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VOL. X
THE DALLES, OREGON. SATURDAY. JULY 17. 1897
NO 160
THE LUTHERflll GHDHGH OF THE DflltltES
At the Corner of Seventh and Union Streets A Fine
Specimen of Church Architecture.
i
THIS cut is a fair representation of
the Lntheran church of The Dalles,
, although the dimensions are not
quite right. The church when complet
ed will be much higher in proportion to
its length and width, and will therefore
be more in keeping with the standing
rules of Lutheran church architecture.
Both the architect and the contractors
say that the Dew church will not only be
an ornament to the city, bat also a fair
exhibition ot true church architecture as
to style and dimensions. It will be
plain yet beautiful as to its outward ap
pearance, and the inside of both the
basement and the auditorium will be
tastefully ornamented, cozy, homelike,
and comfortable. This building when
completed will surely aidkf bringing the
Lutherans and others of The Dalles into
line of true and sobejchurch work, and
it will therefore bea strong pillar in sup
port of the njef-al sentiment of The
Dalles. . This church is too well known
to need any introduction, or to be de
scribed at length in this article. The
Lutheran church has conquered Europe ;
it has picked her op from amongst the
shadows of the dirk ages ; and has lift
ed her to her Breaent standard of civiliza
tion. Those great and world-renowned
universities of Germany are In the lead
of all others, simply because they are
nourished by the spirit of trpe Lutheran
ism. The change from despotism to
constitutional forms of government iu
many parts of Europe is a logical out
come of the great Lutheran reformation.
The great Episcopal Church of England
baB imbibed much of true Lutheranism,
and, according to her scholarly Bishop
Whitticgham of Maryland, her 39 ar
ticles are based almost entirely on the
Augsburg Confession of the Lutheran
church. And the translation of King
James' version of the Bible, together
with the beautiful ritual of the Episco
pal church, are being traced back to Ger
man, and therefore, to Lutheran, soil by
her best scholars.
Also, the Calvinistic branch of Protes
tantism owes her whole life to Luther
anism. It is true there is also much in
Calvinism that is far from being Luth
eran. But, strange to say, it is that
part of Calvinism which has not been
able to stand the test of ages, and which
is now being rapidly dropped from the
confessions, and from the life of the dif
ferent branches of the Calvinistic church.
The Presbyterian Dr. Schaff, one of the
ablest scholars America has ever bad
writes as follows : .
"The Augsburg Confession of the Luth
eran church will ever be cherished as one
of the noblest monuments of faith from
the pentecostal period of Protestantism.
Its influence extends far beyond the
Lutheran church. It struck the key
note to the other, evangelical confes
sions." ' Another famous scholar of the Re
formed church, the church ' historian
Geiseler said : "If the question be which
amongst all rotestant confessions is
best adapted for forming a union among
Protestant churches, we declare ourselves
unreservedly for the Augsburg Confes
sion."
Dr. Krauth writes : "To the Augs
burg Confeesion, under God, more than
to any other cause, the whole Protestant
world owes its civil and religions free
dom."
lhe Lutheran church is without ex
ception the source ot the other reformed
churches. To her helongs the proud
title, "Mother of Protestantism."
It is true that the Lutheran church is
very closely connected and identified
with her great and illustrious leader, Dr,
Luther, but it is not true, as many
suppose, that the Lutheran church holds
one single principle or subscribes to one
single article simply because Luther did
so. We follow Luther because we firmly
believe bis position to be thoroughly
scriptural, and for no other reason.
We can point to many other great and
illustrious men in the Lutheran church,
namely, to such as M. Kemnitz, J. Ger
hard, P. Melachton, P. Qainsted, M
Nolatz, R. Spehuer, and many others
who tower high above other great figures
in church history, and whom we consid
er to be very good authority because
they are in such close harmony with all
parts of spiritual truth.
But why not develop truth farther and
rise above Luther and his position in
these latter. generations of common en
lightenment? Because we are not able
to do so. Our best scholars try bard
enough, and they write many books,too
but they fail to get up there, and we are
not the only ones who fail. The leading
scholars of other branches of the Chris
tian church seem to suffer with the
same calamity. We also fail to rise
above Socrates, Aristotle and Homer, in
a certain way, and yet they are all infer
ior to Luther.
Doliinger, a Catholic professor at Mu
nich says : "Luther is the grandest man
of the people, the most popular charac
ter that Germany could ever claim
The Protestant doctrine was developed
in the spirit of this German, the great
est German of his age." In the pres
ence of the superiority and creative en
ergy of this genius the rising and enter
prising part of the nation bowed down
in much reverence and in full confidence.
Recognizing in him this union between
force and guiding spirit, they acknowl
edged him as their master; they lived
upon his thoughts ; and for them he was
the hero in whom the nation itself was
embodied, with all its particular traits.
They gazed upon him with admiration ;
they surrendered themselves to his con
trol,, because they saw it was nothing
but their own most profound experience,
which was expressed in bis writings
more clearly, more eloquently, more
powerfully than they could ever have
xpreBsed it themselves.
Accordingly, for Germany, the name
of Luther is not simply the name of a
distinguished man. It is the living
germ of a period in the nation's life; it
is the center of a new circle of ideas, the
most direct and apt expression of the re
ligious and moral views that controlled
the attention of the German spirit, from
the mighty influence of which even they
who opposed them could not entirely es
cape. - -
The Almighty God has provided the
Lutheran church with such great and il
lustrious leaders that it is not at all sur
prising to see this church lead and
guide the world oh into all truth and
righteousness. But although the Luth
eran church has and is still accomplish
ing such mighty deeds in Europe, and
although her arm reaches far into Asia,
Africa and into every inland of the sea,
yet her greatest and best work will even
tually be done here on the free soil of
America. She is the author of religions
and political liberty. This two-fold lib
erty is one of the mighty pillars on which
the Lutheran church rests. She is strict
ly Republican in her government and
she can realize her principles to their
full extent only in a republic. Free
America is far better adapted to the
principles and life of the true Lutheran
ism than Europe. And the Lutheran
church is hard at work in our grand re
public today realizing her great privi
leges here, and fulfilling her still greater
duties toward our people.
In many of our largest cities in the
East the Lutheran church has a larger
following than any other denomination.
And in several of the largest cities it has
a larger following than all other denom
inations taken together. She has in
creased twice as fast as the ratio of in
crease of population in the United States
in the last 20 years. She is rising and
developing as a mighty giant in the far
East. She is developing to a still might
ier and more profound power for good in
the great middle' states. She is also
making rapid progress in the South, and
her westward tide is irresistible. It has
not crossed the Rocky mountains in its
full force as yet, but it will reach us in
the near future.
In Ca'ifornia we have a well organized
svnod and a large number of ministers
all working with good success.
In Oregon and Washington the Luth
eran church is practically unknown yet
although we hare established upwards
of a dozen congregations in Oregon and
about three dozen in Washington in the
last few years. But we will not remain
unknown here much longer.
Ten Lutheran ministers, eradaates of
some of the best schools in theEast, are
on their way to Oregon nowfor the pur
pose of making this statetheir home
and to establish ten LutVeran parishes
in Western Oregon.
At some future dav, when the Luther
an church will also be mighty in this
state, then it will be a credit to The
Dalles that she was one of the first cit
ies of the state to establish a Lutheran
church. L. Grey,
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