The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1855-06-22
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and will confer everlasting honor upon the
Lutheran Church. We are glad to record
this act Of true Christian sentiment, the
true course of any church TO save itself from
the wreck Of the times. That church that
suffers itself to be drawn into the whirl-
pool of tile worst elementsof bigotry and
fanatical madness, will be compelled to
date its downward course from the hour
that it subscribes to the Know Nothing
creed, or stands idly Witnessing its Preach
ers sinking under the odium of those Sc
Cret cabals and taking oaths abhoTent to
human reason--and compelling them to
lie before God and man. This is really
the must imporsa4t PaPyr w'e have yet wit
messed, and great will be the joy that there
is one righteous church left to save the
country and religion from odium:
Lutheran symOd--A Presbyte rian
synod down ON Know NOthingism
f PrrrsBuRa, PA, June 9Th 1855.
ToMs Editor Of the Stark Co. Democrat:
!, SrR--Not having the pleasure Of your
personal acquaintance, but having acci-
dentally perused your paper Of the 7th
Instant which was handed to me by one
If your typographical brethren Of this
city, and having NOTICED therein q commu-
nication addressed to the President and
members Of the Pittsburg Synod Of the
Lutheran Church" signed "Many Luther
ans Of Stark county" and being an active
member Of that church, I therefore hope
and expect yourcolumns may be open for
a few lines from friend, though stran-
ger TO you, 2, l...
Yesterday I read the communication
above referred to, to a number of promi.
nent members of our church here, and
some from the country, all of whom hear
tily approved of the course adopted by
"Many Lutherans of Stark county," and
we even 60 further than to solicit our Sy.
nod to answer the questions propounded
in that communication, to-wit: whether
it is consistent with tho doctrines of oul
church, for Minister or lay member, t.
connect himself by an oath with secret
midnight, political order, proscriptive ant
intolerant in its character, and opposed K
the principles of persons "worShippine
God according to the dictates of their Owl
conscience?"
We shall demand Of each and ever,
one of our Ministers, respectively, to an
swer from the Pulpit, question similar,t
the above, and we hope, that Throughout
our country, the members Of our churcl
will do the same, the reasons which impe
us to adopt such course are Obvious, 70
how can we with any Christian feeling as
, semble with men around the Sacraments
Altar, and partake of the body and blooy
of our Savior, when we know at the sam
time, there are men participating with, o
perhaps, administering the same to us
I who are sworn to lie. r. fy a.as
If DR.. Martin Luther were now alive
and in our midst, his eloquent and con
vincing voice could be heard, and if an,
5 of his followers, as ministers, would re
fuse to answer such questions, he woult
/ again, as he did often before, denounc,
them as 'sneaking and clandestine preach
ers." We assuredly look for bold, fear
less, and Martin Luther-like response OF
that subject from the Synod in your pape
of next week. a.
The Presbyterians at New Wilmington
in this State, assembled in Synod on thC
18th Of May last, adopted the following
resolution:
"Resolvsd, That in the Judgment o
this Presbytery, the principles of ou
church exclude from communion, tn,
members of the secret society, called Know
Nothings, and the members of all such so
cieties, and that the Presbytery direct ses
sions to enforce this opinion"
We, as Lutherans, contemplate pursu
ing this course--that if our ministers de
cline to purge our church of Christles
members, we design to purge it Of Christ
less preachers. t.eF u
l ~ Yours, very truly,
A LUTHERAN or PITfsBURa.