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* THE LUTHERAN VISITOR. COLUMBIA. S. C., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10. 1870 tionft'roaH h Jesan Chrit j tlM-Beripti.. which h* Jc- | cide of tt* ; fa Christ. Tbc Bible r. | tul chriiUi i - pan be no i | other pnif [ brother!.. »~i | bond and l» | vi: 14—If'- 5. Their 1 only eelvea into who may n tianity obhy eaek other. good onto a i 8. Chart ! three soch their chart from their ft attend to *» in the Wf from the du f. Hecret offer the lame, bruised ami Mod, in itacriAce. .The Priest’s Hps shoold keep knowledge and they ahall learn the law at Ms mfatth. HeMmst he .prepared to reprove, rtliultfe tttld ex hort wfthtdl hour scdfartng and with doctrine. There may be some bright particular stars who can preach with- ■«nt writing or stady. I have never seen nr heard them. Ood save the OhitrA of Christ from empty and “incoherent “palavers.” They have driven her into the wilderness and made her savor to stink. That pas tor who would be faithful to himself, to the lock aud to “tb^ chief Shep herd,” mast devote very much time to preparation for his public minis trations. And it will be left for the revelation of the Aesl clay to tell the church, how many of her pastors, when her members were qnietly steeping hi their beds, alone in their cells, with aching heads, anxious tartwd hearts and trembling nerves were still toiling on to try to be proper ITtL ed to Maud up as embassadors Ibr < *? ok ”- Christ. This work cats off the preacher, some more, some lees, *“"• from social visiting, lint the Elders ,j,m i« < having none of this to do, being astos." numerous, and located, each, con- veniont to bis section, should mix «i»aa< much with them and take heed to all the. dock. Thus they can counsel «sw»l* the strong, encourage the weak, give advice to the wandering, throw the w-rafri light of ho]>e ami the cheerful liens of piety into sceues of sorrow, bind all ih» sub together, and keep alive in every - bosom, a lively feeling of tliat family ■ relationship which all the members of the dock bear to sach other. Where this is done, the cfTect will >Vp soon be seen ami felt by all— as tw< ■ ‘‘Like prcciou* ointment os the bend of “ D Which down the bean! did flow Even Aaron’s hoard, and to the ski la Pid, ot his gannen s ami f the fbily of laying up tram earth by the stnrtltag dawk “Thou fool, this night thy as ba required of thee." “Otve COLUMBIA, S. C air.” It may prove the nebs hr around which something taiid may pMdr. What report will the com mittee appointed at Newberry be rrady to make at the approaching meeting *t Winchester! On turn ingtothe Minutes of the lest meeting of our General Synod, we And the coaimMee to constat of the following members’; g. I. Miller, A. J. Brown, II. AMrtoh, T. 8. Boinest, L. A. Mean and Ik M. Gilbert An chairman, we would suggest that each member of this committee take the matter in hand, and aes bow much can be raised in the lead ing towns and cities of his Mate towards securing a building and endowing professorships. Then at General Bynod a comparison caa be of Planting and Cultivating Cotton," are also worthy of attention in the export as to satisfy and gratify- them. Our “collaborator* has, however, done bis part, aad we hope that ho will be not only fund, hut also headed. Our means of diversifying our industry. “Poultry Farming for the Booth,” a beautifully illustrated article on the note died away, as it weir, foT* distance. The congregation - slq wiy and quietly disperse. We have noticed in those cfcumh tag and proAteblr to all who are fond of eggs and chickens The Editor's “Suggestive Facte” should er< onr people to thinking. We hope they will heed the warning the article blunder was not discovered until too late to be remedied. This thing serves the occasion to call alter tkm to the foot, that some of the secular papers of this dly appear to be edited in the tatercet* of the Methodist and Baptist sects. Take the Lodger: every week you wilt see items Ailing the redgvms budget of this kind, e. g: “Rev. Mr. Hnasrnnder baptised sue mem tier in the church of Siloam, near the Schuylkill water works. Bar. Mr. Thnmpentsrp, the groat revival tat, still eontinans to hold meetings of groat interest at the corner of Backdown and Dragmout. TVo have signified their intention of coo neeting themselves with the church on next Sunday—it it don’t nun !" IV only notice of nay importance that we have seen recently, rotative to the Latharan church, is the follow ing : “ IV Rev. P. 8. Bprecher wants the nsme of the Lutheran General Synod changed to the Church of the Reformation * After a quiet shake •vit that, (for my wife says she does not like to see a man laughing to himself,) I concluded we were as well "AT without further notice, and that the compiler was better on reporting cssnrrsmns than anything else. As the tame of ourebareh does not tteprod on weeklies, dailies or alma ■•ca, we pans this thing by, with the mere anggeatioa that the rfanrcii which ta, among Protestant*, the And ta this State, the third ia the United States, (giving the Methodist and Baptist the advantage of working over and reporting the same material every year,) and which number* forty millions ta the world, is aide to take care of itself. Brtah. am; alum. Ht. Mark's. Episcopal, is the St. Allians of Philadelphia. The church ia on Locust, between Sixteenth and Seventeenth, and Is the admiration of all who like the severe old English style of architecture. A* a ehurehly pile, we hare never sera anything so grand and impmwive. On Sunday that the dose of worship, sr wk T the Benediction ta h»4* g Tu [ f| _^ | pronounced, ta made the for a general dive after hat*. . putting on shawl* and ~iumw. and making ready for » 1^2 stampede Am- the door, aadgjZ the rush and gabble begins »■-; the Amen is sjtoken. “Oh bat tint ain’t ritumliem , m yj ritualism ain't that TVo, a* for IV other part at the service* in Ht. Mark's, yon ^ contrast them with the wild* ralgm disorderly scenes enacted hi - of tV eburehes which arruate ... wards its permanent location. Brethren of the committee, tad others interlaced ta this matter, write out yoar views, and tat aM of wo, the whole Church, have tV beoeAt of them through tV columns of tV I’mi for. M. A mrritmu Agriemlturiet. March, 1*70. Orange Judd A Co, Bm Tort. TV enver Prontiaptare now given flne original sketches ta each paper. Psshaps tV best “cattle piece" ever published with tatter press, adorns the Arat inside page; a Mexican Thrashing Machine scene is tV load- lag middle Cartoon; and a “Street Beene" ta China, dearribrd to tV life ta a chapter by “Csrieton," gives ns a eanrefitioa uf that cuaatry simoat who belong tion of tV dying millionaire : “ft is a life derated ta smsy getttuf that / regret." But IV satgret has unin tealtouall) grown an oar handn, ■uni instead of one article, as we Arat intended, we are now aa Un- sixth. Had we designed to ealarge sn much tVroua when wa began, we wuahl have observed more system ta t V arrangement and unfolding of ear thoughts. But ns we neither eon template.! writing so mark, and as what we have written arms door under heavy pressure from other duties, of conrae tV generous reader will amkr all dan allowance for tV nm-staed, Convenirnt Da riling, fully iOwatrated ami ih-nmbed, afford* or Improving their Homes. Catting ap Beef, Maple Sugar Making, Use- Ad Implements, Fruits, Flowers, Household Work, Nau for Boys aad Girts, etc., are tV auigect* of other engravings—in all, between forty and Afty ta this one paper. Exposure of Hambag*, Walks and Talks on tV Fans, Work Air tV month, ta tV Garden and ia tV House, Chapter oa Horwa, dc, etc. TV difficulty between part at tta congrogntioa of St. Paul** (Vs Lotheron and their imator, Mr. Retake, has been before the Commsa rhn Judge Alliann derided that the pm tor must be tried by a WHy, Mum the cbtirrii. before V can V dtamtat- ed. Mr. Retake Usd better go l—k to Germany and stay there. He m stiibborp and heterodox. Mr. Sritm-k, tV genial sad enter (•rising Superintendent at the Veter an Book Store, 8U7 Vine, has teas very iU, bat ia now »— -• , t TV recc|Sioa of a large anu.brr si orders foe books wUl pot hist hi hta original Clemen’. Rev. Dr. Seiss has rosnmrd hta lectaros oa tV Apocalypse. Sunday night, 13th taat., V h-ctured oa tte Seveotli Seal, to a very large congre gation. IV Arat volume on the Apocalypse ta |>ublinked. “ Humbler," tV Secretary of the General Council, rambled into cor domicil recently. New Puhlioatkrax aooux casumxtTT. In the fore of every proteat of the BMral sense of this city, the organise tion known an the Young Mrn'a Chris ttan Association |«rsiated ta potting H. W. Beerher before this peofde os a lecturer apno “TV Household.’ that there i! complaint; b fating under He roimrts encour agingly of tV work of tV charoh ta tV Pittsburg Synod. Rev. K. J. Koous, formerly PraAts- •or ia Muhlenberg College, spent an evening with us not long nor*. Re ia editing tV Dailg Aon, ta Abes town. He ta still cugaged apes “ Woof aad Proof,” an execileut Bttfc work for Samtay-arhooU. TV letters from Enropc. pabHahed ia tV Lathers a. are from t V pcs of Rev. W. C. Hchnctfcr, son of Rev. Dr. C. W. He harder, of Germantown. TV Tonag Men’s Christian HocietJ of HC Mark’s, Lutheran, gave ea «n- tertainmeut at tV Academy of Mode recently, of Stereoptieon, diKsotring views, 4r, for tV bene At of their library. They had a good honor. Ht. Luke’s, Lutheran, enjoys s Ma- aical Kntortainmeut and a Lotte by Bev. Dr. Willita, oa “ Hanahtae,* to-night. 2*1. Hope it will amount tribatora are under any greater ob ligation to do extra daty in Uus dimetiuu Uum thmc vbo viUMd their VIp. But this ta a digression which some of our traders may not relish, for esteemed t il l Now, we i And tV child ing the sm these ait wo; it ta surprise that Gosjk- “God hath 4 world rich if kingdom win .them that lo n similar spi- frated by tl But sach is 1 have seen A few days since we received a long and interesting letter from one of our most intimate and tteeael friends, a part of whieh we take tV liberty of transcribing, in on ter to bring before the Church the subject which stands at the head of this article, and about which tVre is so little said: •*• • “Were you hero. 1 would talk ou, on, on—but will not weary you in this manner much longer—only I would like to know your opinion about a Theological Seminary in the South. Art we to have one at onr own, or depend upon Philadelphia f TV Philadelphia Sem- rnary ta doubtless good—so ta tV to aay that tV household wass vary rtakety affair, or temporary strange- Wit I that a wife, should her hue hand meet with reverses ami V unable to tarnish her ■affirteat to live ta style, was jaatiAed ta tearing tV poor wretch and forming a Noam with tV next choice of her love; aad that V himself would, ta cose she procure a divorce clandestinely, offiei at* at their marriage, from the Awl that “they had done nothing contrary to tV heat customs at nortetj.” lie might also strengthen hta paaitiun by Urn similar rare of Rex . Horace Cook, tV Methodist parson, who left hta fondly and ran away with a ytemg girl—which V woahl consider as “ate contrary to tV tenet* of Christianity." Both these would ■how how (Re true Household waa constituted : by one wife having two husband*, and one husband foraak ing Ma wife ami trying to get another, anti tailing, no doubt, because H. W. Bencher was not culled upon to marry Voaf a# Union.—Ia Hagan, there as * «m»n Reformed and a large Lu theran congregation. The former had an old, email chnrch, and reoeutly collected a snm of money to build a new church. As there waa not enongh, and the work proceeded slowly, somebody proposed that the two congregations should unite. A certain day was fixed for tV decision by vote. The Reformed voted first and rejected tlie proposition by s large majority. Upon this tV Lu therans did not pot the question to vote among themselves. Long SermouM.—A certain Scandi- HAvian preacher in Illinois is noted ter his long senna*s. He often preaches from two to three hour*! Instances are known wVn services opened *t sine, a. m., and closed nt four, p, m. In order to hold bis au dience daring these “ protracted meetings,” tV church doors are tanked / His congregation, we are informed, passed a reaolntion that V should not preach longer than till one o’clock, which has now been extended to two. Ye restless Amer icans, who, with difficulty, can e»- •fiore three-quarters of an hour ia the morning awl half an how at night, what think ye of flknf Do not all fifteen-minute sermons arise from giving undue heed to tV caviling* «f matidtjr-minded hearers! old ivied castles, sod sot ia tV “dim religions light” of oM Cathedrals. You eater hers through a aide door opening into a vestibule, and then walk over a bare stone floor leading down the isle amoug pews which remind you of “tVoid oaken backet.” Cold otoae walla, with deep, dingy windows, are around you | stone pillars stand beside yos; stone arches bend over you. Above tV chancel steads a large cross, beneath which are tV words, “Glory to God ta tV High sol.” To the right of tVobaaoel, as yon enter, is the eroding desk j to the left a small pulpit The font ia to the left, near tV door. TV church won quite fall when we eaterod, which waa a few minutes before sarviee tune. As we sat there wondering what was to eome first—for we naturally expected to hear or aee some oattand- tah thing—we thought we heard low ewaet strains of manic. We listened, and now heard more distinctly tV “Ifrocenaiunal Hymn." As tV chor- sdailtted ; tV parpoae has been In give place to wmr hot thoroughly tented tnnre, which tart proved popular, and to tnriade, If paste We, all of throe.” The Americas Tune Book, if faithfully ooed, mate make poor singing so rare Vreuftev aa good singing ta now. The Southern Piruhptrriam fwinr Colombia, a CL January, HTTP, Contents; I. Prayer Constat rut with tV Uniform Operation of Note ral Law. A manual tie and masterly article. 2. TV Weed of God. X Boor Though ta aad some Facta coo renting Domestic Missions ta our Presbyteries. 4. Southern Views and Principles not “Extinguished" by the War. By Dr. W. A. Milter, Charlotte, N.C. 1 Charoh Property Litigation la Kentucky and MIsaaciy. X Critical Notices. Lake* and li ters. Moastehsfts tier Rr. Lath. Bysoda van Mtawuri, Ohio a. s. Ht. Loots, Mo. Frb- ruary, 1*7 0. CooteaU: 1. Ysrwort X Mste- ritetau sur Pastoral tVofogta. X General Conneil, tec., sod yet I sm UOt willing to substitute Wwosrg for Yuitor, nor General Cnuaril far General Synod. Doubtless l’biladel phis possesses advantages whs* we could net have ia a Seminary for some time to come, but are there not disadvantages along with tV advantages, which imperatively demand that we should have our own institution*, tVoiogirsl aa well u scientific and literary I • • • Well, it taut worth while to aay any more. You are the point j y ou we we need a Seminary. Now, can we have it, or not! That’s tV question. I think we can—but then wa must work for it, frog for it, gag for it. In tV air 1 have ous built, bat yoo know sach are not of much account, generally. Henee, I will not locate it in this, tell it* dimenteuaa, name its professor*, nor state thrir aata- We have waited three weeks for tV apprentice of our last letter. We give it ap. and arntl another. ' LINDEN, Mr. editor: For tV sake of sum* of my dear brethren ta the Lutheran Church, I wish to state the ob jection* urged against Secret Socie ties. I win express no opinion on the subject, but wish every Lutheran who belongs to any secret society to examine these objections, and if they are of any weight, let tVm have their tall influence upon the heart. 1 not consider it a frilling matter. Nothing that in any way affects the welfare of the soul can be of trifling importance. 1. Ia moat of these societies, tV ringing aad prayer—the rrilgfoW •earthip—which is offered to God, ** "fades Chriet, and is, therefota.fi mockery and an abominntioo. ref Bible says: “No man Comtek B B *« the Father, but by the Son.” 5-‘3r man knoweth the Father, S*yp Son, and V to whom the §oo will reveal Him.” “ Whatsoever ye *ek the Father fa tag some, )3e will do it” “ He that houoreth not the Soo,bon- oreth nte the Father which hath *■! Him.” “ I (said Ohrtat) honor my Father, but ye djshonor me.” a. TV worship jn these societies, by excluding Chrjyt and the Holy- Ghost, dettiet the Godhead. “ I (amid Christ) aad my Father are one.” “TV Holy Spirit proecedetb fto* the Father mad the Am." X Recast wnfatarr some of their memher* bebej-e. fay another fonmla- ls a HVi open religion nod virtue. He has fought hard against the ■ratktag rebuke* mlminiatered him on every hand, bjr press and pulpit, and ta seeking to extricate himself has only sank deeper ia tV filth of hta •wa mraptng ap. Ia order to pre vent IV appearance of aay wane ta hta popularity store tV mock mar riage ta New York, we Iran that at tV late auction of pew* ta hta church V waa present, cocoa ragtag the sole aad inviting bids, and by this menus nothing to enable tV owner* thereof to pay tV some. The strew was taken away, hot angbt thereof was not diminished from tV tale of bricks. Thonsaads, who, lw/oce and daring tV war, from their greed at gate, refused to give the merest pittance of their wealth to the cease at God, (band them wives era long anahta Ae buy bread or clothing Aw t Vtnartvee sad little ones. And la there no pur pore no God’s part ta alt thtal Is it not to touch we that ws ena not dr fraud aad rob God with impunity t of our holy 1 Now, let all lU.sjxjsed to reflect for a m of injury th. > is deeirahle, xssiSTlst., INDISPEN SABLE. We msy train some min istera privately, send some to Phila delphia to be trained, and transport some foreigners, but until wn have a good Theological Seminary located aud encouraged in our midst, ws will fail-to take that high stand and exert that positive iuflueaoe that we aught, as the Reformation Church, to 4o. ’ And, with that brother, wa believe that it can be done, but only ia the may which he suggests. But what are we doing Air it! Talking a little at onr general conventions, sod appointing a committee to report at the aext meeting, and—there the matter rests till the next meettag. I Brethren, let us betake ourselves to teork There ta too much supine i Mm characterizing our course with regped to many tkinga which are A correspondent of the Wettemos and Reflector, whom the editor in dorses as a “good Baptist, w V has seen long and honorable service as a pastor,” begs his brethren “not to ignore the fact that the number ta constantly increasing in the ranks of our clergy and the laity of Jthore who believe in toleration, wfce fang to sat j* .closer union <ef oil Christians, and •who, because they «an find ns tajanc- ttu*. to the coutrary, either ia tV law -or spirit of .Christ, belters that there Js.no more fitting place to show forth this onion .than at -the sacred table, where they together may commemo rate the gre«t-k>re .of their common Lord.”