroller* which iafeal th#
country and the poopte aa a sort of
kiaitaAkio of l*rov taw in# oar
imqaitte*, from the atreet nmmf
heller of prise com tv «» aragie oil to
khe operatic ratprsasarfo, will a«peel
proa o write an imlwAaite anmtwv of
L *#4 * t gw v ix 1st 4 aa f-fe ****«> amm oa.*
P5WWI IMP DH » WFfP tajU w feTv Ailffr
kiaement. iaaavted for Ave days,
chhafeable (Italy, without charge.
[We are required to write ep, to argw
np, and pat throagh every rndvpar,
■Teat or small, that
almost extinct,
tbe fovm tbe substance bail also dis I
appeared. Dr. Boh mucker devoted
tbe freshneas of his youth, the vigoij
of hi* manhood, and the ripeness of]
his old ago to the restoration of a
living faith, and tlio promotion ofj
tbe Higher and spiritual life within]
tbe church, and as professor and
president of the Theological Bernina
ry of the General Bynod, be trained
and sent out hundreds of devout,
earnest and self denying laborers.
The Doctor was eminently quali
fied for the work tbe Great Head of
the Chnrch called him to perform.
He wnseudowed with talent* of high
order, which education developed,
study enriched, intercourse with ao
ciety refined, ami grace sanctified.
But his life’s work is done. He
has gone to his rest. He departed
in a good old a£e, and is with the]
Lord he served so long and ao diii
gently.
We do not mofirn him. We bavel
no tears to 8bed2 over him to whom!
the Lord says, Well done tbon good!
and faithful servant, but we bojM
that oar Synods trill render him the
tributes of respect dqe his memory]
and his distinguished services, fori
he was a great and a good man, and!
he is more than qjny other man en-l
titled to be called tbe father of thel
English speaking j Lutheran Church.I
Bat for him tbe Church would notj
this day occupy tk|e prominent poai I
tion, nor wield tbt< inflnence it doesJ
We knew him well in foruier yearsJ
aud esteemed hiifi highly; the wan
parted us, and tlic later church-de l
velopmeuts, the return of the Charcbj
to the ancient Lujthcrau I ami marks]
made us strangers J but death uuitc*.]
Now we but remqmber the faithful
whose faith waJ
Md wriUwa about lb# “Box System,”
both pro and eon, bat the bust evi
tasme that w# oaw bare of any thing
is that of expcneuoe. Religion ia
worth nothing to aa except we ex pe
so nobly, uticompro
all time confessed 1
•Pooora, 1‘ope* ami .< |”
d if there is no satvj I
s in her—the E van ge u i.
nt *—pure doctrines- k.
> ia there uone on e I.
oarvowweaa fmbnH mar ptraefe#** lo
preach any and every whetv the
Gropel to all mew.
to bar# a
possible uawwatka with the pwbtie.
But wa nover hear of a share of
tack, or of a dividend The ehurrh,
be State, commerce, industry. art,
uveaitioa and humbug atike, wna
:o regard the press aa their Mwvitnra,
We have adopted the “Box By*
tom,*’ aud find that it works w«IL
W# had out twenty-three boxea ia
my charge, and al the end ol the
firm quartei they wen* brought in,
and given to tbe church council to
tie opened. Upon oftesiing them the
twenty threw Imxro wore fiHiud to
contain A91.5C. We publish Una for
th# cmworagrementof those who may
fori lavhued to adojd the Box Sys
tem, and to con vino# other* that the
plan i^i a goovl otic, (for |ieo|de
about Kiewieacr arc generally in lim
iter! csreomttaaoe*, wad they wen*
thoroughly Shermaaisetl during the
tat# war ; bat while their mean* are
small, their heart* are large, aa a
general thing. I am not stating this
bnsttM I tbink the amount ia ao
large, for I know lharr arc charges
able to give three times the amount
my charge ia; and they may do it
lor all I know. But I will say for
' ■* *!*• hi th# German aa weffi a* fe
the Kwglfoh Inngnmg* brt «fl <di
y««of mew ai*4$ Ife# Getmon fob
gwage ll la a wwhfe bmgwe. |i
heir advantage
Bit littiT kamtlirinx. An Ad
dhiMi iff''itav. ffowc w» juMiMik
D U The tlrlifo and fomtala of
the Nioety fir# These* of Dr ML
*§ mj hkdMio Id a- Ijxa-te' A * ffh
MUSIff* |b M*"‘to i I w*rwP"w a >>» m *
Kronth. D. I», together with an
Wf *#:««'4. fi asmi aataA l da#'tanta* f h#a» j ** anff-a**
five Theses. f*hftadriph4a 1-other
am I’fonbstore. 119 Morih Sixth St
US.
A * aloanle.tract af ?A iwrivo mo,
l^qprw Bead foe il. nod cite wist# IL
Agents of th# American Bible
Union are about ia different aoeiious
bf United Blades raising money
for the ciroitlatioci of the Bible,
7 “ oeooie think that thev are th#
jBnftaafi tranalaUon, whioh is a aocta
Brian hible, having for its chief olgact
kb# glorification of th# Baptist
Chorch. By th# way, tbe Baptists,
in order to ha cowiiateot, ought no
fokni (t m atom aorh food i hat
many “rhlhlivw of Ife# cborvh* a*e
rroted foe Mamet
Q What fo the eamhaeirt f A- It
4p {J^nM j (BH^I IiImiikmI of Christ. Ife
llow did th# bread h»nomt th# body
dthrm f A. n# took M tarn hfe
ha left i a it aoid| “Thh* la my badly,
fife Wfeat dfcd war ffhtfemr giro ih»
aaMsatlss ik* we# to do t A. To taohfe
required, attended loviagty to this
afflicted lady ami rated for he# to
th# lost It was rvfcfoat from the
first that b#r life could not be asvrd,
hot oaly (wokfoged hy tender watch
fulness for a few months, and a pel
!>at Immersioniets They have trana
latod th# word fa/ptsea to sort them
lelvea. Why do## U sot soil them
lo translate it outaid# th# Biblo to
sorrtapood with thrir o#w vorrioa f
•ervittg them for the last eighteen
ytmem, aud have ail that time found
thorn to be prompt in doing their
doty. They pay the salary ol the
preacher aa promptly as they pay
any other jmnt debt. Not that they
at# rich, b#t becaaae they feel that
tha “laborer is worthy of his hire.”
Not long since my congregations
(Ebetiesnr and Zkm) made me n life
member of th# Aaforicaa Bible Bo
ofofiy by paying over to the Society
830, throagh Bar. K A. BoUm,
Agent of the Bible Society.
1 say to oar readers, if they have a
liberal people, adopt the Box Sys
tem j If tbar her# not e liberal peo
ple, adept the Box Sy stem ; it works
well either way. If we who ore in
the ministry laboring for the salva
tion of son la and for the church will
In New Market, Va^ should he rn
(wired an oar standard English ver
the hospital, sod th# phj skrlaa# war#
charged to cove lo the bret of their
ability Ads- th# patient • • The
servaut of Christ,
evangelical, whoa church love wa
fervent, and whoa v praise is in al
the churches.
Tnx Mot Titan ranianv ran tax Ms-
vt*w Jaly Utaamhifo M GL
Oootoata. L Aa Kxnmlaaitaa of
( vetaln Meront Asoatala on rhyafeml
Bataan#, 1 Miaawaa ta tha Dnoalal
(feaivhm X UhrtaUna Theology aad
Unmai Thosghi A iVoah of Di
«u»# Rsfotene# Faroiahed hy Mata
rat MeUghfo. A Th# Family 14a# of
the Charah. A C'ntinal Nottaow.—
Wa her# read with profit and |h*i
urTihr Amt, omwfod and hfofth aril
this have done a w«wh whkh t# oat
often wrought ia this world. IMdo
the oMMithly eipeass#, a Indy woo
daily pee weal who provkdM! Mia*
irmiarh with mqilfof afe# r»
qmnrm&t dlMl Wmwmm |M»Tf filff Ml CVMI
Beneficiary Scholarships for
Students,
toy purpose whatever ahookl have a
intten rcconintciitlaiiitn from the
'reaideut of the Byned ia whkh ha
mrports to operate, and if he lo
vithout such a eortificate, not a anal
i boa Id be given him. A groat data
said by th# priori hi the altar fife
What ta th# hafy ewefeariat brofek#
a«aeraa»#*tf A. ffametldag taforrfi
to Gad apoa aa altar <fe Ghfif rif.
hope m he mrod witfemst It 9 (tfef
■nils a tn i !•» ta o IIwm fifeaam#uA*al^KAamao Ait-*■ M l.* Ik
cacu oilier in inrntaaiag w#f wtta
•mall rellahea, aad aa rita wa* ##vy
then r.
°^* ct f '
:i „ “getber the S,
coo *Mleration of
"ewbebev cold
^ n M W JV®k»» of
lu. cl r ‘ H,Ub »nw‘ o
^" Chorch, being pr
to «*te a* odvi
•Xti'™ »pi-'
^Port of the J
first class medica education. Gnu
beneficiary student) ia received from;
each Senatorial District of any State]
aud oue from eajch Congressional
District of the Different States —
Sons of physician^ and clergymen;
are very properly; accorded benefi
clary scholarships. Each scholarship
is worth to the reeipieut of it 8200,
aud those recta v it g such aid ire
in worthy ohleci* aa«l mean# an*
ia# ## ### ussjr ■ ' 4 ***1 rows aa ro#*/^**W’7* row w
veu furniahad th# qq#mk# of lh#
Svnagaiist Church ta injur# and dr
poil her by th# iodiorrimmating
nd injudicu>uA libarality of bar own
Twtt MW Fourt*
< dhe church and tiwir duty, they will
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