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Even the ungodly "l>j»ebl to it, and adduce, whenever it is |M*ssible, with uir of tuiitiiiph its sayings in jihtof of tlieir opinions. With those ,>s- jMs-iidly whose iitfcctions we wouhl win to the Church, that doctrinal system moat in conformity with the Word of f i.sl will have the greatest iiiHiteiice and secure the highest regard. As they h*ik npm (!o«l as the most worthy of love, so they consider that which emanates from Him as infinitely more cut it led to their highest esteem than the noblest .le- Visings of man. And there ,eau 1*‘ nothing so able to chain them to our Church ns the conviction of the superiority of the Scriptural element in its faith, of the entire trustworthi ness of its teachings. Happily for us, the great feature in onr (Amrch is its doctrines. Noth ing els,* is so striking or peculiar. We have no form of worship, no jsility, no modes or rites so very different from others as to lay claim to much superiority. She does not care to 1** distinguish,si from her sisters for anything &) miifH lid it it ihe borfti''iti< : s.s of her creed. And wlien she adopts a distinct form of sen ice, it is not that she attaches importance to it, in itself considered, but only as u badge of tliis dec|wr, higher difference. This is the true position df the t'h(tft% To no Synod in the South, and to a VciA few btih) if in any, in the Nortli, can the term . rituaUxtic 1*- correctly appliel. If her ceremonies were all ttiai Separa ted, or Iter government, she is too .much in love with the jienue and harmony of &ion, toil rtnxious for thf tirrioh of all, ns well as the “unity "Of Spirit,* to let these things only "divide her for a single day front -them. The Lutheran Church 1ms taken the greatest pains with her doctrines. She has incorporated this principle in her first arid great symbol, the Augsburg Confession: that the “Holy Christian Clgtreir is the congregation of all . liblievCr* among whom the Gospel is preaoked in it* purity, and the holy sacraments are administered according.to the Gbsjiel.” In obedi ence to this fundamental truth, she, when true to herself and the spirit of her founders, has guarded most zeal ously and faithfully wluit she believes and what she practices In those ordi nances which God Himself has - ordained. Clearly conscious from the time of the Reformation of the true end of her mission, the salvation of the human family, she has had but little concern for anything except to lead as many us possible into her bosom and keep herself nearest her Huviottr. She knows that the truth is ull that is essential to justification and-sanctification. She finds alum dance in developing and defending it to engage her whole attention and employ all Iter powers, and she has never, except when abandoning her reeoguixed landmarks iiud Itccomiiig false to her name, condescended to wrangle and ipuim-1 alxmt non essential ceremonies. She exalts always that whielt Ood has exalted, and is ever willing to leave in the background, and even iu porfret obscurity, that which Hod 1ms passed over in silence. Engaged with her dix trinee only, her truth, her life, we wouhl reasonably ex|»vt that they would Ik* in u very aupraior degree Seriptunil, unless we find that her thmiloginns and teachers were inferior and unleanust men. Tliis, however, is so tar from l“-ing tile ease that we find sum of the riiK*st. seholurs, the profound,-st thinker* aud tin- deepeat-toiMKl piety among her sons aud her tlusilogieal writer*. Men of the rarest intellectual endowments, of the highest culture and the finest opportunities of a,-cess to every branch of religious knowledge, have dev,it,si their lives to their study. Time and again they have reviewed those doctrines, while they were guidtsl only by an ardent desire to arrive at tlw truth. Take any de portment of this (logical know Itslge, and you fiud among the very tore most well known Lutheran names. \Ve mssl not dwelt longer ii|*m this, which, us honest men, we are ImuiikI to believe. It' we arc nut satis tied that what our Church tx'lieves is more true than that of auv other, we ought at once to satisfy ourselves, aud if, utter examination thorough and exhausting, we do not In-Heve it, we u»y duty IhuiimI to Meek coninx:tion with those wlio do teach wliat we believe to lie true. It is our duty ns ministers of the Church to teach these doctrines. Sot only must we tc-.u-li those thing* we have ill common with other de manitmtions, Imt- we must teach tit,' distinctive d.x’trincs of the ('hlircti. If these doctrine* are ini|*trtaiit. they should !*■ taught an,l l*.tiev,sl; if not ini|Hirtaut, they should not have |>art iu our Confessions, nor !*• alhiwcl to se|iarate us from others. \Ye must prtsteh them until they arc fully undenttbod, ami until every layman not ouly knows wliat they are, but is utile also to gi%e a reason for them. Xo Lutheran ought ever to he iNTinitteil without shame to say, *‘I itiii a Lutheran Us-nitsc F like the govenwnent of the Chtin-li ;* Imt always to reply, “ltocatise I believe her th*’trines to I** the doctrine* of the Jiihle. n Then, aud not till then, will her children love Iter, aud ding with fondness thut nothing ean break, to our mother. \Ve know that some of otu* j**cn- liar views are not at ull popular with the natural minil. That dm** not relieve ns from the necessity of teach ing them plainly and ftilbL “t ’lirist erueifled is niito the Jot" a stnin- bling block, and nnto the Greeks bullishness,” yet no true minister will hesitate to preach Him and His cross. So with uU the doctrine* that lesitt to Hllh. To refuse to declare them tioldly liecanse they might not Ik* well receivetl, is moral cowardice, a virtual altaiidonineiit of the cause which as a minister of Jesus you ought to hold most sacred, and a violation of your most solemn ordi- tiitlidli VtjwS; Some hint* said tiutt it i* itarti to miike the imthscs comprehend these ihs’frttiesi When the Kucher nUderstithw them, it is not, as we have often seen in onr fathers. They may 1** plainly stated, so dearly proven by an array of Scriptural evidence, that any ordinary mind, with a little attention, may leant all that may be known of them. <tjre great prominency to the proofs from the Word of God, mid in minds accustomed to receive with unques tioning simplicity its teachings, these ♦Inctrinest lloweter rt-pugimtit to tlieir natural tastes, will lodge with a convincing |*Swer, 1*. riveted hi*>ii their memories and tlieir affeettniis. May (loti help ns to lx> faithful to our duty in teaching the truths of Ilis Word. F. For the Lutlicran Visitof. Sowing and Reaping. Mr. Editor: On the 24th of July I commenced a meeting at St. Mat thew's which continued four-days, and resulted in the conversion of four souls, ami the addition of two to the church. Bro. Sligh was pres ent, and assisted on Mamlay. Bro. J. JL Derrick was with me three days, ami Bro. (!. A. Hough two days. The services were well attended, and tin* church lunch revived and en couraged. (hi the .«Hh of July, we held a Stunlity School (Vlchmtiou at my Bt. Murk’s t'luirch,'lit Edgefield which proved a. complete Hucee**. Tlie Sunday School at St. Murk’s, that at Corinth, tin* one at Harpm*, (Baptist) and the one at Nazareth (Metlu*list) all united, and lield a joyous festivid at Mark’s, in homir of (Nie of the nobh*st and imist ini|*irtaut iiistitiitioii* of the elnin-li. Tlie dif ferent ncIkmiIh met at the wIum>1 Ihiiinc near the chun-li, pud with Imdgc*, to distinguish tlie mcIkmiIm, and iHiiiiiers lK*flring appropriate uiottoe*, march isl ni piTM ession to the ehmvh, which they entered iu open file; the orators, the i’lergx’, and the siiis-rinteudeuts, lending the long train of happy youths and their teacher* to the ptaee* assign**! them in tlie ,-liurvli. of the continent Thutuck is, muhmht edlj, the most interesting )K*raou whose aequintapee he will make. He |mwcm*cr greater |K-rsolial inrtii- encc and repatotion than any other theologian in tlinimn “ And these woixl* an* true today; for though al- most f»rt> yean, lmv»pass,*l sine,* tl**y were written, l>r. Tholm-k. now in hi* seventy first year, still remains at his |Mist in the l !iiver*ity, and at- tracts to his lecture mom moiv stu- dents, t*>tli native* uud fomiguer*. than any other iuciul*-r of the theo logical faculty. A few facts, there fore, i*uii**niiiig the busy anil event fill life of tlii* eminent and devout scholar may not Ik* uiiwtlrome to tlie luany resdeni of the Watchman to wImiiii the name of Angnstus Tim luck is a household word. Dr. Thohit’k was l*»ni March 90, lTtfii, in llreslau, the rapitul iff Sih*- sia. His father wa* n goldsmith, and it was early derided thut the mm should follow the same \ oration. Ac- After the exen-ise* sere opened with conlingly when Im- wa* twelve year* prayer, and the whole nmgn gution »,d,l lie left school and entered npuu of children and youths hud snug a beautiful anniversary hymn, they were addressed l»y Hum. Sligh and I fon* it was dim-overed that Hus wa* Hough. The addresses were very not hi* |*x>per aplwre, ami bt* m*ai re appropriate and were well received, turned hi hi* l**A», entering ihiw iqi- Atter more U-autiful singing by the| m, th. mu.Ii. s ..t th, g\mnasimn. wli.it he MipiMiscd was to Is* Ins life ! work, it wa* not hsig, imwever, ls- *,-)•<mis the pn*s*ssi<m was r efortmsl, mud umivhisl to tls* table iu the grove, where tbsl’s blessing was asked ti|*in a table, nearly fistr him- j died feet in length, gnmuing Is-m-alh tin* almost endless variety of gi**l things, po-pansl by tls* worthy molh He remain,d at the gy miiasinui until IMIU, when In* entered the university of Breslau. Here hi* fondness for oriental studies nllraetisi the uttcu- lion of his teselierw, and hi a short time it wuHilecidcd that In* should go to the I’nlvenMty of lieriin. w ls-re he ers and sister*of these happy youths, would enjoy greater advantages in All things were ,loue disssitly ami in || M . prosemtina of IbmertflMkw. On onler, ami th,* wholeissigtvgtitiini, of reuehing lieriin In* |rtvv-td.s! letter* neatly oue tliottsand |s*rs,uis, con gr.ltllhttcd each other on the happy event* of this festive <*-ca*i<*i, the happy intlni'ii,*eK of which will Is* felt liir years to ,s>nn*. In Uh* HftenoMUi n sa-niHMi Wits preached liy Rev. S. T. I liihmth. Tin* ims’ting wits roiitinii.-d eight days, and n-snltisl in tin* telalition to the church of seven nM-n.ls-rs, an.t the t*iinversion of thirt<*en souls. from liis iiiHtriH-tor* in Itn-slau to tin* ; prelate v,ai Dietz, formerly the l*rus- sian enilwsMiHlor at C<«i*tautiiHiple. ! who ms isilv gave him a kindly wel , cane, Imt at onei* aih^Mol hint as ; hi* foster Mi. In Hires months how ever, liis |Kitnm dteri; yet Tlioluck j vt»s not left friendless, for the minis ter V nil Altciistcin, having heard of the i.iiHiiisa- of tlir aising Silesian. ' grant,si inm a stipcii vriibli eiiuldtsl Tli^ aart-Ung proved a source of . him to continue lh* dmliis ip wliirli mu,’ll .joy to tlie issigregnti.Mi, nml f he was now f-utlinsiastirnlly engaged, the mewhendt^M m-imratisl with^ | p („ this tins* Wsrelighsis view< ninny g>**l res,dnthm* in thejr Is-arts; j jj^,. ft l<M ,. „ f nluax „f the Is st which may the g.ssi Dnd aid them j y.sinff minds *•: I,i- time, were ,i,<i i ileiOy rati,sin list ie. He hitusrlf say*, j “ Even in ,*arly Isiylnssl mtidelitv j had forced it* way ilitoniv Inurt, and 1 ami at the age of twelve I tons wont j to scoff at (hriMtiauity ami it* truth*.” j Indeed, in hi* ri'ligiou* view* lie was »«• far removed Don the fuitli of tlie ; I to*|H*l that on leaving tin* gyitiims iillii at I.rewlail lie ehos,*, a* the tlieinc ill |iiittiiig into I’Xn’iilioti. 1 was kin, lly* assist is 1 in Hm* im-ct ing by Rev*. ('uiighimiu. West. lh*r- rick, Sligh, llnliiian ami llmigli. JACOB HAWKINS. For lla Ullsns V iaitnr. Th* Lord'* Prayer. H,*ry.ls*rgi*r in ‘ hi* 1‘mtil for the \ Heart *a.v*: A gissl heart might *ay: 1 would | like to pray, only tell me w hich i* the ls*st prayer-lssik. uud whh*h the most effectual prayer, for tin* l***l article i* alway s the fhcu|ie*t, and what i* done Hhntild always la* done well of his address, “ Tlie *njs*riority of Mohamnnslism to Christianity.” At lh*rlin, Imwever, In* came under the intiuems* of Hehlciruinclicr and Ne ander. niidc.*|Hs-iu!lv of a pious fiieinl, tlie Baron von Cottewitz,—an inliu cnee wlm-lt in the last year of hi* ! st adept life resulted in a radical Answer: I do not reject any, the change i„ hi* religious opinion*. Hi* l’siilter i* gmsl, HalKTUtan'* prayer-. ^ taW>llU , liK ni| ,, ( | ,, ni(rnw IssA is g»«"l. Daniel's prayer i* g,s*l; hi „ „ ms ,„ tirlv ) Imt the Ur.r. I'rnper is tin* ls*st, for ! hjm into WM .„. r v ,d the leading tin* Maxtn with the lennHsl tongue |mAMnr « in t |„. r^vendty, and it made it himself, and all g.md prayer* waH crhlent tllllt W1W destimsl to pmeeisl from and is ntre in it. ft , hrnme „ ],. a<w . r h, the evangelical ,l,**s not uoutabi many wonls. Imt it! [larty wit ,, w , b< . IMV idctiflrel ta m aceonnt of it* exerthnet*. not to himselA lit ihi<) IteWkt, then a Is* paid for with money. The m )>ril , ( .^, r in „ H , Univendty, having rangement is Is antifnl. thewonlsnre ; „ u . pm-ninient by a letter full of lieuveuly truth, the Is.nl Jesus , v||i( . h , M . wrt f„. n , waM depriv.sl has taken puiti* to^makeit mxs-ptable | „ f lljs omv> „ im1 Tllo | nc k mn< |e hi* successor, Imt with the title* of, I*rofi*ssor Extraonlimirins. Though only twenty yi*ars of age, lit" gave himseii (ritli hnrli earnestness and to his Heavenly Father's heart; for he pnsxsshsl from the heart of his Heavenly Father, uud knows full well wliat is pleasing or displeasing to Hiiti. . tf he iiad known U*ttcr anil more tooehing WpnK In* Would iit-rt'r have liiddeti tiii*m tnnji us. tlie ixinl’s 1’raver is a letter of n*- cointnemlatiou from the Lonl Jesus, nliflHt W Hu' bisk which hail been assigned to him, that In* won th,* favor of liis liedken, and the con fidence of the king and his ministers. Two years Inter he published his our tme and e,distant frieud. to the j fl „ t work wU ,. h titled i.|l|„ts L’.kflwV., • A «..l ..Li.lftLI ; , _ Heavenly Fathar: And why should the Heavenly Father not lunar Wllr littgly the yvonls which ctitne tjsnn tilt* hoty heart, and felt from Utfl'holy lips of Ills well-belovdd Boil f Biographical. [From Iho Watchman oml Reflector] A Lutheran Worker-Dr. Auguitui Tho- look. BY H. B. nfBBAOK, A. W. for tile Htally of the Old Testament.” This whs sneetssltsl, iu tlie following year, 1S“*J, by his well known “Trea tise on the Nature and Moral Infill enec of Heathenism.” a work w hich, on its appearance, wax highly corn mend,si by Gesetiiiw, and which still holds a phwe in German theological literature. Ten years later this treu rise was translatjsl into English, and npi*»:ire«l in the second volume of the j “Biblical Hepository.” In l*”-!, Tho i luck published his commentary’ on j the Epistle to the I tomans. Hi* pre Xo German theologian lias ls«cn no ilccessor, De Wette, d.-elarwl his long and widely known in Elinqiean ; tsmiinentarv to lie su|**rior to till nnd Auieriran religions circles as which hud preceded it; and Itaur, In Dr. Augnstns Thai nek, of the, t’ni his I’anliis, speaking of itwaid, “With versify of Halle, in Prussia. In 1K11, his |Tholuck’sj comiqeiitary liegins a in the celebrated article on German new epoch iu the history of the in- Universities, which Bpjieared in the terpretatinn of this epistle." Tin* first volume of the JlMiml A>po»in>ry work pass,-.! through successive ml an artiel? which (lennnn scholars ditions, the fifth and last of which still refer to with admiration—Dr. appeared in 18M, During the year Edward Robinwin, “ To the Antcri ' 1S5JT, Tlioluck visited England, wJicre cno Christian who travels in this part lie w as warmly welcomed by English M holars. In 1899, Dr. Knapp, I’m- lessor of Theology in the University of Halle, died, and Tlioluck was iip|N)inted to fill the chair thus ren dered vacant. Tin* tlnsdogical faculty at llalh* was at that time wholly rationalistic, and the appointment occasioned not h little corn mot i< m in the ranks of its member*. They reiiMHiHtratrd, hut they could not ws’ure tin* reviMtttion of the onler; mid Tholnrk, having been made a doctor of theology by the Uni. uiveraity of Berlin, upisunsl in llalh*. This ehaiige, us we nuty well imagim*. was not a welcome one to him. It removed hull ftom tlie ms-iety- of hi* dearest friends and the scene of his curly triumph*. I'eraonai prefer cnee*, however, were laid aside ; Im* went to llalh* iHs-ause he lielieved the cull to la* the call of duty. Dark days were those for the young pm- fesstsr. Not only w as then* no oue to welcome him on bis arrivnl.-lMit hi* lolhugne* in tin* I'niversity n*gnnh*,l him with eoldues* uud hidiflcrciH-c. A few days after his urrival In* went to walk with a student whose ue <|naiiitnnre* Is* had made, and on the way, oppressed by the loneliness his situation, he cnniumiiiratcd to him tlie story of bin trials. In mi doing lie was so uiih*Ii overeome by his feelings that Ih- ixsthl not re|nv*s the tears. Tin* student, tnoy,*il by tlie wonts uml tears of tin* young |inifessor. turned to him, and taking him by the hand, cxelniined, “But they that Ih* for the,* aie\nion* than they tliat 1st against thiv”—wonl* which went with jss-aliar power to tin* I ton Med In-art of TIiolurk^HiHl Ih* went I Kick to his work fis-bng as n,*ver l**(iire, that though he was ahme yet Ih* was not alone, an,I ready to do and to luiffcr whatever whs Ik-- foie him. Ill Uh* following year lie piihlisheil his commcfitary ,sr the tbsqs-l of John, whteli lots imsseil through aeveti relitious, (the last in 10.17,) ami like the commentary on the Kjiistle to tin- It.snaiis, lias l*<en traustarist into Kngtisli. In Its* s|iring of 1*30 lux Is altli heroine on nua-lt impaired tlmt he was eoiu)M-lled to relimpiisli hi* stmlies. and in - order that In- might have the Is-ueflt of a ivsidetiee ill Italy In* n-rcivol tlie up|siiiitiiH*iit of ( lia|itain to the I’nissiaii Kmtiassy al llntut*. when- In* remained a year. Returning then to liis lalstrs at Halle, he puldtshed, in 10.J1, his work ,si “Bin," (the seventh edition in 1031,) ami in Ioxi an editnsi of Calvin's CouiUHtitaries ,si tile New Testa tiM'iit, in aix volumes, togetlier with his own I 'ouiniititury ihi the Bennoii on tlie Mount. Numejons volt line* of seniMins followisl. In 104.*; iqsnircd his Commentary mi th,* I'salms, ami iu 1030 tlie third clitiou of hi* I 'omiucntary on tin* E|u*tle to the He brew*. Tltrei* year* later Iu* publi*h ,-d hi* “ Academic Life in tin* Seven teenth Century,* which wa* intended a* an intnshietioii to hi* “ History of Katuumbsm,” the first part of which up|M-urrd a few year* ago, and a se cond i* still in progress. Tlii* list is by no mean* an exhaustive one. for I have sought to mention only flie innre iinsuinent of Tlioluek's writ ings. Indeed, an Amerietin who g,s*s through nn onlinary German theological library will lie axtonishml at the number of works which have had their origin in tin* busy brain of Tholm-k. Btill more will h«* lie as tonished when lit* remenilmrs thtif Thrtlm k*K whole life since *liis eigh- teenth year, wlu*u he lmd a lieiu- onbage of tin* lung*, has been an tint-easing straggle with disease.— Praf. Eilwanls, of Andover, writing thirty yearsago anil s|sqtkittg of Tlio- luck, sjiiil, “liis ftpiK-nranee is at prest-nt that of a man ],reintiritrely- ,,1,1. It is to 1#* lnqied that he may- mid another to the many illustration^; of the remark, The men of the f,*e- blcst cNistitutioii often ms-omplish the most and live the l„ng,*st." Tlie lu)|s* has ls*en rAiliwd. In all tltcsc yx*ara Dr. Tholm-k has not omitted a single lecture on account of illness, though !•* has not even for a day known what it is to Ik* fret* from pain. Time lias ftirrowed his-face, his form Is-nds under the weight of years, and his sight has lK*eome din; yet he is still actively engag,*d iu tlie various duties of hi* itfiioc. But how differ ent is his ixniitioii at present from what it once was! His op)K>»euts have long si ms- passed away, and h*» stands now, as he has indeed long stood, at tin* head of the theological faculty tin* University of llalh*, surraupded by fellow laborer* who hold him in deserved honor. Selections. OLD SERIES, YOL. IV.-NO. 54. the heart is evangelical. AaKoeht- tkniM <-om|s>s,-d of an active incur bet-ship w ith such a faith will stand amid every trial—they are founded upon a Rock—TUB Rock of A orb r Rev, Barniu'a mhlress made s deep impression, twinging tear* to the eyes of many In the Convention. Remarks w ere made by a number of s]makers, after which a committee was a pi stinted, of which Rev. How ard Crosby, D.D., of New York City, was Chairman, to rej*,rt upon the subject- The Convention theu waited in prayer with tin* ex-President, H. Thane Miller, atid ju singing the hymn of triumphant prais,-: “ All bail the power ot JW omme." j The committee refiorted as fidlows: Tliis ('onvention re aftirni tlie ac tion of the Convention at Detroit in IS**, expressed in the following words : Itexolred. T!mt as these organiza- rions l**ar the name of ('hristian, and profess to be engage,] directly in the Saviour's service, it is clearly their duty to maiutain the control and management of all their affairs, in the hands of those who profess to love and publicly avow tlieir faith iu Jesus, the Redeemer, as Divine, mid who testify their Kith by becoming and remaining members of churches held to lie evangelical. And they would add the following further affirmation: “ And we bold those tium-lie* to be evangelical which, maintainingthe Holy Scriptures to lie the only iitfid- HWe. rule iff faith and practice, be lieve in the Iswd Jesus Christ, the only ls*gotten Son of the Fattier, King of kings and Lord of tools, (in whont dwellcth the.fullnessof the tuslbead bodily, and who was mode kin for us though knowing no sin, Is-ariug onr sins in His ow n lssiv mi the tn*e,) as the only name tinder heaven given among men whereby we must Is* saved from everlasting punishment." This pa]s*r was unaniqpnlsty adoptwl, while hardly a iiersnn pre% cut eould restrain tears of joy and grAritftde. If now- it has ls*e* a s<*ni«* to the cause of Christ to have th,* line ls*tw een His own |**>- ple and thus,* who are not His, thus plainly and sharply drawn aud pub lished to the world—if it has been of use that one ancirtyof <-.tthoIie ex tent has thus decidedly ruled oat tlie niitrne*—let the thanks fall to the- enslit of the Vising Men’s Christian Assis-tation, There is no religion without wor ship, and no worship withont -the BHbbsth. Unitariam Excladed from the Young Xen'i Chrutian Amocution. At the late meeting of the Young Midi's Christian Asms-iadon, held at Portland, Me., I’nitariaus were de- i-tansl nisi evangelical, and terms of admission adoptcl, excluding all from their fellowship, who deny the ! pro|s-r divinity of our Ixml Jesus' Christ, and the vicarious uatitre of His utoueuieut for tin* sins of the wadi Brother Iinniitz, pastor of the En glish Evangeli<-,il Lutheran Church at W’hei-ling, West Va., t,s>k the hsid, amt Dire w itness to the truth os it is in Christ, as a tme < 'hristian eonfeswir. May ev«ry I-u- i Ih-i-hii is-t his |s,rt as writ, and take as Isild arid decided a stand! TIm* M*,*ne was <HM* of thrilliug in- terest, and the account of it furnished by a ,*ortvs|simlrtit ,if tbe Eramgrlitt will Ik* read with siss-ial interest: “Iu tlie annual Re|iort of tliCEx- eeiitive Couimitt,*e of the Conv ention,; it was recommended to ir-atfirm the itolfverBMes of formiT Conventions i against admitting auy but nieiiiliers of s-vnngelUxir t-linrehi* to active im*iulH*ndiip in asMs-iations. This iiMitinn im*t with mjiversol favor, but Major (ton. O. O. Howard asked the President (William E. lbslge. Jr.) to <lefine that t4*nu- He himwlf had deemed it suflieMHit to mimit js-rsons wlio ‘lovetl the Ixnl Jesu* Christ.’ TIm* Rev. K. H. Ia*e, of Greenfield, Ma**.. quickly re*isHided tlmt such I a definition would nut exelnde New England Cnitariaiis, Iss-aase they say they do hive Christ, Imt they put . Him on a level with Abraham Liu ; coin. This called out vehetm*nt ex- pressiou* of tqiiuiuu from a numts-r of delegates, ull pmuiiueul Awnmia- : lion men.” With the Convention’* sanction by loud ami n-|s*ate,l applause Rev. ' Samuel It. Bantitz. of Wh,*>-ling, W. : Va., said: “Mr. President: 1 dcuy that any man who hives the I/ml .iesn* Christ eau U* a consistent i Cuitarian, ami deny tliat any man embraeuig tin- ths-ttiues of the Ulli- 1 tariau fuitli can hive tlie Isinl Jesus < 'lirist. Xo man, sir, 1 care mit what profession In* make*, ran love tlie lord Jesus Christ ami yet ih*ny tliat He was Divim*. tlie Bon of God, (iod Himself, the Way, the Tmth, and tin* Lift—King of Kings and I*art I of lords. One with tlte Father and the lloly (ilHiKt. And, Mr. l’n-sitleut, we dan not, ean not admit to art ire meiiils-rsliip representative* of de- ; nominations n*j,*eting tlmse truths. Wliat saith the S,*ri)itnre t "Other foundation ean no man lay than that ! i* laid, which is .Jexnt (’krixt.' Take away the trJr foundation and. certain as (tot! i* truth, tile Kti|H*r*trueture, which now promises so grandly in the work of these :tss,s-iatious, trill /all, and. 'tcrigkrd in thr'lm/anrr uud fiatnd leantinrf will Ik* written iqsai the enttnhling rain. ‘•Why . Mr. President, tin* preface to the rejsnt of the Executive Commit tee ls*ars me out" in using the vdry strongest language aud most earnest pleading in exhorting tlie members of this convention to make tin* test of active membership so thoroughly^ ('krixtian nnd entirely rrangdical that our jswition with regard to the Divine Kingship of Jesus Christ can never Ik* gainsayed. The Committee tell us of the death of several mwpciatlons during the year, and in rrrry mxtanrr trace llieir death and utter failure to the want of a gissl foundation. And now, Sir, 1 ask in the light of past experience, yea in obedience to' the command of otu* Muster, King Jesus, shall we not draw the line lietween truth and error so distinctly that tlie w hole world may know that we stand tq*m the granite ltock of Vhrixft di riuity, and hold active fellowship ! with noli,* who would rob Jesus of His crown t “ ‘What is an evangelical Christian T” j I w ill answer that question, Sir, not ) in the language of the schools, but from the rich ex]**rtence of one of tbe noblest defenders of the faitti; I believe, that Jesus (Arist, true Ood, luyotten of the Father from all eternity, | and also true man, bora of the Virgin Mary, is my Isird; that he has re- dis-med me a wretched, lost, and condemned lK*ing; that He has de> live red me from all sin, from death, and the jiower of the devil, not with j silver and gold, but with His Itoly, I precious blood, and by liis iumsvcnt sufferings and death p so that I might be Hi* own, find live subject to Him in His Kingdom, uml serve Him iu j everlasting righteousness, innocence, and lioppiness.^ “The man who cau tlmseonti-ss f Practical Religion that will Wear. There is not much solidity in religion that will not staud the test of every ihiy experience. “There are a gissl many ]Uons people,” soys Douglas Jerrold, “who are as careful „ ;of their religion as of tlieir best service of china, only using it on -holiday occasions, for fear it should get ebipjietl or flawed in working-dgy w ear.” That species of religiouTnay do for a allow , bat there’s little sflb- stimee iu it. It? is not tho kind to last. It is too fine for use. It is too much of the gilt ginger- bread sort for the more general service 6f mankind. It can do little gissl in the eyes of One who judges E i not by the exterior, Imt by the terior evidences of extielleuce. Re-, ligioit, to Im serviceable, must not only Ik* substantial, but active. It must not lx* drowsy. It must be wide awake, vigilant,-aud sturdy. Earnestness. ■4? Unless I make religion my great and engrossing ehm-em I shall be a stranger to all solid jieaee and satis fying enjoyment. I have at times caught a glimpse of die comfort which it yields the spirit, wheu 1 merge my will into GisTs-will, when < I resolve to have no will of my own fie|iarate from God. I feel .quit** assured that this renuuciation of self, and entire devotion to God’s service* would give a. simplicity and grandeur to my existence, would throw an un- Olonded mnuhine over all my wayft, jrould enliaiice even my senKibte gratifications, and sujs*radd tlHste E tifications of a higher oftier, eh constitute the main and essen tial blessedness of heaven. <-*H »*e out of nature’s darfcitftW into thine own marvelous light. Give me to aspire after the graces, and b°hl (brill to my aequokrtwinwi, and above all to my ehiUbwn, the example oi righteoaonoss. Oopfom me to tl«* gospel economy under which I sit, tLd as Christ'dfisl foredn 1 may die to it: that as he rose agaiu, I may rise to newness »f, lift*, aud frel it my uu«t aud drink ’oft? thy w ill—Vr (thalnirr*. ■