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TWUtt: V__ r.-THKHiN VoWox la fsmlalied to aub- Jton at »J.SO par jmr, if paid in advance a-rnaen, their Widows, and SludouU of »1M per year, If paid in •^TW.-ho do not p*jr wilhiu Oirw «^th*ofllie tiro* d'vir rear l»n'«r, will, in «*C, >* ctoryed Ufy centa mWitlonnl. MTW or ADTKHTIStSO ; for out squaw (an* SncD of column) First insertion One month j- • tVree months t- ■ Oa adveruaetnenta ol Uiree squares and np- v.rj, a discount ol M per cent, of 8re squarea sad upwards. 30 per cant, of ten aquarta and towards, 40 per cent., and of one half outiimn 2d upwards. SO per cent will be deducted from the a bore nice. Obituaries, when more than Bve lines, len cents for eight words, payable in advance. Postage—Five cents per quarter, jy Please re men) bet ail business Miters should be addressed to * Brr. A. a RUDE, CohuHbiOy S. C. ts One month f J JJ Commimicationa. For ibe Lutheran Visitor. Orewter Church Lowe—How to Awaken it snnus four. BY ITS HISTORY. There is no church with sut-h a prestige as the Lutheran. She is no leas superior in her history than ill her doctrines, anti in her records we find another element that will strongly attract anti bind firmly the affections of her people to her altars. 1. We must teach them the kittory of her doctrine*. We should show them.by whom they hare been held. We must prove to them, as we are able to do, that the great doctrines we teach were believed by the imuie diate successors of the Apostles, by those who enjoyed their- inspired instruction, and the errors of the fathers of the second and third ecu tnrtes were penurious of the dis tinctive doctrines of our church. This can not but confirm them in their adherence to them. We ought to lead them, too, down through the storms that these doctrines have passed aud the battles in which they have been engaged. We should point out tin- manner in which they ran up through the rubbish of scho lastic theology—how they were de veloped—the tests by which they were tried, and how, one after an other, having passed the ordeal of the strictest scrutiny, they took their places in the recognised expressions of faith. We most not omit to ■umtion the character of the men who have devoted their lives to their study, made them specialities in their investigations, and, finally, the effect upon the Christian deportment of those who have heartily accepted them. We mnnt tell them of Amodt, Gerhard, Franche, Spensnr, Pastor Hanns, and a host of others, “whose praise is in all the churches,” who lived and died in the firmest eon vidlon of the truth of the faith of our Lutheran fathers. 2. We must teach them the early kittory of the church. There is no portion of history, either ecclesiasti cal or profane, that possesses such interest as the Reformation. If there “ any historical theme able to rouse *he slumbering emotions, elevate the fcd»gs,aod inspire a thrilling elo quence, it is this straggle writh Ko- )nish hieraAchy. But this is the (history of the Lutheran Church. The great actors in the one were the founders of the other. The heroes in the great battle against the man °f sm were the architects of the house in which we rest. Take away the part our fathers bore in the eon- fiiet, •nd- you divest it of all its interest aud^lu-ar it of all its glory. In the great drama of the world, Luther is the most prominent char- seter. In everything great and en nobling he is without a peer. His hfc stands out to-day among men ■without a parallel. The other great Ames of earth shine brightly only in ihe absence of this blazing star. Uven in dauntless physical courage he was the equal of the Caesars, ‘yhariases, Peterses, Napr^-ons; while ® * n oraJ courage, brunting the frowns t|w .world, fearlessly confronting “*e scorns and contempts of all men, he was as far above them as finite extremes well can be. In force of Renius he has had no superior. In Tepest ftevotion* to the gloiy of his Master, in the most anient attach ment to the truth, in his forgctftil ness of self, and in his zeal to accom plish the will of God, of all men he was most like the Saviour. Every- \S thing that constitutes true greatness was found in him. All Protestants look to him with feelings of profound reYene»ce nnd gratitude, and each denonifnatioii would gladly claim him. Did our people know him, the very name we licar would draw them closely to the church. Rut there is something more iu his history calculated to attach them to it, and is the ground of a more rational devotion. His greatness, when united with a love for the truth, woultl insure a measure of pureness iu its doctrines. Hut when we contemplate the unmistakable evidence of the direction of I*rovi- ! tleoce in all his ini|MH-tant ste|m, mid i sec hum-, clearly that the Mpirit of God let! hiut from one advance to another, accomplishing an end through him, of which he never dreuined in the commencement of his oiqsmitkMi to (tupacy, we can not well resist the conviction that the some Spirit which raised him up to that great work did routiniu- His care in teaehing the doe trines hy which it was effected. Can they Ite- lieve He would so wondnnisly rt<ar a man to teach fundamental error, and invest his character with such brillianey, only to lure souls to the fires of |s-rditiou f There ure a mini her of other great aud noble spirits, the coadjutors of Luther, who duster arouixPbim and heighten the inter est of this period. Iu our church there was at this time a most splen did galaxy of noted worthies. Great and got*I meu, very learned in the ology and s]*)tless in t-harueter, are gathered together to lay the fouuda tion and rear the structure. Aud by that they ditl aud suffered, they have left it the rich legacy of a |>eculiur charm. it. We may teach them tin- early kittory of tkc church in America. Tl»e Inbors aud struggles, the (lerplcxitir* anti trials, the thuigera anil difihud- ties, the coutUcts and triumphs of the pioneers of Lutheranism in oar western continent, like the early history of onr government, have • special (*>wer to. please anil inspire with afleetiou. Ko (M-riod hits a more absorbing interest for an Ameri can citizen than the settling of these wilds by his hardy fathers and the revolutionary struggle, the trials underwent in giving birth to the new nation. 8o tin- history of the chnreh at that period, connected frequently with that of the country, cannot but lend some iuAnenee in making onr people love her. We should by no means stop there. We should trace that history for them to the present day. We should teach them the lives of those men by whom their fathers were baptized and brought into the church, and wliotn they loved and reverenced as spiritual fathers. We must show them the mistakes that have been made and the ground we have lost. We mnat show them also the steady, though slow advance, of the ebureh. We must |M)int oat to them her increasing inqiortance among the denomina tions of this country. We must show them her wants, her operations, her responsibilities. We must make the names anti characters of her institutions and her ministers known to them. We must make them frilly acquainted and bring them into deep sympathy with her, and their most ardent devotion will be secured. 4. We must teach them the itrrmytk of the church. Many do not love It because they believe It weak and feeble. In the South, particularly, we are a “feeble folk”, and they feel lonely with such a few. The greater number attracts more, and while they are yet yonng anti not able to understand the more important char acteristics of the best church, they are drawn from us. We have lost many because they knew nothing of »nr nmnliers. Some among these may have been conscientious. With out opportunities of a frill examina tion they have concluded that possibly they were in error, since so many disagreed with them and sneh a few believed like them. In teach ing them the history of the chnreh we should take some pains to tell them how many we are; thongh weak here we are strong elsewhere; that in number, in talents, in learn ing we are not only the equal but very far superior to any Protestant denomination; that we are con stantly increasing; that the greatest theological writers of modern times a borrowed light or shine dimly when contrasted with sons of our church. It is not necessary to dwell s(iecially upon the power of history in ltegetting love for Its object. We get in deep sympathy with any [M-rntNi whose lift- we study. We love our country liecaum- we are proud of the great men she hoe had and the greut deed* she has done. To na as t-itizeus we ft-el that their honor descenda anti a sacred trust to lireoerve it nuauIlieiL A kind of aucredncaa is attached to anything when it has something noble ami worthy in its bistort. Old rains have attractions and we delight to linger among their broken columns and shattered, fallen walla. Old cathedral* and aueient chandlers where great one* have stood, ami old hattlegroud* where vietorie* have been lost aud won, throw a sjs-ll anxiiiil us that binds us to them. The shude* of the dead seem to tarry alioiit-the places that were the scene* of their earthly lationi ami to foster the project* they spent their Uvea iu promoting. The spirits of the heat men of imslent ages are hovering about that rluirvh iu which wc live. Ill believing Its truths we nunc into communion with their spirits. In hiving it we love that which engaged the wannest alter tiona of the mildest hearts. And in laboring for it *V place our am-riAres on the sana- altars that tie- worthiest hands have placed the gifts of their live*. Our experience shows ns what impressions that history wilt have. Rts-all the warm emotions that were awakened as yon first learned it, and what it ditl for ton it will do for all. V. Practical From tlw A. R IWsleUs A Plain Talk. given employiueiit to all the mini* tern site has ruined f The poverty of | many ministers prevented them from “going a warfare at their own ehar- gea (• and the poverty of Hym*l'a treasury prevented her from employ ing them at home or abroad. Ami It la sometimes asked, with a little petulance, too: Why are so many pastor* following the plow, or in the acbotd room, when so many of the aged, ami iufirm of tbeir Aock, unable to attend church, have not seen the Hheidit-rtTa face In more than a tear t The pastor's md.\: Our fnmdics must have lirewl. When railed here, the people |irouil*ed us a supiiort, but they have not given It. Awl the |s*oplf any: it la true; «e did liramise, and hatij not given It; but we are so |iuor. I have often affced how it hits come to (mss that so main of thou are so |MMir. And I have lawn uu*acred that “it is allowed to some |>eofdr to he ricb, ami to some to be poor.” The aiaiudiic** of this ultimate re* son I thatl dispiip-. any man- than 11 would dis|iutr that'll waa - alios til" to the Jews to mu-itj ami alay the “Print* of 1 Jfe," w lui was ddiM*red| into their “wickad hands* by the dc- teimiimte ciutna«l. ami fotvkuowl eilge of God. Hat still, within this “ullowauce,* there is (voni for the tpu-stion as to the means by w hich I •lie “allowed" end w as brought alsait, and the use of timer means involt ing nian'a n-*|s nsilality in the matter. Do any fsaiilms become, ami remain I rich front generation to geueratiuu, »itliout following thoor directiims to tliligeiiev wad retmomy ahkh ; Solomon has au nisely, ami so truth fully lahl ikiwaT Or have many j Lundies Is-eome and coatimtctl very |ssw, without in atiatc way uegh-rt ' ing those diiertions, ainl indulging i some of that “slack hand,” or “sloth,” I or -Imre of |4ea«an-, or oil, or wine,” which he so stmudly i-omlemusf I j am tempted here to traaarrils- a little, fearing that some of your 1‘AKao.NAOK, I July 7th, latm. | Mr. Editor: From the amiamt of seleetctl matter in the f‘rr*kficri*M, readers will nut refer to Solomon: I a|>|>rchend y«ai will soon ke after “He 1st .>ne tb |*sw that dealeth j the preachers again. 1 have iieen wi,h “ band; Mil the ham! of “thinking,” ami if my thought* are <>*»' ddigntl nwketh _ni'h. The worth anything, you ami ytair read d°thftd man nnudi-th nut that which era ran have them: h *‘ *«* iu hiyitingi (the frm tin A while ago, some writer railed ’ w “* for hint j tfemgli it attention to the frwt that a great * w * ‘"K’ - '"•*‘10, lie woultl lie many prayers are offered for the *'"* m4 ’ *"** deep, till the ismm |S*ir, anil but few if Buy for the rich ; w,H,W hut the subataia-e of the and that these, having the greater '>'•»«««« »mn is prertous. Much fowl | temptations, have the greater uecd ** in Ibe tillage of the poor; but of prayena This remark suggests l ** m *ha* hOiqf ith want of another: That a great ileal of ad i'«»gn"t>«.” They make plenty, but vice is tendey-d to the rich as to how «“»*«• it amt are out Itef.re the year they should use their rit-hes, amt •» half gone. “ He that loveth pleaa i ven little to the ptnir aa to bow they un ‘ dial! is- a 1-** man; ami he that j should use their poverty. ^'rth *»»• “»«l oil shall not be rich. Mow, rich and poor are relative n " , ‘ h dothfulness 4lu- lnihliag | terms, the very rich man ia onr eom- decayeth: and through idlem-ss of] inanity, would lie the very |>oor man in another. Many would be rich; yet, the poor are a privileged class. To them the gos|>el is pn-uched, uim! of them chieAy are chosen those who la-come “rich in faith ami heirs of the kiugilom, which Gisl hath promised to them that love Him.’' the hand* the Insist- « ilnqqs-th through.” Are these truths given hy iuspira I tion ? Then tiny are |iruAtab!r; and by them all lidieveni ought to be | “tlntnnighly fvnisbisl vuilo all good works.” What! very many. Are you go- They are a ms-essary doss. They mg to liave tia become worldly mind do not tel above doing anything «l mom-y Livers f Hy no means, that ought to tie done. , Ami with- Rut that queatiaii draws out a doc- out them how could the rich who tnnal error which I have often met are “called,” exercise the “grace of with, anil which I now wish to givingT” They ure also a |M-rj*<tnal expose. AD mouey loving men are c-laaa, “ For the poor never erase out; worldly iniml«L Hut there are a of the land," ami, “Ye have the jmor giTM many worldly -miudid men, and alwaya with yon.” women too, who are not mouey lovers; It is good, no doubt, for tlie spirit- they rare nothing for money except ual welfare of many, to he poor; jnst as a menus to other worldly en aa it Is good for many to be sick, or joymeuts. Hut most mouey lovers in any way “aflHctedf still, extreme are very dillgfint and eeonomiral. porarfy ia not to be desired. It has ! Hence some, bjr far too many, ehria its fiery trials, and sore temptations, aa well as extreme wealth. And while no one shonhl covet the latter, so all ought to deprecate, and en deavor to avoid the former. In many ways “the destruction of the -poorts their poverty.” It ia never mentioned la the Scriptures as a tiaus have been afraid of enterprise, diligence and economy. They don't distinguish between the means anti the end. They would not, for any thing, Is- so worldly minded ns some persons they know; snd they think that by avoiding their enterprise, diligence and economy, by indulging Messing, though it may be made an j a little sloth, and slack handedness, I occasion of Messing* to those who and good table, they will avoid their are better qualified to bear poverty worldly mindedtieas. I have known than riches; yet, it is very often some of these good people, in several threatened as a chastisement—a 1 places, and In more than one or two curse, for disobedience, It)toil God’s 1 denomination*, who had great trem professed (teople. Ming of heart shout class letwler. I have spent a score of year* in deactsi, or Elder Thrifty. \N ell, what ministerial life, and more than a ia wrong with Elder Thrifty ’ lie third of them in missionary labor. ' has become so worldly minded. How I have been in frequent, ami eloae does be show it. by cheating, steal- coutact with many jmor people, ami ing, or Hablmtb-breaklng ? poor churches; and I have observed Xo, no, he k very orderly. — -I - his fbtnily neglect Does he with chnreh t >iot at all; they are tk* moat punc tual members we h*ve; wet or dry, ~.ia or hot, they are there. Hot have been of us; and that those who shine around qa are but reflectors of some things. Hence a atring of questions: Why have so many va cancies been so long withont pastors f The poverty of the people. Why have so many pasture charge of two, three, and sometimes fonr, congt-cga- they e*o very well afford it j they tiona, widely scattered, requiring have ample conveyance, and abun- him to spend weeks, nay, months of, dant clothing suited to all kinds of each year In riding» The poverty ] weather. of the people. Why lias not Hynod 1 Doe# be neglect the government anti training of his children, or family worahipf Hy no meona. lie ia very- atrirt. Il would be a gnod thing, if aU pa rents would follow his example, in (four tkimrfm. Then, how dues he show bis world ly-miudedneos t He loves MKMU Y so. He is always wurking, ami piuuning, ami talking about what will |tay. Aim! be does make lots of R. " hat ikies he do with it when nutlet K|*-iul it, I aupiMHie. for flue house, ami carriage, and Iturae*, ami dressing, and table t No, indeed; aunie |ietq4e thiuk kiln aiuartly stingy alsmt these things. 1 have beonl folks say that tie is most too stingy to take a living, after be lias worked for it A heap of thr ncighbors that haven't the fourth of his |irvprrt,v keep a better talJe than he due*. Then, 1 aup|sBM-, that lie does very little fur your pastor, and the mission ary box, ami the poor t Well, no, 1 believe he does pretty well for these tbinga. They aay be ia right good to the poor, that are really |smr. And be has a kiml of km-v for our imatnr; he pays him shout a thin! of what he gets, ami m-lida him lota of things liesides. Ami after he has done all of these things; toiling hard, when others are are taking it easy; nicking his brwiu tor the lust |dan to “guide his affairs with discretion.” while others are vacant nr trifling; living temperately, sim! isvsMimirally, s bile others are indulging to the extent of their means, ami giving for the supjsirt of Ilia |uistor, and the comfort of the !***, what hr has tltua saved, while others are ivmaaming it at borne— you rail him stingy , and worldly, minded I WeU, really it tkm'l lutd like be is; I sit that's what pr»|dr aay alsait him. Now don’t you sopiss*- that Elder Thrifty, by nature, lovea ram- ami comfort, ami luxury , as ntnrb as any of the congregation 1 It ia likely he thaw. They aay, la-forr he joiurd llte Chureli, be waa a little too fond of them, anil if be loot guar on aa he was going, hr wtaikl have amoi ran through. No. wr don't think that; I ait ia it not strange that he rame to look more like worldly minded, money hiving men after lie became a rhris turn, than la- did la-fore t It would Is- strange indeed, if he ready looks so. Hat ia that a fart t You admit that be has a nature that lovea rase. When, therefore, he is toiling, while others are indulging thialoveof ease, dor* be not deny himself that indulgence I Now, if he hoarded up the money thus made, you might say truly he ia a money lover. If he tqient the money for a sumptuous table, or ahowy dressing, you could jnatly aay that He ia world ly mimletl; ami that he manifests it by imlulgiug the “ lust of the flesh, the lust of the eye, ami the pndc of life.” Hot when be denies himself the easr, ami tits* luxury, aud show, in onler that lie may liave where with to relieve Christ'* |**»r ones, to support his |sist<>r, to nHitrilmte to the misshmary box, and to furnish hi* family- with “ample conveyance to rhnn-h, and comfortable clothing for all kinds of weather,” in what |su-t of all this rnodurt does he look more worldly-minded than be did Itefiire he became a Christian t Well, really, I never looked at the thing in that light. I snpposs In- must lie a great deal better man than aomc folks think he is. Yes; he is w hat I rail a Christian, wide awake, ikdag whatsoever his hands find to do with all his might. Suppose all the meinls-rs of your |motor'* charge should commence now to do iu all things as Elder Thrifty doca, what would be the resalt t 1 suppose it would not be long before .the charge could have four I sudor* instead of one; ami each congregation pet-aching every Sab bath instead of once a month ; and our iNistiir could spend in study the time he now spends working for bread and in pastoral visitation the time now spent in riding to amHhmi his appointment*. Exactly an. Ami would not all the families become better off I be able to anpiiort good schools, take the I'rmkytrrinn, give the ypung people a little help as they marry off, and all without any one becoming any more worldly-mioded than they are while indulging a little “love^uf pleasure,” of ease, a little doth, a little slack-handedness, a little love of “oil ami wine”! Hecanae many are “chooeu” from among “the poor of this work!” to become “rich in fhith ami heirs of the kingdom”, it lines not necessarily follow that they are to remain “the |Miur of thin world.” “Godli ness la profitable to all tbinga, having promise of the life that now la.” It Ims pniv t-vl true in the expe rience of thousands, that the growth of their “wraith and outward estate” is-gan with their Christianity. They left off ainfril, expensive Its bits. They forwook itlle eom|Huty. They loved liome ls-tter. They felt bound in eon- seienee to deny themselves, and to labor for the present ami the future welfare of their ftitnilies; and, also, that their beneficence should extend to others. They felt that It waa “blessed to give.” They scattered freely. And in rra]>ing huuutffttfly, they verified the Hertpture, that “with sneh sacrifice God ia well pleased,” and that “Gisl lovetli the cheerful giver.” Ah It, Mr. Editor, are some of my thoughts, founded tl|K*i years of observation. Is there not a defect in the manner in wbirti Christianity ia taught T I have bran! many a senmrtt against worid-toving and money fovteg, which many people understood as being preached against cnterjoHse, industry and economy; hot I never heard one ag-.-inat thriftleasness, itlh-m-ss. aud sla<-k handeilnras. Nor ilkl I ever hear one \ en- |4aiidy teaching the petqde that til “hive of Christ should con strain them,” to practice economy, diligence and enter;wise—to make money fur Christ's sake—to make it that they may have It—not to keep, I sit to give for every good work. Biographical ■aerwd liography- Enoch. Xo man la-fore Knock. and but one stner, ever (deaseit God as be did. Those that honor God shall be lionor ed. Ia a dissolute age, wlieu the masses are corrupt and iiiquiHia, it require* morsl tvNiragt-. aa well as a high type of spiritual life, to stand skate and breast the op|ssving tide. Much was the character of the age ia which Enoch lived, and such tlie cooditioa of the masses who were bis cotcmporarim. Jude assures us they were ungodly, and manifested their impiety- by their words and deeds. Enoch ten* a preacher of riyhtconancen. lie assailed the out cropping* of wickedness ia every form, ami proclaimed a judgment to come, and au impartial Judge In-fore whom all must stand and ac count for the deeds done in the body, w bet her they be good or bod. What tlq- effect of this preaching was, whether any, or how many were reclaimed, we know not. “Who hath believed onr report f* was the rmnidaint of a prophet in a later age. As to arresting the incoming tide of wickedness in his days, it is generally conceded that Enoch was not very sucrmsfttl. Things did not grow hotter, tmt worse, during and after bia earthly career. Well il is that it is not the measure of a mail's rne- cess that secures for him the appro tuition of God. Man is rraponsihle for a proper, wise, and faithftil use of means, hut not for success; and the giw|M-I he preaches will have its aptwopriate effect, citM-r in proving “a savor of life unto life, or of death unto death in them that hear it;” ami in either eaae tlie faitliftil minis ter is not withont his reward. Long did Enoch remonstrate with and taithfrilly did be want sinners of »|c lironchiug and impending danger. There is a glow of fervency in his words aa they are given ns by Jnde, that, though they have sounded through fifty centuries, still stirs the heart to tlie core, and points to tlie eye the retinne and splendors of tlii‘ coming Judge, and the appall ing awards of the filial judgment to “ungodly sinners.” Wbat mat ters it, “when the hearts of tbe rhihlrvn of men are frilly set to do evil.” that Ihe heavenly legate speaks with the tongue of men, or of angels,—that his words glow with the fervency of fire,—that he (taints the coining judgment, lieuven ami bell, to the life before the eyes of men? Will this arrest them? Will they surrender themselves to Christ I Not unless the Holy Spirit changes their hearts, uml works in them to will and to do according to his good pleasure. Enoch exemplified hi* preaching by a holy life- “Ht> walked with God.” “He hud tiiia testimony, that he pleased God.” It was not his own frailties and inconsistencies—os many times is the case—that neutralized his preaching. He lured so near to r: Go<l, was ia such constant row pan- ionship with him, waa so assimilated to him, that he walked aa God walked. He neither went liefore nor fell behind what God required. In spirit, in word, and In deed, God Was his model: and. so far as imperfect man coaid be, he was conformed to the Divine likeness. What a power a holy life is! It speak* more elo quently than words. Ite logic is l*-rfect, and can not be guinsnyed. Its rhetoric is faultless. Kuch, ia » high degree, was the life of Knock ri g before a corrupt sum! wicked race. Much, without a single imperfection or flaw, W1U) the life of Jesus. Hat in both rases, powerfol as it waa, it did not and eouM not arrest the wickedness in man’s heart and turn Itiin to righteousness. It may sttqi the aiouth and palsy the tongue of evil-doer*, tmt the energy of God’s spirit alone can change the heart. Faithful preacher as Ema il was, holy as his life was, kh peculiar exit from the world it the marvel im hit hi*Hury. Heveu short words express it all: “Hr woe not, for Uod took him.* The i-oinmentittrx .uf awflber I . eminent serv ant of God, in a later age on these words, explains them, ‘and take* away au obscurity front them. “By frith Enoch was trans lated, that he should not see death ; and was not found, because God had translated him ; for before his traris 1st ion be had this testimony, that he leased God.” “ He was not found.” t may be, men sought him aslbe.J sons of the prophets nought EKiah after his trunsiatio*. What meet this man ckma exit from earth hud u|s>u lus contemporaries ia nut known, only that their wickedness herame more and more flagrant. Neither hi* faithful preaching, nor hi* holy life, nor God's miraculous inU*ri>o)utiou in the removal of Enoch, could, or did, cure man’s evil nature. Neitlier did the mighty work of Jesus cure the inhabitants of Chora “If the prophets, neither will they be per suaded though one rose from the deaf.” “Not by might, nor by ; oower, but by my Spun, KUth lilt Lanl of Ilosta.” “He was translated that he should not see death.” He V was the find of the human race in whom redemption was completed. tlx- disembodied spirit of Abel, , am<her of God’s saints who died —f liefore the trouslatJtsi of Knaeh, went to glory. Hut Enoch was the finW whose soul and Indy, redeemed from the rains of the fall, entered die celestial galea. The first (dodge sf completed redemption, the w«mder of “prinripalith-M anil powm* in hear t-uly (daces,” changed at once, and ra|d to heaven. He needs no resur revtiou. for he knew no death ; and yet, in celebrating the glories of redemption, he ran sing and join all the redeemed at lost in their “thanks be unto God who giveth ns the victory through onr Lord Jesus Christ.” The same redeeming love which granted hiin a reprieve from death, and the same power which at once in his rose changed the natural into a spiritual body, is the love and power which secures the resurrection of all the saints, and will iiltimateiy foshiiHi tlieir vile bodies like Christ’s glorious body—the fashion of whose body is that which Enoch wears. Let our faith be as his, onr walk as bis, and then onr reward shall be a* glorious as his now is. “Ltd ns be tbllowera of those who, through frith and patience, are now inheriting the promises.” Hethduda and Cafwmaam. i. believe not Muses and Ministerial. Simplicity ia the Palpit. Ministers of the gospel can not be too rareful in the selection of simple language when they are addressing promiscuous assemblies. When malt is speaking to a band of college students or graduates, there is some excuse for getting upon stilts, hut even then it is foolish. It is truly amusing to hear some men roll out big words, aud it is more amusing to see meu ignorant, but fastidious, trying to swallow those big words with the idea that the sjienker is a very' learned man. A New York con tern |N>rury gives an illustration of the stUteri style, and also of the com mon sens* style, as illustrated iu two t clergymen of Brooklyn. At a meeting of the Brooklyn City Mis sion Society, in Plymouth Chnreh a few years ago, Rev. Dr. Stows ex claimed. “Rretbrsa, we are in need of an enlarged pecuniary aubaidy 1” Mr. Beecher, in the course of a few reiaarks said, in his direct way; “In carryiug out our plans, w e want mopey, and we must have it T This is a (m-tty good illustration. Fafttid iouft fools would think Dr. Starrs had said a very idee thing, but Mr. Beecher’s remark would reach tb» |M>cket and do the work.- There arc some congregations who undervalue their pastors because they speak * simply anil to the point. They want a great show of learning. They judge by the hifrd words, and if the preacher “gets off” enough of these, they are content. What foolishness. The most eminent of our men were simple iu their address. The chann* of Webster's s|x*eche.s lies in simplicity. Dr. John Hall, wlm is so popular Just now, is noted for Ms simplicity.' He does net‘use a word that the common pudpfc «ta ■fit understand. His sermouu atv plant talks with men's heart*. And the great man is generally simple. Wuy- tand is a model in this respect, sad is worthy of imitation.-^AiSerffW* • Christ ion Reticle.