Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page. It is also available as plain text as well as XML.

^gr.-'vV" 7m ’ s/s i . < ■if! • ► *»-'.' 4 w Ai 4 ' *,? ’ ‘ \ : ■> ■ i - <■ ■T- * I ' . ’ ai\ in Hi* presence. They ness anti tears drop seed of the word, the waters, and IK tjpbseJPiirt* were gladdened at seeing the fruit of that sowing gathered hy> their hands, shall, at hist, be slmrers, at God’s riglit bund, in ft joy unspeak able and fall of LSI who a us be MonrugipV then, We re hnnlbly dmloavoriug to ais- ehargeifcho duty thatklaid,opun ud in the South tor the “faith ouce 1 as Jn the and in hand, prosper, this both shall be alik '.think, th or tut'* ¥ nml reisers for the Lord, niug lot ps sow our seed, evening withhold not our wo kuoW juot which shall or whether / Sometimes we may think thrtt jwo are about to * reap a harvest, b» t there will be no visible result of o ir, efforts. Let us dot be despondent, wo are, even then, at least sowing soil which shall cer wdfcly produce fruit for others to reap. Sometime#* agaii^ jWo piffy tliiuk that w e are but two iu great w< taiuty, when, lo! of it, a precious hands. Let us to our high dutic God,’sustained bjitre© faith iu his word; and though, in .the case of U of our lift mf with many dis- pirtg a seed or ^ ami unccr ore we are aware rest is, pu our forth, therefore, as the servants^ X‘ t i ‘ i 1 1 t-f i i many of us, the w often htTp: couragemerits and weeping, we shall last cottie rejoicing, bringing ns. fWben that npon us, us we our Sa rapture of soul, an .wjtii much bitter an, if faithful, at Our Lord with ir sheaves with morning dawns our trophies at with hearetily in purer, sweeter straius than earthy can ever know*, will we Unite our]voices, and nuto; the King eternal, Immortal and in visible, the ouly 4isc God, ascribe honor anil glory forever and ever. Amen., ft Wednesday, A .U, Kky. A. R. RUDE, Dl)., Columbia, S. C. Bkv. J. L MILLER, Ai^M., SUautoa, V*. ,^f. r ■ : ' ' j"-* f —' — * 1=1 “In essential# unity, in non-essentials liberty, in all Charity? Remit tunce* 'must Office Oidtrn, Biink if posmble. If these, send the money in a ter. AH Hostmastei *JK or in-urrs. ot be obtained, ISTERED Let- rmrister letters when Papers are sent to, an express order to reived, mid all required by. law. iruuitvr of the paper tiejent. All roniijluuicatini scribers. should git-e distinctly t ami caur * are ohl and which ai Not only the name also. that of the WpL are obliged to juireri. subscribers until isVontinne is re ars paid, as returning a mnil, is not suf- relatiog to *ut>- ‘ eir names very indicate Which lew subscribers, thb post office, county and State each suljacriber is 10MMUT, in order " the proper entrTeac nrty be promptly taary notices, and intend** for intWication, should be written aopa atyly, and not in busiDcss hdfera, to rec five pmi>cr atten tion. REWSPA 1*ER T , ’ • t V* ! . y*. ; ■. _ 1. Any person who rec ted to! ny per ularly from the post rec tod to his name < hC lias subscribed frtr tlie payment. 1 If s powffl tinued, he must the publisher may until payment is whole amount, wl taken from the office I 3. The court* have sing to take newspopt from the post office, leaving them uncalled evidence of intentional C1SIOKS. - i a paper reg- s—whether di- r’a» or whether responsible his paper diseon- tll arrearages, or itinue to sehd ft aud collect Che *r the paper is Ja«t. " ikied that refu- and periodicals removing and forte The third Volmiic Visitor, of wbicliiltoj is* tfto . r +*& the LHtkerqn resent number rne8t 6f our to furnish fhc ith an organ arid aMe to highest in *,» Ji.. *i persevering Sootbertf Chnrrh H adapted to her won promote her beat terests. | *Wc have no new’pledge^'W d<l- ditional, promises ; to maRd. What wd have aimed at, 4*hat we have endeavored to accomplish, wlrat wc have been, we win stil labor for and striv e to lie. We hate had much to t^f&tmrge ns; aud ianoli to depress tat; but,''blessed bis l our lioVd, we hfft'e the eonvictfon, 1 assurance and proof that our lalior has nof been in vain. * " ** *-* The brethren lrsite to fhrthfitlly Tsssipit **1) ik frtetfds vrhb our U S Hh will ir thabks; Rate not, ttjf incOUsideiatc please and tVcf hdpe tlrsft words writt^u in treatment, or VA^t ! o^^ttchttdi « single true friend Sand su When we have differed front ©there, wo hove iUde» t * fr#n4o«ar ? whoa we hai** acred unkindlvy our judguieat, and not our heart, wai at fault.-' We cun diaagrev ^ rn ft broti»e»anid;y*fc lorve him. .{pm ' ^ Oar maulyp Opfri ropiiouept^iwe respect. If a brothel 1 cm not -Hcieatiously and rate with the . to our It with dor with ly co*o{>e- Vmton lot j ,we will can will fight the of-truth in the is t nniteito i to lead irch ol VISITOR. bout iidfTtye mlitors of the Viiimt claim no authority e toebr iniinwo obligations bvetlireo, nor <lo they po*tM *4 power to coiu|ml even hint) who ask*: “How Confession. The Lutlieran Church in the South is not a distinct and tttiist we understand you f* ^ All wc separate ecclesiastical orgmnwition; «»u do Is to pte^nt (kit m l|mt .im^iTsy it is ft part, a member of the Rvan- for others to accept or rejtjiL We of every where.'” i Tim. xiv t 1-iU^‘I^et gelical Church of both the New and course hero refer to such points as hare not bfhnj ^$>8itit«*y fettled Lutheran Visitor couteuds either by divine rovelatiou or the Couftuisions of tho Chuivh. Otir bixHher elmrges ns with “not even iutioniting that a private me any one to pray too lunch; 1 The*, v : 17—“Prey without rearing.* f hi or: Has nnythi done towards getting ready to open thft Theologtea! Rettitnary at Odom* hut thifi frill I* uqyfhisg, *»h*t 1 It Is surely time Ihal the churcti nt largo was hearing something on that all things I>0 done decently aiul| wi- .if.m.i/ii:-i vs..fcae^‘.!?.»,.‘r:..'r. delivere<\ to the saiuhs* fthd mir cottuuporarieft iu the North amt the Wrst^.the Lutheran and Missionary, the Observer^ her trutheranej) }Ht Kirehenzeitung, Hernia mlet, Xurske Lut he inner, etc., etc.,—do exactly the same among their people, and in their respective Reids. We all fight on the same hue! Brethren, i4 let nothing be done through Strife and vaiu glory.” Jojt uut one brother so^- to another, “stjind back, I am holier- than .thou ai t.*’ Let the stroug bear with the weak.*. \ The light is gtting brighter, kixnvl- edge is spitHgluig, the tnie laith is gaming ground { there is grt'ftter ououess, greater unanimity to-day. iuuoug us, than them was a year ago. TUp leaven of the Contes*ion and the Catechism U working; the whole lump is being leavened, bless ed bo Uml! 1 Brethren, we will be tree to our device ; “Ifs esstntutk unilyy in non- essential* libeftyy in all things charity? Inscribed ou our banner, nailed to the mast, we wiJU never abandon, never give it up. , Brethren, rally to our support, contend for us, with us; and we must suc<ved, for tbe truth we hold is revealed from heaven; the doc triue we teach we have received from the primitive Church ; it \va* proclaimed by Augustine, defended by Luther, and it is maintained aud enforced by our Symbols; the work we are doing is the work of faith, of love, and of Christ. The Lutheran. Church has many tmducers, ill-wishers, and enemies. Not only h^s she the op|>onents of the Bible, of Christ, and His Bride to war with, but site liaS to. qon tend with that larger body which [daces . trnditiou above revelation, Bt. Peter’s so-culhol successor above Christ, and the Yitipu above God; and she has to endure the reviling aud onslaught of those who, within pro tea Unit Christendom, place reason above revelation, wrest the words of tbe Scriptures, aud rctuse to take their reason eaptive, whenever their materialistic obliquity, or their vain philosophy is offended. Nay, within her own pate, in her own pplpits, and at hbr own altars are cMeuiie* greatly, tuiy, more to be feared, than all others taken together.^ Ortho doxy without charity, and charity without faith are equally destruc tive to evangelical Christianity. The Church of Christ must hare “one Lardy one /dUh } aud one, bajrtisw? “Dui \f, thf Christian Church -is to exist ami continue, the pure doctrine minerning Christ and the righteous- r * H ber might offer M extempore prayer? Wfi anwwer, it would have been out of place. We, in the edifciriftl to which lie refers, treated of the regular Htargfenlly arranged services of the HjwrctaftVy on the Lord** day. We have an Order of Divine Service for Sundays and Festivals; let that be obOrrvMk If the pastor is absent, th« chttreh a hoc hi not be toft to sf- lehce, HOT/ ohotihl the member* bow down at strange nltnrs, IhjI they should assetiibto togHlier in their own house of prayer fbr worriiip; one of tlio clnmsli oflicers, arting tbe part of n lay* reader, leading their devotion* A sermon from if collect inn np[Wo\ed I ly tVi 1 ehwreh may nml should bo rend--from the reading tlesfciudfcc pnl[4t lwhmgs to tlae pastor—bat there should be no address. tB^gln one mikt teach .'or [mutch ptthik ly in the rluirch, with ♦wit a regular eoll.”—A. O., XIV. Ulmrehly order mid the Holy Kcrip- tures require, aud common muise justifies tiris canon. If it it neces sary that the [Kistoi [m‘pare« him self for premdiiog t lie word of G«mI, it is also necessary for the lay man to quality himself befiire he umler tak«*s to a* Id res* the congregation in tlto luMoe of tlto Triune God. Neither sermons, nor exhortation* Miould lie shaken out of the sleeve. But it i* entirely different with devotional meetings, the elyect of whk-h U ptnyer ami mutual edifi catiom Here greater liberty Is not only adininsiMe, hut an essenthd feature.' But the liberty* should be ytlto lilwrtjr wherewith Christ bus set us free*?“All things should be done decently and in ♦►rdcr.'* It will be reuicntliered that wc have Rjtoken of, circles of pniycr formed by inriiv iduid ' ch.nrehco—- charges—ami eomlnctcd by laytmu. Of coarac laymen shoukl and mint take part in tltevn $ otherwise thrre could not bo mutant edification. All idiouitl sing; till should pray ; and thone brethmi- not sisters—^who have ’learned* to lend in pruver, sho«M be calk'd on to pray extempore. ipfrndcnt of (he Adroojjte say 8: tirkS/wn Epinco . T Th* Rvsngeiic&l Alli^nae. Tlir Irish coitesi>hndi*i; S'ash ritlc rhiislian Ad\ Tin- Ilex. T. DL Birk . pal ch*rgyinnn of nmrti literary srrrt theologHxil [iromluCnce, is a Biesnlwr of the Kvangeliual Ailianoe. llo has published Ids vlyws lately ill icfrr eiue to the Jlestioy of th< 1 Winkl'd, which do not harmonize with the Orthodox theory, but oppose It : whereapou a number of itiilu*iitiui gentlemen and auund<rh vs Mod upon dr Alliiiueo to cjt|nd Mr. Hirk* from it* membership. This tin* Alilouoe p'ffised to Rrt, and these gbpflenieii withdrew from it. If the Iwiri* of tlie Alii*mis will |mr«uit * geutleinnn to remuiu a luctuUr after h« has er, no so to ini link* I’nltnHans and UnivcrtudistM; but if thu b**is.doa*i uut iuak« auy gioYieion tor In^usy, tiieti by mi *t retch «*T charity J nm; strfiln Of eowrfesy, uaglit Mr. Birk* to bo p<*rndtted to remain in ctnuicc turn with It Ibr ft day. I never had any laith in the Evangelical Alliance. \Mmt lui* it done I lias it advnpurd the i .miw <»f union t 1 have faith in the goKjK‘1 to p(f«l everything. If fhlly infernrett'd, fhlthfnlly etif and rigidly jtpi»ltcd, It will h» [dish all that men are trying th ef fect hy anaetwssaj y mu diaries ao»m- er. if the *tnngtlu and time, and talent, eX[irifrde4l op tliewe were Paid in proclaiming the“tiuth ft* it i* in .lesa*,'* in tlmlVi appointed way, and by the ministry wlueh lie iustuuted luouielt. . v l _ Our owu views <*juirtly. Wo have never hud any fhklt ui that \ »lifl“*^ty^an\ w here t heterogeneous and kcterudox body It liiui U-«a our iutruUou lot we will mpiilijr on' to ipital ou the'James. Tlie ap <*e of the plage (is kre enter tlie cast ja evocodittfity riting; but 'as soon as the dty ptojirr Romos und< r the ej e wc are ImprcsRisl with Hat fact that Rich mond, “the city of hill*£ Is iudeed “frir to look ti|K>it.^ We arrived in a time of mourning. The- gad estufttruphe oecnrrod only a lew days beAir«s ait«l on that day ww xryre tolR there had been thirteen batiala. <lrec sixty, live* were loot hy this mournful aecidenL Thi* (•ifimuity directed the attention of th* whole country to the city, ii» such a manner as bed net been done *iuee it was the juoud capital of tha Cuntoderaey. Ihc inhabitant* were not umicciiatoiucd to the sight of / daad and dying, for Bichuioiul gave shelter to many of JUfittUukv's graduate* <jf this y ear are going to the Philadelphia fek m ipurx ; perhaps tliere are some young moil amongst its who would not gt» to the Philadelphia .St'piHiury, or any other Beminary beyond our bor dcr*, if aaaunsl iu gM*l time that they could receive Tlieok>gicul in* struct ion at home. t4 , ,, At Wineliyster the brethren were very earnest mid miummoqs in t|»e the opiukui that we mu«t have a Seminary, and tlmt at once. A lo- a gallant tiouthjtm during the late cation whs fixed upon, after mature delilK-ration ami frill discussion ;pro fc-twirH were elected; a oonimittee of tliree members of tlie Boord of Di m-tpr* wo* u[qHjintc«l, and clothed with full [Hiwer* by the Bonnl to act f«»r (Item iu muiit^g all lu-uvasnjy ar raiigeinents (or ihe re.-option of The ohtgu’rd students at t^iuuihia, B. Cs this fall. Tlie chainuftu of thatcoiu-y ui it tec is a brother, (a* ail who know him will testify.) who nyver shirks any duty the church put* U[h>u him. With him h By nodical rewulution means (MHuctUingj and tla* fact that lie has been np|>oiuted to do a tiling nuiy generally Im accepted iu.ii guar- ai[tee that the tUiug will 1h? doue, if it lies within h«s [tower. I Itave therefore l>een somewhat sur)>risotl that wc have as yet s»-eu or heard nothing of auy anwngqim-ut for the reception and instruction of a stu dent at CVhunbkt. Where is the hitch f I* there an insuperable If *o, what eivil strife^ and from Its walla many ft noble spirit took its flight “beyond the shadow and ihe shroud. r Iu company with a friend, “true .uni tiitsl, r we strulleil down one o( her busy steeji-ts to Capitol (a|U*re. llerc on eutcring we sec t ho JWi»*hiiigt<»u statue ami menu- meat—the finest of it* kiud on the aon^pent- The statue of Washing ton is in the teatre, more elevabwl than those or the othtw distiugutsed patriots which stand around in a cirri#. A few steps aud we are at the scene of the sad ucckh ut just iuentu>ae<L We saw the debris of Urn fallen floor, Itofh inside and out •hie of tbe old ca pi tab This budd ing hi mitward appearance in strong and substantial, ami, like some per moos, due* not be-.ir its real age u|«oa its fact'. It is, liowi ver. one of the oldest public eilifniw in the country. Capitol square is one of the pret- tu*t imhlic enclosaiew wc Wax e seen. It Its* the advantage of being eon- dqys lw*ing allowed for two week \wirk. W« took a hhrriefi look at the Army and Navy IVifirtroestn, and then. prwcediil to tlt*Agri«ul- tural Department, llere Ire saf ft flue painting of Grant anfhis He# end*. Bomides of all kiu«iof native V itspnd he asm larger g. Wc s potihd We oaw n B»eti inches in tune fotfr. blc Mu of nesirly 1 king the globe bousami* and mil nteusibv many carious will take Visitor to law in the r huu» uU»u j is it ! Tlto r»‘gulor mw-KW for the 1 sjdcmblx elevated; the snrfare of ^Jopciiiug of college aud arfttiMary the ft plan- living rolling, well laid tune to aky a word or t»u uImmii it, Imt vre thought of tb«»w- brethren xvho are so afraid of By mind non that terms is rapidly uiqiroachtng, and <Mit, and tiia-ly slauletl, adds much, yet as far ms the chnrrh generalh to its gi*i end handsome iqqtoarnuce. is iufonned, vre are uttoriy igiM>i*aut It, ..would extend our article to a they denounce, evciy uttcrauc# as to whether we are t* have any-j burdensome length to notice the and foreign grains, fil w oods uujfy be seeu here, plw ? f ( 'aliloniKi fruit than we Tare safe iu mention only one—» [sar pi^es^rved in alptfiu lu re, oe In tire BmKfc# tute, an ^rtricli egg nil diameter,f aud u joist The Institute baa a most v| scum, contoinutg *[*6cii every creature in the dom, from all qnarteis —mineral* of all kiude of Jndian relics, down itary-—spwimen fabi w arlike im[d< unnits, &c., j uatioSK, Alaska inch and instructive, &r., &c, too much room iu the tell the half Of what we i Smitltsonisu Institute, wish to know all about and be*-. The Minlical the Government i# ulna quite as interesting fflftee to visit. The Vary Yawl is ft [mint of mag, ml«***!. llere may be seen caaiou of all kinds, and many spcciuM# gun* cap lured at different times—also, nhol aud bombs from the 1st* war. We saw M'vi-Val monitors which bore* their marks of service, the imlcnta-- tiou on then turrets Ip-ing; plainly x isible at 4 distance of fevered hun- drrel yard*. ' ' 1 V The Patent Office with it* ltKMiOO mode 1m and patterns, ftlmits of no description that eoalif be crowcbil into these j columns. The building covPrs-a block. It is m constructed as to form a hollow fcjnaiv, whidt is being njtoely omufreuted. llere we saw G<*n. W-.ishi^ton's sword, caiup cbcMt and liimifrre. (tin [dates, Ai-, i aral otte or two ncits of clothes, now real curiositic*. hat iu which uo doubt the old hero once appeared qnii# frshwmablc. Tln-rc are also Much, if not alrcaily wtb« r #xpn-*wd thing like a Theological »d»od with- J many fine buildings of Rhduuond. ^relics of or saiMlioued by Anauiians or Cal*. 1,1 Ibf bound* iff «mr Genera! Bynod and other cities \1sited, «mi cousc- viniMto. Au Irish XlethoiM uoulnb- or m*t. Ought wa not >^eedl4 ' qoewfiy thews asast he omitted, utor to a Ratling Methodist ims-r, ftu anuouia-«*tDent ol some sort . We reserxe our n-markf on llolly- liftviug uum4} a»»d o[*dilj exposed j 4>r o*l'‘* r “ lt thi*. pobjoct l»via the wo^nl for our hist article, which will the hollowness ami ineflkuiicy of I>ua»d of wr frum the Ik* devoted to the cetitoCaries of se.x- ibe Alliance, we doubtlc«sly wdl, not I-oaid’s cum mil tec : oral of mu preunim-nt Bouthern cities. lUsot*, in*! of tin* efther Presi- ing Lineoiu. IOTA. For li.t Lulbetau Vie tor. Ssbbath-schooL Ik* oohMin-d ami timely exani|*le given Tlu* AttiaiMX! may do for *m h ftuui, Jfcar Brother Bade: Tlie SabbatU- school is- mi offshoot of Christianity, xtiiig go for following (hu flood Mx dear Doctor, )ou nre an ctl-.j We visited Hollywood with tbe kind * disseminating go*|iri tmth. atoisting vain pie given. j itur. You itiv eipcctA^l to know tm-ixl whos*^ many attimtuNis. uml the n»iui>4<-r iudadldbur iu» Zion ami pleasant aa*<Mdath»u shall -over be bringing glory to ft green iqsit iu 4 *memory’s wa*te.” - We ch**se the AcKiwin Cre* k re*ntc ftu editor, for the “on to •Wadringl***’* inovw- idciits have felt pgitlar and efft- pntyV fb-preach So a* to declare the whole Counsel of God, to give opposer*, and to biiihl up tlto church, m not an easy task; Imt wo hold that to pray aright, fervently, with larp* class of professor* of tvligioto ; whoso ubnst/Miilty is puri-Jj , efu^ tiouid. But nu reniHtetctit PiottMtoul has any buMUmss Jo partake in its ness of faith must ever be maintained? 5?^ admit, dslitK'nUions. The Alliance is, wc For this we labor ; huip u«, breth ren l' >- Rsrigaatum. Rev. tY. W. Hick*, the assistant [lastor of St. John’s, Charleston, B. 0., bn* sent iu his resignation. Accepted. > trf “Hicks’ letter of resignation was accepted hy the congregation.”^-^ . .. \ji — ir*/— , The War. tfu. ' - Berlin.—We Imve wbipfxd the French. afffi j*.—Bazaine has defeated tbe Prussiaun. All that we gather hh that both parties suffer immense looses, but that tbe Frusriftua hitv» ; the ad tage, agd the read to Paris is td*fiJcl»qao *r-r 4 E -mphaticsily W-reng- K-1 > ’ ' > L <‘l --- -j. I , We do not like Jo see a stuilejit haring the ministry iu ymw ah-souF iug himself from th^ services of the chnreh thftt supports ^iqa. U Uoes H not encourage us to believe that be will bo faithful, to his chnrcbly vows aud obligation*. Nor is it to be px * “ »f , _„ r that he Li very-, devout, ■ keui.s au iiy from .grayer m- tlmt Ue will feed the lambs, if be to u»t take an interest in the Bunth)-We^iave Ufanl, and , ptobnKv hail a sUmpse, of eu,h tut «“J i N.t be vaiHJi >. n .-r. titt ■ that the [x-tition* offered are ont of one uiind, 'out of otic spirit, and w ith ore uceord, is frr nmre drffietdt. It hi easier to iqieak to man, tlinti to he tlie. spokesman for man with Ood. Tim prayer full* dead that iloes not elieit a hrurty Amen ! Of ten is harm done, ofteM Is ridicule cast on devotional meeting*, bccahaq ill-qnalifled and ignorant i**r*oiis take an aetire [mrt In* such exercises. We have heart! of one, who prayed, “Lord hnve tiierey on the nngodly laud, which the eye of God has ttever seen, and the foot of man ttoref trod.” Another plead, ‘^P.ikc us tip ^o Thj*Helf in liearen, where the tlevil can not catoh us.” Aud ufcotfti r so mixed hp hi* petition* that ff xvrifhntkfrsflild to'IMfow Mm. Many priiyef* are hot vain rejietl- tions of txro or three [letitions; others are like those the priests of Baal offered: “And they cried atandf and others cat! to mind the’ heathens i **For they think that they shall be keord for their much speak fr^ilt »t»ch are wearisome to the flesh slid unprofitable to the spirit. Tfe hax*«< aRnln nfid again derinred iij the Lutheran Visitor that every one of bur churches should have a vJeekTy prayer meeting. Hie male members of Jbl& ’dmreh should take an active part in if. ff tlie ministei is not present, a layman—a chutch officer, of a bi-other n[i[>oiiited liy the church -slibidd cot)ducf '(hc meet ing, and those alio [Kmspss gift* and grace fchontd lie’ efllled on to au iuijMiMing UHsvmblj great exliitiitkai wiirth *c<-ing-r—a mountuiii—lm^ what has it ac« om plislitHl, and what u it able to bring forth t We Hj^kll soon find out. It is to cyovriK^iu Uic city of New York—the mountain will be in labor, aud—! But no, wo lcaru that owing to the war tlie .fliliauce will not meet next full. All rigid. 1C rostpone.memt tf ihe Bmuyeliml Conference.—-The LmojH-au Uclcgfttc* to tlie General t'onfvreuve of ihe Krangelical Alliance, to be held in New York in Bepteinlier, Wing j»rv vented by tbe war from eouiiiig orew, the Gotifereuos ims been [K)*t[ioued for the present year. This notice <1 under (he authority of (lie RxecntlVe Gftonnffter, aud is sigru*d by William 18. IW*dg*\ President, and 8. J. l’rime and I‘. Behalf, Obr* res[iondiiig Bccretaries. ; - . s i. ,- The German tiff armed Me*s*’nya has also <oum out o|KMriy agaiust tbo Great Humbug iu a long article which clones as follows: “Let the Ulrnich actualize her real unity t and she wi|l nepd ,po ^ at it’ is cnuugli ol what is going ou to lw «a tlie Uer. Dr. Brluutf, wIm^ in able tv gixe yviur suliacitbers any ft grmi spot iu k -mefno«y*s waste.” ■ Men had iaperia Germany, a member of th«x jL'4tal| ieliit'BuUiou thty uuj chuou# to s.*k We ebofte tlto Aoqula L.'r***k re*ntc tint want of mano _ Church of Prussia, uunift to Auiema 1 h* r - Not only are 1 you au editor, for the *su» to AVa'dwugian’* move- ' ch’tit plau to »u frpt (lie children . to be a German lU-foruu*! 1‘rofeftimr but j ou live st htadquaiti i *, at | lucut, U*th on account ot' its great and to aoohiiiplidrthc grewt object Prnxer is a gifr, so is prcai'Mifg; ^ Theotoff)’, aud im»w has left the CuluglWa itself tlie [dace flxctl ii[m*u i*li‘MSJuito*w*, aud boesa**- we wished I of assembling tbotbiUlivu together but the gifr mn»t bt* cultioited. ltcfrinued Church and is to-day u •*** Ihe locution for our *-1kio1 ol the 1 to etqoy a sail on the kmg tsmou* ! on tlie BabUrih. Feelitig assured i n mast lie fa light to preach, and [»i rrt h> l teri#n- Tim AIUuiki- is Ihe lTophcta; usy,, you are ft professor I'otouuic, ou wh«*w* banks Is Mount that tbc.Bauk of&’orsbip hushed men must marn^to pm>. Bjiid the thing g,r uli who have uoCou- *-b»1 of the iiiMUtmiun we art loqung Vcroon, dear to etoty lover of i-fittcwl otirjcu < f*ciph*s not. * Mattery teach us fr I fvH^iouul prcfvreuvcM; n>r tixose who locale .there—nmi therefore*, tor bb»*rt> and true manhood Oft tbe have no distinct uad flvil eouyep lhe*e threw gooxl Ka~*m» l [>ut the rewidetieo an«l luat restiug place of „ - k_i is_- . tioik of articks of friith, aud Cur ijhul j ‘bove quqstious toyuu, aud l"g you ; Georgu Wosbingtoii. Tis there* he ° 1 n J|* n , 'T t4 lT' 1,1 large class of [iridcssor* of icUdiom Idowplly to answer (hutu. r , slciq** “alouo iu hi* glorywithout sou m, to « err*iid tlie Truth, to sfiuice u A | tl ^(jai l in u : Should you tbol ^|iy Uitbq^tjf.wjlh * an equal or a superuMr, MmlihtmU^J ;my of them, scud tht u* u|%Jo our by the petty spite* aud jealousies giMoi frictld aud iaother st Jiuit wl t u li now jule the Governuieut over tree .Station, and y«si ;uuy rest as which Ue so tuithfuliy pre-sided. All survd that he wdl wdiingly help was “quiet aloug the < rotomoe,” Imthcrmn you to answer them. , except tin? tolling of the ■trOtofs’s ^ r , lNgi'fRlalt. U*U—the customary homage* paid to Mount Y eruou'fe honored sleekier, w ho n*H U* grutefuily remmubere xl, “While Freedom mnivux or the world . •iutll endure*.' 7 ,j 4 ; . i . , Not very much could bo seen from Station." It r relieves a* Civ»« oon- i iho stosater, and we passed, stu- fesaing that we for once are unable * cerely regretting ti^Ai we could not to rt's|K>ud. ‘ Our good frieml and | have ft nearer view of the. sacred Jastrrr.—jKar “Inquirer”; It waw a brilliuut suggestion of yours, to wit “Scud them up to oar good fri< ud nml bndher «t ^nut-tree snch meeting tti show win . the purpose of this mooting to *fi6w or exhiliit. No asaeinblage, me roly for the purpose of exhilating ft moral union, no imitter how grout Ui© crowd or learned and eloquent 3 waking, can l*e of any pCnnhn gnlflcnnce. This is not oaring disease. A hennation miiy indeed thus he created, which uiay opprflto ns such for a few months, but then all will be fbrgotteu. The moral netffs Hie tnaferraf, limT tbe demand of the times can He mot cmlj( tiff tlto ‘one spirit proxies itsftlf to' lie one t K*lt the hre*Uier" re*sds the Lutheran Visitor, iu which we pmit ycmi.quecivs. 1L *■ For Xli* L’dhcmni ViAitor. Sketches of TravoL f * V doid i.awii t»x Ko. It. The beams of the last sun of April its they darned playfully over the inotiutuius. and chased dnsky night from the fair valleys of the Old Dominion, opened to our eyes h scene of continued beauty «* they- found ns rapidly lesiving iu the dis tance one of the pleasantest nml most romantic little towns of Vire ginio, aud being ktirnedly Umie on\ •to the historic city of lticlmiotid. -.While pMsmng Glmriottosvills, we had ft view of the Uaixeririty of Virginia, wldcli xras- founded under the auspices of the three ek prcsi- dents—Juffersou, Madison, and Mon roe. As w© looked at the large domo of the Uuivwnsity , we recalled it being nearest, and the finosG wrff J-pOt. Boon tlie dome of the Capitol and tlie spires of Washington were seen iu tli« distance. - A few miles of pleasant riding, and we exchange the river tor tbe city. How often had \*e wisbftxl to lie there! We were all impatience to oee tlie Capre tol, and accordiugiy, ft few minutes after our arrival, you might have aeen somebody gazing, gazing, gazing at tho massive heap of marble, at the wouderfril ami elaborate work manship, at the majestic dome, rear- ing (itself proudly aliovo aft etaa eMnhit look bard enongti to mox e it, and sn)>po*e yon will not either, reader, wiien yon go to see the national Capitol. We left it for ft more leisure visit, fuUy determined to xralk about ih it, even at the risk of gettiug lost in its various [ms- sage*, tminerons apartments, Ac.* As wo were quite tired, xvo sought the Mntropolitnu Methodist church, 1 ... j-. .^ AaExpUaation^ “Sor -inii S’. ling mere on jirayjer meet* itigs from you would be In place. Oriee you recotnaiendeft the use of our Liturgy 1 to tlie kvityr in'the ab sence of their minister ; so fair so good—but you do not even, intimate the propriety that a private mem ber might offer an extempore prayer. How must we understand yOu fJH- A'.-sT OOBRUSro.NDENlff Igafif ^ * t«|f 1 AH Virginia Bynpd.—Cm&'t nojse|ioirt. A private letter ft: “Syuod was harm onions aud te»y ideastuiL” u “ lU " VJ t er by tuking oupp'topUadfiT M* prayer extempore? The young men it^df.’” in the chimb Mhould be trailed to serve God in this way also. Tlie female members of the church—w*e add this lest some should object that xre excladed tliejn—shauld not only be present at the regular nveeting* for devotion, but they should in addition h>re© their owb sepaiate •->. . •**:?. H aotpffMp I The best schools of prayer are the closet, the chambers of the sick, the afflicted, the poor, and the family. Our artiele is almost too kmg; we to laiud tlie remark of a celebrated statesman about the dome of the capitol at Washington, “That, 9 said he, pointing to the dome,' “is n mighty exploder of-provincial loan tag.” We applied this to the dome of this great Bouthern school, a*d thought of‘the many young men who “go to ^College,*’ plvasod lo think they hare already asreuded bebex-w, in the oity. si This church -was built by donatious from nearly ifil part# of the Uuioa. A certain opsooftt, about ♦ 1,000, caff Hied the rity or State giving that much to a [left |r and yo« will see that these Ixear the names of eHfea and States oftgrtx-ed on the silver plates at the entrance to the petes. The splendor of this modem tempi* Would fill C. And sa trite spirit. 8. Til© of His 4 V. And Him *hall Kote.—A standing, -friVr.tttff] CUotj be And t« tl As it xvaaj ■ ever Worid Xote.. dent sas Ohi little fortiid i My dear brother, there is no must were afraid qf being misunderstood V h ••V'-«n»Lg n' •i^ar>-qi*w.ivh v: V ■■■ . ,, Aft**.,, i, Z Bless the Lard for that. It hr so the “delectable nuaiatalae” of wls- with religion* horror the hearts of cheating in these, days of Goiftleft- dom, when, alas 1 after n very short those of tliat eomuuuiNMi whalntost stomd strife, nnd Byatboliool con- experience ia College halls, they find of tkd eiioplirity uf tfaeir diureh fusion. But the Virginia brethren tbemsolx’ea atilk in tbe humiliating and its awroenese to all ktads of display, flfed rt *ki b ^ c We awoke -from a itafreslnag^ nigbtfs rest ta find onriwtvea jotonl by a (fear friend, with whom we expected to “see Washington”—t*e always follow after charity. May the day never come, when it shall be said of them: They have frith ; bdt they do not lore as brethren. —« & I • M+. ft. • *-» R. valley of ignoratioe. if * • Leaving the University with Its four hundred students eagerly po ring over their Greek and loittn^ ami building castle* on imaginary i are of a con ‘uicth the soul them that trust iu date. •all be said or song, .... .. -! .• -4m. . toer, and to the Soo, beginning, u now, and , Ajqen. . ' thall tlie superinten- Roys: unto the and Lord ns every Ask, and it shall fteek, and yon shall tt* shaft be nigh to God and be •to yo«. Let os, routly kneeling, draw onr Heavenly Father, in tlie name of ow irtst to bestow tfpoa blessing. ' »< V \s ¥ K \~r - (fitted our coiigMtr.itiot^s greatly; knowing tU.U tl| eliildr^tf^diodkl be eoi-ly tmprlit te|fforsliip with their parent*; anti beli^iug tk.rf the Bah- * both-tudiool uiayftr an injury to the churoh, audf IwrhfiN to tho spiritual iiitcreat* of] the sBldreii, if not con- . foruusl to cbuidliy order; we shall [avia*it to tlie chiivh, through the Vpuitvquu Order for cen- dueting par varims BulAiaUi-schools. The object we five in view is, that oar mtaistef* ^ *n[ierintentteuts ma> examm** the Order, jKiint out it* detects, {iniffee the plan; and a' sttflicicutiy tfk>arage4y w» win offer it to rite A«rcb in a suitable form to be iuk iI ftp all our Babbath- school*. SMEl.TZML ^— AN* OUIXtK }\id CONDUCTI^U THU T« v KApDAlX SCHOOL. Xote.—After me Btibbatb school i* as*euibh*l atul we children standing iu their dtofeseapho superiutcudeut shall say. Hi the name rf tltc Fuflier Bou, ami the Hfiy Ghost. Superintemdsdh The Ixxrd be with yon. TT Children. Afel w ith thy Spirit ft. Oouie, y# children. I will teach yon the fear of Ui# lord. r. The eyes of the Lord are on tbe righteous, ifid His ears are open to their crv. v ft. The ijfifd-is nigii to them>h are of a broken lieart. ^ rjr, -Tlien prof I I^r4 tb..n 1' **+}*•* H mOoM»*n* * . t O^j W-l r " n »orM, errn il A ) wbicll 'lx- wjtl rejoin- au cfoSe thy tovu tumrrtte, our c O eftattotte th> them that ku< . MlfliHWa to . u Lord be ***** . soul*: for ft- the#. Ih> tiju reemeth p duly, wc pray in as new hi ' within nu, r* of thy salvad' • - free spirit^ i the ilridro t>f prepare tlieii thim* ear to 1 mififitd, wh proaperitx ot . tongues aba* aesk aud of kmg. Let th our 04*1 lto thou the WO ; yea, the . tahlish th«m thine only 1 • 4 deemer. Atp <^ J ^jBesung- <lt® the hymn on <* JWwltKf U dt b Xote.—ATt*. -W - lie read. 111 \H thff IWui* read in doto * and oehool - aea.) Xote.—{■»;? deal say ’■ if s churQh of i v c and shy *) | THT. xi I lx h* v< -:i T . '~jr: . 'v : mighty Make ; AjmI in J*' our Iftfil*. ' the Holy Gh Man - ; Buff* lx to. w as cm* - He descend* day He ros* , He ascended . ou the rigli % Afmxgbty; . oope to ju< (lead. . S bclicxv . Holy Chr.tf i *-■ inttnkm of of sliisf th 4 Ixsly; a--' Ipira \ Vofr.— Tlt afitcitd to tie may be me few wonl* o' to tlwi ft hoi AffWf- tin* ( the childn v sitpreintcud** r. S. OU, t for He-is g*" C. - For U lofir^tetsts- - U * M V' t 'j \ •v i ■ >• air^ - 4 ' « - 1 I * I j-fi.* ■ - ;C. And h f i / V- f\ thcae lead i t \ 11 If-'A ft ? . > ies- Xote.—Ts teachers an W'luv Our Fat ^ HaUowvii l dom cotn** earth, as I thi* day oi gi\*e us om ▼ho us cl- driver ns the fcingdeft the glory. fT Sate.—T singing tS Pnfire^q*!. I l*nu^eHin' l 7 RpSwBM'fs^ Plate FsttVm- Xote -’ r he sligll pr® * v*. r Kate.— teachers order and not only »bB fhfir ft ay^ * . wm I A Man c ;/i 1- onc. A Acad* & Bart #a>t This te liawe wan] long, fully am who ha* tkbohiriy work, -» oarefubH oureeL roipstriTt| eoapoKci ■ - * -