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s I 1 '- ■ •\ imti ■ THE LUTHERAN VISITOR, COLUMBIA, S. C., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1869. illifrnn Vrisifor. COLUMBIA, S. C. Wednesday, October 6,1869. Rkv. A* .it.IiUDE, COLI’XBIA, S.C. Rev. J. 1. Mili.kk, Staunton, Va. “/a emwntial* unity, in non-eunential* liberty, in all thing* charity.” TERMS: JI M far on« year 63 numben. 1.50 Bit nil month*. J6 l.M far three montli* .13 •• EM" All communications must be written correctly and legibly, and accompanied with tiro nones of lire writer*, which, however, mav l*> withheld from the public. Correspondent* must not azpeat declined oommuoicotions to bo re* tarried. « t HT AVo request our subscriber* to make rendttancee to us only in registered letters, or It the farm of post offioe money orders or bank checks. AH such remittances are at our risk. Wr ess set take the risk when mosey is seat is wartgpitirid letters. Former!)• there msy Imre been some ground lor the resusrk, tint “the only cffH-t of registra- tkm is only to make tiro letter more liable to be ■oho." But under the new law, which went into operation last June, we think registered letters are perfectly safe; and we know from ahnoat daily experience that others are not Nonet to Poor* xmat.—Postmaster* through out the country will save trouble by obeying Hie law* I* regard to newspapers, etc. When a paper remains dead in lire office lor four coiMccmive weeks, it is the duty of the poatiuaster or his deputy to tend the publisher of Hie paper a written notice of the fact—stating, if possible, tiro reason why the paper is not taken. The returning to the publisher of a paper marked “net taken," “refused," or “uncalled far," is not a legal notice, jfajL' Premiums. V • ’ _____ We will give to any oue. win) semis fea two Subscribers ami $5, one copy of“Dintinctire Doctrine*." ,, We wrill give for four .Hubscrilrers find $10, a copy of u Igfk and Deed* •f Luther." .. . We will give for live -Subscribers and $12.50, a copy of u Luther 3 » iter ate**, Vot. I.f op.if preferred, a copy of “ Dr. Nirx*t fieelexia Saerrr.” We will gyv£ for ten .Subscribers and $25, a copy of “ The Book of Cburerff .. The nome* am], the money must nceoni|Hti|y. each otjier. As regards premiums due ftrr VaL I-, the farmer publishers are resjMni- sible. For the premiums for VoL II., we are. A. R. RUDE, , .J. L MILLER. ** Tl»e A mrriran uud other* will please excuse us this time. We are happy to say that for once communi cations have come in upon n$ like n flood. Our brethren have been es- ceedingly kind. Correspondence. 8HEPHEBDSTOWX,S;*pt.20,1«C«). Dear Bfo. Rude: A kind brother, on yesterday, hamlet 1, ^pe the en closed $2 to pay for a years. suli- aeription, for the lady who, with her children, loves the Luthernn Visitor, bnt feel unable to pay for it. Tell that good lady to love God, and trust in Him, throngli Jesus Christ, and Jehorn Jirah will lie forever inscrib ed npon lier hearthstone, where her children may read it daily. Yours, &e_, : I). H. Bittle. Pail Mot To read the article : “A Lutheran Church in Washington.” It is a val uable contribution to the history of the church ; a masterly rebuke of the self-adulatory and aelf-sjfftteient spirit, which is ruining the ehdrehea ; it shows what the fknits of making yml- itics and the rights of nmn—aml of strpng-tainded females too—pulpit themes are, and a striking proof of the truth of, and a running, commen- tory on, the Apostolic declaration, 1 Cor. ix, 16: “Woe is unto me, if 1 preach not the gospel.” We onglit to have an English Evangelical Lutheran Cldirvh in Washiugtcfi- Let us go to <vork. A political .preacher Would myt^agi. tate, agitate; w.e sOy^Brethren, let ns bestir ourselves,»« this matter, and ask the Lord of'the iiarvest. The Episcopal Methodist Dr. Bond, who for several years, edited this paper with so much ability and success, retired from the ehaip. Editorial. The publisher Dr. Poisal pays hiuy the following graceful and de scried compliment: “No toue could more deeply regret the \vitli4es\vpl of Dr. Bond from the Editorial (rtiMT, J.luvn the Publisher of the Journal. .Our friends all know our devotion to him..personally, our admiration of his great ‘ajliifities, and the lively interest we ifelt in his growing popularity and usufulncss. It is due to the Publisher, and to all concerned, to say, that probably no man was ever more faithfully sus tained in the Editorial management of a, •public Journal. In his retire- flSettt, fi'Oiu. hi-* arduous duties he carries. with higi/nur best his happiness anti welfare.’ wishes for The paper now serines under the 'entire control of Jlr, Poisal, who ,JiitJ»?rtq sustui;ied -to 'it simply the Telafk-r^ of Publisher, p. We *}*h him success in his ardu ous work, huU hope his jaiper will m be as fearless and ontapoketi in defense, of truth ps tthen edited by Dr. B., but cfii] imagine the sense of relief he feeli), ; sinoC: laying aside the cares, anxieties, tind labors of Edito rial life.--,;.: _ - - - -■ - ~~ *T. The Invitation. Bel . Richardson says in n letter to ns: “I should be glml to see the Southern Church represented on the occasion referrd to—the dedication. I wish with all my heart that you could Is* present.” Thunk you, Brother. It is to Is* regretted that the meetings of three of our Southern Synods take plats* at almost the same time. If it were not for that, we feel eonlUlent that several of our Virginia brethren would have been pivTO-nt with you. As far ourselves we would like to meet your kind people mire more, though wt> iflippoae most of tliost* whom we knew in days of yore art* no longer with yon; we would also like to ate Dr. Conrad; as for his sermon, we will no doubt have the privilege of reading it; but we especially drain* once more to la* with you for u few, .days, to t*om|HUe notes—talk over the |nih(—find out that though we disagree, we yet love as brethren, and then |uirt, to meet in the ehim-li above, when* there is neither North nor South; no difl'er- ent views on jsiinl* v 1 dta-trim*, and when* we shall all have the same creed, the, same praises, and the undivided Christ—tin* God-man in all his saving fullness. May God la* with yon. May the glory of the latler home la* greater than the glory of tin* former, mid may you have ail almmlant «oul- liarveat • A Heavy Loee. A letter from n gentleman al IV maria, 8. (’., infnnna ns that Brother Boinest has latrn made to suffer probably for his energy hud zeal in promoting the interests of tin* |ieoplc, and developing the resoun-es of the State. We, and all right-thinking men will too, sympathise with him, and nrge him not to la* discouraged. With Oral, earnest efforts, and |*a Rent jiersevering toil, nil w ill Is* well. Tin* friends of imignition should rally to his.nid, and no efforts might to be'qiSlMl. Self prob-etion, nnitmt and nintiud, is uA|H*iliBvely <h*mniHl- ed. If the suspieion is eom*et, tlien no home is safe, and no life is saen d. Anwai and murder are kin. We give the letter: “Our mutual friend, Rev. Mr. Boinest, reached here this a. m., from Charleston ; and imagine his feelings when informed by ltacliimin at the de]M>t, that Ids gin and cow houses were ol<serve<l on fire, near daylight, this morning. Thm* lwiles of cotton, in the seed, the smsl of two others, tinllet’s gin, thresher mid horse iniwer, wagon, wheat straw, tielting, &e„ wen* eonsiinusl. I*>ks not less thou $l,2fl«. “Mr. HuinVrft lias lasui one of the prime movers in the introduction ot immigrants, and from this fact his wife has frequently cxpi-cssed her fears of th» torch. “How sad ! We know not what is going on, or pldw laid for rendering ns homeless, when in our Issls of rest.” Liturgical Worship. In npy remarks we have m«d«\ or may yet. make on ttiis sulipvr, we distinctly disavow any intention to censure the views anil | .nu t ires of those opjamed to Liturgies, w hether in our own or any other chqrcli. They liavo a right to worship God according to the dictates of their own consciences. But when we grant this much to them—we claim as much from them, that is, the privilege to worship “the Father in spirit ami in truth,” in accordance with modes which we think good and afctqitablc. Christian charity demands this tnncli—will nceept nothing less. In tin*.censorious pnrngnipU firptn the Religion* -Herald, which gave rise to these articles, the impression is made by the language us**d that n Liturgy in the Lutheran Church is an intrusion, a copying after others. Now, we are unwilling to allow such an erroneous impression to go 1 out unnoticed. The language is: “The subject of adopting a Litmrgv is still agitating the Lutheran Church." Leaving the reader ignorant of the glorious history of Lutheranism, to infer that till now our church has been uou Liturgical. But this is just the opposite of the troth on the snbjoet. The Lutheran Ohnreh, from the beginning, in Ger many, and in many places in this Country, hjis been unitbnnly a Litur gical church. And there is no doubt she would lie so yet in this land but for the r want of a Liturgy in the Englisl^ tongue, where this language was first introduced into our church in Americfe. Why Ve -should shun, with sueh holy abhorrence, a Liturgy we can not nndwKtand. It was through the jKiwer of the "Spirit aecowpnnying the worship of a ehnreh Liturgical under the platform of the pulpit f in her services, that the Reformation I It may b*» said thej" did not .becuus** the sixteenth century was effect there wen* no Baptistery*; but with «1. And throngh the agency qf Lu ther, and the cIihitIi which bean his name, but which, lutd her ene mies not forced this mime ii|sm her, would Ite known as tin* Evangelical Church, the jsiwer of 1*i«]m*1 Rome was t>roki*u; the Bible lUiehaiinsl, ami plm-ed iu the hands of the people, the glorious, uud soul saving doc trines of justification liy faith, clear ed up, and presented, witli a pbwer itiiknnwii since till* «ismtle’s day, and true ehristiunity, with tlii* «*en*nientM of error, in' wldctl slii* hud Ims-ii wnpped torn iiff, resurrected and sent out to bless tin* nations witli lier pi'wer', we sis* no satisfactory miaou now for heaping odium ii|toii her early rites and forms. “Now we know that God bearetli nut siunent, but if any limn be a worshi|s*r of Gml him he beareth.” And if Gisl heanl the prayers of Iaither and Melnncthon, and their eojnljuturs. the same force it may j*t "idd they did not read a Liturgy, lierause there wi*re no printing press*'«■ Again, it is imkerl, ‘H'ouhl the disci|tlisi who Acre assembled iu the bouse of Mary to |*n»y for Itie deliv erance <»f J*eter, have found IttMMCt foe their Aimin'* iu the language of a liturgy t” Certainly not, for the tYnmcrs of a Liturgyhad then* been one extant, could not have known that Peter would lie imprisoned. Hock argument is a mere begging the question. It 'p*m out on tIn- assn mpt ion that if tin* Iaitheruu elmreh or uny other, is Liturgical in worship, that uo oilier thau written prayers is or eau Is* used. 1 Jturgies an* pn*|Mircd and timml only in tin* regular suiietnary sr it ices, as I>r. J. mill all know iug ally thing on the satiitm-t must know. _ But tin* ease refemmi to was \cry diffetent. They had met ill tin* cujMicity of sts-iul and successors to sucli a woudiTfUl pray»‘r, Id effei-t thereby, tin* deliver mid world renowned extent, we ctai elude, mid rightly, that they must have lx-en “worsliijirrs of Gwl,* though iu the use of Liturginil forms. We argue, uud we ehallenge the proof to the coutrury, tliut tliongli tle-N ailliertml in their serUircH to “rites mnl forms,*' they did not “sutistitute tln*m for ie|s*titu*iei*, faith ami the word dp of the Father v None ever prayist more success — * D t a at. U <-•*.* w .a *.t ..a f ... ill spirit mid in troth.' So tong ns we cart chit rtp Such a host of worthies, who wors)ii|sml Gisl in the use of “rites mid forms" ill the Luthcntn Church, us I.iitlnr, MelaiietliolVt Joiuis, ttuyeiihugrii, GerluinU, Reiiihanl, AniMtsis’iief, Fninkcs, Xliilileiibnrg, Moslieim Neamlen 1 li-ngst«nts*rg, Tliolm-k, uml hiairy etlu-rs, we eikrt not think that to worship Gist iu sfiirit hud in troth', It Is hi shy menus essential mice or an imprisoned ami death doomed ii | usd Ic, and. t lit 1 re fore, as now ml siiHi iseusiims, .did not use ' a Liturgy. In family worship, Secret devotion, | or s>s*ial pr.n ,*r, tlie iuciiiIntm ol elmrehes using lAtnrgies have the . privilege to pniy as 1 hey mav And most eilifying to theaiarives. fully titan Luther without a form, when with his family, at ilu* fail side of the sick uud dying, or iu his closet roiumitilig the great issues id . the Itefonnatiou to Gml his Father, and yei, hi the pidilie serviees, he' worslii|M*il in the use of “rites uud fonns.” Therefore, *'l/*t every one Is* fully |M*rsiuiilisl in his os u aiiuil." Our Churches. GKtIKtilA. Rev. F. Bansimer is in Stlvsniiah, pivaehing to mir German lirrthreii. We snp|sM«* tlie olijeet is tin* rstaR lishmeiit of a Gen min Lutlu-niu < 'liiirrh. to reject all fonn. Nor ran we think that from this smim* vital piety is so much iin|«crilhsl as some would have us tsdievi*. No brighter lights iu the Christian flnnuinciit eau lie seen than art* found in rouncctioii with tin* Littlienu. and Kptseo|ial Churches, laith jsist and present. 77TllH ■■ i though Liturgical in their services— * men wlm wen* burning und shining ,{rv - M.wV <-omuiuui<-atcs eliei ring lights in their day and genenthm. inteUig»*iM*r: “YYhile writing, I must Again we n*is*at, “Now we know inform yon that my St. Kms-h’s row Gist heareth not sinners." invention lias at hist got in earnest We me told that, “the printer i “*"•"* building , „•» (hrirk) ehmvh. fountenu tion of the evil, the sulwti At * eongrvgati.aial nus-ting held tntion of rites and forms for n*|s*iit- mus* Ae., is a strict adlietam-i* to tin* simplicity of a|snitoiir worsliqa’— Now, if tiy simplicity the author means singleness of mitiil, and |auit.\ of faith wliieh ehanu-terizrd the u|M>stleM in tlieir worship, then we agrvs* with him. But if lie simply means that a scrvIce minlin teil with out a Liturgy, is “the proper cimuter- aetion of tin* evil" complained of t4,*n we must denominate his inn elusion a uou trguitur. Tin* Phuriscc, w lm went up into the JVmplc to pray, had no written form any more tlmu tin* PublM-uu, anil yet was ever then a limn* heart less and formal worshi|iCr T Tin* disciples of our blessed Ian*I wen* not near so formal w1h*ii they used the form tin* Master taught them. to ilay, they decidisl to Imilil n araai- tiotkir brick ilmrih AS lav 75 feet. ! witli a vestibule in fusil. “I mil Miim-wlmt snrjirisisl at toy |ssiph* for making such nil roniest ‘"move to -ret a new church just now , J si me* having suffered So scvciely finm a long drought; bnt the hand of providence is leiuling them. I mil highly gr.ititled, and cmi •Thank Gml and take innrsgi*.’” i VIRGINIA. 1‘otomar Cnu/rrmcr.—Tin* attend- • a nee wns “quite full." ami the meet* j iug “very pleasant." Brother How- i man of 4 'luirli-ston was present, anil gave, by *|*rhl reqin-st, “* most interesting" sketeb of the state of the ! • ('hure-h iu S,mtli Uuroliua. Rev. T. j Miller, of tltV Tennessee Synisl, tisik “<bir Father w lm art in Hroiven.". l»rt T/l tlarf* iliarnssaims and services. Tin* iliseiples of Jolin, whom lie We e\|«*et a fid I aeemtnt of the pro taught to Vrsy, in tin* him* of tlie eeisflngs from ReV. W. Eiefienierger. form thftt he gave them, ilnutitless. Dedication.—A neat frame ehUreli, jprayirl mueli more aeivptntdy than 25 liy -Kl fis*t, at Hermitage, Augusta the l*hnri»**e without a form. No, the County, Vn., wm deitieatirl ini the worshiper,properly lnstrtM«l in “the 18th of July last. It w as built by way of salvation," is no more likiflv the Lutherans mid Methodists for to sulmti'iite “rites nnd fonns” for 11n*ir joint use. Tin* former to have “repentance and fiiith," than In* is to tin* first mid tliinl, and tin* latter, sutistitute an extenqsin* serviiv for the second slid fourth Hahhntlis of these. Men may la* just ns fonn- i*m-h month. On the ilay of distica al without a written fonn ns with tion our hundred nnd einrty-oue ilollars iMie. We can just as easily draw were raised, which covers the entire nigh to Gisl with the li|m, mnl yet indebtednes. Tills ehiiirh h in the the heart lie far from him, when we charge of Rev. C. lh-ant. come Iwtore God in sn nnwritten as Nkeyardnton-n^ Tlrx. iff. Bitth* in a written service. And the dan writes: Y'estentny w as a glut ions get to both Liturgical and non Litur- ,Uy h, my ehmvh. We lunl the Holy gical worshiper is not so nmeh the 8upper, and nrouihl the altar kneeled, | worshiping in one farm or the other, w j t i, tin* Lutherans, German Ite hut in worshiping the form iUnlf. When men make so intti-h of this or that mode of doing a thing, then is -the danger of sulsititiititig the thing, fur n*|ientiince and faith; of losing the spirit of worship in the zeal displayed about the mode' of worship. Anil this is Just ns likely to follow where tisi much iin|nirtaniv is nttnelieil to an unwritten as to a written form. The same watchfiill- .nessthat Will ki*ep tlie opiMmer of L'turgleid worship from a heartless servile will keep its advocate there from. Why a sound farm of prayer, useil in the spirit of-prayer, though sunn* rit it'lie'lu tuiirtspirvd words, slmnlil mit Yh* *na aeeepfsble to Gml us a •prayer offered w itllont a form in tin- inspired words, no one can show, l’htycr should, ns nun'll ns ]sissililc, formeil, Methislists, lxitli North nnd South, Presbyterians, anil E|iisin|ial- imis. 1 mvivetlby eiaiftnnationsix in teresting young |s*ople. In looking over tny tvciini, I find tliat irt tlie short time of tny sojourn hen* (20 months) I have added sijrt) hro to tny mcmtienriiip. I try tb Jesus Christ ull the glory. For fire Lvtlroran Viator. InaUllstion. Whoever lisikeil w'ifh findings of indifferoniv upon the tieaiitifully bright uioro, (lit ICdawhed last Sun day tqsm tlie Vorlil^—tlh* people of Salem, Virginht, did not. It was the day appointed far the liistallatioii of the new jaiMor of tf^T 'ollege Ln- tlierun Church, Rev. S. A. Repass; and though they lutO wttnesseil n be in “words which tlie Holy Ghost similar ceremony in the emigrega- teftcheth,” mid this written fonns of thins of other denominatiilns, it was prayer abound in much more than unwritten in most eases. But tlie goud«Dr. askS: “Itons any Ixxlysuppose that Patti and Timotliy ever hud a Litnrgy f” We will not answer this question except by an other: Does inly body Suppcss* they ever baptized arty rine in a jiool tlie first time fur tlieih in tlieir own elinreh, i**rfamlcd ih 'a Lutheran serviee. Mahy mi dirtiest, aileut “thank God” went np, that a day so ( ealm, clear, delightful, hail lievn allowed them. Tills elmreh is large mid ctqtarioua ; situated on "Main Stfoet in the verv 1 ivntiv of the town. It is enclosed with iron railings, ami its yard is 1 nutted wjth grass. I«st winter, through the etteigy of a few (allies, It was beautifully freamed. We ob servnl quite a receut uililitiiai to its furniture—u. matt, chaste, eushioueil, rending desk. We leanted that a Isiptisuuil font will noon be added by tlie liberality of a jauus huly. At tlie aiqiuinted hour « large auilieiHX* had assembled, niiu|saied of tlie wit, lavuty, intelligenn*, curi osity and devotion of the town and its t ouiuliiiiity. After a very appro- iiriate intnsluetory br the choir, (imr of tin* best in the Valley,) the altar arrviee was mud acted by tlie | suit or aissirding to tbe ltoqk of Worship. l>r. Bittle delivered tlie cliurgc to tin* |instor,. uml I*rof. Davis to tin* jmiplc. Tin* Doctor minoiim*eil as his text, “He that wimietli soiils iu wine,” uml urgmxl iu a clear, foreitili- imipm-r tin* inqsir tmiee of wisilHiii in mwiiit, theology, mid “hmmiii luitnre," to u amvessful minister. Tin Priifessnr idaiuly, eariH-sily, in mi elevutnl lint |siinteil style, enjoined u|miii tin* (vingregu lion tin* duty of Mip|sirtiiig tlieir { pastor, I'sitii w ith tlieir Miltstaihv, and prayers. At night Mr. Re|sis* pieaelnsl uu able, i-vullgeU«-ul ser ■non to a highly appns-iative miili , a*r. Tin* aeiviea-s of tin; day wen* • of tlu* must interesting mid impn-ss iveeliur.ii ter,and w ill Is* loug n*aieiu- ls*n*il liy tliiws* who wen* |irivileged to attend them. This young man whose n-latiou us |Mstor of this mngivgatioii was that ! day forimtlly esialilislieil, is begin | niug under tlie most favontbie aus |iiivs. Ho lately from tbe Hrmi nary, mnl ciMtsrqmutly iis xjienemvvl, many fean-U (bat In- would tail la* aide to sustain himaelf iu a field so ilifllcult as this is kmiwn to la*,-tail 1m* lias iiiorr tlmu met tin* most sanguine expectations of bis miait •h'vntrd (riemls. Ilis senisMts an* so well pri'iNinsl. his sulijeets so Well eullsiilereil, his matter so adapt , eil to tlie time ami plni-c, his uminge-. HM*nt so happy. mnl ids delivery so . easy, yet fotvilili*. that he hassltvsdy won many admirers. Ills |htmhi is IiiiihIsinih*. his Ism ting 'rnutiiy sml dignified, his iiiatiners hlaml and imiavssive, uml his jsist oral ra|weity so fine—if his own |sn|>le w ill saw- tain him, lie ran not Isit succeed. lie has intnaliuxsl with happy effivt tin* entire form of morning uml evening serviei*, as pn-acritied by the Ikstk of Wondti|i. Tlie eon- gn-gation ivs|».iid<*l. auil aitu-h the greater jwrt stvni to enjoy gniitly j tin* new otder of things. Not until we saw it li-wil liy them ilhl we kimw 1 liow siiA|dc, how M-ri|iturul, bow well sniteil To the Wants of tin* elmreh , it is ami boU admirably it unvts tin- ' ■lesires of a ilevotiiHuil spirit. TIm-iv me imiIM* among them now who op- jsise it, mnl the few who tin not ap|iro\ e it w ill sisai Is* foreevl to hive it. Knminkt- College, lis'ateil betel ami giving tbis ivaigtvgatiiai its greatest im|sirtnmv, iqs-mvl on tlie 1st with very faionible jinsqs-ets. Already more than 1.10 names have Uen teg ' iatereil. Tim Senior t 'lass has eleven niciiibem, mote than uny |ireviiiiia session. It has uiiieh decided talent. Several of them are eainlidates for tlm ministry in onr ehunli. Tlie Junior Class is also large, ami is of very iWjavtalili* ability, niiitainiug some'iff tlm miait Lrilllaiit minds of college. Hertral ofthCM are pn*|tar- ing to jitvarh. If this institution were entirely relieved of all jmruni- nry cinbamissmcut, it would very sismi Imeoinc mm of he gn-atest |siw- era iu the ehitieh. Is then* not aiming onr jw*uple a siifflcicnt liberalily and zeal for luitlmrmiiaiu in tin* South to plan* it entirely lieyinid tim reach of danger,'fri*e Its care worn 1 “resident from anxiety, mid cnnlile it to go <m in its mission entirely tinembar- rasseilY H. t«. For lli* LatlwreB Visitor. A. Lothersn Church in Washington City. Me**it Editor*: Sonic time ngn, Dr. J. G. Butler, of Wnsliingtiai City, colebruted the 20tti Anniversary of his labors in that city ami charge. In liis a|N*cch npon the occasion, por- hajis nmler extra excitement, lm gave utterance to some very unfortunate remarks. These were quoted and commented upon To an •extent that greatly annoyed Dr. B. The remarks sere troe, lint cxpressMl more than was intended by theirt nt the time. One remark especially attracted at tention. It is this : “Of tko*e who were in tke mono union of the ckurch twenty year* rime, not* half dorm are here now.” This assertion at once awakened public sym|mthy, nnd the uatnral inquiry ns to wliat liad lie- come of them. The iMthemn and Misnionary answers the inquiry quite satisfactorily to the pvfalic mind, Imt somewhat rlamaging to the policy and prmh-itee of I»r. B, He evident ly felt the keen edge of this reply, bnt found'no wsy to protect himself. The colnnino'of the |ia]ier were ripen to him and Ms friends, and not a line of explanation or contrmHeXion ap peated. Tlie Bcangrlicdl Lutheran, in speaking of the apparent ineffi ciency of city missions in our ehnn-h, quotes this sentence from the remarks of Dr. B., to sustain bis point. It is most natural tliut he shcihlil do so, oml it ftllly sustains his view: This brings mit Dr. Butler in sn article In | that pu|s*r. Tlm editor of tlm Eran- griical Lutheran after quoting the almve aetitemr, asks the question directly : 11 What has lieeome of 1 tlmmf" \W. B. quotes the sentence j and tlm qneatiqn up|s*uiled, and then uiiswera thus systeinatiiuilly : “Answer: Tltere were then about tweaty-firi i-oinniitim-utits In tlm chiiri-li; now, I hope, quite u nuiu- Imr iff them are in tlm eommnniiai of tlm Cliun-li iu Ileuveti. The common *rn*r of erery reader will an*wer your queuluai." This constitutes tbe ail- I swer entire to tbe question nlmve, tint coiiimon artiae la sadly at fault lien*. Does tlm Dr. wish his readers to infer'tluit all have died, suv*^ tbe ' few cMvptiil f If an, be leads them to inter what is not trim. It is ut terly iiujsiaaibU* fur common aeuae to inter w hat tlm Lutheran and Minion- ary says, and wliat l>r. It. ilare not deny, nuutely, tliut a uumlmr of those same iktmmu an* living in Washing- tiiu city mil of communion with ]>r. Ik’s chutrit. NVUen askt*d some years ; siitM*, by a friend who was mi a visit , to Wnsliingtiai city, “Wliat luis Is- , conn* of tin* l,”» uud tlm J’s and tlm ll’s?” Dr. Ik n*|*lii*il: “They rim not athui my church Itrrauae they are reb el*, and tool offence at the truth,” anil tben milled, “firry are no Ion* fa tke ehurrh.” I liars (Wily to say tliat tbe kiwi of eoiuinoii m-iine that can arrive nt hiii-It <*oiw!unions, from sut-li prern- ises, with tlm ease indicated by Dr. Ik., is a ran* article in iuy locality. Here, tlmu, iu tim troth ; these good brethren, with tlieir families now living iu WwshiiigtiMi eity, and meui lieraof Kt. Paul's nNign-gation twenty years ago, bare fa* driern out of that communion by the gutfwl according to ' Dr. Ilnller. t >r in his own words, “A ■ goM|H-t Ilf Freedom. Equality and ./«! 1 tier.” Tluit is, fnssloiu to ail except, SoMtkrrn rebel* ,- equality iff races, ! exerpt Southern rebel* ,- ami jiistice to all, except to Southern rebel*. In |iruof iff this, I nerd only quote a few sen let men from Dr. Butler to Gen. Kakiu, ! written from Virginia, August 2Ctii. “I return to my field of labor not mon* ViMinrrvativr' tlian I left it, I assure you. My la-art is more tlmti ever moved with pity for tlm Imams, ’ mid sufferings, and prejudice*, wliieli meet yon on every hanil. • • • : Tlm Hotttli needs the whole giaqml— 1 a gos|H*l ih-liverml from nil tliefon-eil inteiqav-frithms of tht- |tro-slavery rcifeVi.” Dr tlm gos|ml acixmliug to Dr Butler, w hh-ll lunl sttcll a decided iflit upon liis relml meuilM-rs. What a flourish in liis second |umi- gTupli! I would siuqil.v ask the lha*tor a few questions. If his rhmVh luis iimn-aseil to simli dinmn- shaik from an insjgniflcaiit Imginning withotit Hie Aid Wud the great iuflu- eoce of th<* excluded melnlmrs, w liat wiuihl lm its eonilition if they were included f Would nol their wA-nltb anil tlm weight of its inflnrhce have doubled tin* present congregation f If tlm Memorial elinn-li were intent (ml to commemorate aonm great event in Christianity, or aoum gn*at historical fact in tlm Imt Imran Church, and not a quest Mutable policy tliut may yet |wove this innntry'a greatest cwnm, would it wot Yuig since have been flnislmil t One question more: “If tlm ]Hx*sent mlministnitKMi were to clmuge ]Militically, how many of tlm 250 members wiaild lm retained, eitlmr in Wasliiugtiai city or in tlm I/iitlmtwn Uhnrch t In Dr. Itntler's |aiblislieil articles, us well ns in liis eon versa tions with friends, lm has repea tedly complained that Wusliiiigtoii has mostly a float ing imputation. He means that near ly the entire imputation changes With ♦In* eWnge of administration. Now supjmse—ami from jacst'iit indications the thing is not only *uppo*able, lint quite po*nible-Mlmt the admistratiou should change, ami President JatA- oon’a famous “cabinet broom” bit' applied to all tlm public offices, *and wliat would be the result t Xeariy- the entire roiigregation would be swi*pt away, and tlm “first Lutheran chaplain” would lie left tan* office, •an* congregation, tan* resident Lu theran*, tan* rcerythiug. This shows how sadly ]mlitics arc interwoven with the church of Christ in many localities.' The, gates of lwll shall not prevail against the church -of Christ, yet a change in politics may prevail against some churches calling theitumlvtw Christian. Again Dr. B. sqys: “This same decaying church in Washington city has/oarflreirriidiiirg-Sabbntli-schools,” &c. Dr. B;, however, forgets to state of what color two of those Sabbath-schools are. In a lecture at Frostburg some years ajrti, lie'ldt his audience infer the complexion of those two schools by The statement that he had pupil* 7(1 ycA r* old just teaming their letter*. I presidne it would not be diffleult in a population of 30,000 idle, ragalKHid negroes, to gather np two flourishing -Sabbath- schools, bnt is it altogether fair to claim them as Imthenn or evnf denominational schools T ' He farther states that his cluing bos “repeatedly fumiobMl funds to imrclmse libraries for Kabtiath-achooi* in the Honth.” PRy lw- dW not tfanlarizc. He leavea the matter no indefinite, tliat I far one do not V lipfe H kingle I/utheran school but 1 fronted by- his liberality. 1 am al. most sure that every donation is to negro w-IiooIn. To this I have no objection, exee|it that lie wishes hi« readers to understand that the Ln tbcruii Church were tbe m-ipfanto nf Ids bounty. Of this I am not posj. tivHy (x-rtain, lint have reason to think an until corrected by informs, tion to the contrary. Who oonld *-onm to a «liffen*nt ('(inclusion, should lm read such sentence* as the follow- ing, taken frotu Dr. ll.’s letter to Gen. Eakin, already tjnotedf “I think, UHiUKtroas as it may appear to some, (not to tin* Doctor, of eonrse,J the time will come w lmn all right thinking |ieople. South a* well as forth, will tltank God for the war blissly aud terrible as it was." 2 ckri*tiilM minuter write* thia! He etamlndes liis letter by the fallowing pterions morroan, which fa denominates “one fact": “A clergy man (whether Waek or white, ortho- dox or heterodox, lm does not ny( Bil.1 me tliat a rowdy white man had rut a negro to pieces, murdered him cruelly, w as arrested, tried and at i/uittrd ; whilst in tlm same judicial district a jssir negro (does not mi whether he was rowdy or not] was sent to the |M*iiitentiary wren year* fyr stealing twenty ptmnd* of four— stolen, it may lm, to keep bis family from starvation. ‘Vengeance is mine, Mit It tlm Lord.’" Tlie concluding verse of Hcri|iture quoted l»y this tender hearted minister shows his naiia n* towards everything Houtfara. Wliat terriiile n-lmls they must fa ill Maryland! Tlmyhave400negraes ill tlm .Baltimore iienitentiary, and only 22K whiten. If the good JVs-toT reads of this cruelty to tlm negroes, his exclamation will lie: “Vengeance is mine." &(^. Farther on in His artirk* he say* liis church is u Lutheran riinreh, and brings, in (insif. among other things, that it belong* to tke Mary! end Synod: I have tlm liiglmst res|s*ct for many good Imethren in' that Usly—men wlm would lm an honor to any Synod of I^iTbernns—yet the mure fact of liehinging to said Syiiml «ha*s not prove any one a Lutheran. For in stiuK-e. one member of that Synod contends tliat water slumhl be used iiinti-nd of wine in the ll,ily Commu nion. Amitlier contends for the imupiration of tlm ministry in onr day. Another ojijVsUM tin- education of ministers, and asserts that they can d«i more grssl if tlmy are nnedn- cated. Another says that liturgies am* a device of the devil to destroy vital godliness. Another lately went into a vacant cougregntuai ami ad- ministered tile Holy KnpjHT without the consecration of the bread and wine to holy o*e. Tims I could go on ad nauaeaat. Now all these worthies (*a*i prove themselves Lutheran* by' !>T. B.’s argnnmnt, for they all belong to tlm Mary kind Sytnsl. Tin* I hs*tor then very' complacently informs his Smithem readers that he is **the first laitlmran chaplain of the U. S. Congress, and lnqies lm may bring no dishomir.” &c. Tlie Doctor slumhl have given his readers a speciiwea or so of his ehajilainry. Ah he has faihsl to do so, 1 will siqiply tlu* omission. Not long since, somewhere near the adjournment of ('ongress, this “first Lutheran ehap- hiin," iu the same i*rayer, and almost in tlm same breath, jirayed Almighty- God to root out every rebel sentiment in this laud, and gice entire mere** to the rebel* in Cuba ! The Doetor concludes by tbe asser- ti(ai that “the Southern churches (I know not wlmther the Lutheran (Tutreh is included) have no better friend tlmu the pastor of St. l*anl in this city, bnt our Southern brethren ma*t accept our orerture* of peace aud union.'' This being interpreted, means that they mnst lm as radical as he: they must favor equality of races, female suffrage, reconstruction npon his interpretation, “inornH^paa," pu- ritanism, and, for anghr I know, miscegenation included. But so long as Southern ministers maintain their manhood and clerical dignity, they are rcM*, aud falUbeneath the ban of tlie “first Lutheran chaplain of the U. S. Congress.” Mr. Editor, what I mean by this review of Dr. Butler’s article in the Fran griical Lutheran, is not so much to correct mistakes, as to call the attention of the church in the South to the necessity of establishing a Lutheran ehnreh in Washington city. Tlie General Conncil has an eye tA the same thing, but I think it would be bettei for ns in the South to do it, for we could better gather np Dr, Butler’s rebel members. “Birds of a feather” would argue in favor of a Southerner. Besides this, the admin istration may change in a few years, (a consummation devoutly tb be wished,) and then Washington city will swarm with those whom fir. B. hdls MW"*"" | wouhl be a h»r* lie could f* General Council eircumakuH-'” I ,1m Council wild E can cooperate >.| y\e isitb stand t | not, a* Dr. B tsisis, ami most p that of the M-t.J iqsiu the grand. E burg Confes.se B do,dMl mu O' . wreutiab.' ‘'" ,rr " I py farming u «1* rasia out ,,f 11 i - Woaldugton nt: 1 ^ noble, of Ii*'- 1 tMiu, r u» wip' 1 ' I easily affected b* Ecd'-i GKI I Meeting at the On ei Tlm recent of religion in Get*' interest to the !<>IB fnmi tlm forth |) dent: ■ “Tim twenty t* ■ ‘German Prote>i the ffn«tavus-A i took place in B of August, ami t I I>r. Kuhuis prv.i* sermon in tlm pr at the jMililie in* l»r. BlfaMRii. annual reiailt year animiiitc (tlm tbafar is al and w ith this sn were aided, at" 1 crated ; tlm Ol*' will slMirtly »td reboot* were est ages fiuished. ai 23 churehes, 1 * vantages laid, also received aj* ■•unities prayii of lliTi ellllreln . parsonages; 2T<* iu couseipiem * with detit. Him the society, tie have diaUibti'' congregatioiis i: 1 tinders, and tin tlm comities* given dinstly 4 mit tees. “Pastor Gram of tlm Rcfoi'iii.-. states that iu ti church ac(-onn>i< had iimreased i Dr. Vallette. al* tlie imnmnse pr; • ism iu Paris ami jmrfwt good-fee tlm l’rotestaii! Catholic brothi “Pastor KoL Neustadt. gave l : view of tlie com ism in Austria, of Protestant". 140,000, or 2 |M*i titui. In 321 172 relnsils. 211 teachers. Tin to meet nearly they obtain fro pittance of 50,(X have enjoyed <■ adequate allow; Then* an* hut communities, tli Trieste; a few a Imt the rest a though willing rifiees they can many plates tie wretched bam and the aid of tl the State, it ] lsissiblc to pay smaller Congn ; year. Tlm Pi Austria is still rugs. Divine i and achool-iusti. languages—jGen ish, and Italian the congregat e- tribnfe Th *tW s. rpgnlar serv ic ociiisionallj. T preacher and t, vacant for yen f«mnd with sufr, to accept then usually old non . w disabled mim “Pastor C-wst* a brief historica mitism in Spain. »»4£, like the ni;* £ Proteatant eh*r to pine for sc\ ( The revotnrion i«K light, and w lmther a react i. •h, he uuUesit.i He eonelndwl 1 the WK-icty- iii snitnble house ol “Candidate F " mb, related Ii >>» Austria, Italy, ’other things, 1„ N- O n c x