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i M * • it*' €Tjt flhtHjcmit COM7M Til A; =•=; A 18T0. Wednesday, Ai EDITORS : : Rpr. A. n. Rrt>«, i'ou&rtiM A. c. RK^. J. I. Mli)4%K, hstA* ntuh» th. “Its essential* unity* in aoutxMntial* liberty, in ait things Parity.™ ■»'-■ — - T t. $*.>16 for tmr rear ,..58 nnmWr*. toW tortxtoretto..<...'ij..W *V ■* I.!*) for threw monthfl... ..SRoS JmWir. I'omNfMMMh .pert declined. wm retimed. IV'Wo mfstot mtr #u ivmitrnuo » (it w onfr ia ter*. or iu the (tfni of p«i onU iw or Irnuk Hkck*. * .taqreft mv M <«r risk. fir risk she* meaty in sent Israeli, «i •« *‘ Tr ’ ‘i) |Wnn» i It there may Ji Wlt**T mor* liaMe to he *toto.” Hot ud in “ ■ *•" A9' ;Ht l»0 wHtteh ftCVollipultUd r>s which, from tUo mat not ex- . to he ro TttAka money re*»H ram met take nnregistcrcd rt ' . tieen wuh- res arc! perfectly mfc-; ami jto know nmui Vf tern r frmn other* ait utmost Aiily jptperienre wm* \ * Xollrr. TO P<V<TM\STK mat the eouutry w &W M»fticc far four cornice utipte week*, it i* l dsH f of the postmaster or hi* dr put y is mum) thr ralilMirr of tb4 popi r * writ- «e* noth*- of the fikrt^-Ktutitiir, if j*s*o«bi«\ lWnu*»t*T> save tronbh llrASUI- «h-sd in tuv of the fmt—'tutfenc, if reason winr thf . t* not taken. Th© retiimtog to the piiU1.4ior of a impel t “"not taken,'* or air;,,?",', Sm em 1 > ■■« Premium*. K' , AVe will give to uny olio who sends u*Awo Subscriber* and 'fa, one copy of ‘• l>i*tiaction Doctrine^.* 7 a W e will give for four Sulwvriber* ifeMl e'lo, a copy of “JJjja and Died* of Lather™ f Art Wo will giro for five Subaeritor* am) #12..'»o, a copy of * Lather* Her man*, Vol. I.; or if preferred, a Copy of u Dr. Sit** Kceiexitt Lathi niHa ^ or “ Luther * Church Voxtilf in IS iiuui- bqrs. J r , J We will give for tw»* Snbaeriliers ami ftiio, a copy of “ The Hook *y ' vlntM* a;F" aoeomiiany each other. J Ah re^anl.i preiiiinaiK due for A’ol. f., the fonper! puhlvsherM are aible. For the premiuipp tor \ oi. 11^ * we are. I 4 A. It. HI DE, J. I^MILLKHk -sbe* e »• ■ I ■ ,F- dll.*- - naiuc* am) the impuy uniat ■f—y Two T / m t jWe offer the 'Lutheran Visitor to dhb*s of no* less than five stiliscri bers for one year, at the rate of $2 for cocli unbueribcr. The stipulated premium will be given to the getter np of the clnb. rtn- Map of the Seat of War. t ~r * * ' , , An exet»lleii{ map of the seat of war ' and adjoining realms—West rrueeio, Bpslen, Wesferu'and Central Europe, iijclmling France of eoutse—from the .press of Colton & Co,—can bo had Chapman. Friee i j ifid map is of gooifsiae, .if by l4 inches, distim t and oori-oct. It ftpruiahes a moat eomfertaWe, inex pensive,, and perfectly aatfc way of of Messrs. Duffie & Cl 1 ‘ *« - cents. Mi This map is of go perfc irticipating jn the war* rrr it. The i Kew Dr. Bellows, a I tmk j :i *. ■* iiu» preacher, saiK: “We warn r liomau Catholic fellow citizens public schools. They wHl sooner or later bring on a civil war,- in S hicli they *.uid their churches will, 5 swept as by a whirlwind, from the iwV* - i—a : ' » la I , Utr ■* *•_ ^Tliis is ai veiy wel *1 /* *■> t “*• ‘ * ‘ rather, smacks of the though it the p b c chureh, of n essential, er or later nfilct. t t « T if 1 ? n my* brawny aym and the flenched fist \te too feaT that the Iioman ag gressivciKiss, the supercilious apTo- f mee, ami unscrupulous mannejr in hirh liomish priests endeavor to Accomplish their cliurclily ends—the priest liyes only for 1 Which,' however, he is a vital part—will sc Bring about'a terrible '‘Let us be cauti Bellows, “how we raise qnesti about the christiniiity of men like Washington, Lincoln, of* eve® Dick- ciis, lest tl»e profane should any : What is the use of a* Christianity whieli such men could do with out f ” i i Ob, yes, Dr. Bellowis, yon can threaten^ bat yon can not defend . the truth as once delivered to the saints. The fact is, tTnitariaifism has not that truth, ^nitariaiiiam lias no creed. It is liberal Chris tianity (I) Its Ood jis mail, its are gods. . ' I* our GoccrntueHt Cl western express epiupa t their bills of receipt tl pot hold themselves re rewtl vrlmt the Vemeoprr map * ■, 2 J* <H*4 It’orrfjr from Sttedcu atiiitVihtl Baptist rm*ai»>nary. Rev. A« WilK'i-g, writes from Stoikholm of *i 4<rcat work of grace under the fimrtecn evangelists sustained by the Stockholm Missionary Union, and quotes the resolution of thanks pass ed by that Vnbni “To the American Tract , Hnciety fbr their gcueroos doaatioh of i*JM, to aid in printing and rhrutatiug tracts In this eo«a- is*y jR 0bully would the Committee great ly enlarge their grouts to snch men tvs Wilierg and OnckCU, to aid lb rbc struggle «f evungelical trutti with CotnialiHHi In these nominally Christhiii lands, j Will an enlargsil liberality df those wb«> appreciate Ibis Work enable the Society to do more fbr Northern Ean»i>c I 8 weden is a Lutheran eonntiy, and of conrae it la only nominally Christian. Airtertca whieli the Vs staffer represents is Christian ! Yes, with its Mammonism ami Mormon ism, its BschnnaMans and Budhista, its Divorc**s ami its J>elstn, its rbil- anthrqpy and its Pbilansteries, its TJiiitarianism, its Universalism and its Romanism.' It is not a nominally * Christian land; uay, America, that is, the (Tidied States, is the Chris tian land, and New York, with its Five PointR, its fitrobauka, ita houses oflllfame, is the Christian city. The American Messenger prothsaes to be the organ of all Evangelical church es, yet In that editorial it advocates and tlevatea the Baptist Chitrch, and it unchristianizes the Lutheran Church. According to the .4 meric** Messenger "the Baptists arc true Christians and the Swedish Luther nns are Nominalists ami Formalists. It is false, and the Messenger ought to know it! What country semis as many deckled, p«isit»ve, evaugeli cal Christians to America as Sweden ! What i»eople bus in ao short a time built as many chun-hes, and estul* lishcd as many litemn- institutioiis as tl>e Swe<les ? Tlie Swedes conic here with their Bibles, tl»eir liymn hooks, their church love, their rhris- N ViaiTOR^GOT^MBrv S. --m A ‘ 1 ff Fuf lh* I.iUhcran V 9m Osntrsl Coafpraso* The (Tcutral ('oufe^enco of tlie Kvangdical Isitberau Syuoil of N. C. 7 con veiled in Union Cl nrch, Kowsn Coniity, on Thuradsv the ttth of Jnly, 1170. After C< nfercmv was opened with the use qf the liturgy by the pwislilif, the npl was colled. The brethren present, from first to hut, wwv ns follows: ClarictU.—Present t Eevs. 8. Roth rock, 8. Scherer, W. III. Cone, W. Kimball, ILL. Brown, p>. R. Ketctne. Absent: itnvs. Win. A ts, J. 11. Fen perms u. Lay.—Present: W.K Kistler, Mo mm Barringer, IL T. Honeycutt. Ali- sent: tleorge Lveriy, John V. Wiley. Owing to the )m«ik y of brethmi present nn Tbunalny, Oaifcrenoc transm'tMl no l*i*»t<ca* «*« that «ka>. On Frhtay morning we re hum-ih hh-d and took np the n g*ilar unb-r of business. From the re|ioct* given mi th« state of religion, we have imhiv things of a A*wry encouraging im port: catechising, a fiklifril silmin intmtiui of the won), ohmvli re pairing and building, being the prioriiail. We bop* that n still greater degree of prosperity will attend our Zion. Home inUresting remarks were made on pastoral experienct*. The best iM-thxl of mlvauriiig the interests of the ektmh wss then i-onsideml. After the almve item was ilia rtisscd more or less at fchrgv, the general agreement was, the |inj|»er uac of the lHsciplinr, liturgy ami the Book of Worship; and that our Liturgy ami Book nf Worship do not by any means oppose prayer meeting* and protracted meetings; and that thl>se m***tinga are not nn-Isitliems. A peliturn wss presented this Confiwenee, praying Hyno»l to take some necessary preliminaries with a view to c*>iitie<rt with (Tniou t’luirrh «n intcnuissioii of on* hour m-rmoiv (fas pahn bis). Thus tlie plsuaiiiit ezeixiic* of U fill Hun day R. L. BROWN, Ssdy. p fW (k« luDunin Yhttsr Ikstdhss of Trsesl. 4c «o. I. * ! HTAKTKIi AND OPF. Mr. Kditor: “We* are “home again”—not “from a foreign shore,” but a flying trip through tlie South. As the writer wishes to ap|iear “hon est in the sight of all men,” lie lias embraced the “ ire” in quotation points, ms a recognition of the “patent light” of a certain class tilled edi tors, xtho are generally supposed to kmoe everj' knorn thing, and most of the anksotrn. But as these arti vies are to appear in yonr coluinns, sherr the “we” is so common; the writer has determined, with your pcrtnhMion, to nsc the plural form, and (HMijagale thus: Find permai. singular, ice write. By using this form lie flatters himself that he gets into good (*oui|iuny —eveu that of the editors; besides, he does hbt wisli wholly ria hew a fushloli so popu Inr among the “knights of the quid,” who do battle so vuliantly with a two-edged sword (vulgarly catted scissors),- that even whole columns yield to the overwhelming pressure —for “copy.” We intended sayiug something more about tlies*- imjier campaigns against their friends, 4c.; but, lost some should think we liuve forgotten onr subject, we will return, nnleaa we gi*t lost iu unotlicr di gresaiou. And »ow iu losing our prelim laaries,* m* beg of all not to *U|>- pooc, from the length of t^i it troductory, that you arc to have th book of travels iu two volumes, folio. Far from it. Only a fc*w columns, that's all | and if these prove a failure in interest, they will certainly lie a great warn In help lug to fill up the fnpsr () And here we w ish to take the readers of the Vi*itor into confldeaec, and whisper that the latter is, pcrtiaps, the key to the Donor’s anxiety to have as run the gauutlot of criticism by ap peuriug as a sketclier of travels. Mr. Editor, if this article “meets your approlmtion," invite it to a IxMotion in your paper, and in the* meantime, having somewhat rveov rml from fatigue and (your) fright, we will “take oar peu in hand,” go liack to our starting point, get the engine on tlie truck again, and travel tlie nmte over with stub of your renders ns an- willing to nooompaay ns. Kuowing year kind and gen k you to take pw u>« LoiIms^i vwidh , a^ptek are how in |mo|»n particu- Of th* Lord'sPupper. y hBr on aeeonnt of tie idolatries - ~j bflBight into the rhyni. t)ie profs ^V. * ntWon of the tig invocation Thinl. We mav learn ft-om the j of tb< * dead, and (bo£inote lost*, words of Paul yho arc to la* admit Txt ******* lH M 1 * So " 0,< UnI. “He that eateth anworthily,eat <i,Hl to w, n>N-t the 4ivrs ami re- eth dam i wit ion [judgment j to hiiiMM-if.” i tb ‘* pniiislmunt. (1 Cor. xi : 29.) They e^t nuwor tbeTv tliily wIh> fM-mist in sm4 sgafrWt eon ^ teieiM-e, w hetiier o]ien or aotwef, and <>x “ b ‘ nt - ^ Ax fori those who «lo not Iwing flvrfh repent ' supposed that anoe and faith. But miniot«*ra can , ol ™ nti .not jndge except in the case of open » uy i the monks aifd p l»y their offering siort 'lif'rinw tor for others—U»th the dfail-, iki'lh tained many notions—>m li erous ustsn-, we thh tronlde of i'ttntishiiig all who wwb with “tickets fbr the round trip,” and be sure nut to charge more than th* snbarriptlon price to tlie Visitor fbr one year. If any are disposed to criticise this roromulocation, |4eaae be so good aa to ask them to seek “larger only a mere IOTA. For Hi* LathUMi VWtor Lsyisg of r —4— i f'lltXA (iBflVK, N. C., August, 1870. And just hen*,, Mr. Editor, Iwing n ^ ut *^T‘ j Allow tian faith nnd tlu-ir ho|M* in Cod. • |H>int <»r more to eotistitut*- Twenfj* years ago there was only * pastorate. > one insignifleant Swedish church in tho TTnitod States; now them hit nliont fifty ministers nnd numerous clinmhes. Not nil Swedes am chris thins; nay, we freely admit that the majority art* not; is it different any- wliere els«* ? ff the Swede* bail only been li«p of a -voinew lmt n|M»logi-tie teui|swa meut, we ii-el Unit some ajshigj is dim to your numerous mnlers for the infliction utiont to b»* xisitisl ujshi them, slid the vulusbie s|Ki«*e m nqiied without <*oiii|«eiis«tkm, either iu nuiu*emcitt ‘Sir its equivalent.” Both doubts and ft*ar* arise, t«M», ax to whet her your n-a»l«-rs wiUAh*! inten*Kl»sl in (hu prosy akelAe*, * u ibuh >our excellent |M(«cr to infiirui tin- chnrrb that we bid the corner stone of a new Iaither sn f*liurdi near Hs list win, Itowsti County, N. O., on, the thh day of this month. *rn*. Let tlown, then-fore, exclude such as an* polluted with known sins, sm) who do not amend their conduct. They slioMlii rememlsw^lte oummsud, “(lire not that which is lady mu to the dn^s.” (Mutt, vif *. tk) This also m a p.ut4oml duty t To i **on of C hrist tins examine th* doctrine, nnd test tin* satisjaction |oc t faith of inch ooe of the eongregs *»nd tioft. Aud we origin all to confess .to onr pastors what wre bdhre, nmt also make knowu to them our dor trinal views. Thus Peter rermn- tlist to* be ready to gear a for the hope that is in tut. A They who truh repent sif«ldee|4y tbit melt through this vvrtrk not by faith M t through tlie 8ou us. Many other c«a> also follow. Die true dnrtrifl of the nw*rit of Chnst's passion lie o]>posc<i to the** ravings, bv one offhiing eouilt of former aiiu. But 1« liarm fed that this great |4*dgu lias be*n given to awaken and confirm fliith in the maisaiou of miim, that re* prey," tbr the writer la emjdiatiraih to Hud we may cull iquai humble themselves must not shwtaiti Iu* Until J»crf<x4«-<l^*vw>i tlnwn that from using the Bacimneut on ac- Ian- ssiMaified.” (Nihi % • 14.) llnav- Curc tlw death’ of< Urist is the ^dl su®t h»ur sirenheaftw all onr sfqs— and not other ”* situ serve, aim with a* good cua M-iiTiee. We mast not trust to mtr own merit and holiness, but as tie- prodigal son. returning to his fittlier, does lint pleoil his oflires ami merits, but aekuow letlgt-s, nuidemus and dc plores hi* hi li. ho ought wo to a* knowledge and tleplor* our sum, anil seek refuge ia the merry of tlml pruiiiisisl through t hrist. «d which aw) this Hopper ts a |4eilgt- where vjticsl w<hLs. or those prrinrpied This ahm is evident, that wqnjreivu temisston of sins !iy faith hi K. liriet, and w»t by i^qy uork oQmi,’ u»u or of the priest, aovudinguo the vrell-kn*wn aud jnrallifilc tkrtriue: ‘‘The just ohoil tore to feili.” From them* statements all |od4 ^|teniotis may judge of-tin* dgatlfiil abuseiv whieli the priests defctd who ml minister the Dird's Hnpjfi for gain. Finally. Whgu-c Las it originateil that they say Aey make an ofieiing is After Mime delilieratNins we mhqit w hih* tlu-y have m» uiiieli to is-eup} ett the following; , their atteutiou pi studying the nmve Whkukas, Die congregation in metits of the Frunw Prussian war; f oufeiudon, and that MU Salisbury 1ms umiml the m-rviees and we thiak, therefore, noun- ex |4a nation slmuld Is- given for these eonnminieatitsiK. Ilr did not wish. of u pnstpr of ita own, which will render it nw miry to make some chniigo in the pustomte hlthcrfi* “jr»»* know,” to undertake tin* task, but ytm placed us iu an iiiipleaMiint dilemma by saving that if «e -“did Sot write," you •'tcould trritr about Strip hint ! eoni|H>setl of Salisbury nml Pnhm ; fists, then the Americas Ifrssrsger, J torrrfon- * bic, ‘ U " ,>1 “V*"**. “ ,>l Hrm,lri,l, TViat ,o mutvml tlie tavc iiKlmU.l tlieir wmntrj *nung |M . lih „„ (>f t(> ,,,1- u.’ AnM .1... Hint ho. »v„ nominally rhii.ti.m limite. TI»\\ >uf.. n tne to tbe n.n.iilcmt tun of* little u frntU tewrArdu yonr ewIttmiM, on K’ ,t “•tcrateMtl Sir tlie mnpiill Syno) , j «)U .U.ulit lluit .e lin'.o.,l«leli felt eentjlamtl.... of $200 granti.l t' 1 Xlie Sieretni^ ..in ilinnti.l tr. tlie w iiimtn.ii uf an eonlu,u.ike, uinl l’ ra »- , - v,e ,h<Mn - 11 ** ) write thorn- liretliren who have been i«-i orvliuglv qiuiki-Hl anti tmubtol f delinquent in ntteuihmce, and re > NMhj so brave, us censure us for quest them hermfter to attend, or attempting all that is im**iblc to send tlieir reasons for tlieir present , mortal*, and previous ulmcncc. - graplanl Onr ehwrch p*]irr, the Lutheran critical, unfriendly gaze of the pub- Visitor, was next taken Intts eon Kidcration. The following preamble and rcnolNtioft ware adopted : Whkbba*, It ia the honest rou viction of thia (Vnferrtiec that the Lutheran Visitor is the pajier best i The Aw Canon was not mlopted by the Wiaponain Episi-opal Diocese. A priest with more Prsyer-lmok than Bible, with mom gown tlum gr.uv, nnd in the full beauty and perfection of iqmatolic ordination ami consequent unction, pro|saasl at tbe last convention of the Wiscon sin Ei>iscoiMiliana, that any numdicr that married outside the Episeojml by Christ makes-ua as if were Miem- j ^ Ulu . s , v t ge tKl » u * v<ry la-rs id hisiM-lf, and (to4im-s tliat matter t* otli*r a Kacriflec—to nwuiMooi! ol sish m given grafuit u . wrath of Gtrf Dw ltcv . H. Srlienw, oAeiating r l***t Is, not cmi mt.hiiiI «4 our | towards tlie si*- «4 tin- hilmunTuee, minister on tin- occasion, di livensl a ,n< *rit. but brcauac he w*» made n j„ o|i|km* «*h> self to tins wrath, very ap|*n»priate mldress, in w loch fwr "•«* Thmn thing*, when to ia« a uM-difior 1* tueeii (iud ami he drew s clear and hcatiiiftil ixm , ’* K ‘ H *d , Jrrt pioaa medita and to inter into tin 1 liuly of trust ls-tween tlie po*iti<m taken by j ^ Hn«*rmnetit Tkqfiiim it is said, “By I.nther. Hs set forth Iu the Augsburg,. * ,M | I* 11 .' w i liacuio*' mudi »on» in hisowu oksslhe cutcreddi once iuto by the b-lligiUe tlirunjflt (j* exetrlK- ot the luily plod liavipg obtained ctir- Papista—showing the marked differ than by hmg dwuieriarioHS. , w | rvtWmptMH k»r (gs." ;Ucb. ix : UL; cnee between tin* tbwtrincs of the ^ n cwtaparkwo - w* Tendih “Who^m uglt tio- cjcrmU spirit t’hurrh ofjbune ami those enutMined a hasp*. offered liims)*it uitlamt spot to ^1*1.” iu*onr vmerablc Confession, and.4be I »*urtli. In u|q*os:timi to fhe go»l)v • ( otb-jHl himseif. It iiiqMMsibitifv of n tcmlenry toward U *** l * u ^ai rglimil, of 7 which 1 duty,, to n-ctiguiac this Romanism ap tog as vre : ,n* trfie t« h * V4f •pokesi, d«*adful Ko * made by hipi. .uni to U-iii-Vc that the dfwtniH* i»f oarChaiek. lathe lu»\e crept iuto the riiundi, • ,i|^p ctem-d Fatlipf is ivs-outshsL to cxMirse of his remarks he quoted to«updruua*<l aiul also tlmopfh |t,. and to ivtnru thanks ftrdr fnau an evlitonal whieli re avoir il, .i.vonlmg to l ( or. x : 11— for iL. dn^Iv ixaisuler fla***- cently :ipi»c*rc*l in - the Lutheran y '^ nhdatiy.” Hut iu (he first . thiugs' au4[ fj^uulm* (Ik-, true teati- lui’kr, (Vo»« the able |«cn tif A. j{. idutv, it oliLiius us a ek-ur and i»M»nh*s'o^. the ancient church-. I Half, U.lof ColiiMbui, H.(\ hwrt rule, !k-it onnfrliupun* | know tliat untuy pcisous gatlier up i!y etulorsing t 1m* priuciplcs tiieteiu IM '* ^ w ' p * wb,r ' ; 14 many triflii^ tfstipiMiifiri of rutul daitaiociL In hi* rots Uultug re ramrut, that io. it ia js*C u sign ‘d ilate, ; l»ut the pious must lie Vfuy ts our offering Chureh should be disciplined, and adoptcil to tlie want* of onr people, if the offcnilkig would not rcjiciit, i therefore, (that we suppose meant put away Kemolred, That we most i-onliafty the non Episcopal half) tlien mack recommend it to the syinpathica nnd number sliouhl he extolled. The of onr membership, good sense and greater charity of Acconling to a resolution of last the other members of Uie couveu (miference, Bev. R Rot brock prrwdi ^Ji^uries resulting from “ Indians, or other ei a Govcnmi I TO, i pnitol Btab Of course it i«—in p certain sict, who sw4ar by Ply mouth rock. is tian T—A y have on t they will nsihlc for its of God, ies of the t. w opinion of w tnai rejeded it unammousl.v. High Churehisin t Low charity! The Lutheran Observer say a: A Vroselyting Commission.—We notice hi on exchange that Rev. l>r. Tnnfln, rector of 8t. Mark** ) church, (iniml Rapids, Iicli., has accepted a commission from the Continental Improvement Committee to visit Sweden for the pnrpoae of promoting emigration to tin* northern and wreotem portion of the 8tate. We presume this is not only an emigration^ bat a proselyting move ment among tbe Lutherans of Swe den, and is uot the first attempt of the Episcopal Church of this country in that field. 1 • f IL- .... *r ftftie gixsl brethren In mid aronnd Wardtuisvilk*, W. Ya., are looking forward to the first Sunday in Sep- temlier with bright anticipations. They Iiavfe Anished their eliurch ed ifice, and expect to consecrate it to the Triune God op that day. “May the glory of this latter house be greater than of tbe foi- i«rf uier.’ K. Man j in Genesis and in Geology. By Josepli T. Thompson, D.p., LLD. Contents: Outline of Creation. Tbe Creation Man. The Origin of Man. Alan’s Domigjon over Nature. Thcf Antiquity of Man. The Sab bath made for Alau. Wpnmn and the'Family. work fin- tho age. An enter taining nnd instructive summary of facts and arguments of the best authorities, reconciling ethnology and revelatiou, nnd vindicating the tFutli of the divine word. Three dollars from any hnbecriber, fld'+r he it, will secure the Lutheran Visitor for one year, together with a copy of this valuable work. ’ R. ed a very interesting sermon on But nrday on the subject of “Hystematie Benevolence," from Prwv. ill: 9, 10. The subject, “whether the Atone ment of Christ ia ever applied by the Holy Spirit in Uie case of infants independent of Inptism,” being one of those previously proposed, woe then taken up. After being dis cussed si sea* length, the brethren unanimously agreed spun the *11 rel ative. The -subject, “ns to wheth< r it is right for a church council to retain members in the church whose char acter ia immoral,” was next discussed. After some deliberations the Hollow ing wan adopted: Kesoleed, That each, minister of this Conforenee, be requested to preach on tbe dUwi|dine of tlie church, and to urge cltun-h councils to the proper exercise of it, ami to report at the next meeting of Synod. Rev. 8. Roth rock was npiioiuted to preach on the Eucharist at our next Conference, on Sunday morning at 10 o’clock. And Rev. S. Scherer was appointed to preach on the *ul>- jectof tbe filial perseverance of the saints, on Sunday at 2 o’clock P. M. On motion Conference adjourned to meet itt Jerusalem church, Davie County, on Friday before the fifth Sunday of January, 1871. Sabbath ExebcihK8.—Some time was spent in the churoh in devo tional exeereises, comliietcvl by tbe pastor; after which tbe congregation repaired to the arbor; where, at 10 A. M., according to a resolution of last conference, Rev. W. Kimball preached on interesting sermon on the “Mode of Baptism* to a large and attentive congregation, from John iH: 5. Aeta xi: IA nnd 1 Cor. x: U4. # lie I No; we conhUi’t survive any such shock, after the fiitigue of travel, and the utervury among the nineties! So, putieiit rmder, in yiair sufferings, rrmemU r what we esca|M' by making this effort. LaiU-r would | we l|i>n over lliomas Aquinos, and attempt to understand ami skeUli his “Theory of Angela,” than hnvc the Doctor srui hiiusrlf with thnt formidable weajMHt. “liis gn*v goose quill,’' for the very n*ligi«ms pur|»oM> of utterly aauihalatiug a-‘weuk broth er.” it ia horril»h* bextmd dew-riptmu to think of being hashed into little pen vs (about tlie size of this t) pe), iiml tlieu to be carefully, bat mat too gently, spread out into » )atrsgraph fiir insfieetiou; and have all the “good people” wondering w hat “poor unfortunate” has received his oliiUi- ary ^notice “beltoc his time,” la the last Viskvr^ We sbudiler to thiuk of ikA, Reader, do yoq not feel s friendly interest iu us after bearing of Uie great danger averted, and would you not prefer to support a part of th* burden of these articles, and not' let “Simon bear tbe arses alone P * l“e .We ask jiankni for a s«*eorid di gression, and beg leave to assure our readers (if we hare any) that we are not entirely “h*st,” nor have we forgotten the “snlijeet wider diseoH- mob.” Before coatmeoetng, however, we wish to give our readers liberty. Liberty 1 Yes j you need not lough, readers, nor hint something about resurrection of a lost principle, for we deal in “solemn reidities.* We know yonr sufferings, afflicted read ers, and therefore give you liberty- liberty to believe that we ore afflict ed with that terrible plague, care* the* Mcribendi ; or are anxious to see “owr writings”4n the paper; or that we have been forced into it in aelf- defeneq. Now, say so more about want of liberty, bui being a free agent, take yonr cjh Well, to be W orxhip, ciplinc. the Lutheran Cliarrk is not only litnrghal iu lier usage, but site is a pr.iyer-mecting Sehurvb aiwl a revival chureh. i The iidilriuw nod all the exercise* OU th** occumoii were highly inUrewt- . .. . . . . . ■ . . .u i should teach Hint tlie Uolv .SpuU mg and uistnivUvc to the large ... , • . , congregation a Sac in bird. The mu-mi U n« an* greatly eueonr aged utul the w ork progressing. W. K1MBALU Peto»r. arer thinking “pieces for the ject, tee bciietv, is cl f but wc four, will appear tha tpnee, the en is, we oeitaiuly writing some t.” Otir sub- :ctclie8 of Trav- in thi* article, it after the first sen being a little careless, 'the Aigin© “rau off the track,” aud si/ee then wo’have been travelling subject. ind in search of a For ihr LaUurwi TWtor. isyiy <• ‘^TV- Question Box in the Charles ton S. S. Ounventiou was, 1 thought, of rallier doubtful utility ; many of the questions drawn from it were asked through mere curiosity, and the answer* given were not ooasid ered either law or gospel. - The one answered by me, 1 thought out of place, and if it hod been altogether proper, required a longer answer than 1 could there here given. U is well karet,4MMM| there are to be licriotendeuta, who all agree in the propriety uf sending a 8. 8. scholar from the 8. & to the dancing master or the social party ; ..while such a course is ven* generally condemned in the oountiy. Aud 1 meant to say ia the answer I gave, that upon the subject involved there waa a dif fidence of opinion, and there was in all probability a variety of opin ions ia tbe convention. 1 bad heard of more pastors and lay members iu cities who tolerated dancing than 1 ever heard o(**in tbe country, and consequently I answered that it may be proper in cities, but it is opt prop er in the country. I meant to say that 1 was from the country, and some of my brethren around me were from the city, aud that while I did not wish to a|»pear either dogmatic or supercilious, I at the same time wished to say we of tlie country do not justify the dance. I answered for the convention. , My own -opinion is that doocing masters ore servants of the devil, and the dunce is the way to hell; and if any one wishes my reason for this, I am ready to give it Respectfully, yours, j. Hawkins: is incluerd in it ^ or us if any oue slmuld use Uu)itiM«u for curing th* leprosy. Titus. Jewish aud Atuhaja- UM*duu uiirmurisiitii has tlie nature of u siu raiiM-ut, that is, it doc* uut please God, tmt is nu impious shew, cundcmiH-tl by Go^l, for it is duuc contrarv to th* word of God. , From tliia illustration, a u»mct view may be formed iu regard to the many tuouifi*st abuses ot ike Ixxrd’s Sapper. Th* axliibttion of it, as when the bread is carried arousd, is errtaiafy not catiug. For Christ has sahl, “Tfik*, caL* (MsbLxxvi; To take aws,> a part and fo that Christ is present iu deed without ati^ dtviuc worvL does not correa|HHid with th*' uotori' uf m sacrament. Iu like manner the or dinance is chauged into noan thing different hi kind, when they say they offhr the Bun of God for the hving end the dead, and that re mission of idns is obtained for them. It is a still wider departure from the institution when tlie offering is made for the purpose of (ddainiag bodily comforts, for victory, for *ucoc»"u« business, Cor warding, off disease. Wheu tho priest makes an pfferiug in this manner for the puriioso of oldaiuiirg these emoluments fur oth ers a thing is done* foreign to the institution. It is most inapposite indeed when ignorant priests make tide oblation (as they call it) only for the sake of their bodily comfort. But, although I know these abuses era most stub bornly defended, and vindicated by cunningly devised* tricks, and are decorated with various devices, yet let tbe pious exhort each other to flee this dreadful profanation, in' ac cordance with the injunction: “Flee idolatry,” aud let them Jcam what is tho legitimate use of the Sacra ment. But as public calamities, such as the downfall of kingdoms, wars, devastations, sedition, the via lenoc of princes, famines, pestilences, hare ever been the punishments of tfceqe deeds of vttck.eduess, especially the worship of idols, wicked murders, and lusts; so I thiuk the Turkish soourayl, re|s*aUng the woixln ot Christ iu regaixl to tho Sniqwr, l»y :uiuiUto>- teriug in- Siier.iuieiil to tb‘**o pei- |M)m «ifJipprov'ril piety, w lit) «U-sart- it, audSy giviug thanks. But h t tlieixvlignuprivato offi-ring made ky imlivjdpils.— Translatedfmm McIquc- tkon » b*< (.’iMumuam. kstmetive Lotherauism. ■' Tesuaing distinctive Luthyrauism is by feme, who claim to receive (lie w|^)e truth of our glorious <\ui- foKsioai, consider'd an impru'lciit •1VU often >: f of tnjpngthy *to h thiig so y, the Pharisees Iserited reiwh* ; *tt *np|K*t tlu* 1 Jrtfitiiiu n-m»M t ,bd H- living and •rrof nn- rt»u- nd |*»nficioiH that the pas- hia/dc *nfltoc»»t whole didnrfb reeonedmtMO' th<* priest, (Uni tnerry promise') t <m1 crucified for l wc... i few-, io'hvffe*,) utter a ' V *ffft|*,v ('lunch- tor |«r iknpffR oral Lulbtmn ff. merely g»vti Ijnjhernn C of her rape) h«-i—msn'ohqg ri.pej an.d Wi**i4ht« A r* rJligfon llu- H^*ndw-r ft*'** I tg athn ehu j ti* pptotlj * hr i( Wlw^lno iMoMdjji 0—Lutheran Ml H - ••iri fj ** M u>io iunl / r *1 to Mtr vent our U ing ul*4o mAril " Iff tm* the |smiUini that! mwepuU* (o God, when any j canful tojjstiuguuih omwuxlrit qud hi voor eolumus for tbe ! a * ,rur,Un fi ,6 ’ mr <to»fes*iuw, lhiok U outside of, or x ,HirtousJreriuiqfiM s lix»»u tlie aii- anfttollv ^ th* Mk of WorsWp, and Formal of Dts bcjoial the word of (iod - 9 or when - < knt owe* Usviuiv tUt* ;qs*.>taiic (Oft(X| an unltuaiMx* is chaug«*«l into soiuc- custom oqpht 10 b* ivtaim-d^*which thing diftrreat iu kind, iiiut is, when observed, iu tlw Chiacir 4‘ ,l ‘ aaoUn-r eml is appointed than that about tl^Hr Uuudnxl >xxirs aftvi Which has heea pcxqsised Uy (jfod; tlieir tiqrs of redliug texts, ot as if any mte ohoald carry tto water - instructipx the j>ey|dc hv wluilcsmuo of Baptisai around to be seen, aud^Hisixiui'MiB, hy making pniyyes, by 1* Ltre^ They fear, that it w ill ^ve eniff and in this way pi\*\^ alt |s*(|tiH*nt tu the way <»K-pu ‘ ah Which tlie chureh’ J caches, w ould be humor iu" this, if too evident‘that it is mount nn earnest. They want to iple fo the truth which the cosfessesf, but they would be not to tcudi that fruth„lest win dislike il—which is rathor ian way of thinking. Tho cottvinee men of the truth is - “ it it with all plainness and res; and never can there be t healthy Lutheran cmtgivgutiou whirc the 1'astor is nRltamc<i or id to proclaim ihe- truth whicU chureh holds. Some uisy take irc at this, but they who would pitchuiu the whole counsel of (lod * f ”, ^ and please every body, npist leave thfe world that ii< tli in wiekedm'ss- SXs were rsatly to fiud' in U»0: Gbscrrcr a paragraph like tho follow-. in|, whose wholesomc lesson is ^sjie-- dilly needed in that quarter. R. !f ieoi>h*, when ihoy /■ ly needed in f 'wAt^ z i i v “Many of our Migrate to the \Vt:yt, it is only, too tree, however, do lose th* love.&Uey fpce bad for tlieir ghurth. A^fiJuwe kpown mmiy wlio Inal gnue iuto other churches, a ad who, when .ad dressed ou the subject, hfivejtoiforeftv. (jr replied : ‘It .don’t mtitfor* OfiC church is as good! as aaother.’ Wpto ty of such Lutherpo.s, it is not to b© denied, are founds all over thp whom tlie undnuehly views taught them by their Wastbrs in tlie East have there .driven! into other c-hlpreflftt i > • 1 Ln c nml rv»j I«v. I*. T lj ( |ninbcr of tts^.,; rill Is* n ail q, , 'rii^ great 1^,. (ti<*ruii <*1miff|.», \nfg—-«t Towflg - x-I* S;lld to jg, k art pf the if,. » tl»* DiK of%j ^ i»hiU the foft.yj,. , age. wen- con*, tn :i lOrunrro!^ oil honor, htvt bottle, r tavus and Wak up, waiting for ; v tfrar away cre M I charge, the. king*,, fMi»l hymn i-» 'nnd drums ot Lih F \ 1 hey iv-rfsod , . n« :t y, t ^, flu- two arioit Guht;»vu* km !t . in tin- face ot i ]M’Utod 1 US IwttlqJ -tons Oirist. )*trJFn rfos day* b;in;v T | thy* holy name.” 'ho iittOM tr I* :i . ™ •MU-tMlragCtlH-Ut. i «r\. "ti.nl .ir t th 1.1 min; ill-mi the tb*-. 11, jig tight hn «;ts • t'Mlh wound. ).i,l hps ot the mm; worrL. bluod tin- hi#*-]; _rn t he - by ifts. of i. k Im'Se-d Up At! hr prK-loU'l- • MiTof ft lose' Itoir |l v l»:v*scf llw* b\r 'Si. Epi • nsd w»*g«*ry, Ln11 'J>rsft‘gcu; genii. tonfi |o his . chili* : blind Joij. «M fo* IdindiM-ss so h.p- lv brow l n nans Jeffries; Li' 5 i«*or: VVnrts _at*« i two great Nom on ►ra ; the brotiim-> JfffffflWi**- reock«- f. wtir h«-ar - -* ' every v\ 5 cheering -^l r . hravc »• mx>me;p I ,t need spirit of iv»v 1 »n^mrSwfTuPSr # ' dy, his trembliug U;. ■ \ uad Way other*, those grejit uimdei v P«- chorals have a ^e»j tix*astiry of all the . much of "iIh: l**/ down fo ns in efet i'' Ak in tlmriuiy 1 4n| lieghi tn JmA from word, nfol springin j I ahrubs, the rredi ; l»egiu ri*.*ir -flight., their way oat of* rtqto,rfrul» orehV <w«e b»rth new yin in number, at, eferyj ; ‘t lengtr coming <jJ high jiathway*. th,y> res, and fill flfoafo/ caroling and trim the uufrosted orch gtovipS, and Unwin! the )m!uis, aud the A tmptes, with their w J Of song, tfo, like ti»-| sacred hymns of th neats haw been foa? ; from tbe vert’ gr;iy .1 creation, snow, to dj >i«wad and plumed * th^hdasnto ©ui .:,L. -wot ^Sffdeus am » v ^ boa give* to hia Chi [ 1 "tosrt stiff heaX^ti^ F- I flit from, branch, fo i 1^, the Churdi with fetch* • . uim! A-hferisg ns tn'tr bwrt* of GotPs-poc | : ' ~ ugSbi the advent wa-Bp * ‘H ifod's aagels were in :{- v a lated i poor lu^toi^*. | ■i" htch he breathed i» • < which tbe bttcr t * air is good enough, rw; lire upon it" f «M1 1 F l irt « I it rv