# Der Lutheraner_St. Louis Missouri_1854 11 21_S56
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grown. With his departure from this world the dear congregation, in whose pasture he served its lambs, and our church here in general, so poor in faithful shepherds of children, suffers a painful loss. He leaves behind a widow with three fatherless orphans, whose lack of means now also appeals to the love of Christian hearts. Should any one therefore have a small gift still to spare for the support of these bereaved, the writer of this, the Editor of the "Lutheraner," offers to receive these gifts with joy, to deliver them to the widow and her orphans, and in due time to give a receipt for them in this paper. —

From New Orleans also we must again bring our dear readers a message of mourning. Indeed God has graciously restored our dear brother in office, Pastor Carl Metz, the successor of the blessed Volck, at the fervent intercession of his congregation, from the dreadful yellow fever, by which he himself also was very severely seized; but a few weeks afterward it pleased God, by the same plague, to take from his side his so dear wife, who had been united with him not yet three full months, namely Mrs. Dorothea, born Fick (sister of the brothers Fick). She died on the 24th of October; yet in the joyful faith and confession that she had a "LORD LORD, who also delivers from death."

Popery.

Not long ago the popish Archbishop in New York issued a pastoral letter in which it is said, among other things, that he sees himself obliged "from the 1st of November of this year to forbid all collections in this diocese which are not intended for this diocese itself — and indeed until the new Cathedral is finished." So reports Oertel's Kirchenzeitung of the 2nd of this month. The Lord Prelate goes so far, then, in paternal care for his diocese, that he forbids even the works of love toward his foreign fellow-believers, in order that, namely, there may be no lack of money to build a quite showy house for his official glory! — On the same page of the said paper the German Catholics of Newark write: "With permission of the Right Rev. Bishop we have bought eight of the finest lots, in order to begin the building of a second German Catholic church." Naturally, — if the Bishop can forbid good works, he must surely also give much more his permission first, when one wants to build a house for divine service.

A proof how shamefully the Papists handle God's Word and use it only for mockery is furnished by Mr. Oertel, who in the paper named writes, among other things, in an exhortation to payment, the following: "Dear Messrs. Agents, do something extra now, and if the little Katie wants to hide, seek her with diligence, but without rudeness. Seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you. And then do not dawdle long, but send the money at once."

The Anabaptists.

The "Evangelical Lutheran" writes: "The Salem Baptist Association has, in its last meeting, with 1 or 2 votes against it, resolved: That it is incompatible with the principles of a Baptist to acknowledge as ministers of the Gospel the preachers who baptize children (since we indeed deny the lawfulness of their official acts), by inviting them to ascend our pulpits, or by our preaching with them." — If the so-called Old Lutherans were to publish such a resolution, what an outcry about intolerance and censoriousness would arise!

Received with hearty thanks

for the board of the students and pupils in Concordia College, from the German Ev. Luth. congregation in Elkhorn Prairie, Illinois (Pastor Baumgart), fourteen hundred pounds of wheat flour of the best quality; also $4.15 in cash for the pupil Bewie from the same congregation; also 8 pounds of butter from Mr. Biermann of the same place; also 3 bushels of potatoes and 2½ bushels of fresh apples from Mr. Trampe and 6 bushels of apples from Mr. Kreutel, both from the congregation of Rev. P. Links in Neubilefeld in St. Louis Co., Mo.; eggs, butter and ham, to the value of $10.00, from the congregation of Rev. Pastor Birkmanns near Waterloo, Ill.; weekly, bread to the value of $0.50 during the whole year ending with the present month, from Mr. Baker-master Delit in St. Louis.

Concordia College near St. Louis, Mo., the 14th of Novbr. 1854.

Ludwig Wüllner,

College Steward.

Of the Book of Martyrs

of the Ev. Lutheran Church the second number of the second volume has just appeared. It contains French and English martyrs. The following are described in it: Etienne Brun the bookseller of Avignon, Thomas Bilney, Robert Barnes, William Jerome, Thomas Gerrard and Rowland Taylor. Of special interest may be the history of the blessed Barnes, whose martyrdom is described at length by Dr. Luther, with whom he was personally acquainted.

Orders may be made to Mr. Otto Ernst, care of Revd. Prof. Walther, St. Louis, Mo.

Church Notice.

Whereas a number of members of the Cleveland congregation, with our consent, have formed a parish of their own, the St. John's congregation in Independence, and have regularly called the Rev. Mr. J. Strieter, formerly in Elyria and Vermillion, he has been installed in his new office, on behalf of the Right Rev. President of the middle District of our Synod, Dr. and Prof. Sihler, on the 18th Sunday after Trinity, by me, with the assistance of the Rev. Pastors Kühn and Steinbach, and at the same time the newly built church has been dedicated. — May our dear fellow-believers now include this congregation also in their intercession.

H. C. Schwan.

Address:

Revd. I. Strieter,

Newburgh P. O., Cuyahoga Co., O.

"I beseech you, learn the Holy Scriptures, read them often, because they are sweeter than all honey; stronger than wine; milder than oil; more precious than gold; purer than silver. Above all it appeals to God and invites to the love of God, enlightens the hearts, cleanses the tongue, tests the conscience, sanctifies the soul, strengthens faith, drives away the devil, despises sins, warms the cold souls, shows the light of knowledge, drives out the darkness of ignorance, destroys worldly sadness, kindles joy in the Holy Ghost, gives the thirsty to drink." Augustine.

A Princely Word.

When once the Duke of Venice showed Emperor Charles the Fifth all the splendors of his princely court, in the expectation that the Emperor would greatly marvel at it and thereupon count him happy, Emperor Charles gave answer: "Haec sunt, quae faciunt invitos mori," that is, "These are the things that make one unwilling to die." — Consider that, you who would fain become rich!

For Attention.

Those brethren who have not yet contributed for the widow Eisfeldt are requested to send in, postage paid, at the latest by the next 1st of January, the contribution concerned, of 50 cents for the current year of the subscription, to the undersigned.

Free gifts and extra contributions will also be thankfully received.

A. Ernst.

White's Corners P. O., Erie Co. N. Y.

Changed Address.

Revd. G. Schaller,

care of Revd Prof. C. F. W. Walther,

St. Louis, Mo.

The list of receipts follows in the next number.

Printed by M. Niedner & Co.,

Northwest corner of Third and Pine Street.