The Lutheran visitor. (Columbia, S.C.) 1869-1904, April 24, 1874, Image 1
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object
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+ d to
twmm
V*»tol|fck
*• Pf yjfc disheartened because
W U to not tartly paaoi or joy
IIm* yon should ft after* ft aboold
ft**** When yee* sou! ts cored
by Cferifl, It ft wty likely that to#
of feeling that you aka a
bMtadM will ftoal L t *s fift’t brill
of re aiming life aloft through Urn
**•» of Jalmr* dasgfater The s of
ferer ..oil a painful tumor ft not
u Mf to kopo uroeh comfort uoU)
tL< ‘ tomor ft oot You moat 1ft
Obrtft cot joat where be likes in bU
mZm'JWiSJiM
°*ghd to oorry. ^ noTft troubitoj
tbo Master with Impatient questions,
l lmd t when Am I going ft feel hop.
PJ *f or, “Lord, why does my heart
^ot atop iu achingr Be acre tfaftft
yoo hare quit your neU to follow
hitu I bo rare that you hare taken a
f ihe simple and uAdeat reason
why t oners do not tot the knocking
Sarionr come into their hearts ft
tlftt they do not went him there.
At the presence of a Christian minis,
ter biAAkiag ia upon a group of
gamblers over their cards, and their
eerds and their oops would no* be
very welcome, so the presence of tft
AXtof tj, bat
r:m w ^ u
ft tore t»God
ft torn a^s.to
WmLmmm
•eouwtt, of^gp.
and toye to mft
ft too oatartar
^^'W^mmsspamai^m
Cod iu too war
«h»it
to bft
ftdiffiDuIttoo aud advantages
lja. the Galina baa had to
k store ift removal to Wat
They are iodaad too reoeut
I w#U known ft most of mj
ft need any recapitulation at
a. suffice it ft toy, that rt
; the institution was at first
ts suitable tmibltog in which
mrn roold be condreted, and
imt constantly been sreftt*
«U4\* *»*> «WW ( VU« VU4J
real source of tronbfe and weak uses
in thft (tent church onterpr ^ L§|
this canae of wsakaeea ft removed,
Ami hArm*>u v aim! rt v
tiou among miniatore and ftyasen ft
••cored, and tft way Is eloar. 1 Part
more, it ts true, can aaver w\ re
called, bot they abootd not now ft
SjMBtHL. < 'lt Wonld ft a i»eatsr
blander sow tftn ever ft give way
holy Jeans ia just what the “lovers
of pleasure” most dread. A covet-
oaa maagdon’t want Jesus, lent be
should claim a portion of the boarded
fold. Every room and efteet of tft
tbare ft no room for I ’kri*# a, v,*
ft lea to knock in vtft fiarmtuHirtaw.
Be convicted tinners who really
dMft art ration, here Is a moot per-
tinent suggestion. Christ baa come
luve i'vtsevervd
pEft gferte ft anaUin it, until ft
* ns* a toag* and coaTt»ieat
which, has been reccutly
util oKMtttA QpUl A b|ttd«
[pw" 1 ) ^
oaa s^peaftnee. m ^ ybmjn; »» dt
*.**,fi» 4»d •««<» of
&A nifl^ «>* tm> %
dtace S w comp«r*l*T*fcr tn»
imUfl. AltkoacU the nomber of
and the attendance ia not
A,large ft we would wish, there
ftg bet three proleaapra employed,
ft only same aeventy stodenft so
sotcanss. f If he oosaos ia, ho will not
allow yon to harbor these old be-
setting sins that have so long found
ftAso-isosa there. Seif has got ft
•trivial ft do the Heater's will f ft
awe that you have given yourself if
•pan to the waiting Jaana Selfieb
nets mart go oat, or art s'
nover oome is. If any d abooort
gains are bid away—l»ke Aohao’a
wedge of gold—they meat ft t v.
gorged, l oldenmnle aadg edges
••■tort reiaJve* or aei^ibors p a
ferteriog in year hearts, tft loving
Jaana w.” not !># in the • company.
There is no mom for drunkenness or
aensoality of any fund, for rndeeo
books or bidinoos lurt sgs, aod for
too pm Ksdeener tom Aiy «ii
that bolds too door sgainst Jeans
will dasso yotrr oorL -By your ova
free w ’, and with the omnipoteat
help of the Holy Spirit, yoo are to
Hm, and nil in good rime he w*U/hi-
ill to yoo toe dehgluial promise,
“Hy poaoa | give ontosou'—Rn.
' The first thing, tiftW*4in
judgment, ft ft done is, ft socw
wam2ilok^e dnnauo dlsaidasasmsa— m all «.«, .. ^ ■
umtea aiiu iiei^rm.-ne*! j■
fttmsnpQi yet, considering the
ay drawbacks toe College baa
I, and tft present unfavorable
ftftu of the country, ita pres
ft reft aster brighter sad more
ssragftlr Tbs inatitution ia stead
troving in fovor in the section of
ptcy in which it ft located, and
iktt »i needed to give it on increouh
sftsMaart tvjport from the «d-
iftisnahm oad jfortiom of Qoo+
md Forth (Anftt*«, ia
!jf m amiinnancc aod • prejmr as- 1
pmwn» of iitfatilitiet
ft I need not tell my readora
| there ia »nch yet to be dona
We we will have such an inatitu
i as toe wants of the Church and
program of toe age and country
land. The history of colleges in
/ ABt^TC^ndHowHm;;
1 nem la s church baitding a abort
dirtanco from my home, which looks
the part of niniaftrs and poopfo to
sustain tft Oogoga, and make It a
first class .Ifttitariou That graat
eod owes attaiusd, and the work *i!!
like an old deserted castle. It was
built of stone aod nearly square,
wftb double rows of windows, as was
ones the custom, with high Jofljjift
Bat how ace wo to bring about that
cordial re-operation and united sc
and gallory, and high back povra It
fta lojg been a occupied, and the
wocsWperu who once filled It hsvo
mt! wd to other pis ‘es, or have fin
lahfd their wort on earth. The
chr th was organised about seventy
years agw, and lid H prom trug bf
ginning, and wgs neifoostalnfng, sad
held n lending pomtlon for mors than
fotty yearn. Tft village adjoining is
thrifty, emd tft usporttiin, aorroand
Uon, sod Awaken that iaUrust la
behalf of the CoQsgpt among our
IW>ek .h K h -• »o much mmd t* fl
MP of Ike ^
ftri him sat Tft proof of yeer
ftiacority most bo toat yoo w!M be
willing to out off tft right asm,
rather than to love Gbtiot Lnm yor?
soul » —*
What wonderful gilts Jews bath
for you, as ft waits outside tft
door! Pardon, psa?s, joy, dcausing
an evarEssCng helrwlip'bf g2«*y I 'All
these 1 Yet yoo abut him oot with
theiusrlriag wo.de, “Go away, Lord,
for ft rime—I am busy ! When I
have a conveoioat aea:on I will ca'I
for TbeSk*
So ths compassionate Jesus lingers
ontaide of your burred aod bolted
heart. He has waited there through
the year 1*73, aod many a long year
before. His sweet, heavenly voire
has bounded th ough that stubbornly
closed door, “If thou wilt op. a m to
pUsbed j bat, without presuming ft
dictate to them. I do not think that
any plan that may ft adopted will
bo found to work on well, or produce
flpmi the fact, toat they tan not
la properly sustained without an ad
|ftte endowment, or some certain
force of support ether than toat
jftved from tuition. It ia a diffi
alt matter ft sustain even a first-
4ms high school for auy length of
S tfom tbo tuition alone. It can
lone eolj in wealthy commnoi
ins and under favorable circum
fooces, where the teachers have
tone means of their own and invert
tkeoi is their establish me uts.
Tft not ot suitable buildings,
Wfopr Jami tare for the same* libra
rftasientifie apparatus, &c., in ad-
ftso to the salaries of profeasors
ad ether annual expenses for a first
tomestlege, are too great to be met
*®l defrayed hy toe- foes from stu
ftta, however large may be tft
ftneege*. Tie larger the attend
mm and tbe higher 1 the grade of tft
ftltntion, the greater must be the
fftsration for the accommodation
«f Wadeota, the mom extensive the
e s, and toe greater the ex
of operating the College. A
I |wd college may be made to poy,
ft oOen does pay, ^ handsome
tire and efficient agent to vtrtt evmy
church in tft bounds of the Synod,
and present the claims of too Col
lege in public end private ft too
P«opl«- ^ ,. V - 4 J
By ibis means tft real condition
and present prospects of tft College
would ft made known to all, maay
mi*4pprehensions and prejudices
which now exio. ia tft minds of ia
dividual# would ft removed, and an
interest and enthusiasm would ft
aroused, which would soon give too
institution an adequate endowment,
and add largely to tft somber of
the students. The history of ether
institutions of this kind, whose dr
cams tan ces wore similar to ours,
shows that plan, when actively
and energetically pursued, has never
foiled to ft attended with tft »o*t
gratifying results. $1 ,
chureh, ft see if there wore any hope
ef b rsourreottoi tft following forts
teem ft point plainly to the cause of
decay and death. In building the
sanctuary forty five years ago, the
question or a sift was very warmly
L Do not ft troubled because
your experiences sad feeHngs are
not exactly like those of your ooo
verted friends, or like those you
have reed of la biographies. God
is rich la tft varieties of toe persons
ft creates, aod is the varieties of
tft gifts ft bestows. Some tools be
iiaews snddeuiT —eooto gtiffsaffy;
<u>ad.ft opens with tft giurit
leash of bis lovoi some be ftfsta
r Jesus gives last knocks Ho may
soon be heard for the last time,
saying, “Behold, I stand at this
jftart, asd knock; if toon wJ’jt hear
say voire and open to me, I wi l
oome in aod dwell with tore, and
thou with me. L He witodsewt—to
come not heck again forever! An
otl cr voi^ i is heard, and another
footstep is approaching! It is the
ewifit sure foot of death. You start
up in Might and hoi or. You open
toe door, and toqk out for the patient
friend who waited there so long.
You os for him with piercing ujl
Ahli. Be hw gone. Be gave fc : 4
last knock, sad yoi. house is lea
uuto you dosoiateZ—The Pretbpterian.
reached, but by no moans hwrtnoBi-
ona la tft v IHngo a let could be
tod both eligihle and desirubfo for
torts hundred doHare. Onouo side
of ton v 'iafe, beyond any dwelling,
and on a side hlB, a site was offered
•s a fifo by A woridfpwise man, who
owned load near ft for sole. Of
hr Um ilihlalssli wanted
ft reach tft top sbrtf, and as 1 did
tl^ak it could ft sny fiarm- To
Una ft oaly said, “Wall, wqjjU .as ft
tarwsd away to M dqfog wae ,a
with me, -U I # .sv oWw Uuwv .ff
& off u toanght about is, and 1 ^rad-
oftfirci |f(| ^ jnn^j tutor
T remember as welt as If It bad
been yrvtore'ay, the time when I
first observed h f n engaged In secret
prayer.
5 He was very old. He wii ninety
years old when ft dtsd., He wae
sitting In bis comer by tft g«wnt
stove. Tft day was wearing sway
•lowly, and the old riock, ticking
away, was all that could ft heard
In the quiet old room. While I wae
engaged at something on the oppo
site side of the room alone. It hap
pened that I saw him take off hia
hat and toy it down by bit chair.
For bis bead was very bald, and ft
wore his bat most all tft time. As
be did tola, be leaned ever with bis
forearms on bis knees, and w.th bis
bands clasped bet wen them, and
tea* prafing to m tekLper. By sod
by be replaced bis bat, and leaned
beck in hia cbalr again.
It was nothing anssos! for him,
fox mother told me sft bad observed
that be bad fixed boars for tola
daring tft day. Bat there was
something new in It to me. From
my very childhood 1 had ren bis
humble, pence fa 1 walk, sad bis slm
plicity of manner, t never knew
him to ft aoyfoing hot A good old
man, and 1 knew everybody else
thought so too. His Hfo was so
pore; sad love, aod kindness, sad
gentleness seemed to un tbrottj^b
all bto actions. He seemed ft ft
always one thing. Bot 1 never
knew tft secret of It ontil bow.
Indeed I do not know if I ever see
pcoted befoi o, tbst there was soy
ia a merely pecuniary point of
in summer, and to fltort them to
winter. Tftstotte wARs wore plat
tori ootofde and is, Upon tft stame
work, which mode cold and dump
wees in winter A rOoniifig agency
forrteknm and tft grate, aod mot
nhlp there for too winter was at
oq the capital invested; but
most first have that capital ts
A I do pot know that any in-
tom of the kind in this country,
* WJ other country, has ever
of mil h im *<>»» mmd
T- fil w
totoi auything to the original capi
hi investefi, much less paid It back,
its snuaal income frqm tuition
hundred years. % he old Son t h
CwoUuv College, too two ^tkto Mili
Academies, the Institute for the
hatf and Damb, were all sustained
% mnual appropriations from tft
«tos treasury ; and all the denomi-
ttfiosal colleges that have snceeed-
riwere endowed, or have been kept
^ *>y yearjy contributions from the
^acbes by which they were cstab-
r * * , . t *
^°hiug at the. matter then in the
Wd of history snfi experience, the
ftttiou presents itself, is the Luth-
**• C *>nrch in South Carolina able
w fttain a first-class college t Tuat
anybody to know what they are
ba^re somo charge committed to them
to keep, and that, if trad believers,
they are essential parts of tft body
of Christ As every beast, bird, fish
and insert ban its owa place in
natrre, so has every Christian a fit
position to the economy of grace. No
tree, no plant, no weed could be die
pensed with without Iqjr / to na-
tmVs perfectness; nsither can any
sort of # or i n ft lost to tft
church v 1thout inp-y to ftr com
nlnt has
Ian pyramid, without occupant or
owner. “A peony wise aid pound
foolish policy 0 was the destroyer.
For 100 dollars extra to secure a
central and eligible rite, oas of our
beet churches might have continued
a power each rs K bad been. Some
interests and wants of the
ch demand an institution of
h*ud will be conceded on all
•* The only question is as to
ly against It, but common sense
against swe hundred dollars bad
Mttte Influence with tft majority,
and for a coot io trif ng all was
tftowa awsy. -V" '
There are areree of chs robes on
every baml to toe same dilemma,
aad whose decay and death are as
oertsto as their penny wise policy ia
pursued.—-V. F.JPtas^toA,
loose who do not recogniroGod
In the pages of Scriptures wdl sel
dom «. stnowlf lge g® 4 'ose i* tbw
pwwsne of *», -- 4 '-
r toHity to establish and maintain
‘ Yrpui my knowledge of the
.ftd resources of our Church
and in the States west
pleftness. Every
hU charge to keep—hi* talent over
whieh ho to n steward. A measure
of gift to in aU of ns, nesding to be
■tii ed up.—fiwrprt
Children ought to be taught toe
pleasure as well as the duty of giv-
iugi God loves a cheerful give*>
•oath pt us, upon which we
claims and may reasonably ex-
*>me help, I unhesitatingly an*
i that the Lutheran phnrch in
* Carolina is abundautly able to
Jtoh and maintain an institution
“tojkhwL if her ministers asd
%FiH but be united in their
never reoti a with tort* before
thorn* upon a rot msbi ng fire.