The Lutheran visitor. (Columbia, S.C.) 1869-1904, August 28, 1874, Image 2
CHARLESTON
THE LUTHERAN
St fMlX Is Ooastj 7*.
K*v 8. llnkW, ik« an tor «ltt»
Our CkmrtJk i\y«r, in at in— of
few wwka alaw, teftuw just m-
verted,* and uo*, and even Hi a
Abort time afterward*, not 4 dozen
oowM be found. It f« always no. It
meet be to.
revivals in*
4. I
lb* stfemi Farther* NmVt of tb*
Virginia Gj **d, u> Few Hare*, tbs
'Ifan Weeiern Hail, ta about 39b
tofla* 3H by tUIUmosw aod Okie
ItfbMd awl JD by steamboat dawn
tb* Obla River. TW freed aaeoary
efoeg tb* real* tofe'ltoaa m aftaa
dsaarfbsd to tb* rislmr, ibat T ball
not eltampi a daaartptto* beta.. It
to 10 lb* • ef awaaielaaae end wM.
Tbe tret* «| Altomoei, tbs top af
ibe Altofba&ea, to MM tot bifbar
tbaa it Wga a* tear befeea at l‘i*d
mm t, as lifed efeptir IVdomafoarnty 1?
aMto* U-'T% t «ba grad* *|* tbe mama
fee If they ran ramali at Ma« to
gyedtael eaaaatolfoa wHb mea **ab-
jaetooaabto ta an seoltercd Asgeberg
LatWrea* —eaeb a* Iba writer ad
mil* are “feaod to naatiy at {tot*
all ef ear lyiwwto*- -surely they aaa
peered in a aommunicatioa to tb*
flittor some waaka prior. We bare
delayed reference to It with tb* bop*
that oar eerreapoedenl would for
such rev if ale, bow.
erioa* groatid- TUay
are directly contrary to tbe teach*
tags *f Christ. They keep in the
Synod I
of the
for the diacoartr*) toward Bro.
Hankie, of spooking of 8t Pea Pa
ta that Customise”
OOfe toINht to ref
E i t r (.1 * .« I Si |>/ %<>©»■*
a^w wiee^^ww s^* , mpuPMmtoJII
tbaa* rwj “dffitoraa
110** are tba aaaa
aad ditoaalty wfeb
daalfi boaaatly ta I
barf (tototoa, u
tor, whttat be waa err ring It la that
capacity, though not belonging ta
the name Synod with tba ouagref*-
tion, if we understand It* history
correctly. Tba feet that tba emigre
gallon l* connected with tba Vtrgtato
Synod, or, at least, baa oarer aaked
nor reeeired dfemlmdon (ton U, (tf
we are rightly informed,) aad tba
field, Abbeville,
rown
i flirt
All*moot iaptobapa 3,000 inri abaft
tba fetal aflb. fitommadtoek Valley
Ibfaagb wb|fe tba raHread peaaai
IInnb liar peril Ferry, Aad yat eNI
ptoea af Obnafe power, and “tba
whole system,” tbe whole arrange
piaot aad plan of such proceeding
originated to wrong view* of grace,
af doctrine, of tbe Holy Spirit.
Neither Bra. C. nor any other man
to authorised by the Bible to appoint
a fixml uoaui pray for an uuipouvinj
to Valhalla, m0
tattoo, for any minister of tba Vlrgiaia
Synod, with tba Ppaaideafs approval,
to visit aad preach for 8t Paul**
congregation And tbaa H might
happen, through an injudicious par
ami, that a cieUiskm woo Id oeear
with tbe appointment of tba aettog
pastor This should not ha. Tba
congregation should be pnaervad
harmonious and malted. Hence, tbe
irregularity referred to, aad which
may have misled oar yoasg Semin*
rton, W. Y. CUne, should be removed,
ami tb* sanction of tb* Vtrpsb
Synod be obtained for tba arrnafb*
meat made between St. Paul's aad
Bro. Heckle. And wa doubt not
that the Synod weakl vukmm* bis
presence at tba approaching meeting
rod arrange tba matter to a soar
toons and christ'su manner, a* as ta
avoid a recurrence of anything an
pleasant in tba ftelur*.
Re*. Uenkk baa aa doubt been
self denying and ieithfol to asrrtog
that coogregatKMi siaoa vacated by
Rev. W. Cone, and shea hi receive
aw tba ffVjBkrn slope, ** l i *ejrfcm||;
berg, an u7uhfet rnOna? jwtoaiM
threegb 25 fails and
bridges, aefes* far as wa aaold jtodge,
Kngttsb, or ibraiagb
does wat span f* be i
yard* —yilnre, And
whirled ever sod wadci
af btfto, to fee dtobaeea
at tba nato af W mils* p
Tba trip dtows the U|
fnl to toa'IbtonHto j
Ml Vfepi
regtilm’v united into
corpus *..r ^li<5omsa,
Synodical ait ii<a« w<
the most uf thm* men, |
ooiuwfiuv.i in of th*
When this «l* t ale Urn
not certainly kiftpf u »
cue in e of uioat of then <
Fred. Joseph VVaUem
these Synodical tninist
qetom. btferbpltol to firtoadly
aad jodtotoo# dissmaaica aad etpaal
tom af tbo CmbsaN wonid isua
pats them Dram tbaar doubts aad
difficult**
Char By usds art wmsiy, aad to
appraaeU, is an earth, paeani where
two or three arc gathered, in the
gnat congregation, and in tbe closet
And that idea of setting a time, and
then praying for the Spirit to be sent
down from heaven to revive the
church, ta wrung aad contrary to the
teachings of the Now Testament.
Than, too, and consequent upon
this to Rro. C/a false view of the
nrnr- af grace. His means make
Gad dafieadeut on man. He can not
give His Spirit until man fixes tbe
ume; but our Couleastou teaches
that tba lima awl place of the Holy
Spirit are God’* and not mania. Wa
•ad no primary, diwneij appointed
bat the word aad the Mcramenta.
There is but one way by which God
werks in man, and that is by the
word. 1’rayer aad ringing, and so
tba bawl glid* fetor toe otreum,
that be to In aaaa* nwhaetad toad,
m dnwaeltot everything appears.
Raw liqape, tba paint af ear
de*ti aaUaa, to am* af OMHiy east
hill* aseamfeetartag taw as ta Waal
VuguMa. <|* toto town aad totob
from tba ifetov we but a will res sat
af I sibarwai, m natty af tnmiito*.
urtgtaaUy bum Wbaaaadaab Valley,
llaaj |*mm «ga, H*vu, llsvtd aad
Obiarlqj Itoaktr preach* 4 for them;
for Lbt last mwwv «*f jears Hav. Jobe
w MilW'has bans th««r paatsr.
Ham* ttoaa age Her. Milled* haaRb
oar viewn, wbtob wa daim am in ea*
tire s 11 nnlaae* with the KUble aad
dactnar, aad wbicb wa
stead prepared to defend wbrsMiver
it to MoaMmrjr.^,
L W* am iMmpvatosf^r *p
posed In **eerieab fa Iks MpaJor
beat theologluaa toaaa
ttoa, to astamAtog I
aaeb own. yfartoaaai
•tol iataleranca wool
them od, af awahaa t
to keep up some of tbe m
gatious iu Newberry and
Some of tbe 21 societal
Cedar Creek, Fairfield; o
Creek, Abbeville; qud os
JLabor Creek, Edgefield,
lag aad defending tb* too* bftp
tend mean tag af tba Uemfeaatoa aasy
raaolt fas it baa o > Hb same of *e| In
brtagtng them lata fell aad toqpfel
aoaard with It, aa apvwwbaatotod to a
clearer light. Of wsaaaa a atoam-
shoe Id sot be tolevatod to say aaa
claiming ta be a Lutheran mlatotar.
nor, aa lbs Ltba bead, to said be
be ackaawlsdged **m af oo,” who,
Utoogb stand mg aver as aqasrwiy
Synod with which be to eoannetad,
batter a hundred fold that tba Vir*
gilis Synod sboakl eoanrot to tocb
nmoageiaent tbaa to bar* strife aod
nliaaanan, where there should be
nawl. af lad.so*, alto «a
awbito. la May Last Mr
gtMME, af oar Seminary
log arrival*,
tba Coltequia
some vary fed*
ling the aatki
jorl bellHiH mat
I have caret ii
minutes of Syno i
tod naive, with tin
a copy of which
Uiin, tbe want of
tend CoUoqaiuw, i
tbe Hoaltaml A
Lutheran Syuo<]
North Carolina
IH- B»«om baa reafm*Nt«d la tba
saggestiaa to tba Ttoto af tbe 3feb
all^ giving bis rsasoss fee daafla'
lag ta tab* tba iald |p behalf af
Newberry Col legs, (to ffubas bos
else written mm m tba sahjfou, with
penoiaat m ta publish Ida letter, «*
aa atato af it a* wa think praptt.
fla says: **| fee* to* OoHewe as
that Maj. Sum m l
Trustees of New J
no rejiort to mak.-j
that fi»e minute*
fo the College.
18o6. A report
was received, frJ
ihat ; ‘a comuiittt < ‘
■4- l*. Aull and Ha
w »* *l»l>oirU«d t.
NUperinreud, the
h*geaud the To
ued “to hypoth*
{aecuiitie* !) belo;
To ‘‘hypothecate
This is exactly the haato af ear
•rn General Synod. It to troa
iv# not affixed tbs qualifying
“unaltered* ta tba mm of tba
»*ie*, because we think tin*
of 1823, I think, Rev. David
who was a prominent mover
enterprise, made a visit to tfa
rea in the it|iper part of Le:
and the lower part of Newbt
tricts, and preached his jieca
as set forth in his “Heai eul;
of Regeuerat ion.” I was but:
and heard him at Bethlehem
fie was lame iu limb, but x
brain. In this visit he had a
ence with father John Drelie
G. Dreher, Michael Ranch *
ers, as to the organization of j
n e scaaowicNigu but <m# ^Augsburg
/onftaaion 1 *—that urigiaally pew*
mred for and praaaetatl is tb* lh*t
►f Augsburg in 1390 Any modified
onu of that Coufession become* a
Ufferetit thing *1 together. and is not
tfr Augsburg Coofenaiun." Wa
objection to tba prefix “an
•WffeV* if it enn eabeerve any good
urpose, but wa tbink 15 wbntt||
uperfluous. Beeidea, la there any
J Cereal edition of U ajtant to this
MWfiiy t Wa confeaa onr ignorance
aympaiay tnili genu me works of
grsee. We wrote ait article since
the meeting of Geaeta! Synod for tbe
fttofmr, what U*<*ame of it we do not
know, in which we stated that it
was to a revival thst w«* were first
enabled to *p|'ttipnst« a lhe benefits
form of Synodical action.
chnatiaa graces enables ibe chris*
tisa to accept th<* grace aud spirit of
Christ sod thereby be revived. At
saeli times, by the zeal nnd earnest
ness of Christians in the use ofl
moans divinely provided, sinners are
brought to think, reflect, open their
hearts—the Spirit through the word
enters, works faith iu tliem, and
they believe and un* saved.
Now these we honestly believe to
b* ibe views of a large majority of
our nun islets ami people. We care
net for human meaus; they are left
to tbe option of man, so loug as they
are not madh ta take the place of
essentials. You may have your aux-
totts bench, but there is dauger of
attaching virtue to it. If you do
use that human mode, instruct vour
people in regartl to it Yon mar
oar associate of
the church in this laud. Wa all
know that the “recension* attempted
•orae year* ago was aa abortion.
But wa
hard to keep up the chan
iu existence until a bette
arrive for Lutheranism
them have ended th<
labors. No monuments
graves—tbe praise* due t
unsung, but this negl<
diminish their reward in
The church in Charle
Ebeuexer, Ga., and final]
nah, have their own s|*
r could ,bv I
tbecation of
Lv worthies j
«u opiuiou o: I
IpOaa so foi a
wrist!bly foil, |
' toeoHties.
^ Is there
* As tli is Wot]
B l*ecuUarly J
dent at the i J
^ of it* detin
i and I ask
caa not entertain tb* same
iwabanaloa of dUBcnlty la
“making tbe UoDoqaiam a
expressed by “South” a
of the foci that there
w© arc rather
i all due deference, how-
sentiment expressed in
► Viritor, by I). and H.,
Church toper, by F., to
t , aas‘i.*s
libMady ta
growing eo*
uru soma to
jruuda which
»” “who era
the opinion
time wouh
Bolxius, the
S. A. Mealy^
John’s church
At this acs
Charleston,
nexion with
York
ootg LothafOA.” If By aod, which rw
toiMi III its connection men who are
not iu exact and foil accord with the
which we all so
| they aaa eat, to all coiwa, gt
■ eaeouet to oMmey saw that
aowid give aabeaqweatty ta the
lag af rtyaud, tot them aato
oard ar slip, with their —rr
scribing what they will gh#
latter part of October ar Have
Bat tot m have no mors pnatp
aad waittsg for mew |A»a*
Jjll^j^Tto* fellara ta •«
aaa abtof aaaa* af Hi gffil
COa idea to eat folia trieal I
moat objectionable,'* then weald mem
ber» of the Pennsylvania Byooil
belonging to tbe o’eaarsl Co
debarred from participat e
a Golloquium, aod Che meeting would
ha foraataOed at owe*. Tba writer
•aya: “Wa greatly fear that there
ar© many troa man who will stay away
aad refuse to taka pan to tba Oalfo
<|ainm, ahmply because soas* will ha
P«o**nt who are aaaacialad with
Sr nods which hare am to thahr
connection ef whom It may justly ha
said, they are a«t of aa.” Mae ab>
aeatiag theaxsalvea spun this ground
might be “frar man,” hut (Mr stay
ev. Bergiuau, af FI*
Rev. S. Her»chcr, ns*
Orangeburg and d«*
agton, united with tb*
Aprs n if i it to
r this Synodical ©«•
utheranism, South,
culties to contend with*
crreRsed slowly onward
Many clerical and !«.'
u Ohureh It la os»
Rvttoag fiabls within
Aa urtiee. wurhiug
itself, ami probably of arary Byn»od
ineil. I**
in such
aud wo hop© it will go on till tbe*
last vestige ef fanaticl.n. «n<l Sj ner
psm ta removed from the Church.
The truth must ultimately triumph.
Such candor and courtesy, though
not more than we expected, are very
gratifying. Such a colloquium must
b© a free and spontaneous thing, aad
not the result of penmasion or con-
pi nah * v * * or
”** in rt, n tnem. loo may cry out,
“Man and brethren, what mmt 1 do
to hr saved f” but the Bible don’t
authorize you to cry out, “Men and
brethren, I feci happy." The sinner,
In view of bin guilt and great dan
ger, may cry out, but it iu the duty
et ehi'istinaa to “kuow bow to be-
bwE* itomiwdvcs iu the house ol
tli© Cot
ifeirt
and over ivraiscd for their cl
labors. Such, however, is the I
mankind in all things. Ignore »
private worth, and overpeint
overrate sornt* tuoi-e fortiiualely
xtoL John 0. Hoi
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