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speaker, was composed of men, women and children who had been made ".alive to God through Christ." The Spirit of God. almighty in its grac ious works, took these stones from the quarry of nature, rough and un fit as they might seem to -be. and dressed them and fashioned them ac cording to his own plan. But in all this process of perfecting these build ing stones. so that each one might as sume its place and fulfill its destiny in this spiritual life, there must be on their part not only a passive yield ing, but also an active -co-operation with the spirit. The design of the spiritual temple was that God might dwell therein. Not that God was in aeed of a dwell ing place: "Heaven is his throne, and the earth is his foot-stool." The sun and the stars were his, and all the infinite depths of space. Myriads of shining angels who never sinned were his. Creation. yea, and the uncreate were him temple, in which he dwelled and manifested him self in his attributes of omnipresence and power and wisdom. But in his holv church he manifested himself in a peculiar manner. in his attributes of mercy and goodness and love. exer cising them in relation to and for the bene!t of those who have sinned. But not only was the church set be fore us under the figure of a temple in which God graciously dwells, said 'Mr. Scherer, but each individual be liever was represented as such a tem ple. The grand thought of it all was this: that we who were separated from God by reason of sin and were far re moved from all fellowship with him, were now made nigh: that God came and made each believing heart a sanc tuary and set up there a mercy-seat. He who himself was Love established himself in the very centre of our be ing, that our whole life might be love and that toward him above all our hearts might ever turn. Mr. Scherer concluded as follows: God claims his own, not as Roman Catholics, or Lutherans or Episco palians, or Presbyterians or Metho dists or Baptists, but as' those in whom is the life of faith and love apd obedience to Christ the Lord. These all he is building together: into the one tenle, which has been rising si lently through all the ages growing with certainty towards a glorious completion according to the plans and purposes of the Divine Builder. It has risen in spite of all opposition, and it will still rise until that day when the great Architect shall "bring forth the top stone" and all the hosts of heaven shall shout. "Grace, grace unto it." And in it shall be realized the union of God with his people. and those who have been redeemed and restored out of a lost race. Tn it he shall dwell forever, imparting to it the fullness of his life and love, and receiving in return. from all the living glorinied throng who compose it, love and adoration and praise .unceasing. Then "the mystery of God" in re demption shall have been finished: God and the creature shall be one: and with a mighty-voice out of heav en, reaching to all parts of God's uni versal dominion, it shall be proclaim ed: "Behold,' the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God." PASTOR INSTALLED. Sermon to Pastor by Rev. Mr. Be denbaugh, To People by Rev. Mr. Ballentine. On Sunday night the pastor, the Rev. WV. L. Seabrook, who took charge of the congregation in Janu ary, 1903, was installed by the Rev. Z. WV. Bedenbaugh, president of the South Carolina Synod, assisted by the Rev. S. C. Ballentine, secretary of the Synod. The charge to the pastor was ~delivered by the Rev. Mr. Bedenbaugh and the sermon to the congregation by the Rev. Mr. Ballentine. The evening lesson was read by Dr. M. G. G. Scherer. The congregation was one of the largest during the whole of the series of services, and the musical program w~as especially good. including a violin solo by Miss Carrie Pool, accompanied on the pipe organ by Miss Susie Summer. Rev. Mr. Bedenbaughi took as a text for his charge to the pastor, "To obe-- is better than sacrifices." He cle;.rly explained the church eccles iassical system, which he thought the best adapted of all church system's for church work. But this system could only be effncient if properly carried ou~t. iIe explained the duties of the nastr- aned Z1I the church officers to the congregation. They should rule with authority, but with due forbear ance and should be obeyed by the con gregation. Mr. Bedenbaugh made a' very forcible address. Rev. Mr. Ballentine took as his theme, "Holding Up the Pastor's Hands." God could have saved the world without 'human aid, he said. The same angels which proclaimed! "Peace on earth," could have pro claimed "Salvation to men." But the command was to go and preach the gospel. and it was given to the dis ciples not as 'a separate class, but as Christians. It was as encumbent on one Christian as much as on another -not all could preach from the pul pit, but all could uphold the pastor s hands. Speak charitably of your pas tor, he continued. Uphold his hands, by giving him financial support. If i he was able to preach without money he should be preaching to those who are too poor to pay. Help him by at tendance and by attention after at tendance. by prayer. by co-operation and by living the gospel he preaches. The installation service. which was conducted by President Bedenbaugh, was very solemn. REV. W. L. SEABROOK. He Has Been in Newberry Two Years And is Universally Liked and Esteemed. The present pastor of the Lutheran Church of the Redeemer *is the Rev. W. L. Seabrook. who took charge of the congregation in January. igo2. Rev. Mr. Seabrook. during the two years he has been in Newberry, has deserved and has gained not only the love and esteem of every member of his own congregation, but is univer sally liked and respected by the peo ple of the city. He. is an eloquent speaker and a sympathetic pastor. During his work here the' church has grown steadily and this growth continues at the present time. Within the past two months a handsome par sonage has been completed and is now used by the pastor and his family, and in fact by the whole congregation. Rev. Mr. Seabrook is a native of Maryland and a descendant of staunch Lutheran stock on the side of both parents. He was born in Frederick City, and though a leading lawyer in Baltimore for several years, he is still a young man. He is a grad uate of Pennsylvania college, Gettys burg. with the degree of bachelor of arts, and later received the degree of masterof arts from the same institu tion. After graduation, he decided upon law as his profession. and graduated from the Maryland university with the degree of bashelor of law, and af terwards was admitted to practice in the 'courts of Baltimore. He practiced: his profession successfully for eight years. four of which he served as diputy attorney general of the State. He then decided to.preach the gos pel, and entered the Theological Sem inary at Gettysburg. where he com pleted the prescribed course in theo-: logy. He served pastorates success-: fully in Wichita and Abilene. Kansas, and four years before being called to Newberry he was called to the pastor ate of Grace Lutheran church, in Win chester, Va., which he was serving at the time he was called here. He was' elected president of the Virginia Syn-. od, which position he resigned to en ter the South Carolina Synod. Rev. Mr. Seabrook is now a mem ber of the Lutheran Publication Board of the United Synod South and ad visory member from South Carolina: of the Mission Board of the United: Synod Since his entry to the min istry he has rapidly risen to promi-. nence as one of the forem'ost men in the Southern Lutheran Church. The Virginia house of delegates .has adopted a resolution directing the State audlitor to furnish the legislature with a statement of funds embezzled by Joseph H. Sheppard. late clerk in the auditor's onlice, and who was con vieted in 1901 and sentenced to five years in the penitentiary. At the tinme of defalcat ion the law did not re quire clerks to execute bonds, but the hAn,e of delega:eis held that it had a right to know ho'w much was misap pr''priated b y the c:erk. The action creat ed a -en-ationl in that it is hohtit had something behind it. A company has been formed to es tablish a new weekly newspaper at WVaherb'ru. P:bieation will be com menced early this month. The paper PLACES TO AVOID. Here are a Few Regions in Which Life is not a Joy. A.s places of residence. neither the lBahrien Islands. in the Persian Gulf. nor the city of Yakutsk. Siberia. have much to offer in the way of climate. says the Washington Post. In Bahrien you cook and in Ya kutsk you freeze. Bahrien is said to be the hottest place in the world. The thermometer often registers be tween io and 120 degrees, night or day. for months at a time. This rath er beats Fort Yuma. Ariz. which is considered the hottest place in the United States. Yakutsk is called the coldest city in the world. Th thermometer frequent ly registers 73 degrees below zero. Though Yakutsk is the coldest city in the world. Verhoyansk. in north eastern Siberia. claims to be the cold est inhabited place on the globe. the thermometer registering o degrees bel(,%w zero in January. It also claims to be the place pos sessing the most variable climate. for while it is go degrees below in Janu ary, it is 86 above in the shade in Au gust during the day. with a drop down to freezing every mid-summer night. The wettest place in the world is Greytown. Nicaragua. where the an nual rainfall is 265 inches. The driest place in the world is probobly the rainless coast of North ern Chili. They have a shower there about once in every ten years. Noth ing grows on this desolate strip of barren coast, and the dreary towns from which the nitrates and the min erals mined in that region are shipped by those who depend for their subsis tence upon food bro.ght to them in ships from the fertile strips to the noith or south of the desert. Northern Russia and the shores of the French Congo are said to be the cloudiest pl- es in the world. and for fog there is . region like the Grand Banks, the southern coast of New foundland, and the waters of Nova Scotia. This region is one of fog for a largv part of the year. and the very home of the fog is the Island of Grand Manan, at the entrance of the Bay of Fundy. where, the sailors declare, the na tives manufacture fog. When a bank of specially thick fog is seen ap proaching over the waters, the mari ners turn to each other and say: "The Grand Mananers are at work." TWO RELIGIOUS FANATICS. They Build an "Ark" and Set Out to Sea, but Fortunately Run Aground. Mr. and Mrs. Alphonse Ford were in Edenton, N. C., some time last week, ostensibly engaged in mission ary work. They announced their in tention of building an ark, and with sundry wheelbarrow loads of timber of various kinds they fmnally succeed ed in constructing a strange looking craft. 12 feet long by 3 1-2 .feet wide. It was straight on the sides and with no timbers. 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