The Lutheran visitor. (Columbia, S.C.) 1869-1904, June 09, 1870, Image 2
COLUMBIA, H. C.
ly, Jane 9, 1870.
LUTIIRKAK VISITOR. COLUMBIA,
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Roanoke College 1 Jp
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‘ WjfHppmil |>ttbli»ilrf jqotkcp pf
Meeting* for any political pttlj.ofr
whutwjeWrv (John Xviii: 36.)
'TU
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and effective baftoun* arft
Ij iu/uut baptism* The
rciifmtui:
liET. A. U. i:ri)K. CoLfUSMi, 8>C.
KxV. J, IvMu.LKU, Stavntox, VA.
lL Fm unitu in unit-wisent iul-M
XU vwIvBWtM »•* nl,w wwi-nimiw
liberty, itt ail thing* charity.”
We advise our friend* U) look
twice before tliey invest their lrtOney
in the purchase uf faith's I He-
tioimry of tb« Biblcj* nnd "Night
Scenes,*
1 rend some time ago 1 if n Pfafthf
tertan i»per nil editorial, which I
think Is calculated to do our cliurrh i«'Urist, do not unit In
It is ns fnltovni: tlimt
advantage b» writes#
■ sffttle"
Billing* over I Rttle child,
j nun, when they (-olrbntb.* tite love sf Tin* model of ids disoijileslilp »t
his name, i midjr exists In the HtVt otiild. He
in thetjauol ft trlrtl mote «i|«aWe <>f liebig
The CaSnloguc of the Seventeenth
tVsniou (lHtKV-Tlt) nfforda gntflft lag
and positive evidence of the pros
pertty ami popiditrity'of this elier-
ifthed timtlftitMi of MV Soqthrm . i-niii_m_i-Li-
fhnn*. Its Faculty U eom|«uned | "eyhe Catholic* pretend to believe [prayer ihwliugi bot ’he’ls sfcsrttt'lti; a n.eitrbrr of Christ* tiork, or of «d | choreli when tn its purer State, th«
nd th<
TREKS t
IUl«tta
of Christian gentlemen, eminently
titled for the clmira they til. The
students numbered during the )mnt
aendemic yn»r Id”, from 18 ittffisrent
States; Virginia famishing the Isrg
that tlie breml and the wine nse*t hi ' the coai autumn |
Tint the baptism of children (ft
it a recent custom, twit
by tin- testiimmy of the
therefore. It
fm JS^WLfr St ffiftBS; belter to h*U ptuyer nuid
Hrp in* *®^**3 I • “** eWii mooti y (£ A d •*.*«*«■* t-** tiut V jml\
of Cbriah
cured or this old Kuatlab ides. He
held an opinion <at the anlflcct that
1 sillier was isittaim sever
lish idea.
’ n w —-- -- W . Hi m "U IWI ll'OI
eat number, Iflflto&ftdMftaft the nest i is somewhat dinenlt to umlui »unnl.
gi2..>0 Car one year. .
fHIW sis months—*_,.-..*8
• • - nrnnin-rx- The I sle (Vsnb. t Htfttes t he follow
V00 for three months . i :
The XIX Oafan au»l the Lulknuu
\~ixHtn- together for #5 per year, t'lergy-
Hietr. Ch wmen’s widows, and the The-
otognel students me ouly uharjBtl #4.30
fur the Mtigsriitc and paper.
6fl*AllrtvmuVnnirstkma must is- written
correctly and legibly, »ud accompanied
with the names (if the miters, which,*
huWcVrh Slav he withheld from the
paUie. t'ortvsiHmdjnents must uot e\-
l>eet Ikdiiml oouimnnicationH n» be
IjCWe fcrq*n*forn subscribers to imike
reniittmieea to u* only in registered let-
tets, or in the form of i>o*t ofthe money
orders or bnuk elieeks. All these reuut-
tsores are nt ouv risk. Ire eon not bite
the risk tchen mosey is rest is sseryistfred
Porn
yormerly there nmy have lsen some
gromni for the remark, that “tlie only
■gBah * ■8HMI— I—* ks>t|w
iiss.sts5f i i:r,;a'iv="«
derthe new low, wtii.ii went Info ilpeln-
' n^tered letters
d we KnoW from
tion last Jnuc, we think i
are perfectly safe ; and
. e» e *(srjencr
that lAhriw are
Cotick To r*o>T\(.evTr:K<.—Postmasters
tUronginmt the eonutvi will save troiride
by ols-yiug tlie laws in rogard to m-wspa-
js-jw, etc. IV lieu a jiapat mimtns dead in
tire office f..r fmn (nurenliv* weeks, it is
tin*, duty of tlu> isiatmastei* or his deputy
t<> sernl the' publisher of tlie |ul|sT a writ-
m notice of tile fact—stating, if piswible,
th* reason why the jamer is not taken.
The returning to the publisher of a isiis r
V«t "uot taken,” "refused," or "un-
sd for,” is not a legal notice.
big:
“One CL \\\ Jones hits been rcceiv
ittg two jiapere for some time, Iknui
Mr. T. li. Pease, the wellktiown
newsdealer of Xew llnven. Not or
dering ills pnperit ittopis‘d, Mr. Pease
coutiuued to send them. At th<' usual
time the bill was scut in, which Mr.
Jones refused to jm,y. Mr. Pease took
tho usual eonrao of publishers, and
couiiuueil to send until nneuntgea
should li« paid. Mr. Jones refusing
the pajiers and still refusing to jiuy,
an action was brought beforu a jus*
tieo and dis*itk«l uguiliat him. Tin*
ease was appealed, UUd tiled again
before u bigtier court. lu this in
BtunoO, also, tlie case was decided
against Joues, tbe court ordering the
bill to. lie (laid and the cost of tlie
court, amounting to some
Docliatd.
Premiums.
,Wv will give to any one who semis
its t wo Subscrilsirs and go, one copy
tt( " VistiHctice Doetriues.”
We w»U give for four Snlmerilsua
Rtid #10, a copy of “ hi/e imtl Deeds
«/ Lather?
Vie wfll gtve for five {%»l*n*ibcrs
uud #ld.otl. a copy of “Luther** Ser-
uibnx, Vol. T.; nr if preferred, a copy
of “hr. Siess' Enlrxia LnThcmnn ,*” or
u Lather's Church Postil,^ in 18 nnm-
bers.
Wo will give Ah* ten Huhsvrilsux
and #id, a copy of " The Hook of
Concord~
The names awl tbe money must
ftpSpiu^uuy each other.
As regswils premiions due for VoL
I., the fonucr publisbers mv rvsiam-
sible. for Xhe preiniiuus ft»r Vol. II.,
wmre. *,-■;
A. K. Ui'DH,
“ , ' ; J. I. MlLLEll.
We Imre received a eommnuira-
tion ftsim one who writes i
‘•Hev A H Rude please publish
this in tlie iutlicran visitor i take
the luthcnm visitur.”
We regret that we must decline,
ns we do not think the article either
adapted to tho taste of, or ett|e«UiUsl
to Iwueflt our renders. If, however,
« reei>eetiible minority should soy,
alter lmviug road the extracts wu
give—“let us have it,” we, though
HX~»Maryland g, &e.
Itnringthe 1ft jeer* rtf tts existence.
not eownHhg IM7W, the (Vdiegv has
•sot forth 9f> grwdnntes. Of these,
Tft are in the ministry, b arc studying
divinity, and 15are engaged In teach
lag. Five have passe.1 away.
We are promt of 1 ton nuke. We
love an who belong to it, ami w* do
hope that the church nwi tho friends
of nlnentiiwi will stistaiu it.
We are opposed to Htale Instiln
lions, wticlher they are ralhsl uni
versltles, colleges, or military nrade
mtm. Wr look on them aseontltrting
with tlie rights of the peo(>h». Why
should the people he taxed for the
betii'flt of such setioots, wtien it ia
mostly only tlw sons of tht rich that
can receive heneAt Drum (tie advsa
tages whtsti theypieaent t
They nrc also in mw day Itroommg
Isdithul englues, ami we tear that
the day hi uot distniit, when thy
I wot ipnrtiftcatinti for a professor’s
chair will be a pohllnd sbihisdeth,
I^t every t'ollegeor ITiiveivity ntnml
im its own merits. 1s t it he (lie
institution of the (ssij>te, and not of
the 1 legislature. It Is a grievous
wrong to eonijs-i the man whoso awns
Uwcn
we sawr an article in one of
ntly
. JfuA ,
the ihsbrine of
luwera on tbe anhject.
our excluinges stlimpflpg to explain
and bis fbt
^ but to our
miml it was not very etesr.
“Here ia amuetiung that we cat
from an ckcJuutfe, which strikes ns
as having point s
"Rev. In*, t'nmining. of Ismdoti,
recently aaiii that Im the Highlands
of Heutbiml ho uuee met a lady of
noble birth who asked Inui if he
believed in tin* -lenl iironeiuis' *< er
tninly I do,* he ssul. *1 am very
"lie replied; rifot Von are tlie
•rat Protestant elergynuui i aver
met with who did.' ‘We attach ihf-
fervnt meuniugs to the snun* souls,"
■sill l)r. i'uinuiiug. ‘I helmre !n Mu*
real prmem-e of our laird wherever
two or three are gathered tagrfther
in bis name. 1 can uot believe as
yo« do about the real umawicc, w bru
I musnler the words 'is rrmrmbivste
of me." Memory has to do s1th the
iwst—with an sfcsrst friend. To eat
and drink is rrmembrmnr of eaa
who ia present before oue'seyes is aa
aUuudity.”"
Is it uot strange that Prutastaots
will persist, lu the fare of light and
truth, ia forcing upon the aalufonacil
tlie idett that the 1st the ran t'Umreh
boh Is tho doctrine of trommbatamhm
ties / There are at* is all Protestant
sects wbo, ritlier through baar design
.. . Mlnestion of those wh
soriily iigfonst ouc iucli.mtmn, views, (|ii)it|r ^ ^
and ooHvmUous, wdl submit. Rat H Is Ha old st.wr of the
KxtracU from: i take the luthcr
nu:*
mimf tutor <1my nftrr «t«y «itb lit Hr , ur mrx« imuUii ienymuev# Ink
Imnds. and wh* therefore ran mri , lWe muri(l Uiiexe that Unthiwnas are
enjoy Hie iienellts of a mrivennty. to IM «hiut( mote than hair ivformeri lbs
defray out of Ms neersaittes, out «d mauide-ma ignorant set of peopir
his aamli income, flic expenses of the «ho lastly know what they do
the good will be
examide af the
is In-1 vathsi, tUnn an inflmf is. Be must following undtatbms wilt
grow ntnl unit tire ia *lirhdfeii|ity by do 1 dunk but that
,ii ” tip,,, to |Ntrtalc of the land's' imvisij tin* sntm* ftwft rtmt it i* convinced by tbe
supper. • • iHovidud for buUn to grow ami ebnrcli when free from
•To mt and driuk ia nmemD antt uiaUua*. And that he may grow as j Oryp-u wriu-s as f.dlownj
ofona s ta. a, actually pnxwal Iwfon* i member of the duck, he must be therefore the eliwreh 1
one's eyes is su abmmlity j” but the joined *» >bat flock. The. mark, | |he trudiUou from the
of
disciples of our Iswd did eat ami isnlge, and smiwmeiit ordained
drink “ia iPBa-mLwam*” of f'hriat, Phrist f<w the iftaking of such <»n
and 1m was pivneutbafore their eyespl aiwtiou with the flock is llofttism
the dm-iplex, and Chris/
rmawiU them to da the act,
tem ysilty of ms xuei ium v.
Hare enough, there is point in Ur,
Cammiug's smart reply to "a lady of
noble birth.* Perhaps the lady was
stntrk as fonibly by the poiut of tint
Dr.’s rotaaiks as oui ii fond, but it
did not prubaldyr produce the saaie
iuiprswuon. ,
Hat the Dr. says to the Indy : "We
nttaeb (lift.-rent meanings to the war
woids." Ah, yes! That is the pupil.
Ami If other Protestants would only
give bnidisw Jo little children.' p w
they to whom were committed the
secrets of the divine mysteries harm
There is no authority for nipmling that tbe eoutamiimtham of sin rreSj
any isie as a ehiistiun who hss uot , belonged to all, which ought In be
1 (ecu “baptised into t.lirist." If chit- reuniv'tsl by water and the Hpirfe*
du n, then, ore to be truilnxi up as These words of Origeo famish streM
ntcmbeis ot Christ's flock, it is mw testimiaiy to tlm subjects of Origins
essarity implied tlatl tliey W* in like Kin mid Infant Hsiitlsm.
manner introduced into tlie fold, by ( Cyprisu writes, that the Kjmj
the same Divine sacrament of such eomtemnei! tbe o^iintoo of tliose wfo,
in trod nst ion. ; did uot wfob child rru to be baptize,]
We hohl, therefore, that children , Is-fore the eighth day. .
sue to be baptized; and that it is Augustine, in bis fourth book on
tbe duly of Christian join uts to tiav e , Itaptism, against the Dunstists. say*
Brist ( ^
tlieir cbihlreu ijuptitdl; as it is their , of tin- baptism sif children: “The
duty to hi Lug. them lip is the /sod. entire idmrdi holds it,
hove tbo iiouesty to ascertain the j We belicrc, also, tkut there is great
meaning which iait In-tuns attach to) sin and faaltinrss lying to tlie charge
the "real piesomw" Iwtiwv einssing; of tiwme |iaivuts who eiaini to be
tliem with Rmiisii Culbobcs, (lieu ehrisUaim, ami jet iw-gkct tba bring
we might c\|Ki*t not to lie inisri jae j ing of tlu-ir littlf ones to Christ iu
sented. MAM SMALL. ! bis own sucminenl of iinplaiiUtioa
■ • m ms m — intb his fold and family.
Fur ik* IsitUnwii V .four, j jj o( jj j, j^bed a gUlilig iucun j cause
"Profltable for Doctrine " i "httrrj nnd a greviou-s fault, for most
> ‘ ’christhiH ism-nts and tlie Church to leave great calm*. And first, this h
The insil from 1 .Itmilen to- ay trrat children as* If tliey J very certain that the kingdom of
says. “Seed ine ft couimnnicidioti. were xtruugrni and foreigners to the (iod. that is, the promise of grace
It iirings nlno tbe l.atherns ttwl Jlit- ff jjiey arc Impliai-d, they arc and eternal trfe, ihies not pcftain to
nounry, mid in Usdiug nvrr it, 1 , l0 foiiger nlieus and foreigners, but intuits <H*ty. but also to rluidiMiy
Hud au iii.u.i i..l not ouiy inftniti iy \x.rily tellow ertiKcus «ith Abe saints,Ik^jiuso Christ most eiu|dtatiicw%
Iwttcr llua anything I can produce, u d*-as by sin a:n4 nubesf they lisve 'says, (Matt xixa 14,) "Of sorb is
Imt also ruutaiuiug sarli w Ua'a-Miaa-, —ppmd j^ ( . eoveunnl t» which the kingdom *d heaven.” iakewfae.
sound, ev nngelieal lot! henui doctrine.
that * was
not instituted by councils, but thrik
it 1ms always been retained, and it
is very jirnperiy is-lieved to Imre
l»*cn lmmled down by ajmstsik aa-
ttiority."
1. AiK.nikxt. We w ill take osr
proofs from the Gospel, which, be
good results flow
eoTOn-t o| dub mis.
tiny. ww uuMie pai tk’s, and lmvc “It is not the wilt of the Father that
are abau imlieve, and sir hut a sniftU rvarove | “ B * •"'fo*'** "o uivu- unaoratiMM Hf expstriatnl tbrioseivcs by it fusel to one of these little ones shuatd pm>
fhemaeives. (rU ui “all the alsmtiaatfons of tfo- “"r ts'.p.e. t.'.it I at oner «Mtc)ink'd .itiirl** by tlau. eoveoant. Our husl- teb. p Tta-oe most jirecious weals
c»re- isnusfstu." Worts not know what ”' 1 ** '* 6,1 "' pokheatioM iu tlie lmal ^ m«t to toing them into tbe textriV that a large port of ths
noli, Mi indn.-Ml thn rxlil.ir re trust In. * * * '“'IN' l *U» ( .( ,A> " >U !> “i f„),| n ]n-n mii-e they lm\ e cane fo datroh of tlod fs rw*n|MmMt of (
s Slate I'nivei-Sity—wliat — jt§ iqirnlf nf I sit bar suit thn I ftthrras tu “ > f ' lu ** i m>t ‘ 1>I11 * 11 lvl< .vearw «f matiudy, tmt to bring tfomi drew, iijniii wlmm the turn
~**~ |1~hli h im t-Minrctiou w ith tbe Do 'he Imp! i/jxI yiMUhs of <nu i'.imvii a* ; n v are yrl hshus, and has lawn invoked. Wheiwkus
miah error of trwn*abslsnttatlo:i, ami l *“* < * <411 u , ‘" 1,1 v“‘*‘ 1,11 “ b' do h , wir elN , and Htfoutioi* us love sml Hierisli these words. I
incut, tlien is a State church rm rryla. j v# d„ bope that to* meant no harm, , j H ' m inJftMns', and gno^iavr. M then,, so *s to kix p them t!«*re, not softer them to lie snatched
that they may never ik-part fiots by lying aoidiiidrfoa, as the
that Savkriir who accepteil am! baptist* contend that
. snip IthssoKl them nfom yet they could has Wen made to ehikben, imt that
■' .oiuprviK ini usrhiitg. a them* preceiftw wn*re given to
Au editor sf S I aj.tist papet, aon Hxery liaprised eUfol uie< received that they might imitate tbe i
Hu nt mg u|«ni certain mMiviui« »"» ot g ajdrilusl. tort nue in its Uiji retire at chthlnsi, who :ts yet
One Dollar.
Wo will mail the Lutheran Vititer
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t: j
Correction.
A typographical error is a rare ex
ception in nttr paper this year. One
occurred however in No. 02. Second
page, second column, nineteenth line
from bottom, read eneyflicttl In.stend
t>€ ctniigcHcal. ■-
^4
Agents.
t)«r subscribers in Cliarieston,
S. (*., will please to remember that
Messrs. Boiucst and Martin are our
authorized agents. All in arrears
will please call on them.
3. F. Dent, Ksrj.. of U-esville. 8. C„
has RinctTy eonsciitod to act as our
agent. All concenied Will please
take notice.
“The bnuautl nest you w ill find
own the k*vi iuc nary foray road,
gentlemeu Just not it! it!”
“Tlia dont smell sweet.”
“the niggro most jvrov ami Hint
fast i teU you iny fluid Muck you
will not get to heaven if yon do
i think tlm orangoutang will two i
tell yon.
“4. was tliare » liort that never
sighed was tlwre ft tongue that never
lycl was thare u rye that never
vvinktsl was tUnre a nmu that never
drinked.”
•We think this is sufficient, ftfttl
are jiersuadeil that all our renders,
.save one, will sustain ns in our re-
fhsal to “publish this ,*” although we
may lose the patronage of one wlio
does “foie the Isthrrnn risHor?
It. '
If
now for military- aMudrinimi-
witli tlie priftriplro of frm govern
Wo on* irnttoniiar h»> muvit ftfter, but the wav thiug. an- tmt in that
Kuh>|ic, where the gi.vcrnm. nl. are aaitnrial, the infrr.-ucc out be
everything ami the |.*»ple Xifoiwg jOman timt the Uomisli and
. lad heron Chnrchra liuki
(four
fen,
Baptist brvtliivn eapse of of
I SAM SMALL.
Their Ktute rkurubea .tad .■Stati
st itnt kins are in ordur t Imt ia the
I’niteii Htate* limy are imt. Throe
State euUeaen and uaiveisitkw aie
moreover failures; it not, why tboM
doctrine, or very nearly the ibiumwuu )
llm istnfs flapper. U ut u hs my 9
that III* Cat hols
of a “real
lurid the duettioe
si that “Ln
CorrmpoaiUnas
“Knclosed please find #A. which
]riaee to my cretlit. Am very sarry
to have lieen in ;iiTean», en|K*eially
that 1 should be singled (Ml among
the finst; but 1 won’t complain.”
Anmeer. Allow us to correct your
ewmeon* impression. W« did not
single you out; but Went through
onr book, and arranged the name*
of ilelimjneiits alpludictically for
publication.
We have in this whole matter used
the greatest forbenrnuce, niul ifone
our utuioat to give ’ns little ufleucr
as possible; but tre ueed what is due
w, and art ctmpelM to nsk for it.
Accept our thanks for yonr remit
tniiee,- and continue to think kindly
Of US. It
do so jaunjr-other coilvgMs alrhongh , ,iirr |m«hupn wa# w vcrrunsl ot that i
n«* simtkiirot trom tioMpul Jn- irwro ,g,l Ltmumti utro}” ifoa hw i^nuiuu is (
orica, flourish I We may Im wrong, difficult to umkistand ; and then
bat are i.-N-liurd Is think that we iuv U .u, hi* nrolero that an attempt to
-•» Lulusau luisiek-i' eyhulVing to
tin* bnugiag of I hr childivu and
.voting peopU- uf the e.Nign gatwu!
into the fold uf Christ, makes this
ivinnik ! ,, ,
w * -
“We mv Ism wg.nu s sUaugi*
not ainguiur iu Mir view*.
, us <'H*is4cui > and < .lutrodiclion ro
, explain Imlhci'a apiaiuu, recently
; uiatk', was list dear ; without aUUiu# , |«rrpe*«uiR. v • M, ' t ““"*“1! l’vdo-
(ur ikr UdMM VWmr. j w Uat Luth.-r is. ankl to luiv, held, lm|«risls, ealUsi ev*u*vi>' 4l. Ailxiui- , aKwyfoNI himli,
FmkSmait Print
ifc.ni. It was Ifotvliy markcil and no ili-«|KKorn»ii to commit nlrmv, .«
sc.ileil as one of Christ'* accepted ! -Let not these s..|diistrie« hiieler
io\ ai d as an hair to all tiu any one from Wiivkf that throe
bhrssing. of eO-nud lifo. It may »*<nnI* aie really iKVMomes. ti-slifyhig
oevery iniieHt that fortune. If it be J.that these chiklreit. of whom it Is
not early laugh! to value it, to .set! spofcon. please (foil: that is, that
its liaart u|khi it. and t» live for it. they siv memlwra of his church,
the »od will «.-uc and destroy tin* This also is certain, that withnat
We Mmv jast elowxl » very inter
eating little Conhwaee meeting
MmithAeld. Tbe m.tice was ipiitr
abort; bat six t'lericai and three
Isiy meniU rs attewUwi the meeting-
Rro. I sing will fimtiali you nn nb-
jar llutt he dilh li<1 from,Ihe CiUlio “ig *°
; lin; Im certainly dues the Lutheran
tite Lntbcnia cued, tlusc
! Cbuirli au injuatiee.
■t. Whut infetvnee can
Rew. Prof. Barb
Will please accept oor thanks for
the list of delegates from the llols-
felon Synod. His letter came, how-
brif, too late R)r publication, but we
are as grateful as If oor bumble re
quest had been complied with imme
diately. To make haste slowly is a
Vbry good rule ; but too tdoirly is as
bad as never. Who is Ihe secretary
of Ilolston Synoil f
. “Dear ttir: I enclose |!i, which
idnce to my credit, and if imt enough
let me know, ami i will remit tite
balance. 1 appreciate yonr posi
tion, ami kitoic the importance of
patrons pay ing np inomptl.V, in order
that tlie pnbiislier may lie enabled,
to meet his obligations. I rend the
rfoifor with much pleasure, nud 1
hope with beneiit 2 trill giro you
the credit of printing one of the neatest
imjters that 1 see. and trust you will
be enabled by a liberal patronage to
keep It nt its present standard.
“With much respect, 1 remain
yonr* truly, •”
“I*. 8.—Don’t publish any (.irtioii
of thin.”
A Card.
Our trunk is packed. A poor ed
itor and minister to boot, we have not
uiueh to put iu it,. Our passage is
secured, and we are about to leave
■our siuictuiu for the General Synod.
Jpriieu this card is read in the Visitor,
mo will, tbe Lord guarding aud
guiding as safely, be at AA i m.lieste r,
Virginia,
We haw been hard at work, suf-
4‘vriftg-ut the same time from fatigue,
.the added up result of overwork and
the debility wbioh this season always
inflicts upon us. We have provided
as well as we could for the two ncun-
j bers, Noe- 93 and 94, t hut-are to be
publislied during our absence, Our
m coi respondents will please watt pa
tiently for answers till we return;
and all echo hare mmey for us, will
please send it on at omx. We need
it. R."
Austcer : Dear *ir, we have tried
to obey; but the efl'ort has almost
•tract.* «
Conference adjaarncl mi Friday,
anil alt the brethren returned except
ltrvv. Kicheilierger, Who preached for
me mi Huttuduy. Rro. Wise, iroai
Maryland, arrived mi HMlurtiiiv mid
preaclied far us very araaptulriy tm
riublmtli. .f’
We luut a ptrosnnt nail I Uutie
very pro li table comuiwnkm on Ssh
Until. Seven iwrantM miitwl with tlie
congregation, four by cnnflnuMtimi
and three by certilk-ate and transfer.
This makes fourteen ineMbeta re-
eeived in m.v little scattrml miwrion
since lost Octolier. To my hind
Heavenly Katlicr lie all Hie pialae,
for he hath ikvne this.
foist I Nit hardly least, then* was
scarcely ft pijie or cigar seen at the
Con fere nee-1 if that iHisrhieyMia,
scolding “Orient” Was three, he rer
tninly CM not, or should not scohl thin
time for wo haidaof pipen and tolnuxx.
were iianlrel up to t'-onfeivnce Imre
be ilruwu vs.
cvpt that Ike Lutheran* hold tlie
doctrine* uf a “real presence,* aud
so do the t 'atlioik-s. and they tunst
therefore hold the saun*, or. very
aud all its great the ehurvii, that in, as regard* those
tiiiluiw* will be of no avail Rut upon vvinon the rsmms of ttri hi
•little laiulas ikw -youiig jh-im..,, j,, that eh-ar iaiptirothui ail not heca fovnked in buprima, aari
ia the Huaday -aokouis, so lor ft* tlnocgh, that ilk re is no iwpnftity [itbo are without the Gospel, there *
they are the < hditn-n nt Lutheran i *1,, u sUachi uvt grow up trom is m rv mission of sins ami so faux
IKirewts, are by their baptism already (H ultr»t infancy a ten* and lov ing ; tiri|Kitioii of eicntal life, as they aro
in tin- clnm li, In the fold of i 'lirint. ,U»'i}de of its land aud IkxieeUk i. } classed with tire enemies of finreh
Ut the Cnw*; for thia ht tlie very |
j nearly the same, wlra t Why did la
nut nit lew, as a cuunuou ally in op
isautkm lu the Romish heresy, tell
his rvudera I Imt this ok! false charge
against Luther and his followers.
ground and sepport ot Ihfiut bap
tism. that ‘the inf.nils of believing
parewts tiave a right to choreic mem
bership, to I ’hritt’s fold nnd i-mbrsee,
to tlie gnus' of his sitlvotiow and ot
his church, mul theref<N*c to Imidism,
If 4iusw who have, been itnplizcd
iu ehthlhood have been iiegh-cted.
miatrmkxl. and left to grow up hi
made and refuted a thousand tlim** by which they are lnunght to aM this ^feit good land whose
over, sbonkl uo longer be pnhlislaxl
iu » t>s[HT pnrpiMtiug to *pcak tlw
truth in tbe defence of ITvSest.int
(.,m ; imt that very error ol the la>
mult tliimh never had more intelli
gent and |Miwerful opjsiueiits than
Lather and Lutheran* ; and that the
Lutheran Church lias to-day voluures
enough in refnlnlitNi of that very
Ami now, niter they hr tilt* <tn»-trine
have lieen thus, in infancy, brought
Into the Ml—we lienr |N-rjv,-tu.iiiy
re|MHf(sl by the pastor* nf these
This -is dearly pioveit by Acts tv<
12—“Tiiere is none other name given
anwMig men whereby wc mast b»
e.\ee|ri the name of Jeans
timt i* to say. they miurt jdwiab iskewtan, (Kph. r: 2f«, 86,)
Ire tanglit butter, ami turned from l*a«l ilescribing tire rhnrch. a*y»:
thrii evil ways, to hive and serve , “Christ also loved the rhareh and
minrire they ' 2»ve himself fur it. timt Ire
sin and unlreio-f, then conversion Is j Ki'vrxl,
tiav e abused, lint tfow i*««i«m- jsmmttfy and rlrenre *t
with tfo
He deters the
won that Improved chiidn u -kould wtebiaf of water.*
tint* grow tip, if only patents, minis- church to b» tbo I
tens and ehiicciw-a w ill «!<• w hat tiod I vv-hM-h he saix-titieM; and *4ih a* *
rhmTlMW,IUat fthei.lreyotHlllmrf.tr. ^ ^ B]wa U ,«n w ith roleremee to nvark of the chmrh, that we .
of enriy i Idldlumd, tliese 'wan; per
sons.' thi-se Taialvs. < must he ‘brought
into the fold of ilirint’ ami ‘to the
Cross * A more striking enutradlr-
abomination of Rome” to All a libra ; I*™ <* theory lawcthc It is dif-
ry t Thun his trumpet would hare
giveu forth uo uncertain smuid ; nud
sotnclssly might have keen instruct-
cd nnd isIifletL
Timt tire c.vjdanation Ire reuuntly
saw (“Hum Hmall's*) was not ck*«r to
ltia mind is untur.d onongh. Indued,
we «U»n’t see that it could apjieur clear
to uny Calvinist or Zwinglian. If
as in the days Of“rieirex.” Rnt Ure ! Xwinglc or Calv in hud only seen 1st
Itenlt to bnugiae. With one hnml
Infont Ivnpfism is Irek] fast, nad
nenlonsly defended; wflli the other
nil its gitHttal nnd signlilcanei' is
thrown « way.’
there lamlisot thetUvok. fl ntrffiriilj jl"^- M <««:« MlM8 nalrens spa*
is in the euittemplathni of the Holy w hum the name of Christ has wft
Ghost, and it siionkl 1«0 cont-tsMtly * fo ru iliv«5ked. Afoi. Kom. viit: Jft—
in «Nir eoiitemphituui, that pur chil- ' u " h«au he has elected, them he aks
(Iren ninudd grow np Christian* from ; rolled" Tlwre is therefore no «#■►
their enriiest rkiidtmod. They are , *° n “ r rimre who have not Irerome
Imptized with this view. Carrot ol members of the church by an ex-
itnd uiitdslerial duties ore specified Drnnl roll. Matt. xvKD ”0—“Where
tuid specially euj'iiued n itli this view*, two or three are gathered together
All the facts relating to tire nature in »y name, there ma I in the i
Iteen too nmcli for us. Your letter
lias been our plague nnd torment
both (lay,ami night. We have raid
it again and again, wo have it by
heart, we dream of it by night, il
threatens to become onr one idea—•
monomania—ami tbe ouly relief front
such iFcalatnitj that wc can conceive
of ia, to disobey yott.
We already fool bettor, and we are
confident timt wc shall bo heiiefltted
vastly as 800U tm your kiud, appre
ciative, ami pointed—^fire dollars is a
strong point, eloquent, teell put, and
continciug—coiumuiiicatkiii is read in
print by others. We feel confident
that it will induce J. M. and K. fb,
at Lebanon Church, A. E., of Cedar
Creek, M. E. G., of Bnrkc’s Garden,
Va., M. J. H., Dullield’K Depot, W.
V’a., 8. B., Columbia, 8. 0., and M.
L. L., Hidgc I’. O., 8. G., to follow
the good example set. We are as
suied that they will pay np, ami
love us bettor than ever. Lookout
for the mimes in full jest week.
K.
F.tartly so; nnd this is jtuvt the of cliililhissl. its ausixptiliiitties, and of them,” Therefore (thriat i* I
misery of all Midi Lutherans mi do Isw. which govern its dev ehqv present in that assemWtf whh% i»
not practically hold to lire old founds meat, preomppose nnd liear out the ! wot gatluvred together it* hi* lists*,
tiim* of our ritnrrh. T1k*sc Puritanic practicability of this view. And we i This doctrine must be most fimb
oml Metlimlistic grafts mmu tire l.tt- iU v uot only grorslv iireonsistmrt, 1 mltrered to: Witlioat Hto *««•»
R °t t*^ 1 *** a )®it»*d ther’* view clearly, then that editor ( tlicran system do really liegativT or Imt fad in out most solemn conratis there is no remission of sin rad
to his idols and ths tronlded j would hare seen mine dearly, and Ire subvert it, ami either the oue or the HkmR( ir wc (to nut ^ oaraclves to I etenml lift'. Tire two following
P**- j other mnst iu logic nnd honesty be ' t j„, wor ^ o1 * making it n reality with positions licing established! That
icungucetL We hold to tlie “La- reference to the eUtklren trims©fruit! ! *!«• promise of grace pertain**® «sM-
thcntii I reed, and hence we must Hll( ] utoldtng God has pat into I dtvn: and that it* «kre» not fftFk
be at war with tbe Baptistio ffiftd ©nrhands. (to tlrem wifhoat the choratt **
fmtatieal notions Which regnrtl eviry - j —— t comlusfoti clsorlv follow*, Hull
body, itifout and oflHlt, tw Alt suite- Church nencrolcnce.—Mr. C. L.' dreo must necessarily be
Hover, an nlrea, a total outsider to (ioodycnr, Of Chicngo, has given ‘ into the ekareli by ItsjWiiWh ****^‘
the family, fold Had Jtoasehold of £l“,(Xki towards the paytiient of tlie the name of clod is iuv<
faitlt, imnl/uclt un two is, a. it in >vi,ooo debt mt (he Baptist Tlifo-
techuirafly expressed, “rosmfod.” ‘ logical Si-minary tlrer.*, and has
There can Ire no donbfc of one j plrilgcd £10,0p0 more, if the debt is
.rotor, somewhere, anil siioiihl tlrere j s uu l,l „ ow U: able to rev Unit
toic Is* let alone. Imps" Luther teas cured «f that ohl
jpWheat is looking finely in tho Ifomish idin. We are sorty tbtit wc
Valley, and tlie season irearlv
weeks earlier than nsmtl.
- As ever yours,
Wx 8. MrCLAX All AN.
two
•Ves, Imt it takes tiro, IsMtg to
long!
tNo vvomlor we were not there.
Wait nutil General Synod meets,
ami If "Oriftn^ fct a trne firieiital, ha
wiH l>e there with cttelwogues, nar
ghiles, and calumets sufficient to
supply the entire. Mynml. If not,
then be is neither an Ortcnbd nor
ntt Occidental—lor boflt smoke—Imt,
which is better, a kind-heartwl and
well-mentting brother. R.
Hee/uest,—Tite late R. P. Baivroft,
a wealthy citizen of I’hitiMlelphin,
has bequeaUted |»5 t ooo to the Kpis-
copid Hospital of that city ; 13,000
to tbe Northern Home for Friendless
Cltildrett; and $2,000 to tire Penn
sylvania Institute for tlie Instruction
i of the Blind. •* * ‘ "
can not make Luther's opinion elettr
to “our Editor f for we believe it is
a thousand fold 1 tetter titan his. la-
^ deed, it ia a glorious one; nud al-
j though “it is somewhat difficult to
uiidcnitttntl," we do hope that our
friend will till bis readers that it is
not ‘ Ilotnish.*
Bui to strengthen prejudice uguimd
“Luther's opinion on the subject,”
that editor gives au ext met Hum Dr.
Ctiiuiuiiig, whom we flud just as con
sistent tuid logical as he often is lu
his eloquent writings. Dr. C. says,
■■1 behove in Utc ‘real presence’ of
our Istrd, wherever two or thrtre are
gathered together iu his gaSc,” and
then adds, “To cat and drink in re-
membra ure of one wire is present bo-
forc one's eyes is an absurdity.” Here
is the jSoiut with which ottr friend
wns so forcibly struck, while he could
them. Tho invocation of
of God, w hich is done
ministry, is si great
thiug; to wit, timt Christian im rents j provided for by tite. 1st of July. AUf Ihrist Ires joined these two th*NP‘
|v
This ar^umrn L
It cam not |ft*
it v
way van |
tion bekmgN
clitirelt, ft*,
ABstepri’*"* tl
lakd front i
muses-
The V
f
t have Ik*'
v-Jfifrings b>
from Alwo.'d
ionfthlc. I «Ut
tion to teJ$ y
W iHlt I “ft"
betMtlfos
nnd art, scat
the wny fr<"
throepb tin- *
tbe banks of
tb« “long A
Ide, ftWl, th. ir
lempted- It
thftf T fttTiv
and found B
his, well
«>f the city *
if* surround
th rough on* | I
oor Wttotkjj
wtth nncontei
will say t "
nad mtM*!<e
a mov er. «|fta
fid cl»»t*cl. '
weofs «!tc of (
fronts in to
under root It
Hu* eye* of
rtMUplvtcd •
more, tht: rtn
oddirional tit
trctnral skill
libectvHfV of
Harrisburg. ;
drawings «a
iy. Brother
HttfO band nr
indeed, they i
a long night
daylight is be
t l«*v ne.it .t.
sfaHMialwymp
j.trt the W)n-
<*oiapIisluil
unworthy eft-
friends to (tea
eft come forw
ptayes a;«! i
dmte.
The'fora ti.>
most tostral
city. Tire pi
dstrihd m v
chased. Th.-
«ehgre^.t irwt
ale |M*r;«*rtly
bv the far!. ti
lankcns is VV
sand dottftrs
rasp. flWoii,
Ilaniit7. is
numbers a in
lots K4itrer.il
'‘.J many of
terjaisiiig
Tt«* tnisKio
among rite
the best of
it. MfoithM:
ida-nate
Mfoft^ M
of coin uni m.>
incessantly ;d
iourflts of th.
ship were prv
' :> ninr-b fo,-»
nsttftTIr fimnd
Older and
a» attics -
4 Iriessitvg.
I'onad to be
lteonl of it.
<ljllfc!gtno h
4^1 I would lit
Wheeling Mi
money atrea.’
*»f tlie In'st. i
hh* ever HM
most eeonon
therefore, w!
3to sfieedv c
should be
ltromptly gi
lake tltesc p
■will never rr;
k
[v
V
are IHvincly enjoiued tn bring up j a late meeting, held to consider the
their ohUdWB In the discipline Rml j mfitter, $27,500 were raised,
iustinetion Of Christ. The precoirt* W. Welch, Ksq.. buitt the now
touching litis itoint are nninerints, Kpiscoi>al ettureh of Rridesbttrg,
clear, aiKl iKstgirc. They ussutuc Petal., at a cost of $10,000. He
that children are capable of being a 1*0 gftfo the ground on which it I .hntlrt. not but that all
tntr0diic.il tnlo the Christian fold at j stands,
any period -of tltetr lives, however
“Suffer little children to '—- ...
me, tiff of such is the kiHgdOIA **
heaven“Of two*,’ Unit it, ol Aw*
upou whom my name hM been t® -
voked. ----- ■-« 4N» */
sons will be convkmed
The family of the tote Judge B, Jtecuttr* Without th*
young, ami of being tndurd in that j Walden, of Bnflalo, have givgn. the
fold, so ns to grow np ehrwtinu* stmt ot $30,000 to the Burial Ground
from their earliest infancy, and never Association of that city. .
to be anythiirg else than Christians. Isvwvs B. Parsotis. Esq., of Iowa,
Evyn an adttlf who is not u rhrintian gave four thousand ftcros of lamb
eympatl
« on vei l
rveWool s
luallr it
vm thr
uppropT
ftvta tin
ltesinl lot
schools;
schools
year, at
with Um
'•ill w*«
is no salvation; Hist
minister of the Gospel is noth**™
and the sacraments are not
tered. Tite promiae of tolvtirisft'**
pmMpvpB ^ PI ,, . , PHH! , „
discorcr no point in Lather’s opin- mnst, if he Vrbuld become one, go worth $26,000. tor ft Presbyterian mnst uecessardv be brought i*t®
ton* . ^I buck and lH'gilt life over Again, as a 1 Poilen*. to which t.is n-.ll a.1,1 church he bajitisut. is 1
to »*n
tied I
three.
buck and begin life over again, as a
Well, wo will trj tins point aud little child. Tlie Saviour's words on
ftftfasHBnfl if« *cnHte»f. Aceordfrtg-to Htiis point are very positive. All
College, to which his sows wl!! add i
$2$,(JOO, aud the place wlierc loeatril, name of the eternal FatL-, -
$»»,000. * | Doty Spirit iu revoked thrtft
Mrs. Marg
$75,900 by he, |[
and chunk
left 5,000 to li
l'hilUps Bn« fl