The Lutheran visitor. (Columbia, S.C.) 1869-1904, March 06, 1874, Image 1
Jtevs. Kudo L Miller, Editors.
OVI LORD, OV1 FAITS, 01* BAPTISM.
EPHESIANS IV:5
COLUMBIA, s. a
Original.
to death, banco V* ooocludo
tb«y are Millet to tea, the cause of
Uooui. Hot in the 14U turn of the
**'“• chaptoc, the apostle ktvM at
without doubt aa to hi* oMottif.
Uu any* (loath reigua ‘<iw| f^r Mam
that had mi tinned a/Ur tit mmttt-
of Adam'$ tronafreanon.* Now
Adam's tin vm oo actual tranagre*
tioo of o known low of Qod. Thooo
thou who did not oin oA«r tb« temlli
tud« of hit tranagreateon watt ho
thou** who know no !**, »ml hence
oould not boro boon gniliy of actual
•In.
“Who con brine * dona thing oot
of an unclean T* (Job lie - g) “The
imagination of man's heart i* aril
from hi* youth.* (Ono. vtii; JL)
There it In every oot, ***** the Jo
font, the germ bf am, an inclination
to evil which will mauilWt Itaelf
more and more a* It gradually ac
quires tbo ut* of Its natural power*.
ThU inclination it born in aa, and at
no period of life do we acquire It by
any action of onr own. So la all
men, from the leaat to the greatest,
from boat to the worst, there ie thie
innate depravity, thle dime* which
tmat in onr powerful and covenant
Qod, In whom “ia no vari-
ableoeoa, noithrr shadow of taming,”
*+• JO^orday, today and
prever "
L Mfidfol of oar comfort, he haa
for fid den ns to take auxiooa thought
tor the morrow j and ho haa given ae
*bo mat preetoa* and gloriooa
promiaaa for that on known future
wo are wank and wicked enough to
dread. la hit service we need not
dread poverty, for “no good thing
will ho withhold from them that
walk sprightly." Be ie “a very
peasant help in tremble.* In hie
Philosophy, iirlvetios' System of
Nature, Paines Age of Iteaaou, the
Kucyolopardia— they were terrible
gospels of unbelief; bet what were
they all to the history of France
herself, it was in itself an oocpclO'
(Media of irrcligiou and infidelity.
More fatal to faith than the sneers
hi* sine in the grave of Jeans, bat it
~ means
Ufbr3*W
jjtat
owerran^*
ruL'l?*"*
rtiew of which
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. 1 1* almost
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For the Lutheran Viator,
Original Sin.
also was doubtless the chief
of leading the abort sermon! zer into
the pulpit And there he atfll stands
in the high places of Zion.
Oh how many millions of sooh
short sermons coaid be preached
daily along the highway*, and in aQ
the by ways of society, if only the
united host of God’s elect were ready
in this way to come op to the help of
the Lord against the mighty.
V\V hern from Revelation that
gm am** * ®ti»t« °f innocence,
he image of God.” That be has
ht this image, we loam from obsev
fjlioti as well a* from Revelation,
hate of depravity, or of sinful-
“lastsdid my
The Small Worries.
-tin; imagination of man’s heart is
nil frem his yonth.” “We ail were
M store the children of wrath even
On such declaration* as
tom the confessors based their
hith when they confessed: “That
toe die fall of Adam all men who
natarally engendered, are coo
tow* and born in sin ; that is, that
Italians from their mother's womb,
tfsf.svil desire* and propensities,
to esn have by nature no true fear
<fOod, no true faith in God, and
tot this innate disease, or original
m, is truly «n which brings all
tos sader the eternal wrath of
giirtio are not born again by bap-
to and the Holy Spirit.
1st ns consider the subject si* pre
mia} to os ia tba Confession of oar
dank, which states it In so brief and
The Christian world has long been
guessing what Paul* thorn in the
oooatiy, sad ‘putting on a tfcreaten-
iag aspect, we may be sore that the
churches are losing their moral
power. The siaudard of piety is
•Hiking, or religiou is losing its
healthy character. We may, and we
should, meet the arguments of infi
dels with bpixMuug srgoiucots; bat
all arguments will be very nearly
what was the matter with Mm. We
suppose the reason he did not tell os
what it was, may have been, because
be did not want us to know. He
knew that if he stated what it was,
there would have been a great many
people from Corinth bothering him
with prescriptions as to how hs
might care it.
Some say it was diseased eyes;
some that it was a humped back.
It may have been neuralgia. Per
haps it was gout, although hia active
habits and a sparse diet throw doubt
on the supposition. Suffice it to say,
it was a thorn—that is, it stock him.
It was sharp.
It was probably of not ranch ac
count to the eyes of the world. It
was not a trouble that oould be com
pared to a lion or a boisterous sea.
It was like a thorn that yon have
had in your band or foot, and no oos
knew it. Thus we see that it be
comes a type of those little nettle-
some worries of lift that exasperate
the spirit
Every one has a thorn sticking
[pi <*‘ ? uiiy, Vi*,
^’liilerful i n .
'«£ ainkjqg
[■’ ■*©Hitter*
iu remain Ion*
p arc not do!
P v ” or other
we have “a friend that aticketh closer
thaa a brother * and he has declared
himsslf “the father of the fatherless
ami husband of the widow* What
ever convulsions, soots!, politieai, or
phymoal may shake Urn earth, we
are assured that “All thing* work
worthless until vital godliness shall
again flourish.
And here we reach the real source
of danger, if there is danger. It ia
to bs found in the pulpits of the
land. For religiou ucrer becomes
feeble and sickly in the churches
whilst it Is nourished by “the sincere
milk" sod “strong meat* of the goa-
pel» dispensed by faithful pastors.
Unfavorable circumstances may
cause temporary depressions in spite
of the meet faithful preaching, but a
apeedy reaction will be witnessed.
But * krn the truth, or very impor
tant parte of the truth, are with
held from the people, the decline of
true religion, and the consequent
loss of moral power,are inevitable.
There may be just as mack preach
lag during such declension a* at any
other time. Congregations may be
aa large or larger. There may be
considerable activity in certain direc
tion*- All this may oecar when, at
the same time, a large portion of
those great truths which God has
teteffuad, fry* Jjto, WMtelnnlJttAnrUh
opGuent of a symmetrical and healthy
piety, an not preached. The moral
power of the gospel resides pre
eminently in its gnat doctrines. In
these we find the reasons of Christian
detire, and the motives of the steady
discharge of them. Both precept
and promises are rooted in the doc
trines.
If, then, it be found that doctrinal
preaching is becoming unpopular, or
ia falling into disuse, we may look
for the loss e! moral power in the
churches, *ud consequently for the
increase both of heresies and of infi
delity. Would that the truth (for it
is s truth) cotold be impressed deeply
oo the mind of ovary young minister
in the land, that infidelity can never
prevail ia inch a country aa ours, a
country so pervaded by Christian
influence, on lew* the pulpits shall
prove unfaithful to their high trust.
Happy» indeed, is the minister who
•an say to the people of his charge,
as Tan! aaid to the elders of Ephesus,
“Wherefore, I take yon to record
this day , that I am pure from the
o^l all woo; for 1 have uot
shunned to declare auto you all the
counsel of frod."— The Ptctbyta um.
fast *d beyoud
and Inter*
kire so prerx-
r g eat rivers
tes, especially
[ Missouri,
ri.uid, Arkas-
n li o brand*,
k> Jinab, Ro-
othere, with
ting, still we ean not rtd of K.
Tbooe signs nf anger wflleh wo so
often see ia our little oo**, and often
regard with levity, should rather
awaken in us feelings of sorrow and
bring ns in deop humility to oar God,
that bd weald ia matey, by hto grace,
bring thee* little ones to himself era
this spirit which we see dawning hem
developed itself late the murderer.
III. HOW IS THW DEPEAT IT Y FEE-
PKTUATEOf
«*«* for the morrow win no longer
disquiet onr hearts j but hope, which
la an anchor nf the soul, both sort
mA steadfast, will gladden onr pre#
sat and brighten onr falotr Would
ws walk bravely and joyously along
is hod. Wtageth forth teeth iJmama
I: 14-15.) (g) It most aster the
snmn as sis **Ttoy that am In the
tenh can sot sen OnA* W* are “by
>ve the dark-
h which the
e same time
j of the liver,
tlio healthy
irr-nns.
iii.t disease
ith Vnr kg a*
tn take bold
unfaithful domestics; or an inmate
who kaeps things disordered; or a
house too small for oouvenienoa, or
too large to be kept cleanly. The
professional man finds it iq perpetual
interruptions, or calls for “more
( 'hriauanity has hot little to fear
•m the argument* ef actentific ia
Ms. Their attacks upon the Bible
to Ms s-ww gisrions body. In fine,
ft meat he overcame by the aid sf
the Eloty fiyrifh, throng* the new
birth, and for the sake sf Jssns
V. w war ana its ErrEcre t
t; :i, IToad-
ei-s, Coughs,
zziaam, Sour
*, Bad Taato
Palpita-
aation of the
of the Kid
lainfal *ymp-
l\n wWMi 4* tm S— *%m *M. w.,
we must look to its anion with thnss
sinful bodies for its disealed state,
for being the work of God it must
be originally pare. The renalt M the
name if we adopt the theory of ss
or that which
neighboring teachers that talk loudly
and make a great noise in giving a
little instruction. One man has a
rheumatic joiat which, when the
wind ia north-east, lifts the storm
signal. Another, a business partner
who takes fall half the profits, bat
does not help earn them. These
trials arc the more nettiesome be
cause, like rani’s thorn, they are not
to be men Honed. Men gat sympathy
for broken bones mad smashed foot,
but uot for the end of sharp thorns
that have been broken off in the
fingers.
Let us start out with the idea that
we must have annoyances. It seems
to take a certain number of them to
keep us hnmble, wakeful and prayer
ful. To Pan), the thorn was as dis
oiplinory aa the shipwreck. If it is
not one thing it ia another. If the
stove does not smoke, the boiler
must leak. If the peu is good, the
ink must be poor. If the thorn does
not pierce the knee, it mast stick
you in the back. Life most have
sharp things in it We can not make
up our robe of Christian character
without pius and needles.
We want what Paul got—grace to
bear these things. Without it we
become cross, censorious and iras
cible. We g»t into the habit of
sticking onr thorns iuto other peo
ple’* fingers. Bat, God helping ns,
we pi see these annoyances in the
category of the “all things which
work together for good." We see
bow much shorter thorns are than
the spikes that stock through the
palms of Christ’s hands; and, re
membering that be had on hia head
a whole crown of thorns, we take to
ooraelves the consolation that if w*
suffer with him on earth, we shall be
glorified with him ia heaven.
Bat how could Paul positively
rejoice in these infirmities f The
school of Christ haa throe classes of
refute and overthrow thnm. For
happily ia onr day, learning and
setose* ecu sot exrinsirsly or mainly
ia the po—irsrioa sf infidels
And yvt infidelity may, even ia
nor dgy, and la this country, become
ettensivulj prevalent for a time.
Should H da an. It win be becanus
the standard of piety In the churches
win sink very tow. Buck a state of
ie. guarantee
y advertise-
Evil, Whita
Br-clied Neck,
tans, Indolent
Election* Old
tare Eyes, etc.
til, ought tn put
mmediate creation
teaches that when a human being
becomes a living creature, God
create* a soul and unites it with the
body. Bat both of three theories
charge God with the responsibility
For from bis
itational Dis-
Iit sn hat*
•oven ia the
case*.
d Chronic
dup Remit-
, L_ iascsof
La Bladder,
luch Diseasee
for their sinfulness,
nature he must create them holy.
Now be takes this holy creation of
his and unites ft with a sinful body,
from which anion It mast of iwem
sity become sinfal. Ws can not ac
cept a theory which thus ueouauttales
the death of sn innocent being.
There ia a view which obviatee
this difficulty, and is more tn accord
ance with reason and Revelation.
It is that theory which teaebee that
God is indeed the Creator of the
soul, bat that the parents are the
regularly appointed mean* or organs
of this creation. Thus the parent ia
indeed the parent of the ehild.
Both soul and body are related to
him. The eonl ia as clearly sooner
ted with him aa the body. Aa an
evidence of this, we often aee the
parent in the child by the remarkable
'likeness in the disponitton and men
tal structure of the ehild, and that
too, when there fa bat alight physical
simnlarity. Thaa la Gen. v t S, we
are told that Adam begat * <*»n tu
P -sons en-
tus, each a«
beaters, and
!, are subject
To gcard
LLKM’a Vl*-
ptions, Tet-
>ts, Pimple*
(tine-worm*,
ipdas. I ten,
kin, Unmor*
atever n*m»
and carried
to w tbe us®
outrage reltgtaa t Even nature
through the fiowses nf the field
which, uedthec ttoltng eptnetag,
weave a haenty beyond the royal
fuliM at ktam. tad throe*L the
hear nr rend for or against ft
IlfHwn, the mytifiil historian,
attempting to aeewaet for the won
devfel a sot was ef Christianity la the
early age*, attributes it largely tn
the sbiwntg virtnee of primitive chris
tinea They dr*a east rated their faith,
he eay a, by theew virtocn Than* am
fare truths sn (tof evident that fow
wtu ewer deny or doubt them ’ The
first la, that a rvtigtens faith, haring
tml| original ten brings with it death
t Worms,
fy thousands,
moved. J 1 ®
fngea, no en
ds wn ofwp-
tbeao Tow«
^aenee tbw
s.
ood when-
ting
itrociad
t when »t h
ivhen.K®*?
ftbe»y«ti®
now a minister, tells
Brother I*
me that when he first joined the
ohurvh, then a mere stripling, he
often thought of warning hi* young
friends, bat was deterred by bsahful-
nesa, and the fowling of inoompeteocy.
Men t urning this to bis minister one
day, all the help be got was, “Quench
not the Siwrit." Soon after this be
in Dm gift of
Selections.
K that a religions fatih which
thiugs r
i?««t
lednl 0 -
(omfa>v,
wj- 9,18®3-
:r &mf.
after ptov
fight rtf*
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nectioo* *
prayer with regard to onr whole Ufo.
Fur If wo eonahlar the ftfo of Juana,
the improateon oniversnlly mnAe
upon an will bo that It won a Ufc of
constant prayer. It wae indeed n
life ef labor, ef eon earning labor, but
all its labor was based oo prayer, on
the sacral ietoreoerse s4 Ids onnl
with his Father. Before every airs
do which ho wrought, be ever
seemly applied, as we may plainly
perceive, to his Father. And whan
the boors of day "ere all engrossed
by the work of his calling, hs dedi
rated the solitary hours of evening
or morning, or the sflonen of night,
to prayer. Every fowling which
stirred bis soul he transformed Into
‘Thomas, don’t you think yon ought
to bo a Christian r This was P *■
short ssnaoo .
Thomas, then a railer sod a blas
phemer, made no answer, but went
at ones and left him. P feared
be had offended hia friend; and yet
be foit relieved and sustained. The
two mot aset at church; and there
brother P first saw Thomas
among the anxious inquirers, and be
soon found pence in believing.
“Bat ‘by their frmta ye shall know
thorn,’ * said L “Tell me, brother
|» , hour he bold* outT “O,"
•aid ho, “ho still bolds on bis way, a
devout and faithful Christian ". SjE
abort aermoo oot only saved a sool
from tenth and hid th* mnltitodw of
bow to be stock with thorns without
lasing our patience; in the aeoood
class we Inara how to maksthe sting
potetivuly advantageous; ia the third
class of this school wn toon how,
even to rqjoioe in being pierced and
wounded; bat that ia the soafor teas*,
and when we get to that, we are
near graduating into glory.
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Eternity ia the divine treasure-
house, and hope is the window by
means of which mortals are permit
ted to see, as through agism darkly,
the things which God is preparing.
To toll a falsehood is like the ent
of a sabre; for, though the wound
may heal, the scar will remain.
prayer ought In occupy in the
the Christian Ws am arena
to net apart tiSMO In which to