# Der Lutheraner_St. Louis Missouri_1855 01 02_S80
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to stand as godfathers. The letter reads as follows:

"Honorable, wise Sirs, we are minded, God willing, to have our bells consecrated and baptized on the Sunday of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross according to the order of the holy Christian Church: it is our kind request that you would, at the time named, for God's sake appear with us together with other good friends and be chief sponsors with us. Take the reward from the Most High God and the patron St. Sixtus and the holy Virgin St. Juliana; so will we gladly deserve it. Dated the Sunday after Egidius, in the year 1516.

Curt and Clauß Vitzthum of Eckstett, together with the altar-men."

The reader must not suppose, however, that this was perhaps only an abuse of private persons, and that therefore it is not to be charged to the Roman church itself. The Pontificale Romanum (Roman ceremonial book) describes, on the contrary, the usages and ceremonies which are to be employed at a baptism of bells, most minutely. In it it says, for example: "Let the bishop put salt into the water and say: May this mixture of salt and water work a salutary sacrament in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost. Thereupon the bishop begins to wash the bell with the said water. . . . Thereupon he makes with the holy oil on the outside over the bell the sign of the cross . . . saying: Lord, may this sign be hallowed and sanctified in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost. Peace be with thee" etc.

The usage of the baptism of bells came up under Pope John XIII., who first consecrated a newly cast bell thus and gave it the name John. "This usage has then remained in the church from that time on," writes the Roman Catholic church historian Baronius under the year 966 after Christ's birth.

Well known are the words which the papists put into the mouth of every church bell and with which they would indicate its significance; they are these: "I honor the true God, call the people, assemble the clergy, pray to the saints, teach the feasts, mourn the dead, drive away the plague and the evil spirits." And this power it is which the bell is to receive through baptism.

Church Notice.

Since the Rev. P. F. Steinbach, with the consent of his congregation, has accepted the call to the German Lutheran Church in Sheboygan, Wisc., the Rev. P. Heinr. Jüngel, formerly at Peru, Indiana, has been regularly called in his stead by the St. Paul's Congregation in Liverpool, and has been installed in his new office by me, on the 14th of Dec., by commission of the Right Reverend President of the Middle District of our Synod, Prof. Dr. Sihler.

May the Holy Spirit help him, partly to plant, partly to water what was planted before, that it may not die, but blossom joyfully and bring forth fruit that is well pleasing to the heavenly Gardener.

H. C. Schwan.

Addr. Rev. H. Juengel
Liverpool P. O.
Medina Co., O.

Receipt and Thanks.

The undersigned acknowledges herewith with thanks the receipt of $5.00 from the Rev. Dr. Sihler. — May the faithful God requite it to him according to his promise here in time and there in eternity.

Concordia College, 26 Nov. 1854.

Ernst Böse.

Received with Thanks

for the widow Heid, from
an Unnamed Person of St. Louis . . . . $1.00.
Pastor Fricke in Indianapolis . . . 1.00.
" " Kühn in Euclid . . . . . . 2.00.
" " Schwan in Cleveland . . . . 1.00.
C. F. W. Walther.

$1.00 from Pastor Brauer,
$1.00 from Teacher Bartling,
$0.50 from Mr. W. Hoffmann
have come to the undersigned as extraordinary contributions for the widow Heid, for forwarding. St. Louis, 30 Dec. 1854.

Otto Ernst.

Received

a. for the Synodical Treasury:
From Mr. B. F. Hänichen in St. Louis . . . . . . . . . . $2.50.
Through Pastor Keyl, sent in: . . . . . . . . . . 3.00.
namely $2.00 collected at E. Se.'s wedding.
1.00 from Bk.
From Pastor Eirich for 1853 and 1854 . . . . . . . . . 2.00.

b. for the Synodical Mission Treasury:
From the congregation of Pastor [illegible] in Adrian, Mich. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.00.
From Rr. through Pastor Keyl . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.
" the congregation of Pastor Schliepsiek at Plasant Ridge, Ills. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.15.

c. for the support of Concordia College:
Through Pastor Keyl, sent in: . . . . . . . . . . . . 64.25.
namely $4.25 collected at the wedding of K. Dr.,
56.00 collection at the Reformation festival,
2.00 Lr.
50 Fr.
50 Bk.
1.00 Bk. for Prof. Biewend.

d. for poor students and pupils in Concordia College and Seminary:
From Mr. Bk., sent in through Pastor P. Keyl . . . . $1.36.

e. for the Concordia College Building:
Nothing.

☞ The contributions received from Lancaster, O., shall be acknowledged in the next number.

F. W. Barthel, Treasurer.

Paid

for volumes 6—8:
Mr. Heinrich Holle.

For volume 9:
Mr. Eibracht.

For volume 10:
The Messrs. Heinr. Böhning, Dröge, Eilbracht, Erfmeyer, Külsen, Kühnemann, H. Laging, Past. Lindemann, Fr. Straub, Simmerer, Voigtländer, Weinhold.

For volume 11.
The Messrs. Daniel Arnold, Wilh. Blake, Eli Druschel, Eilbracht, Erfmeyer, Peter Elfaß, Christ. Herrling, J. P. Huhn, Wilh. Hesterberg, Hofmeyer, Heinrich Johanning, Kämpfe, John Knipp, König, Louise Kahlenberger, C. H. Lothmann, Past. Mattfeld (3 copies) Stegkhemmer, J. Theiß, Past. Winkler. — The name "Scheers" is not to be confused with "Scheer."

Books and Pamphlets,
to be had of the undersigned at the prices affixed.

Hirschberger Bibeln, very handsome and durable, bound in leather, 3.75
Kirchengesangbuch für evang.-luth. Gemeinden, published by the local Evang. Luth. Congregation U. A. Conf., in pressed leather binding,
each 50
per dozen 5.25
per hundred 40.00
The same in larger print and format,
each 75
per dozen 8.00
per hundred 62.50
(Of both formats copies elegantly bound, with gilt edges, are also on hand at the price of $1.00 to $1.75.)
Dr. Martin Luthers kleiner Katechismus, unaltered reprint,
each 10
per dozen 1.00
Spruchspruch zum kleinen Katechismus Lutheri of Luther,
each 15
per dozen 1.50
Johann Hübners biblische Historien, New-Yorker Ausgabe,
each 25
per dozen 2.60
Neue Fibeln, oder ABC- und Lesebuch für christliche Schulen, prepared by the Evang. Luth. Synod of Missouri, Ohio and other States, each 10
per dozen 1.00
First, second, third, fourth, fifth, seventh and eighth Synodal Report of the German Evang. Luth. Synod of Missouri, Ohio and other States, each 10
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 Increase More and More, 5
His sermon on 1 John 2:19: How can and shall the belief that the true Church is properly invisible and scattered over the whole world not mislead us to forsake the orthodox visible Church, 5
Löhes Agende, erster Theil, zweite Auflage, stitched, 2.00
His Saamenkörner des Gebets, 30
His Rauchopfer für Kranke und Sterbende, 30
His Konrad, a gift for confirmands, 20
Wucherer, das Wort der Wahrheit, 1.40
Die christliche Lehre von der Versöhnung und Erlösung, by Kraußold, 30
Geschichte der christlichen Kirche, by Trautmann, second part, 35
Christliche Biographien, by Rudelbach, first installment, 40
Bauers Grundzüge der Hochdeutschen Grammatik 50
Praktisches Rechenbuch, by Walz, 30
Marr, allgemeine Musiklehre, 2.25
Die Liturgie eines vollständigen Hauptgottesdienstes, by Lairitz, 30
Lairitz, Choralbuch, third part, 1.35
Gedenkeblatt an die Konfirmation mit Sprüchen, by Müller, per 50 copies, 35
Stöbers Geschichten und Erzählungen, 1 vol. stitched, 60
Neueste Volksbibliothek, by Redenbacher, second volume, 40
Gotthelf und Anna, eine Geschichte für Kinder, 20
Der Heiland, ein christliches Weihnachtsgeschenk für Kinder, with 63 neatly lithographed pictorial representations from the life of our Redeemer and of the apostles, 50
Various small picture-books at the price of 10 to 15 cents each.
28 Confirmation Certificates with Bible verses and hymn stanzas, also with biblical pictures and marginal drawings; lithographed and published by Leopold Gast 1.00
21 Baptismal Certificates with Bible verses together with like pictures and marginal drawings; lithographed and published by Gast and Brother, 1.00
Note: Formerly 16 copies of these Baptismal Certificates cost $1.00; but since they have found a wider circulation than was to be expected, the publishers have now made this reduction in price.
Melodien deutscher Kirchengesänge nach Dr. Friedrich Layritz mit dem Anhange 35
The Appendix alone 15

Also Second-hand

Lutherus redivivus, oder das siebente theologische Schatzkästlein, from the seven Jena parts of the German writings of Dr. Martin Luther, prepared by Erasmus Gruber 1665. 3.60
Acta historico ecclesiastica, oder gesammelte Nachrichten von den neuesten Kirchen-Geschichten, 1756. 55 volumes, together 7.00

Otto Ernst,
Barry Street, (the next street south of Park Av.) between 7th and 8th, opposite the Phoenix Mill.
Address:
Otto Ernst, care of Rev. Prof. C. F. W. Walther
St. Louis, Mo.

St. Louis, Mo.,
Printing office of the Ev. Luth. Synod of Missouri, Ohio and other States.