The Lutheran visitor. (Columbia, S.C.) 1869-1904, November 21, 1873, Image 3
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THE LUTHERAN VISITOR, COLUMBIA, 8. 0, NOVEMBER 21, 1873
over ami Imtm its filthy slime upon
the sacred volume of Hk word.
In morals, progress baa boon do
cidedly downwards, deeilmmrde. The
fashions of the day, and the claims
of society dicUto the standard of
norala Habits, developing into the
most distasting rices, are sanctioned
by the code of society. So oscmrely
are its rotaries held, by silken cords
and golden chains, that suicides by
the donee, murders by the score,
and the ruin of fondles and iodivhl
aals by the hundred, fall to eanse
even alarm.
In literature, the same progress in
the wrong direction has been made.
Sensationalism (a the chief aim of
the author, for the reneon that a
vitiated taste craves it, sod will be
aatisAed with no other. The few
arrests made for the publication and
circulation of obscene productions,
the fact that ninslues rnrelv. if
ever, are imp need, and when mb
poeed are never enacted, indicate
the kind of progress made in tkls
department. These meek arrests
are but the last couvnlsivs throes of
expiring dignity sad dsoaaay in ear
All this is ended
r«*le tta dot* ° f «*> 3e °-
*,toeltfcl MiWle* of OSat
—jort on *•» » l «•*
1C.
SL, fiiiUrr w«« »wmly
V fj* P»*r»»»*o of
-k *
‘ utt> |oonventiou of this
^beheld at Meant Pilgrim
received their dee meed ef pepelar
applaase. Dr. Parker, of taodoe,
•rose, and very gravely aad mmlaasly
•aid, *1 lavs the ssnaattaoat preach
lag of Peter, ea the day ef Paata
c«et, which led three theesaad af
his hearers to ask. What most we
do to ha saved f Beecher did not
Church Kslices.
SECURITY
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITY COMPANY
ftobart L Cane, President. Thao. A. Wetmore, Vice-President
Isaac H. Allen, Secretary.
prsesloo mad# by poertag an
water oa a deck's bank, hi
with him, sack so Uqanted a
wn, $S4M0.oss
- « imjm
XuBiirr of policies issued is 1871, 5AM.
we UFE. NONFORFEITURE in TEN PAYMENTS, and
JCIE1 tm the moot favorable terms
uvf »t tbs cod af hrst yesr. All PoUcie# are Non-Forfeiting
ssdssss hare bsca psid.
wasted, to whom liberal inducements will be offered by
LOUIS SHERFESEE,
General Agent for Month Carolina,
Ko. 40 Broad Street, Charlestos
popular literature,
progress* !
Bat from the pulpit we hear, ever
and anon, this same cry of mederm
progress, the world moves. Matters
Igpjfertry aud religious sense j
Af •bffts caption is used,
the watchword of the
;Byf departments of human
^Sjjetire of past experiences
5|dr»wfbl consequences, heed
^d mtiooal sequences, prog-1
lb lk« cry °t the w °rld. This
^bj tstcbword of France in her
jLjjji^x msddeued frenzy. The
Elf*reason was enthroned in
tW jri fia to the God of the Uni-
t Kd, mated in her chariot ol
assths gilded pageaut passed j
streets of Paris, the in-
I m BSltitode shouted themselves
t vitk the watchword of “prog
vben not one in all the mul
smld be found willing to
[gtfHhit the female enthroned |
Lgmd virtue sufficient to place
hpbAe common station of s lady,
L* less a goddess. The world
Lpd tfceu, and the streets of Paris
Lvith ha man Mood,
j 1 tote seen the gilded baud wagon
[ /mbs monster show, driven throogh
hitneti of the city, and drawn by
i«M dozen or more tawdrily ca
wsooed horses, the band the while
jpamiog exciting strains of music,
tm the streets and side walks
m literally packed with men, wo-
ipaad children of all conditions,
ji|l and colors, shooting in the
$20 SAVED!
PISEY DAVIS’
PAIV•KILLER
This manic Wk shouldhare been
•bed s hundred yean ago. It eon-
Sh-auuM miikK, and the elemeotarv
tmeat aloae is worth more thso ten
i the arnoont naked for the book,
shed by g. C. C0LLII1, No. 705
» Sueet, Philadelphia, Pa., and for
PASH
ed to aim
Each day bring*
are of yesterday
its new excitetncut, and ike day only
is worth living for, with the song on
the lips of the multitude ;
' There’s a good tiam coming. boy*.
There's a food time semis#.’’’ 1
We have not time, nor, 1 presume,
would we be famished space, to
notice all the tmjsrevemrsfi, the in
dications of progress which might be
cited, even In the ooe department of
codesinstical and religions matters,
to eeiabUsh this aaivsrsal ery that
Ike world stoves. We would he com
polled to begin with eharch architec
ture, thence proceed to eharch fool
tare, then on to pulpits, platform*
; substituted for pulpits, choirs, dsn
I cal habits in and oat of the pulpit,
expenditures, re-anions, collations,
partita, dances, fora, festivals, lot
teries, theatrical outer tain meats, etc.,
etc., to the end of the disgusting
I setalogue, »U under ike mmtiitm ef
religion.. We will therefore restrict
ourselves to only two features of
wbat the world call* progress.
Firat, Ike subject* presented is Ik#
pulpit.
I 1 think it was ta 1912, that the
I eeocouic aad sarcastic, bat very
teamed rationalist, voa Ammon,
wrote some strictures upon this sah
ject, in a strain of satire aimed at
the orthodox ministers who opposed
his peculiar views. He qnoise a
prophecy of Lather, that the time
would come when ministers weald
preach a sermon ea Mac darks. As
evidence that the Ume predicted wav
near at hand, he cites one who
preached on “the proper treatment
of fallow grounds,'' soother on “the
management of silk worms,* another
on “the doty of Christiana la view
of murrain, 1 * and then adds sercaati
I eallv. “The distance is not far to
preach on substitutes for sugar aad
coffee iu a time of scarcity af these
commodities, or the Christian mode
I I of cultieaHng red besis, or the traly
sale by Booksellers
price #1.25. To the
other mask books
Sept 4
vfe 0*1. r
Mr Lin
RADWAVS READY RELIEF
nr We do this with all daa
rence. We will take Pm5 ear
at Alton*, fbaad la Acta xvfl i
WILL Al
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AtoIumia I foetid ea alter with tkm
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inscription : To T«B iimon Gon.
f rf 2 #»anas f Hot! 4 u s# m t Ikara f i#a
I "Jr w . | ” QwwwBI |aMPwP*i w
ye ifnersally worships him I declare
auto yea. lOearaj tkid. that made
tU PAIN Ml
SHE htAUAI
nour. vino
ul r»m
«M * ■•■* wrr
fe » over, ask any one of this |
afeade, man, woman or child,
dih or black, to describe to you
llliwer of the bedizened chariot,
Aft* universal response will be,
MAk not see kirn.” May not the
iMgy car of modern progress pre-
mi the same feature t Modern
*pml Ike world move*! is shout-
kh all sides as this gilded “Vanity
Jb*vk wheels is propelled throogh
4;4Nuhl. The multitude decide
j hi it must be religions, becanse
iateted emblems of the eharch
W-femted upon its panels as a
N* of anus. Cheer after cheer
hb the welkin ring, proceeding
l||l.the throats of an excited, al-
fekhmsied people. Ask any one
Mpoibj^tbs driver. No one has
Look for yourself the
though he needed say*
ng he giveth to all lih,
HEALTH! BEAUTY!!
thing,
aad breath, aad all r 4crr • ^
being t three» .
from the
to exhibit
HAVE
N<*rth.
( olitmbln, M. C
naMi aad
DRY GOODS
Us small y Lew aad Attraebm Frisss
ed which ha was literally
5^-in politics, it is sleksuiag
the corruption everywhere
*khat Lncrative offices have
become matters of merchan
5^ ^b® office is purchased and
■ hKrilegea an( j immunities dis-
^of at prices to realize a fair
Mjktsge oa the cost of the office.
more progrent, and stealing
_hsbszzelinents will be euutner-
jjfelegitimate per<|uUites of the
#0 *ecial matters, the recent
ADVANTAGE to EXAMINE
Stock investments }* “The Ka Klu*
Organizations“The Dangers ot
Secret Societies, in view of the New
Organization of Gran gem."
Dr« Chalmers was aaee heartily
complimented for his astronomical
sermons. He lookod sad, aad re
plied Uiat he regreltad ever haviag
preached them, ksaaase there u mo
Christ in them. No oaa la converted
by them. The time spent in their
preparation, amt the opportunity of
preaching to each aodtoncea, If de
voted to Christ and Him egamfod,
might have resulted in the oonver
sion of many seal*. “N<b sir,* said
he emphatically, “if submitted to
my election now, I would never coo
sent to preach them-"
The rebuke that U. W. Boechar
received at the late Evangelical AlH
ance iu New York for hie advocacy
of senaatiooal prsaebing Is worthy
of all commeodattou. After hie flip
pant though eloqnetu remarks had
B. & W. 0. 8WAFFIELD’S
lamdaots of tho iVmiss inrliull**
swvw w 1 w w* v o^^^esw^^^eair'vai^m
^wparison. There is some-
stppeadona, something gigan-
% etUlu i» r decidedly progressive in
villainy of a Railroad
wboee entire exjieiiUi-
a ^» rolliug stock includeil,
H V* ttxc ®ed $40,000,000 to issue
Rato sell stock amount-
fcttoJ. 150 ’ 000 ’ 0 ^’ tbus Pocketing
WH T,U * b ® neftt over $100,000,000.
fe ^* is# 0‘Pi Scheme of Paris and
^5 * ^ ea of Loudon
^ for S otten before swin-
Ij Magnitude.
^ feieoce, progress is equally
Almost every paper
a PP lau,i ed before scien-
Ll&lionA iD this progressive
W thc teachings of
P ^ • vUe snake, crawls
CLOTHING
TEE LUTHERAN VISITOR.
BIBLE
Bxv A B. RUDE* DD.,
Columbia. S.'C
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