The Lutheran visitor. (Columbia, S.C.) 1869-1904, January 16, 1874, Image 2
THE LUTHERAN VISITOR,, COLUMBIA. 8. C., JANUARY 16. 18J4
er*, ar* M Bobir me* M eafa be n*§t
with anywhere It grieved ins t but
I (lid not biennia imfhonally acquaint
General 8jtm4 to North A
whtab resulted la the *d«p
•bet I regard M a were corn)
aa# -r eweriblaqoem
tioa In lie iMfflh*. «• the grounA
tliat the death V rhHet due* not
•ctaellj error* the eat ration of the
wicked, and la af no ed* mitagr to
them. Bat Iwrauaa aomr, by their
earn fen If, df nee no id tentage from
the death a# Chit at, we sea not m|
that the death of Christ doe* not
doniem thorn, u<l lb*t ( bnetdld
not die for them, am more than we
can *ey that divine instruction haa
M power la itaelf to reform men
Several week* previoos te OUmt-
tax* Rev. Barb anncmocad to Ida
country congregation a that at that
time be would bare a Cbriattnaa'
iwrrice iu Ilerrieonburg, and Invited
all tbe members oCthose congrega
tions who coaid do so to attend thebe
service*. In cooaeqeenoe, however.
cd with Mr. Claneaan. The family
which received me ao friendly, I
iy greeting and
duxiancA*,” “Hau, tom
vioub.” In one we* anap^
vrrxwss:
east waa a golden fttar eocut
pulpit wee a floe portrait of i
and to the west a Crsmy gj
rounded bj.wreatba.of.ihem>
quiaite workmanship. Thai
ning the whole rear and <
church, iu graceful^
were the sentence*, “Glorj t
ia the highest, and on ^mb
good will toward taei,* hj«
movearent and the friends of a union
with this Synod, which postpones all
■aioe movements ter the reit flea
year* Bat ioateod of patting the
would no
my thinks to. Bet the energy yfth
which throe kind grntleoten took
hold of the cause of emigration la,
a fist all, the beautiful qainteaaenoe
•*f the whole. The blessing which
flows from it for the bomaieea chil
dren of oar people is as refreshing
ns the dew of flenuon waa. As It
already haa descended upon the life
«>f many, It will hereafter fall more
abundantly upon the multitudes for
wbom the emigration doors of South
Carolina stand wide open. With
the gvoeiiug; good lock ! I close for
God with us! Then shall
dents to the General Synod, North,
and one hundred sod two to the
General Council, and says “it la easy
to ago wlmd will he the relative
strength hi twenty years, sad that
the Lutheran Church ia u>m aouoirv
is ou its way, with tell sails sad a
fair wind, to ha a very different
thing from Gruefal Syoodtam, and
* ritfc
pceple. Hov
•rLatberanis^ f
light havi
Rfjt. A. It- RtrtiE. D/b„ Coin®hi*. H. C
Rkv. J. I. MILLER, A.lfStaunton, V*.
some that U would do, ft only aruae
ed the friends of uniou with oar
Synod to greater diligence ia their
very few person* from tbe country
were present on the occasion. As
the membership in town ia small,
numerically, the oougeegatiou waa
not large, yet the service waa of a
very iuteicatlug character. .
The church had been bcauUfuUj
dnoorated far the ocoaeiou. Several
appropriate inscriptions were placed
in different parts of the charoli, and
proiaiueut among these waa oaa ia
the, roar and above tur speaker:
“Glory to God in the highest.” These
were all formed from evergreens, sod
presented a flue contrast with eat-
n here upon
«item VI.
“My professions! engagement* at
home compelled me to kart before
the rad of the meeting. 1 left wish
amid reelings of pleasure gad re
fret, pleased with the«energy and
seal manifested by these brethren
for the pro an 11 imti af true Lutheran-
lam la the Booth, bat pained to ksow
there ia division of sentlnsrat
l« regard to eaa things among
► reformed by it.
ntott la iucousiftfrcit
•lament. In IVter
ecber* and dearie
In eMwntiaU, amity ; ia non essentials
liberty / in oil fhingt, charity *
Moreover this i
with th# New
If: 1, tbe Ww
m*- am 1-, .. tma ,«
frTP-* W le*rill (f
SPECIAL KOTICK*.
them. Miseuteidnadiag and logo
maebv may be « \r eted by attending
to the Just remap <* tbe korimm.
that the dtatyisdhlhedeath of ChrM
and the arfwal apeulta af it err to ha
dltteffehad tM« p*Mae, Chriat
died ter all m**) but arte seceade,
not ter ell mem# but only for betiev.
iu arbor-vitau >.**>.
At each front angle of the, 4
stood a beautiful Ohrkaami
upon which burned thirty m
this time
Christmas arise aa a sun with healing
la hi* wings—Annabel
Per the I.uUmhww Visitor.
Richmond Mission. •
Wn am grateful for the tokens of
camocagement creel red. This reuse
is growing in favor. U ia kakiag
bald of tbe hearts of tbe imopls.
thir “anvclojica” am iu dstuaod. Wa
look for eticosraging returns. ,. . 4
A letter just received brought
good cheer. We sliall taka the lib
rrty to quote from it as follows: “I
am glad you are punhieg forward tbe
Richmond Mieeiuii. 1 write now to
>on to say, that with God's aaniot-
aoce I iters M»r proaiiee wade (or
iunr|y to givajono hundred dollars to
aid ia buying a lot, and mil sand
the money when celled ter. Also,
with GodV aaaielaacw, willywe mm*'
ihiug toward the Chapel whan yon
romenenoe to build." Thank yon»
id carrfully Indicate wl
which are new mbaerit
mndered ham.s by
1st; bat all do not
me aetnelly to take
In thomaolraa; sad
aally attain to this
uuderuktag of uv small maguitude
tor the hi tie band of Lutherans thak
gregnuoo, bet then
•Her. U. M. Uenkel was rleuted
eorrsepondiag delegate to this *y n-d,
and 1 think that this iatemhaagr of
delegatee should by all amass be
eonUased uutd the desired uuiaa can
he effscud. A J- Fox."
Parochial Boportet IS paetors re
port fll coagregatteae; <,906 mem
compose this
every one of them is a hast within
hitu, or herself, and know of no such,
word as fail, when they wndartabe*
tyi much were some of the good
other i
should
V*—» ptaUhrm the
K-iigtli of the ehaaosLAay thi
vote for the tial»batkashog saf ^.
for firieiNtSv Not the dsagghm*
foe tare of the ieeticsl h«
caaery b»i«Uiu tear Thtengg
churchy wbtw** «>ngM|g gam Ihg
the *hw*ioo»» uxm! fitwmm rn.ih
Pbddtnu, rlmd •■ir H ay^
IF* Subscribers will please remem
ber that, according to established
•sage, no paper waa issued Decern
her 3Qth. The printers are very
chtirchfy during Christmas weak.
ladles e&oruiited 00 the eubjecx that
%y cooW not shpqp. > A |
But to the service*. These wore
opened by dhe pastor rnueg the In-
If^iL sad pcey er given isoor Book
of. Worship ter the nocaaten.^.Aitep
sieging a euiudde hjmo the ymetor
anuoupcad Uia.UU; “Let usgp now
e\qu unia lteihkslmm Luke U ft 1V
Up Unit portedqut eomeof thp4t^i
Bugmr raflouiu.
I heve r^tarde*! from my journey
In where i mt$e Ihia Am sgein
eestml at the old table m the amna
by the confessional k
Warshin, ouutitatua
Fund, flflflAT. Of this amount,
Beva A. L. Urease sad D. Kflrd of
Booth Carolina cualrtbated B3ll.*Jfl.
Doflkiios.—Bev. P. Miller, Wood
Stock, Vs., Writes: “Our frleads here
made a# a ,donation on Chriat sum
era, which was suomiwhat sapplw
men ted during the holidays The
nggregute value of srtides given,
about $160.'"
tame scene* I Usee had te keek upon ‘
♦eery winter for the Met niue years
Iteubt not et d M»at I will sgein
Council. n
Truly this ia gratifying. Two
both claiming na It certainly prove*
that anr Geaaral By sod ia a respect
MUins attending a jounpty to Beth.
liginui, and then Jjnefly viewed the
scout- there pruneuu*l- „ 1 would just
say that (he sermon was worthy of
the preacher, and this will be a suf
ficient guarantee for it* mar da |M ail
wjio kuoe lira. Barb, as a man or an
a preacher. It was listened to atten
tively, and i have uo doubt that,all
fuit it good to be thsrs- - a
flow appropriate a service ol kbit
kind ou Uu* glorious aauiversary J
W tiat a contrast between apendiag
the day lu this tuauuer and the way
j iu which it is usually' spent. Instead
I of making it a holy day most per-
Sans com mu more eia ou that day
than on any other day of the cuitins
y ear. 'Tie true that u u a enaaon
wt nejMHnioc. «4 giving and reomviHjg
I gdU in taemory of the great, the
I iucetiuiable gift that was made to
I tu.ui on thi» day, boi l call not ene
I what coMiwotion there oaa Im, or
j w hat iHei«‘*ce can be bed, by the
I discharge of fire arm*, Are-crack era,
, rockets, and ail the other teoU^imese
that is beuig uidelged in ou (hie
day. The truth, however, ,is that
heattily in the hope yon so kindly
ex|H»s* “of are long eipoyuig the
grant pleasure of dedicating an Eu
glisb ohurcJi ia that important fluid."
Wa are of th* opinion that this same
brother has eoulnhutod with equal
liberality heretofore toward the sup
pari of this Mission The hand of
tbe laicd ia ia this work, and Ha will
aoooinplieh hu
KNViiWLKIX'tMKKTK.
fl, A. Ifablev, Italnmere. flltlOiK)
Jsu. H. Graves. Waynesboro,
Ve., /through Rev. H.| 1(M)0
< atmi forward.
Gerhard Lam, Tern //, Lee 7, Ch#
hr 4: Tbe tears et Christ-- Lake
xis: 41—are a aura indication that
fhrial tank no rlfiinft IB the lie
< 'wppamaram smwiF ^ ^■ammaaemmieifMw:;;veepR • imeseew' < j •peerMiM’ %
poral and tbe eleraal rata af tbe
Jivt Foe tear* are, aa Cyprtaaae
aay a, embeeaidors of grief, aad, ac
cording to Brea tius, tbe blood of a
wounded spirit. Houm insist that
temporal destruction is bate meant.
We answer : bat the Jew* *affcted
not oa)y teaipofal bat also eternal
puuishmrut, Iwmanee they had ne
glected tbe e hele*s*»e Here «f their
satoalbm. Meveavee, Gad dnae nut
taka pleasure absolutely aid aaeoa
ifittenally la the temporal pmneh
DistnbnUou
And f tad than k *
good has been done
A goodly nnmber a
gmpsl min retry in d
mfeimis wire claim ns
dffdhar, and some
Who from their dvr
Protjiaotbd Bnnvioaa. -A Indy
correapondaat, who dates a letter to
ua—Blacksburg, Vs., December i8tb
—makes thin apology, which wa gbwl
ly nocay)t; “i have neglected writing
dins, fifiv jmmtilt irf ittn. fin
four peuoda of ndema, and «w«ka
dred and flfyy oranges. Tkmimi
d isurrt tnied ip Awn hundred aadlfc
tarltau bags and eo mall vmri
distnbuuoo managed that bath*
annexed aad appropriated. We
daim la balaag la Jeans t brist; ta
be at present independent both of
the General Synod and the General
Council; tei agree with and te differ
from both. In doctrine oar sywrpa
(fates are with the CooneiL, while la
practice they are with the Cl snare!
aeri in the bette
post year we vri
liou of a man' l
aad of his wile, 1
Will Bro. Turner please to tell the
readme of the l uwfor something
aboat tha| amotiog f
tbe delivery of gifts pat that h
friend*. Wa.know not the atari
af boxes snd bnndlea, b*| rim
must have been over thro* hate*
Ope thing wa do knew, jft* t**tf
fri^Jhhro.Yere handled* t^nfll
faces -and happy hearts, sad ifat j*»
lor and lus faadiy oaucm tetri
and received presents to the arnma
ff about Aid. i
Every body weut **n»j happy, a*
king will Christmas he reamflmi
by the Ltitherane et hifafaphtrfftiet,
Tbe Ckmrk Jourmol says that the
clWfy ate ne longer honored ter
their woritri sake as they enee were,
and Mlits, “A clergyman Wtth tbe
leanring of Orlgea or Jeroare would
starve in the American church out sen
he bad the ospecity to he delighttel
iu aomety, te preside properly at
sewing: societies, conduct a Sunday-
•clwoly aad hold bis awa at vestry
meeting*." - -
Boath, a here ihrv are m no itwngrr
of pdiblllf nfher frwwi hnngev or
from raid, se a the naer ta the wJ4
%ah Us warn I- M-re ere iheju mure
ovei, ta ri* immepiaairel I tom lb#
origitiel teresl of human tMtaga tii the
large ctlles v«* the deurti piarsMi ia
lb. Boatb ? Where I was, l sew
nalhiug Ido whet uiei sec es Omou *e
I irtaiwed ta New Yath, One ep
penarhad ana aad request* a load-
tieket, swot bet warns wrnk aud sap
port. The thud on* give* me a u»t»
stub ticket from UsiuUeig, where he
ha* already pledged hie bed clothe*
Arrived at Buqtati. be aside to the
Street without money and without
•belter. Hi* wit* aad child ('roach
»a a eat are a#** CaeUc Garden.
Luke the flu-wee big M today is the
heavy chred of misery which ia this
pinra eemtrrleo me sad—m> srei) feels
again the whi i*rtweare.
iWAtuxruii
The GcrwtSa* here have Nithrrin
buna perlcct euvuigrr* to each arets
Actively engaged, bwmli et work,
they have thus ter iwH »ti<»wred aoi
idler* In their Hty tt barvre- «-aa*v
wa* taivdrf with wrert. ot h*d to
leave, even if tie* menu* bad to be
j«ru«Hlud Umh. lit re it aerma like «
dream when one rerails fbadcelaia
lima made: We bare no Uertniu
hi {gtri la uar dt>. Thi* ilwtiliw
also the n**btc clanekrr «if the t ier
mans threw Tie culminating ex
oellemey of theft aortal rile is foasal
ia their nueiety hulk, which tbe
Bonederbund erected ter itself, and
the Frettndwrbsdlabund built at a
aunt to each variety of from #3U,(IW)
ts> #40,000 The bHlHnnl remirai
point Is the hUatifril ebtirch urn
King etnwt, wtfti tbe highest of all
the steeples t* the mty* wkiob
nmt from #40.000 to 7 0,1*00. The
Font Monday 1# Adreai I enjoyed
the pleasure of preaching ‘ter ltre».
Muller, who Ua* Wo the phslor ter
mar 23 years. Jhi the clurch is n
hnmhnane ftimt buddmg. »u wbioh
the Bwndhy wteed with ahaat 400
children wa* aasenlWd. Oh Sah-
Smm me, fhd.69
Thattk vo*. brethren! Wba next 1
There ware not regn ij
war were they at the
They were instruct*-;
denUiaga, they wed
sod prayed for; and]
mg united with tbe
food evidence of a el
Rf recently bdd a
ttwaat charge, preae
»«A, visited about tk
Re^Ttri which we read'
printed, and received j
tkmwmmreh. One a
riyyr# Walked over
viatad-several famJ -
. ^ vit *■-• i m Hi £?
v*y. We suspect
WBlier bBcGirtii wi
New Measure. I 1
we goiag either to the Coo net 1 af tbe
General Byawd, North, they earn
both cause U> as, ter if w* try ta gw
to either tbe ana or the other wa
Mill inevitably become divided agaiaak
• that thru the
off tire two wilt
Gadk «a the prophet mya, Mika
I»rwot of tMii •toes a strange work—
Isafmh xxviu : II—ft mast lie satire
|y foreign to fat* nature to doom «nm
men to pan mb men t from afaonlair
haired.
The oath of Gad also iout weight>
Uetimoii) aa regards fata booevelcnt
«bepaa»tnwi towards all man. Emk.
txxrili It: “Aa I Ine 1 have na
(daaeair in the death of the a iched,
but that tbs etched tarn from bra
way and U«a* ibk V#t 14: 'Men
rarity awaar by the greater; and aa
I'or the I.utbrr*u Viritof
Colloquium
ia the faith, ami
moat become li
They both mast
already.
SirorLD x Miyirrxn pekach a
Trial Skrmo.w.—TTalthar in bis
Pastoral Theology, p, 435, lays: “A
preacher, who already has a charge,
should never consent to deliver a
trial—or “dfcitfoi# sariann. If he
doek, he exposes himself to the dae
gar, it he in this way obtains another
ebargw, and eooeequeotly baa bimaalf
ran after It, of being always doubt
fnl shoot tbe lawteloesa of bis call
lag, shows at all events tbe offboelve
appearance of a mercenary diepoai
fion, and makes himself, ft be does
hot obtain the coveted promotion,
contemptible to hi* congregation,
wMcfr tttasf keep him. 0
end of aU strife. 17 ; Wbrreia God,
wilbag more abaadnnllf to show
auto the heirs of premise the ua
•alshliq of hie c saimal cunkmal it
by so oath, lit; That by too imgu
table thing* ia which it Was tmimeei
We ter God to 11* we might hare a
Editorial.—Wi- J
If Hev. ftebickeUs J
H* net only has tl
bwrfl. but any crlderi
Rfr Yu the churches
"••r to |is. But wtij
among uo J
^•w Measures, we.
“mpreheml. NeitluJ
m,r mouTner*’ nr an
* , * r protracted meetinj
“aetiug* are institut
**d they see tberetejn
They are ham
ll *y have onlv bun
t.*ud baa amd lint be will that *11
be saved ; if this doe* not nffrr,
then Christ baa bore witaeaa to God's
deotarwlkwi with hie loarw: am! if
“Laxucerm CanAL* > is it to br
put out r was .the axpnasfve Okie
of .a lecture recently delivered ia
London by Rev. Hugh Stowell Brown.
In view of tbe apparent progress of
Catholicism In England, there ia
some anxiety felt among the ardent
Protestants of the kingdom, wbioh
shows itself ia various forma. Mr.
Brown’s lecture was called forth
partly in response to this anxiety }
aud it waa just the text for the occa
sion that he took when be quoted
the famous saying of Latimer at the
Utah*: “Be of good comfort, Master
Ridley \ play the mao. We shall
thin day, light rnoh a candle, by God’s
graces |a England, aa I treat shall
neves be potent.
many years thm Synod (Tennessee)
and tbs Virginia Synod will bn fully
cDolrnet it with a Mhn* oath.
Hlamaym; Tom II, Kfwai. 44: “He
therefore swears, that if wa do not
believe la God who |womieee, we may
at least believe cm ncreaat of the
guarantee which the oath give*."
Vacant church** s It Martin's, ia
Iredell, 130 mam bars. Friendship,
200 members; Leylsfo, ie Burke, aed
Philadelphia, in trildasll eoauty,
having each 25 mam bars, and Fher
mel in Rowan. Rev, j. R. Merer
writes that there are twenty pteeee
west of the Mississippi that ti*\<
®%it has been and 1
"••ted to the salvatLre
® ot t ^ase it i& catl
it i* teachjn»
preaching in
I* 11 ""- And the
N^ktru men tali ties
2^ We Mso be«“i
*i»d three au
**?jr* m f ° r
» «re»ed just iu pn>
1 accordance with tl
purity with wUitta
For the Latf.enm Visiter.
Ohrtrtmas at Sbaphartxtown, W. Va
Imbed liecauer the Script eras ia ex
pfreit laagaage, Christ with tanra,
and God with hri oath tore witness
to ilia beoevoioat will, according to
which Ood desires the salvauoo af
all area, sad it ri therefore f«i*e that
Ua haa eoademaed aome uaeoadi
Uonelly to eleroal death oat of ahao
let# hatred."
**k Al aepp Ufaeology, HnL ///, 2L—
iSImEH
prospect* of orgastxing coogrrgs
Ilona.
We give ia fall the report of the
Correspond) t>K Delegate to North
Caroliua Synod:
Ptesched.’
observance ot
^Hfan orders ia not e
<* tbe chim b
r* *<** not require
KMiSS^* 004
brethren iv i
canon, Ron!
weak hrteitb.
doubtful dUputl
do ^thren aJ
“Acconltog to the riser leeti
iy of the Bible, Clirtst” endured
CmrNaftr £»a* ©p Turn Livwa
Aorea-The an* bee aft Ariteffr Urn
iag Apeter thar wmaltcfldmg 1 January
3d biffMkm dmrewflflaareririte 120th)
Cor. v : 14, 15, VJ i tun. u: l 1
John Ri 2. But the preregas which
are meal explicit ujwm this salgact
are found iu the rpiaUe to the Ro
laene. whera Paul (ualrovert* the
mietakeo flftoiuii of the Jews that
the blessing* of Mraatab'e kingdom
belong exclusively to the pretend of
Abraham He «ri«* Rimb*«»s v ; I#
-19, that as ore a»an was the author
of < 0tu ia the wfH. and of the cea
men of God, slid wiiimi
Cfarfat, andrltbid kheri
iBat then i kaow aria
present ia tliivriflria aamflaslIsRt Bam
for thqf(teito^ ,> # Af Rewanbecrip
tioare dtmaor'rifa’ohutdam ef the
pradmi^teiteteariiM# t aaomimirebls
article from the Britiskr ^Nmflevty aa
the Sourocs uf Pleaaiaa ii* Land,
scape 9 The Parisians, by Lord Ljl
teo'f BosMi satartaiulag 4Ux#>ma of
bows vary * cl veT
e aaa uot very
cbHstrim chnr
•H* Jesus (
9J\are serrinjr
bv forbidding
as te aaeally the rare te the North.
Hriy, oa the contia?}p or in
every pcaallda ^ tyfry. to . •vrve sad
seqoeat pum*h aw at whieh all row
Midure iu om sum m the author af
salvatten end forgiveness ter all
In Roman* ill; 9, 22, he shows that
M ai the morel ilissot i* ruh ml
of fllmael f Awaheued Tbarehy, hj
Ma»y -Gowda© Clarke f 8utee’s Boy,
by the Shtborof the ^Hagnaaet Fam
ilyV Udtbiaad Ends from Dr. Rob
® to* name,
^ Yilri ; bec Hi I
V-
V This should ■
f *»<> who pro
heart of tire lite of the Oerrus* j-x>
fde. Although l man Ben the Gar
Th* rated rramyturiqa jjfmreht pt
AnoBaad. has hate a rimtek sad two
run Ran feu, JF
IImnVvPkR
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