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i , i.!' H' • • v r'T- w*;. • ' ■ i ' '■ • ■ ' ’ ^J^^Lrao •y :' ■’ ir— THE LUTHERAN VISITOR. Oolttpibia, H. €?. Friday,' December 1873 j ;c- m^MICBH; 4? Rkv. A. R. RUDE, D.l>.» ('olutuluii, d, C Rcr. J. I. MILLER, A.M., Staunton, Va. ijiijBMiMnMlaBBpiiinNpiiaiiaMhnw«wMtiia >i t~ iiimmimii i In essential*, unity; in non essential*, liberty; in atl iking*, charity* '^""""lini 1 ^*’"*' "'—'"'■if “'yirnwiiMiiiniHii 1 uirtMMn.'-iHintr-“-".-t- .••J811S.. ■ THE LOHElfcN VISITOR. IdLlMBlA 8.C., hfa mW Jin nr:; — ■ ,[!miii i ;iiSiaMiBi«rrrrm!iiri*Miiw i,li,, miWHP ii ^ * ~ == ^p' 1873. •rcciAt none**. In In Port or DrmfU, Rem it h muiit tie Oman Order*, Bunk Cl if ucMwibJcu If these a *end the OIMb*? In n Tit All • PonkiMaan) register letter* when required Paper* are neat to subscriber* until an exprenn onler to dteecMattenr In re ceived, *nd nil »rr«*nmr* am paid, as required by law. Merely returning a number of the paper be mail, Is not Mftf- in1- Rcribet*. * distinctly, are N r tttW but also that of the eounty of each subscriber in necessary t ■ that the proper eatrteft may ha promptly and accurately made. * Marriage and «#t«anr notice*, sad other matter Intended for pabtfostiao, sheaM be written separately, aad not la business letters, to receive peeper attae- tion. ' CHAlfOE OOP ADDRMM.—R*V. W. Eichelberfer from Wartfensrille, W. Va.,ts<3tnirtealowii, Jefferson county, W.Vh Ifo not liil lo reed wl fiepeas aayi about ths educating otr own ministry in tbit number. And lime let nil aatort to the work with prayer* and liberal donations, Obrintaaaa la n suitable time fur doing it. Whet 4o we poo N*» hRet w# die t Whet we asked of aad fare to Oh net - «NP-»'-■= ♦ SMfe he FwmbaL Hard Tims*.--Rev J. H Gap* Brandos villa, W. Va., preach •* twe and three liman every Sunday, aed laacheis a day aehoot doriof the week. Waxx AMD Bear. - *lUr Dr. Davie haa beau in this nor two of the Vai I Deal aay, **/ sea #te* kef j if I haaw there we«M ha e | way l» Mat the ■ naakb. Qfee tvs that mack or St!tic Ifflfrk Hfififif ANN 1 sMNfi » will 4 to tba key U» mat iphvhm my Mb te that r> •$ te mek I will the 1 Oer third sitd ««iti«4 tel QMnm, fa ilha, try lag te raiaa of e Are proof AU communication* relating te sub •H-ritx’TH, should give their lean very 1 -it -to , Jr.-j-iL. » A» ^L1 A iMW-Wy* ®®Nm IJf uMAwrSh I- wftt£D old and which are new subscriber*. ,*„«*%.*.f. th I, sikM, n flunr _- v <dm....... i ouiy fnP URmr QI in# 1 JKlffH OWH!W», also that of the county and Htste ia order 1 ChrUtaua. “Conic aee In the : Oar Barioor aad Kta* By why did He eotne aa aa in foot, and why waa there no other plane ha the wide world than a manger Him in whom dwetleth the fall of the God-bead bodily f Because he came to redeem, te save from eta, and death, aad bell all met) ot every age aad of every condition; bat He only eaves those who become aa little children. Matt. xvM: 3. The learned moat be igno rant ai little children, the great be humble as little children, the rich most be poor ae little children, aad the aged mast be believing, lov iug cbMdtSn of the Lord. All muat and should rejoice ns children over the gentle Babe in the manger. The rejoicing must be pure, spirit' uai and holy. The world has robbed the church and made Christmas its gr^at festal day. Tbg church**, are , closed, the plaoefc of amassment are crowded. The body is surfeited, the soul is starved. Christ admonishes nsi “Take no thought fee yonr life, what ye shall eat; neither for * K- the last three money for the bonding at Salem, lie id pretty well. He bee •• at New Market frequently, and oecnatofllly Metered fe the Poly technic Hall In large tad sppreeia tire audiences. He seeaas to he full #f lik) and ami, and asmsw* * &RV Utile ehaaga 1a Dr. dittos. He hen uei hie last attack Mia ep my Mult! la la bed meet of tbo day. Oa Bah awA^t last hie ndnd hrighteaod far a abort time; be ashed Bev. Mr. Dash b effar ap a prayer far Um; ho oaid: Doctor, chat shall I pray far aspectslly f Ike aaawor waa i a l waal la give thaaka far ell my am eiaa/ Bov. Mr. Dank made a M* and fervqpt prayer. Today I re pentad to kirn the Mel Psalm, whoa 1 left the senm I heard hie vaioa» thinking ho wanted snmnlhins 1 re to rood, he was asylng: Is net that a bene Ufa I Psalm f—repea Ung ever nod over the some word*. I ad it far him again, ho thought I won reading Ik ‘It Is s beautiful Paula*,* he repeated again, ‘commit it te ■PPMERr g|HpH|p MPVMMmtMIt ^ fal n Mb baring Intellect are rare new, and Wissa aus Asa VV vrr> inwiooii w ml A VtaiTOR.—rnexpsctodly, Bev. Mr. Nenmno, the Caetlu garden mta monatrv walked late oar odkre last i mewiFwmuipw J ■ wmsummesm **• week. He was on kis way to New berry to confer with Rev. Kebne about securing bosses far immigrants in Sooth Carolina. Uaespsetsdly, he reappeared again Tuesday mom- log of the preaoat week, stayed half ao hour talking German to ths great benefit of Rev. a Eficji ol the Tea oesoee jlyaod who wee present, aad then left again nasspootedly te take the train to Ckortenlnn. od fr*** there to Ne- W# U ^uye«i the visits very much body what — p '"‘ w How ,asrty Christians remember this T Is it not but too true that many keep Christmas ns tf Jesus was bon to save Me body only; as if the Chris tian religion consisted in eating, drinking and merry making. They serve God with their teeth and pal ates, and they praise Him with their toes aad heels. What says the spos tlot “He that ohaerveth the day, obeerveth It onto the Lord; aad he that obeerveth not the day, to the Lord he doth not observe it** Ap* ply this to Christmas. Only by keep ing Christmas ae a day of rehgioae observances, aa a-ekarehly festival, do we obesrve it unto the Lord. We are not a puritan, we love Ok riot- mas, we would bars It observed) hut by Christian# as Christians, and not as worldlings. As it is now kept by many, we faar that the Babe la Bethlehem ia bat tittle thought ef. The rejoicing must not be selfish either; not confined to our own household, or to our friends alone. We should remember those whom Christ remembered, aad whom he came to save—the children, the poet, the siek, the afflicted, aad tba oppressed. Christ baa msaj little lambs now who are almost ae poor as he was. There Is many a suffer ing saint whom heart a few comforts i would make glad. There ate mil lions who do not yet know him. Thousands upon thousands will this Christmas be thrown away. Prea* eats will be made which are but little valued. Money will be wasted in eating aad drinking which belongs to God, for men sore hut hie steward* Let yirar Christmas feast be aa the marriage 'feast of the king ia the parable. Matt. sail. Bead out yonr invitation*according to owr Saviour's direction t* Lake xiv: 12-14. Look aroaud yem, remember the poor in yoar eetghhorbood; forget not those of oar brethren who have not the breed of life; deny yourself; threw into the treasury el the Lord; keep the festival as a true disciple of Christ with prayer, praise aad doing good, and you will honor your Sa viour, you will have the answer of a good eon science, you will make glad mauy a heart that ia sow grieving, and Jeans will whisper to your In* most soil here, end proclaim to the assembled universe whet) He returns that you have done well and been a good sod faithful servant. Wa wish aU a happy and merry Christmas ia Christ! ibfflk it a 99 •» to take auytmll I la this w ilfar, er to pertodpele MMi prw§*mm **** i*Mfc “§• JhugJ||lH* mut : ” wow ^vli w|« ^ be Wither * ded from It Matt gvtil: If) T «• llit It; 1 Cor. v; »,U. It Whuutbo oftcuder repeats, Me shall be received anew ae e beloved brother. Matt vl: 14, 15; Luke xvii: 4 4; iOor.it: 4-id; 1 Cur. Id. 11 Chervil STIarif.llnr m«at not be but only ad iAher^^^H they are mere die • art. They differ mostly shout noo se differ It le JMJ mtiih the Lard.* Vft wM bat «M grateful joy and the day whoa al! ear iM U efwarriy on the Aage- , fact « Oer. silt * V (Compare with Nuu». xssv : 30.)—Kirckmneitmng. to ra- Ws hope an wtfl u f , # „ I L J* •niCUM* II IS Wmi wwall 111PHI pwl •al, area tf M may fitol to da fall Jpoifito hath te ths yfar fimd to aM fifa pttoue um4 ifeoA lwAp Ml—art to eharuh tori eg, aad yaf to a bard kit tar. TV* Amrrfaaa fafasrea la pfeae, but is sol always gmrilsi Bat vtol ef *nhe We ImvW it and wwa kad to, ef ileJH it fanes the W» kaps this to r, to sal -the to then V m are ags, the «s tba The Lmtkrrmner ssys: “The Oer* erttf Connell has this year safely reached the tenth tbrais on justifies taon which they begun to discus* u ctoriy ss 1R70. These gentlemen do sot appear to lay much stress on doctrine, not even on the doctrine of “ We are, therefore, deep justification And If the doctrinal W# dtacessloa is always Ulm Ih# last, that we “have sad the doctrine instead of being a conference will made clear ia rather obscured, it is f bat we bold not to bs wondered at that tbe the wiarat aad safest people are wot interested to It* •a In ths ftoulh te adopt J fk$ “LafWaa Okmrtmf ComgtUin* pen is <t, 4«r Ufcnyfiw ^ Irrtgokntg if M*iU -Wo regret to large North— organ J m fe^n, that ths bundles son taming t Ayasdkal Cmfareore the Luihrrn« Otoertvr Iasi wsek, Osaoffi) ttoonvil. the rtoovr»t hqtod to mark Fork and Vtpuysburg. tlW Iowa Rynod, wkLh bare stou ioinptomcd to to fa fan as- Onto Iheti psfiina d»d not reauk ttom OwMwal ftoeaefl, huts dff^tti points. The#* failures fi aad »• I tod. then It J * • alll to umi rimdfk far a* to art; the . - ami tie Jedctondra of wa wM pot h« *da (to Bay, M MU IfR Mm ifflj to the J n. ^mufsidl o* L --■-■* j v,,. turns for a* te set, U wifi to oar detj " ^ ^ Pot the LatlieranlVisitor. Richmond. | Just as we were about to close oar account for the week, and were de bating tbe question whether we should make onr bow to the readers of the Visitor this week, came the letter—it is from Pennsylvania.— We believed It would oome—in fact, dreamed last night that a passenger pigeon brought it to as, (oar friends ■ay that we have Richmond on tbe brain,) and we qnote from it as fol lows: “Enclosed please find my check forfflO. Accept this ‘mite* for the cans* of Christ and tbe Lutheran Church, from one who, when on a visit, this Fait St Richmond, could not find a Lutheran church to wor ship in on the Bnndsy be spent there. May yonr call be snoocssfal, and may the Messing of God be with yonr undertaking, and Richmond be sop- plied with an English Lutheran church.” Thank you. At KN*iWUEGKMBJfT. Hermsu A.Vogelbacli, Phifa., $ 10.00 Carried forward, 127.00 $437.60 We wm for $10 •nits with ths united would be At .4 “Gwrumo work* eu- , fc ,p*,' .. g Ktiftok mcla SMMW tksii Lm- * ( OUUtatl f,»r ,,n ordtaary pnuriplew They have «to |||p.,^or- a few that h^fa 1 mu MumIiLiuS »h.I (iifv bavw, no poritoular osil te work I And suU tlm Mstho Who will respoud next! receive money, or )>tedges and upwards, when our list sums up ws much as $3,500. Oer envelopes ■re ready for distribution. Ftease draw on o» Tor any amount yon waot Christ** kingdom cau’t stop for money panic*. Giving to Christ is doubtless tbe best remedy for them. R- C. H. Fut the Lutheran Visitor. That Colloquium. Editor: 1 have of late aux- tto .i „. tliJ . i»—*..— iously looked for each number of the part of tto vfoeyard w# — rwTtod to^ ^ _ t .. t tU ^ veto' ao*i %«►!*• this oot k, n M Th.'0 Hfatojm | do Mto you soy 1 What would you mj », if, to addition to what you hnvo a of it in ths Firifer, you hod • it also la the ths Onr Church ftp, and uO ta week at that t What a fnm I is, truly, about akm since that osually qniet R. G. II*, has token hoM of tt! after all U is ths only way to m a soccesa. Il mast be the noties of the ngaln, oufl they that the only way to tory to to famish mesas ta put ths Mission oa its fast. Bra H . gm mi ahoai fU#ka<Mul UiH'Ai ia ths ears of ths Charoh natil there be a general response, uatll the ground aad ohapsi ha —rad aad paid for Wehave the money among us, aad yon awi have what to needed for that purpose Richmond fa a point of too mnch Importoaeo to our Church now to overtook oe uogteet 14 any longer Bond out your “sues topes* at oust to ovary paster, aad ? * active laymen, Jbmimme legmen, fa most cases, are ths host. Got them oat by Christmas, If poseI hit, aad lot there be a geocral Christmas of faring to this groat work. Is earn they do not roach in lias for Christ mas, let it be a Few 1 ear** offering. How easy this whole a»au*4*faigfct be effected doling the bolldaya, If all who read this appal would nmol re that, even at s sacrifice of fewer holiday gift*, they would giro Isa, fftfifaff dHRhm ficus dt mm fee, twenty or f(/tg deffert, as God has given such tbs ability Children of tbo Fret Bom f hurrh of lAe Reformation, let m during the tory and Hrikright 1st as bring our gifts sad pour them tola tbs lap of the church as an expression of oor of ths birth an advent woo alguoUood by “gftfta, fold, franktaosaao aad my irh. Let all who rood this propoattion begin at oace to devise ways by wMsh he or she or if, for do not by aay meaaa dohur ths Uttie oosa from their share of the pfaseare, mo help to swell too offerings far too Bfah hr H ■*Tb r haH «Smm / • i agUsus hod uoA the turns flptrti kpd. Although they ot agvao to tto of Chtfal to tftm aad the two Ct Hot this ohteh fa one ith, it fa act by the Goa fa the We •right with him and too “Hutu our In too dark T / Ws — not speak far »«. Its aad wo ham not L Ufa fa au aad it fa tram. W« W# have read! ■aid to ths MfhL ths of the several Sk W j** m I m**i $ IhiSasm uwfai A 4$ fiMiMaUI Atew mmh Afe • • ^ W •MPP 91 —MIC IP wnfaw heals slowly “lasafaaaa* fa of ths optoioo. Ho writes to the Lo i sad Mr Sflht Ton am porfeetiy^jrijht to oaytag H tosa t Hew I m ! ** v fa I t .. # ? “i^Mm h^^w' "ffWMMiuuW VqMllP®ll the a—itiua It was faliv g* * aw wnoon,a Iww tt may do good, if too dtetmt H»a laolvus to regard to |ga Iff m—|J wfaSfafltoasimua dlB^m |l,p »* PVfliptt MW lit lakiag aay acAteu to too mouse, hat to loam it to too hands uf toe gaa end hodfas oiib whfah they am ws tot flMtlor be fraely pabltrly diWOfland, wherever BTKtotflLii'FifaJ* iwaa tk uul^^m^^a bfliSfeR Ifaadl I'mdor. hopiug to find some espres stou of our Soulbern Church iu pfahrtiug ta toa «dMwp * lw l b« pro)»osed colloquium, ; bat not s word, even from the editor#, * hss upiwarcd. The majority of our * ith soy ef the ■’ , " 11 * of win non would canoe I w4Uwr (itkli uii* ik«i, dfatroetioo awd newJt fh the dinoola ,in their ttou of flur Geaoral By awl Whre * ^ w*hoi m the <t 4«rrA Jonmul, i “‘loiter* *ud peo)4e take neither •ay, If hat toa 1 nairims i*» tto* -»>—>—J ^ toe Gfeerarr uor Lutheran, and tbeire- the Gooerml- tW i-. ■ th fore know nothing of the proposed !j /w-*o 1*04 y f ijmpa i uflswwmu j toe North Is ■■019 oad i iflMjr lM i pto—lyuag work aewersl fry »«4, we «SwbM ^ mwo—fat ^ * waattaf l«» fo r ‘ a(#lf ^ wMidr as t** the editors par tbe dark! I fats of ths Charah *»•! far deafer 1 Him M m bw ra that which, if it has j mceling. llsve our the in $ I***!.* htft them in wl Uie i uwU T ' ie AMwtiag rufensd fo ts «*f too much im|>»rtanc»- to our to the beet •'hok* church to be ignored by the * the merit BMids of the Southern General Syn- lalty A few fetotoai^^b rfrih *14 kiadly that oe mwrv^ t ^ ^ nfioitalj higher ut *’ * u< ^ ** Uo 041t ‘ TfattSf qualified ! he ha* f*Hau Info, lie r^wlhuwa toiiug Iras. He ssaert* t4, *° * aai *|***k of it, J will call I «hf toidiamimwl itirtftf farm* say* I am gtsd to parts, thot t he !«*«*«» tkM Ik* I minu rhoMn l " >' tur Ik. |«.n«« of 4 thus for e«tal«R*i i-i! far s* hi* svakeuiag foteres* to the winds imnwtetohtir ostowds, are aot Epi* our $*°$fa *'« tegartl to what, if r.,«l < k.nkM m all. kat mlh*r lo-l-riy m».v pro'* of to » ..i rhanA... * ... w greater advantage to u* than all the imnrrsfi cMBDUf fi ntiiildlfml ID OT m m v Ijotf— i c«*»trovenue* bad in all tbe |*t|K>rs wm to« 1 «>l^<qet«n* fovor As tori os 1 barn aa, tho dwwwma lather j sue ctroeivod two the hotfaf toot on, |* Ua*j..«4 --j vfo lu* 1* to . ISpwau—tfawfaai is *de»tfaal with to moil, 04 York, to utmost derakd toetoafam. and toss a few sickly TV ^ U ‘* t 'Tj* 1 | ooogregntiaafl are gatherad that are to ihwt Ws aay Let tto ho oast eaosaflfaa <ffa IVto (fab- Aflif Grin 4 sr Ih 7 ft al Jhm'« fife Jfada ThaL The Chmrk ha* the aothofli}, ft fa Its 1$; to sdarinistor dt* I Cw *r Hi rf: J, tfMI. Irik; l», I Car »j T. 1 TW odadhfatratioa of 4aoi|4b* fa wwoiuri to aad eafalaod an (e : nil ahrfatiaas) hat (I) imperially oa th# pastor, Math svi: 1$; t«ui tff-17i t t'wfa Wl $1 Got. ill IA) I Tim. n Mi Job* ast Al; I Got. tit 4} # Affl* Hi Jfi« 1 Tba. tu • i Tltafl Hi tfi; I far. ivt L A A Gharah onu oafa dtofapboa Its owa maw ken Mats avfai 141 1 Cur. vt Ml| J John i tfal&i 1 Cor. vt; it-lA, Mail, vth; A (toa para with Uou in U.j i Tk* llierillillMi I* Mk 11 ajilMkril. tl far grass ftoldfa sffaadrra to dacteiae «•} aad to jpartmq ^ to JMjfe tvli 17; Tkipfll; $-11; Turn* ms 1$, II; Met 1; 14; itsBi (by l Cor. « ; 14 0^411; llWoa. til; $ A TW wtyoel«i charoh dmoptfae fa sot to gy attiy father the iprit of latonga of the mjared party, oor to •attoQ the cmogf«g*teoo“e aaooa of fo fi.,'* i f>ui lasfS-'tt ths * 1 w mm a -u^wawqtoawvw ad ths offender Matt, ri; 14, U; Rom. ir i 1} Gal. ri; I; 1 Tba. r; *>; Jo— f a 1$, »; 1 Coe. r ; A; fitis 1% ia all tbe for years. The Geueml 8yuod projx>Bed to tbe (tenerfa Council aa interchange of delegatra, foi the puqKtse of culti vating more fraternal relations. In reply to this kind offer the Council thwa M • rubtaua. I kid aim.. I»n*l»*'i » fr»Ufrn;U ooukreuc, or *..iram»»d.«l ru*nad to |m. >■<* «f tk* Geoerri ilf.i iJm, i mu ifoiag mhualtl be ^7 ocl( I General Council, but of riSiUml tow-ws * tlirit He mfliatoMifl that tbs tier should bo Luld thut itor buk.u all. Lutherans holding tbe Unaltered Augsburg Confession, to meet at sow* central point and talk over With tha Eptooupal wean* abandon moot of th* Lutheran Charoh, and m * tu * n ‘ pertnming to the general in that “tA— is jufltas much ddfeivao* lm * 1 of ** ^Wisn Charoh in the Wiwoiu tho (Ep—pol] Church nod ! 1 oil#d * ud thereby under- the Lutheran* m Unve M htowwui | * UUkd «Wor f uud by this volua- t to U»a«oh sod any of th« seciar ®«Ung and free interchange of this be I any of ti ae. sod we have ao wake of Kptouepal efforts te pawpogate their vfaw« of tin etoaoMpsto- lkt with tha de iadiridoal Hj wmU. as «ufk, pfaaaa i 4 u, kJ action far m igitiri \b* »r* •““•*vrvd with tody seventy, tew We warn *ffwd te wail uotil Ike (fern $*eed »Bh froCfeaeas aad love. Malt. ' trlH : IS, 14 j ) TW%* v : 14; Row. 1 tv i 1; Lake tt II :* 3, 4; Gsl. wl i I} ill aft 3d, Si ; 2 TW ii: S4-36 f. The Aral step m charoh disrt jdihs fa ts prnstel) tufafw the . krwthef ef hi* fas. Melt, ivtli; 13 A The fleoaod faop fa Is inferw the ■ MlewKd by all n * her *4 hfa «to la the pwamaar .of W* aiwora sur reader* aae or twe wBoRtoea Mate xviii; ]& will to the weouittos, aad «. TW third *iep la cherrh died aod Where wBl ■ piime fa ta rapsri te the songir ”* #l “ ’ ^ flkaii thso inform the views and feel tug* learn to know and love each other. It necuu* that the proposition has met with universal favor, aud ae «» puutt ahnfli ha<* been |uac4iml Tv ’ Dm mwuug will ba held. )<wi« fa Mhii tkimmom*ateon* as the ®dliuuf is one of tbo places pro- Meifantmu nod Allmghte, and which l™** f “' tewtiug, and we hope, has boas toaupwl to Was fa amah a I ** betiefit of our wing of the digniAod tfetuMoination an ihe Bpu sukiAolian MG famtowi AULtoii CMIM (kititu. tenth drciaie hunm if te be satisfied. If Ki>ikM.'*>iialimis have tiotinur toiler te da than te awry a* a wotk of prune!) Lung nawng G*wwa«i Luthet a us, fat Iheoi go stood and da what they ran not mdrafu trow, but let three to no lying and doasivittg abaalic XcwaARUi OotxlteK budding is aos under tto paiuter'* brash, which will add mmk te its outsufa ap|iear Anew. Nacw aRUttv Vuxrwjuunuk wet tbe fifth Bnaday of Novewbar at Bt. Michael (batch, Lexington oeunty, Ws are wstitog puticatiy for )»s*tn « fiaca. ,$.&>' moil ^ ligj s!. ' fatifu WtNTtBX ViRomtA Oort fflUlN'Rri-^litth else «Handed to than preaching. Only four wiaifaera fad as, watok the agw« of Iks "to Iks ** Mvs tight I 01$. 4 •a wtu fat 14 aktaa, that -to may me ti- If tto 1 Ml; Iti RAl. lAltuUMAV lor J .to ol mtor i* eqnsl to any of its ;»rvde c»wooes. whld» Imi *s>ieg n good Ami fne s iMl 14* *1 MMI. which e*ch month ftiMuphc* so givNU |» variety of origi nal aod *clevied waiter C'uaiui likAURu run liusm Mix. an origiast and toantiful Bibb* print, tto first dr a *crfe* pnbHsbed by Nurdorl lima. Boston. Price $1. ARTttVR A IHiibwlefobia, wr-nd to eseb suborriher tn tbrir It ted Home Magazine s ropy of j «netr new anyprnswg, Pnom 4e wife wilt not beat U oom^ Jfa torn unt — ike to sh*n be kxtolu ! Ifo-^ifa 1 at hte tin Matt xvlfl. 17; church, it will bo held there. I for one am wholly tu favor of it, and my earui4 prayer shall that it will be held and largely at leaded, aud that Almighty God will pour out ubuudautly ui his grace upon the brethren, aud make it the beginning ol the glorious union of the whole Lutheran Church in this laud. Surely there is grace enough in tin* church of the Reformation to baiinoutxe all discordant elements, and (o take away onr reproach, aud make us “a power iu the land.” Barely “the past should suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gen tile*,” aud that strength, and talent, and uieatis enough have been expend ed U(kmi pulling down and destroy ing the unity ol the church, for which Christ no earnestly prayed aud for which all Christians pray. Let uot as of the South throw a straw iu the Wfrjr of this union of frieuds, bat let u* sliow that magnanimity and Chris tian love winch we ask of others, and which our Christianity demands. The great difficulty under which we now labor is that we do not know uor understand each other. W« take it for granted that we are far apart, when in troth we are near each other. I have not met a single «uan ot the Council or Old General 8y nod, since onr separate organisa tion*, that I did uot love, and whom 1 hew not found ’anxious for more fraternal relation* with all Lutberau*. The articles that we set* in onr church paper* that indicate the contrary, are not tbs expression of one-foarth of our clergy , nor of one-tenth of ou in I (I | p 4J, lv te -wIJsAl 9 g. oppoB .11 movrm«Dt« looki,**"’ 1 ' cession and coneRiatioti, to ^ pions and church loving aj) J? % country are heartily tick iug and strife, division and *** ttou, and will joyfoHy join prayer that we may all be aa*k bonds of love and concord, name, one in faith, one * one in the power and Holy Ghost. For the Lutbenu, Theological Searing As already made know* u - readers of tbe Visitor, tfa session of the Seminary hue a nnder favorable aospiees. nine students in attendance, c*!? number, five are in the aidd^ four in the junior year. Oa* Jjj man, whom we expected bj? Seminary the present ***!<*, ^ bc«n kept away thus bug hv toi health. We still hope, BtoT£ providence of God, fo web*** amongst ns soon after the at the new year. It ia a noteworthy feet tfa g now in the Seminary m frafate six of Roanoke College, tad fo* of Newberry College. Tbj* g 4 most hopefnl and eocoamgfa|fa tare. We venture the opfamtfa very few seminaries could antis favorable an exhibit ia this oac ^ tic ala: . We wish that this fa might seiv c a.s a precedeoi is j*, future history • f tbe Seminaiy. A* although this may be an uapanfa ble hope, yc; may we not argae to it that the church ia cooriator the importance uf a more g* era] and thorough tru* *i«ig tf' m ministry, aud that the tf this is already made! Baikttk not be forgotten, that this praam* beginning may be ia anek pc defeated by foiling to give fat yooog men tbe advantages of «jtf course in theology. Tbe Gena Synod, at its last convention, vifa adopted a coarse of three years IV rule should be that all yoaagaij continue this time in tbe Seaton j and that exceptions to this fa»j few as possible. District Syarikm aud should control their yi and beneficiaries in this And when these are not no dinfa under the government of Syato let the church so express herself > fovor of thorough theological Ufa | ing, that her judgmeut will fa*| *l»ected by all who seek » pfar among her minister*. We knoette the want of ministers is argent 5* one who loves tbe church, and ai cerely prays for the coming d ti» kingdom of Christ, can remain » moved at the cry, “Come over to help aa” Bat that this urgaaqrjtoi fie* a less thorough preparstiea«tk part of those who are to preack fa gospel of this kingdom, wedeay. Afa even admitting that then atsy fa» temporary loss, are not the pens nent advantages of a fully qudito ministry so much greater m to jto$ itf We have too much afari a this principle, that those seek is; fa ministry are tbe proper jadf* < their qualifications, as well asri fa time when they should ester te* the work. If we would haw •* Seminary with its course of fa* years go for any more than so te* ogy, let our students be reqaiiri * receive instructions on the fallow 1 * aud let them.be so supported fa : they can remain. Iu some iartteS" this is impracticable, but fat «* •* multiply these instances * the most urgent necessity. The importance of a ntfotef** Seminary to tbe Lutheran Chaw* * the South is becoming »ow fa* more evident. Neither Pbifafato* nor Gettysburg can supply ihi* ** Those who are best informed «* corning tlie necessities aad ah** 1 of the church in our section stefa readiest to acknowledge the trad what we state. It is no party •** est that prompts us in this to** - * devotion to a peculiar typeofUfa 1 aniaui—no spirit of oppositios t®**? of the various divisions ot fa* ^ theran family iu this country, «***£ in so far as siucere devotion » torical, coufessional Lntheroin*® 0,1 be so understood. On tbe t ' <,ll ’ r * r ' from a calm survey of the stances aud inissiou ef the c ^ 8 in these States, the Geuwti 3? has become convinced of the wity of a Seminary of her oWB * ^ church has suffered for the this mauy years, and the neces®*? the more im;>erative u<rw, ciiuistauces have se;mratcd the larger bodies of Lutheran*^ We hesitate not to affirm *J,j, out a Seminary of our own the ^ era States would have remshied ^ tualiy missionary grouad, 9,kI ^ perhaps as badly cultivated® future ss in the past. We complain of a ters, and justly. How this ***7^ tion can be suppli^l >* °®* ^ most imjKu tant questions of * 1 ^ tical kind with which toe^ha^j deal. Our answer is one ea*ib ^ j It is this: They fire to be our Theological Seminar*/; ^ fe - ETb tf 1 ' 1 O* <• «**> **, 7rri » «tti' 00 * JM)d ***\ ^irnien fo r a 7 * TJX ;> p° v * 4, , •^rc f» r tbe [ 3 T^OU bB.,1 | Tmt 10 *t7 e h ‘ j ..a " 1 -often school !t< hard Ubor. Sto IO ri e e< 9re , 0 i,.| rtjov a WH ^ Who willi ng «*• ar, '. n ^«e>‘ wh0 ,. ^cts aud are..! ,nd who love our ^ gotNithsUndiug ^4). of Mi. ourselves to ff itb educated go<l W U1 fill our nuim r j ^jtotote place* I ffikiently than (Mil Oeotral v*r“‘ u TJ agencies. \ rtfeet against tfo a» who are front tfetooctry. The- te endorse the c<*l Ilx- IV X getofars of the to yon; mhristers ; l^eran church S« p»; to you person stotemeats true f g*ttd tkstselves t roar experience a If so, we dlaim for its interests a iar< •feetions and activ j enterprise vital to the Lutheran cbV Then will you not] to give it greater •ia all the steward To some b« has gi\| goods, to othet> aad claims from ,v • ( yoa withhold itf yoa to aceoant for Will you not divu tkst your .benef.u •there f It is true Ifrastees of the Sen ao defiuite action and or BalUlitigs are important, yea. •anont prosperity < At tbe approach in, General Synod sou taken, tf you arttii* far your bequests c greatly encourage tl *<irk. Thi* is the Lord’s Lad’s stewards. Co fteionw, your pnvtle ls- 8’' 3 t - --- rv: For the Union Sunday Schi Hear Doctor : W ( feort article for tbe v* shall endeavor t< "•tors a faint tie- tefebration of the taion Evangelical L lfa*an county, N.C , «* Sat unlay the 22<r The early monunj u “favorable—the w< *®d the sky was ov, . I as the day dispersed, th] faifhtiy, and we had * i^ge concourse < *** to behold the MCca »‘oii. The follov the order of tto moeniko e.v Trocessiou of .the ^to tlie chart i Prayer by it Us ' ( *. S|>eech by p t- Music. ^rnbeart. Music. . w -Kimball. Mireh J^fermissio,,. Pr,, _ h001 fr «m the chu r *’ aud back to t aptkrnoon t ;,T ,0rn 0f *Cb< y® u>e churcb. Mi. • w ,' - fL L. Most .^.T" u »f »U, Iu 9hal1 toe . al ^^‘ction. j u *°uie quaiiu a cUlUlr ^«—and n. *utertj|j uilleut ^l.v of the gyrv* .522^-*. ... ««<Kne advice to - D - f mU " ***** fo make an 22r « tii*.Ifov. Most j ki, ‘^^kaUoa, wh ',u.H, u W ' T 1 * * 1 OM the gioa t Sana 11 tU « ^a.VPebool