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ssa t THE jLl THERAN >R. Hi A. 8. JANUARY % 187J €f)« $u1|ira» ; VR*Uor. ■m n inn --■■mm COLUMBIA, Friday, January 3, 1873 thing* is not of yooterdujr, last jwr, hot it is eu*tin*olly grow iof *or»c and wor*». Ami wt»o m to oppooe it! Who is to defend the I truth t Who i« to guard thr doc trine* am! preserve thr evangelical j purity of the onurrh ot Christ? who else but evangelical Christian# 1 i Let us, then, begin oar task with New Year Pay, Let every church tie V. J.X MILLER, A.M., Staunton, V*. ! opemnl. Let no trifling nhatarte keep any ofroy. Our Book of Woe •hip has an lntroit. ami prayer, lesson# ami hymns for the day. let all the aervanta of the laird renew Momcaa. their COTen * nl with H*«- La# all KcmitLnc™ .u» h. ..-a, iu FW to .»! .o Office Orders, Bank Checks, or Piwfts, ] assist them to live for and onto If these can not be obtained. a* put M •*> 111 up the d ! borer* la lori Yoars ta ClrWy (1. A. Hot on the Ml toj ; A L Editors: K ft left# f l 'Jr'' ’■ *> m Ibcvt A. R. RUDE, D.D., Columbia, 8. C. =*= In essentials, unity / ia non essentials, liberty ; in all things, charity." W# are overjoy ad tad fWMv the rail haa »*#«•*» an prMOptly * AH, t%tt responded to. AH that «e have done haa b#qa to dtreat emv kind people* atteerlkat to the hall ohteh a body < t« /C 1 — se" ~ ’ w m "" J^U0l Jf toff ffffo Tsmyle Bar ; p«|eh her Ift#, I # , to ita %g. mji t A Be if possible. mi^d*.y ixi A __ Sr! All Posbruu»ters~are obMged to all endeavor honestly and diligently Reoutekkd Let Z Christ through the New Year, Let roaster letters whea required Paper* are seat to sttbeonbeirs until an express order to disco u tin ue is re ceived, and all arrearages are paid, as requimlby law. Merely returning a number of the paper by mail, ia not suf- tHoit All eovumoueationa relating to aab sciiberuTshoidd give their names renr distinct^, and csreftdly indicate which aid and which are new subscriber*. | <*dy the name of the post office, it also that of the county and State . each subscriber is necessary, iu order that tlie proper entries rosy be promptly and accurately made. and obituarv notices, and r intended for publication, i written separately, and not in letter*, to rceetre proper at ton - Mew Year. the figure “2,* put a “J” in K and then—Well, that is all. world has not changed ; the th moves in the old rut around )e sun, and we are on New Year's ij only a few hours older than we Were on the last day of the depart ing year, and—that is all. But, although neither any visible ribr invisible changes have taken place, Although in reality there is nothing new, it stiU is New Year's to use the means of grace, that they may be and do good. Being sod doing, living ami working, believing anti serving tre tusepuralde. We wish all our rentiers • happy New Year. We pray that nil may be daily and constantly prepared to obey God’s summons, that, whetMhr living or dying they may be Christ’*. Many a one of our number will not live to drop the flgure **V and pat “t' .io its place. We hope nil our sabeonbers will deal justly with as, that those who pay in advauee will Mill keep In the front rank, that thews who are hi arrears will make hast# and pay ays and that those who never pay nay be let! to see the error of their way before* it in too kst*. •tuilt ut* w4 in Christian liberality has kept It mar it, a#i*I ti run ^p#m* isitssA as*ssit become weary; keep the bull rafting till the two epplii'iisate use qualified to eater the ministry of reoonefHa Boa. 1'oatdeat that the (larrt will do fensvw Wunaeil mmnt ftaraMlMSaia s4, a*. ■LsaaHaimtd ana wwr* J rat s *># WP frwill f*w,PI IMP IwPflr u.ftNMI jtuJf n{ A. t o -a tflliM* #■ lf „,«fr haa im i n S~t Of ntlHIl f IrlteHli ifJiCKl IO *KHinr the two yoong geaMemen that they wUI be We have been ashed why wa eel through the Beoretary of Synod t W« aatwet, hecaaas wa want the bene Ac iarice to be under the i Ub>n and control of Synod. They ere sapported hjr the enif ad h, ini sate Wj ift ASMtimal: Miss M Wttbar, ColumbU, #2 00 Cap*. W. TUchwmu* “ X## 0. H Staley, Baltimore, 3 00 A gentleman, not a Lutheran, and, ftr aR we know, never taakfte a lath MtiMa >, Jih „ —A m,.*. ■- —^..0 ^ ^ S k ,L ....I* k. «».. win rsktirf u, is lit Bfftff evening la the street *1 read,* said -,**«hat yon any about the rejected oong men, and changed my mg ta this llagcr,* showing hts tittle Anger lift, by X 0 WUnwrt »d keraiasy, ftatmrdnp Iff relev ; an hteftbaeot of < >Jf the Ihil tige, by Jean lagelow, and a charm tng C’hrteCads Story, treoalatafl hr The Urimy Afyfttm th# fbfl fhwfrel of Frits Beater • together with ps* Awadi aumaaiallil^^seh^ma^ as w j, *• Tbk Hi MM. C'auoUAia* lie tsenber, 1171 Walker, Rvkns A Cogw • f ’ Turn Akiik o Faisu avd Ho> BAL RteOUgaa.. December, 1072. laaftft San, Haiti more, id. ItHAlSAaOS^Mt alt Al. H uu.lt. Do bar, lift Send lo ns, to 9. The subject of the above notice, lino. Thomas Parer, was bora iu Windhamcf, Vlte,dr English parents, on the *kb of March, 1802. When and from aught in the majority of they were ignorant tin P er lived, in four large volumes, mentious Lu tber once, in • quotation from Rnth- erford. Di. Owen in twenty fwr volutin**, mentions him ftrice, and yet speaks with great respect of the La there U Church. Archbishop Leigh ton mentions his name once. Isaac be nil thus illust quite young, Charleston, Ail ft Sis lib fW ha left Charleston and came to Bw vaanah, «hma ha rasteftl until bis death, which took place Itec. ISih, IS72, la his 71st yaar. Dnriof his hi Hues sank he tiled reepoedhle pm ig whteh may be to Harrow In flrer volume*, meutiona Boatl, Alderman of the cSy, of Mavaanah, (teoa tor from the first IHstrtct of Georgia, PreaMeat of the (laden Hnetety, fthfaf the Fire 1% Ur gwod. Ha uutead with eharah In hia.tfth y the which lftm«’Ai Jaeeary, 1ft Fall of swwsimaelr, aatj wa da’weS hear l«t hot take lift IV the Ilea IX ISt ■ft Iu a Luther oaae, and «»y» tb«t “Luther would not give the tittle Hebrew that he knew ft* hi! the wealth of the PnrtrMh Bnffdfe* From others we could not Atm gather the fact that Mich a man ever lived as Martin Luther. If otdj a small volume, a new tract or two were published every year, the taetr would sooa de mand more end more, until that of most Importance would be open to the English reader. Built ia not only iu this one point that wa lack energy. Home twenty years ago, some one in the Lutheran Observer suggested the propriety of sending a missionary to Sau Frau deco. Expenses were then enormous and the mouciy required for such an enterprisr was deemed out of all reason, sad the matter was dropped. A sister church seul a man at an ex the Mans of #15,000 per year, and the May the fhattds of the i MiJwr be on (he right hand—"that I might (ftiy, and with It a new division of time commences. New Year's day belongs to the World. It is usually devoted to the payment of debts, settlement of ac ebnnts, pleasures, and good re sol n lion*. The payment of debts and the settlement of account* on some af fixed day is an admirable custom. Short settlements make long friend ships. Debts left unpaid year after yWur become at last so heavy that tie most substantial men break down Under them. TTnpald debts are no egeeptiin to the maxim : It is a bad rkfe' which does notWmrk both way a unpaid hreag bnth debtors creditors, and ytt, for all that, a had role for every man not to wiipe out his indebtedness at least ohee a year. John Randolph's gold en rule is still better: ‘‘Pay as yon go.” Every Christian follows, of course, the apostolic law: “Owe no than anything.” We live in an age which may not improperly be termed the age of pinchbeck. The world is raid to be improving, and tbe progress mode In oUr day is indeed wonderful. Men liVed better and longer than in past ages, knowledge is increasing, edu ration is general, man and mankind have been elevated, bnt the progress is intellectual and material, and not ikHgfoos and spiritnal. The present is the age of pinch- bbdr. It has the form bat not tbe reality of troth. 8ham is the order of the day. Religion consists ih for mality. Ritualism takes the place of spirituality. Pride tramples upon humility. The rich have temples, gorgeously and luxuriously appoint ed, paid choirs, praise not God, but the congregation, ther preachers de liver essays on every theme but that of repentance; and the poor Iflree dot tie gospel preached onto tfeft, because they lack style—are not fashionably dressed, and tbe pew fint is too high. Men make long prayers and devour widows' houses; men are dishonest both Godward and maoward ; they even lie unto each other and onto God. Many read the church paper and refuse to pay their subscription. Mtwy even defraud the minister who preaches the gospel to them, viSHs their sick, buixtues and in- stroetS their children, and buries tJtftlft.flfsihfll- •'jiUU. ;■ :'v : J ft ft',-. Mn?lT fRrtlYI. J’ Standing at the threshold of the new, looking back on the old year, we foe! that we are eow in the “last dsyfckh Those day* of which Panl foretells, saying; “This know afso, tbit ft the last days perilous times slum eoare.”"—-See 3 Timothy, ii 11-0. Those days of which Peter writes: “There shill eome in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts#—See 3 Peter, lit: 3-7. Many wow call themselves chris tiara, who deny the fundamental truths uf the religion ot Jesus Christ. The turning of Christ, tbe resume tion of the body, the Anal judgment, and eternal condemnation are held by sneh would-be Christians not to be taught iu tbe word of God; and the tauaagueuoa is that tiny “hate knowledge,” and do “not choose the four of the Lord;” and “therefore, shall they eat of tbe fruit of their own way, and be Ailed with their own desires.” True, this state of as Arm and a« cuoaUnt <lunu|t new year as they were daring the old. If it bod uot bora that thoy had worked for and with the editors, the Ymtvr could not have bora an* taiued. We fool oadrr especial ob» ligations to our ludj coo tribute** We ho|a» they taaj not weary lo well doing, for wilhoot their cfltvnl aid the Visitor would lose some of its chief excelletuu's. Again we wish all, correspondents, contributors, sub •oribers and reader*, a happy New Year. forget to this,* We thanhed hire, weut *a happy a* if we had femad a tree* tfl 1ft anrh A retreat re tffretghre Hi* iWfi retF*re w fi t.iiEnresw ItetAU BaarnuKs FtWU-or* has Ihw <U) here mwftr# of thr death Of IW J. G Prey, of Iteomok# Cut -mtev sf our League, He dwd no thr kh tare The number of at the ttrevof hi* death New MBstka Died, in New Market, V*., Dueeii ber 22d, H73, suddenly, Mr* Yt» OIXIA ftfVOKR. Snyder. wile of Rrv. Olthblaf Paiamnotu# of a Free Eagftiah toatheraa f’owforeuoe, held la the Tew a ef OravsNou, Waywe Cm, Mo., Auguet l»«ft IH7X. Hfaapudd Mite ^ tewy. Rev. Prof. Mekssedt. Ha lass**. Mo, or of Use. J. A Bcftutse, 0» O, (amt said Ssr IU |a«K Ihte De. w Md. ft* the lo Ittti. under the advtee and co rf lie. Bachman of rhev HSjm* iHllLusl'i it itiil l Jk. gsflrpv * gyPRmTrft-tv’w# • bat i uf lire fow UitheraM that at it) teunnkMUft iu temnk, niter the all had beau wRhuut n psstor for mum 30 years. With the* little band Mr Pnrsstetet is hts loi, ind ft In (he TreuAurer, Met. R PUfti, WMftftflftNNL of the fhaitly of r. Jrxtv (1 Mokftin, fVrwidWif. ft*It gift «M 01BNW S11 Jl The iMthemn VsNter sad fVfov’* Monthly mm year foe #4AU days, wHl (hit to delegate uf the m Hy and, nod uf % nod to Hynud. A uuikiut fkunhnjroniuforwf wtefowof Fterf Frev wilt re For (ha teat sis years he “ ratve iu • Mf works #J0» for #.1 paid | *1' *dfoeled rhntumltt bv Imw k»«ftaad vir ittub in I b* the teal three yenre cntnrnet wan , £ h 'drelfctoaw Mt s- n\ m i added la hM aftlrueu* Aahehvad. rf in advance. The LaliMH I uihir uut •• * *■ v wav^*w ftVregrei vhftgt tftlkdP YFtif glRPB^UUU^Stetetete^^w .^wu vwesi e in advance. OP I OW4 «>UD. ire'dfli til re tumbrel wrem m NPi dRrirfvtrereftuitel ** 9 aawv*w‘e urns sH^ue d l^teh- v re ^s g^e'e^^ur w^Ww * "1 gtel t.gie^ r-ew# * urar aedtuf Irfdhetua sRatesee* Many «4 t Was do a«K an Are sis * it it y*«, hat F a,ste»#a iisrete gw til rfuforfset erekkes-Sh-eV if* w-rewwpsr vmftrjl W Iff* IwWflf | *T"of fltl Iwni great hoar At to thokr taste! toe.” f tHunteShag e-wMLeesA ai. j *****. 1 * I... WuWPisg fi ire f$ b 1 " ra ,, | w sflftf *•* remit their #S within ilasg faith la Ob rod. Althoogh eaf terms tauMHody with laflaamaation of he died taurmanng: ••J tereuty days sftrr reading 1h»« autte^i Ig* —It “ Amy pd»vra —» » ^ or they fowfol aN «Sa*ma atom the ) to^*|» JTlSe JHla&ySm' - New < Messrs. Urittn 4 ll»flrt>4«i. paper Advertising Agent*, Jlo. 4 Sou ill street, Baltimore, MiL, sta duly authorised to contract Car *d> Tflrtiseuifuu at uur ftresf rats*. Advertisers in that city are request ed to leave their farors with this house. fbi «di ♦ free W ftffGFMrf* AMI t ft Tlwfft M ftftdg hsflufw the ispar of a year wui sflisil (ftrialy in the Christ's remrtteatSau uf the w world aata Cftdt the after of af faith ; Goad works frith; Hhpttemi Thu Lard's Happar: Chetasteai Ifresty \ Npfr* ssftktM stenAh v A ^Bsunramslh ^lAssastea^Jiiiaatos * • IfW * ft Ii* v ft i, ▼. '(Iftftl 7 jRIMv' i a Do not send n» soy more moor * power of the Keys * The for the “Rejected Applicant* ;* ve ; Tbe have more then we want at present, note Chi tel. WHl call again, if spared, next foil. In the mean time we want the •f prayers of God’s people, that these Dm Bjraod ef two young meo, whom they have to D»e 11 prampfly and wffHngly eared lor, ^ ** • ,| ^ ^nthm, what msy becoore true snd foithfttl preach j ^ ^ ** ere of the glad tidings Cm s< n Buuc vit« Mrui<, — — ,,^>wtoww,..,. «vt for the aae of >1 ot us Fw ib* Lufrsmm VisMar. 7VSLMT xrrts tha After repeat tog there lines he mur mured, M Bcwt, rest rest for this weary lowly * Mr. Parse was twice married. From his A rut msrnsge sit children survive him. He was mamed s sec and time in IRl to Miss Josephine Frit, who also survives him. She had two children, both of wham died very young. Hi* widow has the sympathy and prayers of many friend* D. II. Bitter. Savannah, G* result is Out there are some teten flourishing churches, various schools and a university held by that de nomination in San Fraucisoo alone. Is it generally known that the richest man iu CalMbrois is a Lutheran from PMin*y!rairi»T I »lAte ttai* foerely a* on introduetiou to another sugges tfon. Tbe termfnas ol the Soutberu Pad fir Rad Ro«d is San Diego. It || iplrodid harbor and every ilng deofrsble Tor a large city. A1 re.idy aitocnlators are securing lots. But tbe ebHdtf*« of this world have ever been wiser lu their generation Hiati tbe children of light. !ft>w is just the time to scud s missionary to secure s lot or two snd begin the work uf building up a church. I give this suggestion merely to bring the matter before the church. VTill somebody, who msy have more in formation than T possess on the sub- fort, please rise up and speak T C'ol. Scott, tbe President of the Hootheni Pacific Road, sees a future for tbe enterprise sufficient to call forth all his energies. He bases his ultimate success largely upon the su perior advantages furnished by na tore, that fovar s rapid influx of finest harbor known along the entire Pacific coast at Han Diego. Speco fat or* see money iu in vest merits there, and should not the church see con gregations. «rbools, a college and •emfnary in the prospect ojkmhh! to view ? A lot or two purchased uow, would Itself endow a college in teu or Sweaty years. But my object lias tievo sc«om|>ltebed, namely, to bring before tbe church this important lo- cality, and therefore I stop for the D. H. B. good. By bis U* an example, and in hi« an atonement for *i B ng the spirit of chris. tiauity and opening a wqy whereby it might lie infused into tbe hean**( his disciples, so that both in the bei«j of the church and iit its member*, Christianity is the spirit uf 1*1*4. ceuee. To be a Christian then, »„ w be to be prompted by the spirit of Christ, and be in full harmony ua sympathy and co-uperatiou with u* design of Christ in his redeemis* work, and of “preaching the p~pi]) to every urewtWN .” **lf any au Q tm T# not tbe spirit of Christ, he is none of his.” BLow ran be be a Christ is* *he does not give of his means to aid extending the canse of Christ, stud spreading abroad tbe knowledge ^ the gospel, which ia the power of God snd the wisdom of God is U* salvation of the sonls of men t H ow ran a Christian oppose a system which educates the church in the grace «f giving to the Lord 1 * cause! With too many their religion is only a se* timentalism which expends itself fo* tew sighs and tears over the sad *. counts of the moral destitution rf the world. The old man is an Ilia*, trstioa, who, at a missionary meeting, with money in his pocket, alter astir, ring appeal, while weeping and testi ly singing the beantifti! lines of Hr ber: “ftliall we whose soul* are lighted, With wuKlom from os Midi; , rib-;l we lo mtu benighted, The L ap of life deny f and when the basket came along giv, it only a polite nod, and let it pug* and sung mu s» loudly as ever. 2. The spu it of systematic beori ceuoe is a self deny . .07 spirit. It trie a man and shows whether be baifr spirit of Christ or of sell. If tAm whether sin with its host* uf carte lusts stiU has dominion over the ate The dominion of self yet in tbe soi discards the diviuc will as tbe nk and motive to actions, and adopt* j rule of its own—so that person think they can use their own wiflarf not be influenced by the will sf Get iu considering the claims of tbe css of the Redeemer of men. Self-denial is tbe condition tat means of spiritual progress ate advancement io personal holimo. And you never knew a predicate christiau grow io grace who was i» different to the benevolent agenda of the church. “A despicable dulgeuce," says Henry Martyu, “g»» ■ra EMoh a wretched t ;w us # m Ym tiw l.ulkna Vuutoi Hew They Wart! For the Lutheran V a r, Itefi 1 I * * . i f J ^ MftpHftWpP LSMAgr §* iftM tlM* l!^i% ftftftMftti Firr The Accepted Applicant* Up to Dectomher reeel ml j A Theological Htadent. paid. #500 J. J. Dreher, Lexington, ** A00 W. Amman, " promised, 4fsi Th Holloway, Romarta. « A0» F. Muller, Lsifogton. monthly, 2.®» Miss , Colombia, J. Muller, Lexington. Miss Wi Mailer, « Unknown, —, AO* joo. W. Hooour, Ch irlealon,** F. H. Hooour, « * H. J. fo, Jr., * •* Dr. G. Holier, lestegton, “ Mina C. Anil, Wolhallo, M J. L. Wise, Edge field, Dr J LHhulcr, Lsxlogtow, A. 4 M., two small perwimmooa, lioxington, paid 8t- Matthews, Orangeburg *• Unknown, Ohartreton, Krarith. rnbliabed with Ihe amawaateaOlai1 of ttee (hMumt f^aaa HI. Utteru Bunk si or*. FMda rfslpfrte, the entire KagUali ore under lotemg efillgMltnwi t» Mtes Krwrith foe tlrfn work. W# foe ewe If SheCooHMil will IMftOJI m ftfl B#M#f l swrleed ol oteowt tha 1 Dr. Ai iOf ft* ftftftMF art tag la Ikr ] iit ia- . ik* Si»S •» te wq t wramor I) MMlCV'MftifcM* »ler of ear to Omr k -n si* siiSfttoi toka ftTIfe M Mu## inff.it. fo. ——— (■ftfij of Of Ihe After a brwt prwjrf _ af a large naml OOd the *rferal ai«n«rftew on feat, aaareel ta fte I art her* a I'hank. TW pall bearer* «rere Mr. W. !L frHaA t Mi John M. OsapsVji Mr. ft D. Walwee, Mr. Froocaa Blair, Mr. Jofro Wtniaioeea. Mr. Jako N. I*w io, Mr. W* Reeaskarl. Mr 4aha ft Ta arf a ha ha ve q aired «rf aa 3 w hoi* ana w« mooter for omr hookol woeeLip, we any 3 and fiat tftte flaewl Read with Ow arming arf tha the pail bearara rowttU) twaw Um (AnR fkMNI MM! 0RRTR ■Mila ahrfe, dnwfttiag It lo front of tha altar TW eateet a ae of oak iwirnd with kawadi liMh. asateMaal «nh wlirr oodfoOMl In noshed wft the twrftewl wlm RNNMUbfs TW body of tW ckwirfk wa* filled Avar /teeter .‘—This morning I re rrtved a carrnlar from Hitadelphia, «rfVering a volume worth #2225, as a gratuitous gift to all ministers who, mywidf inelaadrsl, would send forty raw I* postage. Il is styled "The Tree Christian Religwei,” by Rmoiiu el Hwrdkmborg II has brew trwnsla Ud and |»ul4lsfttod by the Ijpfoucoits, ■1 the exfwnse of a private gentle man of wens* iu Philadelphia. Ilia objert Is to circulate, to make know n tbe theology of tW “New Jerusalem Church '" In the same cirruVAr there are announced, from tW name pub lishiitf house, t met re different works of tW name author, except taro, and ranging In price from fra rcafr up to #2JB. Tbe majority however are cheap, five of them being below one dollar apiece, la looking over this ctrcular I could not refrain from ut tering the wonts that brad this art! tie I uttered them with unfeigned But there are some objectious to the Bax System. Some say. “It is child's play * *‘tVhal they have to give they will give at once for a whole ‘‘the tystem” is eft people. The pears aa the right admiration, not for the “New Jeru rvKsam. thv. Loon low r» ' OITKfi. OiASOCTIIi., B. Uh I Dorember IA, l#7i. 1 Met. A. ft Rode, ft ft, . Dear Doctor; Hi. MaUhew* te al ways ready lo respond to ovary chriatian call, My people aay Ihe ants” mrmf Haws frnili, Mmafopgry In Greaei load. Froa* fta Oerasaa af (ha frft. W. g. Oft “rejrctod applicant have a tav menu, nahl, A. M. Board, Philadelphia. Frlot |UA Another volume ef tbe Father toad scfiea. and p*ir which ww k^—h-> •verv mm>.n V">“| **w*e ** w™' air W" J Smsftkyrafrfti liLrsr) «iu otohe haste to aeowre. Owe of tbe beak* of our childhood was a till of Ramie With picture# ef large (frlp*, Greaw 2 8 I that they may pro under*, whale*, fra of pare for the ministry On test San St day I said i Who sfes will reapoad I kml **'* Mo 0 ^ when the following said, /, by hand ^otsdertnl Imprewstew j ami we ire ing me the amount oppoaHt their cowfrleut that every frawday ecfrmd BOSMO: srholer will rim from tbe reading of -i N ; H i’ g, *‘L 1>r ' J * IN* Mttfo Sketch deeply latervwted ta ftellerfi; Mrs. ft H. /i ranter tana fit - llsi. J. W. Hellers 5j G. A Hanger r f * * S »ler fit Ws. D. Riser h, Dr M. K Kijluubim. olman 5: II. L. Rkhcnbakcr 3; Ft tt fo>r3«TaL*.tet wrua. vwa T Jmms I>. KeHrir •; RJ. Galea •; \ D. Heveriagheete Oawegw, N T. J. 0. Harmon Mimes Mary ft ; The Hand*) mbaol Htargy ia hrfrf aad Alice Barber ft; Mim Martha x charchli s the hrmaa are veil Wolfr 3; M. J. 110*12; W. W. OU ami eaaramiy} ra raw was. ver 2; Mrs. M. A. Holman 1. Amount Soft lodge, F. and A. were filled with Lodge, I. O. of O. F.. The Haro* oah Fire t'ompany were seated ia die lefl flrco 1 t^esr* "Fhe ^acM.ir^um* ware la the eeartsw It Is sack a eoogte#kUoa t« oa swell aa oersOtem. It assay of our most j»roaitwrtit •ana: Tbe Major, the Coawed, the city Sftriafo, ft* Osofltei aad Odf nrffeva*d aftssss* jadgm^ t«Mkaerw were unset ia nuawr*. v ery marked of alt were several aged catt seas, four bring ever eight; > eara <*f «Ati I* a Isn g ilmcy Rev, Dr. AteSS* road portico* of arrijrfsrv, and uttered a vMPPi ft^M9MfP*iM9 prmyrw. nw ftn HtStotte *k bA wmii n ty-i - J Lftea ek-aaSS 1 * tjtjiati,* IMP rMMftl 1 DFd *1 * Mwf rlfTnl I If. tfc* llttrfftilMi ttf iki* lUk ftfti] two «Mweam|y «*f doe pre|**rsi*»'»ti far tbe foil great < hsoge; ahtlsf aflP Stem to the rireb-nt sateen Church,” but for tbe energy and enterprise maolfrated by that org*maat*oa. The vuloaihioo* works of KauuioWHwadcnborg are Id Latin, •kWI IlnMT HiftMl imuMATIOlt lipiW they ran be presented to the public. This seem* to be no Impediment to tbs follower* of ht« fanatirU! ravings. They arc iratudalod «tnl rircolated. Moor5 most be IsviXbly expended, in order to publish and mre every their works merely to circulate them. 1 meld out help think fug, with a sigh, of the Immense tireratnre of oar oers rbarch, unknown to the great majority of the reading and think lag world, fust becaaae they ore wrltfca ft* i Latin and German. The iwtederona tooma «f Ijutber are nuttwiHdated. Here and there we And a scrap, a sentence, or it may be a tract, and the rest la unknown. I know of ©tmiwe of the publication of' lattberfo ftemtnetitary bo the Gala tiosHL for..; but 1 speak comparative Hr. Nb wonder we are often naked, log lo all to ###, which I semi this day per stpres* And stay 1 lx k$ra* frit In owr Genoa* sung bi the ** K ’ %m tl>f Loiberouit Examine re* y esil row fte great theological works of a This ended the church flare former owmirf, is wdR AS of the ye*r. w Others say laying a tax 011 tbe members of tbe church—that “the gos|>el is free,” &c. Now let u* examine these objectors ami their objections. Those who make the first objection, I have found in my own experience, and from the experience of others, never give any tiling, or so little that it is uotbiug ; and this proves that the real objec tion ia that the preseuct* of the box is .ui aunoyaxice to tlieir oonacieiiqesL' disLurb* their peace and rebukes tlieir stiugiuese every time they see it, but'uoi having the honesty to ad mit this, they huut what seems to be tbe most plausible objection, aud to make it appear, if possible, that they make a large contribution at ouce to the Lord's cause. Ho the objection is a mere shatu, and a dishonest pit- text Those who say, i( you tax us by this system,” are not the poor who have only :t little and that little hard lo give. No, they are the rich iu this world’s goods, aud their real objec tion to the sy stem ia, if they were chriatian enough to own it, that by giving often they will have to give for more than they are 1rilling to give. 1. Now both of these objections, and all others to this scriptural sys tem, prove a sad lack of true piety, and the presence of the deadly influ ence erf “covetousuesK, which the apostle says is idolatry.” And idola Uy is classed with “the works of the flesh—fornication, hatred, heresies, drunkenness,” foe. Gal. v: 20. I know there are some who use the ob jections referred to, yet who claim to bo very spiritual, perhaps making long aud eloquent and loud prayers; still such are destitute of the grace add spirit of God. They really know nothing of the spirit of our blessed Bavtour. For the mind that was in Cbriat, the spirit that moved him, through the whole period of his earth ly career, was the spirit of love and benevolence, manifested in going L.JO JE character, that on my knee* 1 ir solved to live a life of greater arf denial. The love and vigor of or mind arose rapidly, and all that duties from which I usually sta&k seemed recreations.*' Self-deniel i the very condition of diariplesk^ Christ said: “If any man wUI after me, let him take up his aud follow me.” “Not every that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, abai- euter into the kingdom of heaves but be that doeth the will ol or Father which is iu heaven.” TV will of God is that we do good *« communicate—use our means lor Ur welfare of t%e souls and bodies mankind, by bringing to their knorf edge the truth ar it is in Jeo* Therefore we are forced to the cm elusion that persons professing to k followers of Christ, yet oppooq aud fiudiug fault with a svaies which is calculated to improve tk* hearts and bring iu the largest«« nue in the treasury of tbe Lord, to destitute of the very essence of th religion of Jesus, aud are under tl* influence of the/worst of tyrant- selfishness—aud are guilty of & heinous sin of covetousness, is idolatry. Delta For the Lutheran VMtw Line# to a Young Lady who Exhlktt^ Undue Curiosity f Tbe gifted writer is no more. rests iu the Lutheran graveyard Colombia. Wo often visit bor &*' recall her gentleness, parity charity. Highly gifted, she orated her talents to ber Gad; wa* bieosiug to many, and although more among os, she still sp«*h Wo are indebted to a relative tiers for the lines.—En.) t CURIOSITY. The first of woman kmd was fonsM. Wi*h fairest «mtu and faee, And with each chanu and grace ad*** That fancy's sketch could trace an heiro# Paradise, she dwelt In blissful love securo. V - •-'f* But with all this, the wish still frit To taste and fathom more. Curioas to know of secrete hidden. She pined for things conceal'd, And tasted fruit tluU was forbidden. Whose touch man’s guilt reveal d. Maiden of that, then have a care. Which broaght our twee tonmv Of Curiosity beware— For it was man's uudoiiur- ft Charleston, Feb. 1851. A correspondent of the Ne« World says that Forrest’s propci 0 will amount to one million dollar* one half "of which is to go towa the eatablishpieut . actors, and the rckt fof ^ of an asylum for old actor*. ffhurchm < 100 V Blackhsmuie te n ac, Wi ftew foot > 11 fret* Ififtrcemf 10 art V Ellsworth, the place iobabiuj 100 RK-- 1 seat 250 pci Staunton Jfr Minnesota. ® Students — <| Seminary M wick Semina Tbeokigy- Alabama.— posed as a n mans in Weal A Srasona >{ liistrict Cont Synod is to "What is eml ohip, (Kai.zf what extent the ran mini*: acting central tbe church f Invasion.— rtoral Oonferd meets in Hostj «oulh<V>tton iriivcf s 1%eir 11V| thinks it “stH gations of th< oot consulted <rf the Holst] General Syno 20 or 25 con the Synod, <mj views and w- cluuige. The Luther< A religions ji many, com pan] days. cf Nouil ing to sweep Christians to end be ? 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Liicember in storms have - liuoiighout K Lei^bt, and te overflowed. W Wv erfloked. Ti affluents, the have risen al merging, a h*rg J r J iu Leicester ha,u -. 1*1 son ^ouutries onh h ^frfi8 are visi have occurred 'i fv ■' Xl