# Der Lutheraner_St. Louis Missouri_1855 02 27_S111
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but what do they mean by that? — That the Lutherans do not accept their dreams and thoughts, and that they will not join them in learning to hold in low esteem doctrines revealed by God unto salvation, etc.

When it now says in the Botschafter: "Whatever part of His will our God had also revealed to Calvin, they" (namely the Lutherans) "would rather die than accept it", the reader is obviously to understand this thus: God also revealed to Calvin a part of His will which Luther did not recognize, for example concerning the holy Supper and election. It is therefore the duty of every Lutheran to accept them; but alas, they are so hard and stiff that they would rather die than do so. See, then, in those words the evident intention to seduce to false doctrine! For whence had Calvin his doctrine of the holy Supper and of election? From his own brain.

See, dear Anton, passages such as this and similar ones are found not a few in the paper; so I must counsel you not to read it any more.

A. I see it, you are right. I will therefore also follow your counsel. The Botschafter is now repugnant to me. But how will the Tract Society be able to answer for it, which publishes such a paper —

E. and has it smuggled into the Christian congregations through its colporteurs? and that thereby all conscientiousness with regard to the purity and unadulterated state of the Word of God is stifled, indifference as to whether the doctrine is pure or false is begotten, zeal in confessing the truth is paralyzed, the holy contest for the pure doctrine is brought under suspicion, and the false union is ever more widely spread? — I do not see it. God enlighten them!

E. Wolff.

(Submitted.)

Church News.

The undersigned, referring to the notice made by Rev. Schwan in No. 10 of this volume of the Lutheraner, brings the further joyful news that Pastor F. Steinbach was, last Sunday (Dom. p. Epiph. IV.), presented to the Lutheran congregation at Sheboygan, together with its two branch congregations, as their lawfully called pastor, and solemnly installed in his office, by the venerable President of the northern District, Rev. P. D. Fürbringer, with the assistance of the writer, according to the form of the old Electoral Saxon Agende.

By the so sudden departure last summer of our dear fellow-laborer, P. D. Eißfeldt, the young congregation at Sheboygan and its two branches were not only made premature orphans, but God also, according to His holy counsel, left them without a shepherd until now for trial and purification, although on the part of the venerable District presidency everything possible was done to fill the vacant congregations at once again with a suitable man. It already seemed as if the duration of the trial and of the waiting were to be prolonged until spring; behold, then the LORD helped all at once, and as early as the holy Christmas festival gave to the congregations there the one of His servants whom He had chosen to water what our blessed Eißfeldt planted with faithfulness, and to build up further what he, during his so short term of office, had still to leave waste. We rejoice with them in such grace, and call to all pious hearts in these our northern sister congregations: "Lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone; the flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land" (Song of Sol. 2, 11. 12.) The LORD bless the labor of our brother, as He blessed that of his blessed predecessor!

Milwaukie, Wisc., the 4th of Feb. 1855

Fr. Lochner, Pastor.

Addr: Rev. Ferdinand Steinbach, Sheboygan, Wisc.

In Canada also the Lord has opened to us a door for the proclamation of His Word, according to the confession of our fathers.

The Ev. Luth. St. Peter's congregation at Middleton, Norfolk Co. C. W., which the undersigned served for almost a year as a branch, has now duly called the former mission assistant, Mr. Johannes Edmund Röder, as its own pastor, and he was, by commission of the Rev. President of the eastern District of our Synod, Rev. P. Keyl, on the II. Sunday after Epiphany, ordained by me with obligation to all the Symbols of our Church and installed in his office. The Lord bless shepherd and flock out of Zion. (Ps. 134, 3.

A. Ernst.

Address: Rev. E. Roeder.

Delhi P. O. Norfolk Co. Can. West.

(Submitted by Pastor Metz.)

It will surely give our dear Lutheran brethren no small joy to hear something once more from New Orleans, to learn how the Lord in this great city also gathers to Himself an ever larger people, which honors Him from the heart, worships Him and proclaims His holy name. Yes, the faithful God has done great things here. He has brought together a new little flock, to whom it is a hearty concern not only to be saved, but also to have the knowledge of the full, pure, clear truth. It is the Zion congregation in the upper part of the city. After it had found in Mr. Cantor Th. Bünger a capable schoolteacher and champion in all its troubles, the Lord gave it, in the person of Pastor Wilhelm Fick, Jr., a brave preacher and pastor. God made it wait long for him. It almost seemed as if the grace were never to be granted to it of having a pastor of its own and of rejoicing in his pasture. The first Sunday in Advent was therefore a true day of joy for it, as well as for the members of the writer's congregation. On the same day Pastor Fick entered upon his office with his congregation. The joy of the dear brethren at at last having a pastor of their own in their midst showed itself especially also in this, that they had cleaned their house of God thoroughly and adorned it richly with flowers, wreaths and little sprays. In the forenoon the dear brother in office was installed by the undersigned, after a sermon on Rom. 15, 29. In the afternoon he delivered his inaugural sermon on 2 Cor. 5, 20. 21, in which he showed: "What I bring, and: For what I beseech you." —

May the dear Lutheran brethren then remember especially also New Orleans in their prayers. May the gracious and merciful God grant that this new congregation become a true Zion congregation and its preacher a genuine watchman of Zion, who lifts up his voice like a trumpet for the awakening of many dead and the preservation of all the living, so that here in this city, where sin and all ungodliness are mighty, the superior power of divine grace may reveal itself ever more gloriously, and the fire of the Lord that has been kindled may burn on ever farther. Amen. —

Metz, Pastor.

On Septuagesima Sunday Pastor Klaus, who with the consent of his former congregation at Neumelle had accepted a call from the Ev. Lutheran congregation at Bremen near St. Louis, was introduced into his office by the undersigned, by commission of the Presidium. May the Lord richly bless, through this His servant, already much tried and proved, the dear congregation newly entrusted to him! Amen.

Fr. Wyneken.

(From the Lutheran Herald.)

Since we do not feel at ease in our conscience with the decision of the accusation against Pastor Albach, and since the reasons given are by no means acknowledged by us as sufficient to exclude a preacher from office, we, the undersigned members of the Synod of Ohio, hereby make known that we fully agree with the resolution published in this year's proceedings of the Northern District, in which a request goes to the General Synod to undertake yet another investigation in this matter, and we hereby request from our whole heart that this matter be adjudged conscientiously according to God's Word, to the honor of our venerable body.

Pittsburg, November 14., 1854

Henry S. Lasar. F. G. Zeumer. Chr. G. Friedrich. C. Schwankovsky. Peter Eirich.

Dr. Reynolds.

We read in the "luth. Kirchenboten" that Dr. Reynolds, formerly President of the Capital University, has purchased the college of Rev. Keßler at Allentown in Pennsylvania and will take it over next spring. During the past year