# Der Lutheraner_St. Louis Missouri_1855 04 10_S135
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He was installed in his new office, by commission of the Reverend Vice-President P. Bünger, last Sunday Laetare, in the midst of his congregation, by the undersigned.

May our LORD JESUS Christ graciously grant His servant joyful, steadfast courage and rich blessing in his new calling, and let the joy of the dear congregation in their pastor be an ever constant one.

The address of the dear brother is:

Rev. Fr. Ottmann, Femme Osage P. O., St. Charles Co., Mo.

R. Lange.

(Contributed.)

Church Dedication and Installation into Office.

On the 4th of March 1855 there was a great feast day for the congregation at Sibiwaiing, Mich.

Since the sad apostasy of the Indian congregation at Shebahyonk the office of the missionary there had been vacant. Sorrowing, he moved from Shebahyonk back into his old former dwelling at Sibiwaiing. Here the faithful Lutheran German congregation awaited him, which now recognized God's will, to call as its sole pastor him who had formerly served it only as a filial from Shebahyonk. This was done; but the installation of the dear brother Auch, who was now to be comforted by the assumption of this office, was postponed, because the congregation first wished to finish the church building it had begun. Only on the 3rd of March of this year was the church finished. The undersigned, together with Pastor Cloeter, had arrived the day before upon the glorious ice and snow road of Saginaw Bay, in order to perform the installation of the dear brother Auch entrusted to them and the dedication of the excellently situated and neatly furnished little log church.

After the confession had been held on Sunday morning in the old mission and school room, the procession of church-goers set out toward the church, a quarter of a mile distant from there; before the entrance the assembly stood still and sang the first verse of the hymn: "Now thank we all our God," and then moved into the opened door, where a many-voiced choir sang the two other verses of the same hymn.

Pastor Auch then spoke the prayer of dedication and performed the altar service, while the undersigned delivered the morning sermon on the Gospel of Luke 19, 1—10; and Pastor Cloeter the afternoon sermon on Rev. of John 21, 1—5. At the close of the morning service the holy Lord's Supper was celebrated. May the LORD graciously grant that the labor of the dear brother Auch in his present German congregation be crowned with rich blessing, and that also in Sibiwaiing many be added to the church of the firstborn, which is holy through the blood of the Lamb.

Frankenlust, the 14th of March 1855.

Ferdinand Sievers, Past.

Heinz von Lüder.

While Philip, Landgrave of Hesse, sat captive, hostile troops overran his lands. The fortresses also were razed, except Ziegenhain, for there lay the honorable captain Heinz von Lüder, who held it for his lord with firm fidelity. When now Landgrave Philip was released, the Emperor commanded him, when he had come to Hesse, to have this man, who had been so defiant toward him, hanged in chains at the gate of Ziegenhain. An envoy of the Emperor was also sent along, who was to be present at the execution as an eyewitness. When now Philip had come to Ziegenhain, he assembled the court and the knighthood, took a golden chain, had his faithful captain hanged up against a wall for show, without hurting him, taken down again at once, and presented him with the golden chain amid great praises. The imperial envoy protested, but Philip said steadfastly that he had kept his promise to have him hanged, and that nothing would move him to do otherwise than so.

This Heinz von Lüder had also counseled so faithfully, beyond others, toward the founding of the hospital at Haina, brought everything into good order, spared neither diligence, toil, danger, nor anything ever, but as a faithful Christian overseer and patron of the poor held for as much as 30 years with the highest earnestness over the said house at all times. May God raise up and give more such people, who thus take the poor to heart.

Melanchthon counts this man among those who truly understand the Gospel and relates the following of him: I was at Frankfurt at a gathering of several of the nobility; among them was Heinz von Lüder (Lütter), a serious and distinguished man, who is now captain of the Landgrave in Hesse. Then the others began among themselves to chatter about theological things. But he became indignant over it, set them gravely right, and said: Why then do you all make such a game of divine things; all of you, I see, understand nothing whatever of such serious matters. Behold, I too believed I was wise and understood something, but I understood nothing of these theological matters. Only when I recently fell sick did I first begin to learn something of those questions. — Affliction, then, he recognized as his teacher, who had taught him to mark the Word and to understand it.

The Consolation of Banished Preachers.

When Emperor Charles V had banished the preachers at Augsburg because they would not consent to the Interim, the imprisoned Elector of Saxony, John Frederick, had them summoned before him, gave them a contribution, and when he heard that the whole Roman Empire was forbidden them, not to let themselves be found in it, he turned to the window and wept bitterly. At last he asked: Has the Emperor then forbidden you heaven also? When they now said no, he said joyfully: Well then, be comforted, there is no need; God will surely provide you a little place for your maintenance here, and will give you heaven there. Remember Christ's word: In my Father's house are many mansions; I go to prepare a place for you, and I will come again and receive you unto myself. Heaven is the best inheritance; Pope and Emperor cannot take that from us, though they take everything else from us.

Father and Son.

Justus Jonas became in the year 1541 pastor and superintendent at Halle. When Charles V had occupied Halle, Jonas received a Spanish captain into his quarters, who secretly had the command to murder the pastor. When now Jonas came to meet this captain kindly, he said to him: Herr Doctor, I cannot conceal from you that I have orders to put you to death; but I see that you are so pious and honest a man that I cannot possibly do you harm. In 1553 he became superintendent at Eisleben, where he died blessedly in 1555.

In the year 1567, on the 28th of June, this pious man's son, Dr. Christophorus Jonas, a jurist, was publicly beheaded at Copenhagen for his participation in the Grumbach affairs: Shortly before his death he said:

What helps it that you have studied much,
And do not act as is becoming?

But it is said that divine justice drew the said Christoph Jonas into punishment in a special manner because in his young years he had treated his excellent father, Dr. Justus Jonas, ill, had shown himself quite disobedient toward him, and had grieved him many times. The punishment does not always fail to come.

Notice.

The undersigned hereby makes known to all congregations of the Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Missouri that, unfortunately, Pastor Hoyer in Philadelphia has definitively declined the unanimous election that fell upon him as director of the gymnasium at St. Louis, and that therefore a new election has now been ordered by the general President of our Synod, Pastor Wynecken.

The more difficult it will now again be for us to find the suitable man for the above post, either from the old fatherland or from our own circle here, the more certain are we that the LORD will have mercy on our distress and turn our eyes upon the right man. Therefore, dear brethren, be pleased to lift up praying hands to the Father of all mercies, that He Himself may soon be our Helper also out of this distress. All members of the electoral college who have not yet sent in their votes for the election of the three candidates are asked to do so as soon as possible.

Frankenlust P. O. Mich., the 12th of March 1855.

Ferdinand Sievers,

Secretary of the Electoral College pro tempore.

A Little Arithmetic Book,

and indeed a simple, well-ordered collection of problems for the practice and self-employment of the pupils, has long been a pressing, yet hitherto for the most part unsatisfied need in the schools of our Synodical body and elsewhere. To remedy this in part, the undersigned, in consequence of a consultation with