# Der Lutheraner_St. Louis Missouri_1849 04 02_S128 # AI translation — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration) 128 ditions-seeking party has everywhere gained the upper hand and, partly by force, as in Vienna and Berlin, partly by the arts of politics, has wrested from the people its so-called March achievements, yet it does not seem to be by any means sure of its triumph. The lofty thoughts of unity and freedom for Germany have for the most part been dispersed into nothing; never has the prospect of unity of the various German tribes been more remote than now. The Frankfurt Imperial Diet, which is said, by the way, to be so expensive that every word spoken there costs half a gulden, seems to lose more and more in moral power. It passes resolutions, but nobody troubles himself about them. In January the so-called Fundamental Rights were to be published and introduced throughout Germany, but when the day came, nobody thought of it; some governments refused outright to introduce them, others wished to recognize them only conditionally, still others wished to wait and see what the others would do. The Diet has resolved that there shall be an Emperor, and that he shall be chosen from among the reigning princes. Austria, however, since it perceives that the King of Prussia has a good prospect of the imperial crown, makes an angry face and will in no case suffer a subordination to another prince. It will either separate itself entirely from the German Confederation or, if it cannot direct the imperial election upon itself, overthrow the whole project by secret intrigues, especially as it has in Russia, Bavaria, and Hanover allies of like mind. In Hungary the hitherto victorious imperial arms are said to have suffered considerable losses from the Hungarians, and it is supposed that the Emperor would be ready to make an equitable peace with the rebellious Hungarians. Denmark continues to arm itself considerably, notwithstanding that the peace negotiations are being continued and the armistice is to be prolonged for three months. In France the new President, Louis Bonaparte, gains in popular favor and adherents. There is already talk of his prospective ascent to the throne. That the Pope has fled from Rome is already known; now the Roman people also, on the 9th of February, proclaimed the Republic and declared the temporal dominion of the Pope over the States of the Church abolished. Yet it is intended to secure to the Pope the exercise of his spiritual power. This act was concluded with a Te Deum in St. Peter's Church. Probably the fire will spread farther, as indeed the Grand Duke of Tuscany has already been driven out of his residence and the Republic declared there. Two armies are said to be on the march against Rome, in order to reinstate the Pope in "the patrimony of Peter." A remarkable sign of the times it is also that the Turkish Grand Sultan has issued a law by which Christians are to enjoy equal civil rights with the Mussulmans and even have access to the highest offices of state. The two principalities under Turkish suzerainty, Moldavia and Wallachia, which on occasion of a revolution that broke out there were occupied by the Russians, are still in the hands of the latter, and they have no desire to give them up again, notwithstanding the protest of England and France against it. The Enlightened and the Church. Responsive Song. 1 Sam. 24:13: The LORD will be judge between me and thee. The Enlightened. How far we have come, after all, How advanced we are, after all! We have made the doctrine clear at last, Have won the kernel of the Bible. We have shown that a God must be, His attributes we know: Yes, God is God -- that is now commonly held, And Christ to be called His ambassador. The Church. The mouth of the unwise says well: The true God we mean; Yet their heart is full of unbelief, In deed they deny Him. Their nature is corrupted, indeed, Before God it is an abomination, There is none of them that doeth good. The Enlightened. And how man is constituted, That you need only ask us; Of his gifts of such manifold kind We know what is right to say. For to reason all is clear, It builds a tower up to heaven, There it beholds God, and, down to a hair, Man in the earthly turmoil. The Church. Our knowledge and understanding Is wrapped in darkness, Unless Thy Spirit's hand Fill us with bright light. To think, do, and devise good Thou must Thyself accomplish in us. The Enlightened. Man is noble, is divine, is free, Is born without sin; If he uses his gifts of such manifold kind, Happiness never goes lost to him. And if he stumbles -- behold, we deny it not -- He yet need not be alarmed, His own virtue acquits him again, Its luster will cover the damage well enough. The Church. Through Adam's fall is wholly corrupted Human nature and being: His poison has been inherited by us, We could not be healed Without God's comfort, who has redeemed us From the great harm Into which Satan's power Has brought us, To bring God's wrath upon us. The Enlightened. Behold, this is truth, that makes you free And happy, it does not forbid rejoicing; Only that it be decently moderate and seemly, So that the consequences need not be feared. And when you have finished the earthly course, You faithful, you glorious souls, Then to you, who have done good here, The reward of virtue will not fail. The Church. In the midst of life we are Encompassed by death: Whom shall we find to give help, That we may obtain grace? It is Thou, Lord, alone. We repent our misdeed, Which hath angered Thee, Lord. Holy Lord God, Holy mighty God, Holy merciful Savior, Thou eternal God, let us not sink Into the bitter pangs of death. Kyrie eleison. The Enlightened. How far we have come, after all, How advanced we are, after all! But mark this well, O friends, That which we have so laboriously won. Unite, friends of light, in time, To bind the bonds yet closer, Wage the strife against the obscurantists: Verily you will succeed. The Church. The Word they shall let stand And have no thanks for it. He is with us well upon the field With His Spirit and gifts. Let them take our body, Goods, honor, child and wife: Let these go their way, They have no gain by it; The kingdom must remain ours still. (From the Zeitgedichte by H. A. Seidel.) The Two Blind Men. There were once in Rome two blind men. One of them cried daily in the streets of the city: "He is helped whom God helps"; the other, on the contrary, cried: "He is helped whom the Emperor helps." -- As they did this daily, and the Emperor often heard it, he had a loaf baked and filled with many gold pieces. This loaf filled with money he caused to be given to the one blind man, who appealed to the Emperor's help. When he felt the heavy weight of the loaf, he sold it to the other blind man, when he met him. The blind man who had bought the loaf carried it home, and when he had broken it and found the money in it, he thanked God and from that time ceased to beg. But as the other still begged bread in the city, the Emperor called him to himself and asked him: "What hast thou done with the bread that I caused to be given thee yesterday?" He answered: "I sold it to my friend, because it seemed to me doughy." But the Emperor said: "Indeed, whom God helps, he is helped," and drove the blind man from him. (Latin story from the 13th and 14th century. Mag. f. Lit. d. Ausl.) The German Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and other States will hold its next sessions at Fort Wayne, Ind., beginning on the Wednesday after Trinity, on the 6th to 16th of June of this year. Changed Address: Rev'd J. C. Schulze, Springfield, Clark Co., Ohio. The bookstore of Rohland and Detharding, No. 9 Chestnut Street, St. Louis, Mo., recommends: Der Pilger aus Sachsen. A Christian periodical. 14th year, 52 numbers, $1.00. Received for the mission on the Cass River in Mich.: $1.00 from the Lutheran congregations at Bucyrus and Galion, Crawford Co., O., through Rev. P. Kraus. for the Synodical Mission Treasury: $5.68¾ from Rev. P. Löber and his congregation. $1.00 from Mr. Gottfr. Müller in Paitzdorf. $3.00 through Rev. P. Habel from his congregation in Pomeroy and Chester Township, Ohio. $3.00 from Rev. P. Brauer, collection. $4.15 from members of the congregation in St. Louis. Paid. The 1st year, Mr. Fr. Ochs. The 4th year, Mr. Heinr. Bardonner, to No. 17. The 1st half of the 5th year, Mr. Kaufmann. The 2nd half of the 5th year, Messrs. Fr. Markgraf, Jakob and Chrn. Wingert. The 5th year, Messrs. Anton Bade, P. Brauer, John Beery, Conr. Brandes, Fr. Dickmann, Nicol. Helferich, Georg Heilbronn, P. Jäger, Krage, P. Meißner, Fr. Ochs, P. Röbbelen, H. Schmidt, Chrn. Spannagel, Georg Weidner. The 1st half of the 6th year, Messrs. Fr. Markgraf, Jakob and Chrn. Wingert. Printed by Arthur Olshausen, Publisher of the Anzeiger des Westens.