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& MiUetS Editors. Oil LORD.-OIE FAITE, Off* BLPTISM.”-«PHlSIAirs IP;* COLUMBIA, a C.. PlfipAY, APRIL 24, 1874 t* ; ’$ ,,-|.Sttl< 'V tMlffW k»8|| ; .-.;,-i- ” ’ ^ !f?,r ‘ -ff- ■* i ' :1 •-.»<.4 4 ' W"'* : T • ., 4-iiT i. '.', rt-'^T Original. Jm Inc. ix at ths Boor. object :mm* + d to twmm V*»tol|fck *• Pf yjfc disheartened because W U to not tartly paaoi or joy IIm* yon should ft after* ft aboold ft**** When yee* sou! ts cored by Cferifl, It ft wty likely that to# of feeling that you aka a bMtadM will ftoal L t *s fift’t brill of re aiming life aloft through Urn **•» of Jalmr* dasgfater The s of ferer ..oil a painful tumor ft not u Mf to kopo uroeh comfort uoU) tL< ‘ tomor ft oot You moat 1ft Obrtft cot joat where be likes in bU mZm'JWiSJiM °*ghd to oorry. ^ noTft troubitoj tbo Master with Impatient questions, l lmd t when Am I going ft feel hop. PJ *f or, “Lord, why does my heart ^ot atop iu achingr Be acre tfaftft yoo hare quit your neU to follow hitu I bo rare that you hare taken a f ihe simple and uAdeat reason why t oners do not tot the knocking Sarionr come into their hearts ft tlftt they do not went him there. At the presence of a Christian minis, ter biAAkiag ia upon a group of gamblers over their cards, and their eerds and their oops would no* be very welcome, so the presence of tft AXtof tj, bat r:m w ^ u ft tore t»God ft torn a^s.to WmLmmm •eouwtt, of^gp. and toye to mft ft too oatartar ^^'W^mmsspamai^m Cod iu too war «h»it to bft ftdiffiDuIttoo aud advantages lja. the Galina baa had to k store ift removal to Wat They are iodaad too reoeut I w#U known ft most of mj ft need any recapitulation at a. suffice it ft toy, that rt ; the institution was at first ts suitable tmibltog in which mrn roold be condreted, and imt constantly been sreftt* «U4\* *»*> «WW ( VU« VU4J real source of tronbfe and weak uses in thft (tent church onterpr ^ L§| this canae of wsakaeea ft removed, Ami hArm*>u v aim! rt v tiou among miniatore and ftyasen ft ••cored, and tft way Is eloar. 1 Part more, it ts true, can aaver w\ re called, bot they abootd not now ft SjMBtHL. < 'lt Wonld ft a i»eatsr blander sow tftn ever ft give way holy Jeans ia just what the “lovers of pleasure” most dread. A covet- oaa maagdon’t want Jesus, lent be should claim a portion of the boarded fold. Every room and efteet of tft tbare ft no room for I ’kri*# a, v,* ft lea to knock in vtft fiarmtuHirtaw. Be convicted tinners who really dMft art ration, here Is a moot per- tinent suggestion. Christ baa come luve i'vtsevervd pEft gferte ft anaUin it, until ft * ns* a toag* and coaTt»ieat which, has been reccutly util oKMtttA QpUl A b|ttd« [pw" 1 ) ^ oaa s^peaftnee. m ^ ybmjn; »» dt *.**,fi» 4»d •««<» of &A nifl^ «>* tm> % dtace S w comp«r*l*T*fcr tn» imUfl. AltkoacU the nomber of and the attendance ia not A,large ft we would wish, there ftg bet three proleaapra employed, ft only same aeventy stodenft so sotcanss. f If he oosaos ia, ho will not allow yon to harbor these old be- setting sins that have so long found ftAso-isosa there. Seif has got ft •trivial ft do the Heater's will f ft awe that you have given yourself if •pan to the waiting Jaana Selfieb nets mart go oat, or art s' nover oome is. If any d abooort gains are bid away—l»ke Aohao’a wedge of gold—they meat ft t v. gorged, l oldenmnle aadg edges ••■tort reiaJve* or aei^ibors p a ferteriog in year hearts, tft loving Jaana w.” not !># in the • company. There is no mom for drunkenness or aensoality of any fund, for rndeeo books or bidinoos lurt sgs, aod for too pm Ksdeener tom Aiy «ii that bolds too door sgainst Jeans will dasso yotrr oorL -By your ova free w ’, and with the omnipoteat help of the Holy Spirit, yoo are to Hm, and nil in good rime he w*U/hi- ill to yoo toe dehgluial promise, “Hy poaoa | give ontosou'—Rn. ' The first thing, tiftW*4in judgment, ft ft done is, ft socw wam2ilok^e dnnauo dlsaidasasmsa— m all «.«, .. ^ ■ umtea aiiu iiei^rm.-ne*! j■ fttmsnpQi yet, considering the ay drawbacks toe College baa I, and tft present unfavorable ftftu of the country, ita pres ft reft aster brighter sad more ssragftlr Tbs inatitution ia stead troving in fovor in the section of ptcy in which it ft located, and iktt »i needed to give it on increouh sftsMaart tvjport from the «d- iftisnahm oad jfortiom of Qoo+ md Forth (Anftt*«, ia !jf m amiinnancc aod • prejmr as- 1 pmwn» of iitfatilitiet ft I need not tell my readora | there ia »nch yet to be dona We we will have such an inatitu i as toe wants of the Church and program of toe age and country land. The history of colleges in / ABt^TC^ndHowHm;; 1 nem la s church baitding a abort dirtanco from my home, which looks the part of niniaftrs and poopfo to sustain tft Oogoga, and make It a first class .Ifttitariou That graat eod owes attaiusd, and the work *i!! like an old deserted castle. It was built of stone aod nearly square, wftb double rows of windows, as was ones the custom, with high Jofljjift Bat how ace wo to bring about that cordial re-operation and united sc and gallory, and high back povra It fta lojg been a occupied, and the wocsWperu who once filled It hsvo mt! wd to other pis ‘es, or have fin lahfd their wort on earth. The chr th was organised about seventy years agw, and lid H prom trug bf ginning, and wgs neifoostalnfng, sad held n lending pomtlon for mors than fotty yearn. Tft village adjoining is thrifty, emd tft usporttiin, aorroand Uon, sod Awaken that iaUrust la behalf of the CoQsgpt among our IW>ek .h K h -• »o much mmd t* fl MP of Ike ^ ftri him sat Tft proof of yeer ftiacority most bo toat yoo w!M be willing to out off tft right asm, rather than to love Gbtiot Lnm yor? soul » —* What wonderful gilts Jews bath for you, as ft waits outside tft door! Pardon, psa?s, joy, dcausing an evarEssCng helrwlip'bf g2«*y I 'All these 1 Yet yoo abut him oot with theiusrlriag wo.de, “Go away, Lord, for ft rime—I am busy ! When I have a conveoioat aea:on I will ca'I for TbeSk* So ths compassionate Jesus lingers ontaide of your burred aod bolted heart. He has waited there through the year 1*73, aod many a long year before. His sweet, heavenly voire has bounded th ough that stubbornly closed door, “If thou wilt op. a m to pUsbed j bat, without presuming ft dictate to them. I do not think that any plan that may ft adopted will bo found to work on well, or produce flpmi the fact, toat they tan not la properly sustained without an ad |ftte endowment, or some certain force of support ether than toat jftved from tuition. It ia a diffi alt matter ft sustain even a first- 4ms high school for auy length of S tfom tbo tuition alone. It can lone eolj in wealthy commnoi ins and under favorable circum fooces, where the teachers have tone means of their own and invert tkeoi is their establish me uts. Tft not ot suitable buildings, Wfopr Jami tare for the same* libra rftasientifie apparatus, &c., in ad- ftso to the salaries of profeasors ad ether annual expenses for a first tomestlege, are too great to be met *®l defrayed hy toe- foes from stu ftta, however large may be tft ftneege*. Tie larger the attend mm and tbe higher 1 the grade of tft ftltntion, the greater must be the fftsration for the accommodation «f Wadeota, the mom extensive the e s, and toe greater the ex of operating the College. A I |wd college may be made to poy, ft oOen does pay, ^ handsome tire and efficient agent to vtrtt evmy church in tft bounds of the Synod, and present the claims of too Col lege in public end private ft too P«opl«- ^ ,. V - 4 J By ibis means tft real condition and present prospects of tft College would ft made known to all, maay mi*4pprehensions and prejudices which now exio. ia tft minds of ia dividual# would ft removed, and an interest and enthusiasm would ft aroused, which would soon give too institution an adequate endowment, and add largely to tft somber of the students. The history of ether institutions of this kind, whose dr cams tan ces wore similar to ours, shows that plan, when actively and energetically pursued, has never foiled to ft attended with tft »o*t gratifying results. $1 , chureh, ft see if there wore any hope ef b rsourreottoi tft following forts teem ft point plainly to the cause of decay and death. In building the sanctuary forty five years ago, the question or a sift was very warmly L Do not ft troubled because your experiences sad feeHngs are not exactly like those of your ooo verted friends, or like those you have reed of la biographies. God is rich la tft varieties of toe persons ft creates, aod is the varieties of tft gifts ft bestows. Some tools be iiaews snddeuiT —eooto gtiffsaffy; <u>ad.ft opens with tft giurit leash of bis lovoi some be ftfsta r Jesus gives last knocks Ho may soon be heard for the last time, saying, “Behold, I stand at this jftart, asd knock; if toon wJ’jt hear say voire and open to me, I wi l oome in aod dwell with tore, and thou with me. L He witodsewt—to come not heck again forever! An otl cr voi^ i is heard, and another footstep is approaching! It is the ewifit sure foot of death. You start up in Might and hoi or. You open toe door, and toqk out for the patient friend who waited there so long. You os for him with piercing ujl Ahli. Be hw gone. Be gave fc : 4 last knock, sad yoi. house is lea uuto you dosoiateZ—The Pretbpterian. reached, but by no moans hwrtnoBi- ona la tft v IHngo a let could be tod both eligihle and desirubfo for torts hundred doHare. Onouo side of ton v 'iafe, beyond any dwelling, and on a side hlB, a site was offered •s a fifo by A woridfpwise man, who owned load near ft for sole. Of hr Um ilihlalssli wanted ft reach tft top sbrtf, and as 1 did tl^ak it could ft sny fiarm- To Una ft oaly said, “Wall, wqjjU .as ft tarwsd away to M dqfog wae ,a with me, -U I # .sv oWw Uuwv .ff & off u toanght about is, and 1 ^rad- oftfirci |f(| ^ jnn^j tutor T remember as welt as If It bad been yrvtore'ay, the time when I first observed h f n engaged In secret prayer. 5 He was very old. He wii ninety years old when ft dtsd., He wae sitting In bis comer by tft g«wnt stove. Tft day was wearing sway •lowly, and the old riock, ticking away, was all that could ft heard In the quiet old room. While I wae engaged at something on the oppo site side of the room alone. It hap pened that I saw him take off hia hat and toy it down by bit chair. For bis bead was very bald, and ft wore his bat most all tft time. As be did tola, be leaned ever with bis forearms on bis knees, and w.th bis bands clasped bet wen them, and tea* prafing to m tekLper. By sod by be replaced bis bat, and leaned beck in hia cbalr again. It was nothing anssos! for him, fox mother told me sft bad observed that be bad fixed boars for tola daring tft day. Bat there was something new in It to me. From my very childhood 1 had ren bis humble, pence fa 1 walk, sad bis slm plicity of manner, t never knew him to ft aoyfoing hot A good old man, and 1 knew everybody else thought so too. His Hfo was so pore; sad love, aod kindness, sad gentleness seemed to un tbrottj^b all bto actions. He seemed ft ft always one thing. Bot 1 never knew tft secret of It ontil bow. Indeed I do not know if I ever see pcoted befoi o, tbst there was soy ia a merely pecuniary point of in summer, and to fltort them to winter. Tftstotte wARs wore plat tori ootofde and is, Upon tft stame work, which mode cold and dump wees in winter A rOoniifig agency forrteknm and tft grate, aod mot nhlp there for too winter was at oq the capital invested; but most first have that capital ts A I do pot know that any in- tom of the kind in this country, * WJ other country, has ever of mil h im *<>»» mmd T- fil w totoi auything to the original capi hi investefi, much less paid It back, its snuaal income frqm tuition hundred years. % he old Son t h CwoUuv College, too two ^tkto Mili Academies, the Institute for the hatf and Damb, were all sustained % mnual appropriations from tft «tos treasury ; and all the denomi- ttfiosal colleges that have snceeed- riwere endowed, or have been kept ^ *>y yearjy contributions from the ^acbes by which they were cstab- r * * , . t * ^°hiug at the. matter then in the Wd of history snfi experience, the ftttiou presents itself, is the Luth- **• C *>nrch in South Carolina able w fttain a first-class college t Tuat anybody to know what they are ba^re somo charge committed to them to keep, and that, if trad believers, they are essential parts of tft body of Christ As every beast, bird, fish and insert ban its owa place in natrre, so has every Christian a fit position to the economy of grace. No tree, no plant, no weed could be die pensed with without Iqjr / to na- tmVs perfectness; nsither can any sort of # or i n ft lost to tft church v 1thout inp-y to ftr com nlnt has Ian pyramid, without occupant or owner. “A peony wise aid pound foolish policy 0 was the destroyer. For 100 dollars extra to secure a central and eligible rite, oas of our beet churches might have continued a power each rs K bad been. Some interests and wants of the ch demand an institution of h*ud will be conceded on all •* The only question is as to ly against It, but common sense against swe hundred dollars bad Mttte Influence with tft majority, and for a coot io trif ng all was tftowa awsy. -V" ' There are areree of chs robes on every baml to toe same dilemma, aad whose decay and death are as oertsto as their penny wise policy ia pursued.—-V. F.JPtas^toA, loose who do not recogniroGod In the pages of Scriptures wdl sel dom «. stnowlf lge g® 4 'ose i* tbw pwwsne of *», -- 4 '- r toHity to establish and maintain ‘ Yrpui my knowledge of the .ftd resources of our Church and in the States west pleftness. Every hU charge to keep—hi* talent over whieh ho to n steward. A measure of gift to in aU of ns, nesding to be ■tii ed up.—fiwrprt Children ought to be taught toe pleasure as well as the duty of giv- iugi God loves a cheerful give*> •oath pt us, upon which we claims and may reasonably ex- *>me help, I unhesitatingly an* i that the Lutheran phnrch in * Carolina is abundautly able to Jtoh and maintain an institution “tojkhwL if her ministers asd %FiH but be united in their never reoti a with tort* before thorn* upon a rot msbi ng fire.