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IUTHER4N jnsrrOR, COLUMBIA, S. C., MARCH 27, 1874 Wo >n the estimation of other* m to prevent them fro® girfe* I*! only that they may secure a — T1 , L excuse fur not discharging thrift* nay, I should again tag, priiila^ f’ not remaiu in the State, nor make penwaaout homes amongst an. And if they do remain, they will either go back to the world and abandon the church, or elan they will go to other denomteatiooB, who wilt then boild np flourishing congregations out of oar meteriaU. We can then mount over oar loan, and oeaanre the * Smote" for robbing oe of oar jewel a, and try to oonaoie ouraelvee with that kind of complaint*. Ought we not rather to thank other denomi nation* for earing for oar people, when we foil to take earn of them oe reel reef Vow it the rime to net. more ehnrehee than oem to the charge then should the peeler hold tile Pee •ion service* in the church which neede the moat the pretence of the Son of God. yon Jnst ne well abandon yoar aria •ion among the Germane W# Prea b/keriaoe moot Ihewifon yield to air eamotaeeee, if we da oat, otheie will doth" There can he no great ob- jectioaa to this, bat may oot tirie THE LUTHERAN 1 VISITOR. Onr Oeosrsl Syned. The General Synod in to convene in a few week a, la the meeting to be a eooceaa or a failure t Wa coo feat that wa are not vary aaagniaa of a large attendance of delegatee. A letter lately received from Vir ginia oonteiuo the following ominone atalemeut; “Ool> 2(. N. will be al the General Synod. The real of oe will remain al home. Tha dletanca ia too great, and money U too Friday, March 87,1874. •bow that there is nothing gab withholding more than ia m«ta tb* tadlrldul. nlary point of view by sndl a c boantifally bieaeed with thin world’* good*! Let ne beeeech Him to raiae op helper! for this good oaoee. And let oe, then, pot ear shoulders to the wheel, ewr hand* into oar pockets, EditOII: Rev.«A. B. RUDE. P.D., Colombia. ft. C Rkv. J. I. MILLER. A.M., Staunton, V*. lag to the people the Presbyterian oocirift# or prt4tBWiAuofi. ii m omitted it, ha evttisatly it a miaera- bca ear Lord t* 0 61,1 top"* Bntt ,0,, hie ret an reed* to then that ye enter n< nawflllng to admit /a essentials, unify ; ia non essentials, ' liberty / ia all iking*, charity* ive (achrof* For the Luthers* Vitim. Blunt Arrowi SWtCIAl. NOTICES. Remittance* mult be made in Poet Office Orders, Bank Cheeks. «r Draft*, if pmiaiblo. If thee* can not be obtained, Mend the money in a Rxourrxasn Lrr- tkk All PoetiuAstera are <>t>lined to register letter* when required. Paper* are sent to subscriber* until an express order to dhwontinwe ia re ceived, ami all arrearages are paid, as required by law. Merely rrtaming * number of the paper by mall, ia not suf ficient. All communication* relating to sub- r^gBalt 8criptii»i C# oorrectioti ..I ^thcre not b<* a I ; words that won t,f Involved in j, idea of caotior tub sud pray. I fMAT or cah i Watch, it i* the »•< Bat the question may be naked, Who ia the man for thie work t He moat be a man of planning address, ft no patpit abilities, an organiser, nod able to preach in the German aad English languages. Immigra tion has /creed the question of laa “Whatf* any a the impatient ten, or, “not done yet with them i»n* arable lectures on the am of &* tongne T" Well, no. Bat we »jjj pass by all that the other impircq writer* any on the subject, and ply follow at. Jamas to the end ^ his description, the beginning Now, if only one delegate from the Vi i gin La Synod, aad, as wan tha case when the General Bynod met ia Charleston, S. C„ only two ohrtcaJ delegatee, lad not a single lay dale* gate from* the Booth Western Vir ginia Synod, oouoe to tha convaoUon then, as there will oot be a quorum Synod can not he opened, bomaees oau not ba traoeected, tha Cbareh will ha diaoonraged, and tha General Synod will receive a check whieh may, perhaps, prove detrimental. No matter where the Geoenri Syn od has met, the Booth Carolina dele gation has always been wall repre sented. Would that the other 8yn oda had been as faithful! South Carolinians have repeatedly attended the meetings in Virginia, end so have the Georgians. Lent year the entire Booth Carolina delegation—ft —and the whole Georgia delegation —A—were preaeut at Salem ia Booth western Virginia. Sorely the two Virginia Synods ought nottede lean j nil the members, both clerical and lay, ought to answer to their names when the roll is called in Sevan nah. The distance Is great, bat it la not any greater now than ft wps when the Virriaia delacatiou* voted at Salem to meet in Savannah Money is scarce, bat the percentage derived from the Book of Worship will to some extent defray traveling ex penses, and District Sjneds ought to supplement the deficiency. But suppose It takes money out of an individual* pocket, is It not for the Church and for Christ f Is it not well expended T Ought we not deny ourselves 1 aad ia It not a good in HAAVnnrASft: oam Hac k foe TIB Crown or Urx. By Junius Kiemvuaaydrr, rastoref Hi. Lake’s i.i anjcelit-al < !iu n b. I'.,. ■ *->. i ■ i. Lutheran Book dare. Cloth, 7ft oente. Having read Iter? jMr Biemaneny- deris book we ss«et heartily reoom- mead it as well meriting the high AlDiNu P auto to—We read of a dty, any* the CWM rreriySmen, In which the pastors of n deoomlnntiou have determined, if possible, to in trodnoe n religions newspaper into every family of their chargee. Thane pastors are alive to the wants of tbstr people. The? BiuUntiiti4 bow to work for the canoe, end Ur secure their preaching by the next best agency for improving aad eon secrating the people to whom they minister. No one sow-a-day* thinks of denying the power for good of a family newspaper, sad hiftewn eboreh At the last meeting of South Caro line Synod a resolution was paused to employ a traveling miMiouan to briber*, slionld give their r nUfttincUy, and cajsfuUjr indi are old and which are new « Not only the name of the but also that of the county of each subscribes ia noosssac that the proper entriea mmy b and accurately issue. which has already been iatredumd. He says “the tongne is a world 4 iniquity." There is such a sepe* bundance of sin in the tongue tha inspiration has seen fit to desigma it as s “world of iuiqnity." 0 bow many defilement* does it 00m! won! how many dreadful flames dors it kindle! Defiling passions are ki*. died, cherished sod exhibited by tbit unruly member, and the whole body is often drawn into sin by* the *nih of the tuugne. Therefore SoloBoa says, “Suffer n f thy mouth toesam thy ftevb to sin." The affairs of mankind—the {wire of society—yea, wen the affaire «f Christ’* kingdom are often tiirvwa into confusion, and act «n fire, u ft were, by the tongues ot mwkiad. This fact led our A]>oatie t« make the startling, yet not overdrawn, as sertion that the tongue is oflea ^oor oil fire of HELL." The infiseaws emanating from the bottomless pit have more to do in promoting them tree of the tongue than men gener ally are aware ot It is from some diabolical design that mean tongaw are generally inflamed. Satan im- pressly called in Scripture **a !mr* “a murderer," and “an accuser of the brethren." Hence, whenever he- man tongue* are employed oe say of them subject*, which constitsfc Satan’s especial work, they may justly be aaid to be “set on ire of hell," as the inspiration can come from no other source. Just here a sort of legal dti&oiity may arise as to who are the partus chargeable with falsehood. We vtU explain by an illustration. Ever since the temperance question ha been agitated it ha* been a ssh ject of debate, which is the wrest, the distiller and manufacturer of in toxicating drink, or the retailer vko putteth the bottle to his neighbor 1 * mouth. So the question come* *p here, what is the relative guilt of the manufacturer of a false report, tike author of an untrne statement, *ri the publisher, propagator and vwrfw of the falsehood after it is msde. If it shonldgbe decided that the l*b« are equally guilty with the forw^ we might almost say at our hwsw what the Psalmist aaid in his kaO*. “All men are liars." The Holy Ghost once descended s cloven tongne* like as of fire, immediately the tongue* of tbree «• whom this fire came, broke ferfr» such strains of worship and of p»#* as they had never uttered beAic- And it is still so that when A* , tongues of men are gnided ** wrought upon by a fire from HEAlWi it kindleth good thonghta, bofyrt* tious, pure affection*, ardent tion and upright conversatioa. fill, when the tongue I* “set on hell," as in all undue heat, efti®* idle and doubtful gossip, it it is miachievou*; produciH ■ trust, envy, rage, hatred sndsM lbijU a oorracl guide book foe the heavenly pilgrimage. Oar pastor* iktmld aea burs are living race to justify waa then to k vfco bateth hi* bt Lp -ff gaith the S< IjfMr harbor evil t l against their f<B a they know, or *1 jgUMut, that they tnl gaflout before the jul aad All wise 4 > | Ignat deal in our hi fa* that which if a K fsrid give glory ami 1 jfteffi oor though:1 Hikes—that which 1 laigbt* driven out 1 pat of man disposf > I O. Aad if the nun'll Lseeds forth arc in a | It rale—the norm— 1 Ore ia Holy Writ, 1>I n of God, then cau M ^jrtken, that the a<l li with the true spil God* law. If thl ire. the waters will >1 * from it Purify il ideeds doue in the il Ik Holy approval, ft ■I be done, but thel Rded carefully. If 1 nd against a brothl id back, and remeru:! r his brother, and I Ispon him—a serva;* Dear Doctor: Though a num ber of papers have announced my withdrawal from the Visitor, yet In response to your request that I re consider my determination, I will submit the following: * I witt continue, and da what 1 case, till you can JM some sue who cam serve you better. There are other men in the Church who can render more efficient assistance, and cau bring more influence to the paper. I ask i t aa a fa vor to me, as well as ft ser vice to the Church, that yoa try to find such an one, and then allow mu to make my bow and retire. Till then 1 remain very respectfully and fraternally year Junior. by every profeafag Christian As for the pastors, they will fluff them •elves helped ia more ways than uua, by having there congregation! well mpptied with tin* periodical htora taro, which itisaalatM smff Incites to active Christian effort and devotion. They are bofllM appreciated, better •ehclaetie, bat bibiteni sad edifying as each a book ought to ba." Dr. Craath colle it: “A gift ia season,’ nod hopes “It will, have a large dr receive con in button* tram private individuals to aid ia thie work, aad keep a faithful record of all such and intelligent re Aad Dr. ftdurf 10k ought to ho ia. We arc much pleased with Bra Junior’s ready and generous compli ance with oor request, accept his terms, and assure him that we are doing our utmost to obtain a succes sor. If we do not soooeed then— apres nous ladeluge. Senior. 1 abatl endeavor in this article to show that God regards aa done to himself what la done to his minis tors. When Christ sent forth his disciples to preach the everlasting 11 o*| »ej to the world, aad having given them their instructions, He concludes by aeying, “Whosoever re ceiveth you reeeivetb me; „ snd be that reedvefh me reeei veth Him that sent me." Again 8t Paul says, “Now 1 ben we are embassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by os, we pray you hi Christ'S stead be ye reconciled to Goff." Now we know the nature of the office of an embassador. He la the represent ative of acme ruler, and any indigai rmmmuboy and rmsttMwovT FOR 1974. a & Write, ffftff Brood way. Mighty octavo page* with heads, to aiake np the deficiency of hie *tlDelated Mtioort This waa the would be almost self mi staining And It would ba the mean* of planting churches of oar own denomination all over the (Mate. When our people would are that aoeaething was bring dooe to extend the borders of Zhon, they would inetraaq their contribu tion*. they would wake np to the importance of the undertaking, they- would pride themselves to giving liberally to aaatuhi such a gtarioas Rev. B. Krepa has taken charge of Pastorate No. 1, and requests oor respondents to address him at Mid way, Barnwell conoty, 8. C., instead of as formerly at Ridge Spring, Edgefield county, 8. C. passed away. Every thing ia ia work* ing order. Hereafter biennial, or, better still, triennial aueafoos will be •uffic eot, and the excuse, not of dia- tance, for that will aiwor* be a pat ent excuse for some, bat of tha scar city of money can not be urged, as the costa of atteodance are divided between two or three years. Iff that little mem 1m-i j r* senstrained to unq |o«y be going wrouji I Ntisce; for it is ada:| fefcfou misused, ao.d j PA One that can 1 pother. One, that tbl p Judicious employ ml m the soul, can givJ hrehou, can chant t% I IGod on high, and {h-.I Id good will towards r.j be the name ef Jesu> I P to a lost and ruiiu l 4ef that holy love J |kh children, so mm l ^"•iy begot teu Sou ! isins, cau tell of Chnl •oanifold suftenngb I dls tell of Christ’s giJ * 00 mid ascension tl 1 tight hand of the F.J ^totoiou for us. Til —the tougue—I T Aud it caiil •jolve us aud our :j i^ty ami turmoil 1 ** «*« eternally. Til J*ouded to watch, ail " at whole ma: ^ together. We ai 2*^1 to guard 1 »n.v approach , defending and pro I P^acts as a dafeusl ^»y wrong. P® watch man ju t h(- I W k*s lamp an I he keep* his ,, dreary, cold w kile the Tort aad vtomlty, will be seat la By thie ptau you can aceompttab the greatest good with the leant exjwtier. One active, faithful minis ter would do the work of half n down local misriotiarlea. His re porta la the rMfrr each month would be read with eagerness sod Interest by the whole church. Sister Synods would borrow Are from our altar, aad adopt a similar plan, and thereby plant the Standard of Lutheranism where oar name hi now arareely known. Aad shall 1 toll yon the result now T I will tel coming gen erations record the 000sequence* of »ttc)i a blessed undertaking in the future history of oar church. The plan is not a new thing under the sud. It Is a poet olio. It la a practical reply to the Msoedouiaa cry, **Come over and help ua." “Tbs Arid hr the warUL m “Go ye into aft the world and preach (he gospel to every creature.* And here ia the promise that baa never ye* been repealed: “La, I am with yoa al ways,” Ac- The same plan to part obtained in the days of Lather »ud Melsncthou. And a similar nystetn was iwactised by oar forefather* in America to the days of Muhlenberg. In the western aad north western Stales aad Terri lories, tteefty aft denominations rep reseated there are recoftiiolteriag the field aad pitching their rente theft on this plan. The subscriber waa engaged hi this kind oT work too long no* to trftow the beneficial re sella of this plan. When properly The “turiniated* con have no Idea of the self-denying liberality many persons manifest in supporting tha Visitor, provided they are not asked to pay wfcat they owe as. Sock sop port we beg to be spared. It kills. Dgb ! * ’** '" v ! <’ c j garded aa shown to the ruler himself. But this la evident from another passage. God charged ‘his anciefit people with robbing him, and the inquiry was made, “Wherein have we robbed theef" The answer was, “In tithes sod in nfterings." Here (tod himself declares that He ia robbed by his people failing to bring to his temple that which was neeee nary to support his priests. IMd you ever think my reader* that "when yoa refused to give ac cording to yoar ability that yon were robbing God T Did you ever think that when you placed yoar name 00 a subscription, then promising to )i«y a certain amount to support some minister, and never paid that amount, that yon had tied to yoar Maker t Whether you ever thought of it or not, soch is the stern troth shoot the matter, and 1 would have yoa ponder the subject well In the light of eternal truth and be con vtooed that snch is the inevitable conclusion. New, while on the one band this knowledge prompt* ns to the dis charge of this duty so as not to to cur the fierce wrath and displeasure of God, co the other hand we should rejoice that we bare «ueh a medium of testifying oar gratitude and love to oor Maker. He graetoaaly lavish es Hi* blessings upon a*; gives aa the early and the latter rains, causes the earth to bring forth her Increase. He preserves our lives and the lives of oar friends, and shall we not man lTest oar recognition of the hand that bestow* aft these gifts in a tan- pfbl»* matin*! t We may do so by giving to His servant* as he has prospered u*. And this is the mo tive that should prompt us to give— Tone to tic Master! If we love tbs Master we will also love His ser vants, and wilt regard It a* a de light and a privilege to minister to those in temporal things who minis ter to ss in spiritual thing*. When thl* subject It viewed in this light the miserable excuse*, which are so eftee preoeated by persons for their aarilv abthtv are well worth the sab- Baltimore Ccnfanaw at the K Z Church, South. This body has beta ia aeaetoa la our Mountain City for the last eight days. A targe attendance both of strangers and citiaen* has charac tefixed it* session* from day to day. Bishop Daggett, of Richmond, Va, presides. Among the leading mind* and noted characters in attendance are the following j Dr. Hay good, of Naahvifte, Secretary of the Sunday- school work; Dr. MeFerria, Secre tary of the Board of Missions; Dr. Duncan, ^President of Raadotpb aad Macon C ollege. Bat there ia ooe special foature developed daring thie meeting which I think it may bo profitable for the readers Of the Visitor to consider for are *nflbriag from this terrible evil, U i* no wonder that thev tom ww svpivw msmawss to this crusade. This movement ia a striking evidence of the necessity of immediate relief; thftK hi despair the itiMgisi means sre taken fas hand. vases of baaatltal lowers sod plants taeladiug the Urx Bsgooi* standing anoa a rarti* teir *n«l rrfii-tii-J m a lorga odrrar. Purchaser* of seeds to the extent of fri rereiye it Dree. Bv enduring S3 cent* to R A II. one beoossis a sab* quarterly floral |kiM»csu«mi*, con talalag a eseeplete gaide to the aaseteur or profrinioua! (lon*l Rev. H. Wingard, of Frog Level, & 0., writes: “I have juat fined my spring oomaMiuftoa at Newviil*. I received eleven into the ehnrch by baptism and confirmation. Ia one ease I baptised a roan aad all hit obildrea finfant*;. this foot does not prevent aa per ceiving the necessity of patriotic and Christian ettisaos 4--*eg ail they eoa, chock the terrible and rapidly to rrrjuunr vies of <lm itkrti rivxsa 1 so pUriotil If e dty like New Yerk, For Iks Luihrnui Vititm E. a T.K. E. F—M. C. B. 8. V. —N. I* S. Y^J. W.R.M.M.IP. V.-J. G. kL 8. B. D.&LE v.—n. j. w, a i* a v.—f. a a b. y—j». & a a v. » I« a couple weeks we will pa Wish names to foiL. The emount doc by each delinquent to small; but tha different amounts added op come to several hundred dollars of wbieh we reported at carrying oe the truffle to to toxicants.* Yea, brethren, let us pray for tits lemma of oar mission at Richmond. I refer to tha Report on Finance. Very bad f No, not at alL On the contrary, notwithstanding the panic times through which we are panting, their last year’s assessment wan mere God knows an need a mission there, bat be would know It from ua, just as he would know from (lie Blind liatL n.eofi what he wanted, when he ertsd, “Jean*, thou 8m of David, Ware mercy on m*." Our kind, heavenly Father would have era. Our pastors geaantty hare aai raw ocalad |Jteir oppuriittoa bo the wild way* upon which profvsmooal ruformors hurt led many well mens iiijt dpod1# a lift tb#f froffillT nftff hulf for Um itodfll liQfi wkfcek fit flPf to supreme piety J4. Futiffil WitiL ^ The Passion Week begins on Ban- day, March 29tb, which la called I'alm Sunday, or, the sixth Sunday in. Leat, or the Beginning of the Passion Week. Our Book of Wor ship has for this day an Introti and a Praym^on page 3«. Both shonid be used^fift *Uo ti»e Leeeons for the day given in the Pericopee- . .jDnring this wee|k ssanrioes should that we would have a finaodat crisis to pass throntipjt hence thrir figure* vspsomak t*lre# Swim L* mm WWre “yl jprepre 1C ^yWrffj ler^ *98 merfihaats say, “poftfo priera* |» It not therefore to tbrir praise Chat tha minister* came not to Conference •aytog we did not raise ottr quota because of the hard time*. 1 tun afraid ffi some of our approaching Synodical meetings that wtft be the scape goat on Wd, ee miniates*! we wtft srife to tHqxme the b!ao>e for oof pittance offered to 8ynod. The example of oar Methodist brethren ought to stimulate we may find ; aad Inert, that the door of hit great store bouse be opened auto ua. We sre forced to this condhsslou, as s rtmafiy, not only from whet we tears M the Word of God, bat from what w« ecu la the VWfoi Krooi llOtefftfi are the weekly average receipts for this loadable otfiecL As w« think of It, we cun t help being reminded or the heading of the tea lepers, aad the ear who refused to gionfijr God, *nl nek, with Christ, “ Where art tie utor T Where are all the others whom Goff has bfoeet d so abundantly t Cert* inly they hu%* not forgotten that they see ■Sward*, *»d that aoaac flay they mast give an account of their stowsedehrlp. ft o*a not be poawide that they hues flfiRsd flfi remember the parable ef a certain rietf man, whose gronud brought forth plentifully, (Lake xU; lA-fftj, toplpffho ftornoqetoed tbas: “Soul, thou heel mack good* lmd up for Mifel Iffilll Ukkflfi tkiiii* M.kJM" IftL drtsk, ftpMt hs nMMfv. T “Bui God it must to uu. fenced that ft la some what mortify tog •• veil as aggrava hs7^ a ArmirwoDAttsm—The Prsebyto riafel ba r, II la weft known, mhriaqi be held frory day in oor charebuf, at whl^h the History of the Passion ot our Lord m given iu our Book, page 149, etc,, should be read and suitable ^ddresees based on tbs les sons d^ivered: . On Good Fridsy so especial service should be held to tke morntog^meBook of Woreblp, page 39, and If ftfo Sacnwneat of the Lord’s Sopper is admiaietered on Easter Sunday, then the Preparatory things, oor offoi •lonary 0#/tnaCmM»yt#ti*n mtolstervccti 1 * h 1 marfft aa Itifotis.- “ All" German*, who Still ufilw anything Service might be had on Good Fri day- Whe$ a mioUtcf has but one church there qua be no difficulties j and for eatih child until it footed up •750. Bat this IS not all lie hod gtvsa one bond red to the flkoday^ school agent during the meeting, and fterire hundred towards a ou# jjMflHK to process of erection In Wfiehfogton dty, making the aggre '■HmitisI no| to hav* not giving, will aft vanish forever. And jo*t here lot me say, that when ever \oa bear an todividnal ret orting to such low, mean and debating ex- coses as some indulge to, as an ex- case for not giving, that they fed conation* that they are not doing their duty and resort to snch moans to exculpate themselves, they |rfl| ; defame their pastor, and try to lower if the members will no« attend, let the pastor warship alone. Bat that wl|i never bp the <*•* Tha two or three will always mod; with him, and let him remember that Christ took only Peter and the two sons of “Shepherd"* care,” and If that care la now withheld, who can estimate the Urns to the church tp a few short yearst tVy nod their children look to ih# “mother church" for their spiritual nourishment. And without religion* privileges they will tbrir rblUirea. hat inter net Itortlit M « gotten mil to me. WM t teriaos wifi oot confirm, the gate upwards of fire thousand foUar* edutributed daring thie annual CW- mmmiip^i : . ;; -1■?**■ * r ■ ■ Zcbedce with hfm to Witnem bis agony in the garden. If there are may then whore shall there things he.