# Der Lutheraner_St. Louis Missouri_1853 08 02_S175
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ness into light, lead them to the water springs, and refresh their souls with His peace. That is our hope and our comfort, and toward that we labor in the name of the Lord joyfully and with confidence, and rejoice in the spirit of the time in which India also has become our God's and His Christ's, and in which from one end of this land to the other His name shall be glorious.

In regard to my personal and domestic circumstances I can only praise the great grace of our God and proclaim His faithfulness. My health is indeed no longer as good as it was a few years ago; yet I am still comparatively the most vigorous of all the brethren here. In my household also the Lord, the faithful Savior, has again looked graciously upon me, in that some months ago He gave me anew a dear and precious wife, with whom I have since lived, by His goodness, quite contented and happy. — The other brethren are, thank God! all well and in health with their dear families. Since my last letter Br. Cordes and Br. Ochs have each been blessed with a little son, and Br. Wolff with a little daughter and a little son; on the other hand the Lord has taken to Himself the eldest little daughter of the latter. — The brethren bid you hearty greetings, with your dear family.

Greet all the dear brethren most heartily from me, especially the dear Brother Besel, whom I indeed do not know by face, but yet love in the Lord, and who had me greeted in your letter. — Pray for us and for the poor Church here, and keep us in your love. Write to me soon again. Up to now we have indeed not yet received your dear "Lutheraner," but hope confidently that it will yet find its way to us. Perhaps you could send it in larger packets by a sailing vessel, such as often go from New York to Madras.

Commending myself now, together with the brethren here, to your further love and intercession, and greeting you and your dear family most heartily, I remain

Your

faithful brother in the Lord

J. M. N. Schwarz.

The Michigan District Conference will assemble this year on Tuesday, the 30th of August, and the following days, at Saginaw City.

The Lancaster Pastors' Conference of the Synod of Missouri, Ohio and other States will assemble on the 1st of October of this year at Lancaster, O.

Der National Demokrat.

The first number of this new political and literary family paper has come to us. The editor is Mr. Friedrich Schmidt, already well known to most of our readers; the publishers are Buell and Blanchard in Washington, D. C. The paper is dedicated primarily to the Christians among the Germans of America, and will advocate and represent Christian as well as free democratic principles. — As regards both the richness, variety and excellence of its contents and the external appearance of this paper, it promises, judging by the first number, to become a paper that leaves far behind it every other among the German papers hitherto published here. Although we are of the opinion that it would be better if the paper left the defense of Christian principles and of the Bible to the religious papers, and contented itself with giving only such reading matter of a political paper as can be offered to Christians,*) we believe nevertheless that we are only fulfilling the duty of an editor of a religious periodical when we earnestly and from the heart recommend the National Demokrat to all Christian-minded Germans of this country as, without doubt, the best secular newspaper here. The terms are as follows:

*) The editor cannot deny that it is impossible to represent Christian principles in such a way that all his readers, even if presumably only Christian-minded ones, would be satisfied thereby.

The "National Demokrat" appears every Saturday, on a giant sheet in quarto format, at the yearly subscription price of Two Dollars, payable in advance.

Three copies, one year, for $5.00
Five copies " " " 8.00
Ten copies " " " 15.00

Address under which the paper may be obtained:

Buell und Blanchard,
Washington, D. C.

The first number appeared on the 9th of July of this year, the second on the 23rd of the same month.

The publishers write: "However small the number of our subscribers may remain, the first volume will nevertheless be delivered in full, the possible loss for the first year being wholly covered by friends of our undertaking."

Received

From the congregation of Pastor Rauschert, for the mission treasury $6.00

D. Clöter.

The "Lutheran Observer."

The Conference of the Evangelical Lutheran Ministerium of New York, assembled on the 8th of June of this year in N. York, has adopted, among others, the following resolution:

Resolved: That we, thoroughly dissatisfied both with the unevangelical and unsymbolical position of the "Lutheran Observer" as a church paper, and also dissatisfied with the lamentable things that occur in it, recommend the "Lutheran Standard."

The "Evangelical Lutheran."

The second number of a new English religious paper of this name lies before us. It is to appear henceforth once weekly. The place of publication is Springfield, Clark Co., Ohio; the editor the Rev. Victor L. Conrad. This paper is to serve, as it is said, a long-felt need of the synods in the West belonging to the General Synod. It will therefore, as regards faith and practice, take the standpoint of the General Synod, that is, precisely as regards the distinctive doctrines of the Ev. Lutheran Church, leave everyone free to believe what he will, and as regards the measures for the awakening of Christian life, recommend the new ones, such as the Revival system by protracted Meetings and the like. Therefore Dr. B. Kurtz writes in his "Lutheran Observer": "We agree with the general principles of the "Evangelical Lutheran" with all our heart and have no doubt, if the paper adheres to these principles, that God will bless it." Dr. Kurtz recommends the paper especially to the Mississippi Valley.

Church Dedication.

On the 10th of July the dedication of the church in Minden, Washington Co., Ill., took place. Already in the year 1847 the Evangelical Lutheran congregation there had begun this building. But until now it had to be used at the same time as a parsonage, until the LORD has so far helped the dear brethren there that they could erect a nice parsonage of their own, finish the church, and set it apart exclusively for the purposes of divine worship. The church is 33 feet long and 20 feet wide, solidly built of stout logs, and provided with a pretty little steeple. Situated on a hill in the Grand Prairie, it rises above the woods, so that it can be seen even from afar.

On the day before there was a violent thunderstorm; the rain poured down in streams and refreshed the parched and thirsty fields. When therefore Sunday morning dawned, the fields were resplendent,