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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.™
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$*.>16 for tmr rear ,..58 nnmWr*.
toW tortxtoretto..<...'ij..W *V ■*
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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 “ ■ *•"
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;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
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J. I^MILLKHk
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naiuc* am) the impuy uniat
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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.
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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
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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