fcevs. Rude & Killer, Editors.
Oil LORD, Oil FAITE, Oil lAPTISK.’— IPHESIfilS IV:5
COLUMBIA, 8. C., FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 6, 1874
Communications,
thitrmMtfl by which the tho gospeland minister at the
***** ^ wbieb church’s alt sir. There is no me* sur-
tb* church bleated the world. iog of this item of usefulness. Can
orm iioua Korea now midi toy one estimate the nine to the
nntlTUJ. ('ongrrgational church and tbs cause
In our own country, the church’s of (>hr, * t if » England and al!
eftsrie through its stages have. “f the edacation of ita great
without doubt. i«s among the moat * rm * o( ra,,,i * t< ‘ ni * # Who can tell
soooasuful and froitlul of nil its work bow mocb of tb « wtrength, prosperi-
lar (brim's kingdom. Tbs colleges l *» **** of the Presbyterian
haws gieou power to the church < "batch In this country, is dae to the
thoohurchhaswioldodpovmthrough *****& tdueatlou of its ministry!
Us oqtisgaa Xo sou con msusure riaT * ■** thp colleges thst have
Ike gala tbsrs bus bosn to ckrtsttaan ^ otlf l *»is work, dooe a great service
ty la our country, or tbs ndrantagu to tbr rao *c of Christ Y It is begin
to tba chureh, in "Mftrg the higher mn * 10 ** understood, that the de
ad a ss lies of our lami aud a titer —mmatioo which educates the moat
uofbty Christ tea tdosthos. Though tbf bust* will outrank others,
them callages am ussurtansn. oh ns M< *» othor advantages being equal,
tiaaity, la iu rsssutisl doctrines, is hooome the most successful and
fully aud taught. Iu powerful. The college stands at the
tmtha am mads to pervade aad b *‘ mrt «f all the church’s work, and
mould all tbs tiaoiiihlig They am **• sgeocy is necesaary to furnish
peered Into tbs miaffs of the sta ,b * minister* for its pulpits, and the
doom tbmogk ah their daily studies, ^bomrs for both the home and
whotbar uf language history, science, f «wu»f« mission service. And when
phOoeephy or morula. The life of miKboaaries plant the standard of
Christianity shapes the cottars that <** heathen shores, they find
Is to shops the yoasg The church li ,b * , * Wkl ■»«! onlv way of perme
has thus been training meo for all ,mit succees to eutablish church
the mom prueaineot and mtoeotial • cboo * a > nnd to develop them at once
calliaga to life—for the law, modi mto •*«i»eriM of higher order, to
cine, the ministry, for the press, >»«tiwct the young aad educate na
aaiksreblpi teach teg, far legislative l *re preachers and missionaries,
sod judkfel positions—giving a okrts Oaa <* ‘be grandest items of mis
Noe siuostim for nil thorn spheres of «<** done for may years,
activity that most directly aad de- has been the establishment, by Ur.
Hunly shape the character, and Roberta, of a Christian college on
wield the pooer of the nothin. One Bosphorus in Turkey. From it
•cod only took over the roll of a few ‘ b * «1H *h‘»* through all
of the older colleges, aad follow the A *‘* Minor, and into thousand* of
men whose thinking and activity souls.
bare isle so cud most broadly, beard Froat ■■ tb>*t »» apparent that
neatly and permanently the life of rhureh has uo more mijxirtaut
the eaiioo, and be will am that the for the success of Christian
chuvuh has itself, by aad in iU col UuUl than ito «ulleges. The interests
toguu, trained the mind, shaped the depend**! on them are incalculable,
sea unseats, sad drvAqwd the power ! TU< * “»«®ey that the church has
Uf these men for gu£T Them is not N*»t it establishing these institu-
aneakureoruoroffoe toed to which l, °°* *»“ **** amoug the most
the ehusch has not given men thus *«* v toable, uud productive of good,
Almost Permidsd.
For the Lutheran Visitor.
l£oda of Baptism.
[Ceaefwdeif.j
jj jit circumstances attending the
^ittraiion of baptism among the
^Christian* afford no proof that it
iftispenxd by submersion.
| 0 Mtsblish this proposition, we
bow inquire into the mode prac-
^ by the firet heralds of chris-
piity-
L gbat mode of baptism thou,
practiced by John the Baptist f
I be premised, however, that
jg goto of diapensiog thia rite ia
# | natter of great importance iu
tlii connection, since his baptism
m DO t Christian baptism ; aud can
timfore have no special force ia
lyiip the gospel method of baptism
Iggtiad by. Jesus Christ It may
lowerer reflect light upon the practi-
esl application of baptiso.
(§j “John also was baptizing in
Sbob near to Salim, because there
mooch water there.” (Jno. iii: 23.)
fly, it is asked, did John choose
ipbce foe administering baptism
vtoe there was much tenter—udata
pfe—if he merely sprinkled the peo
ple! forgetting that there might tie
i Mcessity for a copious supply of
nier, at a place iu a warm climate
tore vest concourses of people
immersion.
Header, are you to this srittoal
•oudition of the u almost panuadad*!
Than take with you thaaa fora
thoughts: You may aawar bssaaaar
salvation again: You araaa thorny
thresh bold of decision, but if yau fa
away back into your sins, you may
never again be brought so soar the
gate. Felix never found the ooa-
rentont season for which ha profeaasd
to wait. Do not, therefore, stifle
conviction. Do not choke down the
cry that ia pressing for utterance to
your heart Let it some eat saw
ualtty of fthi
Christ hue
writing of
r represent
fT uws W *r
^ Sold. The
hina<my that Mr
ia best Si
a np ighbor the
loabt *bont it;
f*y the drudgery
work with
I family that *
pvwr seven wii.
rnited States to
r bl wssiag—ovw
F aad want this
P« offers to thow
P n not buy, asj
hold with hi*,
to aid hi»
Imillioo familie*
I- Bio offer* ate
try liberal and
k our villages,
Pi*, are full
1° an these Mr.
[work and good
re all to write or
I his terms, and
lee his big ad-
»oe. Mr. Tilton
ft the statement*
I be relied on.-
0.
that Mind man sitting at the way
side. Hear how be raieee hie voice
above the noise of the pasting crowd,
u Jesus, thou sou of David, have
mercy on me.” They bid him hold
his peace, but doee bet Nay, ha
cries so much the more a great deal,
ia Jesus, thou son of David, haws
mercy on me.” Would you know
the reason of his earneataMoaf Here
it is. Jesus of Xazareth wan rattiig
by. It was a glorious opportunity,
but it was s transient one, aad if ha
allowed the Saviour to pass than,
be reeeived his tight Go thou, aad
imitate him. Seize the prepeat op
portunity, and let the “almost” ripeo
into the “altogether.”
One thought more. Almoat saved
if it be no more is, ia the end, alto
gether lout, and that too ia the moat
melancholy of circnmstaaeak. Whoa
after safely circumnavigating the
globe, the Royal Charter want to
pieces in Moelfra Bay, aa the oeast
of Wales, it was my melaaokoty
duty as a minister to Liverpool to
visit and seek to oomfort the wile af
the first officer, made by than calam
ity a widow. The chip had beta
telegraphed from Qoeetkatowa aad
she was sitting in the parlor expect
ing her husband, with the table
spread for his evening meal, wbea
the messenger came to tell her ha
wun dmyrnMl. Xorar raw I AasW
the grief so stricken and tsarism,
with which she wrung my head, aa
she eaid, “So near home, and yet
lost.” That seemed to me the meet
terrible of human sorrowa. But ah!
that is nothing to the aaguieh which
must wring the soul who is eompedad
to say at last, “Once I wrap at the
very gate of heaven, and had almoat
entered in, but now, I am in betL”
My re ider, may this awfal soffloquy
never be yours, and to tills tad, let
the “almost” in you beoome now the
“altogether.”
ambled, apart from
flat sack a place was selected with
* new to submersion is altogether
{Rtiitous. The Bible no where
ates this, nor even hints at it. We
» left to conjecture.the motive by
fe light of circumstances. The ch
ute was warm aud oppressive, aud
pre fresh water was scarce and of
pnit ‘ value. The multitude was
Mfflease, amounting probably to
te&dmlsj of thousands; for “there
teot out uuto him all the land of
fodea aud they of Jerusalem, aud
we naptized,” &c. (Matt, iii: 5, G.)
So doubt many traveled thither on
esoeis aud asses, and reniaiued
’ten over night; ht-nce much water
m absolutely necessary for other
prpose* than immersion. John had
sen baptizing iu the vicinity of Jor-
ha. where there was more water
fa* at Enon ; but it was unfit for
Mediate use—hence be vreut from
»large hotly of water to a place
dere the supply was comparatively
■all, but preferable on account of
quality. Polla udata ought to be
toialatetl many xcatcrs or streams;
w2Kingg ii: 20: where the Hebrew
«d Septuagint, both, use the plural
Ta udata—
Hence, an the arriptar** bote me
tiflteUMh it t i i rm is ml n 1 mi m *1 -**■-**■ .m# a fla.^
WBWw ftp • ftp'jF Iflpjf VMrftf flfl dMF l.flMfl
nr mode of sf»$4» tog it to
oifiewnt end Sfiprwpeveie. a
the very toeoc, qwtoe so Hi
oecomfMMSMMl by tie Driiw
OEIXUS
ration as modi
bin«d. All ia-
roaecuted in a
mer. Mosdw
of all its uivcftlmeute for Christ and
his reuse. It may be questioned
whether the same amount it takes
fur li* nnUejrr. invested in auv otoar
way of benevolent effort whatever,
can be made to do anything like as
much good—to do good so broadly,
so gradually so long.
VTBY (Ol LLi.k* KKvllIiK E5DOW-
MKST.
Cbnsluui colleges are thus a part
of the benevolent agency of tbe
church. This answers the question
some times asked : “Why must they
he endowed r They are organized,
not to make money, but to do good.
Their value is not simply iu afford
ing a thorough education, bat espe
cially in the fact that they cheapen it
and bring it within reach of almost
every earnest young man who may
desire it. By the beoevoleuce that
endows them, the higher education
Xo college of
CdliJJM N MU
| £ y ^ it*, iHN I
of tbe ebuirk In the cat
to often laatoaativ
l pas -
Many pstwea, whilst
tbe dinct hearing of
to stand up for ('brtet and bear on
ward the standard of religion
r Jinan’s raise
nsrth of tkesr.
all this, in tba
ton for rauade
nt of ingenuity
t is now esti
urowbe sccoa
b population of
Ln could lisv*
r v in the*a»e
t). Every cl«»
influxes of
“VromneAl eeued tbe tbongbie of
MUtoni end pot them into aetteo.*
Tbe feet »«presses a tow of progress.
] iif gmu fuftmtu UnM cbmigf (Ik*
iflflflMiflHflflttMiiL MUS.. HfetiiiM MkiniiMto.. sms.
•■KfeF API PlWPPlJf % iW ftPFw.lM ftMPMti iftP*
porta vwond the war hi, often bate
tku niswtopnng in the quiet labors
terms ml tbought aad aUndy. Thiugs
sr» feM Ihongbt oat, and then
ef life end fighting the battles of
rhrtolinaitv is that sos Hi. 4,
IX 9*MLX BwrotT.
From ttoi time that Christ
mulated iflto
Nor bs* the
i, nor the In-
The •ewia*
hat inginuitf
tss multiplied
ith tbe oeedle-
appsrel *wd
-ueor.: wim
f the water or stream flowing from
to spring or fouutain, which sepa-
ato afterwards iu several small
fcwms, and this would better ex-
jress the various rivulets in that
fcpon. This sufficiently accounts
| k the fact under consideration,
| iHhout the slightest necessity of re-
If total im-
ktgbsat so mas its ef tbe charrh’s
Your Own Place.—There to a
place for every man—his own proper
place, where he ought to be. God
has designed him for it, and it be
longs to him and to no one else; and
every man may know aad And bin
place, if be wilL It must be bis
plaoe, and he most go to God hearti
ly praying, “Lord, what wilt Tboa
have me to do T Where wflt Then
have me to be 1” Let him surrender
his owu will to God's will, aad ha
shall make no mistake.
And it is a most blessed thing to
be in one’s own plsee. There, one to
most happy—more happy than he
can be in any other place. God will
be with him there. He will cheer,
and strengthen, and sustain him.
He may have trials; bat he meets
them in the path of duty, and Godto
grace is sufficient for him. The
same compassionate God, who was
with Daniel in tbe den ef itoaa, aad
with the three Hebrews ia the burn
ing fiery furnace, will not leave him
nor forsake him. Being in his own
proper place, he may go to God with
confidence, and he shall hi onfefort-
ed aud supported. He shall ha joy
ful in all his tribulation.
nod wide The masses ia ibeir toil
and eflorio are mostly hot artiiif
oat the Ibsofhla of ethers. The
French revelation wae originally
only a theagbt. The ith—very of
Amah— was at ftrat only a thought
u Lb# mind of the (•moeos student.
When we look on the telegraph,
with eel so tab meal at Its wonders
1 hiring tho early
ie open to tbe m
high order con be established or ear
ried on without an endowment. An
academy, with a few teachers and
limited appliances, may be made to
pay iu own way. But to found a
college, erect its buildings, supply it
with chemical and philosophical ap
paratus, man it with a corps of com
petent and able professors, furuish
its libraries, give it scientific cabi
nets and appliances, and keep it sup
plied with the various necessary aids
to advanced and thorough study and
investigation—all this requires an
amount of money that, without an
endowment, would make the cost of
a college education so high, that
only a very few could ever attain it
Tbe necessary tuition would put it
beyond reach. None but tbe very
wealthy could afford it for their sous.
Not one in a dozen of those who now
euter the ministry could obtain the
needed education. The poor, or those
with moderate means, could not en
ter college halls Tbe church and
society could not be blessed by the
thousands from these classes, who
now rise to be their ornaments and
power. But in our Christian colleges
tbe students may have all the ad
vantage of a large corps of instruc
tors sod ample educational appli
ances, for as low a tuition as is often
charged in a boy’s school. Iu their
halls the poor may stand by tbe side
of the rich, and have an equal prep
aration for a life of service and
honor iu the church and the world.—
Lutheran Observer.
employed the
Ithout succea.
purg, struck »
hat is destined
®rting to submersion
■avion had been the practice, and
“much water” bad been required
^ Ihst purpose, would it not have
vise in John to have remained
■Bethabara! Does not his departure
■to a location of
. Howe b*
through the
manner, will
uj rument n°
^hme is sini-
i by s ehiM
„’ s advert**'
bn aa of the
lis uniqo® i D *
It ie «ne of
ies itself H»to
U) r its which
apt to forget the long line of stu
dents, of encore, who have, in ob-
eonre labomlorwa, toiled for veers
over the n a to re of electricity, out
of wbedb l*rot Morse at last gave
the fimdt to wsktod. Oer rati-
made, iiwsiIiiih. oar manefsctorice
quite, to apoetoiiv ue*a It is eoie>
worthy that the mtiee where tbe
more water to one
**fli»y waters rather disprove the
ef pluuging t This pns-
then, is found to have no con-
^ion with the point at issue ; or if
* k*> it furnishes an argument
*tiinst submersion.
J*) But the udvocates of iuioier-
®° D insist that they “were baptized
kim ( en j i n j ort i* u j>* (Matt, iii: G.)
«* appears iu other connections,
if the advocates of the trausla-
* a insist upon that, and no other,
what will they do with lleb. x :
where we are told that Christ
"todowu ou the right hand of God” !
7®^ the same word occurs. There-
I 01 *,if we mast necessarily translate
* Jordon, we, must also necessarily
» u *late in the right band of God—
f ^ word is the same iu both
***** But as we, of course, traua-
in one place, u at or by the right
'i of God,” so too we may iu the
* r place read, “at • or by the
Warn* of lifert.
literary
of tin ebureb nod tbe spread of tbs
goapel, edacwiioct vii oosd MS emery-
lag oa tbe work. Du nag tbe refer
his»d'
Payton
were planted msI
titiso. Witboat these brais shops,
where woe Id be the world’s boasted
progressV Where would be tbs
practical activities that now crowd
the world, aad ovary home, with
It woe ooe of the first aisse of tho
Ihfaram, to bare seatrol of tho
revival of toaralag tbeo takiog pleat,
and to brtog tho schools tala frool
rank la tbe conflict with Rome, la
(icraudt. Betteerlaad. Eailsad aad
Scotland, tills seat W'as aoaosapllsbed.
laad wtoh wealth aad laxary Y How
meeh to paid back ta the struggling
ly lend t>r,1 ‘
lerasd^P,
mglily teoted
he wife ssy*-
n its V*** n
- wood* 1 "
:Jro« r '“
, comioft 00 *
ItJ *
of^ e
trolled by tbe church, determines,
aad sweeps down through all tho
root. From lbs soivsratty and col
lege, tho power flows down and oot
through the lower and common
schools. Tbe teacher, the text-hook,
tbe setaa tiffs principles, are all, re
motely sometimes, bet yet certainly,
Croat the colleges. There to a steady
stream of power and influence flow-
Will You be Missed!—Ait yoa
cedars planted in the house of tho
Lord, casting a cool and gratafol
shadow ou those around yott! Art
yoa palm trees, fat and flovtohing,
yielding bounteous fruit, and ma
king all who know yoa bleat yoa!
Are yoa so useful that, wore you
once away, it would not ha easy to
fill your plaoe again, hat peopfe, as
they pointed to the void in tho plan
tation, the pit in the ground, would
say, “It is here that the old palm
tree diffused his familiar shadow,
and showered his mellow dilators!”
Or are yoa a peg, a pin, a rootlet,
branchless, fruitless thing that may
be palled up any day, and no oae
ever care to ask what has beoome ef
it! What are yoa doing! What
are yon contributing to tho world's
happiness, or the charch’s glory!
What is your business Y—Bee. Jot.
Hamilton.
tine failed to get posotfeoa of the
■ MiiMUMklllAa M«ktk-u*kj*a mPwo* se mum* 4*a
untYt>r*i!it'«, ffiMi uuiiffppj r riiMw »•
Hill ttfitUr lb# bffl of lb# iumiufei
aad Ragtoad." la flaglaad for a
loog Uam aooriy all the leaden of
the Reformation were teachers in the
eelveseitiaa. **Tbs lot rays of the
oua from oa Mgh,” saga IFAstigm,
work for ('hrtst sad bio
ki tents of the boMffta. Gao any
over oollmito the Importance of
Bflerr*-
\V»»b cT *!
Instead of wonders ceasing when
we enter heaven, they will but in
crease for the more we know, the
more wonderful does everything be
come. Wonder belongs to knowl
edge not to ignorance. The learned
man wonders at a flower, or insect,
while tbe ignorant man or the child,
oses nothing to attract his attention.
A primrose, 1 doubt not, is more an
tbs direct wort of the church. In
them to given the iutelloctual, and,
to eo small degree, the spiritual
object of admiration and wonder to
an angel than to us.—Forman Mac-
food.
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