The Lutheran visitor. (Columbia, S.C.) 1869-1904, March 20, 1874, Image 2
MBIV S. C, MAKf’H 90, 1814
THE LrTHERAN VISITOR,
westers Virginia Synod, H W|#
tbeolegy, and that one of the
oppoMrs of the Seminary 4^
these resolution*.
How well then the del—**
pointed at this session to Q*
Synod represented her
wards the Seminary sod its nrofe
at the session in Salem, ireT
Ua trA #lie fit.
For the Latheraa
Vfet I Sent Life.
THE LUTj
Hat, blaad be OadI ae aan MV.
Itoolh, where Is thy rttef f O,
Grave, where is thy victory f
Tears ago, in oar short sighted
wisdom, we deemed his earthly work
(lotto, and that even thee he was
ripe for Paradise We said'in oar
hearts, that, like Knock, this old
■arrant who hid walked with God
la e world like this, peopled with
sinful beings, and npoo which the
sad effects of mn are stamped so
unmistakably, there are a great
many things which it is impossible
for Mff man, much leas a man of
God, to like; bat I do not propose
as enumeration of all these only a
low as they occur most prominently
from time to time shall engage oar
Charleston, a Mel
ter, pastor of the QermJI Lutheran
church, writes »n the XsiUchri/t, Al
teotowo, *W# ere shoot to par
chase a school hoots; it will cost
♦6,000. Over 111,000 tie already col
lected. The bonding la view has e
lot of 00 by 337 feet, end is situated
directly is the rear of ear new church,
and only separated from U by the
garden of the Orphan House. We
here shoot 300 Sunday school sohol
are, a large Held tor an every dey
school. We relieve ourselves by de
grees from oar charch debt, and I
hope that within a few years my St
Matthews' congregation will he one
of the strongest in the land. Bat
the school to of the almost impor
fence, otherwise oar descendants be
come too English. I have for 30
_ ^ Editoes: ^
Rkv. fu 8. RUDE, B.D., Columbia. 8. C
Ruv. J. I. MILLER, A.M., Staunton, Vs
leave the General Synod as
spectators to say.
Bnt again: If there i» *,
objection to Prof. R. sad his j
ing, why did Synod at its
Rev. GL H. E. iter’s charge is
“Good Father," who doeth ell things
well, bed decreed other w toe, and he
whs had for half a century been
in the Rpiieopal Convention et Mil
weaken to elect a bishop of Wtoooa
nil), sad this he heads, “flow the see
1. I don't like to too a kaif dozen
so unaniwtouslj/ pass a resolui
ottered by Rev. J. H. TormTiT
the Professor bis back Hilary 9,
as to the objection to proportj^
it among the charges to which
K. R.” refers to prove his posttfe
wee made by two iudividiuhL
President and the Principal of |
on Female Seminary; and their
jectioo was raised not aguish
Professor, nor his teaching, ***
•y gpicut, roticm.
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required by law. Merely returning a
number of the paper by mail, is not suf
ficient.
All communications relating to sub-
languishing, waa himself laid low,
and ere he could ranch the “shining
above,* kissed the rod and taught aa
new lessons of perfect faith, patience
and resignation. He taught us how
to die, as well as bow to live.
O, my bereaved friends, let us ea
shrine his memory in oar heart of
hearts-lei ea wipe away these tears
and gird up oaraelves for fresh on
deavora after holiness and righteous
turns. Di va was his watch word—
let it he oars! Us worked without
fragging to the vineyard of the Lord
—toe us fellow the bright example,
and to doe tisse, like him, we too
shall reap if we faint not.
Charleston, 8. C., Match A, 1874.
to strik ngly appro
ing features of the Lutheran Church
to the parity of her ministers; so, J
think, self constituted .bishops and
presiding eiders are decidedly ob
joc turn able in the Lutheran Church.
Their divine authority and eoeleaiati
cal supremacy are sure to be called
iu question by their subordinates,
and the whole machinery soon gets
to grating, jerking, throwing the
m reltos of the Pas
sed Virgin, and of
ly are exposed to
the faithful in the
eountry and England eonttone their
meat of apostolic snncaseiin In the
Anglican church. Prate—or Fisher,
of Yale ito-icary, however, to the
last somber of the Sm Englander.
bribers. should give their same* very
distinctly, and carefully indicate which
ate old and which are new snlwrriber*
Not only the name of the peat office,
bnt also that of the county and State
of each nubecribcT is necessary. In order
a the proper entries may be promptly
accurately made
ing bis salary, but against tb* ^
net of raising it, (rix.: “pro rate
More than all this, they "
resolution at the same time t*n
Ibeir proportionable part of yj
salary for Ike present year,
not this teem strange to the foot f m
muck opposition ? There was—te
obligation to pay the back ~ttan
(sod let me say to them okpetont
is still upon them,) bat there run
each obligation to pay the \msm
year's salary. Bnt Synod imaj
it, sod no v every mas, whether
§ yften lends to tl I
Be&are* were
^ach blood tbir : |
** moot, before \
ob the subject, I
I doctof tbe wliitcl
hostility and et« I
ged Men. They I
they revere the I
peon- In this j
resent encroach; I
(lea—those of * I
chase: and tha? I
susceptible to the I
pf pare and last::, j
Bnt these coin
Jon’s letter in vit»
adorations. WhJ
people of our eon I
cfort for tbe ev;J
rapidly decreariu J
Men f We heaj (
dgn Missions. .Mi
negroes. Missions
the globe. TLe
■egleeted. They
eases without the
what seems ' to 1
earthly destiny-
What a sad picturi
Stowly, yet snrt-fl
Many of their am-. I
lave been onr brol
of Jesus Christ. iJ
tting against cbri-I
deemed God-given J
ed again and ajr*|
gradually forced I
where w« may ev<-i|
«ar of their d< J
forever ! Some of I
« and schools. A 1
have professed til
Many of them kn j
Kbte and tbe pmj
lyrist. They ai
shristiau land; at;I
no efforts to add t J
fr»«* Captain of oui j
reflections sadden j
*sying much mou j
to occupy too much]
3. / don’t like to m ministers in the
toaatiful t riba Ur of
Moanokt College. It shows bad taste,
a want of scats perception, or a de
airs to operate against what every
one acquainted with Roanoke College
and bsr many good fruits ackuowl
edges to be a good—thing. She
needs no vindication at oar bands.
Her ministers, intelligent lawyers,
doctors, farmers, etc^ are found all
over the South. They speak her
praise in the si loot walks of their
every-day lives. Aod now for our
ministers, to whom, more than any
other class of men, she naturally
looks for support, to a— their influ
ence against her, simply because, for
sooth, they may have tome personal
friflereooes with her honored Ptesi-
notk««, antt
h m. Job
church, of
pacy. t That the Charch of Eng
land in the sixteenth oratory was
is fell com amnios with thr^ other
I rot—tant cuurenas of turope. a
That the gr—teat divia— of the
Church of England in the —vwntoeoth
—alary, lodadtog Booker, liber,
Hall, BtiUtogfr—t and others, ac
know lodged the validity of Pr—by
toriao ordination. 4. That the fellow
ship with Ito fomga church as 00 the
part of the Eagtiah charch— was
owiag not to forbearance, hat to a
genuine liberality of opinion. &.
That the Cho—h of England has
—tar, by law or synodical action,
Anniversary.—Tbe Excelsior
Literary Society of Newberry Col
lege, Walhalla, S. C., has its anni
versary celebration on Friday eve
ning, March 37th. Mr. L. E. Busby
is tbe orator.
F<u tto 1 au Ur ran Visitor.
To the Memory of lev. Dr. Bachman
due Itoiuf at last! the l*ttie's o'er,
posed to the “/Vo/. Mg iii
or not, is nrider moral obligation a
come up with (its pro rein saumt
and pay it. When you united afe
tbe Synod of Sou westers Virpsa,
yon tacitly promised to he goremrf
by the majority m long — yo« % m
a member of it. Synod derided n
pay this salary, as you wiH m m
page 19 of Minntera, 1873, —dim
you must pay, or be fake to jm
compact.
Now what do these facto prew?
That them objection! are made kt
Synod 9 No, they prove that d
this fass and objection are th
work of a tow individuals, and iff
of Synod. We venture the am—to
that, if the laity were proqpofijrw
formed, notwithstanding the Wh
ence of these objections over ttor
own charges, they would he bmtik
ashamed of this under ground
sition. Besovs.
Vacant.—The Mason Pastorate,
which Rev. J. W. Miller resigned
last spring, is still vacant. This
Held presents a flue opening for a
young brother, who is willing to deuy
himself for a mason in order to build
up the ohurch and wins sonls tor
Christ
is certainly bad taste, or a failure to
see the good she has, and is accom
plishing.
3. I don't like to see so many
“/toga’* — the “poong mew" of South
Western Virginia Synod, by those
who styto themselves “old.” It to
evidently an attempt to underrate
aad create prejudice against the
“powsf men” ia the laity. And all
this is easily accounted for. This
Bynod has heretofore been ruled by
nnti-Augehmrg man without any mer
ry to those of different views; and
now that the day of their glory is
fast «suing, they, like drowning
Resignation.-Rev. J. P. Obeo
chain has resigned the Floyd Pasto
rate of the Eastern Conference, 8.
W. Va. Synod. Information con
cemfng this charge may be obtained
by addressing either Mr. B. Phlegar,
Floyd O. H., Va., or Rev. J. P. Obeu-
chain, Theological Seminary, Salem,
Roanoke county, Va.
bodies.
Dr. Jobs Cot too Smith, editor of
Cknrek end Stsis, who la — well
qualified to apeak ea the aakfrort — a
doses Teams, Drama— aad Boggses,
quotas the above statements aad re
For the Lutheran Vkltor.
LOTS
Smoooottd to lAc Death of Men. John
Littell^b Litino Age.—We no
tice — especially inter—ting In the
numbers for February 38th and
March 7th: Memoir and Letters of
Sarah Coleridge; Letters of Mrs.
Browning; Spanish life and Char
acter in the Interior—my instruction
and interesting; Sally, Soldier and
Statesman; France, Italy and Ger
many ; How far Have Onr Working
Classes Benefited by the Increase of
Wealth, etc. No minister can afford
to he without Littell’s.
(toe os the bright share,
ho sweat lyre of love.
you are making everlasting aaoaw-
moats to th— faithful heart when
yon raise up these living landmarks
to the asms of Christ. Tnua the
>oung vines aad hi—u of tha
church, feithfrfr hands! Toocb these
gwally, for Ire loved the—. Tsru
them to the light, for aC he taught
you. Mhslter and sii|*pori them, for
they a— the Lord's, gives1 yon to
Dear Doctor: Mr. J. B. Jacks—, a
Choctaw, from the Indian Territorr,
who has been a student of R—mto
College for several years, has written
and published a long letter oa fwfaa
affairs. Tbe letter contains —to
sound reasoning, and aboswfe h
passages calculated to aronseto#^
“young men
mem" in this movement against the
yoauger ones. Borne of tbe i4 old
chriatiau" fathers are pure metal,
who deprecate such an unilateral
and useless division in the ranks of
fee same Synod, and are ready to
stand side by aide with their younger
brethren in the Master's cause. A
word then to them “yotmg area."
“Let no mao despise thy youth.”
“Live dose to the cross, earnestly
contend for the faith once delivered
to tha saints,” and aa in tbe past, so
also in the future, continue to treat
your aged seniors in the ministry
with that “deference which their age
and poaitiou entitle them to.”
4. I don't like to see ministers of
our Theological Seminary. Although
this was made known at the last
meeting of the General Synod, we
did not like to pat it in print for tbe
urorld't eyes to gaze at, but as a con
tribntor to the Visitor, who signs
himself “H. K. R.,” a few nninbers
Resignations — We learn thnt
Rev. W. E. Hnbbert, Professor of
Ancient Languages, and Mr. I. A.
Lcrin, Tutor in North Carolina Ool
lege, Mt. Pleasant, X. C., have re
signed.
SEVERE IkKFiUX r.—The Observer
says; “Outrageous ia the manner in
which the Lntheraner allows a cor
respondent, M. Towe, to speak about
the General Synod and Us work in
Cass county, 111. There is nsithor
candor nor Christian courtesy in said
correspondence, and the impression
made npoo the simple minded people
must be, that all who are not of the
Missouri Synod, and especially those
who are of the General 8ynod, are
disorderly, dishonest, and, in a word,
perfect heathens. We will protest
Thy .Saviour has apokoa the wont.
And to the bleat ngion* of light
Thou fthalt ever bdtoM thy kind Lord
Otorfe*fe«,A. C. J. II. II.
the way, aad that joatifr— the
services." It to unquestionable
devoting a porti—1 ef tbe tl—
Bunds\ t< 1 the instruction of the
“SALEM, March 5, 1874.
“In tbe statement made last week
of money received for furnishing
Seminary class room, we failed to
report tbe sntn of $8.50 from the
congregation at Sbepherdstown, per
Rev. Hawkins.”
ed nation.” Tbe occasion Of fir
letter is the agitation of the qe—to
of “Establishing a Territorst Qesm
men t Over the Tribes to the bdm
0 Territory
I send you the introduction tv
letter and tbe close, feeling a—to
your readers will tie iu tot—tod »
these extracts •
To the Citizens of Ambekr:
“On the 19th of January, 18*, 1
left my nation, the Choctaw pwfk
and came to Bristol, Tenn^te—to
Ring College. 1 remained thereto
I hare spent * toF
Work —►“•reeso oevvv *
Love oa ferever!
Heaven will amilr an year labor,
and iierehanr* \ou are now adding
to hia saintly brow a new grm.
Rose to the evses thy work.
Tbe following appeared in the New
York Uemtd:
“Met. Jtam Bachman iuv, L.
L.D.—A telegram from Charleston,
8. CL, under date of yesterday, 25th
tost, reports as follows: The ven
raMe Tntheran pastor, John Bach
man, distinguished as a naturalist
and a life long friend and colaborer
of Agassi? xtid Andnlxm, hi dead,
aged eighty four years. The nbee
qniea will take place to morrow*”
“Rev. Joliu Bju hmun «as bom in'
Dutchess conuty, New York, on the
4tli of February, in the year 1790.
He was the associate of Audubon,
and assisted him in the preparation
of bis great nrork on ornithology,
and was the princiiuti author of tbe
work on the quadrujads of North
Amorim, which was illustrated by
Andnbou and his sons. Doctor
Bachmau discussed the question of
the bearings of modern science upon
ret'ealed religion. His communion
lions upon this subject extended his
reputation for learning and piety.
The morals and character of Martin
Lather have bceu ably defended by
his pen. He was exceedingly care
ful, although fluent, writer, an earnest
pastor, and a man who was univer
sally esteemed foi his pliilanthropby
and genial character."
in many of oar German churches,
aod giving tin— for edifying oxer
cto— to tha Camtty, would to profits
bto, even if II reodered the al—adoa
Kaithf ulbr-—raatf ally - -
There lay n down.
Remember, “la that yu have done
it onto the leu— of there, ye have
done it ento maf
llearaa will mail* ow pm,
Duty pwrmriag.
Treatieffy. itirtagly.
FaithPalljr doing.
Heaven do— amilr on pm!
Hearts y—'iv n-hrdnjf.
Aad — to——tal trows
Freshly |we're weaving.
ia con—qes—e of the peculiar cn-
Tbe helm is, a vt-r
diip. To one w ho
•^faring matters,
tory little imjKnt.i:
*ud massive vesst
tieortngs and is ah.
ti»c deep blue eea
•* flight, a lauds
helm would n
it left bebin
Yet ou the proj>ei <_
krim or rudder dep.
•*Hie voyage—th. I
^ be safety of th.fl
toohta of the ex 1 L
ftom badly iuana»<"|
^dled. the daurl
y destruction 1
fereiee, greater ti,.l
•tall.
T'h© soul of man. |
jj^ifemortai natu: |
; the ear-, 1
precious bl< I
,W The ship .v
“»«<i by Jesas O
r oyag-,., on |j^, s t( n I
* n d snon drive f
is the A#
^tpedition
heart
The
t<mgu (
** v eniuient
by grace
We leer
“ “ “* 0e fro,u - ; >1
»«d from
Hurl tUe !
i,uw z i R i udv - i
r u,u * rK ' tb< >
Zlr H ereat deal oi
to* h * r *-’
Un, ‘ -fames fortlu
u use of ti
. Not of coin s
r M,, der eonttvu ...
We are now in tbe midst of the
season of Lent Is it generally ob
served by our pastors and people T
Lent commenced on Sunday, Feb
ruary tbe 22d. This, the first Sun
day in Lent, is called Sunday Quad
ragesima, or, the Fortieth, although
it is In fact the forty-second day be
fore Easter. It also is called Sunday
Invocavil—“He shall call me”—from
Ps. xci: 15. The following or second
Sunday in Jtont is called Rominisosrs
—“Remember”—from Pa xxr : A.
The third is Ocuii—“Eyes”—from
Pa xxv: 15. The fourth la Lae tare
—“Rejoice”—from Isa. Ixvi : 10. The
fifth is Jodies—“Judge are”—from
Ps. xtiii: 1. The sixth is Palm arum,
or Palm Sunday, named after the
branches, Matt, xxi: 8, which, iu
John xii: 13, are said to have been
“branch— of palm trees.” Palm
Sunday is the “Beginning of the
Passion Week.”' See Book of Wor
ship. i -■* : ■ ■
The Gospel Lessons in the Peri-
oopee tell us of the humiliation of
Christ, prepare as for His pa—ion,
and lead us to Jerusalem, Goth-
semane aod Calvary. Tha Epistle
Lessons instruct us In our obliga
tions, our Work, oar triala, and ad
monish off to deny ourselves, take
up our ©rose and follow Christ, that
we may to —anted worthy “when
the chief Shepherd shall appear to
receive a crown of glory that fodeth
not away” Our Lent prayer should
No doubt if the members of —a
gregntioaft always knew how much
suffering to attsotly eadnred by Ito
a short time
portion of mj time at ‘Rretot*
College,’ at the toad of the bes*^
Valley of Virginia, and tnilyltw
say that I always bad the ««***
reception, both by the Fsesfef **
students of Roanoke College Ito*
seems ever to be a pure, syapdto*
feeling existing for oar toto—
nation. But there is »*» heat dm
e\*er clouds my future, wkki *
brought many bright sni tofff
rewards for the white mee, to**
that has fastened nnpa*«oatd P**|
upon the existence of the Bed *
and that was tbe boar whenOriW
bus,with his fleet, stood
shore of America, and, with **•
iu baud and tears in bis eytij
dowu and kissed tha earth.
1 think of our couutry at thto *
and then behold the longer
valleys of the East end J
si tnation of my little nstios *•
West, my heart sinks.” 4
ed of it, so fer — Is aria— from ttoir
noglect, bat woald sot to work at
oa— to relieve it. There are men in
the ministry who manage to lire ami
maintain their femlttoa with ooe half
met—try for their own support.
They practise rigid economy aad
great eelf deaial, aod do II with—it
complaint, fer tha Lord’s sake. Bat,
while they —e willing to do this, to it
right for the members of the church
to lay the harden upon th—a as a
nee—ait j t It to a shame — well —
a sin to tot the minister suffer wont
when the membership of the church
duty devolved 'on are, — next la
office, to prep—* a tribute to our
revered member; Dr. Bachman.
Sympathy to the strong cord which
knit* oar hearts together ia this, a
common grief to oa til. And, — oa
each approachtog Sabbath we miu
gte oar tears around the sacred trier
and lay oar frorfri offerings there, let
as whisper a— d—pan, but rather
tot us whisper, each to the other,
words of love, comfort sad devout
thankfolneee for the strong consola
tions afforded at in the noble life
aad Lrtamphait death of oar good
old Btobop.
Bto— we I—t met, the stroke so
long exp—ted has fallen, and oar
old pa—or aufi beloved father in the
Lord baa joi—4, that inonmeraHte
throng around the throne of angels,
apostles and holy martyrs. The gk>
ry to his, the sorrow is ours. How
great! how tr— I each one of ns
from tbe depths of oar hearts will
Bovhd on Finances.—Churches
that permit their financial matters
to become involved are preparing for
them—lv— a variety of misfortune*.
First of all, they will feii to pay air-
rent expenses, and then likely have
trouble with their creditors, while
bringing reproach upon the name of
religion. After this, they will flail to
make necessary repairs and improve
rnents, and tbe r—frit most to an ap
pearance of dilapidation sod thrift
leMoeaa utterly discouraging and de
moralising. The habit 00— formed
of oooducting the fioano— of a ohurch
Ui a slipshod way, aod there to no
tolling what will be the unfortunate
eod—is may be the very destruction
of the congregation Oeod preach
iog, diligent pastoral teaching, and
Out of tl
Hie tongue
right munuj
e i*S in a gre
-j of the
cone
y, the le**.
Tie Casual at Sect.—The First Ite
formal Episcopal Church of New
York has toe* organised by a num
ber of geutleiucu co-o|>eratuig with
Bishop Cummins. Tbe Bisbo{Fwact-
ed tbe new society called‘^Church of
tbe Saviour," but the above title was
fiually unanimously selected. Mem
bers not favoriug a name that might
lead to dedicating seceding churches,
under name of “saiuts.”
“The Natioual honor reqs* rt *
uo laws should be passed afti*
interest of our people, ef*" 1
good faith, against the tretiT 1
lation. When tbe Governs^®
these tribes into tbe India* 7 _
west of Mississippi
solemnly guaranteed
they should never be t00 * c8t TL
it was agreed thak no
should to formed wifcbru
that no State lines should 1
lands. And it is tbe only M*
that our people have to**”
save of all the vast doffl#^
which on— we ro*m*d •*
tbe mountain roe, holding
Mimoubi under Ban —Missouri
doctrine and practice do— not •— tn
to m—t with much favor from the
Lutherans in tbs Fatherland. Though
having many excellent things con
nected with it, it has features which
it pres—a to the extreme of comma
nloa severance and excommunication,
without warrant by the Confessions
of the Lutheran Church or the Word
of God. Hengstentorg condemned
it. Guerike ooodemoed it. Lobe
condemned it The theological fac
ulty at Dorpat condemned It. Even
Dietrich to finding serious fault with
it And recently, to seems, the su
perior ecclesi—tieel college of Bres
lau has Hi also cood—ofr) it. Is*
fJtoraa.
“Thou Crucified 1 tbe cross I carry—
‘ Tbe long«**uiy it dearer be 5
1 Aad, 1—ft I feint whilst I tarry.
Implant thou such a heart in me,
That faitli, hope, love may flourish there
Till for my cross the crown I wear P
Lfrtit should to the great revival
season of the Church, and her minis
ters should preach repentance and
faith, that there may to holy mourn
ing on Good Friday, soul felt re-
j&cing on Baa ter morning, and a
forge ingathering of souls, when on
Memory ia awake, and (mints with
busy hand* see** after scene of oar
past lives. She repeats, too, with
swift eloquence, the words of coun-
•el and comfort we have never for
gotten, bat which we will listen to
no more At her bidding we re
member the tore, the confidence, tbe
pride, the reepeet we bore him. We
the tones of his
The Intent new* from the famine strick
en pert ion* of India I* of an appalling
character. The Lieutenant-Governor of
Btnjrri reports that in the* prcuu<lenry
over ooe million person* are starving to
death, and that all of tbe poorer classes
have begun to feel the want of food.
A New York publishing house lui* etr-
ealatvd a single reprint of aa English
work to the extent ef 30,000.000 oopie*
and in sixty different language* during
the last fifty-seven year*. The book i*
the Bible, and tin* Alb ericah Bible Socie
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voice; we feel again the pressure of
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