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ft U de i Idler, Editors ORE LORD. ORE FAITH. ORE BAFTISK."~EPHZSIARS 17:5 COLUMBIA, S. C„ FRIDAY. IOYEMHLR OLD -SERIES. VOL. 6-NO. 268 oil of said church has applied ti> tkta Conference for adrioe in the mailer ; therefore, “AVralrerf, t. That it to the opinion of this Conference that there is aa implied slander upon Mr. J. W. Miy ra}', wife and relatives, In the inscrip tion upou said toaitafton*. “AYsvlr*/, i!. That the said Mi chael Garret ia within tb* jurisdiction of the church eon noil, and that be subjects himself to ouspetMUou or expulnkw frutu the cbunjfirtiy refus ing to ui«wt the evened when cited. (Vide Formula of Discipline, chap. 4, sec, 8.) “/toeefosd, 3. Thai it in the opurioa Selections. This 1 meeting*. There seems to be no f# th# Lutheran Visitor. a-ocs of North Carolina mind unfavorable to giriof full at Usui too to a work whose importance always to wen infinitely above every ether—that of saving the multitudes from sin through a revival of pare end aodeftled religion. Eve* the financial disasters which have occur red and absorbed so much attention, tend rather to rhasten the mind* of the people of God, sad may be a means rather thsa a hindrance to bumbling the soul and bringing it Hut tf it be trie that the Ixwd can Mad pleasure lu us, let it be our filmy to ssjotaa and lie glad in him. “U is most hr os,” says our Father, “to make marry and be glad * “The King hath brought me into bisobam- bers; we wdl agate* and be glad in bias.” “I will go until God. my cs< eroding Joy * “Itijow* ia the Lord always, and again l any, rejoice-”— Oqs of the principal stsmsuto of bliss ia the world to cams ie lift. Ancient cities ware called aflat bealbeu gods. Athens was tho ettf of Minerva, and Roms tho efty of Mars. These were dead and false gods; but tho holy Jam sal am—tho city of the ever tasting kingdom—to tho city of “tbs living God.* Aa its gales are ever ofma to eJQ who may mrt'iuaif to r Si tor 1 hrmn m mm within lf« pearly gates, furs moat in the sort**, euthrousd ia gbsry, ap pear* to my eoul tkttHme who is tbs ‘ftmaa r reel ton sod tb# Ufe ” tho^oaa flfMpee, in aoootyhmoe * ^^oas resolution, met at Bownn County, N.C., Lisby, the 24th of Sepfem ft was one oi the most S-gjmdbest attend A meet 'fjgkiBd I bare been present ftfttfe become a member ot fLod. AH the clergy be ' thl* Owiferoad* ,were the exception of j two, S^i w*s sf&l other Brnfesttettou of N^awmJr Lpj opened at 10 o'clock with a very instructive Ah’edifying sermon by Kev. ^iJer, lately ordained to the and probably at no period in our history were they mom extended and salutary. We ask pastors, aiders, member*, one and ail, if it be not time to unite In the prayer, “O Lord, revive thy work V'—Heroli mod Garret should either insert the ini tial * of the father, ‘J. W.,’ or strike out the clause, "Daughter of Leah Murray,’ "Resolved, 4. That it is the opinion of this Conference that the church council baa charge of the burial ground, aud can notify the said Garret either to change the inscrip tion or remove maid tomb*too.*; and in the event of hie refusal to do either, the church council has, by virtue of their office, the right to remove it,” A certain obnoxious, unadvised aud partial editorial aud aueolutmu, which made their appearance in that paper, preaumptuoualy termed “Oar* Church Vaper. claimed the attention ami consideration of this body. We will not burden the column* of tho Visitor with the affair, for were we to notice in its columns all tho pcrveraiou.% uiiarepresentation* and digressions of which that abort is guilty, you would have to enlarge the Immtor to a quarto, aad the* want for room to print your edito rials. Of late, it has descended so low iti the scale of joaniolism as to drag into its column* the grimiest personalities, and wilfully insult aged christian minister*, for the simple reason that they loved aud honored the “mother Synod of the .South* t**o highly to allow U to humble and degrade itself ip twiug prematurely and unlawfully Joined in a union ter, whose past history is not very desirable, aud whose works #e! dea.I. Yuu «l» wW |M) I, ! not paying any wurMthw to that : insulting sheet, for it was ebunfte*- j tineiy begotten ami clot lied ru tbr foul rags ot insult, rotor* present* tiou and perversion. One thing is certain: it will never do much harm iu our 8) nod, for it is taken by but few aud relished by less, A very interesting article from tbe columns of the Westsr* Imdumtor, headed “Kmauuek's CkiurciT" was read before Conference, and as it contained light as to the split be tween the North Carolina and Ten uesaec Synods, it was ordered to be preserved in the archives of Confer once for future use. A commute*, consisting of the Revs. Rothrock aud Neifler, were also appointed to , investigate the claims of our Byood . iu said Kuionuvi’s church, Lincoln | ton, N. C., aud report at the next J meeting of Conference. A resolution was passed to ammo 4 rialize Synod on the subject of bold j iug an anuuai Hunday school Con vent ion within the bound* of Synod. Resolved, Tkot tee, the member* of the Rastera Conference, recommend to the favorable consideration of our peo pie the Li tukkas V* imitoR, published by the Ret. A. if. Hade, PJK, (Mum bia, IS. C., aud that tee esert ourselves to in tr oil act it among our people The next meeting will eoav«o« in 1’ilgriiu'* church, Davidson County, I JSL C., on Friday befon" the llfth a Sunday in March, IB74. b The Conference was closed accord II iug to the regular form, and all the members returued to their re* ^ spective fields of labor, delighted 6 with the nuauimity aud good feeling ° which prevailed daring all its sea* 11 sious, and encouraged to prosecute e their work with renewed energy. The gmat ofegect of the gospel is to save the world from sis. For this cud it mss forth the merry of God through a At v tour, aad appeal* to Individual men to turn from ungod linens aad hod iilvslMa by faith in Christ. Te overworn* man's loddfor csmmi to ipiritwnl things, to break up the dominion of sin in hit tool, to mobs him n aeo creature ia Christ .) reus, oim! to aid Inn in all his struggles to gam the taaaiery over every enemy sod reach the kingdom of heaven, it offers him the Holy Hpirit ia hie regenerating and aaocti fjiag power then related his hell did dint lit died at tho very msffieat of the iw . *•: Vi sf An ffipp^y title •f omto colj fswwoaded toddy rviij'tiljjr U took with camsmahm was prayer, aod have g a. s a, • an^o a Su. a ^^ UPVMaDPl Jmwk |P*^I k'% wn lffiPP .. . g.,1 ^ h«^a.^-S a^ ia. fk pi 11 Mpj TiPffiwWKI (Ml it nm% Is a privilege a* moth higher than that as hcaveo la laghor than earth, mss H t ffiM>*mumasak fLs iMnanasusmsfi mmrntkunKhk as «io*r* raloess r* nvjmo man • wmMtm Wf gn to war Father siMt oar left to telt oat oar iroatdea, ton settom oar joys, aod wo go sway etMvftalt* shetWt oar Fattier has take* say interest ta the matter, His subject was, llfkt of the world. r He a^jt is jut'li a dear, lucid and ysimnnee that the subjev-t \0d d» discourse will be re Tiie Eibls in Efdns&iioc. To the savage there is no past, no history, no arts, no science. His in dividual memory can not retain the facts that belong to a period anterior to his fathers, or bis grandfathers, or that pass the narrow limits of his tribe, which traurmit them by means But a book may Ljggtil by alt who heard him for to come. Ho is “a work Lldmedeth not to be ashamed,” Ifglsrd has blessed him with Lgjgitiadmg heart, rightly to ||he Word of truth, gptkis sermon the Conference • sgsiarly organized, the roll !ja aod the names of clerical I if senators recorded, gtfceiioo for officers for the eii- m mt was next in order, and yid ic the choice of Rev. S. tigg, President, Rev. J. G. Neif- ktoret&rv. and Rev. 8. Scherer, Tbs acuvs •ymimihy of the Fsthar. the tino aod tbs Holy Ghost arc ores dispisjred in man’s of oral traditions be tho memory of the human race fur thousands of ceuturiaa. With a book m our bauds we may recall the lives of Moses, Domer. and Socrates, of Plato, C*>sar, aud Coufadus; we know their sayings aud doings, and iu the order in which they took place. N Ws have therefore lived in all ages and countries, and know those who were great either for their deeds, thoughts, or discoveries. And, indeed, the Almighty, as if he would show mankind the importance of the written word, has given ns the most ancient book in the world, the first book penned by men. the book pat csceUenoe — the Bible — which has come down to us through forty ceo tunes, translated iajto a hundred dif ferent Lou goes, studied by all nations oi tbs world, aud waitiag them ia its course ia the beads of a common great li the mystery ot i Yv. I» HwHlkaani «f wfc»t Clod says IS S m Itflll CXO-nr <»f If:- <1< jj W^a w iftijF mh 4snlb ^M*yHgggg||Mgjm|na j pilfl wFR WtititMi WWtiPldHffiffim PPffiHMffillh j ■ ftilrw* MMKtr matter lutes— * as with « ssmes if ner-4, would ft amt hn Hr tier te watt silratly Wforw the lewd that tie may apet ta am, than I ta kneel in the sttiiode of prayer sad gw through n tifehms form 1 Prayer is a enakity when ft « jwrssrs a felt want, wfthoet this, the Hess form af wards is velar. Taw eaght, iodsusl. te pray without rams tug, snd ta he ever tanging for —•snathrag higher sad better. Hat if « m.-, ... -i... —- mstiO tah amIJ smum h’Wtiif HMnffifh & wlffitiffilty fpO lip miffiti UCHi ; say, “Apemh, Lard, for Thy surreal The chief mstnunentaiity ordamed for thm work is preaehiog—* preach the |—ptl [irrmhiug the sued niter ated truth as God has revealed it This is God’s plan. But however faithfully truth may be preached, ft will fall upon the soul lifeless unless the ftpmt af God give It power. “Not by might, nor by power, bwi by my ftpint, mattb the Lord of haul*.* “1 ^Peal# have planted, A polka watered ; but Ged gave the •waters, h using* ms imdtad him SMASffife* smutoSM—a. ■——h- a. M c. j—SI P* ffiP’fm’ffib, Mffir mWmN|P ffiw a distance; tint ft hriifs me as a asm la a Fafttinr, I«* hear to* vuaoa, ta «ea hs» smile, fo share km jay. (Iwl) a §■ *1 —a# 'a ■—a I iltMaSwS »• ! -k • fan m I mwi fo tmtiW miMNfol mm* m m bfosatag, small sons nta ismsttw it. tiregabr order of business was hiriftftad considerable intercut jjtisader “pastoral experience,” md religion in each congrega* s’asd “interchange of views on themes sod usages of the Rvan* fedLattorsn Church." From rs* ihusde by each minister pres l it was evident that the true it aid eultus ol' the Lutheran •cli remained uo longer a thing ill p—t, hut that, like « living Nfte, it has infused itself into raftfatt, aud is working with happy dt the great ends for which it b: iti. A pure go«|>el ami si right i jtropei use of the sacrauieuts iwer been the boast of the true tifc, and to-day both of these are dm tbs bounds of this Coofer- t, ia is clearly show u from exist There is no Thin brings ns to the point ws would nrge. If every faithful pastor in ttir church were nuked, Whnt is at pswarnt the great need in your work f the nanwer would no doubt be, the out panting af tha Holy -fwrlt, ta Uf earthly to bring ninaurs to Christ; in other word*, n genuine and powerful revi eaten, after centuries of barbarism, widened the sphere of intellectual action over the whole world, the publishing of the Bible was the first effort of the in font press. The read iug of the Bible laid the foundations of that popnlar education which has chang'd the face of those nations and lastly, with # i ~ — Jft mu* m m WWW foWH fffWFfo WWt pWlT fffo Wffiirffii rlTl upau tho earth, tbs fiuwefw will mti hUwm. fto guar efforts may be wu uearfod, Ira! you will bring forth no frail unto God nukes yon abide in Chits! And bia words abide In yon I nosh) nay a fen words iwgaid that w^mw iP «iwhn f ftai woT with those who have pot um Clbrtst; not so with ito— whom God dehgni | eth to hoSMW ; wot so With those who have eaten of thr Ittwad that came ; down foom hr*vest, for “who—»ra shall eat of thi* brn-l shall ti«f for ever.* They are —nasi sulo the angels, end shall dm no mote $ foe bfr fill* tha entiec system, aad as they walk the golden street, joy and fore bra*u from every eye, Arose entry eonatemamw, said fear hat takem Might fra— every hyua. 11* tuiUI iKf.m on the IsjiG at Lhs “fit if of Hie r ft* water, pars aad ctasr M crvsfaJ flows at their fesA. *a emblem of the portly of the oeantcy they inhabit Gver their head# wave the branches of ths “tree of i life,* its jpfT foC^foNfoifo (trail latsmdsd for | the health of |he aatams of thoes | “which are written I* the Lamb’s book of life.* They (dark sad sat, for they shall “haager no more, neither thirst aay more, for tha Lamb th*t to in Ihe msl< of the It to conceded by the evangelical church ie all denomiaations that re vival*, ia the tru« sense, are decora* bte, tf not s aeceasity. It to aoeoe- tunes said that ft chnatians would always do their duty, were always being as they* should bee. revivals LetdL* * Gan this be inset Wber«j* «— 1 have follow atop with him --4 tor wofa* af thadast with the hmg of haagw. tho chief ««f *it> tort r • ii L 1 s4 glory ! Let as suney (W giuol thing* ah* k trad has prspai*.*! for ttirsa that love him. The gtortoa of him ufto whose Mtora stop 1, a pom hot ohe. am unHed, asq naenmtared and * salted; but grara make* ns parhahera of them all Ie be 8— of the moat high God 1 He am I Is he heir uf ail things! Ha am I la he a cttisen af heaven! Au am t. Is tor a jrip jovest * lie am I * Ie which posse** it the Bible In their bands, aod moved by the Bible—the primitive book, and father of all other books—the English immigrants crossed the At lantic to establish in the north of onr continent the most powerful states in the world, because the most free, aod those iti which all, without dls Unction of age, sex, or fortune, know hoir to read all that the science, talent, genius, experience, and ob serration of all nations aud ages have treasured up in book* A com plete course of education may be thus simply expressed ; read what is written In order to understand what is known, and continue the work of civilisation by adding tne fruits of yoer own observation. N cireamstances. ker my modern, spasmodic revi- NspBit—Wiiich always undervalues pawns of grace—found iu onr h&k Wherever the Word is pro mti ia its parity, all these human Nrf plans and method* vanish. Wtof tome of the “tares” which r wil one sows where the “good wtaw taken root; and although r* tores are very obnoxious and yet must we be careful ***tro©t them out. Hainan in- ttir rLarch wmtid always be reviesd a* we femstoh fehr Duly Hpini to take ef ihe Ikwgata t htve* aad ata»w ttiem aula as. The lugforat jay to bras— ms earth as She Jay ef to* tag 6ft: else tore* ffisal reft—ca meat Tly* to the mi ef llmset, ef Whmh be asya, “Tb«we thiag* hare I spakem !* >**» msA that year J«f emy be Jtott.*: Tb# Ibrngs «tach he has rpshiro *»* words ef deepen. Hod tifoft tare. , “Aa the Fattier hath leaed am, a» ha«a I toted yaa. Gea tiou. y t in my tova.* Wa are |— la fimtoreia his demga rwgmnfoag ft ** presftsspUasi la lab* heme these a amis to mt own heart* May , but toved mm The gtoty wtaeh tie has gull** be has gi vs* ie aa 1 f Gad has esaltsd Utm aad given him tit he head ore* ell Ikftft, II to “ta his shareh * He will ata take has plere witiitMki ax bi* Mitstrx vmpmmpmftvmr smm^a gmimm|(jmmamaTipmpumiimm|j.,.': The gtary of aU ttoage to heightati ed whew we kaaw •* a tit to to him •sttysad what tie hremain to otdiw that we might be egfthml ta thae dtoUmetto*. The mfo^tl itad aad •reflfeetiag Fattier, Ita 1‘n— ef t—1—drev w-n,| vt sum t< stalk pert ef fifsh iid v meed. hnrimr Hut hern, ea ia other thing*. Scottish Piety. traa ef om deserts el ell Uemaftty, kaowtog that tha gr—ad e< his tare to aU w htmetof, weeM rattier say *1 — “Lei hoe kies am with tha kieses of km aeoeiti.* Goetittaed u. k|A |(.| t It mrf m Slful »anrtHHl Pea we sre *w e wr s w mmws bet d«*Uin« epee ttir |woofs ead them uelo bring fuuotains of eaters" Everything to life—like ia the toy. Ob, heerenlj Jfrusetom, I long ef ter thee! ! hunger after thee aad thirst after thee; sad my soel, as thou * fewest the day at head when the eternal weight of gtary shall ha given to those that are Christ**, let it animate thee to greater energy, to greater diligence aod duty Thaw art celled to he a laborer to tha vineyard, and art aof a drone er a snail by the wayside. Arenas, then, from *hy clamber! (tools are perish, leg to their tons; there to an tiara to be lost! life was oarer made far dreaming. God’s own arm hath need of thine! If (be frtocditfeo or the vanities of the world call after thee, say, “Get thee behind me, % Ian.” Then buckle on the full armor of faith aod lay hold of eternal life, or imitate Banyan’s pilgrim, who, : sticking his finger* ia hi* ears, ran on crying, “Life, life, eternal life.* f would to Clod eels aa in all other matters—tie has told an to regard to than very thing : “Thus saith the Lord Gad. 1 will yet for this be required ef by the bouse of Israel to do it for them; i will increase them with men like a flock." Prayer to n moan* for obtaining the outpouring of thr Hpirit upon the people, aod he who intelligently prays will faithfully work. While ft to One day recently the Hutchison's steamer was stalling round Cape Wrath, carrying some five hundred Lewis men from Stornoway to the herring fishing *1 Wick. In the eve ning the captain was “dialled* by a tourist about the Scottish strictness of view in relation to the Babbath— it was Saturday evening—as a really impracticable strictness. The cap tain said that of the five hundred Lewis men “aft,* not one, landing at Thurso late on Saturday night, would otatast aattt death, grew ttis death of tha mm, that ha m*ght make as partaare a* hi* throne, partaker* of hi* gtary, efttaams of hi* efty, breth mo Ins tils liffesati ! Here to illy desirable to eajey the Spirit's reviving preatooe among a people at aU time*, ft to watt knows that certain conditions foftuMMl aa ttiroiv Mor Is ft alrara to ha the poxtmraa of hto gtary that wa aft coifed; wa A mO igiaa *1*0. foktim m^^msamsss* awmAl mot ffiifo m mm i«wrrww mm wiw mm to hto Jay, to hto labor a* wsfl *a to take a step towards Wick till Mon day morning; that if the weather proved fine they would spend the night in the open air; if it proved bad, they woald seek shelter in out houses; and that on the Sabbath day they would worship In groups, led by their headmen. About ten o'clock at night the captain’s State ment was strikingly illustrated by a solemn act of joint worship—singing, Bible reading and prayer—on the part of the whole five hundred; their grand shaggy heads, surmount ing broad shoulders, being laid bare to the pelting wind and rain. Any oue seeing those heads aod shoul ders of men worshiping God, would have felt that, so long as men of their class people our country dis tricta, we are not in sight of the poet’s *Woe To that land, to hastening ills a prey, wku wealth accumulate* and men de- gregatiott are unfavorable to this. We need not hare specify. Any other thing which absorb* or dis tracts atteotto* may, humanly speak tog, he unfavorable to the revival of God Hi work, or may put an end to the most powerful work after ft has begun. The troth of this has often owe rurreptod breath Nothing bet the tore ef God to Ctiftet, k*ow* aod tattered, ea* rertvw crar oohl heart*. ft*ta*’» most re a o tog device la hinder the onflow to our affections to, to keep u» looking downward ami Inward, tiratimd of ootwarek and heavrwward. At the aamt tiaras, we frfemfohtpa, thorn who were ctamrfy k»ft i* fwospeniy banowe att»—tod to ndfevatty. lift imtos to ton* took TllK PkasAJIT’i* 1*kAYE*—A |ieaa ant was employed by soute Jtoauit missionaries to Hccompatiy them on their journeys. They observed that when they halted for prayer the ;>easunt also knelt at some distance, and appeared to be engaged in devo tion. One of them took occasion to ask him what was the subject of hto prayers. His reply was, “Well, air, I am but a poor and ignorant man, and I don’t know what to prey for, so as I know you are good and holy men, when I see you praying, I just ask God to give me the things you are praying for.” The simplicity of this poor mao may teooh Christian people how they stand to relation to the intercessions of the Havtaeur. It seems to us that the churches said their swrrooodings are favorable to a united effort, at the present time, for a revival of religion. “The tunes and the seasons,” with God, may be the same, tail man hi a crea ture of dreomsUnors. We have arrived at that season of the year wbre earnest work to recommenced. M tutelar* are back from their vaoa tare to hto retftaato of ft Htrange ft! to, bat tree, that be dam delight to the lore of each a* wo are. It doe* not are torsuge that tho bride stioald nay, “Tby tare to beitor than wise ;* b«t ft ****** pasmag strange that the Bridegroom should *ay, • How much bettor to Thy foie than everywhere would seek with **eh determination to obtain eternal life. General Nell was ooe of life moot distinguished officer* of the French army. Il woe the ambition of hto life to become marshal of Free— he r sraod a* up *u high, sad why to aU ibto made k*e*n to aaf It to that ha aright bare fellowship with aa, aad w« vfth htofo It *iB bo voted to that high pooltloo ho wae ■|||; Jptoppatotori boraase the position or Honor had not friles to him. Bis frtoada hoard hUs say begaa. Tha great Atom nee tne has coma aed gmw. Fwdbytortfe hod Ryaods hare oeorly all bad their*