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H Ip MgMMlIi THE LUTHERAN VISITOR, COLUMBIA, 8. C., APRIL 24, 1874 l«J •«, w!U do expect anything, they wig with ancoesa. That there ia, joat bow, abeolote need of thU oUttin tor worldly people, to the extent of disabling them to perform their share of the common church work, wiU be the millstone about their neoha, which at the lent will drag them and their children down to perdition. There la a want of Unet In God, and of derotion to the work he hna given ae to de, that trouble to Wok only a liufe ^ waota sad Interests ef ear front) Church oea cell la qmmUm. feel moot intensely oar seed a additional proflMoor In ear hok bat we hare net the money to him. Sow, our wires, and -j that would ?Si^ oriD ^ attention of Hhftrtm t ta ell eidrifv MW.** Pj J WOW w * Ji ' we wish them great soeemt, toi believe they wfll do new *!« men can not do. Aa we sold above, som* per\ win have Httle —IlmgT success of their work, and vffl no eaoenragement to it gg would bn worry to be one «f nomber. la some of ear Ag at least, the ledles are ear all the blessed privileges of onr ohnrch, would preclude the presump tion that they bare nerer rend, or con sidered, the 8criptnre injunction: Boom At Lori wiA Ap substamet, mod with Aw frst fruits w>f mil Aim £*er. And y | . that this g4 S always con*. (I J oo in quj ^ftatthe “hun t ft» * tb« «Pj Atth shall (i| banm iff filltti talk jbleu tp and Ap pres** push out teiA mows thrift may not the blessing of Ged upon squandered meens, the steward el the Lord who ooatrib- ates liberally and wisely of the ^otolking* is nd •articular part of IV old men talk tad crops, and the (V old ladies tail aad the other, n< babies ae they g l iiwnr mes talk . their haode and seal their tp If any of onr brethren are diepowj to tarn or < m, we jest waot fib he to them that titer are aet aofidtt for any Money. WtR they, than fun, please keep qniet f Tim ladiro thm selves propose lowing s ship. They do u»>t propese istwfe lag with any other A«n* which yon have is band. grift* b great truths ae plainly staled and dearly implied ia the leeohiage of God's word t Brethren la the min ietry, let aa ia onr pulpit mioiatrs tioae, and in onr nodal ooo verse with onr people, show them that paving and praying mast be indissolubly )oieed ia the cliurch work In order to ante oar cherished Reformation heritage from the dire curse of a eamberer of the ground. Let ns call ia the Visitor as a powerful sax fliacy la this work, let aa by some devise get it into evsry Lutheran family—we achieved this ones with ^it of the flash Vow wbat all \ following the exai their parents, also shapering and g la the midst of all ■as, who has had It the ladies of one Synod, er sf m State who propose to ends* Ah professorship—but all the laflaa g the Geoeral Synod wffl eosprak And after they have aaeemiiiii their labor of love, them wffl atBk room for others to'work ia the amt direction. We hope ere long, Mr. Editor, t* hear that the work is going brad? on, and that the ladies afi over to fesrch, and in a ll proceeds to his pe nth a half-dosen 11 nets himself, mu j- meti, “How are yoi I J0« Mike," “bow ; I Under sacbcvcui | v I Maintain that it fee congregation u>| d frame of mind Ssnhip of God bog [ i Our Gnfuii Stood.—South- Western Virginia wrttaa: **I fear oar delegation will bn small, bert I folly and liberally to the Jetton 4 the committee who have this aOht in hand. We believe thstthslifei ot South Carolina will be jmtn muck interested in this Smrian? work aa the Virginia ladies in And joat hers let as hint te m drum in Virginia they wi Jo well to look to their I surah, hi traiythiog b^t reli; I fdsntly their minds j ft* fool art fe» f he < E Aad when the wo I introduced by the n| pk if they engag. | is a cold, half he I aanner that half ch I feelings and aentini I stands op to proefo I similar service at Marion, 1 Co., Vs.; and lain addition to the address at the Oeauaenoei Gettysburg, Pa. •— in r> Ml yg ., Ma |. fc 4 am .1 i*| j. ■> an m m — X S poor, a own trodden, negro raM (mt nevertheless gallant) Soeth Owtow go beyood them m their cmjpfe tions to the Seminary Badownre Food. We have as pioes sal » libers] ladies here as there anil At Old Dominion. It wm thefts tefe sagnrate this work, hat it dal h the pleasure of oars to safest It to completion. We feel sorethsti&ttt oar South Carolina lsdfes wffl fe rn and, will be that they he art n eluded from the work. Aai fed* lees the same is tree of oershftfeb other States. ed la the progress and welfare of onr M enter's omw, have inangnrated a plan by which they propose to endow an additional professorship in onr Theological Seminar? . But there are others who have not yet been ad vised of the proponed work. We have been surprised that no mention of thia ladiar* enterprise and this ohnrch love has been made ia the Lutheran Visitor. We do not won der that these dear frauds co laborers hare not sounded a bugle call through ear church paper, for they propose te week in a private way. * But onr delegation from the Virginia Synod the following gratifying intelligence: “We have become terribly In sera set hi regard to onr delegation to G. ft-, and we may hare three or floor no the ground. "— rtJ1 *— gation voted we think of I Synod to pay voluntarily ] «f it, but bow to rei fee question I warn think we are as “g «*•*,* and our w» ®st suppose that so ran from Raw. Good feppen to visit as. 1 fe astounded at ti *«*ld witness mmo! that none of your contributors, either clerical or fay, haw presented this endowment project to the oon •♦deration of the church. Surely each e noble wortt ae that ia which a few of oar fe alert aad mothers are non engaged shook) be known to all oar obeicbea, and knowing what they ms so earnestly aad prayerfully laboring for, we treat that a sympa the tic chord will be touched iu the hearts of a ffceatand others who will as ohaerfaUj and gladly co-operate with them in bringing their work to a sooohesfal Issue. We propose now to state that the work undertaken by a tew soalous x*; IMl, by Aev fiwCC f. W. We think I the Virginia send bat on rogstive, in a east tbe vw would have b Jfy Dear Brother harps: There are several matters cd with our congregation shear rt*j* I would like to barn a “*•»* «* you. Whilst there are stme AhF amongst ns that I think si* jfe® commendable, there are elhct* ** T'rawoee, and if th »t ia iu a suW eater tbe sancj f*th goodly fear; \ y^y proceed to *®f«gc in prayer an< .UU the pnbl f^eced. A hol% fjHhout the coii •weoes* is depic ®J*J«nanoe, and th. * Udr * n are attan. *^ Vkcc - They v»if as ws are all ready enoegfc to speak of our “good deeds,*tfe these by—at least for the |* and mention a few things tl in my opinion, to say tbs hs them, art at Asp ought fe fe- l regard the otoirth sty* saersi pioes. It is saertd bfei has been solemnly declicettd * service of Almighty Ged. 8 been solemnly set apart fcr H* worship. In it the Word «» Sacraments are administered w accredited ambassadors. I» ” people offer the sacrife* and prates. And in It 1 with and blesses His shiMjg spiritual blessiqgs, and oflw miration ot His Sou to th**! of want and sorrow.^ Wm views impressed upon m.• how can we regard tbe hefe* as any other than a saersi ^<4 Then, if this be true, redly we should spproe®^ * reverence and godly fe»r. ^ would williagty Intrude into *> diene* chamber of tbs U** God with irreverence, sad Off His holy presence witbtb**" 1 ings and in the same ***** that he would experience i» * a court room or a legist*® 1 * And yet I fear that there **V lag the names of one thousand ladies fe ho will agree to pay five dollars annually for five years. And this again they propose t* do principally —asA by newspaper appeals or by framing speeches—but by epistolary correspondence. Ws sincerely hope that moat of those to whom they appeal In their own earnest, eloquent way, will respond favorably. Borne mgy smile at tbs plan, and •aj it Is visionary impracticable, and all that. Others may curl their lips* and regard it merely as a “wo man's mssamsaT which can result ia an good. But, Mr. Editor, we have too much faith In woman's ability to do a good work when abe “has a mind to work," to entertain any serious doubts shoot the ultimate success of this enterprise which she has inaugurated. That them dear woases rill meat with disoourage- aMH)t* and that by persons from whom they would exjroct hearty co operation, ws do not doubt for a memost Bat whilst some, perhaps, whs ought to help them, and from that a fails troos to our! the delegate! tod with our probably no c nlsh victims spasms, or fit era, Kichmoc tractive card in this paper, < remedy to cure such vfoUbm. have treated successfully 70Q of our brethren who do *** any part of tbe sReredne*# which they should regard tft|j of God. Too often ws •* that children eookj early be breugat wf 4 tter Oft Posansste letters when r » art- w*nt to *•*« order to