# Der Lutheraner_St. Louis Missouri_1853 08 30_S8
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Christ's Complaint.

In the monastery at Volmirstadt there are found, on an altar panel, the following rhymes, written in letters of gold in the Low German tongue, still from the time before the Reformation, in which Christ is represented complaining of the contempt of His glory and grace. These rhymes are voices of evangelical knowledge out of a dark time. We hope that also those who are otherwise unacquainted with the Low German language will decipher and understand these rhymes. We therefore give them again in their original, wondrously lovely form:

Ick bin schöne:
Men friet †) my nich.
Ick bin edel:
Men dienet my nich.
Ick bin riegke: ††)
Men biddet my nich.
Ick bin en Lehrer:
Men fragt my nich.
Ick bin ewich:
Men söcht my nich.
Ick bin wahrhaftig:
Men gelövet my nich.
Ick bin de Wech:
Men wandert my nich.
Ick bin der Levend:
Men begeret my nich.
Ick bin barmhertich:
Men trüet *) my nich.
Ick bin rechtvertig:
Men entsöcht my nich.
Werde gy den verdömet, †††)
Soen verwitet my nich.

What Is Dying?

Mrs. Z. of Z., an excellent, Christian lady, told a trusted friend, on one of her last days of illness: Last night I dreamed that my departed sister appeared to me, and said to me with a comforting gesture: Dear sister! you think with so much anxiety and fear of your approaching death; do you want to know what dying is? Ah yes, I answered, tell me, then, what dying is; it grows so hard for me whenever I think of it; what is dying? Yes, sister, I will show you what dying is! Behold, that is death. Thereupon she laid herself down gently at full length upon a bench, and at once there escaped from her body an infinitely fine image of light; and she was dead. Then I awoke from the dream.— (Phil. 1, 21.)

Nobility of Mind.

When the Russian General Prince Gallizin had conquered the fortress of Schlüsselburg, the Emperor Peter the First said to him: Ask what you will, only Moscow and my Catherine excepted! — With honorable magnanimity he begged the pardon of his old adversary, Prince Repnin, whom Peter had reduced from field marshal to common soldier. He received his request, and with it the confidence of his monarch, the esteem of Repnin, and the applause of all who heard of his nobility of mind. (Matt. 5, 44.)

†) That is, one does not woo me, one does not wed oneself to me.
††) That is, rich. *) That is, trusts.
†††) That is, condemned.

Receipt and Thanks.

For the building of the evangelical Lutheran church in Michawaka, St. Joseph Co., Ia., there have been received in addition: from the congregation of Rev. Mr. Schaller in Detroit $4.00; from Mr. Leonhard Denner in Coldwater $2.00.
Hearty thanks to the kind givers in the name of the congregation J. Bernreuther, Pastor.

With hearty thanks to God and the kind givers I hereby acknowledge $2.00 received from the St. John's Congregation of Rev. Mr. Heid in Greenville, Dark Co., O. J. N. Beyer.
Fort Wayne, July 27.

From several of my friends in St. Louis I received, for my support at the seminary here, on July 25, $10.00
May the faithful God, according to His gracious promises, richly repay these gifts of love with temporal and eternal goods. H. Jüngel.
Fort Wayne, July 28, 1853.

With hearty thanks acknowledges hereby to have received for his support: from the Young Men's Society at Altenburg, Perry Co., Mo., $6.00; from the congregation of Rev. Mr. Besel in Staunton, Macoupin Co., Ill., $1.00. C. F. T. Grebel.

Received from Mr. Ludwig Hötter of the congregation at Cleveland $5.00, from the Women's Society at Fort Wayne $2.50, from Mr. Piepenbrink at Fort Wayne $1.00 — for which I heartily thank God and the kind givers.
W. Engelbert,
Pupil in the seminary at Fort Wayne.

Received

a. for the Synodical Treasury:
From Rev. Mr. Paulus Heid $1.00
" the Zion congregation of Rev. Mr. Streckfuß, to be acknowledged belatedly 0.54
b. for the Synodical Mission Treasury:
From the girls of the Immanuel School in St. Louis 1.00
" members of the congregation of Rev. Mr. Johannes 8.00
namely: J. H. M. $0.25, Chr. H. $0.25, H. H. $2.00, J. Mk. $1.00, Cl. Ms. $0.50, H. H. $2.50, an unnamed person $1.50.
c. for the maintenance of Concordia College:
Vacat.
d. For poor students and pupils in Concordia College and Seminary:
From the Young Men's Society in the congregation of Rev. Mr. Hattstädt in Monroe, Mich., for the student Ahner $12.00
e. for the building of Concordia College:
From members of the congregation of Rev. Mr. Baumgart in Elkhorn Prairie, Ill. 7.00
namely: F. W. Brockschmidt $3.00, Böttger $2.00, Diekröger $2.00.
" Mr. Friedrich Thürwächter through Rev. Mr. Volkert 10.0
F. W. Barthel, Treasurer.

Paid

for the 8th volume the gentlemen Pastor Heid (3 copies), Stockber[illegible]
" 9th " " " " Fried. Borrenpohl, Christoph [illegible]scher, Christian Haller, Past. Johannes (6 copies), E. L., Past. Moser ($0.50), M. Mulzer, G. E. Niemann, Heinr. Steuerwald ($0.50), Hermann Schäfer, Nicol. Schäfer, Friedrich Thürwächter, Past. zur Mühlen ($0.50)
" 10th volume the gentlemen Auf der Heide, J. H. Evers, Heinrich Feiler, H. Hinnau, John Knoche, J. Keil, E. L., Leembuis, H. Meyer, Gottlieb Mittenzwei, G. E. Niemann, H. H. Niemann, W. Riemann, Heinrich Steuerwald ($0.50), Phil. Schäfer, P. Savage, H. Schäfer, Seggebruch, B. H. Succop, Friedrich Thürwächter, Past. Trautmann, Voskamp, Wilker, Catharine Zitzelmann.

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.
(The 1st and 2nd volumes are out of print.)
Fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh volume of the Lutheraner, each
Conversations between Two Lutherans on Methodism, (in pamphlet form) 1 copy
Dr. Martin Luther's Treatise on the True Church, 2 copies
The Constitution of the German Evang. Luth. Synod of Missouri, Ohio and other States
Second, Third, Fourth and Fifth Synodal Report of the same Synod, each
Hymnal for evang. Luth. congregations, published by the local evangel. Luth. congregations of the U. A. Conf., in pressed leather binding, the copy
The dozen $8.
100 copies $62,5
The same in smaller format, the copy
The dozen $5,
100 copies $40,
Dr. Martin Luther's Small Catechism, unaltered reprint
By the dozen $1,
A B C Book, and exercises arranged in proper gradation, etc., published by our Synod
By the dozen $1,0
Johann Hübner's Biblische Historien. New York edition, singly
Dr. Martin Luther's Exposition of the 90th Psalm, stitched and trimmed
By the dozen $1,5
Verse Book for Luther's Small Catechism
By the dozen $1,5
The Pastoral Letter of Rev. Pastor Grabau at Buffalo of the year 1840, together with the writings exchanged between him and several pastors in Missouri
Letter of Dr. Martin Luther on the Appointment of Church Ministers, to the Council at Prague in Bohemia, of the year 1523, translated from the Latin by Paulus Speratus
Timotheus. A Gift for the Confirmed Youth. Adapted from Hiller, bound
By the dozen $3,
Sermon on Easter Day 1851, in St. Louis, Mo., delivered by Prof. C. F. W. Walther
His sermon on 1 Thess. 4, 1—7: The Exhortation of the Holy Apostle, to Become Ever More Perfect
(Both sermons separately printed from the "Lutheraner.")
New Testaments, for the most part with the Psalter, Stuttgart, London and Hamburg edition, in ordinary binding with the Psalms
ditto without Psalter
gilt-edged
28 Confirmation Certificates with Bible verses and hymn stanzas, also with biblical pictures and marginal drawings; lithographed and published by Leopold Gast $1
16 Baptismal Certificates with Bible verses together with similar pictures and marginal drawings; lithographed and published by Gast & Brother $1
Melodies of German Church Hymns after Dr. Friedrich Layritz
Appendix to the same
The same with the Appendix

Printed by M. Niedner,
Corner of Third and Chestnut Street.