# Der Lutheraner_St. Louis Missouri_1852 11 09_S48
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Comfort of the Lord’s Supper in the Hour of Death.

When the godly theologian Meißner (died 1626), at Wittenberg upon his deathbed, had once more partaken of the Holy Supper, he burst forth, with eyes lifted toward heaven, before those standing about his bed, into these words: “O LORD JESUS Christ, Thou hast fed me with Thy body and given me to drink of Thy blood, therefore I believe that Thou wilt give and bestow upon me all things with it; I wrap myself wholly in Thee, hold me” (herewith he closed his arms about his body and pressed himself with all his strength) “fast to Thee, and I will not let Thee go. O LORD JESUS, Thou feedest and givest to drink to this my body, therefore it cannot remain in the earth, but must one day rise again and come forth. Ye wretched people who stand around here, ye are in the vale of tears, I am going to heaven and the hall of joy; ye think perhaps that ill befalls me, but ye know not how well it is with me; ye poor beggars, it is utter darkness about you, in heaven it is light, there is nothing but glory; thither will I go, there I am a true freeman and am delivered from all toil and labor.” — Whoever dies thus, dies well! —

Retribution.

At the time of the persecutions of the Protestants in France in the second half of the 16th century, many of them emigrated to America and founded, among other places, a colony on the coast lying north of Florida. This aroused the jealousy of the King of Spain, the fanatically popish Philip II. He therefore sent (in the year 1565) a squadron of 11 ships, manned with 2600 soldiers, to the North American coast with the commission to destroy the newly arisen colony. This command was indeed carried out. Whoever fell into the hands of the Spaniards in this affair had to suffer the death of a criminal. Many were hanged upon the trees of the neighboring wood, and above them was fastened the inscription: “These are hanged not as Frenchmen, but as Lutherans.” Two years afterward, however, Frenchmen, in order to avenge that outrage, fell upon the forts erected by those Spaniards and now hanged these also in the wood, but with the following inscription: “These are hanged not as Spaniards and Catholics, but as traitors, thieves and murderers.” — However unjust this revenge on the part of the Frenchmen was, — for the Christian should not repay evil with evil, — yet just was this judgment which God let come upon the persecutors.

“In the schools it is taught: Contra negantem prima principia non est disputandum, that is, whoever dares to deny what nature teaches every man, and what the reason and understanding of all men must admit, with him one should not dispute, but send him to a physician who may sweep out his brain. For such a thing is just as much as if someone would say that white is not white, but black, and two is not two, but one.”
Luther.

Doctrine and Life.

It is indeed bad when someone is found at fault in his walk, but I regard it as something much worse when someone goes astray in the doctrines of faith.
Origen.

Received

a. for the Synodical Treasury:
Vacat.

b. for the Synodical Mission Treasury:
From the Evang. Luth. Trinity Congregation, through Rev. John in Franklin Co., Ind. $3.00
from the mission box in the church of Rev. Wunder in Chicago, Ill. 1.50
from the congregation of Rev. Hattstädt in Monroe, Mich. 5.00
from Mr. K. Mohr, same place 1.00
from Mr. L. Matthes 1.00
„ the congregation of Rev. Diehlmann in Buffalo 1.00
„ Rev. C. Buße 1.00
„ his congregation 4.00
„ Rev. J. Fr. Isensee and his congregation at Bear Creek 2.00
„ Rev. Buße, collected 18.00

c. for the support of Concordia College:
for the setting up of a natural history cabinet and for the purchase of physical and chemical apparatus for the said College, from Mr. J. Drege in Baltimore (sent to Prof. Biewend) 15.00

d. for poor students:
from the Young Women’s Society in the congregation of Rev. Wunder in Chicago 5.00
from Collinsville, Ill., 12 bushels of potatoes to the value of 4.80

e. for the support of the College building here:
from the widow Charlotte Ostenfeldt, through Rev. Volkert in Schaumburg, Ill. 5.00
from the members of the congregation of Rev. Kunz in Elkgrove, Cook Co., Ill. 2.00
namely: Conrad Segers, 25 Cts; John Stege, 50 Cts; Conrad Möbling, 25 Cts; Heinr. Wüstenfeld, 25 Cts; W. Heidemann, 25 Cts; Conrad Rebling, 25 Cts; Hein. Behrens, 25 Cts.
from Messrs. G. Schulz, G. Bippus and N. Gleichmann, through Rev. Saupert in Evansville, Ind. 3.00
from Rev. Jäbker and his congregation in Adams Co., Ind. 80.00
from the congregation of Rev. Holls in Centreville, Ill. 2.50
„ the congregation of Rev. Diehlmann in Buffalo 11.00
from the Brothers and Sisters R. $2.50, K. $5.00, S. $10.00, in St. Louis 17.50

F. W. Barthel, Treasurer.

Paid

for the 8th volume, Messrs. Carl Brager, Christoph Dörrfeldt, Aug. Erzfeldt, Rev. Hattstädt (3 copies), Michael Hemmerich, Rev. J. Fr. Isensee, Ludwig Jung, Samuel Koch, Heinrich Knocke, Wilh. Launhardt, Christian Müller, Friedrich Meyer, Wilhelm Niemann, Wilh. Poppitz.
for the 2nd half of the 8th volume, Messrs. W. Brockschmidt, Gottlob Müller.
for the 1st half of the 9th volume, Messrs. W. Brockschmidt, Leonhardt Zimmermann.
for the 9th volume, Messrs. Dr. Bünger, F. Beckmeier, Jacob Börger, Christian Bulmahn, Matth. Fieselma[illegible], Matth. Groß, Heinrich Hilbrecht, Samuel [illegible], Franz Lom[illegible]enau, Wilh. Poppitz, Rev. J. C. Schulze, Fr. Staiger, Ch. S[illegible]ulde, Dr. Sibler, Scheer jun., Conrad Trier, Heinrich Trier, Rev. Türk, Wilh. Wesel, schoolteacher Wolf, Heinrich Wölblinghaus.

For Preliminary Notice.

The orders which have been coming in to me for some weeks from several places, namely for hymnals of small format, shall be filled with all possible dispatch as soon as the shipment, already expected for 14 days, shall have arrived here.
F. W. Barthel.

Books and Pamphlets

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

Third volume of the Lutheraner of 1846—47. No. 8—26. 50.
(The 1st and 2nd volumes are out of print.)
Fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh volume of the Lutheraner, each 50.
Gespräche zwischen zwei Lutheranern über den Methodismus, (in pamphlet form) 1 copy 5.
Dr. Martin Luthers Tractat von der wahren Kirche, 2 copies 5.
The Constitution of the German Evang. Luth. Synod of Missouri, Ohio and other States 5.
Second, Third, Fourth and Fifth Synodal Report of the same Synod, each 10.
Kirchen-Gesangbuch für evang. luth. Gemeinden, published by the local Evangel. Luth. Congregations U. A. C. in pressed leather binding, per copy 75.
Per dozen $8.
100 copies $62.50.
The same in smaller format, per copy 50.
Per dozen $5.25.
100 copies $40.00.
Dr. Martin Luthers kl. Catechismus, unaltered reprint 10.
By the dozen $1.
A B C-Buch, and exercises arranged in proper order of progression etc., published by our Synod 10.
By the dozen $1.00.
Johann Hübners Biblische Historien. New York edition, singly 25.
By the dozen $2.60.
Dr. Martin Luthers Auslegung des 90. Psalms, stitched and trimmed 15.
By the dozen $1.50.
Spruchbuch zum kl. Catechismus Lutheri 15.
By the dozen $1.50.
Der Hirtenbrief des Herrn Past. Grabau zu Buffalo v. J. 1840 together with the writings exchanged between him and others 15.
Brief Dr. Martin Luthers von Einsetzung der Kirchendiener an den Rath zu Prag in Böhmen, of the year 1523, translated from the Latin by Paulus Speratus 10.
Timotheus. A gift for the confirmed youth. Adapted from Hiller, bound 35.
By the dozen $3.60.
Sermon on Easter Day 1851, in St. Louis, Mo., delivered by Prof. C. F. W. Walther 5.
His sermon on 1 Thess. 4:1—7: The exhortation of the holy Apostle, to become ever more perfect 5.
(Both sermons separately reprinted from the “Lutheraner.”)
New Testaments, mostly with the Psalter, Stuttgart, London and Hamburg edition, in ordinary binding with the Psalms 20.
ditto without Psalter 15.
with gilt edges 30.
28 Confirmation Certificates with Bible verses and hymn verses, also with biblical pictures and marginal drawings; lithographed and published by Leopold Gast $1.00.
16 Baptismal Certificates with Bible verses together with similar pictures and marginal drawings; lithographed and published by Gast & Brother $1.00.
Melodien deutscher Kirchengesänge nach Dr. Friedrich Layritz 25.
Appendix thereto 15.
The same with the Appendix 35.
Leipziger Evangel. Luther. Missionsblatt of the year 1850. 40.

Printed by M. Niedner,
North corner of Third and Chestnut Streets.