The Lutheran visitor. (Columbia, S.C.) 1869-1904, October 20, 1869, Image 2
THE LUTHERAN VISITOR. COLUMBIA, S. C., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1869.
®1jt inffitcaii ^Rsilat,
COLUMBIA, S. C.
Wednesday, October 30,1869.
EDITORS :
Rev. A. R. RUDE, 06h~mbu, 8.O.
Rev. J. L Mh.i.ku, Stai nTos, Va.
“I* esncntiaU unity, in non-amential*
liberty, in nil thing* charity."
TERMS:
$2.o0 for (jM'rrar
1.50 (hr six montits.
f.OO ft* three months.
rw All comniuniooUons
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nm»t be written
oorrvctly »ml legibly, ami accompanied with ttie
names of tin.- writers, which, however, may he
withhold from the public. Correspondents most
not expect declined communications to he re-
turnerl.
or We request our subscribers to make
remittances to us only in registered letters, or
in the form of post office money orders or bank
checks. All such remittances are at our risk.
We run ho! kike the rut ultra lunacy it teat ia
namuternt letters. ,
Formerly there may have beca some ground
lor tile remark, that “tlie only effect of registra
tion ia only to make the letter more liable to be
stolen.” But under tin. now law*, wiiicii went
into operation last Juno, we think registered
letters are perfectly safe; and wo know from
almost daily experience that others are not.
JfOTtCSTO rnsmr.lKTEaa.—riatroaatem through
out the country will save trouble by obeying Un
laws in regard to newspnpers. etc. Wlieii a paper
remains dead in the office for four consecutive
weeks, it is lire duly of the postmaster or liia
deputy to send the publisher of the paper a written
etotice of die fact—suiting, if possible, the reason
why the paper ia Dot taken. The returning to
the publisher of a paper marked ‘-not taken.
-refuged,”
notice.
or ‘uncalled for,” ia not * legal
Premiums.
We will give to any one who Dentin
ns two SalMcribera and |C>, one copy
<*f “ Di*1inctire Doctrine*."
We will give for four Hubacribera
mill 810, a eopy of “ Life nml Deal*
of Lnthrr."
We will give for five Suhsrritor*
autl 8 12.50, a copy of “ Luther'* Ser
mon*, Yol. or if preferred, a eopy
of “Dr. .Sic**’ Ecclesia Sacraor
“ Lather'* Church Votiit" in 18 mm
tore.
We still give for ten Subscribers
and 825, a-copy of “ The Book of
Concord."
\
The name* mid the money must
accompany each other.
As regards premiums tlae for Vot.
L, the former publishers are reopon-
sildc. For (the premiums for Vol. II.,
wc are. , \
A. R. RUDE,
J. I. MILLER.
Mississippi is advancing into line.
We have received a very handsomc
addition—the first fruits—from that
portion of onr field to onr list of snh
scribers.
Imrbnriant , I* our God .jealous God, i many peraoim through means «»f the
one by whom actions are tvelghetl f tournament^ who might ]»atronixe the
Tlie above aeeonnt of Knight- dinner, end thus seen re funds for the
errantry in the county of Calvert' Churchf Well, this seems pretty
and.in tlie State of Md., confuses us. legitimate, or at least, pretty plauai-
It is with difficulty Hist we find onr Ue. Hut why not have, in addition,
reckoning. An* we in the age of a grand halt uiul sup|ier that night t
“ H'cefcrr" ; The coton.V Is situated tu
I bslilridge Co., Weat Va.,ou an area
of 10,000 aiTea of woodland, and is
under tlie control of Mr.J. H. IMmra,
the Htate Commissioner of Iiumigra
lion. Tin* land in «oW to the cotol
For lb* Lutheran Visitor
Avar*warning Oar*
enlightened Christendom, or in the
dark ages! The blending of fwo
things in the punigntph from the
Calvert Journal is what confttse*.
In that affair the Methodist Chnrrh
ap|H>ars as a promineut cliuraeter.
Tills church is of coiii|Hinitivel.v mod-
ent origin, ami hence, we conclude
we must lie in the HRIi century. Hut
then then* we also see the *pnnxd
amt hoolrrt knight, which ortlcr ttsik
its rise iu tin* eleventh ceil tun prior
A great ileal mon* money would
have been raised. Tin* ball would
have cal list many tlien* whom the
tournament eonlil not influence. It
is a great pity when people get tin*
ball in motion it is allowed to come
to a state of inertia so aoou.
Then too to have followed all this
with U gooel old /national horse race
anti it inner tlie next day, would have
brought oiit others still am! the
money would have la*en augmented,
Tar the Lutheran Visitor.
Mend EwpoasibiUty.
pleased, every right minded pen**
would unhesitatingly say that R
■ would beyaWto ptmisli him tor bin
When God created man. it Erased misdeeds. If every one were showed
Him to endow him with the gift of J to art as he wished to do, then wo*U
mind. MsII was made to differ from ' coufusioii soon reign worse —ifniag
the rest of the auuimal creathm not | „|, property and even life itself wonts
it... r. *... „r > i.. . - ... 1
merely in tin* form, 4c., of his body,
and tire adaptation of its meinlier*
to the different kind of life it was
intruded he slioulii lead, but more
<*M|x-rtally in the fart, that—a.-cord
to tin* Crusades, knight errantry ami ami still more, if tin* exercises bad
the Met hint iat Church ! Surely there wound up tat that day witli a rock
miiMt Ik* woims mi«tak«* aUxit tills !| mmfper. All «*\|**«li
The author of the paragraph seems euts attract a large number id |ss>
to be guilty of an anaclinmism as
pic Irian the different ehisaes of to have their uussionuries out
Iadtoring nmler tlie weight of seri
ous losses of fortune aud pro|s*r1y,
the sail results of our late terrible
itists f.ir 8.U0 [wr acre, aud fitment I ‘be upswing of tla* present year
is only required after five years omi *«■* the agricultural Interest* of the
paaey, u ,„l then in instalments. Tin* wlmle coaiitrv putting hath almost
grouinl for I la* Church mill tlieHchnol snper human cffiirt* to enlarge Ifaftif
is donated. The teacher must be a prmlnctMHis, ami making luiste to la-
native Herman; but tlie Kugtiah hut I rich. The inU*n*«t* of the Church, id
gunge is to be pla.x-d on an equality I bumanity, ami the soul, seemed to la- mg to I>r. Hickok—there is, in man,
with the Herman. I wading meii, 1 lost sight of in tlie devotion to the “superinduced upon tlie animal, tlie
Governor Hteveusuu, Ool. Ziegler,- retrieving of fortunes nnd uocuuiuln. far higher fern* of a rational exist
Senator Uotviimn, and .atom favor tiim of gain. So im-aus were neg nice. Tlie rapacity for tlnwght and
the enterprise. lectcd, no |mius s|iaml, to roach the liberty is given, anil the spiritual is
•Tin 1 Virginia Svmsls must |a* wished for goal; and with intense iui|Mi1rd, that is to restrain and eon
uudn the alert. Old’Virginia never ‘“.xirtt ea.li looked forward to the teal tlie animal; and in this, we
tires;—but is terribly slow to start, wmsammatiou of the wfcfcfid tor end. have tlie human with its intelligent
Tin* Iilil link is so well satisfied witli The time far this expected realization slid responsible ageney. The man
herself as sin* is, that alu* dues not 'Ini'*« "i*ur, but the once bright pros lias his life force, w itli its own ab
like to more. The two Synods ought j I*** • row * wore •»«> <*"<1 doubtful, normal type of bi*iiig aud develop
. . - ■ t i |, n , H I and tin* hone, the ilesiie. the exnecte- i incut, as has the plant; and tlie
great us the artist w ho painted Adam, society. TV* time may come is this
in Eden, with hnnting thirl and rife, age of adranerd chrittian enlighten
Two ages, widely ae|mrated, are
’ Off for Synod.
No editorials this week. We are
bound for Walhalla, not to meet witli
Odin, Thor, Freya and Frigga, lmt
with the brethren, many of whom we
have not seen for a whole year. Wo
are going to Walhalla, not to see the
berserkers anil warriors of the run id
age fighfe over tlieir battles by day,
and carouse on mead and the flesh of
Shrinmer all night; but to take coun
sel for the welfare of Zion. There
will be different opinions and views.
mrnt anti liberty, when we will
announcements like this: “Hotdied
on last night, the store of a miserly
Jew for the lieueflt of < Tmrch;"
or, “The gambling rmHiw of 1
Hotel have lieeu leased for a few
uiglita, tin* proceeds to be ap|tlie<l to
the imymeut of a del* resting on
Church ;" or, “Robinson's Cirrus
will to o|wn to-night for the lienctit
of Church. Tlie Chrittian
pnblie are invited to turn out slid
help this laudable object." Is not
this tla* mill.-Ilia! glory ? If not, ,
by what name shall this Messed
time be called (
One wonl of np|»licatio!i. Ought 1
not the abuse to which this whole ;
mutter is lieing sntqected, of raising
money for tin* cause of Christ, liy
outside ami quest ioiuible means, st
besf, iiMivimi* every christuni that it
is wrong and should be uIsiihIihmsI !
I at the peo|ile lie traiue.1 to sys-
teuuitie ls*ia*v olenis*, ami all thin
human machinery is uiiiH*ressury.
Aud where any cause will not site-
reed iu the legitimate and Christian
way, no permanent gissl will attend
any other. Wlieii the tournament
must be called into the aid of tin*
Chun-h, then us well closr the dimrs
’ J
of tin* sanctuary . Light ami dark
liras hare mi commuuioii with each
other. Fairs and supfs-rs, ami straw
berry festivals, though in the—fives
lint so objectionable, yet, no doulri
their use has led to the intnslnrtion
of the tournament as another auxil
iary to strengthen the cause «>f Christ, j
benefit of the tpiritnal but temporal ““d what may yet follow this, re
interests of the Church." Well, now i mains to Is* s.s-n.
we understand. 4V chun-h is to be M «.' tbsl preserve his Chun-h from
built, or au old one n*|>uin*d, or a this ilownwsnl and wonlly tendency.
debt removed for building and nqsiirs il,M l make it “a glorious t hitn-li. not
and this plan wus taken to mise having s|s»t 1* wrinkle or any such
|M*ctmg from tlie .\HegheuUs to tlie
<Hiio. Tin- n-giou alsMinds with the
rielust kind of on*."
hen* grouiM*.!, so us to throw us, now
Isn-kwanl, and now forwanl, and
now standing still in stunningcoitfti-
SMHi. trying to identify ourselves and
our age. ,
Hut, still after a perplexing effort
to locate iMir age, we must contend
that we ate living in the latter half
of the mil century, all other indica
tions to the contrary. .Vmt this
point settled, tlie qnestiisi comes up;
How account for a Christian cliun-li.
hitching itself on to iui institution,
which, whatever may Is* said in its
favor, is n remnsnt of tla- .lark
ages f
••The tournament ami festival for
tin* Itenefit of the Southern Methodist
Church !"
How couhl n tiairnament Is-nefit a
Methislist, or any other Christian
church ! It is calculated to awaken
serious thought and anxiety ulsmt ,
the simiI t We have never ln-unl of
a revival fotlowing such u display
of horsemanship. As far as our
knowledge of such entertainments
goes, we wen* led to the coocldsioii
tlint they were generally- followed by
dancing ami irorldly dumipatinn in
gi-m-nil—tippixl off, i>er!tu|ia, by a
little card playing and drinking.
This one may have lieen followed by
very different results. 1'cilia ps, it
wound up in a gi-in-ral elan meeting,
or at any rate a delightful Lore
Front
But it w-ill be answered: “Tliis
tonniaineiit was not intemlisl for tlie
For tbe Ijifluoa Visit.•
Traveling Correspondence.
Tbe Cotumnr Coa/rrencr—Tbe Chicken
(Jurat 10 m.
anil the luqs*, the ileaire, tbe expert* incut, as has the plaut; and tlie
tiim of the huslMuidutaii is dimmed to | ca|wcity for iuwaid digest ion, aasimi
a serious ilisap|N>iiitmeiit. A general 1st ion aud nutrition—for kmouiotiou,
.Inmglit has prevailed—the lieaveps pns-eptiiNi, ami selertiim, as has the
have refused to give tlie former and suirnal; but tar above all these is
the bitter rain—the |sirrhcd i-artli has | his spiritual endow unfit, in which I*
i-ouscqucutly n*fiusHl to give nourisii > rationality, personality, and the re-
■ueiit to vegetstksi, and tin- result is s|mnsilalities of iui immortality.—
a failure of the crop. A general Thus, man is nut merely life, like tbe
glisan suttweiLa ; men eoni|ibiiii of legetable. but animal lift*; ami not
results, murmur against Hud, color alone animal life, like tbe brute, lmt
Dear Lutheran 1 inter: I will md mote darkly the picture, ami manifest
“steal tlie tlinmler" of tlie amiable over aaxhats can* atmut the fttture.
(•tera, mik wImtc is a supply of ftssl
la* unsafe, nnd all government emu
come to a speedy end. For this
reason, it is right that the ~tImMIj
inclined should lie threatetad with
tlie terrors of the law to deter them
from wrong doing, ami, in the event
that, in spite of this, they nlmuld
intentionally commit wrong, they
should most surely- la* punished far
tL It is only through the faithful,
impartial aud certain exception of
gooil laws that a government can be
maintained ; and tbe more tare the
punishment of the offenders, tla*
leu* frequently will they offend. It fa
Imcause punishment for a transgn*.
sioii is not tpredily executed, that the
heart of tin* wicked is fully set ^
them to do evil.
If, then, tlie citizen of a tempmi
government ought to acknowledge
tbe claims of its laws to his obediame
mul if it is just that he should be
held resjaMtsilde for his oliedieoce to
them, ami that lie should be punished
in case of non-obedirtice; mueh mart
sight all men, lieing subjects of the
divine kiugilom, to acknowledge
a s|dritual lift*, which inthnmes the ,
rational u|sm the animal, ally ing tbe Haima of its law* to their ohedi.
him to the angels, ami putting on ,-nre. ami much mon* sbooM they he
him the likeueaa of the Iliviue," It | u .|a iw|sHiml4e for a faithful attempt
is bemuse that, iu man, there Iui* to obey them. For, tlie laws of God,
been enthroned upon tlie animal part having emanated from a perfnet
expmuad with the li|m. Is this rigid f, of hia nature a spiritual life, w here source, an* themselves neiessa(%
We sjs-sk from a i-hristiaii staml by be is ollird to the angels, aud lias |s*rfcct, awl, consequently, we prr-
bone, driven by a large, fine, white ' |»md. iff tin- men of the world, we liad, to some extent, UkeiK*ss to tbe j riaely just such law s as an- abwiititeij’
prooeber. e*p«rt nothing else. Tliey have made Divine Manijssl n|sm hi* being, that necessary, for man’s highest welfare.
Hut w itlmut rejsirting the k-gtola world their portion, have looked n can be said of him, that he was For this reason, they pn-sent imaeas-
Uoft of tlie body, 1 may note down a to it for their chief g.—l, aud have , n-uti*d in tbe image of Hod; and it uraWy anisriorchiirustoliisobediaw
few of the liu|*v**inmt mailt* U|sm mi am hor coat within the veil. Their was Imcouse lie was tear creotivl that than human biws, for tlie fatter,
an outsider. The pror-codings of trust ha* fsitral them, they have no the siqiremary o'er all the rest of having au ini|«erfert source, aie far
coufenuce uffonled indispiitalde rroawroe u|msi which to fall bark, ami the animal creation was ausmled to that vefy n-ason, necessarily mi per-
secretary of the 1‘otomac* issifetenoQ,
by re|sirting the proceedings of that
erudite ami energetic body, lmt I
was tliero—ilrawn there in tlie Aral
|daei* by iin-llitutiiHi, awl in tla* tor
mul piine by a large, flue.
to min- fruu.!—tliey do not see bow
thoy an* to live, &c. Such is the -
very gi-oeral feeling. If not always
pnsif of tbe seal. Atlelity ami endor | they can not be otlierwise thau disap
awe of its luemlierw. The rr|s>rtson |mtnted sml anxious. We are mil
tbe State of religvm emlwueed tbe when we hear fniui sw-h
■Mivenml old story i»f hard and jssir re|dning. awl murmuring, and com
pay. Yet, hen* nml there wen* l«hiiiiing, but we are astonished to
AashiHi
weilgea _ _ _
scattered tin- darkness ami tlie dross. 1 peimatioii of lYnvidewe, fa neither a
him. “Ami Htsl said, Let us make
man in onr image, after our like-'
ness: and let them ha\-e dominion
over the fish of the sea. awl over the
fowl of tlie air, and oxer the cattle.
feet. Sweet waters can wit issue forth
from latter fountains.
Furthermore, the Moral Lawiias a
Judge tluit will not suffer it to be
violated with impunity . TiMHigh the
of light, awl rays of hope- hi*ar these things frow the eltristiaii. and over every creeping thing that <lav ,4 i IiK redumiug wkh the ,kfl
1 of gold ami glittering |s*arls I omplaining at tlu-ir ltd, at tla- ills cns*|ietJi upon the earth. So dre-u of men is di-lav<sl. vrtiti*&mf
1 at i n.. 1 si • irtumatuiii as#' Pixit-iiloiuio ia iioitiioe a .. ..a.. .1 1.1. ’ » — J si. . * “ ’
For rxam|de, isie ImSln-r Is abisit
Imihling a new house of wiwwhip, a
|N*ir blm-ksuiith, with a large family
to snp|s>rt, Mihsrrilieil one hundred
iloHars, every Issly iu the village
Isilglieil at wlmt was deemed hi*
pnsligulity, nnd sihiii* hintril signifl
eiintly, that there wus s vast differ
cure ls-tween Mibsrrilang nml |siy ing
lmt tla* amount ia paid already, ami
by tlie tiim* tla* fhnndi ia Huislnsl
Im* will liuvc |kihi two litimlnsl dnl
lurs or more.
A young girl, in tlie same cimgre
cieatisl man iu his own misge, in tbe alM j h.tarrly. though it may be slowly
unagi- ol (igi created be liirn. advaw-iug. “Fortiod hath appointed
Hen, I: It is iu man’s s|iirit a ; n ;| M . which He will judge ail
■ml iiutuiv that his Moral lteiqioiisi m ,. (l |,y Him wImiiii He hatliontained
lylity to Ins I n-ator has its seat. tolie tlie Judge of all tla* world."
‘By mail being morally re*pom*ibtr It is iMqssisible for men tolirilie Him;
t<» his I n-ator is imsiut that la* is tla*n*fore. He will most surely
aiisweraltle to Hint tor hit behayhmr vixtt punishment ii|*m tip- guilty.
111h>ii cartli. The wonl moral* is de It is liecnusc lie delays punislimeot
rivisl from the laitin wonl mo*, which f (>r ^4,,^ „|,<| does not iutliet it to mam
means uuuim r, ruteom, Is havi.mr: the sinner commits evil, that tlie
** ** with reference to tin*, wh-ked grow- Isdd to believe that He
about tlie life that now is resiilttug .xsalurt or Is havi.mr of man, eitlier w m IK * them at all. But it
ta mnnnww «„d «x,m|da.nts, but a as au imliviiloal, or as a raiv*. it is h, becaurn* ftf hi. merov. Wlsranom.
golden amaa w hich give, proper our u^iBoahte w hether hi. | and „ Kto w«d. them tea
part of their rdnrata*i nor their
faith, ami it ought not to la*. Their
Master says, “Take mi thought for
the morrow," forbidding this over
weening rare ami anxiety, lmt in mi
w'ar prohibiting n legitimate ami
|trai*emirtliy industry. On the* con
trary, diligraec in Irasiness is required
of them, sml if s man docs not work,
neither shall he eat. But tliis ilia**
md involve an exceeding anxiety
money—which is to say, “let us 1I0
evil that gissl may conic." The
want of a church, or tin* want of 11
heavy debt removed, is aiyudgisl to
la* a serious himlentwe to the spreuil
of religion, and the ingathering of
souls, und the difficulty must lie over
come.
Brethren IVtherbridge, Mercer and
perhaps, a few Class leuderx, after
prayerful (!) consideration, fall upon
the piout exisslient of a tournament,
thing."
gatioa, who fa out at service, earning '"msiiW ratMai to tla- duties of dmd he food or Imd; aod we say of t | M . v un . IMlt IM ,nisl M -<l immediate^
‘ a e e • ■ a* llfra ntul ft Bn ax we Li 11 muMlIta to A .seal I _.. *- -•»- 1 - * al A B t- # .*
NORTH CAROLINA.
Rev. G. I). Bcniheini informs us,
that he has nci-cpfcd the call to Is-
runic the |sistor of the Chun-h ut
Wilmington, lie ex|s-rts to inovi-
at th«* end of tlie year, after Christ
mas.
what many wisihl cuiisiih-r small
wages, niitxirrihcd twenty doilars;
long before the snbsrTiptioii was due,
she hrotigl the iiuiisint to her |sistor
who urgisl her to keep it longer, lmt
site insisted on paving, stating that
she bo|ssI by tin* time it was wanted
to Is* able to give mure.
Hie pastor of tln-se pisqile Islsifs
in . three dainties, in two states,
serves six orguiiinsl congregations
life ami tlswIrsvi-i nsults to HisL an indiv idual, that he is a man of n.1 * , •
.... ..... ' 11 after their commission of-evil, for
" by should they Is* over anxious gissl or Isnl morals, as tlie case may
alsmt tbe future, or ask wlmt shall
we eat t What shall we drink f. or
wherewithal shall we ls> dot Ins l !
In all tin- ]>a*t they have not lss-11
exempt from trials, m>r huve they
always hail the lirigbt suit of pros
l**rity to shine U|»si4heui, yet they
Is*. It lias relervtiee not ouly to the
out want life of man, lmt also to his
thoughts and feelings, and to all the
imaginations of his heart. When,
therefore, it -is affiruitxl that man is
morally n*s|smsilih* to his Creator,
it is meant tluit he is answerable to
if lie were to |Kiuisli them then, they
would Is* immediately iiit off. and
would Uaxe so time allowed them to
repent, and to seek and obtain his
forgiveness. It is ls-causc Hod does
not 1rl*h the death of any. lmt rather
tluit all should n*]**ut anil live, that
he exercises forlx-arance towsrils the
liaxe ls*en eared f.w and pn-serv.d „ tul for therAnrartcr of hmthoughts. illst ' }ii , lle
nntll I.4IM- t ii fe.jl 414 u ut ..I I IA4I I1....I4 a aw a a . • .a
until now; ami ilts*s md Hod their
and lias six preaching plmsw hesides; Hewvewly Father still reign and can*
brother wfl tilt with brother, many 1 its the most likely to provi* surceas-
a hard blow will lie given anil re-
turned, but brotherly love and zeal
for the holy cause of Christ will earry
the day.’ Alt must exercise forbear-
Fur tin? Luiiieran Viwitnr.
8ynod of Georgia.
ance, anil yet be unflinching, firm,
and unmovable in adhering to and
confessing the truth as it is in Jesua.
Tlie love for the Church must be en
lightened and fervent. Tbe desire
to win souls for Christ must be earn
est. All things said or done mnst be
for the accomplishment of the one
great purpose for which we live and
labor: The honor nml glory of Ood.
Self must be put aside, “the old
Adam in ns must be drowned daily
the new man, tlie man of Christ aud
in Christ, must come forth. Kvery
brothcr should pray and confess -.
•‘■For me to tire i* Chrint."
Tlie Junior—but only iu years—
caters this) time. He only is respon
sible. Tlie Senior rejoices that for
one week not a man will have cause
the whistle. Off.
A Religions Tournament.
TorBNAWKXT AM) FESTIVAL IS
Cai.VEBT Cor.NTV M».—The tour
nament and festival for the Is-nctit
of the Southern Methodist Church
came off on Thursday of last wreck.
Tlie knights eighteen in number,
were aditiessed by Rev. J. F. Pether-
bridgfe, Rev. Mr. Mercer, and B. I).
Bond, Esq. John* Broome, Em;.,
“Knight in the Cool,” came off victor,
nnd crowned Miss Maria Dance
Qneen of Live and Beauty; Willie
Is-ason, Kniglit of Emerald Isle;”
John Turner, Knight of “The Black
PlumeThus. W. Williams, Knight
of “Ivanhoe," crowned, respectively,
the Maids of Honor, viz: Miss Ella
Ireland, Miss Mollic Peterson and
Miss Annie Williams. Brown’s drum
corps afforded delightful music for
the occasion. After the tilting, the
large company repaired to Mrs. Wil
liams’s, where a bountiful dinner and
refreshments awaited them. The
affair was exceedingly well oondnet
Tlie Tenth annual meeting of the*
Hynod of Heorgia, was held in Mount
!*ilgrim church, Coweta County.
. Heorgia. (Rev. I, Bislenlmiigli |sis
tor), tlie proceeding* la-ginning ini
five.—Calrert Journal.
O
Where are we ! To what age of
the worfd ,dj> we belong ? Are We
Christian or Heatheii, civilized or
fill.
N'mv it does strike its as a means
of raising money for the glory of
flint, not at all likely to meet with
the Divine approbation. It may be
said in its defense “tin- end justifies
the means'' And however men, in
theory or in wonl discard this jesuis- Thursday morning, Scptcmlaw doth,
tic maxim, it is, in practice, much him! closing isi Humbly evening De
mon* common than we are willing to tuber dd.
Wkvc- AH tin- clerical members of the
Think of it; two clergymen at a .Synod,—five in nuililsT, were present;
tournament, addressing the knights, amt four LnyffH* presented their
I wonder if Wesley, or Fletcher* or credentials anil were enrolled as del
Clarke ever hail such distinction con- egates to represent the charges to
l'erred u|*»n them. whieh they ri**|**etivelv la-long.
We hope these brethren went Tlie Itevereud I»resiileut of New-
home and wrote in their journals of lorn College was eonfldentlv rxjme
ministerial nets: “Addressed eigh t ed a* convsis.ndiiig delegate from
teen knights today at a tournament, ,b,. Hymsl of Mouth Carolina, lmt,
gotten up for the express pun**** of though anxiously looked for, he failed
glorifying Ood; realized the Divine 1 to p, lt j„ „„ Hp|M*nmnec.
presenee; had great ‘liberty.’ Tlie Tbe principal items in the Pure
l»vd seal the truth to the hearts i-bial Reports handed in hv the pastor*
and eon science* of those who heard." „f this little Synod sum* up a* fol
Such a record might serve as a lows: risigregntions 10; rommuni-
foot print on the mind* of time, to eq- cants ToO; ltapt ized during the past
courage some other servant of Hod year, adults 18, infants .T7 ; admitted
in the ducharge of duty, who in after to ehtireli membership hy eonftnnn
years amy Is* privileged to read their tiou .'18, by certifirate 12; I*myer
journal*. But we are still at a lost meetings.!; Kumlay 8elmol*K.Te«e!i-
ho know how this tournament conkl era .W, Hclmlars 4IW; Contributions
be a benefit, in a financial 1 mint of to Synodical Fund $80..V>, to Home
view , to the church in whose interest missions, exflusive of eollections
it came off. 1’erlmpH n sum of money math* ut Hvnod, 8SUM, to Fslnen
may have been staked as to the^uc tiou Fnnd 81T10.47, to Hem-nil
eessful knight, nnd the stuki-s to go Renvevolenee 8li.j0.00.
to help the cause of Christ. TTiere >f 0 business of sp«-i»l interest to
might have lieen betting too as to the Church at large was transacted,
who would be crowned “qneen of The intercourse of the brethren dttr
love and beauty," nml the money j„ K Um . fcw , UyB thoy ww together
appropriated in the wine way. ! w(w VPrj pleasant, ami we trust not
The eleven hundred pieces of sil- unprofitable. Tlie wonl of (1ml was
ver about which the mother of preached morning nuil evening to
Micnh had been rnrsing, were, when large ami attentive congregations,
the young man eonfesseil that he we luqs* anil pray to the lasting gissl
hud stolen them, in consideration of of many souls.
CORRESPONDENT.
WE8T VIRGINIA.
A Suabian Colony—The projector,
1 if lie were not a Miller the running
of such a Machine would grind him
to powder.
Tlie conference was most kindly
ami hisipitalily eiitertaimsl hy the
oNigvvgutioii of 8t. Peter’s Cliureh.
ami the citixens of Tom’s It rook,
- Va.. nml it is immt devoutly hiqssl.
that their kimlnes* to tlie king’s cm
Imssadors may lie almndantly re-
wanlisl in this life, ami in that which
for them as in the past ! If even it
were not so. what is to Is* gained by
fretting and worrying at that whieh
we can not Is-lp ? It can not alter
onr condition or make it otherwise
with us; lmt is, on the other hand,
injurious to our highest interest*, by
abnorhing and engrossing in things
below all onr thought* and attentions,
nml preventing them from rising to
Hod ami (kings enduring, ami hin
dering their eumdiiitig by the exrlu-
how lie niiist live in onler to |>l
his Maker. Were there no divine
] i* to come.
But to the feathered bipeds of this j sum of higher ixaitemplations.
; f’oiiiiniiiiitv. iiMH'tinjr im « irroat
I calamity, tlw* martyrdom tWy Miflpr j IWHHnjr for it in rwilly ^ ^
l.sl was fearful, and the niininter* ftotl'inf less than n dissatisfaction n^j^iuble for his deeds; or, rather, mu'” 8 ,u,'f^lgllUnt threaten
were again laid under the old thread *'“• Hta provMfto»x-«n imt slter „ mW m>t be guilty of sin, “For." aLinst tliem iu^S
any* the ajsist U- Paul, “withimt tbe
present condition of the Jew*. They
TU. rarair, U. n„„ ZJtJtifZ, Z »-.*•
to men n. was to sn«|s- m» «m- |WR<t wln . lv jM-rfarm tlie threwteiuug*
dm-t, to could not to justly held ((f Hig Xh( . y ^ IK(W under .
our eondition nor miller circtim
stances mure inoKperous, but place
11* in an opposition to Him from
which nothing but evil can result to
n*. Why then should we indulge in
anxiety for eoming days, or lie din-
eccliyiindtasl eonveution is on haml,. contenfetl and miiniinratttopreai*ii(t *in, benuise fan iwowste in the Iran*-
Doe* not our Heavenly Father know
what we need, ami w hat is best for
us ! He t-lottos the lily of the vale
with beanty, ami withont His fiermis-
sion not a sparrow falleth to the
ground. He, too, numtoreth the
' etiquette, Jo eat elih-ken, and tton ' rr J‘ of ‘ >,lr ■"‘“d, and will not ‘ “ t
J tang,/lot for rating them t wHhhold any goo,, thing. frtltI,f « 1 »» ,W — «"“•
I contend that tbe thing is not fair, Between overweening core amt
| and moreover, who know* lmt that indifferentnegtigenre there fangold-, „ M . .
1 it faX exeenaive rating of ehieken «* middle part,, and in this | ^ the.Vtey fact
Imre m-eiiNitiou, that their gastnai
omir pivference* w wjbirl. Amt rigid
here I propone to enter my solemn
protest against the way in which
ministers are treated ini tbe ehieken
question generally. Whenever an
ehii-krtin are rained tor them—kept
for them—cooked, fried, rousted and
■ stewed for them. Tliey liave i-hirkeu
for breakfast, chicken for dinner,
and chicken for supper; they are
amprlted, 1^1 a (mint of lionor nnd
law, sin was dead."- Tliis is self
evident; for where there is no law to
be oliserved, there con be no x-iola.
tiou of it; anil where there is no
violation of the law, there can to no
grettion of the law.
It is most unquestionably ami
emphatically the duty of man, Udh
to acknowledge liis moral ren|>011 ni
hility to his Creator, and to endeavor
to the best of bis ability, through a
that are so graciously vouchsafed to
him, to meet, that responsibility.
1 legs that inclines no many
. brethren to trot home before tto eon
that lie exist*, is necessarily a mem-
of tin- . *he christimi is required to walk. , , „ „ . .
Christ forbids not tto diligent toil 1 *‘ r ^ Uj*!" kingdom, and therefore,
of tto body, Im* tto mistrustfulness U “ doubtwil - v ow ‘*
am! «lim|uict of tbe nonl. He re- ^ ^ 10 aW8 u ™* r w hieb he, iw a
qairm diligence mid ii.dnutry for tbe “ lonibor ^ th ^ kingdom, is placed,
present, but would have us, when Thmi K l1 men from whatever cause,
them* an* emi4oy«l, leave results to to “oknowleilge the claims of
L. Keller, at the dedication of tto>! <k,d - Sufficient unto the day is tlo M,,nJ to th * ir ohedieiK*;
evil thirrnf B. their doing so by no means exempts
, -u- 1 them from those claims; on the eon-
Wonderful l'rtnerratian.—The La trary, it only the more surely exposes
brador ship “Harmony," sent annu them to a pnnishinent aggravated
j ventiims adjourn.
Btv. U. A. Isaig of Near town, and
tto uudeniigiied, remained at the
1 Brook, after tto adjournment of con
ference, und assisted tto pastor, Rev.
new St. Peter’s Clinn-b, on Hunday,
tto Itffli of He; item tor, of which we
will H|*-uk hereafter.
Yours Troly, ;
RK1SKNPKR..
the young ifian’s virtues, devoted to
ed, and we tnist wiHpvove remnnera- 1 religious purposes. Why not money
made by totting at a tournament I
But it may to, said: “There waa
no money raised in this way, and
the object was to draw out a great
C. Lautensehlager, of Parkersburg,
rommnnHutes the following to the I giving.
Xational Thauktgiring.—l’resident
; Hrant has issued a proclamation,
I recommending that Thursday, No- J posed to extreme tlanger |
vember 18th, to observed throughout »nd ire, it fa stated that not one of j and should wilfully violate those readily persuade ' themselves tbsi
the United State* as s day of thank* the vessels engaged in this mission laws on the plea that to had the those things are untrue which they
-i-i— I ha* been loot. ' —’-*-* -- — - ■ --
IS
words, and deeds. It i» tto express- ,. vell nHltilin .-s His favors to them
ed will of Hod that man shoo Id live notwithstanding tlieir continued
pure mid holx in thought anil wonl carter in evil, their unbelief of Hi*
as well a* iu deed. l-ortliis|Mirpo*c, word, and their continued refusal eft
H«1 has been plcmssl tbr.mgl. HU| praORcd oOcra of forgireMSB
various men, at v arious times, <“ and love; so that in the dav of judg-
revcal His will unto man respecting newton tlieir pnufahmmt fa visi-
liiin for “holy men of old s|iake a* ii|khi them, they themselves will
they were moved by the Holy (.host" no j i„. to resist acknowledgfag
—and, in tltfa manner, the Bible was tto justice of it
finally given to man. It fa from the ^ (lod wiu ]>unisll the ,-icked
Uonl of Hod tluit man fa to lean. h| t ,„. fut)1IV world, we have a very
strong reason for believing, in the
ing* of Hod against them in case that
they, instead of observiug the com
mandment* He gave them, should
|*>rsist iu violating them. They did
)*>refat in transgressing His laws, and
now He is making good Hte threat
ening* against them by punishing
them, at a people, iu this world. H#
threatened them at a nation, and they
are now lieing punished as *w*. We
have, thus, a lieing proof, and one
that we cau all tee, to convince u*
that Hod will prove as good as Bis
word. If it fails to convince us, the#
it is impossible for us to to convinced
iu this life; for what greater iKVssiblo
reason can to furnished man to 608-
vince him that Hoil will do a* He
has said, than to show him that He
it doing as He threatened to do*
According to the old proverb,
it bettering.
And yet, in the very face of their
seeing, there are many that will not
believe. Tliey are tliose of whom it
is written that they have been
over to “believe a lie." They wi«
not tolieve, not because there is uat
sufficient reason to convince them,
but because tliey do not with to -be
lieve. It fa sail to reflect that u***
Itossess anil exercise the power «
ally to the Moruviau mission among a,, il intensified by tlieir refusing to
tto Ffaquimaux, sailed from Eng acknowledge them,
land, June 15th, on the one bun- If a citizen of Virginia, for instance, working themselves into believing
dredth voyage. Though often ex- should refnst* to acknowledge the those things true that they wish to
in storm claims of her laws to his obedience, be true, whilst they can iuid do “
right to act unrestrainedly as lie do not wish to believe true.
Thi*
■tupsaafry «f -
proverb. “Th- |
tfasHP***' t
that we are i. i
Wbj So nisn.v
selves to toi l
statements at N
ceruing tto t t
jmnishsaent
With thm tre f
' Them if -> ft* I
*
that w J
Croft* 0 * - * '* ,- _l
coarse, that ; |
fol nse of all t
bis disposal i I
to Him- "1
shk r this id. |
Man cati n« I
aitlwl cfloi t" j
him to do- i |
fall of man. . 1
hi* memls-i - .
law of ly* >" I
into captivit. ^
in hfa menu I
that doeth . r - ff
This being tly |
ismsiblc for in C
tto deeils of ri«-
were left to *> - j
tion througli i f
there would i* 1
ing but blafa.l
thanks be to<-|'
witli whir'll I
riche* of uiw. r
IahxI and 8a v i«
us thus, but L f
means of gi I
make our <»> |
in Him.
If thi- ritjh |
faithfully u~ »
thing to lead*
Say* our tv. §
all yc that la! I
and 1 will gb#
yoke i»ix»ii yc V
I am meek aiM
yc shall find |
For my yok. ii
fa light.” I I
union hltli » t
with Him. m l
requisite strei 1
of all bis dm ft
Aimstlc Pdi, ■
claim, “I cay I
t ’brist whic-li - L
pnqitot say*. 4-
lii* way, and t
liis thoughts. I
tto Lord, an I
iqsm him. at F
will alHiiuian E
wicked can n* K
tbe tutrigiit.;. f
withont tin- a I
tibost. Tin-I f
as it is, in six I
wasiic-detcan i fa
■y f
tto applicuti.* R
to it by tto ag ft
Man fa jjist i |
Christ, aud i>
influence of t!
ti]Kiu bis lu-ai
skm of tto S
nftt be a ci., 1
man have n, E
he is none at i'
is tto gift r. A
. Him through f
Holy Spirit -1
to all them -th g
Him. For it .K
more trilling 1.1'
lo them tha B
earthly ]iar< I
unto his ehil.il --
“Ask, and y.
and it shall !
seek, aud ye sif
Due woid-. If
that knows hB
and yet tloess I
think you, t) I
your merited jp
worldt It wilt,
yon than with U
who knows itci.
to, having si iff
shall also )H r i
whilst you. v «
law, shall b 1.
“He that km*-
will, and did |
withfow stri]H-l
it and did it |
with many si .1
l>eniteiit, you
Master’s jm--1
judgment, jitif'
nvent with th. i
-uill forever i i
knew your dut l
The •
Unhment of o
In Seville on. ^
ehurches ha*
Cabrera'* con . |
form of a Gr. I
altars are ivn T
^.000 peraonv
eiass of prouusK'
Reformed ■ting'
tefl the refo] i |
J^solved to e.-«^
83e»inarv to 111
to-
■T,to Gen. :
BroAyterian <R
Htates of Ann
in S to adjigH
Wefo^odavl
Ja <». o - ei|