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its. Dosh, Hawkins 4'Dreher, Editors. OFE LORD, Oil FAITH. OIE BAPTIS1L"-IPHESIAHS 17:6 Terms: $2.00 a Tear. SEEK. CHARLESTON, 8. 0., FRIDAY, AFC 1ST 21. 1874 Original. JUjfmnU iu the mouth, <mu wu aa* nttitt} on lliin important object sad wipe out the atifiu* <*» our womow heritage that we hare no Kngl.*U representative of the Reformation Church iu each an important eamtre of iuttuoiH-e a* the city ef ltkhu»oo«l 9 Let ua pray over the satyr©* sad then wt. How happy weald we all feel, and how well repaid, uvea aa hundred hk), for oar aaorUtoe. to aea it proclaimed abroad, after the ag gregate of that day’s effort waa aeot in, that a lot waa aeeanui and a ehaw com|uniioua, and tlm glorioua work af Jia maa regeneration by the Holy Ghost wont on with power. Twenty reprobates became living epistles fcaown aud road of all inen. Peure neat bar! come to Chequer alley. Tha« l»y a remarkable diaplay of ilia grace did God honor the tod of hie amrauta, demoustrete the vitality of hie troth, aud ©uouaiage hia dis- d|4«« who labor in the dark comm of the earth to continue their labors of lore. Nor did the nig us of his working cease with that wonderful night. From then till now new tro phtce have been won for Jeans from among the outcast* of Chequer alley. thereby the means of our comforting others. How few of as go to him and say, “That sermon did me good. I feel like a new man. Let me thank yon for it* And yet these are juat the winds that would encourage your pastor. If be is doing good, let him know it. Don’t forget it, brother f If your pastor lifts yon out of the “along* of despond,* teU him of it,— Christian Observer. ri4 For the Lutheran Visitor. lIliwweHls-Richniond Mtasion— Staunton Femalo Seminary, fowr Visitor: With Bro. R. C. Hollrtud, 1 like the present bold ef- f,r«s the Church i* making iu the direction of endowment*. “if looks Me work* Certain it i*, ir we at- t nothing, tee do nothing. If » such thing us aimless effort, st certainly fruitless effort, must propose for Du reel res *g to do, and then we must ourselves to the doing of that worthing. “Quit yourselves like aw*»*; a* STRONG." A few years ago, at our meeting of $viKKt at Woodstock, to purge our minutes of a disgraceful lea cent res olution in behalf of Roanoke Col- luge, as well as to effect something wrtby of the uoblo institution for whkk the effort was to he made, we moved to amend said resolution by (itiiposiug to rni«*< fifty instead of It wua, how y, the right love, A dam not flavor give das rnoonr "* 4 - * * wdfl «at .'■dta#***,- wm&*> ■hape sums may think they bo *u* or Tne But Book in the But Piece. •ran congregation in Richmond t Far one, I would feel it re bs owe of the happiest days of my life. And all Ihia mil he realised, *t aw great ensf to auy one, if ws hot unite In effort There are many great libraries in the world. Rome contain nearly a jnillion books. Some of these books have been great blessings to the world; bat there is one book wkich claims to be before all others, and above them all It is the Holy Bible. This is truly the best book. As IU name means, it is “the Book*—the book of books—God’s book. It came from God, and leads to God. It is his gift to all people of every age. It has done more good in the world than all other books that have ever been written. In the Bible are declared the char acter, ways, aud purposes of the God of providence aud grace, and in what relations mau stands to his Creator, and to his fellow-men. It answers the questions, Whence came I 9 What am I 9 Whither am 1 going f It is a book of the purest doctrines and the wisest precepts. It is fall of light and troth and love. It relates facts, and teaches by ex amples. It makes kuowu the best way of living, Lhs most comfortable way of dying, and tells of eternal rest iu heaven. Bat the principle glory of the Bible is that it reveals the person and work of Christ, and the only way of salvation by faith iu him. It is the “word of Christ* The great truth it makes known, is, that God so • loved the world as to send hro foresight. That In. they wreriri bagtboa •«$ tWir lifb by tanking forward sad argaatatog bat tar ran diUaaa af hashnndry. Wealth is like a bird; It bops all day from mau to mau, as that doth from tear to tree, and none can say where it will roust or rest at night It is like a vagrant follow, which, because be is big boned aud able to work, a man takes in doors and cher tabeih; and perhaps for awhile be takas pain*, bat when ho spies op- (•annuity the fugitive Hsrvant is gone, and takes away more with him than all his service came to. The world may seem, to stand this in stead for a season, but at last it irrevocably runs away, aud carries «ilh it thy joys, thy gods, as Rachel stole I abac's Idols; thy |*eace aud oootant of heart goes with it and thou art left desperate. Honor moat put off his robes when the play is done; strength, though, like. Jero boam, it pul forth the arm of o|{ press-ton, shall soon.fall down with erod; beauty is like an almanac—if it last a year, it is well; and as for pleasure, it is like the lightning, a flash and away There la only oue drawback to the whole plan that present* Itself to my mind. The joy, after the months of laiior, anxiety and pray era of Bro. Hoi laud, tbs noble iastigaUw of thlogreat undertaking, which would swell hia heart when be realised the aeoom pi mb men t of hi* hope*, might bo more than that frail body ef hie can bear Aud 1 would be the lout one to recommend any plan that might result la the autimely removal of so valuable a laborer in the Mas ter’s vineyard. Rot I hare no doubt Bro. H. can brace himself ap so that the shook, the result «f such joy, could ho endured. What tbiak you, Bro. U. 9 STAUNTON ri&MALK NJtMIXAKY. A brother beloved, in Mouth Caro liua, recently sdniinistenrd u« a gen tie reproof for not baring more said uUMit our last sacwrefal Commence hieut, and advised us to see that the mistake be not repeated. It nay be proper, after such warning, to inform him aud many other friends d the Seminary, through the 1’frfonr, that the new building* are progremong quite satisfactorily, *nd will be ready to us) at the opening «d the senator*, September 3d. We wilt have a large and exrellent arbewd n**m on the flrst fl«a»r in the men wing, wbteb will l*e cu|HH*io«s enough tor oar {Mtlrtie exereiacN at the clone «rf earb session. When the two up|a*r *to ries mi this wing are completed, thrru will Ire ntofdc room for the family of a principal, teacher*, servants, and seventy fire I murder*. . We .will hare a uniform latek front of 111 fret, vary trig in depth from XI to fl» leaf, sttirl front two to four atorie* in lieight. When ws think of the time in which all this has been aecwmiplhtbed, and from such feeble beginning*, ws cart but exclaim, " IF tor hath (hoi hnought!” Person* Intending to send next session, who have not yet noli ffml ua, will rotifer a furor by doing so at once, so that room* may be for ntaheil fur Ibeir daughters when they come. It coats heavily to put In the furniture In a room, ami In order that wo lie snhfect to no nnnerea sury outlay, we ought to know la advance, as nearly as possible, how ninny will be in attendance each ar* sioii. We hare a fow catalogue* on hand yet, which we will semi to parties on appHralioi). J. t. Mu.r.KW Atheism, like idols try, is n.flniuh tasgh when they sreakl. If limy only few cents i>er member, ever, opjiosml on all sides as imprao- ursblc, it uot impossible. We bail just resolved to raise fifty ernu per member for the benevolent oterstious of Mynod, and this would sew make it one dollar per member, it was so far above what our people bu<l ever done on the subject that BKtuy excellent, worthy brethren seemed to stagger under the thought. The resolution, however, was Hi tally carried with the result that, I think 1 uni correct in this, all who tried to raise the dollar jier head, did it. M m\ did uot do it, but of these wnm* Acknowledged tliey did not try, thinking it impossible. At the next j meeting of Synod we had over four hundred dollars for Roanoke College, instesd of thirty or forty under the tea cent resolution operntkm. Now we have meulioued this as a simple illustration ot what is effected j by |jn>i*fcong something worthy of effort. So in the matter of endow ment, there must be something put! before the church that will really j starlit* the people because of its ■a iguilude. This will make them think, hunt ap statistics, get their 1 ♦yes often to the ability of the church, ‘ Caleb anti Joshua like, they will say, • *’l* l us go ii)» and port.*-** the land, j ,r * *e are well able* Thus must ♦ lie church address itself at once and m earnest to the LlDlBS* BiDoW1 3ltNr plan for the Theological Semi nary. U^t the whole church lay hold of : this. | think it eminently proper that the name of Dr. Bachman be ; preserved in ottr Seminary. Is it not then meet that U»« whole church iu the South move as oue mau in ibis matter, raise the funds upon the ladies’ plan, and call it the Bachman I’HOFKSsoBsmr f YVbat is the re H|*ortse ofttbe Georgia, Stinth Caroli- »n, Missisnippi, Virginia and M. W. Virginia |>eople to this! How can we better cm balm the memory of ibis departed worthy than iu a chair of theology endowed in our Semi nary bearing his revered name T And can we not all, ilolston, Tennessee and North Carolina Syuods, as well unite aud pay this noble tribute to his memory ! Truly, if we have that charity which hopeth all things aud emlnreth all things, we can. But more of this at another time. h*t ns all think of it in that spirit of charity in which it is suggested. RICHMOND Miasioif. This work is progressing, but too siowly. The whole amount ought to "“‘t »ow. Let us get this out of i he way. It i* worthy, pre eminent J.v so, ot our prayers, our sympathies, Jiud—mu dollars. Less than one dot bur |s*r member JVoiii our member- *hip in the General Hynod aloue, w, »nld plant our English Church lirmly iu Hicliiuoml, a point of so •uueli strategic importance to our church. But many in the Tennessee Sy»od, 1 know, have helfied, and for *D I know to the contrary, individ uals iu the other Synod* not iu cou- •n*ctmn with our Geucrul Myuod. ‘ s 'ill the amount contributed bus not ♦‘‘ached two thousand dollars. 1 would rent met fully suggest, there- lhAt a united effort be made on die anniversary of the Reformation ♦a October next. 1s t all our church determine to obaarve the Festival °f the Reformation, aud bring a thank offering to the Lord to be ap l»hed to the Richmond Miaatoii. Just as surely as this effort lie made in emmert throughout mir Church Mouth. o>«wr*«, Uw parrot ot off other tin*, Ib alI pn*iih>> degree*. The mind In whfok M exiata a*oat, w order to the wwefdfoB of ML, have beooaMi the aeat «f wowdevfol defwwvlty, a«d hi prr pored h) It lor every «oeeHv«Ue per pe trot hot. I do art deny that on At Herat aa«| lire deroittly ta the world. Bat, wheaatvor this ta the flott, hr hive la this nooaie* eoMy IwttBBBi the mroanooton of the aivf- lal irriBiaa to wlnleh ho ftade * tecap wake op. or do aoythfog; with a* oor, bo tteaaa, no ootae, nothing t< dint orb t hoot, only having to red o»d drink, and aleop. and he ha|ipj Itat he the t**at aa the om eodrr •oHi nrmwritNv* That ta out the got by shirk mi* n ranryge ffoax lower oNMlithan *nt»> Mghrr onm. Vow are all dead »•• begin with. Yon are all eotewoheil to the tiwli. T*m are all, wore «r Iron, m every faculty ahot op; and evrty man >« to he g»* rot to woe way or •Mth r j ond the tdow « whtah dMtofh pm are hh»w* o h»rt», **« the »■ «r-k *, are let The world itself is not unlike to an artichoke; nine porta of it are unprofitable leaves; aboot it there ia a little picking ureal; and in the midst there U a core enough to chofe them that de vour it. Oyihtm, art uot yoar hearts on God s mercy to ns work a stable nee* of oor love to him; and however, like the lower orbs, we have a nalu ral motion of oar owo from good to evil, yet let os suffer higher power to more as sopernaturally from evil to good. Oor ripenees of Christian ity most overgrow fluctuant thoughts. The (rod of constancy would hare hia to be constant. Be steadfast in yoar faith in him. “Continue in enlty, nr name painful teoonveBtaBor; aenm evil ta eo great as «» ovcrfaoJ- anor the ptasante w Inch he exprets from oromittingthe mine. Bat he never hvea In hta manner from ptiu mpta. oover from the want ot die be who simfty receive* that gospel ta •« am pat la imuwini >*« «f the dtalme foi wr, the * haft* tree hta af CM! whl«h ta in (Twfllt Jeeav oar Le4 liner the apostle «*>*, "W» tan- Let flfl be barely noaitiaB the .Mii ever on a lark •<* hinge, that are l« art yon foes. If aero ln« whst God** I4n«« MMmnt, they wmaki my, **Lsw»l. then art kmarking; thi kmsrka are hard; hot I will open BMt»» thee.* Aerep* lr«mlde whew it «ww*», for with it e»swrs the Issrd Jrsw Chrtat. there ta wo tnujuiu oktdk hta hrod wilt not root rive, hta hvSMrt cheetah, and hta hand* carry tola ex.vwwon given to ns eternal life, and this life is in his Son.” Whosoever believes in him shall be saved. In its invita tions and promises Christ is “com mended" to sinners as their only hope and refuge. It points to his life as their beet example, aid to his Cross as the only way to their re conciliation with God and to heaven ; and promises to as the help of the Holy Spirit. Should not the best book be pat in the best place f The Psalmist tells where that ia: “Tty word have I hid in mine heart." (Psalm cxix: 11.) It is well to hare the Bible in oar bouses, and to see it on oar tables. It is better still to have It stored in But best of all to profhg *ayflmtakjr theight. Pwri iik*- tilt frag-1 m mawjsot a t ******** mom* ns m i wwv, ttvtw * | Ml jp wowrogg OBttmFMP^ “being bt MMBpaatyi wttb oovoonl though tiro* girl*. Aamsig them. bnwwv w, there win om eiwepfooB; a aerwMi*, quiet, end lienwttfol van**, wbrnn* religions aptBlaam Beta wall X p. *. t - ^ j. »>. I ** iH***- k **l f•'Mf a long dm# *t«uke» efoqBenth In the awn of truth and vkrtan tbvangb the rolumti* csste iietew IU * h || |i X ^ d f M V . | , 11 j *|l X | k j, * hi J_UJU1 je'ki. B ooM k s^w^^asg »^Fwn ntaWP luit'rrtfif her iw rrlu-ti.ii* and wtlb tba foal knrdiuen* af pantb Tbaro ta a mart to LotMton csitad t brqnev alley, where, twvnty flia (cut* Bgtt, not a aouMiry moral now or » lit w'MMD CMwTwjFlr'* God tad not a wo«whi|iff swoog all of the guoiiet.*' Ool. i: 38. Be stead hat ia yoar faithfulness to man promising, aad not disappointing Pa. *v: A No man can turn Christ from thee unless thou torn thyself from Christ; for “Jeans is the same yesterday, today, and forever."— bath school with over two hundred nrbaJrra, nrvrral elasnsn of ebarob aremher* and hood fed* tta worship the Lord. A srondeeful rkanp, How was M bnagbt ahwnt f Chiefly by the agroey af a ebria- ttan woman. Mtos Maeartby. She ta gnn the sort wham It waa danger ro* U» vf-utsrw within the fllthy }»re ematia af the ad}, by going into it as a dtattibainr of tracts, dome re cemed tar kindly, bat many lelsaffed or iawaited her. She persevered withant own toga of eocamfafoaieot at u as pts oar mq|poncs. have ita truths ia onr hearts. “I have lived a lonely life,” said the shepherd of Salisbury Plain, “and often have little to eat; bat my Bible has been meat, drink and com pany to me; and when trouble has come upon me, I do not know what I should have done if I had not had the promises of the Bible for my stay and comfort* In a time of persecution a Bible waa taken from a boy and burnt be fore his eyes. “I have got the seven chapters of St Matthew’s Gospel in my heart," said he; “you can not burn them out" That was a safe place for the truths of the Bible, was it not 9 The beet Book should be in the best place for the beet purpose. “That I might not sin against thee." It is the holy Bible. It Shows us that sin is an evil and bitter thing; that it is defiling, deceitful, and dis- graoeful; that God sees and remem bera it; that we should confess it, repent of it, and forsake it; and that we should look to our lord Jesus Christ, whose blood deanseth from it, and by whoee graoe alone w© can conquer it, and live a life of holiness. Young reader I read your Bible, cherish ita troths in your hearts—obey it. gtvwu a*. How often does it seem as ir be knew just what oar trouble was. Just when the thorn festered must sorely, and need Just the words that would ooaifort aud console us9 BsmMtmes the petty oaves attend amt oo household duties have annoy ed us; sometimes wo have cause jlo think oar brother or sister, for whom we have prayed so earnestly, is de parting still further from the road to salratloa; or it may be, we have some secret sorrow, known only to onr Saviour. approving *woll .. All in the sped id "V mid 3o»b«u V. O. laagttad and tinaawal, os4 I. ana osar aged by their mirth, grow taohft, sod giant mg alyl} toward the pctamtfml bam of oil my fun She did aot fSabtmth school Preaching was be gaa to a hired room. Mull no roe yielded t« the troth. A Her two years of such aacberred labor, Mias Maeartby proposed, one eceoing after preaching, to toll her Christian rxperiamco to the women present. If the; would remain after the men left “Yon won't, lito*gk, r said two or threw rough young fellows rather tartly. “If you tarn at oat, wall take core that nobody else shall boor, aad art wont com* to yoar meeting again* “Very wall" replied the groat A Now England friend relate* this “Wo reoontJy suggestive incident called nti a lady of culture and re tiDement, who, having jost token |msroa*inn of a now house with rle gant surrounding*, hod suddenly I teen colled to face the spproncb of a fearful disco*© that seemed beyond human power to avert. W'ith a lov- iug huabuud and wiusome daughter, with a home filed with evidences of wealth and taste, encircled by warm, true-hearted friends, with everything earl lily to make life glad aud joyims. we remarked : ‘You have everything to live for. Does it not depress yon to think that all lhta toast be given up if this disease ta not stayed f The reply, sim|4e, t-»russl, irnthfol, ‘Why, I have every thing to din for f > o, the gran den i and the beauty of that faith which see* through tin* rilled cloud* the glory beyond, which nan say, amid deepest darkness, “the morning rotneth •* that faith which, with “things seen ami temporal," most U'Miitifnl and attractive, can raise one up into a fall appreciation «d “the things Uiat are ausewn ami eternal ;* that faith which larhlgw* over the river, enabling the believer to tread with Arm footstep and alone the way that lead* to the unknown land; that faith which will load one meiroled by rtohest earthly gifts to roy,1 “IJUaie nverytiiing^to die for!* ' — Adeno'C. U;»X ®v f®* 1 - y fxwpl*!' at r,.M A- **. ita oaly M- T-V. a <*>»* *- tm *? sr lliij|yr.~ ever :;t " t - jrnrttijm a “i the ip ompwy f- u b«imr tiviiw p*»y •** u,c We come to God’s house with our long faces aud oor trouble, thinking that perhaps “our pastor" tr g’ut drop a word of com fprt, or some line of a good old, hymn might contain the uceded consolation, when lo! Just tb© words we needed he has spoken. Just when we felt our heart failing us, aad we were ready to fall under our weight of wo© and trouble, oar pas tor has comforted ua Did we feel friendless 9 He has held op to us the loving face of Christ as “a friend ia every time of trouble." Did we fool that want and famine were about to overtake ust Our pastor assures as that “God giveth food to the hungry." We arise from our seat with our heart Lightened, ready to take up oar cross cheerfully for another week, and pass out Wo have a smile for the sad fac38 we moat la the aisle. Anxious, inquir ing words after our neighbor’s health are on our lips, and, alas, by the the time we have reached the door, we have totally forgotten our pastor, who flrst comforted ua, and waA [ncylo villi wbmm & ffwit iicil of ohilily shell dtow Ah f It to aw profioas; tat ua many of you remain m desire lo do aa* Tta mew set down, Miss Maeartby and two of her aauodatre told the simple story of their awakening sad mflf | It ft great victory todo *», and a taro a % xroflureww- | * tft'toi txretff b¥ litoflklt l:#a.flF Wtwaiwww W 1 3. y as to Joaw*, aot ante Mao, It Is sod to aaw oterdy seel giaieg pleas to las isr att< * WU- not tell how. My ooaraffs uaeawl off t ay heart grow foiat—I was one- qacred. “That night after I want hoaaa, la roffeetlag over my fool hardy adfta- tuM 1 docii<l bars mxirrot uivoslf Siw* w * ^ m ~ am" 1 ™" Thu swoot aagetto ooaatawaaoa o< my mote socaser eearo op before am to the vtatooe of th# sight | I sow hi iww Mat tlkl I rr*t till hmm days after, 1 wont lo tba bores ot the toil* I liiui Inaaicatl *ad a*k#d tar patrdmt Thro ebc spoke to m*. how mild 1 bow dlinsttonly ! bow *« roily I Trust in God.—I could write down twenty cases, says a pious man, when I wished God had done otherwise than he did; but which I now see, had I my own will, would have led to extensive mischief. The life of a Christian is a life of para- doxee. He most lay hold on God, he must follow hard after him, he most determine not to let him go. And yet you mast learn to let God alone. Quietness before God is one of the .most difficult of an Christian graces; to sit where h« places us, be what he would have us be, and this as long as he pleases. era to soak Uka preeiou* blowing*. The) than Joined ia prayer. The place seemed aaweatedly solemn. Hat Divine power rooted with fear fat weight apoo the peoyile. Pro seatly a couvalatvs breathing was heard * thra a single sob buret forth ; next mono aa iuterjeaitory prayer; erica af dtotreu* followed. Twenty debouched, Intemperate, violent sio- wero ware |*.wcrfully convicted, and altering that old gmpel cry of di* trews, “What shall l do to be roved T t *h« i«t won that* lifted up before their game by the beatevntato tody sad her amitfolly flattero 1$ to on a* to rad ihtok fftil ot luwell. the thine SSHPrem wrerereHaa ” mmn 1 ^ si — — toomn Uwdahfo and bormtoa*. Bat all ai Jadgad peals** or mack pel Itog are the cmt ward factor* wbkh «* vary ter reward “apoillag" a j wawg rea*. Paffaff ap i* m* rditytofl- "♦ill the Iteurty on-operation of tin* l*«HinrA, m» surely would the want* of Ho? Richmond Mission be met. IbHliren to live* printout itC all