# Der Lutheraner_St. Louis Missouri_1852 03 16_S113
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Der Lutheraner.

"God's Word and Luther's doctrine pass away now and nevermore." (Rev. John, Chap. 14, v. 6, 7.)

Published by the German Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Missouri, Ohio and other States.

Edited by C. F. W. Walther.

Volume 8.  St. Louis, Mo., March 16, 1852.  No. 15.

Terms: Der Lutheraner appears once every two weeks at the annual subscription price of One Dollar for out-of-town subscribers, who are to pay for it in advance and to bear the postage. — In St. Louis each single number is sold for 5 cents.

Only those letters which contain communications for the paper are to be sent to the editor; all others, which contain business matters, orders, cancellations, money, etc., are to be sent hither under the address Mr. F. W. Barthel, care of C. F. W. Walther, St. Louis, Mo.

Report of the Editor's Journey.

(Continuation.)

It was on Sunday, the 5th of October, that I at last arrived in Nuremberg (by way of Altenburg, Zwickau, Hof, Culmbach, Bamberg, Erlangen) and met again with Pastor Wyneken, who had hastened ahead of me thither. Following an invitation received earlier, we put up here in the house of Mr. A. Volk and found there an exceedingly hearty and friendly reception. The stay in this dear house, to which we afterward returned often, and where we were always overwhelmed with ever new proofs of love, will remain unforgettable to us as long as we live. Among other things we saw here, to our great edification, for the first time a liturgical household worship, called into being in the numerous family of Mr. Volk and conducted and carried out with patriarchal dignity. Great as was our desire now to hasten without delay to the goal of our journey, which we were now so near, we yet could not resist Mr. Volk's urgent request to spend the following day also in Nuremberg. We used this day to take a look at the magnificent, ancient city with its incomparably beautiful, venerable churches and its thousand historical memories. On this day we also made the acquaintance of Mr. Volk's son-in-law, the Rev. Reuther, preacher at the Church of St. Sebald in Nuremberg, with whom we soon felt ourselves closely united as brethren

The next day we then drove, in a carriage hired for us by Mr. Volk and in his company, to the little village of Neuendettelsau near Kloster Heilbronn, about seven hours southwest of Nuremberg, where Pastor Löhe is at present still administering the pastoral office. As decisive as, according to our deepest conviction, the favorable or unfavorable outcome of this visit was, with so much the more anxious hearts did we enter the parsonage at Neuendettelsau. But the cordiality and noble frankness and straightforwardness with which Pastor Löhe at once came to meet us soon dispelled all anxiety from our hearts. It was not long before we found ourselves in a conversation as lively as it was friendly concerning the points of doctrine on which a difference had come to light between our Synod and Pastor Löhe. Since the present head of the preparatory seminary at Nuremberg for America, Catechist Bauer, was also present — he had already traveled ahead of us and had announced our arrival — the last-named also took part in our conversation. How far, after this first mutual discussion, which continued until night on the following day, the work of the union desired most earnestly by both sides had advanced, the dear reader can best see from an essay which Pastor Löhe shortly afterward communicated to his readers in the paper published by him and Pastor Wucherer in Nördlingen, "Kirchliche Mittheilungen aus und über Nord Amerika." If, however, I here communicate some of it for this time, I must at the same time mention that we afterward drew considerably nearer to one another than had been the case when this essay appeared.

Pastor Löhe had dedicated an entire number of the paper (the 10th of the year 1851), and indeed this one in a distinctively beautiful format, to the memory of our visit in Germany. Accordingly the whole number in question bore the title: "In Memory of the Presence of the Reverend Brethren Walther and Wyneken in Germany;" and the essay was headed: "The Visit of the Two Presidents of the Lutheran Synod of Missouri, Ohio and other States, Walther and Wyneken, in Germany." Therein Pastor Löhe writes, among other things, the following:

"It is known to the readers of these pages that between us, the editors of these Communications, and the prominent members of the Lutheran Synod of Missouri, Ohio and other States, a difference in regard to the holy office has been brought for-