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be erected will be one Of the most notable
church edifices in the city, for it's size, the
design being both unique and attractive
Members of other denominations have
shown u commendable disposition to aid
them in their undertaking, and they hope
to encounter few obstacles in the erection
and completion of their new temple of
worship.
THE LUTHERANS-THEIR BELIEF.
The origin and name of the Evangelical
Lutheran Church is applied to that body
OF Christian believers who followed Mar
tin Luther i'll his secession from the an
cient Catholic Church in October, 1917
| One OF It's eminent diVineS, Rev. L. G..
Billheimer, A. NJ, in a tract explanatory
of the doctrines of the church, says:
1.-The Lutheran Church does not unduly
emphasize any one single doctrine; it lays
equal stress upon all the doctrines it con
tesses, and so holds the truth fuIl-orbed
and complete. The Augsburg confess
sion, prepared in 1880 by Melanchthon
under the direction of Luther, embodieS
the faith Of the church, and is received
and acknowledged by all Lutherans In
addition to this, the apology of the Augs-
burg confession, the Smalcald articles,
the formula of Concord, and the two
catechisms of Luther are also officially
subscribed TO by large portion of the
church.
1.-The faith of the church may be sum-
married. as follows: The belief in the
Triune God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit;
the total depravity of man; the vicarious
obedience, Sufferings and death OF Jesus
Christ, the Goldman, for all men; justifi-
cation by faith alone; repentance, sancti-
hcatlon, progressive, but not completed in
this life; the resurrection of the dead; the
second coming OF Christ to judgment, and
the eternity of future reward and punish
ment.
THE church holds to two Sacraments,
Baptism and the Lords Supper. Con-
corning Baptism, it teaches that it is
necessary TO salvation, that through bap-
tism the grace of God is offered, and that
children are to be baptized, who, being
by baptism offered to God, are received
into his favor But our church denies
that baptism is of such absolute neces-
sity that salvation is in no case to be had
without it, if it cannot be obtained'
Concerning the Lords Supper it teaches
as follows: The bread and wine are not
changed into the body and blood of
Christ; thus it rejects Transubstantiation
the bread and wine are not changed into
the same substance with the body and
the blood of Christ, nor is there any COM
mingling of the substances of Christ's
body and blood with the bread and wine;
and thus it rejects Consubstantiation: but
there is a sacramental union between the
elements and the body and blood of
Christ, whereby Christ is really and truly
present in the Lords Supper, though in a
manner not understood by u.s.
MODE OF WORSHIP AND UsAGEs.
'Some diversity exists here, because
the Lutheran Church permits liberty in
non-essentials,' but this diversity is only
found within the limits of prescribed for
mulas, and not outside of them. There
are great and well-defined landmarks by
which the beholder may always know
that these worshipers are Lutherans.
The preaching of the word is an indis-
pensable part of divine worship. The
sacraments must be regularly admins
tered. The people do the singing. Pos
sessing a body Of hymns and chorals
which in richness, power and JUNCTION are
unsurpassed, the music of the church has
ever been one of its grandest features A
liturgical service, consisting of an invo-
cation, the Gloria. Patri, confession of
sin and abSolution, the creed, ETC.. is in
general use. The cathechisation of the
young-that is, instructing them in the
doctrines of the Bible--is carefully prac-
ticed. Persons are admitted to full, active
membership in the church by the rite of
confirmation, they being already re-
garded as in the church by virtue of their
baptism in infancy. Unbaptised adults
are received by baptism upon protesting
their faith in Christ.
THE CHURCH IN AMERICA.
"The celebrated German devine, DIR.
Henry Melchior Muhlcnberg is regarded
as the founder Of the Lutheran Church in
America. He arrived here in I742. The
first Lutherans arrived here from Hol-
land in 1921; they came, however, with
out minister. The first members who
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