The Lutheran visitor. (Columbia, S.C.) 1869-1904, May 01, 1874, Image 2
LDMBIA. 8. C-, MAY 1, 1874/
THE LUTHERAN fVISITOR,
tins ef H u> tire ri
Ha Hit mi) § four
THE LUTE
imA take the “hint"
And whilst I bare AtaOerf « t ^
flitb of these tobacco chewen, 4*1,
joo think it would he well for u * t
inaugurate notne plan by wkiek **
could have our church thoroarki
deassed f It has never, wiifcfoZ
knowledge, been eooared, and til
accumulated filth—I « u *
•aj of ages, but l will modify ft*
aud *ay—of yean haa become ,
moet beyond endurance. I beck u
fear that it will geuerate mekam*
which may spread over thewkj
oommunity. It is true that iti*^
swept once or twice in s year %
somebody who “can not stand it **,
longer.” Then about a cart load j*
taken out at once, and about half
that amount left in to begin vjft
next time. It is surprising that
some of the people living ntnt ike
church don’t attend to this. We am
too far off, you know. Oar j JMtQr
or his wile, I think might at bait
sweep the church, dost off the p»*.
pulpit, etc^ and make the firaa-ftq
are so convenient. But %
do it, and no ono else seems to bust
about it. Can’t we go down oaedaj
when we haje nothing oloo to do,
and give it a thorough clmnatof!
tor haa g people under his eere, who
Idbor with him to the iatowtiuf the
ehufoh, he will be able, with the
Meaning of the Lord, to do more
than where ha Is toft to Ceil on atagto-
KUT-Jim 14-4Tth.—The oration
before tbt Literary Bsrieitoa of Ro
anoke Collage will ba delivered, June
17th, by ExQov Gilbert (X Walker,
of Virginia j the address before the
Christian Aasocist.on by Bov. G.
Diehl, D. D., of Frederick City, Md. *
Editors:
Rkv. A R. RUDE. D.D.. Columbia. 9. C
Rkv. J. I. MILLER, A.M., Manatee, Va.
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to tlrt chan
I require «)1
In eeecntioli, unify; in nonmeentimle,
libertu: in all tkinc*. ckariht *•
“Wo anticipate a brilliant comm* uce
meut. Have every roe sen to be so
couraged to our work hare, Nsvrr
know better Order to College There
is also more than ordinary interest to
religion. The Christian Association
has been holding prayer meetings
every evening for two week* The
attendance to aaeaually good. This
wank a young man arose la the meet-
therm, think of three things! JPtay
over them! And mar (u*l dun’
.ah I., iMi cucnwlMifi mXL aHtoasddi^a
s saws one wmm-we s wnug wav
to Mi dteretosr, that to to yew duty
•Ho make to journal res frion-it of the
Remittances most be made la Post
office Onlor*, Bank Checks, or Drafts,
if possible. Lf them can not bo obtained,
send the muncy in a RcoorrKaan Lrr-
tkr. All Po*tma»ton are obliged to
regiftter letters when rwqnired.
Papers are sent to mbeerttor* until
an express order to discontinue is re
ceived, and all arrearage* ere paid, as
requited by law. Merely return in* a
number of the paper by mail, la not snf-
tog, an like an ever flowing spring,
needing no pumping, but only a bold
tog of the backet We have found
rtb which the* 1 * l ”
g^wsofi . : v-
Mi purposes cou
9 ma $t shortly V.
^ofun,
& already ba« §■
, been stimu!at
brtfoTen withii ;
without the ebur
lgn d forioua as ! | .
j goon be bur 1 - f
« that, even \ s|
|;s#h “d P
fleient.
eatorprtoe. Our ever ready friend,
Mr. 1. M. Fray , of Madison, Va.,
voiantardy oomea to oar relief this
week, ami authorises ae to pot him
down for |40 additional for this cans*
mined to live for Christ, and deatred
the sympathy and prayers of toe
masting. It was good to he there.
God's spirit to working} we see the
first fruits; what may not the bar
vest beT
•H'rilHTs. should give their names very
distinctly, and carefully indicate which
are eld mid which are new subscribers.
Not only the name of the poet office,
hut also that of the cooatjr and State
of each subscriber to necessary, to order
that the proper entries may be promptly
and accurately made.
the following:
Waynesboro, V*: D. D. Coiner,
Jsoob
other matter intended for publication,
should be written separately, and not in
badness letters, to receive proper atten
tion.
AS i Ch. it would not de to think of sad
on our farm*. I delight to tm t
church kept deoaotiy, bet I mast
say that ours does not motive ft*
attention it ought. I believe to seme
churches they pay poms oee to at
tend to this innUcr, but «e ootids*
afford that, could wet
Aaothrn thing that 1 do not Ihtok
to right* la to sliced toyroridly torn-
aeaa oe the tfeolmth (lay sad st
church. I have not "ufreqeesdy
heard men—and aoese ot diem num
bers of the church too-making nr-
raogeasenta at church , for see*
the I visrroiL
the time, th |
^ win »H th< 4 ^
Mpriof glorious j ™
would be oe 11
^ then, they wcjr
In every
0 eased hotter an
gydrtw nearer, t)
m orincreasiog if fl
otoeb this revelatio:
0 to throw on tb I
ingress Of the spirf
IMM, to all ages,
frtiy soul be who ^ 1 A
toe these words < 1 [ -■^r
Spring is a trying time to weak »• “ ***** •*
coustitations; many who hu**t rum earnest rvilgt.nj'q uteri-st
ed through winter’s cold succumb | rniM, six of ths pupUa h«v« alrsqmly
when sweet scooted xephyrs sw%ke «*it»d with the church, aud seven
earth's slumbering life. Among the <Xhe*e lutoud to do eo at am surly
many victims of this vernal season * tA F*
we fear the Kirilov will soon be num 11 *• <**•* of rofmefag and
liered. Its constitotioo haa always f^^tude. that our ehereh to at Into
been weak, and not a few sought to *wakeulng to the iseestity of edu
plunge it before its time into toe oMiug her daughters Men are ele
Iiethe of defunct newspapers. Often I T *t«d by iotoreoorws with educated,
has it been eo lit mined that it I refined, religious women j while eu
seriously thought of suspending it- ether hand the degradation ef
self, but the impression that suspeo- "<**** drags m^a down not only to,
siou would be equal to suicide held beuestoh, her towel. To ua It is
back the raised hand. New, bow- j °®* ma* eoeooragiag signs of
ever. its snfferinsm hava reach**! a I Ihw onward and upward progteoa of
of the following:
ts VC (dually tobev suvtug,
home on Saturday just to time ts
tnuHBto some wtwldlj butiaem by
ths clous ef the dsj, and thus lake
a pert of the Lo*d% day to ratoa
[title of the book exp;
•Jto Eevelation of 1 ^
«tieh God gave un I n \
asto his servant* ttilr^
Asrtly come to pasl Wffi
hpevstotion,” or “Aj> 1 ^
pt is only the (in j . ^
English form, mean^ I ^
ig” taking off the |
w before kept sec , r
hews bow the fact o f ^
ben kept secret sbar t, *
to secrecy implying I
worldly affairs. I believe it wstii
be no greater sin for a mao to p
into his field and plough on Saudagr
than to include Sunday in retuitoi| j
Then, again, I have known perseM
to go visiting on Saturday so tint
they might include the Sabbath dsj,
and not lone so ranch time. They
not only desecrate this holy dst
themmlyea, bvi they also treqoewtij l(
are the means of causing those whom
they visit also to desecrate iL I
think those of as who disapprove
such things ought to oppose »H sock
evil practices as we have oppurtam
ty- Sunday visiting ought to to
dlacoanteuaoced. Whilst 1 au si
ways pleased to have my friends risk
me during the week, I never enjoy
the company of a Sunday visitor. 1 4
do not mean by this that a friend or
relative may not sometimes very
Appropriately spend a Sabbath with
another—bat I do mean that a risk
made on Sunday to save a day, <* to
spend a day, is sinful. I have ato
noticed frequently that persons vto
have not time to visit the sick daring
the week, even when their servias
are needed, frequently become v«y
much interested in their sfflirisd
neighbors ou Sunday, aud then they
have a super abundance ef compesj.
It does seem to me that mm»
iKwaoos must have very elastic cos
able to ram* the venerable age of L * #rc * 1 Are w§ not calling upon
five;volumes and thirty odd num hm oooUnB * , 'J for rmmeat,
bars; me know, we repent it, that I for *foMr*nMiea from danger, for
the true friends of the Fititor will **•••"»**<» <* health or ruetoratiou
mourn ; we know that evangelical j lo aame f And how do we, if we
truth, Christian liberty, (kith and *** *“* d *** ckiWr *°* bim, not
works, tile means of grace, the I <MI< * often every day for “grace
Augustana, the General Synod, tile to im Um * °* r Uat * *®
pastors, the faithful and the salted. uo1 goue ***** *€** ***
will loaae a troth fill witness, au eur I **** of rin, to be rsiaataUd
neat adviser, a sharp reprover, a } 1110 ^ feror » w hem, through siaa uf
friend ef all meu, and a bitter enemy iailmU y» **** Mir e riippad I
of every abomination and every And to tiua nil nothing f Is trial
compromise not authorized and ap- UDt * ftr o! * ij fnti<m to coo for thcaa an
proved by the Word of God we gr * aA If «ot, if U
again say, these will mourn our d* ** 111 ***** m ^
parture, but we leave them a vale I ^ U •***•• that grace,
able legacy—the Bible mod the As- ^ OWB 8ao * thoagh rmh had to
gus tana. The Bible is the volee of *** ow6 P 00 ®* ore we not laid under
God, the AngnsUna is the vuiee of ^ * iUM *** t ^ tf'®*
the church of *God. Ia Germany, ( n3 ®* u * ^ M |k * f «. )
Emperor William, intoxicated with of Hi ® who ® m * ow * •*•*/**«»«
the success of his army, and drunk tUt w * whether pertain tag to
eu with the blood of soldiers slain J ^ ar ^
is dtiBg his atmoat to place the! thoughts wa throw eat
Hohon saltern above the church, and j ®*^* r IUMt obpK
although bis august majesty, Etnpe- j t * OD * hueuusa ef the cato
ror William, bus not said with Looto ** de **** (or ^ Jfuefoe
Guatorze, Vetnt Jut ami, ha yet acta I j^* °f £ ^‘ ' ^ v *
as if he were not otiy the State, but j ********** Both can be carried ea j
also the Choreh and the King of] DO 04, * tonwl tin*
Kings j what else does emperor W w **** ^ • ® Mnd
meant make the rmtoe qf ear feforahiy j
Lutheranism to oppressed In gw | ** If (to
rope, hut the Great Head of Mi ESiTT/?* *"** '* I
church prepared it long ago a hem* W!i ^ * p will not bal
in America, and the work of I I*fO®«rtihed. while esula will rto#)
Lutheran Church here to to preserve B P i» *• d*y of tiumity aud thank
purity, to protect ^nsTiirror IZ ™** *° lb#Jf |
iafo, and ,to hand down to fotare * 2? v^i wt-ii. I
generations the pure gospel, the e .
scriptural articles of faith, and the 10 Bicbmoml. The cau** of.
evangelical church ; but uo btohopa, ^ Beformation, and ft la tiie euaae
bo sectarian excloshfeuesa, no phar dornand* ik And fto werl
asaicnl: BUui>baok for I am better * ^ By P«®w®®raiKe ou the
than thou. The redemption of Christ. I p#rt ^ itM l «ff®heurtod teudev, who
the mtosiou of the choreh, aud thej * -'*[
commanteu of saints tire universal chorea, it w*H to don#. But who, I
Our truu efriesda wiM mourn os l 9 *** **** IMI F u,,a i* *■ wimug ft
and wp regret deeply to part with I **** J^ Uh frrm i
them, i However, ws are still alive. ,? m \ ^ r „ * WOTk wn9 * r ' m **
True we feel that life ia foat abhiug f W ’ though Maroa come out to th#
away-4*ri*ttve for: our money to h * ,p * ^ ,j0rd ******* th *
giving outi-bot we will wait to s#y 1 b * t Merim WB ® 0mrt * d ^withttand j
farewell tiQ the last moment. it
The Vititor is dying, mast die. ^ ® 4 ****** m **< *
Impossible to iafss# new life in it. miow ** ** will to 4#ue. But how
There is no blood-money-in the r 1 ” tt *" ***** ^ ****** *
Southern Church. ^ • hetping hand! Tb^r will to
futaece. With wbal
utoess men labor to < r
tue her sec rets, L
mi making roartvr^l
Sincover her deep |
rift what joy tWhv,.
fiicovetiee when ini
ugeriy a listening I
worship, I fear but little good is
aaoompiished and but a small por-
Now, what do yon think of the*
thiugn I Do your views accord rift
mine! I am persnsded they <h> »
the main, and heuce my frwdou »
the expression of these ruadoa
thoughts.
1 remain your brother,
su*
pass such other without reooguition.
A pollto are Christian aalatatiou to
cwtirtiy proper, but the aanembliug
uf ourselves together ou the Lord’s
day timidil uat hu far the imrpow,
aithur pnmarily or aecoodarily, of
bar mg a general talk about worldly
matters, but it should b# pre emi
ueotly to worship God. We should
rememtor (to BtitoUfi dap, I# ktep it
For the Lutheran Viwtw
Study of ths Book of Sivsl*&®
and <4 Ths Promised M
that hear the word* of tlii* prophecy.
ITS PRACTICAL VAJLC*
This plain and simple dechuwU**
of its diviue author mast of kstif fo
sufficient to satisfy every sincere to
lievsr in regard to the valne ef ****
book. But when we carefoll.V **
devoutly mark the tilings that *»e
written therein, we can not fril»®
see reaaous for such n special bless
ing, and strong induoeroente to M
prayerful study. We find the® **
iU very title, in its general
and design, ia its special discovert®
is religion# service But 1 oau uoi
regard this jocular and worldly coo
veraation im and
pby, Itiiv Stoll j Tbs rtoitih f'oo
frwvurpy ; IMorory Ynttiilgsuci j New
the cherch
on Sunday aa any other than a
desecration of both the church and
the day. /" ^ .... .
There to soother thing that I
hart sometimes observed on the part
of several of onr brethren, that I
greedy desire riiould be abandoned.
But It tt nosh w delicate matter to
mention to them that I scarcely
know how ths evil to to be remedied.
Have you sot noticed them (yon
dooMfum know to whom I refer)
before they go out of the church light
their pipes or cigars, and go puffing
down the aisle with as little concern
about it aa if they were promenading
Bomnw* Ml'tiHflirjm R*AL- -
April Lodden A Btilra. fismanah
Ooo Doflsf s year wiM aecurv this
valuable teumsl regularly Tbs
duett and dtoroa, “flweet Birds of
Spring;* <• ibi* number to worth
more than * fudl eshsmiplkm.
Send fto It. A •penmen <mpj mm
taisisg oue dollars' mmth of mssto
can be had free by jiiflffipsing the
ehstisf, X \\ can not fail to he a*
oapiablo to aU who toes to cultivsta
the streets or upon a public highway.
I* it oof too bad f And yet 1 do
oot know that it to any worse, or
even aa bad, aa chasing tobacco in
church, and aquirtiag the ambtot
about over the floor, aud flifing the
corsets with old rejected “quid*;*
and yes knew threw are not s few
who dd this. Perhaps the distribu
tion of n tow copies of Lord Chester
Arid, or some other writer on Polite-
toad.* Shi*
of with a*
rtqnett all who are in arrean Ja walk
up and Httie.
promptly, I*
out for oa to de. Tie Lord JUt* seal
ef Hm. He has called ea «rfol n Ufo
nnllimt frill! mmfeffi mmm naj r*ealm flton A—
Wfl Hi OfM- WliJ fO M
ourselves open hto alter, hut o«r
property, our time, with oil tout we
have and ire. ■ ■ ! #* <»s
tiiareare 18,450 baptiaed chrfttian* in 80S
timmisa, with 83 ordained and S80 anor-
datoed preachers. ‘Thera ara Washoola
with 4AM pupils, dtiboto them to a time*
toffioti college. The nmemk ooetribo-
tions, ch iefly of the figau Karen*, amount-
ed to the forge sum of 996.060. The num
ber baptized during the year was T77,
al interest, but they ooocemed w*
doty and pesos of even that geo®*
tiou to which the book wa* flr$l
given, aud hence of every g® 1 ® 1 *
ion since. Tl»e alarmingdang®«*j
foreteMa were oven then at band, am
eo shortly to come to pass, !**•