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LUTHERAN VISITOR, 00LDMBL
K, 8. C., FEBRUARY
29,
1874.
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THE LUTHERA5 VISITOR.
Columbin,
O.
FH4iy, February 90,1874.
Editors:
Rxv. A. R. BtJDE, D.D., Cohunhia. 8. C
Rxv. J. I. MILLER, A.M., Stauntoft, Va.
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The Short Biography of Dr. BSttle,
commenced in this number, will ba
completed next week. It it the tri-
bote of the loving, wounded and
bleeding heart of the bereaved
widow, who writes ns:
“With a trembling band and ach
ing heart I have endeavored to give
a short biographical sketch of ooe of
the best of men. 1 felt that no one
knew him as well as I did, and that
it was due him to have snob a sketch
prepared, therefore I did it. I am
very feeble, have yet dreadfnl tarns
with my heart. But God’s will be
done is ever in my heart, and I try
to be patient and submissive. God
Comforts me much.*
Find Words from Lotdsiszu.
We have a few subscribers in Loaf
siana, one of whom lately wrote os a
*'*** f U»i#r, IWwn vViak
sessing editorial pleni potency, make
a qaotatiou:
“Thank yon for the Visitor. It
bas been to ns the living link that
has mads us feel that we yet hare a
home though absent from it May
God abundantly reward you for yoor
firm standing on true Lutheran
gronnd. I need not say that we love
the Visitor. It is looked for by os
with more interest than anything
that comes to ns by mail. May God
make it for all coming; time, as it bas
been in the past, a living power in
the Church.*
The Last Seasons.
A subscriber
had concluded
Visitor, as be
another church,
informs ns that be
to discontinue the
expected to enter
but continues bis
subscription for the present. He
adds:
“Doubtless you would like to know
why I contemplate changing. Wheth
er it will be for the better I know
not, but hope it will. Now I am fif
teen miles from any Lutheran ehnrch,
bat have churches all around me
here, and of different denominations,
and of rather a greater variety than
I like to see. I have a poor chance
to attend oar church at present, and
as I like to be doing something, I
would like to be where I could take
an active part. 9
Our correspondent means well
doubtlessly, but the reasons he gives
C4h tb«;Lord f we havs i
Of flaitbfsl witnesses
teen oeatnrtee, that we are right
No true Lutheran doubts; oar broth
er doubts, and what say
tore f “Whatsoever is not of faith
is sin.” We toll him it la danger*
to change. lie will never be sat
lied. He aill always fee! self so
demued. Us will become either
cal u am is tor sod a parser nine of hie,
brethren, or, a cast away.
Bat he has a reason foa the *
temp!ated cheaga. He is fife
miles from any Lalheraa church.
Do these fifteen miles thrown
the one scale oat weigh the Augsburg
Confess loo, the Oateehiem, and the
Reformation ii the Other scale 9 Are
i saneaeimewasnes^^wm^^ns smnr wnm^aagnenpannane arswannenv w
fifteen utiles greater
revealed truth, chnrohiy degmi. the
pure gospel, sad the holy Macros
administered according to the
p«it jH
But oar brother bas “a poor chance
to attend his own ehnrch,” sad he
likes to be up and “doing,” i
take an active pari. 9 As I
poor chance, we ksow he is a
nan, and we suppose he baa two
good fleet, and maybe a horse. New
what are fifteen miles to him I
why does he live fifteen miles distant
from hie church 9 Did God
him that Car off; or did
prefer it f And if God did it, wee it
that he might leeve the ehnrch ta
which God cast his lot; or was it
that God wanted him to sow the
seed of evangelical truth where he
bow is 9 A Lutheran, ao
Bill Arp would say, lately moved to
Texas, and wrote as; “If yea ex
pect me to beiid up the
Church ia Texas, you are very
mistaken. 9 We nipectod something
before we read that; bat nothing
bow. Such Lutherans are not proa
Mrs; they go oat from as, bat they
are not of os. Every Lutheran
whom God sends out from his charch,
bis home, and his people, goes ee a
missionary of the Evangel wad La
thermo Church. Hot oar brother
wants to bo np and doing We are
glad of it, aad ask what prevents
him 9 Will other chore bet not allow
him to be a hearer. Will other
chord)** not allow him to be a libe
ral giver, to pray, to proles, sad to
give aa answer to every
asketh a reason of the hope that is
in him 9 To ba sure they wiU; they
will be glad to have him do it, aad if
they opportune, urge, aad «atreat
him to leave hie own aad to nails
with them, then are they eat chrts
linos, hat miserable proarivtors, who
seek their own glory, ami not the
glory of the Lord.
Stay where you are, brother!
Christ made you a Lutheran, be
true to Uim aad His church, aad let
the sects alone.
If Bay of
la the diotrilM
e not ree
r their a
notify tl
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desire a frets*
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requested to fe
loot Minutes I
will la tare so
also of the he
of Georgia.
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This quarts
Jeanary, 1874,
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The article <
Mrhm acker, by
The abei
of God ar
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this cow a try, at
tiua #f the Pf
is met that tl
of Dr. D
fihdintRRptt^rr Jbo
his biography.
The Aegebai
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the editors, is i
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The writer too
the view of “t
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hat not ait. Tt
great Imperial
teat ground for
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for the contemplated metamorphosis sixty four large pages each fsggrega
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are in oar opinion the last reasons
Hint should influence and lead to such
a step. If oar friend is a snbstan
tial Lutheran, we do not mean sub
stantially correct for that Is nxaafly
synonymous with positirsly «crony, it
he by divine dispensation, grace and
enlightened conviction ia an Evan
gelical Lutheran, he can not change
easily, if at all. Sleight of band can
do some curious and wonderful things.
A shake, and—presto—it is done.
But if a man is a true Lutheran,
grounded and established In sound
doctrine, he may shake from now till
dooms day, no presto can transform
him. If a man is only a Lutheran in
name, he of course has only to change
a name, and what Is there in a name
to snch a man T
Onr brother does not know wheth
er it will be for the better to change,
but hopes it will be. He doubts;
this is dangerous, and to found hope
ou doubt is to bniid on sand. In re
ligion, and evangelical Christianity
and the Evangelical Church of the
Reformation are inseparable, where
fore wo add—and church doubts are
inadmissible. We have a sure word
of prophecy, we have the Thus say-
Litt ell’s Livuto Attic.—The ni
bersof Tks lAeing Aft for January
31st aad February 7U» are remarka
bly rich in their contents. The fol
lowing articles are particularly note
worthy : Letters of Ebaabeth Bar
re It Browning oa Literary and (ton#
ral Topics, from the Contemporary
Reriete ; a very readable and appro
dative article oa Sir Edwin Land
seer, from the pea of Miss Thacke
ray, Conkill Mapuzine; Mpaniab Ufa
ami Character ia the Interior, daring
the Mummer of 1873, part III,
milia m's Magazine , Meadalaeoho, by
Ferdinand Hiller, Macmillan's Jfepa
sine; Popular Bongs of Tueeaoy,
fortnightly Remote; Kaw Gardens,
Edinburgh Reriste ; Cal venal 8a f
frags, Spectator ; Ellis’s life of Coaat
Bom ford, Ration ; Hoaae Martins as
Boilders, Popular tide*** Rodete, etc.
These numbers also coo lain the eoo
dasioc of “The Parisians,” by Lord
Lyttoo; an iastaiment of a short
•lory by Anthony Trollope, aad parte
I and II of a remarkable story, sati
tied “Far from the Maddiog Crowd, 9
which is attributed by the Louden
Spectator to George EUot.
With fifty two snch numbers, of
ting over 3,000 pages a year)
subscription price ($8) is low;
•till better, for $10, any owe of Lbs
American $4 magazines la seat with
The Living Ape ft* a year. IJttell A
Gay, Boetoo, Publishers.
Salem, Fa.—We learn from the
Lutheran Observer that Rev. Dr. Oou
rad has presented each of the sta
dent* at oar Theological Bern I nary
with “a copy of his abia add ram oa
Church Problems Solved by Hfeto
ry, aad Dr. Christlieb’s Beet Method
of Coonteractiog Modem Infidelity *
The Lutheran and Missionary states
that the Trustees sad PlasaHy «
Roanoke College have petitioned the
Legislature of Virginia for aa appro
prist ion to assist them in cmadactiag
the Normal Department for the par
pose of training young man for
teachers la the pabHe schools.
Philadelphia.—Rev. Dr. Mess’s roe
idence was robb*< on Sunday night,
while the family were at chnreh, of
about $800 ’worth of gold watehro,
Jewelry, silverware aad other value
Wes. The Doctor ran now say, Sil
ver and goM have I none.
differing from
qaite easy to j
as against the
mb be red that
troth may snff
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Tbe Infiarocx
the lihertiea <
good article, b
The writer tal
yet practical i
sad handles it
How little do a* recognise oar obtf
gvtion* to the Bible!
Prof. Hudtkr, of Gettyabarg, has
famiahed an escelleat article oa
Modem Mrieoee and Materialism.
We believe there la a tendency to
wards materialism la oar day, bat
we can not believe that this results
from the study of modern arronre.
Not a few of leading scientists are
skeptical, aad some of these openly
infidel Why 1* this t The old fal
lacy : poet W, reps propter her, dr
drive* assay. Is not this the rsaaoa f
Infidelity, driera from Us other post ■
turns, has occupied the outposts of mod
» science. tat the defr inters of
truth only go op sad meet the roe
my; victory *w*iu» them here. We
hope to hear farther from Prof. 8,
oa this aad kindred satgecta
Interchange of Pulpits Is aa ad
dress read by Rev. Dr. Conrad before
the Evan gelical Alliance ia New
York, 187A The Dr. favors each
interchange, aad hie views are In oa
tire accord with the spirit of the
body before which the addmm was
delivered. He regards the inter
change of the palpit as “a legitimate
outgrowth of the original appoint
mt of the ministry aad the organ!
satiou of the Christian chnreh," bat
maintains that R should bn confined
to ministers ri “orthodox” deoomi
nations, aad to each as bold to the
“faadamentaT doctrine* of the word
of God—that while order requires
that tbeee prerogatives should he
limited to the chotrh particular, yet
the profooader conception of the
chnreh “demand* 9 that the church
am vernal should exerciat snch privi
|us aleol But we inquire, Do nut
taeta fly In the face of this stale
mtf la not the fleet notorious
that these who practice interchange
of pulpits moat freely hove anything
else than this “profound conception
of the church r And what are fun
daaeetat (artkkwgof Christian faith 9
By what divine authority fe such a
ilriluBtlse drawn f Whose truth fe
that which men thus divide aad par
cel out 9 Who have diacovercd what
portions of the divine word are fno
demental, aad what not t They that
have Ihfe “profoundor oooorptioa of
the flfaarri.fr We com not under
stand why Go#8 minister* are called
spun to} make distinctions wholly
aa knows fe God’s word. And then
the artariafe la unsound and dancer
oua We 4o net appear Kanaalgs
mrinachaA* per so, bot we do object
to the popular node of dribadlng it.
The Sovereignty of the People
sad Ihscjr of the Cilia**, fe n clever
of place ia aa Roan
CfeEducation, aa article ia review
of a work on Lex ta Education, by
Edward 11. dark a, Ml), was read
with mueh lateroet. ll fe sober,
thuogbt/al aad euggoetava The wri
ter quotes freely from the work of Dr.
Clarke, who dearly shows that ca
fe hr p*iH-iera ric aad at-
with aerMHis consoquetn-e to
mm on aad girls. The arga
meal ia based upon the ceaetUatloa
if the weaker tea, aad pruormde ac-
eording to weS rotaldtabed |di>ai
elngfeal truths to combat the grow
lag error that woman oua be ash
Jested ta the name rule aa man lor
Mental diactpljn* in one institution
ef learning erfebout aerioun perma-
aeut injury to the sex and roce. Let
the ostksha bn ifat and pooderod.
The tiitweeat number of the Reeme
baa the usual aot»er* of new pobli
oatloue, but felfer aad more aauafaca
lory fe their charocUr than hereto
for*. Hakoux
fnf Ibf Lntheraa Vlailar.
4 fhm Bagrxfhy of B. R
5.5.
Dr. Duafel & Kittle was bom ia
the upper part of the romantk and
bnaotifril valley of Middletown, ia
Frederick cewaty, Maryland. The
ranges of Cateriln end Booth Moon
talas meet a abort distance from hfe
birth plans aad the wild and tat ml
scemer) fill* the heart of a lover of
Nature with esfertioa* of delight and
pi* sen re. life lather was n farmer
la limited rinsmetamv* and ooalde
to afford his sons the Ub
oral education that they desired, and
which be was eo notion* to give
them. life older brother, Dr. D. F.
Bittle, bating determined to devote
hfe life to the "ministry, and having
on* year* previous for the
of obtaining an edneation
by hfe own uAorta, waa exceedingly
aaxfeua for Deffifel to likewise attend
college aad fit himself for a profea
Mom! life. life letters to bi* brother
tb* dnejto tar m adacatkoa
alive, and at time be could no longer
content bimaelf upon the fans, but
told hi* father that he was unhappy
nntil he nine could go to collefe.
Hfe father mode no objection and
•aid, ‘"That fe just what I tike to
yon any. 9 He told him, bow
ever, that he ton Id afford him but
little help pacunlarily. Nothing
demited by the prospect of having
to provide the funds himself, and
of a cheerful, buoy ant
spirit. Dr. Bittle, at the age of
eighteen, left fear for Gettysburg.
Pa. Owing to hta own character in
the community, as an honorable,
honest young man. and the enviable
reputation of “1 lorn-at Thomas Bit-
tie,” hfe father, he found no difllrnlty
fe borrowing money from some of
the wealthy farm* , a in the commit,
nity, some of whom loaned him sum*
upon hfe own indnidnal note, trifk-
oat security. Frw young men ever
pmaeord a higher character in that
valley for honor, truth, and noble
neaa of charauter, than did Dr. !>.
II. Bittle, when a young man, al
though, from hi* Joyous di*jm,Mii»»ti.
be enjoyed end mingled in (he
snmarmenu and pkaatire* of the
young ;»eo|4c of the neighborhood.
Mix y*-am ware passed at Getty a
burg fe aoquiriug hfe education.
Gifted with n most Mtooisbiiig mem
ory, and apt lo retain anything in
hfe mind that he once glanced at, be
had not need to study hfe leeaona aa
diligently aa other student*, and
this fact waa a marrtl to hi* instruc
tor*. I have heard him often say
that hfe fellow atndeuta would often
come to hi* room after poring for
hours over a. difficult passage, and
ask him to translate it for them.
They would find, though be had not
opened hfe book to look at the lesson,
that he nouldin a few momenta read
It off rapidly for their accommoda
tion, much to their surprise.
He grndoaftrd in 1843, and as he
bad become thoroughly converted
daring a season of especial grace at
Gettysburg, he determined, like hfe
brother, to desote hi* life and labor*
to God. Though anxious to at once
enter the ministry, he felt his mou
etary ooligatton* pres* upon him
heavily, and therefore he engaged iu
teaching for three years to liquidate
hfe debts. Ia 1848 be beard of lane
Seminary, a Presbyterian institution
near Cincinnati. Being told that
board could be obtained remarkably
low, and that it waa a manual labor
institution, tfcr the advice of hfe
brother, Dr. pittle left Maryland for
Ohio. He asrived at Cincinnati with ;
only artvu doners in hfe pocket, with
which to nnpertake «i three year*’;
course? Strung In faith he stagger
ed not bat boldly put forth all hfe
rtaunrcea to enter the holy tniufehrj.
After baring been a week at the
Seminary, be foand that* the labor
(kart of the institution bad been
abandoned, and that Itoardtng had to
be paid fe cash, aad that In adoance.
The same day that be heard this he
received a letter from Dr. Keller
asking bitn to p*y a note of 8100
that be held against him, a* he was
In need of money. Half an hour
after the letter waa received the
steward of the board tag house came
aad said, “I would like to have yoar
weekly bill settled, Mr. Bittle. 9
“Dense wait until Monday,” said be.
The steward said “very well, 9 and
left the room. My husband said that
be foil, “Now fe tlit* crisis of my life.
If God wants me to be a minister
he will help me out of these difficul
ties, if be don't show me the way
eleariy I mast leave on Monday and
enter another path of life." He fer
vently commended the subject and
hiu»«M-if to God. When he arose
from hfe knee* hi* miad waa calm
and trustful, be took up bis book
and atudied hfe lesson. In about
half aa hour a stranger knocked al
the door and inquired for him, say
ing that a village near by wished a
gentleman to instruct a class in vocal
music, and that they hod heard that
bs was an excellent singer. An ar
rangement w aa made and he received
twenty-five dollar* in advance. lie
(mid hfe boarding bill—sent aome of
it to Dr. Keller with a letter of ex
planation, and felt sure that God had
said, “Tin* fe the way, walk ye
ia )L" God taiaed up a kind
frtwwd ia Mr. Rammelaburg, of Cin
cinnati, who often assisted him in
various wavs. During vacations be
acted as agent for Wittenberg Col
lege, ami in one instance collected
in cash 83,000. Dr. Keller waa
aetoaisbed at bis *ucre«a, and the
percentage received by hia labor*
assisted him to | procure riot It tug,
hook*, etc. Always ready to work
for the chnteli. during another voca
tion be traversed (tortious of Penn
sylvania, soliciting money fur the
English Lutheran church in Cinctn
nan under Mr. Harrison's care. He
waa highly successful and the church
greatly helped. A month or two
before bis three years* course was
ended, be received aa invitation to
art as a supply in tbe l anton charge
in Ohio, a* Mr. Kama was about to
leava for Savannah. Dr. Btowe,
Prof. Allen and Dr. Beecher were
exceedingly loath to let him leave
beforo graduation, as hi* examina
lion bad been passed, and hfe speech
for the occasion prepared. Dra.
Btowe aad Allen rrjN-atedly spoke of
him aa “tbe finest yonng man at the
Seminary.” and offer after offer of
ebnrcbea in tbe Prcabytartan Church
were made to him without avail.
He derided that he had better go to
Csntoa, and therefore in April, 1848.
be was ordained by tbe Miami Syn
od. In November of the same year
we were married at Evansville, Indi- !
ana. w here I had gone to visit re!*- 1
tire*. I met Dr. Bittle at Mm. VaiT*
Seminary for young ladies, where I
waa engaged as a music teacher,
the Seminary being near lame Hem- j
inary. Bring a mmfeirr** daughter,
I knew the trial* of *nch a life, bnt
nothing neciued to lie a trial with
hfe cheerful loving spirit at my aide.
Ilia time at Gnnton expired ia April,
18,30, and although ('anal. Ifover and
other |toifita asked him to serve
them, he accepted the commission
of the Miami My trod to travel over
Indtatiu and organize the scattered
Lutheran* into charges, and try to
*np|»l> them with oecwdonal preach-!
ing. Madison wan the |Nitut chosen
for an Kngliah in 1**1011 chnreh, and
be waa recommended tn the Homs j
Mission Society for aid. 1H. Morris
replied tbst “one hundred a year teas
all that could be given Aim. 9 I im
mediately began a young ladies’
school, snd tbas we psid onr board.
Finding in the fall that tbe Gorman
minister was opposed to the English
movement, we derided, in view of eo
mnch opposition to the enterprise, to
leava Madison. The fine Presbyte
rian church there was vacant, a com
mittee waited upon I)r. Bittle, and
tendered him a call to it* pulpit
with eight hundred dollar* and a
parsonage as the salary. I tagged
him to accept. “No, 9 he answered,
“I was born a Lutheran. I am a
Lutheran, end if I starve, 1 starve a
Lutheran.” Being a Presbyterian
myself, I could not understand at
first why he remained in poverty in
the church of hfe choice rather than
enter my own communion. Indiana
waa far la-hind other Mtatea, and otir
affair* wen- in a gloomy state. Peo
pic cared but little for elmrehes, and
having no salary to live on, we felt
that God must again interfere, or we
most do something else. The way was
unexpectedly opened for a retnni ;to
Maryland, and when there he en
gaged at onoe ns agent for the new
enterprise of a Female Seminary in
Hagerstown. In three months be
collected fifteen thousand dollars lor
tbe Institution, and then receiving a
roll to Mtnithnbnrg, and being anxious
to preach, he removed to that charge,
and bo Fas highly successful. Red
q*fe atfifibded hfe preaching in all the
lifer churches. He continued «nc
meeting four weeks, and at the end
of that time only discontinued it
because he fainted nwny in the
pulpit! lie built a new church in
Buiithsburg, and added .100 in embers
in two years and a half? Receiving
an unexpected call to Selin’s Grove,
Pa., after much prayer and with
great regret, be felt it his dnty to
leave s deeply sorrowing peopln,
who, to thin day, mourn hfe departure,
and who have repeatedly sent calls
to him to return to them. He re
mained a year and a half in Selin’s
Grove. A jiowerful revival followed
his earnest searching sermons and
his catechetical instruction. Luther’s
Catechism wsa a strong measure with
him, and while he earnestly preached
the doctrines of the Lutheran Church,
he also as earnestly favored the so-
called New Measures, insisting upon
s change of heart ami life, a* neces
sary to an entrance to the church
atid to heaven.
\To be continued.]
For the Lutheran Visitor.
Imporuaos of aa Educated and Well-
Paid Ministry.
lhtcior Rude: Having in my last
article briefly considered the impor
tance of extending a liberal support
to the Visitor, and of giviug it a inure
general circulation among our |»eople,
I am now to address myself to my
second topic—namely, a thoroughly
educated and well paid miufetry, de
voting all tbatr time and energies to
the work of their holy and noble
calling. I shall endeavor, ia the
first place, to present a few reasons
snd considerations why a ministry of
this kind is iudi*i>cusablj necessary
to secure tbe prosperity and progress
of aehurch at this enlightened day ;
aud iu tbs second place, I shall direct
attention to tbe fact, that we have
now resources and tueaus as a church,
w hich, if fully develojicd and proper
ly handled, would enable us to ac-
cotnplislt much more thau we bare
ever heretofore done in this impor
tant particular.
When the Divine Author of tbe
cbrUtiau re.’igiou commissioned bis
twelve a|K>stle*, and sent them forth
to proclaim bis gos|iel to the world,
be endowed them with extraordinary
gifts aud miraculous jKjwer. Tbe
moat of them, it fe true, were at first
comparatively ignorant and unedu
cated men ; some of them being un
lettered Galilee- fishermen ; but they
eujoyed tbe signal advantage of per
sonal contact and aasociaiiou with
tbe Saviour daring bis miufelry on
earth, aud listened to tbe teachings
and instruction iu broveuly knowl
edge and wisdom which fell from hfe
hallowed tips. Aud all this they had
in addition to tbe suiiernatural gifts
and a|>uslolic powers that were im
parted to them before tbs departure
of their Master, it may ta well
said, that no body of nu-u were ever
tatter lustrucU-d aud more thorough-
ly prepared to enter upon tbe speci
fic work in w hich they were toengage.
That Christ himself did not under
rate tbe importance of education,
and w fehed to secure to his church
the great advantage which learning
afford*, fe fully shown in the case of
the a|M)stle Paul. That cmiuent ser
vant of God, who was unquestion
ably the most distinguished and suc
cessful of all the apostles iu dissemi
uating the goajtel, and transmitting
its biassed doctrine* through his
opiatles to the world, was a highly
educated man. He woe thoroughly
versed in all the learning of his day,
liaviug been brought up and bred to
the profession of the law at the feet
of it* greatest doctors aud teachers.
YVlieu he bad been miraculously con
verted and s|>eciai!y called to ta an
apostle to the Gentiles, liaviug liecn
endowed by life divine Master with
aj[KteU»lic gifts, no wonder he made
Felix tremble, almost |>crsuaded king
Agriapa to tie a Christian, and stand
ing ou Mars Hill, in the most eric
brated city of ancient Greece, eon-
fouuded all the wisdom aud philoso
phy of tbe learned Artbeuiaus.
But when tbe apostolic college bad
accomplished its missiou and passed
away, tbe. ministry that succeeded to
the great work of propagating the
go*|H.*l were no longer eudowed with
extraordinary gifts aud apostolic
power. There was no louger auy
necessity for it. The (lowers of
heathen error aud darkness bad beeu
overthrown, and Christianity had
been successfully and firmly estab
lished in the world, and now God, in
Hfe infinite wisdom, was goiug to
carry on the work by bumau agencies,
attainments, and means. As time
rolled on and civilisation advanced
—as nations aud governments rose
and fell—through all the revelations
and revolutions of human affaire, the
glorious light of the gos|»el of the
fearless Son of God shone on with
Steady and benignant rays, until it
ha* culminated in all the splendor
and beauty of tbe Christian cultiva
tiou and enlightenment, of Die nine
teenth century!
Tiro bi*h state of civili tttiafc
religious advancement which* **
joy at the present dav, bow**!**
been brought about, utnier tl* ^
ing of God, by education
bumau instrumentality **”7
ami moral improvement ihtt****
ta rendered available forth*** 4 *
The reformation in tbe sixteenaT**
tury, by Imther and bis cn**^
would have accomplish^
for the church and the w^ ^
not been preceded by fat * ***■
Visit
IS
tion of printing and' tbe
letters, and the |H>werf*| j
which was thus gi Vea ^
ami the dfesemiaation of Hnn*!?*
among the tuarne* of uiaukind, ,
ventim# and discoveries ia ft, ^
and sciences followed; coma******
colonization gave employ^ **
man geuins and enterprise- I
whole aspect of society *** LT*
went a wonderful change;*^
car of human piogtea* h*»
pushed forward to the ( )retwit **
pitch of civilization and
ment. " I ""'
If then we are indebted f w A
this wonderful material (>ro»re*
development, and high christju^
vancement, aud social celtmta*
and improvement, more to u ^
cated aud well sustained
than any thing else—of whieh^
the pages of history ar«
with evidences—no one can fa( t
seo the many reason* and ceodbsn
lions aliieb should urge a cbnn&fe
se<*ure tin- greatest |*os»iWe adv M
tages iu this im -ortaat (autiodarx
the present da>. Die trath h, tfe
in the pli sent romlitioil of tfe|^
tha success , ><«|»erny of ^
(larticular deuoiw.t stioo—Ur
aive and aggressive |*
its internal welfare atm
most necessisarily depend
attention which is given to mas*
ter. The statistics of all oar efcwtk
«•*, Pnitestout and Catboliei, uim
the truth of thi* assertion.
It affords me much pleaaare tsa
cord the fact, that we bareasri
re*|»ectable number of edacstrin
istere in tbe Lutheran Charekhfa
State, and tbe salaries paid fe mb
of tbe charges are liberal aad m
mendable ; but our church bai ha
sadly delinquent aud deficienthfa
respect in tbe past, and there if xi
great room for improvement Dr
founders aud earlier minigtensfie
Synod in South Carolina were fcrfe
moat part uue<lucated men. andtfe
generally received but litfk* ompn
wtiou for their services. .Utfefe
they ore entitled to mnch cmfitsri
our highest regard for the ihfe
and devotion which they werepboMl
they labored under many dwriro
tages, and lost much grooad frm
this very cause.
Our fathers in the ebureh
saw the necessity and felt the sm
of a tatter educated uiinfetiT. 6
meet this waut with a wise and pea
forethought, they established tk«H
Theological Seminary at Leiifp*
and subsequently a classical
achool in connection with it Ik
means and resources of oar few*
at that day were far less tluw ia?
are now; yet those largrirsr^
aud far sighted men raised a fad *
tatween twenty five and thirty ife
sand dollars, atid put and kept to
the Seminary and Classical Sifo
on a respectable footing. Th* 11
stitutiou* accomplished roofe
They were, iu fact, tbe foondxtiirij
all that ha* since been afekri-
They were a sagacious and nfek 9
ginning. How have we, thedro*^
ants of their founders, imp** 9
upon the work ? Let the fepd* 5 **
of our Synod in future, and ri* r3 j
ertions of every pious aad ft***
minded im-tutar of our Cbsrfe- **"j
awer this important queatwa
The limits of this article b*ve to
reached, and praying feE 8^1
bumble reflections may * , * r8 ^ e Tj
tion of the Spirit, aud
hearts and consciences of EWT
ter* and of inte!lig«mt
laymen of our Church msy
and reused to the trairo^S^Tj
portauoe of this subject, *9** \
fraught with results »"d
quences that will not ooly ^ j
time but ta felt iu eten»hJ»
in due season turn to the oo»
tion of my third topic.
ills.
in
— . w mam ■
Tori, ra.—The Germans** 1 ^
to form a congregation *****
ta connccte<l with MissouriS.
In Debt—The treasurer
Missouri Synod, in bis fe* 1 ^
published iu tbe XotAinl^
uary 1st, rejiorts a deficieuej
674*in the Synmlical W***#" 1
827,918 in the building frto,
m the aggregate $48,593.
A debt of n»*
Seminary at Philadelpbto
only 8100 has taeu recci T r 3
80,000 are wanted immedisW-j'
lenburg College has a defe
000, and Pennsylvania
830,000.
Scarcity of
general complaint ui 09
acmeity or priests. A * ^
pvr any*, that in ° ,K '
country the want jtd
there are uin«-ict*n
minister.
V
h
jt wa*
. iBl eJor refleen
^^tof nature
^tbfe heart ..
kindle into rapt
lhe enchanting
*11 tros in no
^y stoPi»cd -
w0 ih to rimin'
rains, Out for tl.
ffoeoao* p»r(Hn
b,rt
gpry limb*, i
exped* 11011 fnmj
in dam tier th«-
i*y neck ill tr-
Refers and ka
imi»ca*unible
tbe grand, tb<
nature, that imp
gonic and advei
the still mot
history and truH
l laad visited a
jmkI aiagrtifio^.
untold sums of s
fehed; I ha<l ''''
ttoo before the li
tbecbfeel and L
ims to boast; I it
the labarinthint
paths of the mo>t
of Europe ; I had
Utude to see the
ciurties and abb«->
over battle fields
J red thotrsaud to
|y strife and fer
torrents of blo«>d
birtb place and
of tbe mighty 'of
neeu illustrious *t,
beroes, divine*, ^
celebrities of eve
aeter; I bad goi
most attractive si
tbe time, empty t
tbe patience of ail
—but no sight,
bo jierson, no rn;
ketied such emo:
Castle, after I ha
derous gate aud s
tensive courtvar i
nf N
time* scream w,i
Alp*, when inhalin
pbere, w hich acted
erating gas ; I wral
of (loetic Sea lime
few (rorsohs would
I visited Melrose
glorious view of
moonlight,” and ;
tell you, by the wn
Johnny Bowers,. «
ring ki bis “Ahb|
pffife and mauv ot
dae<l feelings, jss-t:
*•!» 'vere nothing i r,
those awakene*l .•
sort of religions , s
I felt as if I wer.
presence of Luther’
be would sjieak to
incarnate and clo
erdotal vestments :
«1 the room which
had occupied, I sat
ment to relieve i
charged with emot
in tears, though it i
to suppress them
j *<*&*, for tjie |k>
failed me; it wm
thoughts that we!
*sd flowed ovi't
streams.
I pictured mysri
ther, anil wisheil
versatioj, with hiu
m .v memory the seen p -
,h toe hundred year*
in the same ci
J**® 80 long ago ; u
' ^stu ou that 1
desjioileil of iu
'feo* by the rut hie*
uri S who deem a *
to ta chei
fftstens with eelesti
® torene, his visa-
thought* seem
^hbi that magqifii
i*™* h« looks tlporff
^riume. o(k?ii tafoie
**® ,r to be a co|>v
*** then again he
and thoughtful
window upon tlo
ta stretching far
oJa** 1 not intern.
Ef in hi* i iu . rar ,
he was <
gjeulean work, J
^ * ,aVfl imnnort;
?J*‘»lation of the llii
8 e «f hfe couutr\
J? Uarr °'vly obsei '
to
° r at l4 * a8t ‘1
disconcert him.
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lil °° * chair heaiil
° l «hl tuni the le I*'
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louary, an f-
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CA of fo,ios S( 1
* 0 „j j l>e consulted
heaa ^ ao ' r, ‘ hia ta" m
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