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EH THK LUTHERAN VISITOR. COLUMBIA, S. <!.; WEDNESDAY, FhBRUARY !», 1870. ®$« Ittfljfnui IVtUttdt. COI-UMfelA, S. O. 'Wednesday, February 9, 1870. EDITORS : ltKV. A. R. RUDE, Coli miiia, S.C. ItRV. J. I. Mili.kk, Staunton, Va. “/» essential* unity, in non-eesential* liberty, in all thing* charity." TERMS: Ja.iu (ur ouc vTar... .61 numbers. 1.50 for xix nontln 3 “ 1 00 for llaec mouth* >13 " tin .XIX Century and The Luthers a Visitor .ogoxhrc fur $5.00 per year. Clrrgjmen, Clergy men't widow*. and tire Ttieoluglml Students are oaty charged $4.50 for Uai Maguxinc and paper. tW“ -'ll cooimuiiicatioiia mart lie written Correctly an* legibly, and accompanied xrttli tiro names of the writers, which, however, may be withheld from the public. Correepond.nta must not expe.-t defined communications lo be re- tamed. OT We foulest o«r auhaeribera tu malt* Tvmlttancee to ua only in rvgiatcre-l letters, or in the form of post office a toner order* or bank checks All ancli remittances are at ou ■ risk. Wt nu not take the ritk u'h's money is tent in unregistered Irtten. Fonuarly there may have been aome ground (or the remark, that "the only elfret of registra tion laanlr to make the letter mere liable to be stolen." But under Hie new law, which «-enl into operation last June, we think registered letters are perfectly safe: and we know from almost dally axperienoc that Olliers are out Notice TO Postjivstkks.—Tustmaster* through- nut the country will save trouble by obeying tlte laws la regard lo newspapers, etc. When a paper remains dead in Ute office fur four consecutive weeks, it is tlte duty of tlte postmaster or hie deputy to 9cnd the publisher of the paper a written notion of tlie foot—Hating, if possible, the ri'aaoo whjr the pa}>er in uot taken. Tlte returning to the publisher of a paper mnrkt-il “not taken," •Tofuttd,” or ‘‘uimmIIcnI f r,” U not a legal notice. it «nt on the Ram* Hue, and yonr ef forts will be crowuotl with so crass. You may expect some to Quit fault; if uot, it would be remarkable.’' It would, indeed. And that name brother found fault with us uot lone ago. Well, we are human. W. II, writes: “ Linden, Luther- anus, Sam Small, anil Around the World, have lout none of their inter est. The L. V. tells us many good, fttntiy, mul interesting thing*." W. 8. writes: M I love your |Mpcr, and think it ia doing a very impor tant ami good work for our Southern Chnreli. Press on, dear brother, never were you accomplishing so much for God in the mime length of time.” J. If- writes: “ Tlte Lutheran Vis- itor certainty deserves all tnauner of encouragement. It hi a power in the Southern f'hurehes, which we could not dispense with. Ho|te you may not have to wait for tlie whole of your reward, until iu the world to eonte. 1 ' lirotlier, all the reward brother Miller and we ask is, the privilege to labor in tlie Church, the love of God’s jteople, and the Master’s approving smile. 1>. If. writes: “I like ‘8am mart be remembered they are, under all the cireumstauoea, gratifying evi deuces that for our Lntberau Ziou, in thia State, there is a brighter day dawning. Our |teople have not lieen etlnratrtl to liberality In the )>a»t, nad imiw that they are receiving inatruetiou of a more |>oaitiv<f t'haraeter, many of theta, at least, ore giving the most encouraging proofs that they are not larking rapacity to compre hend and apply the lesson* taught them. Our people, iu many instances, have been reproached for their |tenu- riottsitens when they tlitl not deserve It—when the blame lay more in tlte pulpit than in the prtr. Ami with tlte right course purmtetl ia tlie future by those whose duty it ia to declare the trhole tanner I of Had, tlie day ia at hand when such chargea as “Juan* refers to will prove the rare exception. THK TKNNKMMOI HVNOI), which convened at New Market at the same time that tlie Virginia Hynod did at Mudlmrn 0. II., anitnig other things resolved to recommend the Lutheran and hliseionary ts their |M-oplr, adding, the Lmtheran Visitor would have received their vmlorsv Premiama. We will give to any one who sends us two Subscribers and #5, one copy of u Distinctive Doctrine*." We will give for four Subscribers and #10, a copy of “ Life nmt lkr<le of Luther." We will give for five Subscribers and #12.50, a copy of “ LntheP* tier- mone, VoL I.; or if preferred, a copy of “ Dr. tiiexnr Reclesia Lutherans or u Luther'* Church Postil" in 18 num bers. We will give for ten Subscribers mud #25, a copy of “ The Book of Concord." The name* and the money must accompany each other. As regards premiums due for VoL L, the former publishers are respon sible. For the premiums for Vat. II., we are. A. R. RUDE, J. 1. MILLER. A Card of Tuankk.—We art tin tier obligations to the I*. M. of Wytheville, Virginia, for informing us that only eight copies of No. 74, and they without any name* on them, ■were received at that office. It wor ried us. We have the utmost confl- deuce iu the gentleman who attends to the u: ailing, and believe that lie is blameless. We are assured that it will not occur aguiu. R. Words of Cheer. The kind writers, from w hose let ters we cull then*: words, will accept our siucere thanks. Their approval of our humble, and always imperfect, endeavors to advance the rouse dear to the hearts of God’s jieople, com forts ua whew cast down, strengthens when nigh fainting, and encourages ns to, persevere, while jiermitted to aervet A. J. writes: “ I am becoming better pleased with y«uir paper every issue. You are lie ginning to speak out manfnlly for the doctrines of the Church. I do not mean to say that you have not always done this, but to say you arc doing it more fully and forcibly. Success attend you." 8. 1*. writes: “ I have been a con stant reader of your most valuable pujier, at my old liomesteud. I ex pert to move to —, Missouri, in n few days, lint I cannot think of doing without the Lutheran Vinitor. En closed find #2.50, and please change my address from —, Virginia, to —, Missouri.” J. A. writes: “ Really, I am get ting tpilte proud of tho Lutheran Vis itor. It compares favorably with any church paper in the land. Ouly wish I conltl send a lot of pew nub- sorihers.” W. 8. writes : “Tlie L.V. is going to be a fixed fact. Oourage, brother —you have a powerful hold on the Church.” W. 8. lias pleased to beoouie of fended because we did not keep step with him. AVe tried, but onr nether limbs are too short, and our intellect •too contracted. J, 0. writes: “ Please stop my paper, unless you can wajt for yonr subscript ion. Pecuniary emliarrass- meot is the only inducement for me -to write this, for I do love the Lu theran Visitor.” •Of course we did not stop his paper. •8. A. writes: “ I would like-to era the L. .V. in every family in the church. Liberality cannot be -ex pected of a people who are kept ig norant of the condition Mfd WMItS4>f the Church, And the laity in this matter are less to biana*: than the clergy.” J. P. write*: “ I continue to lie .much pleased with the paper. Fight Small.’ He ia not so tmotl. Stir up ment but Air some articles that the brethren. It ia dilntorinrtM, anil 1 bail appeared In that {>a|ier; that not want of ability iu onr minister*, i ttotli the editors bail uranu trirud* in that you are not tUssled with com- that Syuod, Jte. niniih-atkiiia.” R. We are gTatelal to know that ■ ■ ■ •— * among that body wo have sincere Dear Senior: Wo have Just laid friends, anil can soy that toward* aside the last number of the I'unitor, lliese brethren we clteriah Iraling* of after having |ieniseil its contents 1 kliidiiess only. Hut, aa by their with a good ileal of plctisure anil : action, they have set in judgment profit. upon ua for sdmitting objects* table But though an editor, a class of article*, they will, in the cxrruiar of bi]M*ls who are thought by some to that eharity which sujfrrrlk lemg and know everything, and though oik- ii kind, I war (wtii-nUy somelUing of the editor* of tin* lmtheran Visitor, from ua. We give them fall credit yet there is n short article in the fur houenty of punaisc in what they editorial department that we ihi not j dul in their late action with regard understand. We did not write it, or to a t'luin-li pajs-r. it might not have been so muddled. But was it the bent Blackwood. January, 1870. Leo nard Hcott Publishing Ca, New York. Contents s I. Karl's Dene. Part III. 2. The Farming and 1‘mraaRtry of the Oun- tinent. We hope this article will he extemdvrly read. 3. John. Part III. John la hu|irovtag. 4. Lord Mayo awl the t’lnlttlla Dnrlmr. We are here introduced to Atailr Whir All, the present ruler of Afghnuistau, evidentI) a master man, w bo |irumiars to prove himself the Peter tlie Great, the social and civil reformer of his nation of rubber* and rntlbrost*. 5. Lord Lytton’s Cwmetly. 0. The <>|*‘iiing of the Him * Canal. Well told. Wbik' reading, one imagine* himself to be a partiri|iant. 7. Mr. Fronde aud Quran Mary. Fronde catches it for telling the mivartiiabcd troth of a woman, who, although she was “a married queen of France, and anointed queen of HeoUnnd,” never theless, was an nbsudonnl amt itn- printipletl woman. 8. Lunl Byron autl his Calumniate* a. The {taper awl ink manufacturers owe a debt of gnitilndr to Harriet BcecberHtuwc. age, these prinrl|i1ha be accepted aa true, theoretically, or noi, tkey fra practi tally denied by large bodies of CMri* tiau*. Men are too often satisfied with a name; and, while they are loot! in their lamentations over the diviahiaa which abound in Protestant cliriKtcndom, they do uyt trouble gnmaly erroneous, and aubrendva of the very Idea of an incarnation, hav ing in view the redem|ithm of man. This view, as applied to the Lord's 8np|ier, makes the Idttlicrwi doctrine oft bat sacrament a necessary <me< pro ceeding from tlie very nature of Christ as the God man ; or It requires that all idea of u communion be *e|nirated themselves with the question whether they, as a part of the Church, arc therefrom, mid that It be regarded as built U|ioii the very foundation of nothing more than an ordinary meat, truth. They make more of the found- The Reformed Church, which flu ent of their sects than they do of the braces all the other I’roteaUnt bodies, Apoatuhc founilation. Or, if they - holds that in tho Lonlh Hnpper, the posseaa distinctirencss, aa denouiina j believer eotnmune* with Christ ^»irit- tiona, this ia wauting hi oossisteiK-v aud cutapictfneoa. A peculiarity here uwl tbcn< in a sy stein of reli gious truth, may lie a wihl brauch, and docs not Justly entitle those who bold it, to the nmk which they claim. This is secured to dewuniiuititmn— and we are not aiteakiiig of individ ual Christians—only when their sys tem of truth, aa a whole, ia cousiat- ently devehqM*l Iroui what is taught and set forth in the Hrriptures. Thia prepares as to iwiaire alter doctrine what ia distinctive in Lntherau- Church. ually, tliat his human uatnre is iu heaven, wltilr be is iirescnt only in liis divine, thereby separating be tween the two. This Is practical no matter bowr tlie ad its true confessors, in every siwv the Reformation, hair t-laimed tor it that the truth, as held by the Apostles, the Father*, and tlie Ckureb of all time, ia cmbrwvd iu its ay stem of doctrines. This may awl bigoted, but to llume who appie- to onr mind at least. It is I lie arti cle referring to the “pood terrier Lin den hat done a*.” Bnt in vain we sean the eotnmu* of Ihe {Hiper to find the article from (ailicy I Can any {taper steer dear of Hcy lla on tlie one hand, awl Chary bitlis on the otherT Awf ought a paper to lie t-riisureri for wiw aud llu-u listing something front a comupondent the pen of “ Limlcn,” in which this ' which does uot fully w|iwrc aith tlie ^ U10|1C11M aertice ap{ietira We‘ felt anre that kuowu tUx triual j«*titiiHi of the |m |, If he had nndertaken to wake up |>er f some of onr Rip I'd* Winkle*, they Tlien,ought uot these go«*l brethren 1 Could not fill) to be nroiuied to a to remember the peculiar circ«iii*tui« tlegree, nt least, snlfieient to be *•«» anrrotimlitig the rlturch in tin- ctMiscions of unea*y sensation*, if not 8outh. * ASKIICAS AtlKICULTUKAl.lKT. Feb ruary, 1870. J odd A Co., New York. An exeetlcut nnndier. Inatrnetive, {iruteetivr, entertaining, and we should say a safe investment. Arti cles for tthl and young, fanners,' bend lier i-arw-st vpint, and lilc, gunlener*. booseker|inw, aud the there will be seen ia this claim the rest of mankind. Tin* number lias {cousislrucy of truth. While others 34 dlustrations, several of them real j have sipped at the cap ot doubt*, gem* of wrootleuta. PRtM-KKDlNIW OF THK ANNUAL CoN- TKXTtON OF THK 8. 0. AGRICCLs TURAL AND MKOIANK AL HotIK- TV. Cliarirstuii. Cogswell awl Kvurs, IMS. I>r. Parker’s art irle on Cora Culture should lie read liy every Southern planter. ItKIURT or THK RkuKNTW OF THK Lunatic Asvlum of h. C, im». Tuk Ciu rcii Alkaxac fur 1*70. Admirably |wc|ared. It must hate cost bt*b luls* awl time. Bat why roll it “Chutvli Almanac f It misuomer, aa it ouly treats of the J Neatoriauia vocates of that view may deny the charge. Making Christ's ]iersnu the source of all tliat has been done for man's salvation, through He v plat km, the chureh and its menus of grace, we find this same view aa set forth above cliaracteriaing tbe entire system of held by the Lutheran Hite beholds the tin ion of tlie divine and the human in the word, iu the church, aud ia tbe sac rameuta, and lias never dared to *eparat<' theta. The Rutoiah Church cutilbunda the two etc went*, awl re gard* them ua mi ideutificutHMi; the appear luiputleute to tin- sup iliciul < IteforuM-tl s> parate* tin nt, while tlu- Lutbrniii unites tliera, aud holds to the Uiitou us ui*e|Kir.iblc, but wihxhii lkiutided. The Romish view lead* pi a purely external eburvb, awl to an ague uprmtum efik-ocy of the sacra- tin m> have cast themselves Isitdly ineuts ; the Iteforuusl sablimates awl iuto the whirlpool, awl have swam spiritualises the diviw element, tie through it, aud now stand firmer for the c-oufliet through which they have passed. When asked for the distinclive doctrine* of the Lutbentu Church, that of the Lord s 8up|ier is instanced as the must |iecalur or distinctive. To this might Is- added that of the 1 Cboreh, Ba|Mtam. the Perwou at Christ ; but ns she is regarded as bolding these iu cuuimoa with other part* of tht Chnrek, they are regard spines the human, niul in giving |>r»uiUM:nce to (lie invisible loses sight of the visible ehureh. Tbe ioitbenn eltnreb, ou tlte contrary, unites tlw two into h living unity, dis|Mraging neither the one nor the other. Cuureruiug tlie Bible, it bokla both to the letter and the aptriL In regard to tbe rknreh it maintains the significance of the invisible us much as the visible ehureh. As to the |M>rsou of Christ, it holds the two rd aa less distinctive to oar oarn. uatnres to be inseparably tuiitetl; nod Roman Catholicism threatened it. Ufc. There were but few who came— not over one thouiuuid in .1). first ship sailed in 1037 with the pioneer* of the enterjirise, anil reached the mouth of lfeleware River after a prosperous voyage, and fimnetl a settlement in (hr vicinity of Philadelphia, in the same rear, just thirty year* after the first permanent settlement of whites in America, vis: the Kngtisfa at Jamc* town, Virginia, in 1007. More Hw ede* came over in the next an4 several years until colonies were ]>lsilted at the following pUee* ; WilmiagtiHi. Del; l’hiiadclphm. IWi' con, aa the [Haee of the rbUrfb was then called,) Tiuk-unl, Kriirittgton.- nwl Cpper Merum, Pa., and Raccooip X. J. These cliurelie* were supplied with a ministration of the word {•ustor* sent from Hweden until about 1700. They bail no Seminary in which to educate their young met) for the niiniatiy, and had to tlepend entirely upon those obtained fan* the Hwctiiah seminaries; bat they cimld not meet the want* of the church as the English took the place of tbe mothtw language. Each new minister felt this disadvantage, aud it was long before he would he aide to use the English hi the pulpit. For over a century the most intimate union existed lietwceu these and the German Ioitheran Churches, the pastor* meeting awl trao»aeti», K their m wslk-al busiuess iu tbe same Hynod. Bnt after this intimate fellowship, which had existed for wi kmg a time between the German* awl tbe Swede# in tlte busoni of the Lutheran Clioreh, a tiny of sepera tkm eauie. Tltroogh * hat cause no one seems to know, but 'it wa* most likely the {m-jadier, not to my tlie (imbibition of the English Ian- guage, which the Germans main taiiKsi. Althougii tho rider Mnh- Iculmrg (ireaehod iu EugUsU, his aoevewaur* stwliwisly a voids 1 it and were thru, are uow, and ever ahull be the dumb iqq*iuenu of the very language which they shtMild ealti E|>ist <>|ud Chiueb, and it an cotaliliahetl filet, that Iqumsv . 4Mm M too Krlmllv paltuns are nut the only clinstiana,' entirely awakened. We suspect, however, the printer might be aide to throw some light on this mystery, and that iu the next {wiper there will lie a foil uimI dear revelation of it, by giving n» the article to which your editnriiil in' this refers. Ho we await, with |wi- tienre, the sequel. Jl’ANM Letter in this niunlier, I* sensible and interesting, as everything we f ever saw or heanl from his pen Is, even to bis essay at college, which he will remember, when he attempted to turn topsy turry the science which Wliately calls I/ogic. By tbe way, is he one of yonr tronblesomc mnsie boxes t Truly a burp that plays so well should never be hung on the willows! The sub ject which he treats so admirably ia one that should be kept liefore the Church. There has been too tittle written and preached on this matter of vital iui|iort to Zion. To some it may be distasteful, bnt to the more enlightened anti earnest laymen, it is more distasteful that ministers refer to it so little and so 1 delicately. Not long since a Presby Tliat, ift ^naiiy tilings, there IumI been a departure from the old land marks, both iu faith aud prnrtire, no oue pretends to dent. But man;, of this class are as honest iu their views as we are in ours. They claim a hearing, awl to this there should be no ol^ertlan on utir port. Tmth lias nothing to four ftom an examination. If Lutheranism, as I alt Iter aud tlie father* tsnght it, is based 111*si tlie pure word of Cod. then It can uot be ovei thrown, if thin in not the rase, then it onglit to be exposed. Therefore, the arth-k a to whirh onr Tenw-su e tirctli ren exi-ejit could really tki no harm to tlie true faith. A limb that, from disea*e, has grown crooked, ran not he sfreightened all of a sudtlen with out danger to th life of tlie inth iit. Ho, to attempt to bend to our views i at once those whom- training has letl them to rut retain very different one*, won Id he, to say the lesat, IhmI jwdiry. It is tho work of yenrs to correct aud remove settled haldta of mind, w bet tier It reiates to srienre or religion awl tbe Episcopal Chureh not the only Church in the Cnited .State*. It is high time tu stop that aosarssr. LANDRUTtiV Rural Rkc.wtkii. 187#. Useful. Gknkrvi. Cmi.mil ur thk Kv. U til Owror ln Anuck Tliml Cistrention, t 'hieagn, Blimws. 18tf». Minitgm Hr. Luth. Tknniwkk Hyxod. 1'mi> uiutb Meeting, New Market, Vd*.l8U0. , , , ^ ' ate. This ouc feature of the L'ltberan tu the itierami nU, Iwth the lAqeeti.e \ . But Kngihth {wem-hingthr Swedes ! Chutvh, by the very prouiioetire and snlijertive, the hravmly uwl lutl to haw, and in the year 1787 an w bk-h ia given it in onr system of earthly He meat* are viewed us {Mrs • amewlmcw of the cliarters of their rot, and acting in an HW-aeKiit* , churches legalised the eieetiun of union. Awl whether the recipient, E|itia-ueal as well os of Lutheran both in hearing the word awl reectv- Mergyumn us pwlureuf tlie eknrrhes, ing the sac rameuta, has faith or lie awl in a slant time tbe work of « anting iu it, tlie puwer and efficacy ; transition of the elemrot* ore present mid ac frenn laitberanimn to E{ikmu,ialian live, awl he lit-an or reextvea rithec tsm began, and in knut time was to Ins salxalkm ur rondrauiatkiii. romideteiL Tliese Kpistxqwl rhwgv Oxer .igainst the Romish Cliureh the | nu n U-g.ui their career as assistant qaite atqiaiiitr (bom all other truths we kohl, a* th-Migb it dkl not pro reed legitimately from the same source as lltr utber fowls.-ueutsl priwt|drs of rhnsttanitx emlwured b> her. When math-, this is a eon twsmoii ilrslrattivr of all tmth. If the IaUberau view id the laird's Hnj* |*t raunot Is- tk-dured h-gitimstely laitlirnin IkiMm to the doctrine of 1 (bum Ike aualogy of faith eootaimal justification by (aith. awl urge* that to Uw I slum Vsot Dntuctin pastor* of the Lutheran cungrega- tiouH. Any one can see how easy it was to b>rn*K- sole pastor when , ever the chief {mstor would leave, m the Srrqituro*, if it be wd a part without thia the meaus of grace will of that faith, thro ia it not true, (tv prove a savor of death auto druth. all revealed truth is ooe, conwstent. Agaiwrt tbe Reformed ebunl. she ami a* all the member* „mW under baruMmmna, awl cxanpleie. To ran maintain* tbe actual presence of the *tawl English they «mld manage .ler this from other ductnmm. os tram diviw-human in God's ordinances, odairs by noing Hint language shine the hotly of Cbreslisn ilurtrine, and irrespective of tbe faith of man, but The profile would argue "whv an* to art it forth a* distinguishing out that their efficacy for ua tk-peuds tain a mnu U> pixnch pun of us It ha. hrra sakl. and truly, that the 1 1 hun h fhMn “ *• WnWidet M|*m ORT slate of mind, u briber we in Swedish, owl another to pteaeli riglit tn a iqierifie name, as a Chureh. tlH ' oirougest argument ue pi warn have (aith or la* wanting in it. Die to the otiter |mrt in Kttgiiahf Lri •le|s-nd* upon pi—easing distinct I rr for ^ ** uo ^ 1,1 ,au I ,u “it88», for Ihi* »onl of God aud not human reuswi us have it all ia one laugnage » feature*. Only that which haa throe U ‘ that it w not drienu.wu matter, of faiUn The Awl they |mw*d quirily to Kpiaro ran Justly lay Haim to an iwlqien **“ l ““*■ •*•**•* “thu* saith tbe Isud” is ummc fur her |tid JurisdirtioH, for they had With id truth, awl that it dues uot {iraecrd than all the rabtirik-sof Rationalism, antwu from the German Hvnod Irom tbe same suareu i-mimimmi to all or the analogies of mere human iu i» form was nrcamnry ChriaUawty—the (wraon of Christ, grnutfy. 8be ia content to atwpt a the God man. iwlepeu •lent deiioniiuarK.ii.il title. All other* are sehismatie. But the mere prose* skill of iteeuliar features, iu a rnm I mnuity af people, culling themselvr* Christiana, dors not entitle them toa spjmrate religion* arganiaatkm Their differeis-es smst beanbstantial, ; awl determined by qurotkm* whirh involve the life of Christianity,— Whether peeuliaritiea ia Cbnrvh gov eminent ran j ratify divudona among And it is eertoinly unrensonabie Christians, is douhtfol. for Hrripture it is true that Ihe Lutheran view td the Lord's 8u|iper is iwruliar to our Chureh, but by thia ia not to bu understood tliat it is the only pecu liarity. or that it ia quite removed from the other troths which she bold*. A* tbe doctrine *rUing forth tbe most intimate union lietweru Christ and ami to {tut them . , - within the {tale of another eeckma* dm.trine, though it lie my steriou*, tinil orgnnixttiou. To thi* dav the »ben tbe land iqieakH, luit to the charter* hour the name “Lutheran” word, of man she will not open her along side of the F^naropd, and re- ritra, unless he first cornea to the law qmre Unit Um Augsiturg Omferaktn uiki tbd* tmtimoux. It tkr |(ktry of ;u*l LuUht’k catrcUUiu be Uu^hC in our ehureh that she is neither ration the (xmgrvgatost. But the widf is aliatic uur aeuauou* ia her worship or R, the foW, aud hr in not likely to doctrine. The learned Dr. Kurts, of have uuwh reverence for law# lar Durput, haa strikingly reuiarkexL iu whosoever miartcd. rroperty and to oak an orpin whose t-hk-f aim it fe,. girra no rotutdrie body of role. ,1 '*‘ Wk ver, it ia Itetr that her tli* *|*-akiugof Utere different tewleucie*: membero are now ,mn ..si .»reri of is ,oxM»A*ul 4‘.«t.s foma ,.f • k . .. . . i *»- -• a a . * Tlux D„. ;_1. I II « • » .. terian minitter, at a l’reAbytery, to '' ont '‘ n<, •‘f ,,M> true faith ofthe for (hi* mtl; owl, to go beyimd tki* tktrtnenraa come* out awst |Hx>mi • » * • i .• a i • s. - , I 'Imroli Fa* a>l<ou> its ,o*lntMi,a smaina# ‘ , —* — * - * excnae.l hiinwlf for not lifting a col <-,,urrh - cU - r against lection for some iinpitftout object con- ,lw view* of all who may not yet be nected with tbe IVenbytcry, on the l ,r ”*l***rewl to see things in the same plea that bis people would not snbmit diffen nt iqtinkma be to so litany appeals for money. When disenssrd. in a spirit of Christian they heard of it they were indignant, and assnrnl the l’resbytery that lie luil ouly to have presented tlie cause to have found n willing re- Rpon.se. There is n commendable improve ment going ou umong our people in fort e*ranee, and many in thia way- will br led to tbs light, who, (Wan a different course, will only be driven farther and still further from the i faith of Lather. Then, these birth ren should re member their own history, swl from a retrospect thereof, iwinced to rxer authority, In a matter so vitfilns that of separating the body of Christ, is entirely unwarranted by the spirit or Chriatin ity. There ia no injonetion, either iu thu saying* of Christ, or iu the writings of the A|Nwtlca, which corn annuls m to m-|mrat« ournelvr* from, 11 lose whose lormulsries few ehureh giivemtneot. or worship, are different from our own. Them* are matter* left to the wisdom of tbe Chnn-h, and to tbe necessities of dif ferent ngro and toes lilies, bat Pi no urntly. M'hst she a{>prvhcmbx, cun eeruing tlie I'rrsuu ot Christ, Ilia word. His Chureh, Ilia Uaeramriits, as mean* of grace, culminate* in this doctrine, and mark* brr off moat clearly from other n-ligiiMui drnomi- Hcr {lecaliaritiea proreed The Komt*h Cknrrh wi»he* loser it, * droontination which has ever been i be Lutheran to hWtrre it, the Re- seeking t« persuade the HcamUaarian IxMxned to underwtaad it. UUherRH UuwHi that it is more F rum w hat we have written, it orurly K|raciqiiU tint It Lut heran, and would seen to be more projier to sIUrmrcU tho Arekbishup of L'nssl tqiuak ot Lutheranism as dim inciter Inw in biters tu Urn* country “f‘ w than ol the dimirnctire features of uud aguiu prxmouoeud N a I Lmthsrmaism. this pnrtienlar, fine, in a great mess-, _ _ nre, to tlie f;ict that there is (mprore- > rharity towards other*. >Ye | wise JnstiPringdiviskias into religion* me it t in the tone of the pulpit and 'hwk are are correct in saying that deDominatioiiii. Tlie ranfetsuon* of pre** in throning light on this great tho timc **" wllN ' th*' Teunsrare the Ioitlioran Cliureh repeatedly de- Chrlstian duty. Hyoqd, not ouly did not ramurage, dare that nniformity iu matter* of A fact has just coinc to my know!- 1,ut apposed Theological Seminaries, worship awl diaeiiillae are uot ___ edge this evening ^hich speaks, iu Rducution aud Missionary Snciet e* tisl to unity iu ftrith, and luiinn among language immistakdble, iu exidener aa/i Sunday-schools. Now, they are Christians is so important that no of impro\*emont in thi* direction. ***** advnontea of all throe auxiliaries thing that is uoo-esaeuthil aboukl be A charge in Rockbridge County, 1 *he extension of Christ 1 * fa in gi him parmittMl to stand hi th* way. Faith, Va., which, thongh large, only s few 1 It i* fi fact which none can deny, J. ^ whml we tjRui», ns* the betiering, yean since tlitl not raise #4(10 to- *wiRaintcd with tbe history of the the only true I mud of union, and wards the support of their pastor. tw0 win K" ot Isttliernnism in tbe where this i* wanting, union is a sxn- At onr last meeting of Synod, how rto * l,h > tl, at both have chatiged in ooym for hy|iocrisy, and brings ever, they asked and obtained per m ' u,v things. Tbe mm baring moved 4 ] UIRW . n p<M» the |nrrfmninn of C^hriw missiou to divide iuto ttrv self snstsiu- * n R*e right direction in giving op tiasity. Our ciiurrh in her that chureh lus only hnd its appetite from a foudumrutally diffen nt view agataai of tloctriue is not referfie, and ; whetted for another diet*. Bnt throe cirarehea ore gone—sic transit gUris, ing charges. ! *°® 0 nn-I «thcran prartk-cs, awl in doctrine, and not HmHnritJro, _ Thia evening Rev. B. C. Wayman • naderatawling and reception formulariea j and faith—uot onfn- of the faith of Luther, the other tal WM , M ingwi* the power which ohnngiiig in favor of a more Hben.1 ta to unlte OhtfatfaM into the same and enlightened policy. It ia roUgtnra r, mm ratty. Hnt throe must tanilyto he regretted that anything ^ dsetrines, not spfnfora , revealed ahoidd have oocmed to hinder thi. trntb . ^ lM scripture, mid not th* . a«lwct*on* (4 human nmuon, or tho CaitT, in the apprehension informs me that he has been called to the new field at a salary of #400. The other port retain* tbe old pastor, Rev. 3. M. Hlireckhise, and, we snpjiose, gives him as much, If not more, than Bro. W. is to receive. A rery weak charge adjoining us, •Cbttrehvillfi, offered to Bro. YVay- mutiuil attraction. At a marriage ceremony iu NViok ! resmlto of Heeuttora epeewtatton. Re ■v dutchvmo, onereu to uni. ” »J- 1 ford, Rhode Island, lately, tlie groom 1‘gioo* feuternitip* are to be lodged man what wa* equivalent to #400, 1 became Impatient daring the extend *Y the tribunal of God’s word, owl hut was too late to secure his aenrioe*. I (y j Iira y Cr| ud iuferropted the rl« lt ”‘ »>y Bran’s prefemmra Awl while It may be sakl these j gyman with : “ Elder, ain’t that aefeuee. Couaeienoe ia uot religion figures are yet moderate, still itl’beont enough t" 1 where revelation i* known. M-betbcr of God's redeeming mm ement* to- doc* not need to go over to other* to warda mau, and where aite seem* to oompbrnent her own, for she bohls fall in with that of others, it fat tlie tbe vevy tratli of God, one, result of iuronaiatenciro iu them, rather than an agree meat of her own with them. Iri n* notice a few part ton lar* in proof of this. Oouccrniag Christ, she teacl.es, with other ortho dox denominations, that be la (wrfert God man. ponacsaiiig a divine human piete, ami witnessed to b>- the church of all tlie ages. What then can !« aakl of th*’. mioerahle a|Kdogiaing, eompromiaiRg, ami negative course of many who call themnclvea lier Minlatera y They a|ioiogiae for wlwt they do not understand, eempromiMe what is not their*—tbe truth of God nature, which is uucoiu|iuundcd, but “* ml Rttemptto build upon a system of negotiono. Out upim all stub cowardice and dishonesty I Let us stand ii|kiii our own impregtmbk* fotuidatiotiK, and the gates of hell Khali not prevail against ns. “Wa ran do nothing against, but for the *»**•’ 8. A. R. For the Lutheran VUttur. uuitcxl ill ore- (leraou. But she hold* these two natures to be innrparnliie, and that (TiriotclmiMltIk-approached, or communed whh, save a* tbe God man. Following logically from thi* safe starting point are these truth*; that wherever ami whenever the lie llever comes into commuuioti with Christ, whether in His word or sacra- meuto, he commune* with the whole Christ is hi* inKc|a»rably united dl- nature; tliat wherever tiik hweukk. Lutlierauism in thu country will , he very much influenced bv our luraraate presence to his people; that Hrandinavian immigrants Thiseitv to sever his two not urre, and to claim (* the place of the first colony of ^■T^ tbem 10 lhu ^ n,r -v- They Were with to. divine otoare acpmwted Bwedro, and came In ]H]rmiance of hl * ■ <U T 1> " “ < * KW * ut ’ ‘®Po« * plan of coioaization formed by «m- oibfar, sod diattoctive of ihe very King Gnst.vua Adoiphna, the great notion of the God-man of the Scrip defender of the Lutheran faith intbe tore*: and that all *neh view* are t dark time* of the old worttl, when vine-human be to in word, there ia be also hi power, manifesting the virtue of his (pretty aick I) Interested * n tlie hintory of these *J<L and in thfe ««y the Wdett, Hmrehe* baitt on Tinicam i.-dand fa l«4«, and at Wicou, now Chrisriaa 8t M in W77, we, to company with a friend, determined to visit tbe near est. After a stroll through the Navy Ynnl we {msand up YViuUiiugtaa Avenue to the vicinity of the etoarit, known as the gloria dki, or old hwkdkNi riHUWCW. Inquiring its locution of an etoerty gentlemau whom we mot, he kindly offered to take it* to it. (tor astonish- ■lent w»a great when he took as tn • «hRbby crons street and through prison-like iron gates in the midst of ahl houses, lumber ami root yard* into a cemetery. ]‘soring up * tong walk amid raonwairoita and grave stones we came to a qnaint, ivy- oovwwd, briek building, tow and ured feom diatant view by venerable old trace of frimi Ove forest growth—all looking lonely aud uraianclioly amid the gioom of that retired, tutex spot- I’oaaeasing property worth UupdrttU of tboos anda of doUara, wu wondered that no greater {iretention* were mode. But we have imbibed at least one hi J V, Delaware, heyoud wht the Jerary city' of Cat stand thick! thh> i-hun-li i to* rosy- ami ex tiotu ami. to ' inxitiug. In our nex torioal in*- | Query.—:i«> to la-liex i in the true ehuiv vieir* and »pi claim to l* i life nit to mu mihjeet. Hoe right in all j art idea f AuSWrr. (i tow and the faith gf the Lu eoafeuneil in 1 infkllililc Rul. history, and t come to an But ywu may i the Hcri Ihara^ghly rY j - r>‘ ; v 1 E. *-i a- I Upoli v ■why not tak, *Ufi the iesm *f the I Alt her., tostnsuge tea. that they wxm M ill yon com.- {•ioaa, nndnot of tom hug yon *° • If they s| able! - | Them- letu-lii you may h-uni thm the U true a|Mmt<di< than •fry otfari —• blUlMNi of itsetf. j, 'Ac word. Lu ' ■■ Zwing Hr fori •rim in »■ bri disugr branch »» Wil •wgina Augol ranett Apori ‘fepnr ‘lector Ftlttfo b n i. »a* i •uatfa ita The ram. Hen oral dab be of 15( wa It . V