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THE LUTHERAN VISITOR, COLUMBIA, S. C., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 27, I860.
$t> Visitor.
COLUMBIA, S. C.
Wednesday, October 87,1889.
EDITORS :
B*V. A. R. RUDE, Columbia, 8. C.
Rkv. J. L Miij.kk. Staunton, Va.
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J. L MILLER.
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readers that the communication with
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ed. We anticipate a long series of
communications, anti profitable, vig-
orons ami sprightly reading during
the dreary days of winter, when con
fined to the bouse by eokl, snow and
catarrh. Though the lind steads
leafless, we hope the linden will
flourish, and though leaf after leaf is
made to grace the Visitor, that lin
den nmy not be leafless, lint like a
green bay tree.
South Carolina State Fair.
At a meeting of tlie Executive
Committee of the South Carolina
State Fair, the following resolution
was passed:
“Resol red, That the Secretary lie
instructed to request all the news
papers of the State, to notify their
readers that all articles intended for
exhibition at the approaching Fair,
will be sent to and returned from
Columbia by all the railroads in the
State free of charge, and all visitors
passed to and from Columbia for one
fare.”
All tlie papers in the State are
respectfnlly requested to extend this
notice.
The Committe also determined to
issue femily tickets of admission to
the grounds during Fair week, at
#3 for annual and life members, and
(: #3 for other families. Such tickets
can, by the 38tl» instant, be procured
at the office of the Secretory, in this
«**y-
On Churd.
Returned to our post Ready to
cry: Wer dat Qu( Vieef Who
eomes there t But as for writing an
editorial, it is out of the question
now. We are tired; it is an infirmity
of ours, though not a besetting sin;
we have a pile of correspondence,
several communications to attend
to, a mountain of newspapers to tun
nel, and a fair shore of pastoral labor,
that can not and must not be neg
lected. Our friends will, therefore,
pleas*' to excuse, and our detractors
have full liberty to abuse us for the
unavoidable absence of a regiilarly
built editorial. This much though
we feel bound to say: We had a
most deligbtftil meeting, not a wave
to trouble in Synod; brethren saw
for once eye to eye, and all were
agreed. Among the items transact
ed we would notice a few: We re
ceived the Rev. Mr, W. Hicks from
the Reformed Church. He belongs
now to, and is one of us. He has
adopted our Confession; he uses our
book; he preaches in our churches;
bo in identified with, aud has one
Dm*, •as faith, and one baptism
tot
Another item of business trans
acted wss the formation of pastor
ates. Strange to tell. South Caro
lina has, hitherto, had Lutheran
churches, lint outside tlie cities no
charges. Confusion dire reigned.
The strong churches had pastors—
the weak churches had to do the best
they could, and their members were
often as sheep without a shepherd.
We augur well from the measure.
It has worked admirably in other
Synods, and it will consolidate our
scattered churches; it will remove
many a cause of (lisastisfertkm, and
the iMHtors will be sustained and
able to give themselves wholly to the
worltof the ministry. The College
was also attended to, and the servi
ces of the Rev. Mr. Houck as agent
secured. All who know him, know
that he is a gifted, able, and perse
vering laborer, and we feel confident
that he will succeed in obtaining for
our institution even more than is
asked for.
As regards Walhalla, we had no
idea that Sooth Carolina punneaseri
hhcIi a Jewel. Its situation, climate,
water, etc., cannot be surpassed; all
that is required for it to become a
favored summer retreat Is that its
friends and the citiaens should be up
and doing. As regards tlie people,
all that we heard and saw impressed
us most favorably, anal our own
host, Herr Hieman, is the prince of
landlords. But we must stop, time
and “other duties” press us. We will
however, atone for our delinquency
by seissoriug a communication from
the Charleston Courier, which tells
many things worth reading far better
than we ran.
Walhalla, H. C., i
October 14,1800. f
To-day the Synod of the Kvangcli
gebcnl Lutheran Chnit-h in South
CnroIina began its forty-fifth session,
in this place. This ecctesiastirsl
body is composed of all the churches
iu the State, which are ftilly repre
sented by their pastors and one lay
delegate from each pastoral charge.
The discussions on these occasions
arc of deep interest to the whole
community, bearing, as they ilo, ii|ion
the true progress and interests of all.
It Is not to he doubted that the real
gospel Ministers and Churches are
the bulwarks of a nation's strength,
and the pioneers as well as the pro
tection of civilisation. In looking
over the Synod of South Carolina, a
stranger would fret tike exclaiming,
“These are true men; they cau
he trust*si.” Hardy, tried, earnest,
united, evangelical, ami with a fair
share of intellectual aliility, they
impress one with the parity ami
majesty of that religion which teaches
them to “kuow nothing among men
save Jesus Christ and Him crucified."
Attendance upon their deliberations,
and personal acquaintance, serve to
confirm such an impression, and leave
no doubt of the success of the truth,
as it is in Jesus, in their hands. You
are compelled to say, “These men
make great sacrifices, endure great
hardships, bear heavy crosses, prac-
tice wonderfnl self-deiiiitt, and yet
are terribly in earnest to elevate and
save their fellow-men! They iiemist
in doing good; in spending ami
being s|ient for others.
They carry one message to all. To
the rich ami poiw alike they have one
gospel of repentance and a better lift*.
It is wuuderful, too, to behold the:
reenperative power of their calling.
After a year’s toil and endurance,
many of them suffering incredible
inconvenience amt personal denial,
tliey meet at Synod or Conference,
and all the springs of goodness, love
nml fellowship seem touched as by
some magic hand, and there is a
seeming forgetfulness of past hard
ship in the congeuial Joys of fellow
feeling and Christian communion.
One care worn soldier will say to
another oxer burdened comrade, “I
have had a hard, a very hard time
this year; little return for labor
expended, hard fore, hard work,”
and the answer will be, “Cheer up
brother, we serve a conqueror, a king,
a good paymaster. Look ahead, faint
not, be happy, for our reward is sure,
palms of victory, crowns of glory we
shall wear,” and then there is a
cordial shake of hands, a grasping
of brotherly sympathies, and a new
resolve. So the years come and go,
until the head of the ardent young
minister is frosted over with time,
and, bending over his staff at his last
earthly Synod, his weary lips falter
sweetly to those who crowd to follow
in his steps, “endure hardness as
good soldiers of Jesus Christ.”
One of tlie touching feature* of the
present Synod is to behold and hear
the venerable John Bachman, D.D.,
wl»o may be called the father of the
Lutheran Church in South Carolina.
Every one seeks to do him reverence,
and young and old both look affec
tionately on his gray hairs. His
interest in whatever passes is un
abated, and his mature judgement is
quick as it is weighty.
He was heard to Mprrss bis (kith
that this would be his last appearance
at Synod—that newt year, In all prob
ability, should Ms name be called,
the answer would be sought in
Heaven.
Fifty-four years hard toll for the
Church of Christ in South Carolina
entitle him to all the endearing
attentions that s lienefitted ami grate
ful people can show.
For four .veers past, Rev. T. H.
Boniest has been President of the
Synod. To-day he was superceded
according to law, by the eieethm
of Rev. A. R. Rude, of Columbia.
As e faithful minister and efficient
presiding officer, Mr. Boinest must
assuredly stand high. In |ireaching,
earnest ami evangelical; iu the Chair
of Synod, iwocticai and prompt i
the State, patriotic aud influential;
in the social oircie, gentlemanly ami
genial. Mr. Boiiiest deserve* both
praise and Is smith, which his brethren
unite to accord 1dm, but w bleb—be
assured—in mi wise turn liis thought -
fol head, iff tenqit his lieart to
vanity.
Ill this connection, it may lie
proper to notice the persecution which
this gentleman has stiffen si slid still
endures for bis public disinterested
ness. It is known to tlie whole
country that he is President of the
Newberry Immigration Society, and
has been instrumental in introducing
hundreds of industrious (ienuans
into tlie State. For this |*ttriutir
innovation, he is railed to suffer. To
suffer in feeling, in teni|ioral pursuits,
in substance, aud in every conceiva
ble way. Within the last month.
is to be dancing cm the green, Pnr-
nament, and Vamcg Ball. Now, we
may well ask, when all this has
i ] is used off, how will it benefit agrienl
i titref If not why connect those
things with that which ta, oatenmbty,
and should be realty tor its good!
Agrirritsml Fain.
Though user we were
of whom, I think, Franklin
' "IU Out by tiir yU* wadi Outre,
lllatatf rau* efefcrt Mtf or
we yet feel a deep interest in those
who, through plowing, mid sowing As to the general tendency of these
and reaping, add to the substantial' "sports” all good men, with (be few-
pnsqierity of every commnuity, ami exceptions, regard them as de
to the country at large. moralising, and Injurious to the cause
As an honorable and indispensable ,/ religion. And yet, artfoTty Inter
calling, agriculture has no rival; aud , woven, as they are, with the highly
he who affects to look down, as be | laudable, when stript of all .abuses,
seath his notice, u|sm tlie plain,
but honest, industrious iiuslNUtdmaii,
shows a want of good breeding—not
to say any thing worse.
Every thing, therefore, which tends
to elevate this liraueh of iiMlnstry,
Agricultural Fair, its eril is not so
apparent, tnd many are induced to
dance, nml ride toumamwat, who could
not have been drawn into these vices
unmasked. Ami yet, the start hav
ing licen made at such time, and
and all that pertain* to it, receives under such circumstances, the danger
our hearty approval.
We feel confident that Agricultural
Fairs, State or County, routrilwte in
uo small degree, to this eml. This,
we think, wtmld appear to every re
flecting mind from a great variety of
rot ■ sit It-ration*. TO but one of these,
however, will we refer, as this la not
the leading ilesign of this article. At
the iweaent time, the temleufj is,
with the young men of the Month, to
find employment in the teamed I in*
fessions—the ministry exerpted—sir.
in mercantile panuiita. Home how
or other, the kies has taken that kohl
of the mind, that to la* a fanner i* to
occupy a ituaithm of no *| renal dinar
<; Bruce, if not aumewhat
the baud of a vile incendiary applied , **•» “»*• prominence given toogricul
the torch to his years' production*. tsml sad the mechanical pursuits,
consisting of cotton, oats, Ac, and 'nseparahli 1 thereto, through feire,
in one night entailed n loss upon him IP* bar to banish sorh au erro
of over frJyMO—ti loss winch render* •*«*“ impression, ns sell ns to don
him almost helpless, and autyrrta that it ias position of tenor and power,
his family to nameless kanlahi|M and
ileaiaK The Jieetiliar bitterness in
nil this is, that it is the reward of
unselfish’ devotion to tbe common
weal. The community is satisfied <si
this point, ami rireumstantial evi
dence points strongly to a negro who
in turn is the tool of poMtidd re
formers, who to gain their ends teem
not only ready to tax a man to the
last degree, hut to subject him to
torture, insult, and the torch, ta
is, that thry will participate, when
gotten np without tbe gommaMT vail
of an Agricultural Fair thrown over
them; ami thus these Fain liecome
the preparatory schools In which pa
|iits are trained fur aitifol s;sirt« ami
iHssi|Mtkwi in general. .
lift a* beware how we incautiously
open the sluice* of evil, test the
foundation* on which the virtue ami
general pnaqirrity of tbe lmid rest
lie swept sway thereby. The Inter
ests of agriculture cau never lie pro
moted by fiaitering a Spirit of diosipa-
tioa, and a hive for faskitmablr amuse
meats on the |mrt of the yising.
The contrary, indeed, is sure to
follow when this niiml is found, in
any large degree, to ppsaras the
youth of a community or loud.
A love for tournaments, i^pncing,
horse racing, et id pram omne, fosters
idleness, prodigality and istrmpemner.
The agricultural and mrchaairal vo-1 •'"** MIT *> "" ooc hnv* th*-,
cations are thus mode to take their '*«Wu*bing rflroutrry to ixmleod 1
true poMtioo, and retelive importom* U, “ t ^ F"rwlrsre at hoc Or all of
mmmtlg tW (•***« by mku^k tbr mm** tln*r iuuimraufi*utfs ik)f» not I«k1 to
rial |>ruspcnty of th. . ..rid is evolved. f
Hence, there mast of nrewity he j ,ntrfT ' U " f thustlcarrib-
- -si.., .i-.i ‘ed by Hotonusi: “I went by the
with an enlarged toudem-y to invert \ **'«<"* “ «**
rapluL
|dty sk-al
not skate of
y, but ofi
mental, in (bear
•Irpartmeot* of 1st*mess. Ami in
pnqsirthin as they Moorish, is Ike
destroy, if possible, the very means j I—>>Hfj of s country. Hat, while
of livelihood if not life itself. , «« •Hti' tkta feature
Rtslress there is none in this mar,
even though the evidence would lend
to but one conrlnahm, ami fix its
verdict isi the niisrrenat hireling
who find tbe pnqirrty. Or If hr
were arrested, cuovicted sod im|>ri»
iMie«l, it is not uureaMHiabte to stqqssie
tbat the tender heart of the “Duetor”
would lead to his reh-nar.
Of isiurse snrli lark of recas t fur
the “pawers that he” will In* pnqs rly
attended to by Ik- said “irnwers,” or
their "nklste” "*betters* und “assign
era”—still, we can not help it, ami
we would not if we could, nod "the
powers that be* in Mouth t sruiiiis
are not “ordained of (tod,* hot of
Satan. Ami this we soy with hnuilde
prayer to Almighty Oml for snccur
and a change. Hut once more on
this point. Mr. Hoi neat sboukl Is*
fiisde whole. The |ieofiie of the
Htntc owe it to themarlvos to do this
•et of justice. The cwnse of imsugrs-
tioo was Mtivul at throogh this
grntieman, and tbe esnsr of immigra
tion should be sustained.
IIow t let the State Agricultural
Society ray how t This suggest msi hi
madr, Messrs. Editors, with a know I ;
edge of the poverty of that Horirty,
ami of the noble impulses of its rhief
supisirtcr*. If, at the meeting of
this Society, soon to take |dare, an
upproprifitioii weiT irnulc Unranla
indcmnilying Mr. Hoineat, it roukl
only meet thr hearty approval of nil
tnt citiiens, and it wouhl show a
noble, unselfish, hardly used grntie
man that bis labors, iiersecntiuns and
sacrifices ore sppneistisl by tbe
people.
Your correspondent Is*gw to offer
this suggestion first out of sy m|Mtby
for Mr. Boinest, Imt secondly ami
especially, ont of profound resjiect for
the Agricultural Suciety, amt n deep
interest In its welfare.
Bnt we have forgotten tlie Synod,
whose doings we sat down to chroni
cle.
It is too late now, ami they most
await nnother letter. W. XV. II.
of the sultject, it is fig soother, ami
very different |Nqmr, that wc took
up our pen. The srewlor press is
slmiMlantlv side, ami, we think,
awake to its ni'wislty, to show np in
all their fiwer ami variety, the ml
\ ant ages to the material cdfrur of
the State, growing out of Agricultu
ral Fain.
And whilr we rejoice in common
with every giasl citiacn, Iu see these
imlMvitkaw of rater;wise ami pnsqs-r
ity in our Muotbern laml, we most, at
the same time lie |irnnitted twexprr ■*
■nr sorrow st the indk-atMMM of whk*h
we see so many, .that Obey are Hatde
to be sadly abused.
There are many ways in which tlM-yr
fairs, or rather the almres of them,
may tlo inrulmlafata eril, ngainrt j fo ^ mixr4 my
which, we feel it ntirdnty assnislitor
uf a rritgmus journal, to araiml the cry
of alarm. A very senrtlde ami timely
cdityirial np|s*urtsl in the Krligidks
Herald, 14 ItichaMiml, of He;deni 1st
Ifitb, on this same sul^eet; for whk-h,
we tender our w srmert thanks to its
author.
This tm|ier, after, iu t most feliri
tons manner, showing np the good
that may remit from Agricultural
Fair*, takes strong grounds against
s feature cunnerted with tbe Htate
at Richmond, sad we believe
common to *11 of tliem, which is to
offer large premiums “/w trials of
•peerT in horse*. These, any* the
writer, “are out of all rensonaUe
pro|Mirtion to those offered for other
ot^eets. Far heavier premiums, it
appears, are offered for fast than for
draught horses. “Farmers, by res
amiable attention to their stork, may {
all grown over with thorns, aud
nettles had covered the fore thereof,
amt the at oar wall thereof was
Itrokra down.” tint them* tilings re
IssimI most fearfully U|sw the |>ni»
prrity uf thr rhureti and the satis ;
lit si of souls. To are a derided ehris-
tias. who |iartfei|wdew in tbrwr exit
larwctiee*, is an anomaly to *«, wholly ,
unknown. If then, rhrtdismt eati nut ]
engage in I bear things, if true piety
ribs in iwopurtkm. as lmtla Be. few.
slum hi thry nut lie kr|ff ac|stratr
him! distinct from all jdaM-eii ami or
rusinus, s here rhrirtians are ewperied
ami ought tw hr!
If there is a rhas “who, ihnqntr
death and eternity, will engage in
thonr things, which harden tin heart
ami dissipate all good ami solemn
inqiresaMHis. let Ikrm do *u, Imt in
the luuue nf 1'krirt‘a |H*aqilr, we |>TO
tnd against rounreting tliem with
duties ami interests in sltich they
are roarerurd. It is against thr
nf gwsl men and women
BM-BM-lltH,
though thry be identified with thonr
things only, whirh taut Is* legitimate
ly the province uf an Agricultural
Fair.
And with n Uttlr more light thrown
upon the subject from the pul|Mt,
and by the rrtigums press, we think
tbe day will rotor, when that class,
uf every <*nminunity, whose |mtrua-
age is most deoirahle, will feel it
a duty to have mi connectksi with
Agrirtdturnl Fairs nnlesa they be
strictly what their name im|mrtK.
We know there ore those who nm
trml that it is right to rater to the
tastes of all, ami that .voting people
especially , should be allowed to en
joy themselves, tint the testimony
of the most intelligent sad virtuous
of the young of this age is to the
effect, that none of these things, an
liable to thr wont abuse, are acres
“T«b Mpibit or 8ktt.—‘This i»
tbe cause why the inhabitants of the
earth have not fallen before tlie
Cross. Tlie sin is ours, God hath
called ns to be workers together
with Him, to make known to am
the privileges and tbe glory of belong
ing to His foully. He gave us His
Gospel that we might live as a united
fsmflr, serving Him and one anotlier,
and, bring snch s family, he bade ns
go forth and preach the Gospel to
every creature, wiving he would I*
srlth us to the end of the world. We
have not chosen to be sorb a family ;
we have not chosen to live as those
who are united in a crucified Saviour;
we have liecti tearing and rending
each other in pieces; we have mocked
our own wont, when we would call
upon men to tiecome UKunbere with
us of tbe one household of faith; the
words of life and power from our litis
have been like the utterances of men
in their dreams; there has been a
■pot in our feasts of chsirity.’ Nay
we hare no feasts of charity. That
highest feast of charity, the Holy
Mu|iper, is no longer a feast at which
4 'bnatiaus meet simply as Christinus,
and as fellow disciple* of one common
Iionl. There ti not one table, but
one huudred tables, table against
table, the partakers of each ptne-
th-nlly saying that theirs alone is the
Table of tbe Lord. We are thus
separated from one anotlier in this
supreme and distinctive set of our
retigiou, tbe very sign sutl means
of our fellowship in Christ. We will
not, we can not, go to one another's
coiumnukiu*; we refrain oil prinei|ile;
we are kept lark by our re*|s*ctive
sy stems of doctrine or practice, w hi«-b
we tkns virtually exalt to a higlw-r
value than the common foith. Herr
is a fact sufficient in itself to (k-imai
st rate the batefnlneos of the sect
iqiiriL We eschew uoe another'*
company at the Table of Jesus Christ,
and that, alas! for ntnarirncc sake!
As long as this lasts, in vain shall
we iMqie to convert tin* unbelieving
worid. What f try to imthuimIc mm
to come ami Is* children with u*
of the Almighty I’srent, while we
sre not in amity enough ourselves to
meet at tbe Irani of Ilin dear and
only sun t*
We lake this artfele from tbe
ldriag Church, jHilgished iu New
York ; and “Ideas tbe Lord,” that we
ran add, that tbe eharge of sects-
nanism at tbe l-unT* table can not
be brought against «our churches.
We tell imi child uf God to stay away.
Our Hook declares (The Order of
Holy Communion, |Mge 83): “Then
shall tbe minister say: All wii«
sincerely re|s*nt at their sins, w ho
itmfrss Jesus before men, w ho tie-
sire to meet lluu at His fable, and
who sre earorotly endeavoring to
Mr. Hotipt, that he has, Without __
cess, endeavored to bring this mutter
before tbe readers of the tMtheng
Obserrrr. Tlie reason we need ^
endeavor to divine, for it is given bv~
Dr. Conrad, and it Is, that the otyeet
is not of sufficient general interest to
justify him in puldiidiing any mrit
notke. Now this is unpanlnuabie i
from the feet that if he were honest
in Ids expression npon the subject, he
would say that he refuses to pubfah
any notice, because it is not in the
exclusive interest of the General
Hyuud—and we litre desire to *ey
that, neither is it in the exduire
,interest of the General C-isincfl. But
we do here affirm that this effort to
build up tbe Orphan’* Hoorn is
countensoccd liy tfo Observer only
througii a narrow and mahgaam
sjiiiit. I»r. Meias is ojipoaed to fobg,
and' refused lust winter to )mhtMk
tbe aekuowletlgment of the *- rw
of Ht. Htepheu’s to the churches is
tbe city for their aid; but in rfe.
lie goes back on hums-If, and gives %
very Mattering notice of tbs wart
inaugurated for tbe benefit of the
orphnnx. Tliis is, st least, coauneafi.
aide; ami we could wish that Dr.
Conrad, in this instance, would drop
his bitter exrinsivism, amt dram *
mure charitable mind. This, how
ever, is only the frni# of the Caflm-
Itoity and I’articnlarity of General
Hynodiam, of which we hare heard
so much in tin* Obserrrr. We my to
the chief of the Obarrrer, that it k
tbia sjiirit which is grinding Gram)
SyiMslism out of I’Niladriphia. It
will only conduce to the pragmas afa
better faith, and the ultimate extinc
tion of that party liere which amused
in the estsldiahuimit of on Orphan's
Home at I>oy:svilfe, out of mere hos
tility and niK-hristias nfipnutiaa.
let them go on. The General (ura
cil mean to iqqmqiriste all the tine
laitlteran material in the city, rad
tliey will <hi it. We knew, oumelvea,
that tlie course uf the fMsrrrarhaaoo
counteimuee from many of kx own
Mibscribenk Without dirttnctkia st
name or wing, thonmntls are srcuod-
ing tbe gissl i-ause, and whethrr
a p|0x111-11 or commended by Dr. Coa-
rm! or not. tlie cause of the orphaa
will Is* upheid. and a iqsnt like that
of the Obarrrer, meet with the rebuke
it deserves.
We projHss- to wwmI you some
iiminnt of this Fair, more for the
|drasnre of y owr yoaug readers, if M
make their calling and eietiion sure,
an- in\ it«l to •Iras' near with faith ,lf desiwL than for those who
and love, und partake ,d tbe b.dy f " “»"riMng sidid. Me shall
KurniMettt. This invitathm is cor
dially extended,, not ouly to afi
visiting disri|»les of oar own com
iiiiuium, Imt alas to all who are mem-
ts-ra in gras! stamling of otlier
t ’Uristian rUurrtMi*. In the name of
Jeans Christ I suy to all, who truly
love Him, ye are wek*ome to this
feast «if hive. We are all one in
Christ.”
Fur the I<uttiers* Viator.
Philadelphia.
ghauy ; drank tlie mineral waters of
Bedford Springs; rusticated among
«4tl frientts in the country, and for
several weeks threw aside dull care
and Itonl work. Bat ws it is getting
too cool to tell about watering places one important eireunistanre in tbe
and rambles among the mountains,
we pass all thtne weeks by and enter
on eity life. The churebe* are all
filled again, ami tlie ]ststors at w ork.
During tlie summer a number of the
(•hurdle* were renovated and inneb
iinprovotL We were iueseut at the
re-opening of
HT. 8TKPHKX K
in Heptember, and we take tbe fol
lowing notice of that event from the
1‘ublie Ledger :
way on tlie otlier side. We xhafl
lutve a ls-autiful little story to tefi
uliout this after awhile. For the
|(n*seut let them be toswtl by every
w ind; they will come to a dead calm
liefore many days. As lira. Anstadt
siirtniHcK, the General Connrtl wffl
ueenpy this field entirely. Tint i*
the genenil iiiHlentrantlint— thewwk
move*. Q. E. D.
NKVf CHI KUHE8.
Zion’s Clmrrii is rapidly approoch-
... , „ ... . . i awry to the very highest and
obtain premiums for their fine horara •, .* 1
to remunerate them for their rare. era of the young.
and stimulate their enterprire. The At • role, those .who hare taken
effect of exorbitant premiums for , 1^“°" *■ tlw worid
••rift horses, entirriv different. They I ** °* th,t rl,u “ wbo * durin F
P. 8,—It lias Just conic to my
k now ledge that n merchant of the
city of Charleston has sent his check
for fifty dollars to Mr. Boinest. It is
hoped that his example will lie fid-
lowed by others. Let tlie trail roll.
W. W. H.
interest not agriculturists, bnt sport*
men.” Ami tbe result of all this, as
the writer dearly shows, is fro foster
gambling, and mag, Mid very proba
hiy trill, revive tbe old race course,
with all ita demomliring conse
quences. Indeed, in the way this
feature of furs is now conducted, it
would be hard to say in what partic
ular they are Icaa bnrtfol than those
exciting contests of other days, called
by their right name, Horse Races.
And writ does the writer ask:
“When ‘the trial of speed’ is over,
und tlie swift,, well trained
amid the excitement of dance
general dissipation, dwarfed the men
tal and moral powers of the soul.
So, that, looking at the subject
from every stand point, the true in
terrain of agriculture, thr moral
sense of Christiana, tbe highest cn
joyment of the y oung, or the temp
ration into which they may he led,
j by tbe prominence given to these
i “aporta,” there can be but one
elusion to every unprejudiced miml,
which is, that they should at
und forever, be detached from AgrF
cultural Fain. We do not impngu
“Tlie Pope is subject to queer fits
of penance. He recently inflicted a.— * . „ -
penance on the wlmle conrt bv going have won the premiuma, how wiH ! ItloUvr* or UMJT Of the man
to tlie AwM Santa, or Stair* of Pilate, agriculture be benefitted T "gw* of theae fsira, In snpertidding
and mounting to Um top on Wsknees. yMMf mrn all(1 Hpor( smcM only rare | "*'* e Rn^'ant things.
were^^to follow and it vas no ** *"•""* ,nd “ remains to ln »**".' <*<*2™
doubt a rare sight to see the throng, be demonstrated, in what way they J tentiona ware good. But will they
old and young, idlm and fat, kneeling or their horse*, have ever contributed not, when tliey come to consider the
their way up, stffir by stair, with the j to t j, c advancement of agricultun- matter in all ita beorings, see tbe
or ita kindred science*. propriety, as well aa imperative duty,
But it ia to other forma of evil, »r leaving off these sssromaory, not
to some of these fairs,; to say dangerous, appendages!
Pope at their liernl. What gross
superstition ! Wbat a and and pain
fol relic of the dark ages 1 But it is
poiiery."
Lather tried also to climb those
stairs; bat he had read the Bible,
and the Pope has not The sword of
the Spirit pierced the heart of the earn
eat seeker, and he arose fra his feet
hentif forth tb walk the path of life-
hitching
about which we took up our pen to j If Agricultural Fain are, as i
firmly believe tbeatoto be, a good
institution, then tbm? cos and will
stand upon their own merit; if at
tbe sooner they are numbered among
the things that were, the better.
write. At this very time, Oot 13th,
an Agricultural Fair, on a large
scale, is in progress ut this place,
Staunton, Va.
Rot connected with this Fair, there
and at night, Dr. Krauth, the former
pastor, delivered a discourse on the
true place of Art in the worship of
God.” This sermon, tike all of Dr.
Krunth’a, was of a high order, and
was solicited for publication, hot was
withhold, and subsequently preached
at the re-opening of Dr. KrotePs
ehnreh in New York. We hope be
will yet give it to the church.
OKBMANTOWN OKPHAN’S BOSK.
It is known to yon, perhaps, that
the great Fair, in the interest of this
institution, begins on the 18th hunt.,
Horticultural Hall, to be preeedtd
by a grand “Reformation Jubilee” in
the Academy of Music. The Lutheran
Church at large, in this country, ia
contributing to the (hire and expect
ation is well grounded that s large
amount of money will be raised thro’
the laudable effort put forth by the
managers aud others. It ia with
sorrow, however, that we notice, in a
communication to the Lutheran, by
your indulgence, therefore, if wa
eater into minute details. We bars,
no do«bt that tlie holies of our
ctiiirvb in the Mouth wilt also hr
gratified to hear something nlwut
the novelties, aud nice fixings whirh
we dull! Hud on the taldra.
ST. XNIIBEW’S AGAIN.
The Amerwum Lutheran quotes and
’ * JL.
Dedicate***
dities of a j
Mari’
Dear
much of a - 1
writo, *■*
in a flttkpkh'
taghejow
(Hi the thin
k church we ' '*
Keller’s (Wi«- 1
church ia bml w
is flirty-five f<-
feet wtofe; fe 11
tered withiii;
edgrd the Vil | .
from Wioele -%
U a credit to
by whom R *
The d*.v of
clear an«l wwi
order, and, «.< (■
of people «■ ^
third of the n. • "
find a Beat or
in the ehareli '
of morning Her
tlie dedicate k,
vU: L At Hi |-
the pastor stall
tween five an.
rested on tle^
church oeub:
given to th«- v
was anpaid.
mcndabfe >
of chnstisM |» '
on the *!">»
reeded to Ac
worship of th.-1
to tlie hnpr.
form oowtoiii. v> '
sbip. giving it
Evangelical 11
the tihmooi
taral aermou *•
Uev. Thom.i N»-
8ynod. after v if
wastehaHiixtu
<i. A. Long.
Stradturg eh.
■ch*|iw*«it and—
the c>c!
j i-omment* on an article comerning
• tbe going orer of St. Andrews to the
General Council. It says: “This
fact, if it lie a feet,” &c. Now we
assure Bro. Anstadt that if the
Since Ust we wrote you, we have going over was not eonsummated, os
ts*eu among the monntaius of A He- he may now mqqKMr from an article
in tbe Observer, it is not the fault sf
St. Andrew's. We liajqicn to know
what we are talking about, and say
in brief, that tlieir iqurit was very
willing! Imt there liaiqieucd to be
“8t. Stc|dn*nV iaitlicran ('huirh, ing completion, and will be one of
which has been closed several weeks the finest structures in the city. Two
for repairs and change*, was re open ,, >m er stones have been laid recently,
ed last Sunday. It is both in exte by Dr. Conrad, in tin- nortbete
rior and interior, one of the most part of tlie eitv, and the other fo-
beautiful little chapels in our city. Rev. Fredericks at Chestnut Hffl.
The altar and pul|at arrangements: Of there churebes. more hereafter,
are in good taste. The frescoing i» wninur.
iu neutral tints, and the effect is ex- —mii--
ceedingly fine. The opening service* A French priest, the'Abbe Mkhos
»ft*r the noble ritual of the has’published a remarkable pamphlet
Lutheran Church. Rev. B. IL Hunt. on th<> rortl^.ming (Ermmenieal
the paotor, preached in the intirning, suggesting the impropriety
aud inopportuneness of disturbing
the public mind with crude theorite
about Papal infallibility, or otter
dogmas, which he fears will be ff»b-
mitted to the Council. Tbe Austria*
clergy are elaborating a petit**
against tlie euforoed oeliboev of th*
clergy and Its manifold evila. The
Pope, it is said, is so discoturaged
that he oenaea to take any interest ®
the preparations making at St. Peterti
und the Vatican.
The I'apal Index.—The last dateee
of the Index interdict* a work rf
Bishop Montecionde de Tnya, of Wo
Janeiro, upon morel philosophy *
theologj-, and enjoins the author t#
make submission. This wort w as
publislicd thirty years ago, and ft*
author has been dead six years.
Many of y<>)
her the histoi -
in the west.-i i
oar renewal,
who east win
Hide,” in whi< i
sluet he fb«^ ■
baby in the mm
of his trim -'I
will the
think wIml
the under*,
eomlmt with
ere, and dear
without^® et--|
“dreadful deml
Among tin
venerabb- «m*i|
reason of st. I
yond fboi-s.
identified wiJ
noted battl. ,
privately, anJ
known ami
motlicr iu til
X
(herished tin
tin A
re«i r-
The Hon. Amos Kendall has gives
117,000 toward the erection of f«*'
mission schoola in TYashingtow Tity-
est recollect i
remained
refresh me n
kiss the Rei-
We honor
touched our
mode of expi -
tin* nit
muttk-al, iui}8 I ■
tolwcco—Mwftrtf
“Let im i
Wt*f\WWjNi
soitg wm* wn
Now , if i,. f "
follow ate fill
jotuitey, we v ^
Vs, Hen vl
hourofiSidii-i-
that town, b>i
d. A. tk»yd.
and kindui -
»« a great m
pwpwionh- f -
heart—g:
quaKficotio!
***°**gh, I, tr. ,
read this h. | ;
testimon y M -
«a*,ItetM e ,
foted;” far u«
Market, of 4
pastor, is v«
itual fit the ti
lived, labor
The place is ,
of those who
above, and L-.
ence of ooi.
Church be! Ov t
«'»<* of tb
thousand
fo« o» entc
«ttitege S ft.
beautiful
forniture, il.r
“f -iuwgre- . „
for Cb> t