# Der Lutheraner_St. Louis Missouri_1850 02 05_S96
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he left the last town of England, he spoke there, in a confidential conversation, without concealment, about the purpose of his journey, and displayed the Queen's order with the words: "Here I have a commission with which we mean to chastise the heretics in Ireland."

This was overheard in passing by the landlady of the house, who was favorably inclined toward the Protestant religion, and had a brother in the capital of Ireland who professed the faith of the Protestants. Her whole soul trembled when she heard of the murderous design, and she resolved at once, if possible, to exchange the commission in the portfolio for another paper. She soon succeeded, and the commissioner sailed the next day by ship for Ireland without noticing the exchange. He arrived happily in the capital, appeared before the Viceroy and the Privy Council at Dublin, disclosed the purpose of his coming, and handed over the portfolio. But how astonished he and all were when the commission was not found in it! Nothing could therefore be done in the matter until the lost order was replaced by a new one. He therefore traveled at once back to England, begged the Queen for a new commission, and received it. But now adverse winds arose, which made every crossing to Ireland impossible, and kept him a considerable time in the harbor. Meanwhile the Irish Protestants were in anxious expectation of their fate. But behold, the LORD commanded the storm to pass by before them. Before the messenger of misfortune could depart, Mary died*) and Elizabeth, the friend of the Protestant faith, came to the throne.

* Mary reigned from 1553 to 1558. She died at the age of 43, after having had nearly 800 persons put to death for their faith during her five years' reign.

With the swiftness of the wind the messengers of peace now flew to the anguished island, and all the bloodthirsty designs against the confessors of the persecuted faith were brought to nothing at once.

The lamenting "Kyrie eleison," which they had sung unceasingly in their assemblies, was now changed into a joyfully thankful "Immanuel!"

One greeted another with the pious, jubilant greeting: "The LORD is with us! Here is Immanuel!**) Blessed be His holy name!"

**) Immanuel is the name of our Savior, which was already given Him in Isa. 7, 14, and means as much as: God with us.

One Speech in One Mind.

1 Cor. 1, 10.

It is well to observe what manner and way of speaking the Church has adopted in each article of the Christian faith, and from what intention; also what ways of speaking she has rejected, and for what reasons; so that one may not wantonly, out of a craving for novelty, and without compelling reason depart from the proper language of the Church. For wanton changes in this respect produce either errors or divisions. One opens the way to dangerous errors when many, from disgust at the fishermen's simplicity of the Holy Ghost, introduce new ways of speaking under the cloak of beauty and elegance. (Chemnitii loci th. fol. 16.)

It is the sign of a modest mind not only to hold the same opinion with the Church, but also to speak the same. (Wilh. Lyseri Syst. th. exeget. p. 494.)

The philosophers speak in whatever words they please and do not shrink, in the most difficult subjects, from giving offense to pious ears; but our duty is to speak according to a fixed rule, so that freedom in words may not beget an ungodly opinion of the things which are signified by them. (St. Augustini lib. 10. de Civ. Dei c. 23.)

Conversation with a Denier of God.

"I do not see God, what then shall I believe?"

Is one then able to see your soul? I hold that it is foolishly asked; your body one sees. Who can see your soul? Since now only your body is seen, why is one not burying you? — He wonders that I say: if only your body is seen, why is one not burying you? and answers: "Because it is still well, for I am still alive."

But how do you know that you are alive, since I do not see your soul?

"How do I know that?"

You will answer: "because I speak, because I walk, because I work." You fool! From the working of the body I therefore recognize that you live. Can you then not recognize the Creator from the working of the creatures?

St. Augustinus in Ps. 73.

Holy Scripture and Reason.

Elector Frederick the Wise said of Holy Scripture: "What one otherwise reads of human wisdom and worldly affairs, that I can still understand well enough; but what God speaks, that is too high, that cannot easily be comprehended without the enlightening grace of God." Further: "I have learned from experience that out of human reason nothing can be devised and brought forward so sharp and subtle that one could not refute it out of the same; but God's Word stands fast like a wall of iron, which one cannot tear down." Finally: "One is wont to say that princes' letters must be read two or three times; but much rather should one read and ponder the Bible, as the writing of the highest LORD, often." (Zinckgref's deutsche Apophthegmata I. S. 134 ff.)

Post-Office.

Since, owing to the situation and names of the post offices in this region, in the case of inexact addresses I am compelled to fetch my letters at three separate places, I hereby request my correspondents in future to write the address to me exactly thus: Water Valley P. O., Erie Co., N. Y. A. Ernst.

Received

for the building of the German Evangelical Lutheran College in St. Louis:

From some members of the congregation in Pleasant Ridge, Ill., through Herr P. Lochner $7.00. From a small congregation in Randolph Co., Ill., through Mr. P. Strasen $2.00. From the mission family in Sibiwaing, $18.12½. From Mr. Missionary Baierlein $2.50. From the congregation Frankentrost $1.37½. From the Lutheran Zion's congregation in Williams Co., O., $1.40. From the Lutheran St. Peter's congregation in Williams Co., O., $2.60. From Mr. P. E. A. Schürmann in Huntersville, Ind., $3.00.

E. Roschke, Treasurer.

Received

for the mission on the Cass River:

$2.00 from Mr. P. Schürmann in Huntersville, Ind.

For the students:

From Mr. Bethe in Franklin Co., Mo., $1.00.

Paid.

$3.00 the 2nd half of the 4th year to the 1st half of the 7th year. Mr. Joh. Kuhl.

$3.00 the 5th to 7th years. Mr. P. G. Kranz.

$1.50 the 5th year and 1st half of the 6th year. Mr. Daniel Fritzsch.

The 6th year. The Messrs. Phil. Anschütz, P. Detzer (2 copies), Joh. Göring, Jakob Helferich, H. Links, Mich. Merz, Rud. Schwegmann, Conr. Westenfeld.

The 5th and 6th years. Mr. P. Lautenschläger.

Books and pamphlets to be had at the expedition of the Lutheraner at the prices appended.

Dr. Martin Luthers kleiner Katechismus, unchanged reprint ........ $0.10
The dozen $1.00. Hundred copies $7.00.
Remarkable letter of a lady who in the year 1703, on account of the Evangelical Lutheran religion, left with six mostly unraised children her fatherland and all her goods and possessions... 0.05
The dozen 50 cts. 25 copies $1.00.
The Constitution of the German Ev. Luth. Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and other States, together with an introduction and explanatory remarks ........ 0.05
The dozen 50 cts. 25 copies $1.00.
First Synodical Report of the German Ev. Luth. Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and other States, of the year 1847 ........ 0.10
Second Synodical Report of the same Synod, of the year 1848 ........ 0.10
Third volume of the Lutheraner, 1846—1847. No. 8—26 ........ 0.50
(The 1st and 2nd volumes are out of print.)
Christliches Concordienbuch, that is, Symbolical Books of the Ev. Luth. Church, New York edition, bound in pressed leather ........ 1.25
Conversations between two Lutherans on Methodism, (in pamphlet form) 2 copies ........ 0.05
Dr. M. Luther's treatise on the true Church (separately printed from No. 9 of the Lutheraner), 2 copies ........ 0.05
Dr. Luther's Hauspostille, or sermons on the Gospels for the Sundays and festivals of the whole year, New York edition, bound in calf ........ 2.00
Kirchengesangbuch for Ev. Luth. congregations, published by the local Ev. Luth. congregation U. A. C., bound, per copy ........ 0.75
1 dozen $8.00 } for cash payment.
100 copies $62.50 }
A B C Book, New York edition, per copy... 0.10
By the dozen... 1.00
The Pastoral Letter of the Rev. Pastor Grabau at Buffalo (more fully noticed in No. 17 of the Lutheraner, vol. 5) ........ 0.25
Joh. Hübners Biblische Historien from the Old and New Testaments. Unchanged reprint, New York edition, singly ........ 0.25
By the dozen... 2.50
Dr. Martin Luthers Auslegung des 90. Psalms, stitched, uncut ........ 0.15
By the dozen... 1.50
Spruchbuch zum kleinen Catechismus Lutheri. Compiled by commission of the Synod of Missouri, etc., by Pastor Fr. Wyneken, per copy ........ 0.20
By the dozen... 2.25

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