, 1873-08-24

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1ear not falso witness, s,-1ct tlle Ita
Thou shalt not cuvos, but tradition
| Approves al forms of-compotittonf
Arthur Hugh cough.
opinion OF n German lutheran c,or.
Eymnn on tho Sunday nuu Tomucni
nnce Lnyva. Foks
m. Ttsnslas<d from tho Wisconsin Botscaan<,.
:, iho sunday liquor law question has bnoons
tlo burning question Of tho day. and ovors
thinking ctizou ia compelled to take sidoa or, r
a little while ago tho Lutheran congregation II
aaos tho esi.y|, Madison Wis., was called upon By tls
Ah NO felt compelled to decline tho invitstno
y ne = undersigned pastor OF tho congregation
tnln.s - incumbent upon him to doilao hia
1.aqdRont nsr af IT. Pug tho position which tho argos
tnr poforn o g III M Church takes i'll this mat.
Tue roligiously iuclined American hstas over,
NOISY delncnssratfon On Bnnday, o. wo1l ]ur;naa
Pnqt.a qtso1 5ooaqao le believes IN s
nn9It,hng nId, but continuation and renewal Of thu
~ testament, ns which, 1t is truc, tho mnin
oy tno utmost quiot and ropoHo. II this con.
Il Wa Saa So FOUNDED i, IN truth the Of course
work Tor the observance Of tic Divino t' iaW. Il
would not oven bo enough that Chriatjana thon1s
aoifoa a.,s, you'd 1--we up to it, for true Christi-
to tn'' mnko rs always yron, agg5os0iso and trio.
tho question arses by Wit mcans naS sa ,ha shSa n5
acrvallco Of this law DO enforced? Hero tho
practical American, who always wanta eome
o.s'oto Bucccss, is not content with words OF in.
sidaeon SIT 4 ana .a.cnoniion but he would cali in
shem to ho tho most otf1cacious.
lh's Is enough Tor mo and my Church to refocs
every movement which tries to enforce the Him.
day law in Ruoh way. 1"e3-
To u.s. tho Christian Sunday Ia not tho cont'n.
uatlon OF tho jewish Sabbath, but tho vookix
festival Of the resurrection Of CLrint ami ~
founding Of the Church. Wo do not acknowl- W.
SSoge tnat NO m sEe bound by divine law to ceo-
ao not holiovo laws about meat and drink. O.
stated holidays, or nov moon days, Or BabbntIs. i
~ ls true TINT we acknowledge tho Divine com.
noon Is o,v h9memneF Gn The Sabbath Day ta
Stress lies not upon tho external quiet but ,1non
tho internal celebration by truo Divine eeryico'
AH this spiritual celebration from tfmoe mamma.
flal Aas boen connected with Sunday, tllio day
must m!l! % col9nratod by each Christian the waS
Extromo quiet il not necessary on account oi
tho day. but on account Of tho service, aud On
account OF tho spiritual celebration. i've nausi
re!ecs every effort mado BY ne Church IA
and observance Of spiritual
lates. Wo hold this to bo unbibIjeai
and unhyangelical. Az much IS no doom il orr
uuty to convert aB many men "a possible to the
tho good. We know no other, moanB to bo 1laed ID
tho Church than tho word Of mouth, which ~
nno IN our sermons and religious Instructions.
~ 1egal coercion only hypocrites can be brought
worse. ~@
;, On tho other hand. although no do not deem,
1t strictly necessary for tho Church, wo think Il
very desirable that the time Of public geryico
enou!u 10 respected. For If it is permitted, for
instance, that procession with loud musid
passes through the streets, Or that in saloon
adjoining . church . terrible noao ia madc
Hnfle preachlng is going on In the church. Diyinaa
aerylco e. 10 seriously disturbed. And for thouo
weak Christians, who arc 30 easily o{l into temp-
tatlan on such occasions, to act against their cons
we must wish that this temptation wna
removed. And in asking this, wc think that no
oody can Justly complain that this conscience is
aos complain tint his conscience la yiolated II
70, =. order to respect the rights Of Others. ,oi
'osEda1a FOR Jeso hours from uistling saloon
y m n'936lng noisy den'onstrations. Such Inv ws
Fould support with all our might.
But the moral interest also has aomothine tn
10 wlth the Sunday law: the main object is. to
rect dam against vice by tie diminutiou Of
he uso Of Intoxicating liquors. Tho common
rgumont ts aH follows: Because the vlco ol
runkonnoBs croates 30 much misery. &C., in-
o1icating liquors must DO an owl in then1-
clvos and their use must be Sin. For this
eaaon tho use must be abstained from aud must
pro- prohibited; And II tho laboring man, who
annos indulge on Sunday, ho might probably
o protected against tho vice. For this reason
aey ask for Temperance laws.
of thi6 Wo re1oot al cardinal error that eomo-
n:, Not the uso, but the abuse OF strong
rinko ia sin: this eyorY Christian can oaalVV
nd in his Bible, where all intomporanco ii
rong!!y prohibited, but whero rational use ia
se doctrine II man are roproachcd for it. A.
10 sunday Inv Starts from incorrect moral sun.
:ovo Of it. '
Bu. should not something be done against in>
importance, and this also on tho part OF thu
hurch Most certainly. nut the Church han
ready done it's duty in this respect, long before
ore were any temperance mon in existence.
Luther; for instance, warned his dear Ger.
'n ans IN n tae s most impressive manor against thu
ongh no novor deHpised a moderate drink llin-
III. Tho Church, besides, possesses the best
cans to make men lead temperate. sobor Efa.
hoevor ia trlo, believing Christian will novox
come drl1nkard. We cannot lnd that tha
importance men hare invented hettor means.
nd hero Wo must state our belief, TINT thcHa
Eal moasi1res will either stimulate to creator
60. or make hypoerisos. OR at least men with
N OF man must proceed from, inward to out.
Lrd, 30 that he can do the good frocy.
n conciualon, "o hayo to Say that we cannot
trlond the whole movement, because NO can.
no.,oye .;s that the Good Templars Lodge haa
vocation to hocomc the nurne Of Vrtuo and
lrlstianlty. Wo fear that by this lodge ono
vi WI will e, be expalloti by anotlicr one and that
last evil will be worso than tho irst. For
lodge, who certainly stand not In mood I'd
2tcot themselves by plodgo against tho eviIs
intomperhnco? Docs NOT tho wlcle moyo.
mt tond towards tho suppression of brutal
replace 1t by other moro cultivated, and fos
q rohson moro dangerous ones, so that tho last
D would not 10 reformation, but more refined
Oh? But With thsa under no oircumstaucoI
! we have anything to do. II. VodEL.
Pastor Lutheran Church
A Curious Deception.
3. D., ," writing to Lantl. aud Water says,
Ia was coming out of the Cryatal Palace liz
lor day, a man carrying two puppies attracted
attention, and sto1}Lo1 for T. n,pmnnt IT.