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"O holy Palmer!" she began, "for surely he must be holy whose feet have trod the ground made sacred by a Redeemer's tomb, I come here in this dread hour, for the dear sake of our Holy Church. Yet I must first speak, in explanation of a worldly love."
We think upon the first Christmas Eve, of the manger at Bethlehem, the Redeemer's humble cradle-bed; the star, guiding His first worshippers to His poor abode, and we recall in imagination that glorious anthem sung by the heavenly host to those simple awe-struck shepherds whilst guarding their flocks by night!
Lutheran Church, as exhibited in her confessional standards, and are zealously and actively engaged in promoting the interests of the Redeemer's kingdom, be it therefore 1. Resolved, That we are highly gratified to see Brother Brohm in our midst. 2. Resolved, That we fully and cheerfully reciprocate the kind and fraternal feelings expressed and manifested towards us by the Missouri Synod. 3.
For then, the very hardship, and the sorrow, and the blindness, and the sin I have beheld and been ready to weep over yea, all the anguish of the children of men, which sometimes wraps me round like sudden darkness I can bear with a willing pain, as if I was sharing the Redeemer's cross.
The doctrine of the cross connected with evangelical ordinances the ministry of reconciliation; the holy Sabbath; the sacraments of His covenant: briefly, the whole system of instituted worship is the rod of the Redeemer's strength, by which He subdues sinners to Himself, rules even in the midst of His enemies, exercises His glorious authority in His Church, and exhibits a visible proof to men and angels that He is King in Zion.
But he ought to have repressed the remark, for Heinz cast a glance at him which expressed his astonishment at being so misunderstood, and answered with unyielding resolution: "If I long for anything in your order, reverend Father, it is not for easy tasks, but for the most difficult burden of all. Your summons to take our Redeemer's cross upon me pleases me better."
How soon was this scene of holy rejoicing changed to the ghastly spectacle of the Redeemer's torture and death! Towards two o'clock in the afternoon we arrived safely at Jerusalem, and were greeted with a hearty welcome by our kind hosts. A few days after my return from the foregoing excursion, I left Jerusalem for ever.
I am in fact borrowing, to lend to the Church. But it is God's cause, and I have had to trust in Him to bear me through it. But I hope, now that the house is finished, the friends of our Redeemer's cause and of the African race generally, may not fail in lending their efficient aid.
In the north aisle notice St. Louis with the Crown of Thorns. Stand again in the center of the nave, near the entrance, and observe the curious inclination of the choir and high altar to one side here particularly noticeable, and said in every case to represent the droop of the Redeemer's head on the cross.
Thus it ran round! cries Goblin. Mash, mash, mash! An endless routine of heavy hammers. Mash, mash, mash! upon the sufferer's limbs. See the stone trough! says Goblin. For the water torture! Gurgle, swill, bloat, burst, for the Redeemer's honour! Suck the bloody rag, deep down into your unbelieving body, Heretic, at every breath you draw!
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