The Lutheran visitor. (Columbia, S.C.) 1869-1904, March 09, 1870, Image 2
In our day tto Lutheran Church
mm to take ike eumfiffeettau of
•ay olkn denun.iiiatiou that hup|M-n»
to to in iu immediate locality ; and
.too tour mlnfati'r* talking of
America LutheranChnivh,and thu*
rmrt*- the ill. a that tto truth of dial
iditoi
lts Y: I- L MlLLKB, Staujctok, Ya.
only ctmrgad fo.SO far tUa UaguiM afa paf*r.
HT All nninuwUiMi aw* to vritWa
cmteeilr .nd kyihly, «od arcompuiM with tto
■ Mu of tto ortura. which, towwrw, may to
withhold from (to public. CorrwpoutobH m«*
not txpej. declined communication* to fa r*.
mused. »-.'tS • - ' '
tf Wo rctaa <oar •afaeritora to malm
raaSMocw *o to only in repiaaartd laiwra, or
la tto -farm M paal otter monar oalara or took
toecta. All. ai«h ramiltaaow at* at oar rwk.
We can not hike ike risk n4w money it gent m
mtrapiOtrto tobra. 1 “■ J '
Formerly ttora may tore toaa aaaaa giauakl
lor tto remark, that Tto only effect of rcgialm-
tion'la oolv to wake the farter more liable to to
atofa** But atorr tto.new fair, which meat
into operation Ust Juno, «r» Chink registered
fatten ire perltotlv atfc; and we know from
almost daily axperiooaa that talari are ant.
SoTtciTo Posts iirna.—PuaUaaatera through
•alt tto oooatry wilt aara trouble by obeying tto
bare ia regard la natrapapant eta When a paper
remains dead in tto oOoa far four oonacculiare
weeks, it ia tto duty bf (to poatmastar or Ms
deputy to aand ttonohtoharafthepapara writ tan
nothm of the fret—anting, ifponaiufa. tto icaaqa
why the paper is not taken. Tto retnrnlac to
tto pubhaber of n paper narked “not taken."
-refood." or ‘ uacelled f r." fa act a lagnl
notice.
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COLUMBIA. S. O.
Wednesday, March 9,1870.
THK LUTHERAN VISITOR. COLUMBIA. 8. 0., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9, 1870
i4i
■be wfll
will
have
inf Chnrrh. Well,
patient. We
be very
man, who ia
She hi
anti to . Hindi, «eo
to adopt the Hightaiiil cootnaae, and
dreaa an Mac Qetgpr did when hi*
“foot toaa an hia nartlva heath I" Bat
what ckriatiau man would hare the
ooming woman tor hia bride t Ami
to judge from 8am Bmair* account
of the Coining Church, she wfll bate
to be an old maid tom. Ha “bride
groom,* m “well beloved,* no “king
of Ziou* for her. Wa beeemi every
day more tnaly eatabtiahed la the
coaviotioo, that la them laat time*,
when so many kwraiaa are springing
up, an atany voice* crying, i Lo, here
ia Christ, when ao many am falling
, safety, necuiity, rent and peace
the
We
hmrea.
know
We
they atw
■ lila.mrm.tiik
«lll|t« r* « a
bow Yof took Hi
with ! “Barr, Lard, thi* chM ie tbina,tor
■ to Oatc and eternity.* Purtopu by clone
apt to aentiay yoo might read something
*, and bkathia: “ J faaew ifetote BaritMi tout
We will give to any one who needs
ns two Subscribers and 83, one copy
of “ Distinctive Doctrines."
We will give for four Subscribers
and $10, a copy of “ Life and Deed*
of latter *
- We will give for five Subscribers
and $12.50, a copy of “ Lutker*s Ser
mono, V«L /.; or if preferred, a copy
true to the Lamb and bis bride.
■own
gives u* also an iateeeatiag aiticto
about Father Beyer. How strong
the faith and fervent the lore of that
aged diacipte ia. WawM that all oar
ministers were as devoted and saalonu
aa be. By the way, one thing in
Lutheran Church troubles aa
We are doing nothing
and yet the cry la constantly piercing
our ears: Brad ae a minister. But
one responds: “Hen am /, end me.*
Have Ve the spirit at Christ t Do
we cfifefor souls t Oar young meo
get married the very moment they
leave the Seminary: “Bat,* ays
Paul, “be that hi married careth for
the things that are of the world, how
be may pieaae hi* wife.* We add—
but no, we will any nothing, wa will
not be impolitic this time.
rev. J. a. Cl'PP.
Would that wa bad a
letters. Revival intelligence ia pro
cioua. It always eaaaas aa to rejoice.
There are in our midst many aoula,
who olay can ba reached in this way.
af their faith,
at fl
the flfftauul j ^T****^"/, . flfaidl
in bah^t drew and hers hadamly tsrsntp
fos."
Bat this Is not the only evil arising (
wo j from a neglect to bring rhildiea In
hm the bona* of Out for hapdam. It ie
They adhered to the good
r$itnhlmbtil bjf tmr (Ml-
«d tmtght the
of the ebamh foarieaaly
ia the face of man and devil*, aa
ia still dime in eooimniiitiea purely
I movement becomes to
Man's rootito and vital organ* being
inorli m arer perfect than his brain,
the ‘Coming Man’while having better
bones and muselea, lungs and dig**,
tire organa, a more refined, » v *.
metrical, \ igneous and t-uduriiig body,
will especially excel in the siae and
i|nalhy of hrsis sad nenp cmdera.
and consequently, hi wisdom and
goodness, in vent km and mschiarr)
art* and nriencea, mutual nsopjJ.
tion, health, wealth and happhMfa*
Tl»e “Coming Woman” “having
be premiat, until the matter is entire
ly neglected. Tbm yoa bear ia jaa- ] the
titlesrtca, “well, fitter alt, let the eh#
ap a
•riven." Bow mark you, that them
kind of reaeonlag with rihnsn to
their pigs, their famba, sad ehkkewe,
and turkeys; bat they take the al
atost eare to saeare the safety at tham
and let the children—tmt along.
Ber. Mr. Hast, af the Pmabyteriaa
Church, was ones asked to give hie
views on Infant salvation, by the eit
to
Mww^mmwwwa . _ '
ohMNa. I am blaailtj tnid “ben ! has been Ameritantiol, (br iKir oT hi- ifiuerin*. it ia ber right aaddaty t«
are my ehfldtea, yen mm talk wfab ! hig called bigots wnd w hat nut. The | use thorn and ma sppnifiriate the
t t- tT - j ^ milto# with firm an tie Hat h ftof.mnw! Church U no inttfe 1-rotliud of oootto r's lahur wHhont
■aMwe, ha# they ww^f pa.* This I* Dutch und (he Ocrman Itefomusl i tud($Wf,’ mi PqidvatOfah ‘Having
onbbudiingly —by the permits iu Church isuo inert- (lermini, um! those lungs, it i* to r sml duty u, xun;
wortbids, shove namisl. would like to . (brut aud avoid tost sir and tight
hut* car Church pinch AiiKTicfiu It*- ■ imrng. Having intviioctnsl
nuts* l.utlter w»s a tlcnnnn. T1i<* ^ 1* i* her rigtn aud duty to me them
Isrtlteran Chinch at Madison hn»’for tto* diwovery of truth and nut
of the children. Ait a
I talk ta the bnya, and try
them to come. Here I am
eamttttona, as thm: “tf
lym mi get Bdl Jooea sad Bo*.
Smith to go wo will go too.* I ia
quimri, wba are Bill
Hmitht
' lo mraaniiri tbtm tW mK m»
la the town. I
whether they
the proper earn
children t They
: “1 Ufa
(hat they
iseos of Lewtotowa, Pn. The Baptist
Church beiag the htrymt to the place,, <»artey
ru prorated for the pnrpona. I pw- mit wHk each boyw, MlkyeiUfs
Editor* t Ia tbs Latharnn mme that he forgot that he waa to a *> /oaa aa# h$ ***• *•
foerto, of data Feb. 18th, Baptim Church ; for be cook mod | »« to prrorwmafmy hojmlW
1870, there ia a very sensible and UU sddrees with Ibis nawkj “My •/ (kecfiwrv*.
aaggeadva article tram the pea of Dr. I brethrra, la a8 the wide damala af IWfrf pee™ ape, parmta Utah
Delhi of Frederick, headed “n# God's aaiveraa, I know of but two! rkBdreti wttk them to church at every
poesy nea of tin CinrdL’ Among places to which there an ao chD mrvice,
other things he aaas this remark : drrn. Those two places an bell sad tills ilvsa ton, uiHler pots tty
“Forty or fifty years ago, arariy all the Bapttot Ckairh.* I have lalsdy
the sons sod daughters of Lslberaa ■
parents, at a suHabte age, attended
catechetical instruction, ami sought
In ! Cpan their return
It to the l*itherm
C. H, Ya. Ua-
they were
text, sad principal
and the parrots
eipiaia matters to
retaMliwtcd iirfnut hs|»ti«u, T* klrcndv
stated. Would ynu know tin- reasirti f
Ksamtnr the locality ami yon find a
Baptist Church whose ministers for
yanrs hare ridiculed infant baptism.
hi another Lutheran Church, the
wstecbbim ta rr|H*dmtrd sad the
i in fur rrriraU as they ex
it Would you know the cause t
Examine the vicinity and you find s
Methodist Church not far oft. whom
years have ridiculed
Mril n annla,
a itvtM*r* *na pro|$i$*
their /yWffisrasisM, and hoW
loosing revival* to srbhfa arores an*
converted and rushed into the rlntich.
They arc ignorant of the Aral priori
■UL^m ant rmlim~i isi ——A smtdiaim iauik’m
pHw ui irii|j"(Mi, Mini prnitjift intr
•n w mad a raterh jam ta their liras.
Be result to that the asm
revival to had every year, and the
same set of persons converted
and over again. If they are ever
saved it wift be by oar 8arinut*s
prayer on the mom, “Father furfire
Atom, Aw they tone mat whs# thef da. 9
That queer old fcOow. who writes
sack queer things from a certain
*f“J*- / '**’ L *' Kcn * a w | Must they perish t Ood forbid l By
“ Lather’* Chwrek Postilf in 18 tram-1 foolWlmw of ,caching, the
Apostle toll* us, “tlod please* to save
bers.
baliava"
them that
pleases to aara at
menus; for faith
We wfll give for ten Subscribers
and $23, a copy of “ The Stale af
Concord."
'The names and the money most
accompany each other.
Aa regards premiums due for Voi.
I., the former publishers are
sibU'. Fot the premiums for VoL 11^ j be found ; ami when sieki
we are.
And God
ills by the i
couie tli, not
still
A. K. RUDE,
J. I. MILLER.
then, by hearing. Are ministers
only to preach on the Lord's day 1
Certainly not. Any day, every day,
whenever and wherever heareis ran
t, what
shall we do I they should be told to
! repent, yes, and to (spent at oner.
The word of God in dealing with
— . .. . J. - : tnuisgresaors knows no ;mat merit*.
Our Bill of Far*. IM ) future mercies; it limita itself to
J the present—to sow. “.Yew ia the
I.i THBHA^trs, to>ar“aow it ia high time;" “aow ia
One of our moot indefatigable , h< . aoceptw , tiQMS ^. hoW ^ ta tb e
workers, contributes this week his
reminiseenees, dating back “ Forty
Years.” What a change, and not for
the better ! Who can read tbe com
parison he institutes between note and
then, without feeling not only sml, hut
also more or less self con.lemned t. CollfcMion anU t favor rerirata .
(Ymrchly life, ehnrchly obligations, ~ f t ^ flrst ^ that
family religion, parental rwponribili-! ^ } CoDf ^ on „ .
ty, and the training np of onr chil j thc of a t alHl
dren for the honor and gioi-y of Cork n)vival Md mxam O s that tbr ^
are almost things of tbe past. The ■ while the
reason is, as Lutheranns shows, that
we have not been true to tbe docrincs
of our Chnrch, and that we have re- . -
pudiated her ancient usages. Minis
ters and people have gone astray.
the requisite preparation for confirm* 1mm the good old Lntbenui iu|W of
tion. It ww*conrid«rmialaMMt heath forty yanrs ap be revived, I mack
email to attain the age at manhood, f r *r that ia Um than forty yeetm, fbe VI the prmrat day
without making a profession of roll Lutheran Church at Madison wfll *t home, that to, rwn
gion.* Tlda language suggest. Um ' not be the oaly aa* ia oar connection ! morntaf arto, to order to be ftrnfa
inquiry, why doe* not the church unrepresented by children. ' ** Sunday School to the
gather ta her children now aa abe Forty pars ap, parents did not 'Or if Ifes fataday Hcbool Is brid hi
"did forty year* ago 1 fall to impress upon the wind* of thrir the morning, prrvioaa to service to
After reudingtbe article in qneetiun, children, tbe nature nf their bnptism, Hto chnrrh, at it* expiration they go
•nd the vow* lakcu by tbcmsrive* home, that bm fir stmts, whilst Wloriem in I he cat.s-hism. plsin ami
on behalf of their rhildrvn. They ‘he mlniatrr ia pfrerfaing to the |wn.gmt wooW mend ad this,
taught tbe catechism tofbeir familisa, pnrmta, all ta happy Ignorance ae tkutH* oiw may a*k me if I am
•ml cxplaiucd It to the I wet of tbrir , tolbrir children's whervabnuta dor opposed to ivvival*. In thc Isngnsgc
atHllty. I remember owe giri, iu the tog •mins /W link thinp breome of Foul I • .mid answer, “Goil f«rt»»d.'>
class in which I waa Instructed, wh«. *> *rml *» *riag eo-fntd so hm, to Bat I tell yoa my fricml what I am
could repeat the entire catechimn rhnrrk. Mmat not <#i**imI rhtldrra
triti ton mart refay, o*. Koch mod net
allow other* to mislead her. llaefa*
«wwl ta, ulties, it is her right md
duty to M«k MM:iety, aiul having ,
faculty ot « <tii* a-tit)<m*iMs«iit is tor
right and duty to approve (be right
mid condemn the wrong to “nffotT*
The “Coming Man," or “Coedar
Woman" will invent—Weil as we am
not in the confidence of the “Cemtag
Man" who baa the “Coming low*
rian" to charge, we can net my pm-
etorly what tbe Bkw Moms wfll Sr.
but we feel certain it will make
of Mime of the all pervading isms
.< nature, «och aa beat, Iig*,
tririty, magnetiam, and
affinity.
AH these things
*jM-edii.\ the “Coming (Joafiax*—
indeed, it ha* already began—lutm:
“Tbe conflict began with ffianry.
Tbe find act ia pari and HI*very fa
rii bet antially dead. But the end fa
not yet. Tbe name enlightened and
puriAed P rttauic spirit now shew*
itself in a “National 1‘n.hibttioa Par
ty* Other parties wfll trim, and
•hilt, and prom me, and nompramfar.
bat there will he no peace until gmg
shop* are put down. Bat the strag
gle will br long and latter, 1
day of salvation ;* now, th>- present
; moment, only belong* to man. How
important, therefore, that be makes
| haste to be made wise auto anlvatioo.
1 Home of onr brethren cannot under
stand how we can be tone to the
spirit qoickeueth.
K.
my mind seemed to fasten on tbe
above quotation, and in 'memory I
went back forty years in my life, sml
I was agaiu a ruddy faced boy of
••me ten happy, happy snmiuers.
I thought of my old j»irioc, hi* ha-k*
thru already white, now dcud, bat
not yet one year in heaven. I thought 1 brfore die commcaord attending lee
of my father, then md as old as I aw larva. This wa* not unusual then,
now. I thought of my (wal, gentle At present nothing is ever mid to
mother, then In the ]>riaw of lift-, hihtrvn stioat the eatechism or cat
They taobare puaiwd away. I thought .vhixatKin. Home months ago, a
of the old ebutrh, built of logs *ml little girl about twelve years of age.
it* demolition and replacement by a
new one bail! of stone, then the pride
of the neighborhood. I thought nf nerertain » belli, r she had been bap
all throe things until with a deep tin d. She sahl tier parent* did not
aigh I wished myarlf back then* to ! rrmrmhrr irhelhtr she ms baptised or
re-liw and rv-enjoy my boybo<d days not. I o)irar«l the recnr.1 and ftmnd
aud ouce more cast away all the that one uf my ptrdcc.-aa.ir* to tki*
heavy cares and rvaponsibilitiea of charge, bad baptised her and rvewd
life, and drpoaite them, aa to days cl the same in tbe church honk. 1
gone by, to the sympathising heart sent the little giri tioasr qaw-kly that
of my dear asotber. Vato and nariem abc might qaiet the ivwin-irneea of
wish! F.vca while I write the -wheel* her di*trv—vd pntvmts Here let me
of time” are hurrying me farther urge upon ministers to be very rare
away from thou scema, i
ia Baltimore, once mu<1 of
a congregation ia this comHtiou: same parties, Coaservstivet
“Them good peotde have bsen re- Catholics are determined that total
eientrd to ileatb." Now a httle in •»««neiwv and Prsteaunt Briigfaa
taa^lhX hi our VMkr
came to my hooM- and requested me
to exnmliM the rksrrh records to
and surh langnagc would im|dy that
tbe patents lay thcmselxca Itoldr to
the charge of diagwrt, nr at least of
inexi-OJaihle itidificren e to religion,
by th.- ncgicct th«-y manifest then by
towards tbrir cliihlrrn. Then to
time of revival such parents are
aluKiat frantic abnot tto ir rbOdr.-a,
•ml toqairr of the minister why
tto ir children are not converted 11
Other people’s children profes* irli
o|ipoacd to. I am o|qmacd to “real
wittoait know ledge" ami I am up-
poard In “■.inning tluit gniee iilny
•ImniihI."
Ilcmdea this I «n opposed to “uni
ting new wine into old bottles" or
“aeaing new ehdb on old garments”
That is I am opfamed to |iuttiug
Methndiri wine into Lutheran bottles
or sewing I la pt iri pnt.-be* on 1*1
tto-rsn nmt*. Hybridity, wliether
vegetable, nnimnl .it reclciariical
fa short lived and will, by a law of
noon run it* course.
LCTHEBANUS.
r i >
gum aud their* do not. They ate | nature,
ready to charge tbe minister with
incffirieocy, and the mimrier** God! ——-
with imrtiality because tbrir (fail S»ii»l*ii«nri*»
•re not brought into the church “The flood Time Coming."
Tbe other profit's ebitdren ale tto-
few who have been made to go to often m'm-c tto- war have wc to urd
nearer fnl iu making record* id their bap chnn-h regntori), and now have the the retoark, “Tliere ia wiiaethiog
Fashion is potent, and Christians are
Tlie adage Hays: kindness toads
sometimes iuto difficulties and we
not above submitting to it* notions exjierienced its truth the other day.
and whims. The worship of Ood, j Wc left hoine ^ Wcdncadsy morn
the Christian life, the pulpit, and the ; ; n g j n ag disagreeable weather a* we
pews, are alike subject to its caprices, ever experienced Sooth. It rained,
and tbe resnlt, as far as onr chnrch 8norrd| nlcetcd. Wowed, and of
is concerned, has lieen most ruinous ' jt wag IU)t vfry pfeugant even
Modernize the doetrinenf the tathernn to look at But we did not mind it
Church, and they cease to he Lutheran, j the least whik tbe trnin . ^
Abandon her distinctive nsafes, ^ | aftcr we got to Newberry , onr good
she can no longer fulfill her mission, j brother H awkin* carried ns ont of
A distinctive dogma of our Church j pnro benevolence, six mile* in an
is: Infawt baptism, not as an initia- 1 0 pj. n buggy. NYr will never forget
tory rite only, stiH leas as a ceremony, that ridei alld we d j Dot think that
but as a sacrament, a means of grace. J we tvould be now recording what we
A distinctive usage is: Catechiza d id suffer, if Mr*. Hawkiu* had not
tion. This is not, and cannot eared so well for ns and administered
snjHTsedcd by tbe Sunday-school.
As these are now managed, they ac- 1
camplish little for the Church. Con- J
nected knowledge of Biblical history,
their reality awful and tremendous, ity of other hnpmtant matter* to be
But to onr qnration, why doe* not remembered liy them, might forget
to other* far more important, and to j tfam*; for parents in the multiplir- , truth, which they have gathered good In stare for «« jrrt,*and cheeml
from regular aerxires ftw year*, en ; i, v the hope tb it somebody knew
ruived by a serie* of pnu-th al and ‘ u tn-, what was in tto- future- than
liuugi nt sermon*. The mmtriei I we. xrc have been lying around, and
find* that with reference to tbuar likcffilicawtor, “waiting for sonie-
who have not attended Ilia minis thing to turn up,” indicative of the
(ration, and puMess no Bible truth ajqiearniM-e of “the advum-e slieeU”
In
children
tbe church gather
now aa then T
Forty pars ap, parent* moot arm
pnkxudy and conactantronaly brought
their children to the chnrrh, at the
earliest pomiMc convenience, for
such thing*. For thia |mrpaas no
doubt, chaivfa record* were toremed,
mi that if a person forget* whether
he fa a member af the church or ant,
he ran examine the record and solve
the difltoaltv. Tbe fact fa chihben
upon wkkh to found any argent
appeals to- might a* well fa on
apfienrniirc i
of a brighter
HftU in #ltatalM an
Khali not to-
ScIiooIk. Already thc BiUe is ruled
out of tli* schools .if CiiH-innatL
Short righted “Liberals" “Frognw-
Kivcs" and “Reformers" Wave belprct
to do it. This should not he, ftM- till
the bigotry, *u|nu»:itiou and svtan-
auisui can and wiU, if res I reformer*
do llielr duty, lie driven from the
Protestant so ts to Rome, mid the
good soil wise organizol into the
•H'oaiing Church," that will'not only
preach and practice, but teach pnr»-
n-hgioii—tbe rights and duties of
Humanity, in all our • Imols."
Tliesc will jvrejiarc the way for thr
“C.imiug Cburfh."
“The Churches of tlie |wri have
often beesi thc most ntnhfani fties of
reform. WV can rvmemlier tto- rime
whew 'iYm;ieratice ami Anti-slavery
• s i.-ties wit fiercely denounced hj-
ininiKtcrs, deacon* aud Church utem-
b-rs g>iK-rally. But Prot.staut
Cbntvlies see rapidly progressing nut
of heathen darkness, bigotry, selfish
lies*, a ail siijierriition, into practical
t wisd.Mii and g.sslness mi constautly
referred to in the promises and threat
ening*. exhortations and commands,
all through thc BiWe. from Genesis
, to Revelation. * *.
| W* have neither the tiiue uor tbe
disposition to discuss the merit* or
tbe demerits of Christianity accor
ding to I.ntlicr, Calvin. Knox. Fox,
Wesley, ( ampin II. or Miller, but
take our riaud on the STERNAL
t uiN. iFLEs of Christianity accord
ing to J.-sus—love towards God aud
man. [See Math, xxil 3740.]
lleathetiiKm consists in * selfixit
baptism ia #Ae house of Ood. Hrarrely I are left to grow ap nowadays, ••
a service would |iam to the church Hr. I leih) soya, rather heathenish.
without the announcement from tbe How strange it fa that parrots, oa
pastor, “the child to be Iwptiied, wfll Sunday morning, will go ont and
now be presented at the altar." With feed their pig* ami poultry with
what deep devotion and earneot piety srm|ialoa* regularity, and not cast
would tbe parents approach ami a emmh of moral inrirwetton to their
pn-aent their child to God, hi this children. If the Holiday school will J
beantifhl rite! How often have 1 furnish any, well and good, tmt par J
seen tlie young mother thus present exit* never even inquire,
her first born! Fpoo her countenance Forty pars ap, after my good old ‘
you might read the sentiment, almost put or had announced that on the
legibly written, ‘-Here, Lord, this 1 following Saturday afternoon be J
instruction in evangelical doctrine, is
not imparted there; and what the
c’joreh is, and what the chnrch
teaches, are too often entirely neglect
ed. We heard lately, that in a Lu
theran Sunday-school, in Baltimore
girls twelve years old are unacquaint
ed with thc Apostolic Creed. In'onr
little School, every child over six
years, knows not only the Creed, but
also the Cmnmiuidmeuts. There to
great need of a reformation, and it
must be a reformation backwards,
just a* Luther’s was. The forward,
or onward, reformations from the
Freuch Revolution down to tbe Freed-
men’s Bureau, we are sick and tired
of. But read Lutheranns. He crie*
aloud, and does not spare. The Lord
will bless and reward him for bis
faith fttluess.
SAX SMALL.
What would we have done, and
what would become of us, if we
had not Sain Small for our firm
friend! His contributions, always
instructive and interesting, are de
servedly popular. He tells u* in
the present number about (lye Oom-
80 kindly to our comfort, when we
arrived at thc parsonage. But why-
go such a day 1 Two loving hearts
from the Faderiand wanted to be
made one. Tlie bridegroom had
some inkling of the English tongue,
but the fair bride had only been to
America two months, and ahe of
course did not understand one word
of English. We tbereforr, sympa
tbizing with them, and auxions to
promote their happiness, and do all
in our power, that they might lead a
Christian life, had promised to run
up and marry them in German, ex-
I petting to retain the next day. Bat
thorn me propose; and natives al
get married. Our good Brother had
to make twain one at the very hour
at which be waa to have token ns to
tbe Depot, ao we bad to wait, and
the next day, we had all to go to an
infare—never mind Webater—at
€apt Anil’s. The result waa that we
did not get home before Saturday,
and our correspondents were left un
answered, communications bad to lie
over, and people thought we were
sick—we felt tired, and have come to
the conalnsion that the next time two
immigrant* aak oa to officiate, we
will say, ja gneiss. We must help
them : we mast attend to tliem, ’
child ia thine
for time and (br eter ; would meet all the children of the , troche* by
chapter in <uir life, 1 V*""" «“• fn *
lim i ... , - . . . . . ami rrttaee mi thm
. . ... . . I wh ‘ rh wouW •* h,itor N "‘I***" ! mimI rcrvusoulaa, and Kioto, to
manary ground or talk in Greek, for |i,gft*eir;" but imagiiu- our delight, p,j„ h.-avin without nghtcuusues*
tto* other day to learn fivra * little ^ <>; poodacss—.ibejiiig God’s laws or
|M|icr. published by tbe “Truth ‘"“ring for our neighbors. Wc have
Association to llamuKa.t.a., S. J." P 1 ^ <* tMfatfe u w alloer charcfak,
... .... , , . , - . but esiio-mtlv iu tlie Roman (attodic,
that our o.J idea, of Jcw.sl. onp.., w hitbcr this claim tend*, and which
that “what is to lie hath already sectus destined to absorb aud defeud
been" is not true, that “old things the ignorant, selfish, corrupt and
are passing awav, am! la-hold all etrogresrive <d all Christendom.
ihiticra b«-on.inir »m*w » i. f 0 "’ religion consists m Lovk to
. 01 . thing* ate bmom ng lie , “‘ u h , Gnfi ANC HAti. It . ompelsobedieare
to the Huuday-M-toMil earlier than the old, superstitKMis | tn f.m.mand* t» -g... n.al^rap^ad-
snd Sun.bty school library, fogie* of the flrst century imagined. j iug,” and to “love thy neighbor a*
the Sunday acbooi teacher That A*socjation haa beet, study ing ' thyself,” and is shown in tlie study
human nature and it* needs, (we have I"".** •WAxth* .if the arts aad
I . : acieuee*, morality and reform, to
all tbe suocra* hr meet*.
Forty pars ap, family iaoteac-
(ton waa tegular!) given. ITtildim
were taught from the catechism ami
the Bible, and even in eommoa 1
school* retigioa* instruction eras
given by the teacher.
At the present time, all this fa
wiber of tbe church, and
precept alone, omitting
nity.” Nor wa* this an idle amtimeut, 1 church, and a* matiy others a* would the more important instruction by
for H was deeply impressed upon ber come for eaterhcti. al instnictkm, my l-rucUce and exani|ile. lint of thoaa They have watched for an oppor
soul, and became manifest in those f at hcr told me to take my lit tie teachers who arc members of tbe j t unity to combine all well diapoaed
early family instructions, from which dater under my care aud repair to chnrch, three fourths never say • persons (and who
that child was taught to love the I the rbarrh on Hatonlay. It was word tipou the subject of personal posed!) to aid each other to secure
God of the mother. But if that' soul with tbe same authoritative tone religion, and the pupils sag their their righM, and pot down every
child waa token away, like a bad voice as be would have uard in leamia* in tbe same manner aa they
plucked from anrth to expand and dieting me to drive up tbe cow*, or say their grammar leoemi on Monday
bloom in hraren, almost without a, bring iu a Mirk of wood, or go to in the day-achool, and understand
the store for coffee and augur. 11 about aa much of it Then aa to the
would jost as soon have thonght of' Sunday-school library, at present,
human nature and it* needs, (we have |
studied it* need, too) ftw tto tong L T«Jffi*i#»
jktkkI of ttrrnty eiykt mortal year*. [ , d ; persona, partioa, institutions and
tear, she would sec it carefully dc-
pooited in its Httle grave, because
she bad given it to the Lord In bap
tism, and He could claim whenever
lie thought liest.
But bow fa it now I Blash, Chris
tian parents, at the contrast! Home
evening in the week is selected, cake
and refreshment* are provided, tto
neighbors who happen to be ,upon
visiting terns, are invited, e social
evening partg ia organised, the min
ister and hi* wife, (if to haa one) are
sent for, and after a sumptuous sup
per, cake and rcfn-adiment*, music on
tto piano, and tto usual routine of a
regular party, in which, there is not
wanting the uaual goeeip, with mitnla
filled with everything except deep
piety and solemn worship, the child
ia pnwented for baptism by the happy
mother,with about the depth of feeling
exhibited a few moment* previous in
preuenting to the minister p di*h of
form of injustice, im|ioeition, fraud
and deee|»tion. Well, tbe work has
commenced. Much has already been
done.
disobeying him in tbe latter us in
the literature of that ones powerful
engiue for good in the church, ha*
dwindled down to a set of mawkish
the former command. At an early
hour on Saturday, my good mother
had my ctolto* ready, and my little and futile tales about Tom, Dick and
•later dreeued in her neatest calico, | Hurry , eery nearly related to “yet
Ler rosy face beaming with delight,
waa eager to to going. Off we
trudged, ua a matter at course, to
attend catechise. Whet! says a
permit at the present day, forte a
child to join tto church t No, my
dear friend, my father end mother
Bat they did not forget to tell
utoo, that they had dedicated m
God in holy baptism, aud that 1
a child of the Church.
At the present day I
from my pulpit that at a certain time
low covered" or flaming ten cent
literature. Even sectional animos
ity and sectional prejudice* find
here an avenue of publication iu
tales of spleen and nutcor covered
by the endorsement of the Sunday
School Union. Such literature is ! tortion. In that coming state there
not fit for the instruction of Hotten will dwell the “coming man,” aud the
“coming woman,” and the “coming
child.” The coming man will co
operate with his fellow, “the ‘coming
and clannish,
of sectarian bigotry and bitterness
ia passing away. There is a “Com
ing State” with a purified ballot box
and purified politics, that shall take
control of turnpike*, ferries, railroads,
telegraph, and express lines, and
put down every monopoly and ex-
told me, most explicitly, that they
required me only to attend inatruc . tot*. I would as soou undertake to
tions, and that the 1‘ower above most squeeze a religious idea from Jack
influence me to nuite with the church, the Giant Killer, the Arabian Night*
forget to toll me or Robinson Crusoe ae from the! man’ will live on more refined and
great majority of the Sunday School
publications of the preacut day.
Forty poors ap the Lutheran
Church waa an independent organ
ixatioo, with aa independent min
complex food, use a finer quality and Old and New School General Asaew
greater variety of clothes, and en- 1 which i* to meet in Philadelphia
May, consisting ot
Moderator; F
aud
greater variety of clothe®,
gage more and more in refined
complex occupations.
At we approach perfection iin
| next
Smythe,
Professor Watts,
clair, and Mi-. Job
governments, from every kind and
degree of ignorance, superstition,
is not weli dis 1 w “ihshncs, sin and unrighteousness,
fa the heaven ordained work of the
“Coming CburcU.” We want the
mass of those who are looking (totbe
“Coming Church” to stay in the
; societies where they are and “leave*
• the whole lump’’ by eongta.it agits
Bte-uuboaU, telegraphs, newspapere themselves in .mother petty fart.’
and the late civil war together with Now, who after reading this will
a diffusion of education and science , date comidain of hard times. Alt
and
date complaiu of hard time*,
have made the people less sectarian ! ynu have to do ia to “agitate,’
— xh e long dark night ' iook qut; “stand from uuder," for
the “drive wheel” U in motion. Ift
speaking of the “Coming Man,* ia
another place, he sayB he will have ft
“pcrjietual holiday.* 1 must think
the negro I have hired fa that t***
already couie. Now then, I have
“agitated.”
SAM SMALL-
The Irish Deputation.-*The <?«*-
en»l Assembly of Ireland, recently
in session, appointed five delegate*
to bear its fraternal regards to the
ProffawM
-idorator; Professor DtMi
Mr. Thoms* Sia-
u Lytle.
bow, ami m
devotee* *«f
tfMtfal S
and i* .
toner.
ileyer. Afn
General Cou
neglected t li
as to retard
finally ab“>‘
station, aud
heart, beg;.
■I.
rather than
which was ci|
thia waa’asee l ’
FA | C
a man of 7>
you ruing in
propooed to i
rediaim it, if
vauia Minfati
to defray tlj
noble Synod
tuiatoon to tl
!faked it, will.
Heyer wa-
funds, aud in
his way to Hi
III
was one of gr
« man, and L
it, must afl .. t
who reads «
sorrow, but
bay, aud tin*,
journey by \
as ox-^urts. i
be am-nl a.
district; th< i
lvjukvd, for,
owe tbe inti -
among them,
orable okl
been! Her.
Iieoplc wlion.
many years a
Cnangat now
■describe Un
quoting Path
“Oue of iiie
to see me » :
man of the CtB-
employ eu; Iu
mid wept I.
During the da
at night ltev.
welcome. Tl.
P
.diristimi* froi
K.
lagew came i
[ V
Salaam. Ou
r»
a meeting for
ft
|
whidi many ;
1 "
tug I proceed'
If .
in the bouse >
1
Lydia, the
K -
prayer. On
(
where the p
rr ^
joy at my ut~
r ^
meeting with
P". .
And so it c<
after day, mul
march. Wh,
life time of 1
and, withal so
Yours t:r
A Bef: |
German Set
Dear Bro. /,
to a thirsty
from a far *
publish iutcil
from any of
no doubt that
to the haart.-
*‘ 1 *- On ncc>>
cations, I lov,
nKw c, beautM
8i °n of preen
even the an ^
I am glad
l JO| fl has vi»
(rations with i
On the 25t
a meeting at
and a hair ft,
^hd the pn.
Lntfo
Kev. J. w, Ti
l^sLtn Co., V
thrown from
killed, I was d
^•cver, did i