# Der Lutheraner_St. Louis Missouri_1850 09 17_S16
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Compelling to Private Confession.

Luther writes in his little book "On Confession" of the year 1521: "That I reject the Pope's laws concerning confession, I do for the sake of those who will not bear such a cross and do not enter upon such inducements [thereto]; these he ought to leave unconstrained and not drive to further sinning. For they are mere left-hand thieves, and suffer in vain, yea, sin only the more within, as the left-hand thief also did, Luke 23:39 ff. One should only entice, not drive; allure, not compel; strengthen, not threaten; comfort, not frighten, with confession and all other sufferings: freely, freely, willingly and gladly should one confess, teach and practice; if one cannot do that, let one leave the commandment and the driving also alone. As to martyrdom, suffering and death one should entice, allure, strengthen and comfort. Whoever cannot or will not do that, let him leave off his threatening, compelling, frightening. It threatens and presses itself far too much." (Opp. Hal. XIX., 1075.)

(Contributed.)

Church News from Northern Illinois.

Very worthy Herr Professor!

It is a great joy to me to be able to communicate to you and to the dear readers of the "Lutheraner" that the St. John's Congregation U. A. C. at Elkgrove, Cook Co., so long orphaned, has at last, after manifold disappointed hopes, received again its own shepherd and pastor in the person of Herr Pastor Kunze, formerly of Indianapolis, Ia. His installation into his office was solemnly held on Wednesday, the 28th inst. On the morning of the said day, favored with the most glorious weather, such as our northern Illinois alone offers, P. Volkert and the undersigned, accompanied by our wives, drove to Elkgrove. The joyful mood in which we found ourselves was still considerably heightened when, on our arrival, the Elkgrove school children, who had assembled in great number in festive attire, received us with faces beaming with joy. The joy of the people at having at last again their own shepherd in their midst, whose arrival was all the more welcome just now because the cholera, which had broken out alarmingly in the congregation, had made the lack of a preacher all the more keenly felt, showed itself especially also in this, that they had cleaned their little church very neatly and richly adorned it with flowers, wreaths and sprigs of green. At the entrance they had erected a handsome triumphal arch, which bore the inscription: "Give our GOD the honor!" The interior of the church also, especially altar and pulpit, was beautifully adorned; most lovingly the image of the crucified Redeemer looked down from the altar between flowers and wreaths upon the assembled congregation, and splendidly the light of the candles set up stood out against the dark bouquets placed behind them.

On our arrival we found the P. P. Kunze and Küchle already in the church, and were just on the point of opening the service, when we were surprised by the arrival of the P. P. Selle and Brauer, whom we had not expected, since the cholera is still raging in an alarming manner both in Chicago and in Addison. The service was opened by the singing of the faith-filled hymn: "A Mighty Fortress, etc." P. Selle took the liturgy, which, as introduced here, was held wholly after Löhe's Agende. P. Volkert preached on 1 Cor. 3:9: "We are laborers together with God: ye are God's husbandry, ye are God's building," and showed thereby: what is required for fruitful labor in the work of the Lord, 1. of the preacher, 2. of the congregation. The introduction itself was performed by the undersigned, and he was assisted therein by the P. P. Selle and Volkert. To the whole festival, — and such it was surely to every one present, — the celebration of the Holy Supper, in which the pastors present took part, put the crown.

May the dear God prepare for us many such festivals of joy, and may He rule with His grace over shepherd and flock!

The present address of the dear brother is:

Rev. J. G. Kunze, Eckgrove, Cook Co., Ill.

The LORD be with you and your

Hoffmann.

Schaumburg, Ill., the 29th of August, 1850.

Received

for the Synodical Mission Treasury.

From the boys of the Immanuel School here $2 00.
" Herr Chr. Fr. Senf 25.
" Herr Friedrich Holschen 1 00.
" Members of the Lutheran congregation in St. Louis 6 15.
F. W. Barthel, Treasurer.

Paid

for the 6th year: the Messrs. Jacob Engelhardt, P. Hattstädt [10 copies], Mich. Hoch, Chr. Heise, Friedr. Köhler, Ott and Köster, Stephan Sauer, M. Schäfer.
" 7th " the Messrs. Jobst Heinr. Allmeyer [1st half], Christian Bühler, Heinrich Däubner, P. Eirich [1st half], A. F. W. Engert, P. Fricke, H. F. Hinnau, Wilh. Hülskötter, H. H. Schäfer, H. H. Succop, C. H. Wilker, Daniel Wagner.

Synod.

The great majority of the members of our Synod has cast its votes for this, that our postponed assembly of this year be held from the 2nd of October to the 12th of the same in St. Louis, Mo.; in making this result known, I at the same time notify the brethren that the cholera has for some time ceased to rage here as an epidemic, so that nothing now stands in the way of holding our sessions at the appointed time. Those who come are requested to inquire for the lodgings of the pastors of the congregation here at the porcelain-ware store of Herr L. Pechmann, Main Street No. 35.

C. F. W. Walther, for the present President.

Notice of a Death.

Just now we have received through Herr Pastor Hattstädt the news that our dear Lorenz Fleßa has at last, after severe trials, finished his course by a blessed death. The readers know that, by God's unsearchable dispensation, he became blind about a year and a half ago and therefore had to lay down his pastorate in Missouri. After the dear suffering brother had stayed some time in St. Louis, he went in the spring of this year with his faithful wife to her parents in one of the congregations of Herr Pastor Hattstädt in Monroe, Mich., and here, after a lung disease had joined itself to his eye trouble, in consequence of which, however, praise be to the LORD! joyful in dying and full of longing to be at home with the LORD, he departed on the 2nd inst. early at 2 o'clock. On the day following his burial took place, at which Herr Pastor Kühn of Frankenhilf, Mich., delivered the funeral oration. May the memory of this cross-bearer remain in the blessing which God has intended for us through the presentation of the same.

Books and Pamphlets

to be had at the Expedition of the Lutheraner at the prices annexed.

Dr. Martin Luther's Small Catechism, unaltered reprint 10
The dozen $1. Hundred copies $7.
The Constitution of the German Evang. Luth. Synod of Missouri, Ohio and other States, with an Introduction and explanatory Remarks. 5
The dozen 50 cents; 25 copies $1.
First Synodical Report of the German Evang. Luth. Synod of Missouri, Ohio and other States, of the year 1847 10
Second Synodical Report of the same Synod, of the year 1848 10
Third Synodical Report of the same Synod, of the year 1849 10
Third volume of the Lutheraner, of 1846 — 1847. No. 8 — 26. 50
(The 1st and 2nd volumes are out of print.)
Fourth and fifth volumes of the Lutheraner $1
Christian Book of Concord, that is, Symbolical Books of the Evang. Luth. Church, New York edition, bound in embossed leather $1. 25
Conversations between Two Lutherans on Methodism, (in pamphlet form) 1 copy 5
Dr. M. Luther's Treatise on the True Church, 2 copies 5
Dr. Luther's Hauspostille, or Sermons on the Gospels for the Sundays and Festivals of the whole year, New York edition, bound in calfskin $2
Hymn-Book for Evang. Luth. Congregations, to which the Sunday and festival Pericopes are appended, published by the Evang. Luth. Congregation U. A. C. here, in embossed leather binding, the copy 75
The dozen $8 } for cash payment.
100 copies $62. 50 }
ABC Book, New York edition, the copy 10
The dozen $1.
The Pastoral Letter of Herr Pastor Grabau at Buffalo (reviewed at length in No. 17 of the Lutheraner, vol. 5.) 25
Johann Hübner's Biblical Histories from the Old and New Testaments. Unaltered reprint, New York edition, single copies 25
by the dozen $2. 60
Dr. Martin Luther's Exposition of the 90th Psalm, stitched and trimmed 15
by the dozen $1. 50
Spruchbuch for the Small Catechism of Luther. Compiled at the instance of the Synod of Missouri, etc., by Pastor Fr. Wynecken, this place. 15
by the dozen $1. 50

☞ The undersigned, who obtains several of the above-named books on his own account, finds himself compelled to make cash payment a condition in future orders, since his small means do not permit him to give credit any longer for a considerable time. Only in the case of the hymn-books, if they, ordered in larger lots, are to be regarded as commission articles, may, according to circumstances, credit of several months be given. Those concerned are kindly requested not to take offense at the sending of their bills.

F. W. Barthel.

Printed by Moritz Niedner,
Chestnut Street, between Main & Second,
No. 16.