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. * THE LUTHERAN VISITOR. COLUMBIA, S. C., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY Iff, 1870 ' = t - WMiw. COLUMBFA, S. C. ay, February 16, 1870. .. EDITORS : . Kkv. a.. R. Rutffi. CotmBiA, &c. to v. J. I. AIu.lku, Stax'S ton, Va. u In essmtiah nutty, in nonesseu fiats liberty, in alt things charity." ■ M Dumhrn. n»k TERMS: $1.10 lor one roar... t. 1.50Sir six mottlha......... 1 OO fur three mot.lli* .... 13 **• XIX Cti./tt.y and IV LsAtrsa M^har for fi.M per )re.r Cterjrjmn,, Clergy- i»u'< «■>*)»> and I ho Theologies! Stodema are onlr charged 54.30 for tl.e Marine and paper. HT All enmm,mien,ions moat bo written correetlj nod iegibly, nod accompanied with Uw names or Ukj writers, which, however, mar 6a withhold frtan Hie puMie. CorrcapMidonla must not expert declined wmowniuHiuti* to be re turned. DT We Xrqueot onr suhscrihcr, to make rvmJtnuirew 'o at flhhr in rvprOeO loiters, or is Uie form uf poet office wooer orders or btok checks. All audi muitUnns are at ear risk H'e not not take the risk Kim juntef it tent in UHngultred Utter*. t Formerly there mar luive bcea some ground for the remark, that ~tlie oaljr otfect of regiMra- lion ia onlr to make the letter more liable to be etokn." But Uudcr the new law, which went iutn nperjth*, last June, we think registered lettare are pcrf.-vtly ode; and we kuow from ahooet daily experience that oilier, are not. XortCKTO PtemiASTUKS.—Puatauunem through. 1 not the country will wve trouble by obeying tltv j lawa ih regard to newspapora. etc. When" a paper j remain, dead in die office for four ounaevutivc ' weeki\ it ia lire duty of the pnatmaatcr or In, deputy to wad the publialier of die paper a wrilte* notice of Ure fort—waring. If pomible. the reason 1 why the paper ia not taken. The returning to i tire publisher of a paper marked "not taken." •Tefutad,” or "unrolled f r.” is not a legal notice. Result 1 *, the church 1ms nut forgot-j alMtteth tty bis bowels of eoropafflgff “writltif on Mm walls," Mid handled ten so stum, the effort that tu mwls froat him, aov dwki.lrtii tiik i.on: uiuminiea. 'V* base imi*, but the at the Inst General Synod to foist an OF IN t My little children, ; hierogtyuhlra are Mfirogljrlipios atiU. s^u^&^s^-jsrfih k, r‘" w , ord, iT“t r ,h evident toti<lenci<M which the Obterrrr tonjfm*, but in ilocil nnd m truth, seyflartu, ami we think that tlw has now aud then manifested in th4> Ami hvrcliy <*« know fltat wo are of, symbol barton <g Osirta, Isis, nnd stiine direction. The juist w ants us the truth, and shall assart oar hearts the rout of that Dk, is a latter-day to distrust the ftiture. Twenty years ' u . r , irt . biln ." B , what metulK shall innovation. Tlie priaMMvo Kgyirti ilv'^-swiasbi.s^ the sau.the sacred Ueuenil council, anti much less that tewnrrfe the needy / for this is the bull, aud the leeka in their gurden*, many rneu now lielimgiiig to it, point the apostle is here discussing. In gtssl faith. Hut we do object MUM Ml per, if that oottld be the Ofcsrrrr, ! ouo ^ but luiw tlmt can conduce to tite in- ,, , .. tereat of the Ueuenil Synod ia not so Be of intetvst to a ' something radically wrung, and it 1 would lie well for him to act to dig- ging aliont the foundation of his would ever verge in that'direction. | The n> fr,, m this rtcriptnre: First ! moat decidedly, when he osMwts: “In The Lx thern Obeerrer belongs to a i j (>hu ft ( . jy j.i ] Mnl tJ,«t true that faroff. haekwanl and abysm of r&s tsssts “ sa*: —»... <jr-r >-*«*• r, rf -rz hohlors make and unmake the editor. <>f onr being im th* Imet %f (toil. mint l», . tliia people liAd* ond all We can readily see that it would be 1 if wanting, at once vitiates all collar uuyiner of iiuestitm, a knowledge of for their interest to have buff one pn | tl , nl j testimony. And this is tmly the true OmL linn they symbol multitude of pnmfs that J iftal even ns we do, under three iu fitvor of onr clear. It might Be of intetvst to a I'nwwut pnalfiiili 1s t every ouewbo cousolidatetl centnil power, or the ' names the name of Christ, rest its- rihudisticwing, but against sllotliers, I sumJ tUll , lf , R . |„ V1 . H his. wealth ill such a ease. “A " atehmau, tw .„, . seems to think, if anything should ab * ve CkrUt ' u go w rong he wanld “be nlsnit too." Unless he was a prominent member of the association, his “being nlsnit” might l»of hot tittle account, amt , pir ifm„l ho.res, to stre if it is not com all his protaataUona might go into , ... f , K Uie waste bosket, as has often been ' 1 * the case heretofore in the sawe pla«>., *>>e ftict in the ease of the millai^ttirr. '*«*<• peraou ; >'o, no, to prevent any man or set of whose death Usl lament ittl ns to uiaaks, liul real (ret sot is. men from trying to lord itovcrOod’s write this series of articles. He was heritage, we need the greatest pore „ member of an orthodox rhnrrh, hi sitile (reeduai in unitv, aud the , . . „ .. " , ,, , American Litukka* to lielp ..., Tm *'»>• »'** l«^' r ««• M maintain it ami watch ovtw the inlow church meinbwrs, but.when the 1 " , ■ . test of the church, and help to storm of afflict ion aud .leath heat] Afemr*. EJtlutx: IVrm.l me, through [Ject umler «xm«alen.tkm, which yim iwcts, ]s thouul, |lemons—I. e., or apiwurauces; and their I’litha, Nritli ami C'ueph, ilie most ancient trinity 1 of oueuess, oorre- s|M>nds to otifx" No, it tloes not, Mr. PuM-kuey. 8fark, and you know it (loos not.' We believe in one libd head and three distinct |H-re<Mui; aud not iu one Uodbesd iu three diflerent niiiuiikatattoua Your (toil has but our has three—not lattil —— Kufllic UtlwtHn Viuior Am Appeal to the ChardtM ia Booth withheld from u*—to long aa we withhold oor Mibetnnce from the sup|MMt of thosr who are laboring to build up the walla of Zion, to promote the Redeemer's glory. What yoy would it have been to miniaUw to the necessities of a suffering flu‘ vi<air in the |>eriotl of hia huoiilia- tiisL Tlnn, is It not etnuigh to know that he regards every %ct of kindnena to bis followers as dotio to himselff Surely, with this consitl eraUou before us, we can glatlly deny oitrselvge some luxury, that we may assist (n prejiaring lalmrers for his vinerarxl. Are there not Are huiHlied mem bers of the I .iitlie rati Churrffln South Carolina, who could, without any considerable saeriflee, give #Y nnnu ally toward the support of yqnug men preparing for the Ministry t We doubt not there ure many who sjresnl that amonut ten tlm«>s told, in lux- nrieB which afford Imt a tnomentary gratifleation. | Would it be firpsumptiiw to sng gest the opening such a list in the columns of the Lutheran Visitor t It U a inner tv desire to promote the welfare of tbu ClnmTi that prompts the suggestion, and it is ho|ied that an abler peu will take up the subject. Kis-losed you will ind BA ini the ob- to go tltfongli the usual routine of lipsincga, either h or out of order, ( and adapted resohiMons calling the] ; attention of onr Church Councils to the imiswtanee of exetvising the dis cipline of the Church with more ears ' thau lias generally been tlie habit, aud suggooting the proprlot.v of dis tricting each congregation, and us- siguing the can- of eneh district »« one of the member* ot the Council. Tbi# ia a move in the right direction. : < >ur discipline bus been not only too lcnisHt, but too loose, and many of our young people are straying too far away; but if this suggestion is curried out iu the pcqpar apirit, they will yet be saved to the Church, r The business of Couteivuce non eluded, St. Paul’s Chnrcli Iteingan- isctred as the next place of meeting, we retired from the church to enjoy the hospitality of those kind friends ’ * “ . . . . , Ihe following item of among wltotu we hud enjoyed so , i * . , - ( hurrli news: : uiMny pleasant, and, we trust, prod- I aide, hours, in years long gone, nnd to arrange fur the interesting dedica t inn services of the urarruv. Kondny came. It srasaot as bntn- , tifnl, idessant. ami bright, as we con Id have desired, hut neverthelena, the penfde hatl a mind to go up to 1 tlie runaeciution, anti the church, f- keep the Obsorrer in the line of duty. Ail i«i*t exjiefienee arguea in fstvor of tilis. A. U|miii his hn|u<a he fottnil thegi with aer. Would that it were #500! Fremiums. We will give to any one who sends tut two Suiiserits'rs and one eopy of “ Distinctire Doctrines." W'e will give for four Snlstcribers and 8l0, a copy of “ Life anti Deeds of Luther." We will give for five SnbserilJws nod • 12. 50, a copy of “ Luther’s Ser mons, Voi. /.,- or if preferred, a copy of “ Dr. Sicss' L’cclcxiti Lutherami;" or “Luther’s Church Tostil," in 1H num bers. We will give for ten Sulwrrilrers and iiY, a copy . of The Ilool• of Concord." Tlie mimes anti the money must accoui]rany each other. As regards im-ntiuius due for Vol. f., the former-publishers are respon sible. For the premiums for Vol. II., we aiv. A. If. RUDE, „• J. I. MIbl.KIt. ymar coiuwbs, to give vent to a few] a ill please forward to Prof. Smelt nut a sure fiHinduthm. I fhoughts, suggested by I ruf. Smelt- | lienee, with deBpest-hiit unavailing ter*" np|ienl iu Isdialf of those young . „ . , . _ . _ 1 remorse, he exclaimed: “It is a life I,n> P r# !* rh, « f ‘* r ** m,n 1 ^ This aitu-le, ft-om tlie A. L. ufJan. r ning that t re *to>» “ ih1 •“' ‘U-pemU-ut uiwn Who responds! Who folhiw 4 the _. th, pro'*" 1 ‘Bid >»«“ aft' n«d the on y ^ » Hn<| t hm, In ile^reir, imssnl to ,k * Chtiwh f.w susteuauiv. It *oeius exawph- *K f Ministers and |.eopte imrty, who hare eause to eonipiaiu indgment seat of Him who, when « should feel d to be but s of the Hyaod of South t areiiua, oiu of the unfuirwros anti illilrentlity of |>n ,. nrl ], asketl the tMhmetitistsnaes ’ ta *’ r "t'*er-n privilege than a IsNOficiariisr wiuM he soulsitied. The the OhsetTer. What the American - ----- • -■ * — For tire Uutrewn VlOlre, Chsngiag Residtaot I recently heard of an editor, *k- no longer groan* Imt ynorls mt waul of contributfaif.from a. section of the Kv.ingwlieal 1 General Synod is North America- fearing that the m-xt thing in h»«m! tonal programme mill he I hate «out hilled to a)>is^iae hissmuL by sending him an ‘TtnTj^i* uiunication, not from the or Virginia, but from tlie saadfi which s,kirt the Atlantic “the ohl North State,*’ such a course of procedure ' the liappy effect of soothk tonal iudiguation, aud “at (icarc with all the world 1 rest of maukind." From the AVilmingtoa Mer^m * Star, id December .'10, I have "“pptg “Arriecd last night.—YVfiearmrfore Ib-v. G. D. U-nilirei*, |>sator of re Paul's Kvaugelnul I.utln i-itu CkamA with lii* family, arrived ia this rim last night, w ith the intentisa sf n in.lining |m-iinaiK-urly amonggg m* li. will tissiinie the imstundi ltargr on next Sunday, and will faohl di,iae service during the day." tion, “ What shall It frufit a man if bnrt, ‘‘«» *® m VV t J ‘B 4 '' 1 'wupuwl t'hurrh ia pltslgvd t*» do it. .. H | ... HP*. . PMI We Lutheran says alsiut tlie iM-cewuty of . | ,| M . m ,,rt<t and lore- his *““*“> “Bile they arv remly to devote know that tin- times are liard ; Imt U'iug supisirted, is equally appBea WJ| M)n | •> # ■ ’ ' all Ihcir lime aud talents, aud even we fear the heart of mauy a pro liie to the 7~ I. 1. util the southeni (, it. a>J |.. r , (>i . U „|,,^ r life itself, to the sen mvuI the thun-h, (rtveiiig Christian is harder. Wt- _ _ , , fessiug Christian wing oi the ehitreh hud-its u«u H - t intuimtion, in tlie light of “ft 4 *‘Be xfomsior, of tl.e IUxieeui.-Ps know mow y is not abundant; aud ft fgHn, it had neither faith, nor works. rtfrMj ^ R|) ,| ^rive so to “make to kingdom. Why ia it, |iieu, that wre yet self, tasiwiu ami folly are is-tsr Mvsh’ai, Pvbucationm.—Tlie at- tention of out musical friends ia culled to the card of Messrs. Ditson it: Co., whose publication I1011 sea of New York and Itoston are tfce largest of the kind iu this country. Tlie latest and choicest sacred and sentimeutal music, suitable for the organ, uielo deou and pianoforte can always lie obtained from this house. Among their retell t publications is tlie Ameri can Tune lttsik, the third edition of which is now ready ami meeting with rapid sale, it contains a collection of 1,060 ehoice piect's which have formetl the foundation of our Ameri can Church Music foe the past fifty years. Messrs. Ditson & Co., occupy the front rank as music publishers ill this country, and their publications are known throughout' the civilized world. It was neither Jyot nor cohl It hail no consciousness of its gifts, gracca. ami strength. Take up uuy single nauibcr of tlu- L. 1’.; examine its original articles, •ad the (plestious immediately pre- seut tln-inselves: Where were thes,- brethren! What tlitl they tlo iu former days! Why did they hide their candle! We nnswer, thi'j were here, but tliey bail not a candlestick. Xow they have tlie Imthrrnn Visitor. year self friends of the unrigtiteons j " al ‘ ^ ,,r np|*-als, and even . . Ji . - 11 .* tIn n font olteu Held but a nu-i-nc niamuiqo that when ye fail may receive yon into everinstfn Ration.* they : hub- M. New Publication* Tin: XIX CKNITSY, February. 1H70. Charleston, N. C. Contents: 1. Tlie Rtorni and the Miinset. Ileatls wWI. Why called LTIoidme, ami not man. Liberality. ' is lr\ iMitl our ken. X IWiMt> Fit 1 tare or the RtKilli. 4. Iteuiiniavm es In our last article on this subject, of Public Men—George McDuffle, ill enumerating inducements to the ] Henry Middleton. Tame, vN> tame, pr.ictitv of this most necessary CAru ' lor Ex Gov. Perry . X More Time tian tirtue, we failwl to mention ime for Tears. Porta. C. Karlv Writers which should ever be kept prominent of South Carolina. J. A Pica tor liefore the Church; vis: the er Hemet Ohl Maids. *. Iternptioiis of an <i liberal spirit and practice offer to Invalid. Our of the (’o'.tiiubbi nota their possessor, that he or she is a child bilitivs, J. W. Davidson, is rather of find. We know tlmfUii* is no in- severely hamllctl. Tli" fair w riter thru bar often y mid but a meagre 1 ami apparently half, uiiaiiliug sup port t When we “lift up our eyea unto the field* white unto harvest," snd eoasider how great is Lhr harvest ami how few: the labours "hall we refuse to plan the napH lnrnt- of stintevl. We kiwiw di*ei|des of Jesua w Im never contribute to any object of beucvukiicr, who never threw into the Istrd'* treasury, hut who go to every eireas ami show that coon-* al.iog. We know X hnstmus w Im lend money to men on gissl sc . rarity, wn«l on pssl IpMfitj but lnlmr into tlie hand- of those who »ho never have even a single dollar wre willing to eater the Bfld ! It i* to tend to tlie lonl. Immune they I’ll, 1 ^* r *** *'• plittv too high an will is* aeee|H Hi* wotvl aud promise estimate upm the Uliun uf linn* to repay, Ihffltgll wrilfell down in Who are ready to aacriffiaw their ail I.. black aud wliite on the sat'lttl page. I»rmn4lr iIm» gMett IU>it i» «l«**»rv*»t t«> our hf.irtn. It is to lie fearetl that many a prom ising youth ia prevented from enter big the ministerial office by the con- They do not trust Uod. \Ve lave three Arm-ffcuirie*. mad we ms*I for ih* present year four hundred and fiit.v dollars. // run U ' cutset, ft Must be raised. J thongh. of goodly proportions, w:ta ]»t length filhsl. Rev. J. Hawkins I was expected to preach lire dedica tion sermon, Imt wits ProvidentMil.v I prevented lrotu being pre*eut, and Rev. T. tv. lioineat cotiseuted, witJi but few hours notice, to discharge that duty. The ofticiatuig Minister, followeil hy the other ch-rgy present,, 1 aud the oUieer* of the congregation, ^ eutervtl the Chureb, in procession, at tlie ap|M>iute<l hour, ami iu the maimer prescribed-by our liouk of j 1 Worship, solemnly set ujiart, eiatse- crated and dedicated the Churchy ami its aj>|uu'teuaiu-es,to the worship i sod serv ict: of Abuigbly God, umier j the name of Providence Evangelical j keenly than had been <-x|iccted] show laitheran Church, and tlleu preac hed ] iug that the relation between a |i the Dedication Sermon, luised u]Mm and his congregation is not , .lolius Aptaady|Kie vision of the human arrangeim-ut U-tweea the t'hureli. Itev. i: lg, IA The inter- , two |iaitics lor the sake of rouvea- •-stiug services were tlleu concluded ienee, but one of div iuc H|>|K>intmrat, with the Haenimciit of the LonlV w-arecly h-sssaetvd than tin niarriags S<i|),M-r. iii which many of tin-follow relation, as some ministers of oar ers of I lie Ih-dceuier united; Imi ( Church at tlicXortli Isildly maintsiu. many whom we were aoctisbmu-d to inwt lin n’, uii uiiniliU'iKx^MGiii^ were ; wiiNtifij;. Tim** had iwatlc i(K mark, Till* alwve iiit«'lii^**tirM? i* , iu but few words, but to th* party ia quridioti, that arrivuD taostd an amount of mmble, ear* and heart- aching, wbu-Jh would fill more than (HM'eoltimuof uews|Ki| H -r euatmaniea. tioiis. _JX Th* time hatl conic w hen the afore K.nd Rev. gentleman had to -‘dim iiis farewell diseourse to his tkor flock at I-lIieiM'Zer, the sejMratiou wsa not urgeil upon him by bis pniple, nor tlitl he desire it himself, (at the Isnul which nuitol ]Kistor and people had U-en streiigtheiHtl with each succeeding year of his ministry among tlmat; ami when at last that ■ had to be severed, it was felt However, we will not philosopMit, a ml only remark,'that though absent, tbese people xluill never lie forgottea -idcr.ition that, not only daring the Let ro bs thsis Im taken up ia all |MT|iaiutury euarwr, Imt after tfccy ’ oar rdrati-hm at once, and fiwwsnbsl. fallible evidence of faith, for men may be moved to nets of lwncvolenee from tlie most selfish and unworthy motives. A desire to be regarded charitable, to bo trumpeted on the says: “k, rx|icct*d much (dcaMire nnd profit in |iemsing the work of years. I was not only astonished, but mortilletl ut the work as it is." She mentions four Honth Carolln have eutrred tlie ministry, those who eliooM- tlie sacred ofth-c receive hut a meagre siqqiort. amt that fast often, alas! proffered a ith a grndgiug heart! Tbeyoaug man of a refined not t«» the President ot the t.'ollege. Imt to the Treasurer of Synod, iloj. I*. II isr, of frog Jsrct. Am immev muittnl to as we will forwunl to ilaj. W ise, to w born we amt uotkisl its changes, ami while by their former jrastor while life ami here Mint there the familiar faces of breath remains. “ Pray that yonr flight be not in the winter" was once a divine iajnuc- tion, and it were well if all removals of ministers, (Mwsessing hu ge families, were arranged to occur at any otlier seaMMi of the year than the one-above some ot tli* old |<copIe were to Iw ■sen, another generation now ts-eu- pitsl most of tin- |d:Mvs— fais-s that were all new to us, who hud asws-ia- bsl with their |Kireuts, iu by guue day*, but whom we bo|*‘ to meet I atm b. HOIS LARGE. aud sensitive s|iirit, though w illiug , have sent tin- Bv* ilitlUrs sent ns Wytherille Female College, Va. . Tlie Church ami the friends of edneation will ho pained to learn that this Institution has been closed. Its prsopeets were never brighter, thau at present; and the indications were, that it would before long have occn pied a foremost place among the .Reboots in Vivgiuiii. But teachers and 'scholars are all gone, and silence reigns. It is sad. Our brethren in Virgiuia must however not despond; If they will hut all go to work, the Institution may yet be saved to the Chnrch. They, and htore especially tlie.Brother, who for years has made 1t*thc great purpose of his untiring exertions to give Wytheville Female College a permanent being, have our wannest sympathies. Full particulars are jirouiised us. Wc will lay them liefore our reatlcrs as soon as received. * li.' “Conxalidxtion in the General Synod.'’ j This is the heading of tut article in j I he last mnnlici of the Observer nnd the drift of it is to undennine the American l,i theme, and get it out. of the way, Ilia arguments in favor .of uuioii aud consolidation seem plausible, ami might have much force, if all the experience of the .Christian church did not speak in thunder tones against them. History informs us how that kind of union and consolidation worked in Rome, in Constantinople, in England, See. Consolidation lias ever, when effect ed, been the persecutor of the smuts, and 1ms been the prolific source of all the isms in the land. Consolida tion always creates a central power, which is iuiinkal to liberty, aud al ways tends to formalism. His argu ments in tavor of one paper, would he weighty, if we could lie assured of au infallible and unchanging editor at its head with full power to fontroi it; but such not being the £*"‘> **“ must dissent fro® hie views. tongue of fame, or th* hop* of at- tans w hom Mr. Wood Davidson has tmeting trade or custom, may be Hi# pawtl by, ami ailds: “If not oc highrstand only motive many have in ipiuintcd with the literati of his OWU casting into the treusnry of the Lord. State, we own hardly e\|M-ct Mr. But everything connected with the Wood Davidson to lie exact in his life nnd practice of a Christian, ia statement* of tlie literary' p»s>ple of liable to th* same alms*. Pray er, other States." That is sol 0. Eter going to t'hnreh, reading the Scrip- nity ill time. Poem. 10. The 1 tax tnres, all, which, when * properly tinado of the Pavement. II. I'hi Ins- gnarded, are rvManrcaof faith, may ophy of Laughter. The writer quote* be cngngrsl in from motives the most Sydney Smith, the reverend irrever- mrrrrnary and sinister. So that, if cut of tlie Established t'hureli: we were to reject liberality from the Sydney Smith’* counsel is, “Never list of evidences of a state of grace, give way to melancholy • resist it because of the abase to which it is steadily, fiir the habit will encroach, liable, wo might, on tlie hjui# gronnds, I once gave » Indy two. and twenty- throw out prayer, a study of the Hihte, ret-qics against nielnnelioly ; one was Ac. We, therefore, contend that a a bright fire; another, to remein liberal spirit should go Mr in detenu her nil the pleasant things said of ining the sincerity of one's piety. We her; another, to keep a box of sugar know thft there are some paid (f) plums ou the chimney piece, and a souls so very spiritual, that with eyes kettle Himmcriag on the boh. Man closed amMacc turned heaveuward, Con'd direct h:s way* by p'afti reason, lustily singing anti support his life by tasteless food; " BoH on lima *iix*tjr hut God has given us wit, aud flavor, never sec the contribution bos as it * ll, l hrlgh’ness, amt laugh b<, and passes round, and of course it wonld pcrftimos to enliven the days of man's he tcrtniy to judge them by this stun- pilgrimage." Poor Sydney, lie left dnrd. <mt the essential ami the only effleient No, they would have given largely reci|ic, the * pa tent medicine: tin- had they not inspirit been caught Word, thff promises of God, and up to the third heareu, jnat os the f *i‘B nml trust in Hint. 12.-Will deacon passed, anil could not have ) eersus Power. Promising. 1.1. The liecu cxpCptcd Moomn dovrn to such IRumti. 14. K.x Gov. Perry's Reply carnal consldenitionsas to what/nre *° -Bnlge Isingstrorf. Dime, very. tion of a dime they should give to help ,a - E'btorial Workshop. I A. Passes curry tbe gosjiel to the licuthcn. j ™ Passant. 17. Ollit Pislridn. Kdi With sm-h mercurial, transcendental, ‘•rial ('ontrihotinns. etherinl Christians, we do not propoffe A sprightly and interesting nom to suffer privattou, shrinks from sorb a low ratimate of his sacrifices, and after a struggle, buries bis brightest talent by i buming a areular vocatbui, in wbit-h uo oua will think ul regard- ing him ns an object of charity. Ob ject of charity, dbl I say f And can it be, then, that any one, with a sound mind—not to say, with tire smallest degree of church love— should so regard the watchman U(mhi the walls of Xian, the (aithfal soldier .of the Cross f Humiliating as It is, • e eauiiot blind ourselves to the fact that many,even prolessuig Christiana, regard their naitribnlions, to tbe anp|Nirt of a minister, or of mtr who is prr|iarin By Bn-iliicii, go to work at oiuw. U we have to wrile again, it will not he as lire Alitor of th Lutheran Hi- itor, but as tlie President of Synod, ami then amur of you w ill w ish that ytm bad not toted for us. 1L again at the marriage snp|icr of the 1 mentioned. It seemed a* if Rev. li. ami his family had grown fast in Mount Pleasant, even the element* lent tlieir assistance to prevent th«r remot^d. Rain, rain, rain, with the Csuls fur 0- Lstlicr— Viator. Churwh Dedicwuus. /V»r Rrothrr Rude: laist Friday, ultbongh timl, and having tieen with onr lovetl ones but three hours, after an absence of several days, in the discharge of ministerial duties, we art out to attend the meeting of our to become such, rather Conlmmce, at Providence, the new for li*? Lyibcnui Victor. Letter from Korth Carolina. l l.IMZI.ll ( ULK< II, ro\V AN < 0., v. liia-h was made vaeant hy the resig nation of Rev. G. D. Ilcraheiin, in DtremlsT, ItkKI, is now served by Prof. I- A. Bikle, of N. C. College, who prem-btsl his iutnnUietoiy aer iuou on tbe first Sunday of Jauuary. This reaigregation, though young, bus a live mcnibership, and promises to lie one of the u>o.-.t efficient in con noctioii with the Synod «»f N. C. usual iittemlants in the up-country, mud and high water, were the onMML of the season during the CUristmaa holidays. Breaking up house keep ing at ntv-h a time makes one's mind ami hands full; how the mistress of the house feel* you may imagine, when the night previous she ha* given her orders that the next day !kt laundry must be imt in good, extra, moving order, ami awakes t«r hear the doleful i«atter ui*on the root us an act of Is-nev oh-ucc than the 1 Burch in the |HistoraU- of our good discharge of an obltgatio.i. Away Brother, Rev. J. N. Derrick. Me with such sieus! Do patriots n-gaffl ’BjJfoled tbi> jourwry, hrin the pre* • tin* soldier, whom they arm and 1 vowditfon <H,r “ Bad to equip to fight the buttles of Uieir 1 **’ «• horseback, and country, as a depcmlsnt, an olijeet of ebarity f'* Aak the momeu of our ixiuntry, ami others, who were uecr* swrily prevented from joiniag the ranks, during Ihe late terrible eon flict, whether grudgiog hearts die we were not only fatigued already, but Miffi-ring from indisposition aims Heveral times we halted by the wmy, to see if we could not reconcile it to our remarience to retinae our stetm, and eqjoy the re|io«e aud quiet of oi>cration*, to physical laws. We are writing- ft>r th* Ivucfit of those who, thotigh indulging the hop* that they are of Christ’s fold, yet are m i m i uu^iug in ni m tux'- j • * —■ — i toted, or tinwilUng hands jicrfurmevl home; and a multitude ofnremingty ! the inn u mead >lc hi bora, which eon ' U 00 * 1 "ruse* haoned up liefore ns, tributrel to tbe brave soldiers’ com “"SCfritsl to the weary flesh fort. Tlie tearfttl eye, and the quit - ‘Bat we might very reasonably return, ering lip, mummiing blessings, speak * wl ‘Be gentle voice of duty within n love, aud an appreciation, too deep, nr P l, l ‘Bat we ought to go on—and for words. They only aorrawtsl that ’ E" on did; fiir wt wanted again they could do up more. Tbe grey t0 "«* ‘B«ro good iKxq4c, around the uiiiforni was n pooaport tomir hearts, , “*d rocky Hill school-house, where and we frit that every - ‘rue soldier. ,,,>n ‘»«t‘y -‘wo years ago we thongh a stranger, was a brother. h,,W onr flrHt prayer m<>etiiig, whAi Ami Hindi uot the panoply of faith * student at our Theological Rend lie a surer passp^t to onr affections T n " r . v > tfc * Lexington. Services we _ l _ > . iai Urot lier The Rcbal ( A*oi.nxuN. Frbm tbt .riraipfan „f our political and civil Conducting them nt-eording ary 1870. VI slker Ev.ds & Cogs I risbu , Hh( , |t „ ^ toour bcautiftll amt devotional ritual, m*]?and I). WVAtt Aiken : ^harlcff- thn M ..m. rhri.» »k.. th* which, coorludixl, lie gave im a caj»i- ; — u, I. aTx. «rvm AS - ~ W a mirer pi«8a|»on io ouranrctloiiAT «*rx, to deal. It would he tike attempting her-but the AIX Century must not sha|I ^ vjnia - ^ an|| aml had nlremly commenced when to force spirits to conform, in their B’rgvt. Tit for tat is our rale. equip the soldier of the LW than "•*«*«» ‘Be ‘ hureh, ,ud brot nnoi-jtiona fit n/nrsie/i/ Inrea Tiro l.'r-ti it f' > not ev • > w I’. I. 1 * ' ■> ■ • . . ton, 8. C. the cause of Christ, than to the cause of onr country 1 It cam mot, it must tal sermon on lire difficulties met not so entirely sanctified, as to be Good, very good. The departments KOt ^ ^ ^ ^,,','rihute I * ' ,h b > ( Bristian, iu hi* way to chore anhneaAedge of the unrighteous of Agriculture, Hortienlture, Htock, , jajt&j of ou r , u UtHn.x-, to the sup Beat en, ami bis duty to go forward port of those who have already come "“‘withstmiding them. It was not forward ami joined the ranks, but ! onl . v • K 001 * sermon, Imt w as exceed let iu encourage others to come, and j >“K opportune—tlie very thing for pledge ourselves for their main *B p ‘‘ m< ' a °d ‘he place. Let ua study that dear old ' There were bnt three of the clerical mammon whenever an opportunity to display their faith by their works, is offered. And to sneb wc would «ay, neglect not to allow this evidence to come in for a full share of influence in furnishing testimony to the trath or spurionsness of your piety. Nor do tec, but the Lord, demand this evidence of the love of Ood in the soul. To the laic and the testimony, then: “ But whoso bath this World’s good, and seeth his brother have need, and Miniug, Editorials, and Correspond Tore are ail both Interesting and really instructive. The Rural ought, however, not to allow its eontriho- tnrs to ventilate their theological dimtchets; we do not see nor under stand what they have to do with hymn, commencing: , terj." brethren, belonging to Conference, In attendance, and many of tbe churches Southern Agriculture. Our friend, nntil oor hearts are imbued with the without representative*—the Mr. Pinckney Htark, directed our spirit that It breathe* Let us pray Record and the Secretary were uot attention to his srticle.' We w ill any wrr „tauzs : “»ily missing, but missed, and wc were nothing about his panegyric of the > lbiri*Umiiij»«i, at our wits ends to get business into Ahcicnt Egyptians. He is an Egypt! . ! anything life “ship shape," as sailors okigist; he has floated on tbe Nile, Tti* xota u >iir*o< dw," ■ . would say, oml me have been among starved at the Pyramid*, seen tbo I Until wre feel that every blessing in ! these a good deal. Bnt we managed Bikle, nittil other arrangements can be effected. It ia to be lnqied that the nerviccs of a suitable minis, ler may be secured at uu curly day, as tlie deprivation of tbe Rtuted menns of grace, since Octoiier. 18K8, has had a manifest injurious effect on tiie spiritual naiditiou of the con gregation. THE CONOREtiATlON i recently organised at Mount Pleasant, have agreed on a site for tlieir churrli. It trill lie bnilt on a -vneant hit, di rectly oj*po»itx> the Female Seminary. Tire location is in the central part of the village, and tlie best that eonld have been selected. The dimensions, snd the style of architecture of the new church, have not yet been deter mined, but it ia tlie desire and pnr- (row* of the congregation, if the sub scriptions will enable them, to erect a neat edifice, 00x40, with a base ment extending under half of it, for the use of the Sunday-School, and weekly prayer meeting. NORTU CAROLINA COLLEGE commenced its second term of the preseut aoaoion of ten mouths, Jan. drd. It opened with a goodly iium- Inw of students. Sixty names have I wen already been enrolled, and there are. still others who have engaged rooms, aud will enter iu the rourae of two or three weeks. The Cata- logne, when published, will show “bout eighty pupils in attendants' .luring the year. Th® Instimtiou is ■lowly, but surely , growing into pub lic favor, and if it were more genera I- , !y putronired by the Lutheraua of X. i C., (and there is no reason why this should not be tbe cose,) it would, without doubt, soon take rank anamg the Brat of similar inatitatioee in tbe ’ B. K. E, must then lie sold, or iieriiapH never, no matter l»ow pitiless the rain cornea down, or bow deep the mire is, in the approaches to his dwelling. Mome of Iiis most valuable articles are not for sale, these must he sent in advance of the family, Imt high water forbids ‘he procedure, other srrangeuteat# have to be made. At length the day of departure or rives, all along tbe line of travel the order bud been given, that tlie right souls of the Female Seminary ark will leave, D. at such a time; aH things are to be ready in Goklsbdhp’, where the cavalcade was to lie ov** 1 nine hours, awaiting the change of, cars; according to tbe order of ar rangements. preparations were to be made iu Wilmington ou the appoifft- ed day fiir tbe reception ami hri halt of this large addition to the pop ulation of that city; but tiere ago® cornea the rain pouring daw n—irii by day and rain hy night, rain aM the time. Dreams at night in tlie emfftjr rooms of tire Seminary and up* scanty beds bad been oUvisions rf families swamping in mud, of wagon* overturning, soarings ot pater-fasri- lic*, drowning of horses, floating car riages, cross babies sod Iwd cold*. The day dawns cloudy—soon the bouse is filled wit h friends, going and coming, pressing the hands ot friend ship and their kind wishes and part ing words npou the family; »»d many anxious glances are throw* u|R»n the sky to prognosticate the state of the weather and decide upm* the prospect of leaving; suddenly the clouds are dlajielled, ‘Bo sn * shines. at last, warn ns a day !■ Spring, hope revives, and, with noth ing more to fear bat the mud and overflowing streams, the veutnre ifi made, and tlie eight statls are landed kt. James's caURCU, concord, Thin come salt-day, a time once fixM t» is still without a regular pastor, but for t * 1 ’ s O ‘ r «»ion is, like the laws of- will be supplied with preurbiug twice , * M> * arM ' I’ersiatts, unalterable,, a mouth by Revs. L. A. aud 1*. M. »'«1 the preacher's goodR and disttris asJ ' "M safel.' «U t^-l' Wb»t a rrio i the story fc c*" B delegation awoRrii tho.li ' ^ir ffnrd | wish**? b«R • want again thi 0 ( the night, gind Rrovid.-i Hided »‘ 1 ’ juries galB. boxes, trunk- w ,d tr»n*l«'i quid home. H apteoriuri iuft ^ their jt'un; of the thrw- h made, the pl« more Do be 1“ eontiupcs; U>e •long, 'Be l»v •lid stowed a* fertoHy ae**" i„ g words enw rumbling sou'- again is beard auces are '“ad. Methodist E;>i- familv, who ai • experietK-e, m-- labor; all gw- tbe elnae,*wln weary with s«. ( d rest, keep tl with the cien-i ing con now ap| nml wrath, an is at ai loss to the last c*k»- i- lidw oif any av and cndur.mc. jKisacUgers. some time, ao 1 ful journey, an ber 29, tlie lai and safely and tor aiidliis of new friend- pleasant *nm li i K fa Re\f. Jm>. <' at Kitnberliit; Va. oa the* 30; the charge ui faithfully si-r. brother Hawk ing field of l.d- vnteisj up«,:i I. ing : -- pnrehjtsed in. comfoj-table 1’. iqiou ft. It i-" chafgy,«-«>n.i— and ifidu-stii-.i, chase laf this i onler thaT-Tw I his oqu sup;s ■ screen the chui There ore a fev in th® rftar; appv, jiasto teachings of t; Ids siq»js,rt. they do intend about eight) of idleness. Ecc NXY fai •pers.Fcri jiiease gi indent York, ai large!, of goveri pome tw ijj|you, Mr. n f if Jfr« «o aj_ ■ «■« you are. * this, fi»r when factories, pa|* “0^ so forth, a toflan nniin.' I be give: . . tbe Imth | have bee sribscripi you like a mi lutiiiuis also “SI | l>erbly grand jTlie Kdi tu, id ein aher °"ly know fix »ud lit blow'' ague* bouy ‘ a sink lm ) Sprague moaej , an kitten aix — slum Ron,, Sid says: li ) a® far m* in a out]hotter pi, be. I think nnfrtp be be) raumlH i er cata! ‘hpfe is any ol it a) that they and! indulgent "j We ha I i this ses.- as lost year. *<Mhe Strictun *Wj State, wli L jatj* of the ‘ uB give Mr. ff»roufg Roan, a short pi tiKjdidv suitag.