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THE LUTHERAN VISITOR. COLUMBIA, S. C„ WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, I860.
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COLUMBIA, S. O.
Wednesday, September 15,1869.
EDITORS i
Ray. A. R. RUDE, Columbia, SC.
■Rbt. J. L Miller, Staukton, Va.
“Jf* mwfifah iratty, m
liberty, in all thing! charity.”
THUS
$*.40 for tno war,.-. ,.. v.
1.M fcr ate nonttui .k,
1.M for thrt* month*..
■ Att oommuoicatiodi
.oa52 numbers
moft bo written
comedy «nd lcgiUy, and MComponicti will) tht
MKM of ttoiwrtten. ofhtck, howover. may be
vlUihtM from the public Correspondents obtst
Mt aspoat declined ccmmanicatiooa to be re-
tamed.
tM We request our subecrtbere to eieke
femitttnoos 10 tU oily ut refistered letters, or
la ttoe form o( poet oAoe Hotter orders or bank
checks. Alt euoh remittances are at our risk.
•” cos nor fate the risk when money if sent in
Unregitlertd letters.
Formerly there may bare been some ground
fob the remark, that “the only effect of registra-
tk» is only to make the letter more liable to be
motee.” But under the new law. which went
into operation late Jane, ere think registered
tetters are perfectly safe; and we know from
almost dally experience that others ere not.
Ncmeero Poem asters.—Poetmnsters through
out the country win rare trouble byobeylng tbe
law* in repaid to newspapers, etc When a
raamiaa dead la the ofitfofor four consc
weeks, it ia the duty orthb p
paper
tsve
poAtmaster of his
deputy to Rend the publisher of the paper a written
MflBl ©f the ftet->*sbiting, If possible, tlie reason
wliy tfw paper a noi taken. The returning to
tho pubiiatier of a paper marked “not taken,”
“reflierd,” or “uncalled for," it not a legal
Preminma
We will give to auy out* who send*
fifi two Subscribers mul 83, one copy
of “ Distinctive Doctrine*”
We will give for four Subscribers
and 610, a copy of “ Life and Deed*
of Luther.”
We will give for five Subscribers
end #12.30, a copy of “ Luther 1 t Her-
•miu, VoL I.; or if preferred, a copy
of “ Dr. Hie**' Ecdrnia Sacra.”
We will give for teu Subscribers
sad 623, a copy of "The Book of
Coueord.”
The mermen and the money must
accompany each other.
As regards premiums due for VoL
L, the former publishers are re«]ion-
sibte. For the premiums for VoL II.,
we are.
A. R. RUDE,
J. L MIEI.KR.
regretted it very much,'to leere that ; Springs, ri f irig.nd.ge In I bum, on beh.lf of the patron, of the 1 the tesvcller love to retail the grert
Mexico, by a HouthetWr. for mm.y I school. woken so flstterhigiy of my omI* in the dreory desert
years a resident in that roan try. A humble endeavor* to discharge my In severing tbe ties which have so
Poem, by William Motris, author of duty to those confided to my care, long bound u* together as patrons.
The Earthly Paradite. The Haver ! Words fsil us a medium, through
sack, giving anecdotes of the Con j which to give fit expression to the
federate Army, /Mid « handsouM-! risiug cmoUuus of my heart; and I
trilmte to their brarm. from an ; beg you to receive the few diaeon-
English source. Reviews on tire netted remarks which I now offer
Sew Books of tire Month. -The with dor slk.wsi.c- for the haste
• Wen Tatar and Monthly Mteoet with which they were prrpsrt-d, »* 1
, T . • rrintTih „» I part ns it was. The third part being
. * tiw. SQQordiPg j manuscript, did not present
your utility to the «n*rt of your | £ , t tfteraiTcou
minister t
2. Oc you attend your own church
in preference to other churches 1
A Is It VoiiC futtlt that your church |
has not a prayer meeting f
4. Do you have family worship t
5. Do yOu #hiv id secret f
6. Do you follow 1 Cor. xvl: 21
7. Has your church a Sunday
school t
H. Are you a teacher t
9. Do yon ait or stand outside the
church till the minister takes his
text, talking about politics, cotton,
oont, cattle, eta. T
10. Do you chew tobacco ill tbe
house of God, and make unsavory
pools of unmitigated filthiness on. its
floor f
1). Do you take tile Lutheran
Visitor f
12. l)o you owe for it f
tains the Catechism In ita original
and true form. In tbe edition for
the pulpit, Just out, tbe command-
j metita hi tlte Liturgy correspond with
the commaudmcnta iu the Catechism.
3. WAtVA ie right T The Cate
chisni of course. We refer for for
ther answer to our article iu Yul. 2,
No. 2: The Decalogue—The Lutheran
Drrieion.
An Appaal
Change of Address.
Rev. L. A. Mann’s address is chang
ed from Rural Retreat, Wythe Co.,
Virginia, to Burtetteeille, Frederick
Co., Maryland. Correspondents will
from this date address him accord
ingly.
Where can we get Sunday School Books f
This question is often asked ns by
persons from the country. The ad
vertisement of the Maryland 8. 8.
Vniou, in another column, is a full
and satisfactory answer to this ques
tion. Send on your orders to Rev.
S. Ouiteall, 73 W. Fayette Street,
Baltimore, MiL
A Dangerous Opinion.
We find quoted iu the VuieermlUt
a letter from A. 1. Walsh, imstor of
the Congregational church in Koko
mo, Iud., in which he ably defends
hia church ugaiuet « churge of “dr-
uouiiuuliomtl faitlilcwuiesc," mude by
a Universulfat isqier, in thut lie had
admitted to hisehim-h-fellowship one
who disbelieved in the doctriue of
eternal punishment. Mr. Walsh de
fends his cliurrh on the ground that
a good “evidence of vital piety”
should lie tbe one condition for ad
mission to ebureb uiembendii|k lie
believes “the opiuioii that nil will
finally be saved an error, but not
fundamental."
If “the opiuiou that all w ill finally
be saved" is not a fundamental emir,
is it not a non essential, nou-fuudu-
mental error I All truths an- jsmi
tive, and all revealed truths are
fundamental. Every error in doctrine
being tlie denial und cuutradiethMi of
a fundamental, revealed truth, must
therefore also be fundamental. On
the other hand, if the Bible doctrine
of the eternal punishment of ini|>eii-
iteut unbelievers is not a fumlamen
tal truth, then are the doctrim-s of
repentance and faith also non-fhmla
mental truth, and consequently not
essential, and it does not nmtter
whether a mnu repents or not. It is
a mere matter of opiniou. Tlie d<«
VttiantiA, Aug. lMO.
Mu. Rtbl-;— Dear Sir: Your ae
count is at hand. I would send your
money at mu-e, if I had It. My
husband is dead, and I have four
little children to take care of. I am
very much plcaard with your pa|>er,
but l will have to discontinue it
until I get the means to pay for it.
My husband was a Lutheran for
years, ami I want tlie I.ntheran
Visitor for the lirncflt of myself and
children, twit don’t want It without
paying for ft. If my husband was
alive you would get your money In
due time, but it takes all I ran earn
I to support lay little family. When
ever I can get money I will send for
the paper. I do not like to he with
out it, and non I will have to stiqt it
for awhile. 1 hope 1 will lie aid*- to
send you your money before long, for
you shall have it as soon as |KM«ible.
Truly y mi re,
Tills letter trouldes us. We waut
to aen,I tlie |U|x-r to thb, lady ami
tier fatherless little one* ; bat we are
not abb-. Our free I fat fa already ton
large; we niuat cut it down. True
she fa only one more ; but we havr
said that often to ourselves, and
added uame after name to our list;
we are compelled to sto|L Hut fa
there not in the church a kind
brother or Mater, ^boui the Isird lias
IdcMcd with menus, to|«y oue year's
sulsu-riptioii for this lady t Is there
n,it one willing to deny himself or
herself of an nnnecesaan indulgence
for the sake of her little ones f
We would suggest that the
<-htirrh«<M take up collection* for tlie
j express purpose of frinifahing the
|M)ier to those memlirn, w ho are
! rirrnnmtancrd as this lady is We
lany. Short Tataa, Anecdotes,etc. | waa informed, only a few moments
This hi the Qncen Monthly of the ■*«. »be ui * w . v »t»tit>iug, hot al-
Houth. Why do md our people Join together unexpected manner in which
hands to »u|iport a home institution T the patrons of the school propoaed
A copy of this Magasine should find to express their satisfactkin with nr,
ita way to every cultivated Moulhcru and of their expectation of a re-
houac. : sjionsc* ou my pwrt.
Address Turnbull * Murdoch, Bal- The relation* which iuive rxisttsl
tiuiurv, rncloaing #4, the price of, between ua fiir nearly three y
unnoal subarriptiun.
Tmt Awkuica.x Faisu. Hcptem-
ber, ltMMt. Baltimore.
(’ontenta rich, varied ami valuable.
Oue cormqsimlent recommends tlte
IVrnvtaa grass as the only gras*
“that grows to perfection on unini
proved soils." It withstands drouth,
and muy tie auwu «t nay araaou of
tin* year.
HtAi'KWtMiU. August. l.HtlO. I Asm
Snt fruit Pnldfaliiiig tV, Sew
York.
<'ontenta: 1. t'ameliuM O’Dowd.
2. Hist,ideal Sketches of the Reign
of fteorge II, No. XJI. 3, A Story
of Kulentiurg, Bart II. k faut: A
Miaiolognc Iu the Vapors. A hard
hit. We are told that “t'ant ia mure
|si|iutar tlian Atr, ami lews select in
her sumsindlngs, and a|qmars to
have csjscfal honor with the ttaxan
nice, though all the moderns worship
her, unirr or less.* That “Julius
throw waa too good a I at in or fa da r
to say that Empire—a word implying
scholars, and teacher, I indulge tbe
hope that, though these we no more,
the ties of friendship and a mutual
Interest in each other's welfare may
last until the “silver cord” of life
itself be loosed.
And now, in conclusion, T invo|y> and the bum
U|sm you all the choicest blessings of
a lieueflcent Providence, and pray
that each of yon may ex|iqrieaoe all
the huppiues* ever allotted to earth,
and at last enjoy unchanging bliss in
eternity;
are aboait to tie severed, autl I would
sceui destitute of all feeling or sense
of gratitwle, if I should fail on part
iug from you, to render my grateful
acknowledgments for all your kiud
tieus mul forbeurauce.
I thank you, gentlemen, fur this
evidence of your upprolwtiuu; 1
thunk you, patron* ami friewls, for
the iutereat manifested in tbe school; I
uud 1 thank alt, who have, in any !
way, contributed to tin- festivities of
to-day. 1 feel higtdy honored to
know form thr c'idcwv before me,
that so many liavr deemed our
bumble efforts worthy of their atteu
tioai, uud I congratulate myself that
such a large colic-tion of tin- Iw-uuty
and iutriliga-nce of the cuuutry
should havr asormliled to witnraa
tin- rtauiug exrn-iaru of thr school,
and that these exercises wen- honor
ed with mail’s couatenamw, gnu-cd
by woman's presrnec, and |M-rformed
under the magic influence of her
approving omUe.
1 feel usoureil from thr many
It was our |»rivilegr to la* preaciitf
by- invitation, and we were both
gratified and entertained. Tty Jk-
hi bit ion dit^. honor to all w h# took
part in it. Mr. Dreiier mnit be a
su|ierior inatruetor and diaciidinari
an : .and tbe community apprcciatiw,
and m-kmiwledge* hi* diligence mid
faithftiiueaa by their ap|irova! and
attachment. He was intended for a
|*>dagogue, und we hope one day to
greet him as i’tofeMaur in oue of our
Institutions.
ia »y cberishcl friend and n4ghtaw
the learned, the erudite, the ac-om.
pltahed Rw. E. T. Winkler, D.D.
pastor of thff Citadel Square Haptfat
Church in the Palmetto City. With
a mind richly stored with scientifle
research, he is Imaily engaged in
interpreting the scene* and the
\ «>ice# of natureArtmnd him. and lie
make* the m#|y *f the inonntaiB
the insect unite their
testimony fa their Creator’s praise
#'<* Alpium fastness can be soiitm
aim.. ba« present to peoide it with
the living creatures qf his fertile
i magi nation. More anou.
/ ; . * R RISKS DER.;
Vot lb* Isabels* VWtor.
TrsTSltaf CerrcspoDdeaes
A Seta Voyage—.4 MytkeJagireil On
at a IHnnmnt—t large Bond of
Emetic Tea—Dr. McCrxm—
Her. L. Keller—Her. Dr.
IVinkier, etc-, etc.
military despotism—was symmymoa* I tight faces Is-forv me, from the in
with Peace* Alan, “what volumes
of (’ant have been uttered am fash
sides nf the Atlantic on the oul^eet
of the Anrriru ww." “If the North
bad been aide to fuuqner without
cnmiM-i|iatioti, the negroes might
have whistled tor liberty for many
genera lions to route.* “Tin-maudlin
American acnisutiun against us—
the Kngtfah—nf want if sympathy,
fa the very quintessence of t'ant."
And “we like many individual
American*, tmt we run not see
what advantage It ia to <mrtorud*
to ladtaig to a nxaiatrr atate, though
tereat evinced iu these rxerriaea,
ami from the effort* made to tender
this uccaaiuu one of happim-M to all,
that you are interested hi the cause
of rdnratioM, and in tboar who birr j
just lieeu cawbdates lair yow kind
cnuauleratiam. awl whose youthful
efforts yam have lent pieauard to te-
a-eive with oae-b asns*t atleaitUMi
ami marks of couima-aaalmiiat. These
things must be aluaatdy |Jesmaig to
theaai, siaare they hove, not only the
|deawurr whirh the entertainment of
today could not fail to y ield, Imt
> thut higher awl uolda-r eqjoy•
trine of the ntonement, the Uesswl | wi,l < in Dtar*, mail tlie |«|a>r ! they may take the aunt ideamre in I tw-ut which apraga frwm an ap|«mv
ness of the righteous—nil the Hilda- f,,r ,,,M ' - v,>,,r f,,r ,wo <l'illiir*. It that «mw of tin-at ilo in bulging mg fsuafamce. ami i* the reward id
teaches are “opinions." Nothing ie! " r add tluit the above [ in mamafar CBiwvausariea inatemi a si net pcchwauance of duty. It is
fundamental, nothing in poeitire in
religion.
Three Qaettiooi AniweretL
1 Is- sutstoed sillionrstctrimeiit to the
lltwTty uf the- snltps-t, or rsllH-y
ftuery.
I* Philadelphia nearer to Southern
Lutherans than either Staunton or
Colombia I The Lutheran and Mi»-
nionary has quite a lengthy account
of the meeting of the Synod of South
western Virginia, while we, with the
exception of a brief notice, for which
we are indebted to the kind attention
of Rev. L. A. Fox, have nothing.
Friends, friends! you are quick to,
. , . ... , . , i respite offered to satisfy “Inquirer."
find fault with us; but your favors _ • ‘
are like angels’ visits—few, and tlfey ^ made the third eommand-
come ro slowly ! ment the fourth t A newer : The Oem-
, , , j eral Synod. At the flnat convention.
The Parmer*' and Mechanics’ Manual, held at Concord, X. C-, the <-ommit-
tee, uppointcl at the prelitninurv
The above is the title of a new
work, deserving to be in tbe hands
of every practical business man in
the land. Though purporting, from
ita title, to be for the farmer and
mechanic only, yet all classes of busi-
new men will find it valuable in the
way, not only of suggestion, but of
poeitive instruction. There is no sub
ject of importance on which we need thouffh auwi i| ing)y
to be posted, that is not amply
tnated in these pages.
As the work is sold only by sub-
aeription, agents are wanted in every
Skate and county in the land.
See advertisement in another
column.
W e might add that the ubuvr j in
| letter is only one out of not a *w. of
| 'Vc n-.fivc them from all part* of Woarwvfr, we like pSnsouul ftfrtloni.
! the cbiirrh. Tlo- Din I Ims given us I amt we saw that tin- Mouth <-vsiM not
many |Mx>r people. Id n mala
__ them u Mraaitig to ourscivcs. Id
u Enixon : 1 find in tin; Hoaik ! UM rewwwibei the poor, minister to ' ritixrn. Fif ling, too, few tin- negro,
of Worship two different divisions th, ‘ ir tcmi«.nil and spiritual wauta wr Ifamglit that rva-khwa emaneijm
of the ten commandments. In the | for ,hr have of flirist. Let n* tiawi might Is- the ifauth of him, our
imitate Him. Id um go afamt doing own a-xpa-riuinit not having sax
good. U t ita help to the lnwt of rcedeal to perfavtion.” 3. A Year
our ability to comfort them, awl mid a Itay. Part IV. A The Ism
make their hearts glad. dam Art Onmni. 7. The Lurala and
Hcanler^tlo you know any that an- tha- Common*.
pas>r I Wliat are yam tilling for - ■' ■
them f James 1: 27. ' Zioa tetiaai
Ileusr Lutheran Vioiior : With yoUT
pawmfaaiam I will intrudnaf a travel
ing i*tm*s|Kmab-iMf, withont Istrrieo
ing yamr with the usual
introductory da-w-riptiam of railroad
travad; for it ha my private opinion
that tlie » hole fraternity of us havr
singularly failed in otir efforts to
easaviiKf the world that a railroad
train is a “thing of life," or that a
"team engine fa a “horar.” Tbe fact
ia that for otter—and for tbe first
time—I math- myself the n>in|>auiou
of tlatter “who go down to ^he aes
in ahipa awl do Inwitusts in great
waters." This ex|>rditiam was under
taken with feelings of deep curiosity
anti Interest ; for, among the gods of
aarirat mythology there is none for
• bout, in my achttol days. I enter
taianl a giwatcr rcsfwal and tenent
thm than old Neptune. The vastucsti
• if hia datauinxms. the mysterious
• le|itii soil protundity of his lore, and
tbe feurfitl uqtsly ill which he was
sttpptsaed to title, on his storm
9M
lAMithm booses awl Parts fists. . utdccl most gratifying to me, at the t , ■ hl * rw * , °'*‘ r hl * ,r m*tass i-m)tare, all
order for morning service, itagt* 13,
the commandment referring to the
Sabbath ia made the fourth; in
Luther’s smaller catechism, page 208,
it is made the thisnl. Luther made
it the third, who made it the fourth ?
Why is there a difference, and which
is right I Give us the history.
“INQUIRER.”
“Inquirer" must pardon us for
haviug neglected hitherto to roni|fly
with bis requests. Our apology is
“the burden and beat of the day
The former is not pressing and the
latter ia not oppressive just now, anti
we therefore take advantage of the
; Tiie Distimtivk IUmtuimx op
THE IMKFKKK3T CTIBUITIAX Goff-
PEWitostt. By it. (Irani,
Director of the EvMtgclicul I.nth
rrun Mission Honitc at U-i|mtc.
Trnnslnttsl by Rev. 1). M. Martens,
A. M.
This little work tlcscrvcs a place in
every library and on every re litre
table.
At a meeting nf the |M>lnwts of
Zion Academy, the 23th Angust, the
following resnlntioii was unaiiimtms-
ly uiloptctl:
Rem deed. That 'be atUlmts of
thanks which Mr. T. Ilolliiway, iu
the name of tbe |sktms, jncurntol
to Mr. Julhta Dn-liiw, the principal
of Zkm Academy, ttmetiicr with the
rrspotisc of Mr. Itarler be imldfahctl
in the Newberry firm Id anti also
in the Isatkrran I'i,
After the ckme c
Horn- of this srhtsil. In dn tbesr
arbofant Just in- by f-nmmt-udmg tltem
for tlarir lady-like and gmlh-utanly
ile|sinment, for their eagerness to
leant, and for their diligent atteo
that to their stutliea. Kent assured,
patrons anti friends, that tbe terneiu
hriuice of this un-ash*! will be s
si si nr- nf eiMtouragemt-nt to me in
ftrtarr, and that it will stimulate ■
these seltolsrs in the iliarhsrge of
every duty, und create in them a
more earnest deture for the nrqnisi
tion of knowledge, and a firmer tle-
tenui nation tit improve every qipdr
tunity affrirdetl them for intfttertual
cultnie.
And now a few parting word* to
you, my dear scholar*: Remember
the motto ini your hodge: “Kdita-
TK»x is Wealth." Strive for wealth
of mind, in |srferetiee to the wealth
of earth ; mul ever re mein tier that,
as the mind ia infinitely «i|s-rittr to
the body, an ia the mintF* wealth
inenmpanitily more valuable than
the worhT* riche*. Endeavor at all
meeting held at Salisbury. N. C., pre
sented a rough draft of the Book of
Worship. Luther’s division of the
commandments was given in that
draft. It was objected to. Tlte
spirit of accommodation carried the, therefore, of tiiia work, deserve the
day. Synod by a majority vote thanks of the (Tiurch for presenting,
There is a tendency at the present .
day to make ton little of doctrine, ° n ,h, ‘ ,iart of
anti too much tif practice. Men act
as they believe. If, therefore, the
faith is wrong, the life must neeeam . , . _ _ ,
rily be so. I,r " visitors wereValled together,
“ •“ — 1 -*■—* ssjs, L?a?js
At the chiae of the gxcrciaea of the
exhilutitm
and the
mnsnmptinn of thd ahum lance ot
urentnre comforts, ghirh
most liberally pwrlM faith sebol
rontrilHited to iutpress my ytsithful
imagination with feelings of sue.
Judge, then, of my dfaap|H>tutox-nt
and tlisgust. when I found. u|«>n
entering fairly a)>on his dunutin, that
hr wan nothing but a miserable
qnnrk of a 1'fasiistsusu doctor, pre
nitling over a punch fajwl three
thousaud miles iu diaaietiT, filled
with stman-ring, biulda-ring lobeim
ton. the very sight of which was, ill
suate iiistanct-s. as eflW-iMltais fig evil
a* the taste.
Hot all earthly things have
end. anti mi bud our voyage; anti
the gnod cheer ot the Multhy House,
in Baltimore, soon repaired the
• famagi-M inflictetl tui tbe inner man
by “Doctor” Neptune. Among the
memorable pleasure* of a day iqient
in Baltimore waa a visit to that
l«riuecly preacher, the Rev. John
Mt-Cnsi, D.D., |*u(tor of the First t
Kngiish Imtheran Church. Scatctl
miller the cool shade of a fruit-laden
]hwm-1i tree, tbe Dnrtor made a studied
survey of tbe wasted and haggard
and
times anti under all rirmn.at.nces to 1 of
do your dun-, for tmly in this way = “*«•
is ft ptstsihle for vou to serun- the * “ C ^ ^ JT
had been !»««*. «ff happiness. Frar dishotmr * U,rfv ’ ^ hid"—.
the
rather than death, fig
Bishop of Winchester ever forgive
Ecclesiastical
HEW WOULD.
LUTHERAN.
Virginia—Rev. L. Crtei
iiiHtalled aa puatig of the OeOfegfo
Lutheran Chun-h at < Tiarieotou, Vir
ginia, August tat. He waa a member
of the Missouri Sy iusl. We get tbl*
item from the lAUheriache Kirckenzei
toon. How is this f Are our Vir
ginia brethren asleep 1
New York.—St. Matthew* chareh
fa ala sit to carry oat the HirrMud
poqww of its late pustor. Dr. Htofal-
mag. Rev. K. Gicoe has been called
to the directorahip of ita sefai*^ j
n Licit fa to be by degree* raised u»
a college. German tlus-otighnsaa,
christfau training, and- familiarity
with oar < 'oufessjonal work*, are the
aim*.
- t
Auguutaua Et/msd.—( tHlgregotiotM,
Ufa; Iwptisius, 1,00.1; (tmtinuatioiM, i
701;, ctHnmunicautH, 1C,162; mam
■gck, 447; congregational day Kt-lmnfa,
CO; Sumlay achoola. «J4; chnrchea,
C7; I’antonage*, 130. < 'ontribatioM
for Kynad, edueution, nifaakm, and
general benevuienoe, tVlfUAM. Lo
cal object, fitU,7(18X1. *
Tlitwa- poor emigrants from Sweden
extablish not only Sunday school*,
but also day seboofa; they build aot
only chun-hca, Imt also ]utntnoagea;
anti five henitie, 612,000 for Synodical
puqastt-8. They act an example
worthy of imitutkai.
Collection iu the Synod of Michigan.
—This Synod 1ms 11 pastor*. 17 con
gregation*. and 2,7710 ctiinmuuiranta,
and ft contributed last Synodical
year 11,2*01 for utisKiunH,. w hich fa
a is Nit 47 cents ft*- each member.
What did tsir uiemlieni give !
Miuucmrta. — The Lutheran* arc
more iinmervsia in MiniH-ttcNa tha*
tbe memlterw of any other retigioos
•Itvitei hot ion. This fa ow hig to the
]*e]M<n<leranee of Germans trad Scan-'
tlinsiv fans in the |aqmlatiou of t^at
State.
Indiana.—One of otir ministers
traveling in the car* not long ago,
was approached by a gentleman,
saying: “You are a clergyman, f
guess f” “Yen, sir,” was the rejdy.
•l’cesby tcrian, 1 kujijhwn- V “No,
sir, Lutheran." “Indeed! ah, . new
*nrt has sprung up again. What a
pity that there are so many sects iu
the church!" The minister Itad Imt
little task to defend the ancient
Church of Lutheranism with hi*
traveling friend; Imt when Daytou,
Ohio, was reached, the four large
Lutheran congregations found their
made it- quite |tiain that, however
unknown by name Lutheranism may
be iu some itarts of the land, it '*
well known iu this city.
Mineour* and Iotra.—Tlte quarrel
between these two Synods fa waxing
hot and furious. What a pity that
brethren will not agree to disagree.
An old INtritnn minister once re
marked that every man bad a pope
and
"Pfahoaor hurt* Un soul that one lire*
Until hurt* the body tliat b km with rtejr."
onleretl it to be changed, and of
course the committee had to obey,
in a brief, but satisfactory manner, the w 'l ,00 J« ovrr which V
distinctive doctrines of tbe different <'It**1ta, I rise in Ih«i«
Dr. Camming and the Pope
The Doctor has written a letter to
tbe Pope in which be requests an
auw«r to the question, os to whether
liberty of speech and discussion will
be granted to Protestants. We think
the Pope may safely grant the per
mission to Dr. Camming. The lan
guage of the Council will of course
be that of the Chnreh of Rome,
Latin, the English pronunciation of
which is such, that to the members
»f the Council it will, with but a few
exceptions, prove an unknown tongue,
and even the reporters will be utterly
unable to take down what toe Doctor
sayw Let Protestant ministers do
like the priests did at Jericho. Let
-them blow the trumpets, that is:
preaak Jetu* Christ aU around Bom,
and the wall* must come down, and the
people of God ehall about ; for tjfo
l will give them the city. Preach
st, brethren!
2. Why ia there a difference t A n*
seer : Became the General Synod to
ordered it. Tbe question was brought
up at Staunton. The committee pre
ferred not to take such an unwar
rantable liberty with the Catechism.
The change in the division involved
necessarily a change in the qnestion*
and explanations; the Catechism
was moreover not the property of
the General Synod, to do with as it
choose, but it belonged to the Evan
gelical Lutheran Chnreh; it is the
grand monument of the great Re
former; the sum and substance of
his belief and bis teachings; it, if
changed, coaid no longer be called
his; if one part could be changed,
why might not others be ; and why
might not an entirely different sum
mary of fundamentals be substi
tuted f The committee appealed to
Synod, and to the honor of the men
that composed it, be it said, it was
unanimously resolved that Luther's
arrangement should be restored.
The Liturgical part of the Book was
however already printed; the change
would have increased the expense
of publishing, and of ooorae also the
price of, the Book, and tbe commit
tee hud therefore, although they
Christian confessions. Especially is
this work valuable to Lutheran*, in
asmuch aa it enables them to under
stand the error* of the Papnl Otnrrh,
which Buck and some other theologi
cal writers s«y, we Lutherans, nf nil
rona, to return tlu-i
ment* and thanks
aucce** which has
effort* for the intell
improvement of tl
trusted to jotu can-.'
on have had
slf of it* |Mlt-
ark on * led ge-
you for the
crowned your
il *n«l moral
who were ru
B, air, will In
the 1 Victor for this egregious bbm i “« de > and « ■» afntid that """
llrr | of our brethren have the biggest
Having het.nl much of the high- kind ° f “ U «»»tl»ema aad
I tcutler my thank*, my .four toned conservatism „f Dr. Mr.’s nttarty void of chanty. These blrtk-
schoUrs, for your diUgeut applies |sditic*l tutd social views, and of rW1 aPe ‘l u am-Iing
tion ut the prosecution of your stu Lis sym|Mthy with the •‘truth crushed
dies, autl for the many not* of kind to earth," in my native land, 1 called
MM wbii
about the open
qneution*. We recommend them to our
editorial motto.
which I have received at jour to *oe and bear for myself, and the
! Protestants, moat resemble. Even ,» Posing rceoUccttfu both to you
some calling themselves Isitheran*.. and ourselves in the iitnre, to revert
have snkl that the Lutheran article
on the Lord’s Hopper anil that of
the Catholic Church are identically
the same. With this work in their
bands, nil will be prepared to hurl
bock in tbe teeth of tboae who,
from prejudice or ignorance, give
utterance to so vile a slander.
In view of its great importance,
we urge all not in possession of ft,
to send on their orders to T. 8.
Schrack, Lutheran Book Store, Ml
Vine Street, Philadelphia, anti for
30 cents have this little work sent
them.
The Nfiw Eclectic Magazine
for September, besides much other
interesting matter, contains a poem
of great eleganoe and tenderness, by
John R. Thompson, read at the last
meeting of the Alumni of the Uni
versity of Virginia. (Every graduate
should have a copy.) An able article
on The Poeitive Philosophy, by
Mr. Lawrence C. Johnson, of Holly
iu memory to this day, and to re
member, that under your supervis
km, these, your punils, have ad
vanned beyond the greatest expects
tions of their parenfa, and that to
you alone, air, the credit is due.
Accept, sir, the kindest thanks of
the patrons of your school, for your
faithful, zealous sod efficient dis
charge of your duties, and their
united wishes for your complete and
happy snooeas in any sphere of nse
fulness, to which y$nr promising
ftiture may summon
To whieh Mr. Dreb^ returned the
following graceful reply
Patrons, Friend*, and Scholar*:'
We often ted the Jofigu*- unable
and language too wgak to express
the “fond flowings f a grateful
heart.* Bute, patrons and friends,
are my feelings on Ibis occasion;
sad I deeply regret my utter in
ability to respond property to tbe
remarks of my esteemed friend, who
j and ■—n yon that I
with you, uot only with the my
kindest feeling* anti beat wishes for
rate oue of you, but with niaeeie
regret.
I would now, patron*, expre** to
you my thanks for the uonfiduuce
which you have ever bestowed ou
me, for the cordial support and co
operation which have at aU time*
been extended to me, for the uniform
kindness and attention which 1 have
received from you all, aud, also, for
the complimentary moaner in which
you have been pleased to notice my
unworthy services. While 1 have
codeavered to sen e you faithfully, I
feel that, through the imperfection*
of human nature, 1 have at times
committed errors: over thoec I would
ask you to throw the mantle of char
ity and Christian forbearance.
Hast assured, patrons, friends, and
pupils, that your many kindnesses
and tokens of approval, will claim
my grateful remembrance, so long as
I have a pulse to throb, or a heart to
appreciate kindness; and that, in
after yean, memory will delight to
wander back, and linger among the
scenes of to-day, and the time passed
so pleasantly at I’pmaria, even as
result of an hour’ll interview ini-
pretteetl iue with the thought tliat if
each extremists m the lira. P. and
B_ and others of the North, and
perhaiw the writer of this letter,
from the South, would view political
matters from Ufa enlightened stand
point, we would all be better patriots
and better Christians.
And now, in the rustless tide of
human events, we are here in the
dioeeae of Rev. Levi Keller, the
esteemed pastor of the Woodstock
charge, in the Hhenandoah Valley.
Aa a preacher, Bro. Keller is earnest,
practical, hortatory, persuasive ; but
among tbe multiplicity of bis virtues
sad endowments, perhaps his chief
excellence is bis extraordinary effi
ciency in the pastoral office; his
visits to the sick, the bereaved,
the distressed, the afflicted are like
“precious ointment poured forth.”
Would that we had a hundred more
just like him I
And lastly, we are among the
hills, gorges, ravines and mountains
of Powell’s Fort, a valley whose
history will (D. V.) make a chapter
or two in the future of this corres
pondence. 1 my “we" are here, for
I am not alone. Right by my side
Canada.—Four new churches are
being built.
The Luthetgm, not the.
tht largest
Tbe JVwfeaieiitHMiinvilmaa lately pub
lished the fullnjc’&g atatfatie*, which
Itave been going the rounds of the
Presbyterian journals. It thns pla
ce* that denomination fa the van of
the Protestant churches.
The Presbyterian population fa
different countries, it is said, is dis
tributed as follows: * ;
United States ..; ..•l.OOO,Ofifi
Great Britain
Holland 2,000,000
Fnuice 1,300JIW
Switzerland .1/“
Austria and Russia 3j<
British and Dutch Colonies
Total.!..
These fourteen millions constitute
one-seventh of the entire Protestant
population of the globe. Bat-if ta
these are added the fourteen millions
of the United Evangelical Churoh of
Prussia aiffl the German States,
whieh fa Presbyterian in form, we
should have a total of twenty-eight
minions—i. e., a numerical superi
ority over any of the Protestant
forms of polity and belief.
Tlie Churchman evidently makes
fcefesiasttoal pofn
Ing characteristic j
might thus ti
total grvii
«H other protest
which adopt the i
tfaction froiu tta
government* Bn
true rriten<"> of •
of A tJrttomin> ,?i ' ,:
bef who adopt
.beta eateulati"
-mbfiTOf thea;
j who Mti* ndtq*«-
Confess’”*’, the a
bvt erum Cbun h.
giuiU, while the..
have tl
fe**ion, accord' 1 ’*-*
the Erongrlical /:
The Lutheran i-J
nolv the largest t
raftioo, but fa
Pot quite, eqnul
test oat d —
Lutheran
its**
M1SI K i
TWO bumlrcl
soon to leave Koi
States, where U|
tbe education of
The Methodint
n ease when- apol
have been emploj
and wine at the
George C. Keyj
ing man in one t-if
ofCbieagn. g«a*8|
Turkey as a mi*
fc*a Board.
Tbe Howard
iugton has beeil
copy of Bunyaj
g»e*s" complett
near language.
China by a negrJ
There fa a m |
more liberal Je«
ing their day of |
to Sunday. Ti
to Cincinnati,
grouml in ltehall
Tbe increastvl I
India has letl l>|
all hfa energy
Scotland to buill
Free Churrlt ml
He has alrea<|
mostly in Glasg
The Roto an t
met in PtiWin.
tkais demaudiu^
lie ColU-gt* entl. |
tbe divisiou of
anil endowed si
ofOneeB'sCtiih-l
institutions, an<|
for Iretaiitl.
Rules tbrmei I
tlte formation . j
and the mtro.il
tal inusk* inti
United Brethrvl
General Gtafq
their eongn-gatl
ly, left free to ij
Tbe Park
Cbun-lt, Host oil
establish a
thousand doll.J
such as any ni|
rily consult,
and then adtlitj
yearly of
works publii
serves imitatio|
grogational Ch|
Zion'* Herald
Roman Cath.di
manufacturiiiy
softs, (through |
Ribfa Societ y
nting Bibles); \
leering tlH*iu ill
lighting fin**.
BiWes enottgli |
for kindling*.
Bishop Ki;|
Bishop Whitel
the word “Pr.J
l'rotestant KJ
• late Bishop
garded
believing tha
laborers
XVir Cl
•errs
the following
wrganixetl.
catafl within |
uwwi fa inti
not claimed ti
Baptist ..... |
Presbyterian
Lutheran. . I
German Refoi
Bptaooppl.. J
Refiinnetl., J
Moravian
Total..
Baptm
Keown, i
adopted i
peraoos i
fancy, to
made for
parents «
Habltath
ward aiM
ance.