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THE LUTHERAN VISITOR. COLUMBIA, S. C., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1869. ®1jt inffitcaii ^Rsilat, COLUMBIA, S. C. Wednesday, October 30,1869. EDITORS : Rev. A. R. RUDE, 06h~mbu, 8.O. Rev. J. L Mh.i.ku, Stai nTos, Va. “I* esncntiaU unity, in non-amential* liberty, in nil thing* charity." TERMS: $2.o0 for (jM'rrar 1.50 (hr six montits. f.OO ft* three months. rw All comniuniooUons .. .J J mmbcra. 26 ...» “ nm»t be written oorrvctly »ml legibly, ami accompanied with ttie names of tin.- writers, which, however, may he withhold from the public. Correspondents most not expect declined communications to he re- turnerl. or We request our subscribers to make remittances to us only in registered letters, or in the form of post office money orders or bank checks. All such remittances are at our risk. We run ho! kike the rut ultra lunacy it teat ia namuternt letters. , Formerly there may have beca some ground lor tile remark, that “tlie only effect of registra tion ia only to make the letter more liable to be stolen.” But under tin. now law*, wiiicii went into operation last Juno, we think registered letters are perfectly safe; and wo know from almost daily experience that others are not. JfOTtCSTO rnsmr.lKTEaa.—riatroaatem through out the country will save trouble by obeying Un laws in regard to newspnpers. etc. Wlieii a paper remains dead in the office for four consecutive weeks, it is lire duly of the postmaster or liia deputy to send the publisher of the paper a written etotice of die fact—suiting, if possible, the reason why the paper ia Dot taken. The returning to the publisher of a paper marked ‘-not taken. -refuged,” notice. or ‘uncalled for,” ia not * legal Premiums. We will give to any one who Dentin ns two SalMcribera and |C>, one copy <*f “ Di*1inctire Doctrine*." We will give for four Hubacribera mill 810, a eopy of “ Life nml Deal* of Lnthrr." We will give for five Suhsrritor* autl 8 12.50, a copy of “ Luther'* Ser mon*, Yol. or if preferred, a eopy of “Dr. .Sic**’ Ecclesia Sacraor “ Lather'* Church Votiit" in 18 mm tore. We still give for ten Subscribers and 825, a-copy of “ The Book of Concord." \ The name* mid the money must accompany each other. As regards premiums tlae for Vot. L, the former publishers are reopon- sildc. For (the premiums for Vol. II., wc are. , \ A. R. RUDE, J. I. MILLER. Mississippi is advancing into line. We have received a very handsomc addition—the first fruits—from that portion of onr field to onr list of snh scribers. Imrbnriant , I* our God .jealous God, i many peraoim through means «»f the one by whom actions are tvelghetl f tournament^ who might ]»atronixe the Tlie above aeeonnt of Knight- dinner, end thus seen re funds for the errantry in the county of Calvert' Churchf Well, this seems pretty and.in tlie State of Md., confuses us. legitimate, or at least, pretty plauai- It is with difficulty Hist we find onr Ue. Hut why not have, in addition, reckoning. An* we in the age of a grand halt uiul sup|ier that night t “ H'cefcrr" ; The coton.V Is situated tu I bslilridge Co., Weat Va.,ou an area of 10,000 aiTea of woodland, and is under tlie control of Mr.J. H. IMmra, the Htate Commissioner of Iiumigra lion. Tin* land in «oW to the cotol For lb* Lutheran Visitor Avar*warning Oar* enlightened Christendom, or in the dark ages! The blending of fwo things in the punigntph from the Calvert Journal is what confttse*. In that affair the Methodist Chnrrh ap|H>ars as a promineut cliuraeter. Tills church is of coiii|Hinitivel.v mod- ent origin, ami hence, we conclude we must lie in the HRIi century. Hut then then* we also see the *pnnxd amt hoolrrt knight, which ortlcr ttsik its rise iu tin* eleventh ceil tun prior A great ileal mon* money would have been raised. Tin* ball would have cal list many tlien* whom the tournament eonlil not influence. It is a great pity when people get tin* ball in motion it is allowed to come to a state of inertia so aoou. Then too to have followed all this with U gooel old /national horse race anti it inner tlie next day, would have brought oiit others still am! the money would have la*en augmented, Tar the Lutheran Visitor. Mend EwpoasibiUty. pleased, every right minded pen** would unhesitatingly say that R ■ would beyaWto ptmisli him tor bin When God created man. it Erased misdeeds. If every one were showed Him to endow him with the gift of J to art as he wished to do, then wo*U mind. MsII was made to differ from ' coufusioii soon reign worse —ifniag the rest of the auuimal creathm not | „|, property and even life itself wonts it... r. *... „r > i.. . - ... 1 merely in tin* form, 4c., of his body, and tire adaptation of its meinlier* to the different kind of life it was intruded he slioulii lead, but more <*M|x-rtally in the fart, that—a.-cord to tin* Crusades, knight errantry ami ami still more, if tin* exercises bad the Met hint iat Church ! Surely there wound up tat that day witli a rock miiMt Ik* woims mi«tak«* aUxit tills !| mmfper. All «*\|**«li The author of the paragraph seems euts attract a large number id |ss> to be guilty of an anaclinmism as pic Irian the different ehisaes of to have their uussionuries out Iadtoring nmler tlie weight of seri ous losses of fortune aud pro|s*r1y, the sail results of our late terrible itists f.ir 8.U0 [wr acre, aud fitment I ‘be upswing of tla* present year is only required after five years omi *«■* the agricultural Interest* of the paaey, u ,„l then in instalments. Tin* wlmle coaiitrv putting hath almost grouinl for I la* Church mill tlieHchnol snper human cffiirt* to enlarge Ifaftif is donated. The teacher must be a prmlnctMHis, ami making luiste to la- native Herman; but tlie Kugtiah hut I rich. The inU*n*«t* of the Church, id gunge is to be pla.x-d on an equality I bumanity, ami the soul, seemed to la- mg to I>r. Hickok—there is, in man, with the Herman. I wading meii, 1 lost sight of in tlie devotion to the “superinduced upon tlie animal, tlie Governor Hteveusuu, Ool. Ziegler,- retrieving of fortunes nnd uocuuiuln. far higher fern* of a rational exist Senator Uotviimn, and .atom favor tiim of gain. So im-aus were neg nice. Tlie rapacity for tlnwght and the enterprise. lectcd, no |mius s|iaml, to roach the liberty is given, anil the spiritual is •Tin 1 Virginia Svmsls must |a* wished for goal; and with intense iui|Mi1rd, that is to restrain and eon uudn the alert. Old’Virginia never ‘“.xirtt ea.li looked forward to the teal tlie animal; and in this, we tires;—but is terribly slow to start, wmsammatiou of the wfcfcfid tor end. have tlie human with its intelligent Tin* Iilil link is so well satisfied witli The time far this expected realization slid responsible ageney. The man herself as sin* is, that alu* dues not 'Ini'*« "i*ur, but the once bright pros lias his life force, w itli its own ab like to more. The two Synods ought j I*** • row * wore •»«> <*"<1 doubtful, normal type of bi*iiig aud develop . . - ■ t i |, n , H I and tin* hone, the ilesiie. the exnecte- i incut, as has the plant; and tlie great us the artist w ho painted Adam, society. TV* time may come is this in Eden, with hnnting thirl and rife, age of adranerd chrittian enlighten Two ages, widely ae|mrated, are ’ Off for Synod. No editorials this week. We are bound for Walhalla, not to meet witli Odin, Thor, Freya and Frigga, lmt with the brethren, many of whom we have not seen for a whole year. Wo are going to Walhalla, not to see the berserkers anil warriors of the run id age fighfe over tlieir battles by day, and carouse on mead and the flesh of Shrinmer all night; but to take coun sel for the welfare of Zion. There will be different opinions and views. mrnt anti liberty, when we will announcements like this: “Hotdied on last night, the store of a miserly Jew for the lieueflt of < Tmrch;" or, “The gambling rmHiw of 1 Hotel have lieeu leased for a few uiglita, tin* proceeds to be ap|tlie<l to the imymeut of a del* resting on Church ;" or, “Robinson's Cirrus will to o|wn to-night for the lienctit of Church. Tlie Chrittian pnblie are invited to turn out slid help this laudable object." Is not this tla* mill.-Ilia! glory ? If not, , by what name shall this Messed time be called ( One wonl of np|»licatio!i. Ought 1 not the abuse to which this whole ; mutter is lieing sntqected, of raising money for tin* cause of Christ, liy outside ami quest ioiuible means, st besf, iiMivimi* every christuni that it is wrong and should be uIsiihIihmsI ! I at the peo|ile lie traiue.1 to sys- teuuitie ls*ia*v olenis*, ami all thin human machinery is uiiiH*ressury. Aud where any cause will not site- reed iu the legitimate and Christian way, no permanent gissl will attend any other. Wlieii the tournament must be called into the aid of tin* Chun-h, then us well closr the dimrs ’ J of tin* sanctuary . Light ami dark liras hare mi commuuioii with each other. Fairs and supfs-rs, ami straw berry festivals, though in the—fives lint so objectionable, yet, no doulri their use has led to the intnslnrtion of the tournament as another auxil iary to strengthen the cause «>f Christ, j benefit of the tpiritnal but temporal ““d what may yet follow this, re interests of the Church." Well, now i mains to Is* s.s-n. we understand. 4V chun-h is to be M «.' tbsl preserve his Chun-h from built, or au old one n*|>uin*d, or a this ilownwsnl and wonlly tendency. debt removed for building and nqsiirs il,M l make it “a glorious t hitn-li. not and this plan wus taken to mise having s|s»t 1* wrinkle or any such |M*ctmg from tlie .\HegheuUs to tlie <Hiio. Tin- n-giou alsMinds with the rielust kind of on*." hen* grouiM*.!, so us to throw us, now Isn-kwanl, and now forwanl, and now standing still in stunningcoitfti- SMHi. trying to identify ourselves and our age. , Hut, still after a perplexing effort to locate iMir age, we must contend that we ate living in the latter half of the mil century, all other indica tions to the contrary. .Vmt this point settled, tlie qnestiisi comes up; How account for a Christian cliun-li. hitching itself on to iui institution, which, whatever may Is* said in its favor, is n remnsnt of tla- .lark ages f ••The tournament ami festival for tin* Itenefit of the Southern Methodist Church !" How couhl n tiairnament Is-nefit a Methislist, or any other Christian church ! It is calculated to awaken serious thought and anxiety ulsmt , the simiI t We have never ln-unl of a revival fotlowing such u display of horsemanship. As far as our knowledge of such entertainments goes, we wen* led to the coocldsioii tlint they were generally- followed by dancing ami irorldly dumipatinn in gi-m-nil—tippixl off, i>er!tu|ia, by a little card playing and drinking. This one may have lieen followed by very different results. 1'cilia ps, it wound up in a gi-in-ral elan meeting, or at any rate a delightful Lore Front But it w-ill be answered: “Tliis tonniaineiit was not intemlisl for tlie For tbe Ijifluoa Visit.• Traveling Correspondence. Tbe Cotumnr Coa/rrencr—Tbe Chicken (Jurat 10 m. anil the luqs*, the ileaire, tbe expert* incut, as has the plaut; and tlie tiim of the huslMuidutaii is dimmed to | ca|wcity for iuwaid digest ion, aasimi a serious ilisap|N>iiitmeiit. A general 1st ion aud nutrition—for kmouiotiou, .Inmglit has prevailed—the lieaveps pns-eptiiNi, ami selertiim, as has the have refused to give tlie former and suirnal; but tar above all these is the bitter rain—the |sirrhcd i-artli has | his spiritual endow unfit, in which I* i-ouscqucutly n*fiusHl to give nourisii > rationality, personality, and the re- ■ueiit to vegetstksi, and tin- result is s|mnsilalities of iui immortality.— a failure of the crop. A general Thus, man is nut merely life, like tbe glisan suttweiLa ; men eoni|ibiiii of legetable. but animal lift*; ami not results, murmur against Hud, color alone animal life, like tbe brute, lmt Dear Lutheran 1 inter: I will md mote darkly the picture, ami manifest “steal tlie tlinmler" of tlie amiable over aaxhats can* atmut the fttture. (•tera, mik wImtc is a supply of ftssl la* unsafe, nnd all government emu come to a speedy end. For this reason, it is right that the ~tImMIj inclined should lie threatetad with tlie terrors of the law to deter them from wrong doing, ami, in the event that, in spite of this, they nlmuld intentionally commit wrong, they should most surely- la* punished far tL It is only through the faithful, impartial aud certain exception of gooil laws that a government can be maintained ; and tbe more tare the punishment of the offenders, tla* leu* frequently will they offend. It fa Imcause punishment for a transgn*. sioii is not tpredily executed, that the heart of tin* wicked is fully set ^ them to do evil. If, then, tlie citizen of a tempmi government ought to acknowledge tbe claims of its laws to his obediame mul if it is just that he should be held resjaMtsilde for his oliedieoce to them, ami that lie should be punished in case of non-obedirtice; mueh mart sight all men, lieing subjects of the divine kiugilom, to acknowledge a s|dritual lift*, which inthnmes the , rational u|sm the animal, ally ing tbe Haima of its law* to their ohedi. him to the angels, ami putting on ,-nre. ami much mon* sbooM they he him the likeueaa of the Iliviue," It | u .|a iw|sHiml4e for a faithful attempt is bemuse that, iu man, there Iui* to obey them. For, tlie laws of God, been enthroned upon tlie animal part having emanated from a perfnet expmuad with the li|m. Is this rigid f, of hia nature a spiritual life, w here source, an* themselves neiessa(% We sjs-sk from a i-hristiaii staml by be is ollird to the angels, aud lias |s*rfcct, awl, consequently, we prr- bone, driven by a large, fine, white ' |»md. iff tin- men of the world, we liad, to some extent, UkeiK*ss to tbe j riaely just such law s as an- abwiititeij’ prooeber. e*p«rt nothing else. Tliey have made Divine Manijssl n|sm hi* being, that necessary, for man’s highest welfare. Hut w itlmut rejsirting the k-gtola world their portion, have looked n can be said of him, that he was For this reason, they pn-sent imaeas- Uoft of tlie body, 1 may note down a to it for their chief g.—l, aud have , n-uti*d in tbe image of Hod; and it uraWy anisriorchiirustoliisobediaw few of the liu|*v**inmt mailt* U|sm mi am hor coat within the veil. Their was Imcouse lie was tear creotivl that than human biws, for tlie fatter, an outsider. The pror-codings of trust ha* fsitral them, they have no the siqiremary o'er all the rest of having au ini|«erfert source, aie far coufenuce uffonled indispiitalde rroawroe u|msi which to fall bark, ami the animal creation was ausmled to that vefy n-ason, necessarily mi per- secretary of the 1‘otomac* issifetenoQ, by re|sirting the proceedings of that erudite ami energetic body, lmt I was tliero—ilrawn there in tlie Aral |daei* by iin-llitutiiHi, awl in tla* tor mul piine by a large, flue. to min- fruu.!—tliey do not see bow thoy an* to live, &c. Such is the - very gi-oeral feeling. If not always pnsif of tbe seal. Atlelity ami endor | they can not be otlierwise thau disap awe of its luemlierw. The rr|s>rtson |mtnted sml anxious. We are mil tbe State of religvm emlwueed tbe when we hear fniui sw-h ■Mivenml old story i»f hard and jssir re|dning. awl murmuring, and com pay. Yet, hen* nml there wen* l«hiiiiing, but we are astonished to AashiHi weilgea _ _ _ scattered tin- darkness ami tlie dross. 1 peimatioii of lYnvidewe, fa neither a him. “Ami Htsl said, Let us make man in onr image, after our like-' ness: and let them ha\-e dominion over the fish of the sea. awl over the fowl of tlie air, and oxer the cattle. feet. Sweet waters can wit issue forth from latter fountains. Furthermore, the Moral Lawiias a Judge tluit will not suffer it to be violated with impunity . TiMHigh the of light, awl rays of hope- hi*ar these things frow the eltristiaii. and over every creeping thing that <lav ,4 i IiK redumiug wkh the ,kfl 1 of gold ami glittering |s*arls I omplaining at tlu-ir ltd, at tla- ills cns*|ietJi upon the earth. So dre-u of men is di-lav<sl. vrtiti*&mf 1 at i n.. 1 si • irtumatuiii as#' Pixit-iiloiuio ia iioitiioe a .. ..a.. .1 1.1. ’ » — J si. . * “ ’ For rxam|de, isie ImSln-r Is abisit Imihling a new house of wiwwhip, a |N*ir blm-ksuiith, with a large family to snp|s>rt, Mihsrrilieil one hundred iloHars, every Issly iu the village Isilglieil at wlmt was deemed hi* pnsligulity, nnd sihiii* hintril signifl eiintly, that there wus s vast differ cure ls-tween Mibsrrilang nml |siy ing lmt tla* amount ia paid already, ami by tlie tiim* tla* fhnndi ia Huislnsl Im* will liuvc |kihi two litimlnsl dnl lurs or more. A young girl, in tlie same cimgre cieatisl man iu his own misge, in tbe alM j h.tarrly. though it may be slowly unagi- ol (igi created be liirn. advaw-iug. “Fortiod hath appointed Hen, I: It is iu man’s s|iirit a ; n ;| M . which He will judge ail ■ml iiutuiv that his Moral lteiqioiisi m ,. (l |,y Him wImiiii He hatliontained lylity to Ins I n-ator has its seat. tolie tlie Judge of all tla* world." ‘By mail being morally re*pom*ibtr It is iMqssisible for men tolirilie Him; t<» his I n-ator is imsiut that la* is tla*n*fore. He will most surely aiisweraltle to Hint tor hit behayhmr vixtt punishment ii|*m tip- guilty. 111h>ii cartli. The wonl moral* is de It is liecnusc lie delays punislimeot rivisl from the laitin wonl mo*, which f (>r ^4,,^ „|,<| does not iutliet it to mam means uuuim r, ruteom, Is havi.mr: the sinner commits evil, that tlie ** ** with reference to tin*, wh-ked grow- Isdd to believe that He about tlie life that now is resiilttug .xsalurt or Is havi.mr of man, eitlier w m IK * them at all. But it ta mnnnww «„d «x,m|da.nts, but a as au imliviiloal, or as a raiv*. it is h, becaurn* ftf hi. merov. Wlsranom. golden amaa w hich give, proper our u^iBoahte w hether hi. | and „ Kto w«d. them tea part of their rdnrata*i nor their faith, ami it ought not to la*. Their Master says, “Take mi thought for the morrow," forbidding this over weening rare ami anxiety, lmt in mi w'ar prohibiting n legitimate ami |trai*emirtliy industry. On the* con trary, diligraec in Irasiness is required of them, sml if s man docs not work, neither shall he eat. But tliis ilia** md involve an exceeding anxiety money—which is to say, “let us 1I0 evil that gissl may conic." The want of a church, or tin* want of 11 heavy debt removed, is aiyudgisl to la* a serious himlentwe to the spreuil of religion, and the ingathering of souls, und the difficulty must lie over come. Brethren IVtherbridge, Mercer and perhaps, a few Class leuderx, after prayerful (!) consideration, fall upon the piout exisslient of a tournament, thing." gatioa, who fa out at service, earning '"msiiW ratMai to tla- duties of dmd he food or Imd; aod we say of t | M . v un . IMlt IM ,nisl M -<l immediate^ ‘ a e e • ■ a* llfra ntul ft Bn ax we Li 11 muMlIta to A .seal I _.. *- -•»- 1 - * al A B t- # .* NORTH CAROLINA. Rev. G. I). Bcniheini informs us, that he has nci-cpfcd the call to Is- runic the |sistor of the Chun-h ut Wilmington, lie ex|s-rts to inovi- at th«* end of tlie year, after Christ mas. what many wisihl cuiisiih-r small wages, niitxirrihcd twenty doilars; long before the snbsrTiptioii was due, she hrotigl the iiuiisint to her |sistor who urgisl her to keep it longer, lmt site insisted on paving, stating that she bo|ssI by tin* time it was wanted to Is* able to give mure. Hie pastor of tln-se pisqile Islsifs in . three dainties, in two states, serves six orguiiinsl congregations life ami tlswIrsvi-i nsults to HisL an indiv idual, that he is a man of n.1 * , • .... ..... ' 11 after their commission of-evil, for " by should they Is* over anxious gissl or Isnl morals, as tlie case may alsmt tbe future, or ask wlmt shall we eat t What shall we drink f. or wherewithal shall we ls> dot Ins l ! In all tin- ]>a*t they have not lss-11 exempt from trials, m>r huve they always hail the lirigbt suit of pros l**rity to shine U|»si4heui, yet they Is*. It lias relervtiee not ouly to the out want life of man, lmt also to his thoughts and feelings, and to all the imaginations of his heart. When, therefore, it -is affiruitxl that man is morally n*s|smsilih* to his Creator, it is meant tluit he is answerable to if lie were to |Kiuisli them then, they would Is* immediately iiit off. and would Uaxe so time allowed them to repent, and to seek and obtain his forgiveness. It is ls-causc Hod does not 1rl*h the death of any. lmt rather tluit all should n*]**ut anil live, that he exercises forlx-arance towsrils the liaxe ls*en eared f.w and pn-serv.d „ tul for therAnrartcr of hmthoughts. illst ' }ii , lle nntll I.4IM- t ii fe.jl 414 u ut ..I I IA4I I1....I4 a aw a a . • .a until now; ami ilts*s md Hod their and lias six preaching plmsw hesides; Hewvewly Father still reign and can* brother wfl tilt with brother, many 1 its the most likely to provi* surceas- a hard blow will lie given anil re- turned, but brotherly love and zeal for the holy cause of Christ will earry the day.’ Alt must exercise forbear- Fur tin? Luiiieran Viwitnr. 8ynod of Georgia. ance, anil yet be unflinching, firm, and unmovable in adhering to and confessing the truth as it is in Jesua. Tlie love for the Church must be en lightened and fervent. Tbe desire to win souls for Christ must be earn est. All things said or done mnst be for the accomplishment of the one great purpose for which we live and labor: The honor nml glory of Ood. Self must be put aside, “the old Adam in ns must be drowned daily the new man, tlie man of Christ aud in Christ, must come forth. Kvery brothcr should pray and confess -. •‘■For me to tire i* Chrint." Tlie Junior—but only iu years— caters this) time. He only is respon sible. Tlie Senior rejoices that for one week not a man will have cause the whistle. Off. A Religions Tournament. TorBNAWKXT AM) FESTIVAL IS Cai.VEBT Cor.NTV M».—The tour nament and festival for the Is-nctit of the Southern Methodist Church came off on Thursday of last wreck. Tlie knights eighteen in number, were aditiessed by Rev. J. F. Pether- bridgfe, Rev. Mr. Mercer, and B. I). Bond, Esq. John* Broome, Em;., “Knight in the Cool,” came off victor, nnd crowned Miss Maria Dance Qneen of Live and Beauty; Willie Is-ason, Kniglit of Emerald Isle;” John Turner, Knight of “The Black PlumeThus. W. Williams, Knight of “Ivanhoe," crowned, respectively, the Maids of Honor, viz: Miss Ella Ireland, Miss Mollic Peterson and Miss Annie Williams. Brown’s drum corps afforded delightful music for the occasion. After the tilting, the large company repaired to Mrs. Wil liams’s, where a bountiful dinner and refreshments awaited them. The affair was exceedingly well oondnet Tlie Tenth annual meeting of the* Hynod of Heorgia, was held in Mount !*ilgrim church, Coweta County. . Heorgia. (Rev. I, Bislenlmiigli |sis tor), tlie proceeding* la-ginning ini five.—Calrert Journal. O Where are we ! To what age of the worfd ,dj> we belong ? Are We Christian or Heatheii, civilized or fill. N'mv it does strike its as a means of raising money for the glory of flint, not at all likely to meet with the Divine approbation. It may be said in its defense “tin- end justifies the means'' And however men, in theory or in wonl discard this jesuis- Thursday morning, Scptcmlaw doth, tic maxim, it is, in practice, much him! closing isi Humbly evening De mon* common than we are willing to tuber dd. Wkvc- AH tin- clerical members of the Think of it; two clergymen at a .Synod,—five in nuililsT, were present; tournament, addressing the knights, amt four LnyffH* presented their I wonder if Wesley, or Fletcher* or credentials anil were enrolled as del Clarke ever hail such distinction con- egates to represent the charges to l'erred u|*»n them. whieh they ri**|**etivelv la-long. We hope these brethren went Tlie Itevereud I»resiileut of New- home and wrote in their journals of lorn College was eonfldentlv rxjme ministerial nets: “Addressed eigh t ed a* convsis.ndiiig delegate from teen knights today at a tournament, ,b,. Hymsl of Mouth Carolina, lmt, gotten up for the express pun**** of though anxiously looked for, he failed glorifying Ood; realized the Divine 1 to p, lt j„ „„ Hp|M*nmnec. presenee; had great ‘liberty.’ Tlie Tbe principal items in the Pure l»vd seal the truth to the hearts i-bial Reports handed in hv the pastor* and eon science* of those who heard." „f this little Synod sum* up a* fol Such a record might serve as a lows: risigregntions 10; rommuni- foot print on the mind* of time, to eq- cants ToO; ltapt ized during the past courage some other servant of Hod year, adults 18, infants .T7 ; admitted in the ducharge of duty, who in after to ehtireli membership hy eonftnnn years amy Is* privileged to read their tiou .'18, by certifirate 12; I*myer journal*. But we are still at a lost meetings.!; Kumlay 8elmol*K.Te«e!i- ho know how this tournament conkl era .W, Hclmlars 4IW; Contributions be a benefit, in a financial 1 mint of to Synodical Fund $80..V>, to Home view , to the church in whose interest missions, exflusive of eollections it came off. 1’erlmpH n sum of money math* ut Hvnod, 8SUM, to Fslnen may have been staked as to the^uc tiou Fnnd 81T10.47, to Hem-nil eessful knight, nnd the stuki-s to go Renvevolenee 8li.j0.00. to help the cause of Christ. TTiere >f 0 business of sp«-i»l interest to might have lieen betting too as to the Church at large was transacted, who would be crowned “qneen of The intercourse of the brethren dttr love and beauty," nml the money j„ K Um . fcw , UyB thoy ww together appropriated in the wine way. ! w(w VPrj pleasant, ami we trust not The eleven hundred pieces of sil- unprofitable. Tlie wonl of (1ml was ver about which the mother of preached morning nuil evening to Micnh had been rnrsing, were, when large ami attentive congregations, the young man eonfesseil that he we luqs* anil pray to the lasting gissl hud stolen them, in consideration of of many souls. CORRESPONDENT. WE8T VIRGINIA. A Suabian Colony—The projector, 1 if lie were not a Miller the running of such a Machine would grind him to powder. Tlie conference was most kindly ami hisipitalily eiitertaimsl hy the oNigvvgutioii of 8t. Peter’s Cliureh. ami the citixens of Tom’s It rook, - Va.. nml it is immt devoutly hiqssl. that their kimlnes* to tlie king’s cm Imssadors may lie almndantly re- wanlisl in this life, ami in that which for them as in the past ! If even it were not so. what is to Is* gained by fretting and worrying at that whieh we can not Is-lp ? It can not alter onr condition or make it otherwise with us; lmt is, on the other hand, injurious to our highest interest*, by abnorhing and engrossing in things below all onr thought* and attentions, nml preventing them from rising to Hod ami (kings enduring, ami hin dering their eumdiiitig by the exrlu- how lie niiist live in onler to |>l his Maker. Were there no divine ] i* to come. But to the feathered bipeds of this j sum of higher ixaitemplations. ; f’oiiiiniiiiitv. iiMH'tinjr im « irroat I calamity, tlw* martyrdom tWy Miflpr j IWHHnjr for it in rwilly ^ ^ l.sl was fearful, and the niininter* ftotl'inf less than n dissatisfaction n^j^iuble for his deeds; or, rather, mu'” 8 ,u,'f^lgllUnt threaten were again laid under the old thread *'“• Hta provMfto»x-«n imt slter „ mW m>t be guilty of sin, “For." aLinst tliem iu^S any* the ajsist U- Paul, “withimt tbe present condition of the Jew*. They TU. rarair, U. n„„ ZJtJtifZ, Z »-.*• to men n. was to sn«|s- m» «m- |WR<t wln . lv jM-rfarm tlie threwteiuug* dm-t, to could not to justly held ((f Hig Xh( . y ^ IK(W under . our eondition nor miller circtim stances mure inoKperous, but place 11* in an opposition to Him from which nothing but evil can result to n*. Why then should we indulge in anxiety for eoming days, or lie din- eccliyiindtasl eonveution is on haml,. contenfetl and miiniinratttopreai*ii(t *in, benuise fan iwowste in the Iran*- Doe* not our Heavenly Father know what we need, ami w hat is best for us ! He t-lottos the lily of the vale with beanty, ami withont His fiermis- sion not a sparrow falleth to the ground. He, too, numtoreth the ' etiquette, Jo eat elih-ken, and tton ' rr J‘ of ‘ >,lr ■"‘“d, and will not ‘ “ t J tang,/lot for rating them t wHhhold any goo,, thing. frtltI,f « 1 »» ,W — «"“• I contend that tbe thing is not fair, Between overweening core amt | and moreover, who know* lmt that indifferentnegtigenre there fangold-, „ M . . 1 it faX exeenaive rating of ehieken «* middle part,, and in this | ^ the.Vtey fact Imre m-eiiNitiou, that their gastnai omir pivference* w wjbirl. Amt rigid here I propone to enter my solemn protest against the way in which ministers are treated ini tbe ehieken question generally. Whenever an ehii-krtin are rained tor them—kept for them—cooked, fried, rousted and ■ stewed for them. Tliey liave i-hirkeu for breakfast, chicken for dinner, and chicken for supper; they are amprlted, 1^1 a (mint of lionor nnd law, sin was dead."- Tliis is self evident; for where there is no law to be oliserved, there con be no x-iola. tiou of it; anil where there is no violation of the law, there can to no grettion of the law. It is most unquestionably ami emphatically the duty of man, Udh to acknowledge liis moral ren|>011 ni hility to his Creator, and to endeavor to the best of bis ability, through a that are so graciously vouchsafed to him, to meet, that responsibility. 1 legs that inclines no many . brethren to trot home before tto eon that lie exist*, is necessarily a mem- of tin- . *he christimi is required to walk. , , „ „ . . Christ forbids not tto diligent toil 1 *‘ r ^ Uj*!" kingdom, and therefore, of tto body, Im* tto mistrustfulness U “ doubtwil - v ow ‘* am! «lim|uict of tbe nonl. He re- ^ ^ 10 aW8 u ™* r w hieb he, iw a qairm diligence mid ii.dnutry for tbe “ lonibor ^ th ^ kingdom, is placed, present, but would have us, when Thmi K l1 men from whatever cause, them* an* emi4oy«l, leave results to to “oknowleilge the claims of L. Keller, at the dedication of tto>! <k,d - Sufficient unto the day is tlo M,,nJ to th * ir ohedieiK*; evil thirrnf B. their doing so by no means exempts , -u- 1 them from those claims; on the eon- Wonderful l'rtnerratian.—The La trary, it only the more surely exposes brador ship “Harmony," sent annu them to a pnnishinent aggravated j ventiims adjourn. Btv. U. A. Isaig of Near town, and tto uudeniigiied, remained at the 1 Brook, after tto adjournment of con ference, und assisted tto pastor, Rev. new St. Peter’s Clinn-b, on Hunday, tto Itffli of He; item tor, of which we will H|*-uk hereafter. Yours Troly, ; RK1SKNPKR.. the young ifian’s virtues, devoted to ed, and we tnist wiHpvove remnnera- 1 religious purposes. Why not money made by totting at a tournament I But it may to, said: “There waa no money raised in this way, and the object was to draw out a great C. Lautensehlager, of Parkersburg, rommnnHutes the following to the I giving. Xational Thauktgiring.—l’resident ; Hrant has issued a proclamation, I recommending that Thursday, No- J posed to extreme tlanger | vember 18th, to observed throughout »nd ire, it fa stated that not one of j and should wilfully violate those readily persuade ' themselves tbsi the United State* as s day of thank* the vessels engaged in this mission laws on the plea that to had the those things are untrue which they -i-i— I ha* been loot. ' —’-*-* -- — - ■ -- IS words, and deeds. It i» tto express- ,. vell nHltilin .-s His favors to them ed will of Hod that man shoo Id live notwithstanding tlieir continued pure mid holx in thought anil wonl carter in evil, their unbelief of Hi* as well a* iu deed. l-ortliis|Mirpo*c, word, and their continued refusal eft H«1 has been plcmssl tbr.mgl. HU| praORcd oOcra of forgireMSB various men, at v arious times, <“ and love; so that in the dav of judg- revcal His will unto man respecting newton tlieir pnufahmmt fa visi- liiin for “holy men of old s|iake a* ii|khi them, they themselves will they were moved by the Holy (.host" no j i„. to resist acknowledgfag —and, in tltfa manner, the Bible was tto justice of it finally given to man. It fa from the ^ (lod wiu ]>unisll the ,-icked Uonl of Hod tluit man fa to lean. h| t ,„. fut)1IV world, we have a very strong reason for believing, in the ing* of Hod against them in case that they, instead of observiug the com mandment* He gave them, should |*>rsist iu violating them. They did )*>refat in transgressing His laws, and now He is making good Hte threat ening* against them by punishing them, at a people, iu this world. H# threatened them at a nation, and they are now lieing punished as *w*. We have, thus, a lieing proof, and one that we cau all tee, to convince u* that Hod will prove as good as Bis word. If it fails to convince us, the# it is impossible for us to to convinced iu this life; for what greater iKVssiblo reason can to furnished man to 608- vince him that Hoil will do a* He has said, than to show him that He it doing as He threatened to do* According to the old proverb, it bettering. And yet, in the very face of their seeing, there are many that will not believe. Tliey are tliose of whom it is written that they have been over to “believe a lie." They wi« not tolieve, not because there is uat sufficient reason to convince them, but because tliey do not with to -be lieve. It fa sail to reflect that u*** Itossess anil exercise the power « ally to the Moruviau mission among a,, il intensified by tlieir refusing to tto Ffaquimaux, sailed from Eng acknowledge them, land, June 15th, on the one bun- If a citizen of Virginia, for instance, working themselves into believing dredth voyage. Though often ex- should refnst* to acknowledge the those things true that they wish to in storm claims of her laws to his obedience, be true, whilst they can iuid do “ right to act unrestrainedly as lie do not wish to believe true. Thi* ■tupsaafry «f - proverb. “Th- | tfasHP***' t that we are i. i Wbj So nisn.v selves to toi l statements at N ceruing tto t t jmnishsaent With thm tre f ' Them if -> ft* I * that w J Croft* 0 * - * '* ,- _l coarse, that ; | fol nse of all t bis disposal i I to Him- "1 shk r this id. | Man cati n« I aitlwl cfloi t" j him to do- i | fall of man. . 1 hi* memls-i - . law of ly* >" I into captivit. ^ in hfa menu I that doeth . r - ff This being tly | ismsiblc for in C tto deeils of ri«- were left to *> - j tion througli i f there would i* 1 ing but blafa.l thanks be to<-|' witli whir'll I riche* of uiw. r IahxI and 8a v i« us thus, but L f means of gi I make our <»> | in Him. If thi- ritjh | faithfully u~ » thing to lead* Say* our tv. § all yc that la! I and 1 will gb# yoke i»ix»ii yc V I am meek aiM yc shall find | For my yok. ii fa light.” I I union hltli » t with Him. m l requisite strei 1 of all bis dm ft Aimstlc Pdi, ■ claim, “I cay I t ’brist whic-li - L pnqitot say*. 4- lii* way, and t liis thoughts. I tto Lord, an I iqsm him. at F will alHiiuian E wicked can n* K tbe tutrigiit.;. f withont tin- a I tibost. Tin-I f as it is, in six I wasiic-detcan i fa ■y f tto applicuti.* R to it by tto ag ft Man fa jjist i | Christ, aud i> influence of t! ti]Kiu bis lu-ai skm of tto S nftt be a ci., 1 man have n, E he is none at i' is tto gift r. A . Him through f Holy Spirit -1 to all them -th g Him. For it .K more trilling 1.1' lo them tha B earthly ]iar< I unto his ehil.il -- “Ask, and y. and it shall ! seek, aud ye sif Due woid-. If that knows hB and yet tloess I think you, t) I your merited jp worldt It wilt, yon than with U who knows itci. to, having si iff shall also )H r i whilst you. v « law, shall b 1. “He that km*- will, and did | withfow stri]H-l it and did it | with many si .1 l>eniteiit, you Master’s jm--1 judgment, jitif' nvent with th. i -uill forever i i knew your dut l The • Unhment of o In Seville on. ^ ehurches ha* Cabrera'* con . | form of a Gr. I altars are ivn T ^.000 peraonv eiass of prouusK' Reformed ■ting' tefl the refo] i | J^solved to e.-«^ 83e»inarv to 111 to- ■T,to Gen. : BroAyterian <R Htates of Ann in S to adjigH Wefo^odavl Ja <». o - ei|