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' out her Zm. B> * **. i n°; <i0, , It. U nil futll n pro w rec SSttT*'** th * 1 •**fflcieDcy of the General 8ynod ^ tfje cam* of her disaffection. ** true eaas«s weie latent, bat JL fcave made them p«tfr*f to all *** barf given the subject any de *Zof consideration. Kith no un i feeling towards any oue, we Sittftyr #tatcd ourimprwHioos j ****** ADd n,otivW whioh l< * 1 gatotoo and North Carolina t0 aerer their connection t General 8nwB. It is al- reasonable that the “purely .Iw referred to by “Hew* 2|fe*rticfe, excited a preponder* ^tflaeoee in determining tho ac 2 of these Synods ; and we are ail how much we are governed by ofeeamstanoea directjy affecting «*r Briefest*. gotemeute so important in their &£ to the peace and progress of the chwch demand cause* adequate w Ihwr aw^MplishmontJ We leave oor readers to determine from the ficti sad argumeut submitted the iuBOflfltof credence to which our j^ttcDCSts are entitled. Delegate. ■" (To be continual) For the Lutheran Visitor. fit General Synod—Its Missioii. NO. III. This leads to a more practical view g oar sobject. If a snbstantial de fame has been made thus far, it fol lows that the mission of tbe Lutheran Church embraced iu the General Synod South claims the greater prominence. Its work Is the more dosriy defined, and we can enter upon it with better heart when we ndimhow solid its claims to exist- t«Mt. So imperative de we regard the obligation upon all Christian bo ffm, even to a formal union, that none ha the strongest reasons can be ■rgei against it And where there is amity of faith among them, no true dshl of the chnrch dare set himself selfishly to oppose wliat the grace of God has wrought in the hearts of jmpeople—oneness of aim aud spirit Bat even than it is not always secta rian to costume in separate Synod ieai existence. Circumtta nets go far towards determining this question. When the doctrinal status of eccle siastical bodies is not well defined aud settled, when the church is man ifestly in s transition state, and when Providence seeiui to iudicate a different course, then they set themselves lords over God’s heritage who would seek to force or effect a anion under these circs instances. Now, such we conceive to be the condition of that portion of the Lu the ran Church embraced in the Gen eral Synod South, and of the Luther an Church in the United States in general, that union would be imprac ticable and nowise, and, even if |*>* «bfe, fruitful of more evjl than good. Wo have rested our defence ninm the facts stated. Theu as a ftirtlier pos itive argument in favor of the same position we propose, I. That according to the pointings of Providence the General Sgnml hat a *imon tckich can be beet fulfilled by retaining her pretent organisation.— What that mission is, specifically, we lww propose to consider. It is true in general that the proclamation of the Gospel is the grand business of the ehurch of Jesus Christ. Hut no diristtim, nor body of jehristiaus, is Mthorized to farther redd the church of Christ under any ftich plea as that they are spreading the Gospel. ’Thw is tho principle oil which divi- *0°* have too often been justified. ^remu8t be a just claim to exist- before any body of Christians frightfully set up for themselves. . illustrate this by an applica- of it to ourselves. It is not drifted for the General Synod that ** Present organization should lie f tinned merely because through it ti* gospel is presetted. This she is and God is soiling her mis- by crowning her labors with Wcee8eL But there is a more specific *®rh laid out for it in these South ?? 8tate «. Do we not recognize Wasa most important truth, that •he Lutheran Church in the South *•* special mission to accomplish f t no other branch of the Christian can perform this work so eutlyf and that this can be best the pregent basis of the rj* 6 **! Synod ? If this tie tree, ^ * confidently can wc labor at that jj w ^P re P are d to onr bands by oor A comparison of the efficiency and c progress made by the Lutheran ! ,rch 1,1 Sontb before the war * lr>Ce ^kt t * fno vrould lie very HirT V ? rab,e t0 tho *° who vronld de relations again established, ® te, ‘ new ones formed. We do ioefe!- 0 ^ 8010 8 ti° w in how far the ciercy of the church then was ern ° f her nnion rit h a North *aa il n0(1, DOr even thnt ***** uuton k ® cause of this as an effect. mm so conclude, and no such charges as “bad logic* aod ki MOM MftJUitHr” Hill chiAMI rh. malb ’ v * w biro Kllf*life- od of reasoning. During that time much of the ground occupied was badly cultivated. The spirit of ml* sioos was hardly at all active, ami while other demooatratioos extended themselves in all diractlooa.aadavmi caa»e in not infrequently and planted themselves in our very midst, wo were content to take indifferent care of what had been secured by the faithful labors of the old pioneer*. In the absence of a proper activity losses were then suffered that cun never be regained tally, and earner onaevil consequence* have resulted which arc atiii sorely talk Hot there has been a reviving of the chnrch ia all departments of her activity, and she is arising from her eoa<Utiou of partial lethargy, ami is being clothed with something of her tree spirit. There is manifest a growing appre ciation of the work committed to her hands. She is beginning to look after the interests of her dispersed and hitherto neglected children The importance of the work of Domestic missions is claiming a large share of attention. Missions are being eaub lisbed in quarters that should have been occupied many year* ago. This work is pressing upon her as a heavy responsibility. Comparatively little baa been accomplished as yet, but who is not encouraged by the evi dent uneasiness which the chnrch feels in consequence of her past aeg lect of duty t In her District Con veotious this subject claims the first attention, and tbs destitution that abounds provokes re prose bee, pray era, sermons, systematic efforts in the direction of benevolence, and general activity. The call for labor ere is made from all quarter* and the chnrch ia just now beginuiug properly to apprehend her daty in this particular. I>o we err in say ing that there are now more young men in preparation for the ministry than »t any previous time in the biatory of the Lutheran Church ia the South f Do you not understand, brethren, how God is preparing the way for onr future work, by thus pointing out our duty, making ua realize it by exciting tn the minds of so many a desire to have the Gospel carried to them by Lutheran ministers ; by sending bis people here and there in the field which be has given ua to cultivate, thus preparing the way for the planting of congre gation* in rarioos (daces; and then by putting it into the minds of so many to preach the gospel—is there not in all this the band of our God making work for his church t To train onr congregations to a right appreciation of their daty in this emergency; to prepare the yoong men whom God la moving to preach the gospel in oor Cbnreb; to gather the dispersed of oor fold into oust g negations, snd to plant the chnrch in those localities where it now ia nuknown—this is a most important p*rt of the mission of the General Synod in these Southern States. Hot this is only a partial view of the real case. Is It not our daty to establish the church in all places where there is a prospect of accomplishing good Y Why confine our eflbrt* to each lo calities as contain Lutherans f Have none but Lutherans claims upon ns f Ia not the obi i gat ton upon its to carry the gospel wherever there are those to be reached by It f The an •were to these questions arc mere truisms. And yet, ha»%ot the course of the Lutheran Church in the South furnished negative answers to sorb interrogatories f Very little effort ha* been made to plant coogrega tions in communities utiles* there be first there nuclei around which to gather them Away with this mi* erably short sighted policy ! Oor first duty is to care for our spiritual children—those who belong to the same household of faith with us, and that we have been ao derelict in tbia is a reproach to the cbarch. for which she deserves the corse of iaaetivtty. Hut to confine oor energies to these places, and to rest satisfied with caring well for those who are now onr own, and to make any less than the most diligent effort to sxteud nor bonier* in every practicable direc tion, is to show ourselves most no faithful stewards. The rule hat been —bat only as to theory —aim to e» tablish congregation* wherever there is an encouraging nmeieut of Luther ans with which to begin. The rule thouU he, strive to eaUblish Lather an congregation* in every available place where there are none. The qoe* tion of paramount interest should be, are there any there who might be reached through our agency, and need for the glory of divine grace f And this exhortation to diligence in this direction ia urged upon ground* purely chnrcbly. We believe that the Lutheran Chnrch hold* the pure truth of God’s word. Without big otry, aud without hypocrisy, tfw# fess the faith of the Angaburg Coo fession in the native sense held snd expressed by the Reformers who framed and presented it. To preach that troth we have been ordained, sod topDcokata it in all its THE LUTHERAN VISITOR, COLUMBIA. 8. €., MARCH 28, 1873. an ' -- —■-——— ■ abiding aim We beffeve that they who With tho heart reunlce this truth, ganael It tern m rtisiwawst (i *n m I ir h&ea ^Li*al hjMMUflt MW «» P ■wwJMPiTIIWPMMPe MWPWJPg and glorify God j and that ooftagn- ttooft tmilt on tbaadaLkm md www w *www wsws^r eweew ■mwesempew^mra manures Synod leal <»rgan tantieme whose aim In to aprend this pure truth ..w* rlodtal with special authority and green, nod panaans tho —reel guarantee of abiding rerrrae teach!nr we ahoskl to extend our border* W« be satisfied with mltiur al I m pose i hi I > tire In mm active sod, like mar Meows “atraitenreT tilt it ha Animated with this holy Thin Ifi ffhtinli emr wort It cam be pm fim mid by as If wo tilt IW oa% fig Church Votku. eyt fttiMhiitol fW. ft. A. Va, la dataM| qf j Utt&Mku W4 if, me tierelp fuefi^-tme alahaa toi ntn| known tho truth wfttoh he If this he ml led bigotry it to mis- It lathe aonree from which teeth nB emr —rttlly In the of fit Mm rork of tho ehsreh of Joama drift. Now this we regard tho pre smiuaot of tho Lutheran Chmwh tit mnch ie at head fisr hor to dm * la It n tight reuse t la It a wevt an worthy tho hast affbrta id tho eharafct If she art herself i ti ■ Mate * g MM wil) she not entnhltah the awmt entid clataM to her right to tho told which bo (Ivon than thin t In the Ifctot vImnni Ini dMi kMMBhMP NNMf etolmaf To rear ami to thin faith, and lu the tfew mm; tn mm tar Mi tn (Ki# t#»rnt tJant ttabm of tho pure faith wherever It to nek | MiMi to d * d| 40P NNP9 nmMNmmII Ini t ii smtisi, to great part, the ntotic of the Gwirral ffyuod, ami a higher and mere reopens*Me - -ti There i* ia proepssrt ftw the Lu theran Uhorrh In the Booth n noth of increased maguiinde The ttifte of immigration U begiausag (o tors towards the tarethrrn Btotea Gee- NNNNNMI Afy |fe||fei) tlNI^ ^M^NMNNN^YNMI |m N^fll oiir wOtot MU |ti>i TtoJI I SriWtilj MM9 m some ktoatitire they form whale nami' manitie* And the (treadtimv tarns, too, are rowing, aod alreodr neseo tmtobhehml. The iaMnlgretton ef these people Into emr add «i he In larger number* each year An known, thoy uif! si tract In our shore* thoonands of throe wan direr* in march of homes. The In hospitable North went to filling up wire reree |«ro(*#e last eretaon *f coos try to active in eeemriag there immigruaU to kwmte there. A gem cire are eaxst>hshe«! fee this nniTsi me mwmW.Ta. ri,D.r.lHtaIUL “ Tref A A- Man y. *_ » a a. Va. TrihftM rf AMtiki *r Ureventa Knthee In Uto north Mr* Mast OunoUA Businass Department >, «reBM*S***«lS«mHSMMMM«-j of Mo of tho to her re 1 ThoT grref by the hood of God to it. aod j^x^^ei*ktotn^t i* ^*ia u & G. (Itoto, ass . - •to iSZ S • ». i«.n *- c : SwS S teancya sciomoow The Host Usefol Invention FRENCH STARCH ENAXBl SHOULD BE IN EVERY FAMILY. Wto IN 2;/ -jl! K:ti“es vomr he to God. . T® atim to me.* M to drip* of Mo by tlto with ua of one re naapf he trereenttfiad by to Hr. R. G. < lureiw PMMT, J. n, llAtoOKX, Itoh, mm ito e M Is •* • The and a i eta Judge a Tire If tie Frvtot ti **«»*«. Fepeeto Cm, Tore. Jam tit 1ft. A Cm i N. A -Tbte and every induewnrent held ret to Ore -Ptoew «re« C OH. enconruge thorn to reovo In Iheer *re to Amato f«dm t tiuok U the midst. Wo sbonM do lihewtim— Three people ore beginning to Caere amongst na, and our beautiful and fertile country weeds hat to hecoms known, end many will settle la emr midst. Hut bow la tbe rburrh pre« l«ared to rereive there f Three psm m I , n ykgMk Ik fe. * 1 M. g I, ♦ tn 1,1 Mm at, j |k gWfH' re**' rem^BHslM’u wMOuItI •*ire*taMWprefefe i 1 | resWwl ooming amregst re they meat bo provided with the Word aod holy Soerameot*. Tho Germane rarefy bring i apse Mb *n r* Jews |J l tm. II r Mato i a Cm, I>|U- Uatims wo urn pee purest to amen far tbe spirits*4 tutor cuta of there, they mill he surely Inal XvTitges. 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R u F *1™ rArm t« s fKwra liWnU iadnceemuta will be oft 14 14 IT imparts to linen a mou 1 ff&raftftiS iomo ■H lfTA R.&W.C.SWAFFIELD W* see rer rwmUa ear nesrlr seb ^l*Hl^d aud St IIMER STOCK to UADY * MADE CLOTHUTG, M a nr mm A JL W9 ip rmunsHDre goods, etc. IT 8AVEB LABOR By auklre the tire slip smoothly Hr. and proves tie jrtbe stsreb IT &AVU MONET, from far better resalto at ’f the injcTr^tients new PH cr to a hi ear Cam MAKE UP GARMENTS to the ‘•toe to <»*« SPAIN© HATS re I Fmktoft Greta Dtptitmi la rswatoOe. Ia fact ear stork embraces mm4 Ktibb? wbkk wm mm wapUftMdir wnA*futHii Ctisu w a eafl red he reuvtnoed A A W C 8WATTTELD Mar » IT 8AVES CLOTHING By its preservative qualities, by < their longer wear without west by refecting to » certain exte reads it Every wsdiwtmuku wifi be from the ■■*!■■* re is ure *aa aei jreT**" * 1 have carefafiy ezaa _ _ Starch Ymtmjhf md god to It toitor se or wax. It ere- eate fsbrie. WIL E. A. Amor, 1LD., iTVrtymm-Mtenm /yLmilft ii We want Agent* male and female, to am aadare ear ENAMEL to Unuli and the t bout the United St to agrete Write far tens iu vifufigin BrmmLAJC h ('o., Meumfuetmert. ISO West Drebaid’ Street, Jan 3 -iy Obitasrim A BSAYB BOOK **W1AT WOMAM SHOULD now. 'dWTMW' to the I^athevan Chrenh, nod many [ Dm), to Newbnvrt Comnly, fi l. . ^ rely mmk M to the hind ever vnmsre win fall awny from the faith and rehruaryJOd, » i t*u Tmxti t S^h^STR^oire tSSffSUZSmt pariah Kpisropoltore and other* * E3^ ^itol3K?tC will reuse in and reap thin horvmt ’ mmmmtSjrnSSL ft to writtre fa prepored far on, and the chnrch of; (tu-nj mt , .E?T^ -** yW T**i m ' iU '** !f * 5 tho future Oil) have to lereemt bitter : Mr* Mary Udtift to fekrenn < let, ISTg, Gfarftus Mers lleslin. j: esromme ly hnr lareem In vtom of there fiwka j N. C> Mareh let, b ,4 mt aa ^ ^ r xe Mx 0N»W |irrtftlU|[ DMt lWM|toMhtolWIlMMii J | Can we, brethren, continue todiflbr ' ent lit tbe face of fHfh (ifispsU f ' Hhould we not oow begin the work of raring for the spiritual interests fe T l^fe Efe ^^feNti^TkMk Cburrb, snd therebj pared to meet the Urge future - Kooagb are now hern to knew hit engage onr present energies. If oe ohodtomi negle*-t aUiNtdiug to there we witi bo * ilyk ■-*«* - - ^-J ft a* * k, s g " ' u MW wift prF|MfeftNl 99B iITTB IMP Ui«|f numbers that witl noon settle among 1 «* Other ft)mala uiti take this work from ns, and then when too late to recover either our influence or ln<lc|>endeare we will spend our energies ii^qasrreiliug over Hyuod tool dletinetiuuu and ditareoreo. W# are not mdatgiog in apeeuUtton* or A MAM OE A THOUSAND A ifvrbiidto r M wen far 9 ^ 14 £ taMMPta N ami died to Mow act baptised i to Her. ft. (U fg|J] ft ttofim In I 4 ft. w"'^B m rn- . nuw NNNMPHL J mN j^NNta m®m4 Mill thmm mhakritrif tk# Ogm • ■ ■■ * iC 1 *** 1 REE TO BCCE AOEHTS. CAK ■writ IJ. H. KINARD. I HAM rerentiy I North. Mad DR7 GOODS U? the totottaod aseel’pepcdOr styles Ii ftoMts ( simtoarn* he., with a full tine ef H08XXKT AMD 0L0VE8! sil ether articles ammuy How j Sewing Machine Bttre lloto and Over- eoatitnke e preotoseat dBtf mf ffeMpofeNfe feksi^o Oa j. h. mm i Mela Afreet, ere dour fteutb ef Co- i - U- 11 .reml M * liAo H i' ItotoBPSta gwwfffeBme vbWmtoHHNmtoMi O. \r» Oct 11 3—tf BELLS Bocxrrz bell fottebkt Kmmmmo n« hr. » hh<|. WaU, j HiS. nr III ustrsUd catskw went fie* Address VANDUEEN It Tl to ft IN Eaat td Afreet, f'inrinn*ti, O Mar 13 ROTARY FT The Fsthwlaat Series. 42 North Ninth J. K. 8HRY1 liah a scries of Qermau Work* (a 5 r -W^^ 8 iSiJ'‘ d ' r ““ The Cottrew by the Lake $0.75 la the Midst of the North See 0.75 Antaa, the Fisherman 0.85 Bene, the Little Set Frits ; or, Filial QeyerWahy; or, Fidelity Rewarded. 1.00 Set No. I, la a neat case. Under the Earth #0.70 OUf Tbortacksei) 1.00 The Treomnu of the Inca MB Buried in the 8aow 0.80 I >omink-; or, Bread upon the Waters. 1.10 Seppeh. ti»e Swim Boy 0.65 Set No. 1, put np in a neat case. Tbe Greek Slave; or. Filial Love,..$1.10 IsmaJcard, tlje Rifisv^y,,,..,.. Little Madeloa ; or, Maternal Lev*.. 1.00 Gottlieb Frey ....1.10 Tbe School Master and his Sen, .1.00 Set No. S, put up in a neat ease. Just Published :—Twelve excellent stories, translated from the French, by lira. Emma B. Stork. 1st and 2d Series, ia a neat l>ox. $1.50. We have a number of other Tranala- tkma under way, which we will announce tram time to time. 8CKDAY-0C1IOOL IJAftABIBfi. Our arrangements arc such that we are prepared to fill order* for any book* raSArSTuMGsR and German) at the mum refer as the P *We^ke«t constantly on band a large and varied assortment, to which wc are dash making .'ulditiona. tve can supply all the want* of a Sun day I tact* of the near future, and we are doing comparatively nothing to Mart thorn May God In mercy arena* na fro« our indifference. Wn have to tMo paper briafty tod tented the mtorion of Ihe Luther an Chnreh tn tha Month, and apo rtaMj of that portion emltrered to the General Synod Only a few ar gunreoto of the osaay Ohm might he prerented have bran elate*!, ttni yut then* are anftlrient to nenviftoe every onreeei Lnthnran of tha tinportomeu of the work befara n* Mrauly a work of ameh maguiinde call* tar entire effort*, and a diligent ailuod often to all tha rTritiaiik hi* am to be Ito til iftK| but 14 .* M 1 will rmna him ap ai Stott * “Pre then »>■«* nmu a* sw w^m- amn^n^me PICTORIAL HOME THE VERDICT” GOOD fftBLE sm^ Wlftt hooi^ am) jc| ' ; i i’ ’ ‘“ i E \ ?( CsGi ^ 0H SCihiD WU FLINT A 00.. er C 14-71 t*»m Oto* rra NEVER SAT DIE! rtoroi TOf cwro* CA*'KABU?K| X ' Try mm pns on tncratnpttoo, Till Your HtAT» Acb* J S, aasmsm a * i ^ ... ^ a.fej, —. rerewdl .... a« ^fenm I tug MrtjMU*** taUdt Hm> tttfg ®NN bI^^NRN ^ ^' 4feNi '* N ^^ ((^ ^ * N1NN Nt^jj p ■ ^ Nfei ^ libnU 1 |$ifiL|i#g“ |^ iJggi %■&&& f rewre m-M. » fflrere-wre—.1 -A ■: ***** JNHl life# PNMMMMi «« the untor. on port of i ?th, eommeoreag utih the Uth ' Alai the Great Hoad of thnO guard and koem tha horeavod fiamtly, f wNWPlHi#i| M NmpNMRI mlNMntoWm ftnWP W mffaNfepNq nMpre | 14 finally to nun them all in ihe realm* | gtriag Cfu I It BOOK 0P_W0RSHIP. Puhlithui by nrtiirlk ef tti Ah. Loth. Synod ef N* T1iM-V?^n£W3 rsfsesi «rJ!a-— Price, lu Ump 00 Dork Amfianmu... J ■ KSnSteiZii-:::::::::: ■ Mmrew^evttugflt ... | JJ r»*w •**« *• o-wn: • IW extra gat... Iff Tmhay Atotore • N With pi ea t heir order* at eaoe, a toanennt ef teo per cent, i* PULTIT BDIT105. rabwqee, gilt . Eagnm _ i urecy, $4. Ml Any of <mr i marked and to Sunday-ec We rernret.lv net to sand ani request our <w*4 by mall; bat to mutt chix; nr*, draft* or Poet Office orders. A up i:i 51—ly nuut^su «Wt. SrtliWiitw, A* Feb 14 4k, gttiiftpftft ^4 ftab* EftghfetotA® AAtitoft* —tf THE LUTHERAN VISITOR Ii Published Erary Friday By Rev. A. R. RUDE DJD.. copy, per at p- «• annum S.00 are entered on the *ob- Five cents per quarter- and commnukatiom ** k