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> ' - 1 ~ ■ Jft,” m THE LUTHERAN VISITOR, r* COLUMBIA. «. O. )bcr 5, 1870. Wednesday, Octol editors =±= Kiev. A. it. ltUDK, 8. C. Itev. J. 1. MILbKU, \ hti Staunton, Yu. jgsrs ‘Zn cx*cnti<i/x, aw/fy liberty fin all tk „ ... • sruciAT. Hi Remittances must Office Oivku*, I bulk if possible. j If these send tlfi 1 namey in tkr. AH ' Ph»tnia*U*r* register letter* when rnpers #|v sent to iiu exprfaM order to « ffii*/*!?- tJr n. iiomtwr of the p»{kt ttcu-nt cou»ijtfm»it*%tk>n» p-liit /soriUjrs, should give tlxnr diMtiuvfiy,' aud cnrefuUyl inti are old tu« which are low Not only the mum* of the * post office, but also u»t of tin* fount| anti Stott* of each subscriber is nocwfchiry, in order that tl*e pr<»t*>r cutrie* qaay |e promptly anti act* orally nuttlf. Marriajrtt and obi other matter intended should be written septii business letters, to receive Hon. i .MCWSfAI-KR 1. Any pewpu who ly m»i *’ “ ' n>m essential* *\ in Post or lhwfts, *e obtained, *■ BRED I.KT- obflfnxt to l*sc iff hers until ue is re- as turning * is not *uf- ig to sub- in's * cry L*aie whieli tbartihera. and not in r atteu- ulariy the post rotn reettMl to bin he has liulwciibed or n«i for the. jiayjiut ut. ‘ a. If a iM'Vaan owlets I tML* rn itf i nape rliether i. Or vrhetlier responsible wtHUe taken i 8. flu* sing to I from the teovinat r discon- or semi it 1 the impel is that refn- perusiieuls loving ami prism facie evident <,* ut inteiitmusl ffou<l . . \y rTavwg been greatly favored bj" contributors, we dent dursolves aud write ho lengthy editorials this week. t T t I ItPThis , gentleman- wlo sent ns tjvo penand-ink sktftchfH for our Cabinet Iras conferred' a neat favor tm ns. \Ve bare placed them among tl»e LnrWtie. Descripticihs in next Humber. Beatb Fs.—The ^*|*th western fly nod (German Reformed) munbers 97 miitisters and 10{337 members. This Synod publislies a Jmper—The Hr—which has sub scribers. - * | ... - . ^ ^ m ' --i* — >- jy The brethren who have so kindly and promptly rui<e<l the cur tain, admitted us bekintl the scene, made clear to ns what hitherto was muddy, and threw light o» the night shade of Synodical nature, will please accept ortr thanks. tVe shall joint the notes next week, r ! - * 1 Ka^Lutheruu ; ministers are not the only disciples w ho do not agree. Rev. l)r. 1L J. VunDylie charges, in a letter published School VrcsbyterUm, Wilson, of Augusta, C bling an address lie liyered in tit. Louis, an ing out of it w hat suit *• and promises to rCfi inemorv. the Old Rev. Dr. with gar- yke) de- with carv- is purjKise, Wilson's f • . The Amount of Moijney; which can be saved in every family by buying silver or copper tipjvedi shoes for children, w ill surprise]^ ;uj|y one who has not tried it. All parent* may lessen their shoe- btfys j two-thirds, dud at the same avoid the disagreeable sight of gagged stock ings ami protruding tbes, always sqcu When shoe* ai*e n<|t protected by metal tips.—Xear } c$ k Pont. I , —j • l ' • 'f ■' ii[ The Prussians are ad\iuiciJig; the seem utterly ppwcrless to them. H tiered, and Paris l6sed J , and sttbjw h0i*rovs of a siege. irtriMj- oft the ]KX)f _ desfcntctiofi, t1ie dyvas M Ixtf&id ligures 1 /» . Ooxamplo the oS.Pifi*, its parks, ’VflUsj its orchards 1 lurt-houses, where ex- the most ivtined taste 1 »ered goui mamlisni j -wealth yommand, wi to-day aH is goue, wHI take the lifetime to roitWe it.' The maguitn-cnt, the uobli iva\'c looked down upo the women of the ,which Louis the Four! court TCtelk ; has sur- bout to be to all the God^bave ns. v The cm and ruin "fepiiesent.— r Uborhocsl gardens, its i, its thing that ;l»ly lMttn- , and be found— ed—and it , generations mutifgl, the trees—winch the men ami X>hdfe, under mth and his the Sauscu desire, A Fkkk Chi rcU K^ terpuisk.— The friends of^J )r. I licks, together w ith the new Society recently term ed, have arranged with Mnssr*. Leitch & Brans for the mnguifleent lot fronting If& odd feet on Meeting street, and numiiig Iwrek -100 feet to a large square plat known as the “Reynolds lot,” on whi<*h to erect a dmroh. We congratulate the i»oo- S le ^hi this great step in the right tredion. Tlie church edifice is to be pushed forwai-d with the utmoat rapidity. Let all the people mlly to this free church enterprise, and we shall soon rejoice to chronicle its complete suc cess.— Charleston Daily Republican. Well, what next t Barely reading Is not believing. Fret Cknreh, in wlmt sense t Rev. Mr. Hicks is an Evangelical Lutheran minister. I l7 i Jpg before the rr.*^yfes • its different friends! CVRK Pt>U SWTC l’APKKH—Dr. Rnde $ays that the cxcIumjiut of the Lutheran Visitor is exhausted ; tfiat lie has paid out ot lits own jKX’ket to meet the expenses of the second volume of the paper: ami that not have Ix'i'n reoenveil in rcsiMNisi* to the biiD sent out. He also utters the following hum'iitution over the misapplication of the only remedy which can cure the disease of the l ’isitor: “Tlie Eeangtiical fait hern* is dead; the Jthet am Visitor is sick. There are plenty <?f-doctors, and any tpi.ui tity of tnetlicine; but the doctors iu this ease love the medicine them selves too well. Not nil the doctors, however, but too many tbr the i.ell being of the Lutheran Visitor, con- line, their nractico of aduiinisteiiug Bouton's drops and Fnclu Sam’s plasters to their own households.” We sympathize wirti onr colletigne, and take the lilierty of making kimwn to him the discov«‘ry of a sjiovittc rcMusly, ahich never fails Pi cure jvaja'rs afflicted with the finaiu-iiil consumption, vise.: the ('ash System, We are grateful to Dr. Conrad for his prescription, but would like for bini to tell, if he uses the sjiecifle. union of must first bo aovernl more rtmts ami breaks in the General Council, am! perhaps, also, in the Joint By nod of Ohio, before tlie work of cemeut ing together can projierly begin. For this purjiose ten years may lm COLUMBIA. S. C., OCTOBER 5, 1870. 3= .. ? 1 AH’ ,» ^p 1 ! 1 t"""' V L "" ^ fa the midst of such de For Um I^tWraa V Wtof synod# can bo thought of. There votsd fhmllies the Ixmd of love and Order ter Oondusttefths Bunday-dchool is'uce dwells. „ . „ , Thr HabNuh «tm hot .ml Pro£ Bm.U«.r hm. p.LIW^ “A« J.l.iatv, Tk. MMiy pirpomtu-u. i <>«>« m.uductiu* tk. Hablmth. Jl.ru imulo for cknrelt. Aftur t«v.l. Sclmol,” to -kirk hu invito, tkr in, ftlM* ter mU«, .ft r«.fk tk. »lt*»tio« of tkr diurek, p.rtkul»Hy pluro—it I* tk. M.tk«li* uknrek, our umiL.trn. ami .uiunn rniuinai. Wo, kmvover, venturv tko j wkiuk thiftr jjoo.1 birtbruu kuvu I tondriiu to rlftmioe it,. ftutl «*or kindly uflkrr.1 to oftr pooido, until, • u ' b «$S<*t«* »• •>»> «* ur 10 lk.y nrr >bl. to .ante uthte un W for *«• in.|nov.mrnU ta» month Tko ohurch I. knfttml im.tr >»•“* ,lwl “ “ *<>"**#* »n>ch pnsliction that, slier that* iieriod, the lmthenui Church of Aiuoricn will be constituted and appear in a very different form from that iu which we now Udiold her. Wo live iu a period of great fcrnieulation, and it <k*es not yet ajqienr wlmt we shall lie.” Uook printed by a Sunday School.—* Tlie Sablmtli-sclusd of 8L l'eterw Lutheran church at lluiTen Hill" Pa., of which Rev. J. R. Dilute is pastor, lias just jraid into the lisuids of Mr. J. K. Sbry-ock, Superintendent of the Publication Society, two litnij divd and fifty dollars, for the jmrjsfst' of printing a Sunday selwsil l»ool^. The one tbev have sehs-tisl is ell 1 ft Mule ithtotL railed -ll«Udik-d»i ««"•» * u fl “‘‘ wl| k «kat mi As tlio (Hingregation collects, with more of former acquaintances. Here I m« D. ami J. Wist*, oons of the fidthftd and devoted father, John Wise, of Newberry* County, H. (?., who years ago went to his reward. 1 also «ee some of the aona of our departed Jacob Hiller; a brother of tl»e Rev. P. Derrick; the yoniip'st son of onr venerable and dejiarted Father Rauch, whose memory we will ever cherish with most pleasing nsolleetious. Hut then, 1 must not forget that ms I drove up am I looked other lias done than to do the same thing better, or even as well our selves, we nevertheless promptly avail ourselves of the Profeijsar’s invitation, to “(aiiut out defects,” Sic., iu his Order for Sabbath-srhooU. We do so with all Uxxiuriag difli deuce, in view of our comparative iuctjierieucc in the Sunday-school work, uud somewhat opjutsscd too with tins fueling that it is, at least iu appearance, lallu r an ungracious task to out defects,” even - Fur Um LuUmtmi Vimtar. Sketch©* of TravsL , , , - „ m around, 1 saw iuv good brotb«*r, Rev. tlthsl—“The Iron Age of Geruiany.f 1 ’ ‘ ’ * Pickings. It is to hare a short history of the | “Thirty Yearn* War* attached, and , will lie publishtHl immediately. Tl»e example of brother Diuiui's Sunday- sclusd, If followed by a hundred others, would enable the Puldini- tiou Society to provide our flumlay sellouts with a liteniturp utisurjMtssed by that of any other denomination, and eb'ate a new era In its history, by* enabling it to ;H*c«»mplish its mission on a scale couiiuoiisuratjc with the wants of the ehureli. Ti* each of onr hirge Sunday mduailf, we My, therefore, “Go and do like wise!” upon invitation, iu that which was prepared, doubtless, after not a little anxious thought, with cousciculious care. Yet the Piofessor is right to urge us, as he mvius to dt^, even to fault Thta mmMt ku.l Nrt. ogtetM | «*“ U “ »“ k - “ naU > bj him I.M M«y, .ftd k. w«. Mill I ,1,e u "'i »«} U.ai*wvtf ftkftt.iutb. attcmliug to tliei^ spiritual wants. J. I*. Margart, w hose featimn were i otiil familiar, thongh it had U rn ; many own since we met with each | other. Igl Hot iia this clinrvli is within the IsMinda of the Georgi* Sy tusl, it wras thouglit pro)N*r that it should unite with the Georgia HiihmI at its ap |iroiK'hi«ig meetiiig, w hieti it ru*olrH to «k Ilia Margart is trying to make arrangements to move over iutu Georgia* near Aiiu'riros. ami in tlie event ho dors, lie will nameet M»ua(f with the Georgia fly no«l, and .1 JM Church—Tlie Charleston ran still attend to this charge, it Daily HcpuldicaH contiuua the ftdlo#- J «lesire<l. Ami steaihl lie not tome in# announcement of tlie organization within fl»e Uaimls of the Synod of of a broad church by Rev. W. W. Georgia, or fail to eonneet liimself Hicks, iu th.it city.. therewith, 1 think we ran make nr* “In our city columns may be found rang* incuts fVw the cnsnfng year to ojdiiioii of different bivthreu, is mo estuary or dc»iiabh- iu the way of an Order for conducting our Sunday- mhoolij—the laid method to ihuw out' our ministers and suiu-riuteii dents to the eouipnriug of view s on this subject. The whole ioat{cr is far front uniinjiortaiit, and it is to lx* ho|»cd, therefore, tluit the Wi th ren wiU not be l>ark« urd in expruos uig tlu-mwfivcs ujkiii it. Wc know Prof. H. well enough to fi-el assunsl that all criticisms of his work will be receivwl iu the spirit iu which, we trust, all of them will he made. With these few prefatory sentences, we |ins*eeil to offer our view# of the Selma—\luntQom«ry~Qree**iUe Mo bile, drc. , no. VI. The country from Rome to HcIiuh is rolling and hilly—sometimes even quite broken. Tli* soil, so for as we could judge, haw a subotntUim of rod day. The streets of several of the towns indicate this bevood doubt. The country around fl<*lma in Dallas Comity is very fine, Imt owing to the lateness of tlie season and tin* time ut which we saw tlie crops, they did not liutke a conspicuous show-, fidnm js « handsome, thriv ing, enterprising little city of abput K.tssi udmlrttaiits, situated on the north hank of the Alabama. It is 1. We are ot those who -would The Kjirheufreand, is.sucd . two yeaago, ailopUnl the credit system, some accouut of iIm* religusis meeting supply^ them with regular preaching, whose, results, ax statisl in the last ; held at .Market H.tU \csteid.iy. Tints Hto. Margart ought t<. hme*charge: issue, arc already seriously embar was inaugurated a mv\«-iucut which, the is not only an ex«s lh*nt afid gmsl raising the editor ami committee hi we believe, has large poKsibilities ff man, Uit then he is a most sterling ! l'“ U l tu "***» “* f ,K ' < Jpt‘v»» -»nd hist sustaining it. JMinqueiit subscrils'rs gaud for Onr entire city'. It was tip* preacher—a man of flue pulpit 4MN | Sotolag **hoo» u»steml ot owe it 81,000, the payment of wliH-h initial step fo laying tlie foombitMjn 1 ties, that oitglit to Is* brangfct mt*i is called for iuuuedtetely. Lttuftcrity.—The r-.*' . ' ; *. Atehoum, fe rather unfavorable to the establishment of colleges. Timm, who can afford it, prefer sending their cbildteu to tbe northern pa^ of the State, and to Tennesooi* and Virginia, ami other Stales, for ed*. rational facilities. Quite a nuniher' of young gentleman go from Ah|. bam a every year to the Liuversity and Colleges, of Virginia. Fro* what we. leamwl on this Mibjeet, while journeying over tlie flonth. there m«ciu* to be a general jirder- mice for the colleges off the Old Dominion. The prextitje of Virgin!* in this fisftteilir, is so great, that the peopit* “away <lown South to" Dixie” not only jirefi-r sending their “yonng liojiofals” to her schools, but hsrk, in a great measure, to that Stab* for u supply of teachers j* their academies. It ia not, however, on a high bluff, regularly laid out, .only iu this field that wv meet many has street* of a good width, along who were formerly citizen* of it*^ which are scattered n nnmb<*r of proud old coinmpnwealth, am! who very pretty tree*. Tlie rnilnKul eti are now filling }maitious of honor terjMise of Belnm is astouislnug. Site ami influence in the Sooth. ’ The ia now reapiug tlie lK*m*fit* of her press of Montgomery furnishes m activity hi securing rail cotmntinicH with a vary good illustration. The turn with varion* jsiiiits, w hich can Adcertbter, one of the staunchest asd not fail to render her future one of uasd influential papers in Alabama, great j»ro*q*erity. She ha* but qnite is edited by C'oL liobert Tyler, son areufly enjoyed rsilioml fmdRties of the ex presidettf, aud quite ix*ceat with Montgomery . • Thougii only 41) ly prominently cmmectod with the mill** a isn’t, these ’vas formerly no Fonfederate Treasury. The Radis better communication betwren tlieor eililed h> j ol. Hodgson, a Virginias, tow eitiew thsn that atfonbd In ami, if we n» 1st.ike not, a graduate tlie w iudiug course of the Alalnraia. of her justly faiaud Uiiirmfe, Tki* We shall not U»* snrjirisod to are city is only one of man* examples red in a, at no very distant day, the which we might imruHon. The Ki- e«]Ui*l of her more «U*tiiigMislie«l riv:d. etisngi' Hotel I* one of the best is Iler seliools arc good ; hotH* fitted the State, and oue of wliirli the dty np Imodouim l v and kept in appn-ved uu»y «*«41 boust. My W*; Mini tlw wliolo place mucIi o* ■ OUV next point Is Greenville, at to.h-nvo a very favorable iwqutMHiuit which we kjieut several days. This on the x isitor. enter-prising little city ha* » popw- Tlic niihoml to Moiitg.^ien ir.o tetioa of ahmit f*,(l00, aud is inme mu quite eomjkietreL and «c vm diat. lyou the Monlgmnert A M*»l»ae rouijicUcd to take the obi style Ktige UaibomL It wa* first s* ttled by hr IS ntffra to Bent.m ‘Hiis ride South i'aroiintau*. who named it being over a eompttrathreiyr level , front flpmvillf, one ot the pleasaat- 1*io|mmmm1 Order, in a* few wont* as was not m* r»mgli as “ittagiiig” cut pla«x** fe flteir native Slate. The bath school/ \\> may Sab- be regunlcd stones of a bioad aud uide|N*iidctit exercise regnlnriy in fhe idmrvh. h>|s*ui uK-ai iu lim M^wtwu, l»ut ii'M* of c ‘h |lrc h in Charles ton—a church w hah ! will know no diNtinetive iteed, but pverage Amerivfltt minister#, „ut <b*;tt)i, — tbuml to lie sixty-four, whieli is four "hichyevnngelflM!, ■hall euibi-aec all years more than the longevity of the j Christians who may eonu*. V* have umhilakt .i to gu over lh« Order juat us it MantU, and Mate rtUnctiiMcs is. fi»r which wv felt t Itsnkfill. Wo jviasnf tlnough Mont- gwaiery, ami uvnt about ^5 miles ihh ret tlie new n».*td whieli is to etmueet this city with Kufal;t. Here I wv were met by an old Carolina Mettil, with w l»otn »**v<*ral day * d:en* t«VD hits Imt r»*4*eotly Kitfllifxsl heart- ly from , a terrible fire, w hich bid fa antics a large Mistgr of the prufri- pal ItuKines^ Iioum**. These sn* being no r.qiidiy rebuilt that the town wifi not U* loug iu |m*M*ntiiug a haad- sonar npp.*.irums* tInin before it tui- Itut I must return. hoar fin preaching arrivTw. Tlte lot fell njaat Un,rr J 11 * 1 *“ * l ^ a,HU * * ,Ml 1 pawd qaitc pleasantly. TIk* latMl* jderwmfl tte* ‘^WtW ot fire/ Three J4m.l1. Tliougli fatigiaHl fnau travel Bl "* **autlall| ait the < iuutge* fbmi Montgomery* to In km Bpriugs : te wervihiug al*o«t tlnstivflle t* next moot favored ehtss, ten years more than in tlie other professions, and from twelve to nineteen years above that of mechanics, artisans, miners, operativtk and the like. A complete lexicon and vocabulary Tlu* Lutheran Yioitot ihscnsl.ts tip* above, because l*cv. I licks a year ago Israme a Lutheran minister by adopt ! and cx|MMHire tu lirnt. he lieh! to the l«*st of his ahtlity ; don't know what was the result ; trust. ln»wevi*r, that pmil whs arrrenptislied. At forth ,u *’'* * M **• are the richt-at we saw hi that State. 1 it- The first ocutvUor, with nqiosat, Mm h of'it is l*h»ck, UKimy pmiric, (vu^ **TTw hsd ho with yon. “And I «h»<h large et. »*►« arc gem rally with thy split!/) wo wisihi mg tlw Augsburg 4 ami night, tlie Itev. beixiure ho lias siure tuetl (he H«mA f of Worship in conduct mg di\iue aef- of Martin Luther's works, for the use ' *•*•*•!*nt to l>r. l.arhmufi. ..f tlie,,logii,i„ and i.kilnk>si»t«, rr “"°" b,,vr l,M * given, viz. : that lie ore it pa *d now in jireparntion, and is being the issued at la ipsie, Germanv, iu jsirts, P* 1 * 41 of 1>r * ,MM * wl ,,, ° , ' %VtU ^ by snbseription. The first volume, j uf tb, ‘ ^ from A to F., lms just been tn>m . ; »«>twithaUndmg Hm* “lot.r ,*dnts. plated. Reformation Traci*—One of tlie , most effective means of getting at the people in the Reformation was by distributing small tracts or essays, called Fluyschi iften. Three thousand . j Lutheran Obmrrrr, Fo* Im laltwftii V*tailor. A Trip to Georgia. W, It. ufllfiitnl. There -waa are© evidences of ^kmI feeling in the «*»»ngreg ition, and all were very attentive ft* the preaching i*f the wrt.nl. (hi Mfunlay, uf ft oVhwk, the Rev. J. 1*. M. pnwlnsl a eloM* vxjwrimcnfal sttimw. It is sometime* on id that the Lnthenui* <h*n*t believe in ex|H*rim<*tital n ligimi. If tl»ey had heard ltn». MA acVwuR, they would have thonglit diffi Another aervire at night I \v. H., ami an exhortation IIw et ill g elnoea ; ih» arrhoioiis but ft WV W4*thl ount. U is |M*-uhuf to tIm* M*rvm* «•( tin* iongreguiwm. la «*ar tkiuk ot \V««- shtp it Udongs t«> the (reiuiuiivm sett lot*. Wl* ilvubl the |tr.qtru*ty o! Iiattstt t iiug it to at) Order for th** gnlberetL ’H»c iarmers ut-.ikc money eaMty, and sfietwl it nx fix**ly. Tlie prairie (amis here are wooded, aud pleiiM* us—tin) tow n is pleasant, mo) the |wx»ple a 1 c more ml Tin* latter OOri to pos*t‘N* great wetiuth of feeling, with ia huge slum* of so ciability. Thf* spirit ut' railroad iiit*HpriN«-, «ht.-h now eugogt-s the alienthoi U ihu South jb it m-\cr ' not IwUl, like m«*st of thw it* the Wrtvt. The country i* slightly rofl *b«l U fore, is also agtLittng tbe pil ing. htwI «*f anch a nature that most ph: of Greenville. Th«*y h<>|«e to he >umhiy M’bted; wc would Mifik r the ^rodent road* in owttimcr Ihvoiih* ’ «*» Wtte of tin* piop>se»l Wort* dfiflbt to dtek* n» 011 tlw Mir wide, 1 j imjctssotih- m winter. Moss l> ni Air lane (i«*ui Brunswick, L&, oihI Mtib it oat The Order wpoM hangs froni the tree*s. cv«“i on the U» Memphis, T«ol, and are already toot la* marred by tlw* uuhmm«. i ITw*»' lands an* tnt4*rsjH*i-s*yf | amn ijmang a large UHteaae ia }»oj#a «tm,i mi, n M. would *4igr»-*t '^rtw trwns «tth j*ww. s.iinly, pirn rhlg»-t N w here Lit ion wud the growth of their qnite Jiff,Tenth, imwition in the IPrdrr. Tire .qm.mg water may lie easily obtanted, but sgtwable town into a mining ami by Hn». H. , *“ r '“f Dm M-hmd would chw*r on th*** it »*» t«»<» nnb.-altby to H\e. j crowiled etty: We always h-el a 1. ami the ' ^ *bmptly «twl more naturally extern wat«T is mail on tin* prairies. dis|*i*ition to linger iu tliougkt wla* lira. Rude: Aaeoading to |wt»re g»*wl state of f»*elit»g msimsl to |a*r ise, I iHx*iMtt|iatiH*«l iav Iwtktf (Ck filth flic entire •‘ongregation. of *heae, the jureh.cf.ons of LtttUer ( w ^ to lll0 utXfly Mt .\ 1 w.mhl here state, n* alt imlure- and to, •Inc®, Mff ^ coHcetcd f cR .^ ,q- Lutlieran* in Webster tVaiih ! incut to nnv who may wish to emi at Leipzig afld^reprititwl iu all their ,*|-^ M ixed by Um* Rev. J. grate, that thi* ia a g»»od farming integrity ot ancicut ?*tyle and ortho- () f the B. 0. Byxiod, uu«l j eonntry. The hnnl licw wHI, i* easily / ? who are known os 8t. Murk'a *f-- <*nltivnted, awl very productive. 'Hn* Absolution.—The jhlluwiug is tlu* tlierau I’hurch. Biw Mnrgart hftil Kinrhabame, that mux through this lormula oi John Knox * form of Abso ap|s>iuted tk© meeting to commence Rttfifttrilt of flretth f ivrlina euii lntion found in lit* Book, of Goiiiiuon <H4 Saturday bofere tlio 4th Kiblmik grants, is a large river, surrounded j “kmmliiig/ In *rem» <4 o«rJ feutare* Jiceilliariy lier ow n. ■fflnttd lb it* \lry peasant little town. It ts.*euis so muck like South Ottler "• “In tlu* name ami authority , n August. As we had to Uriie with fertile Is mis that mnv be jhii of Jesus Christ, |, tlux minister of about JO miles ou fiitUflajf, we did ctmard at renatai.ibh* jiriees. Tliere His blessed EvangM, with the e«ni ' lH * roach tlie cliureh until sernefa i* a hotly of hind, of 1,009 or 1,200 sent of the whole wHlistry aadufanisfe, were u\ er. Th<- laiter man ncv<lii|g .ftCVew, w ith an excellent dwidliug •m-ImmiIs »t is exceedingly incoax en ing in the ojion eeutre, nml looking icwt to kneel, atnl standing is llie up otic of these, xre lui\v «*» fine view pootwre oWi-xetl in tlrein at lawy er. ] of the ('ajiitol, wliieh preaetitr a 5. We would, finally, suggest to ilectdcdlr handsome ap|»enranee from the iVufpMirr the wMitnlioii of a j it* slfnation on a high and roni' I leaver more easily taunfirehemled mamling en»tn«*nee. hV vfctR this by chiklren, than that which he lias bnihiitig aronud whVh gather rwtd giren. * It ia an ex<*clleul form of Vetlons of events which hare taken according U> thy rejientaiice, and i and son. formerly-of Edgefield Gmui- ^j*rarer, alsMimling in feii*le quote th<*ir place prominently in the Id»- pronounce thy sin to he loaned in heaeen, j ty# & (*. Although it had l**cn 1 We lea re hen* on Tuesday itioniT t *° ,, “* * M,t •"'taldi* for tin* little 1 ton of the flonth. Here met fin* absolve thee, N., from the sentence of excommunication,/7c*< the sin by thee committed, mid from all censures lefivshiuents, we inquired for (lie j Iwmxr mimI o«t bnildingw, to he sold iMNUtd atoflfeffiatt, tUrh imvfil | <tt the first TWwday in November, to he the residence of our ©hi nml. It Res ou the east side of the river, laid against the* fof the same before, well-tried friends, ilro. J. McNary [ between Hix*. J: MrNary** and Itro. mid thee to be received again to the mun .- years since I saw Bqciety of Jesus Glirist, to his laxly futures were familiar, and the ehaix li, to the participation of ceived tlmt eordial welcome hi« Sacra met its, apd finally, to the fruition of all ofi the Father Holy Spirit.. Auupi him, hi* ing for tliu fMIB t Ixl |#*| | Ixfl Ills, 0(01 finally, to l his benefits, in the 11 r, of the Son, and ot County. The crops all throngh this i ^*v example, “Isard, thou ■ country are very g*xxl, thongh they j °® r dwetting plme* in nN say the cotton crop is shirt. The I ''""S lw n]wm tmxinmgteaK , . .... —- corn is very good, hut not enough * finato© of children. We of the oiice more in my ohl native State, in planted. Tlie farm* genernny fltv w * ,,t * brief prayer in such an Or- ‘ the midst ©f well tried friemls. The wrefl cultivated. ThU rxmntry Is n mndn *P fMeflyr of direct prti 1 " Ifea I the 1 cliarnctei iaiic of old asres iates ami name triemls. I Alt om*e more like I aim Heylstercd Ixttern.—<Tbe Postman- good lady of tho houoe aoou provided ter-Genund has issued an order ro- for our wants; and with gtssl A)qie- quiriug tlie uamrj and address of tites wc Htirroiiiidrd the table, londi-d the sender of a registered letter or with the Hiihstiintttds of life, acrvisl AYeilneaday 1 spent hi Mt. Zion package to lx* affixed to the saitie, up iu the good old German style, to clmrgi*, visiting relatives nod friends, and in case of non delivery, the reg- w hich we Imve been aocuatonmi the Thnrxduy the meeting commence*. ww 11 * with the praye© than with the Apis though some fcnve wells ls»mt to j *« rwall th*’* cnxxl. Is-t tk* ien«lir»g «if the. tt«* ik*pt1t aftwiuil linmlnxl fix*t. Srripturo h-sso© fidlow the Qkmrim j Montgomery, oi teethe jx^wkI roja i Carolina, uiul because we say so, / < ntri. tlieu the hymn, tlieu tlie creed tal of the C ifteirvavv, is ft tafif.jtotaC if 4»ur rradqrn may js’riuqts itr OiMitmMiuluM-ots, afol then th<-Itrief Mttmo. 'do*:»y **ity, mi tli • *»u!h lutiik aevuse us of partiality. Well, we address, beginning. “4 hildreu. .!©*«« re tfn* AfalmteA l\»r an hitertei* lx* partial; iuik-ed, wc have : imy*," Ae„ with the |*ray4*r. eitv. with a •sqmj.xfi.m of fthont 1*0. always h:ul a divided partiality for 4. Iu* that tk»rm of addn*ss we 0flu. it due* an ektenxtre frudt*.— I the pleasant, the jiretty, aud the w.oihl say, “1x4 ux tiH-refun* de- Many itf tlie slrexT* diverge trian ag«xx*abk*, or, iu uiHaphysical 1*0- voutly draw near/ Ac., «>mtt4o»u tin* the n-ntn* if the V*tv, whi -h Is a giuigi*, “the true, tlie ls*auldul, and tin* good.” Aisl it seems to ns the citm*u& are “true" to the intereits of tlu*ir town and country, Green ville itself is “beautiful,” siwl scone of tlu: firople were so “good” to w. There, readei', you have thesertet! And now having convinced you of our iKirtiaJity for Groeuville, we will nc5.1 prove©*! to give you the prwa- isr«l iutixxlnvtiou to MobiU*. rh'fiire reftching MobU*, we have * very plvaxknt sail of s*»mv distance, fiir the cars only run to tlu* head of the bay, w here they leave their po*- rengiTK to eiyoy tin* greater luxary of the stcauilxiat to the wluine* of tlu* city. It is very unfortunate (list Mobile was uot built about thirty miles to tter down the bay., as this is the highest ixted that vessels of heavy draught caw reach. Tliis is a serino* iuconvenienoc to u city which is the second j>ort in th© South in the Zion cburrli, Macon, ^ TW frmihar a.* ven fine fanning i*onntrv—lauds an* | ,tv "* ,or ’" ^hmuitg w_ very level halt casHy cfiltivatiMl, ns ******* «»<* tisiri.cre, nml In words the will is generally sandy. istered letter or package will lie re turned directly from the office to which it was sent to tlie sender, first Confederate Congress, and here Jefferaon Pans and Alexamler H. fkqthria wen* electeil to her two liigtewt offices. Here was Adopted the CVmatRrtthm under which it waa fondly hoixd that a united Booth ! would march on the realization of a prosperous rtifll gloriofis ftitoiv. fltif “man proposes, and Ood dis no NimjJe that even tire siiMtlbwt 1 ]>reies,” and who will douht tett that **teiab« of the flock” will lx* nhie to • |n the ‘ten(biding of ftitnre events” umh rwtand and make th<MU tltrir | His purposes wHl he made mauifest t Instead of the Con federale Gongresa, t The proimsed Order is. In general, ml mi nil do. 81 FT5RINTKNDF.NT. liVAh 1/Z1V7 lottos rave<l, Republicanism held its wild prates, the first Eli»i»irp its grand ; reY?c4rA, the citizen , and 4t|ipt parties, 4»olcou and his Ceute ed their green nml •low. * Desolation cv> t . r eotmti-y which hum : science had made a a de^qri- The P termined to. pnnish The ortvw powers like to interfere, exaeflj- know whatj, God reigns and rules. shallitriumi»h. g bis sctlate the last Na- e exhibit- laid where. * Th© industry and Eden is now seem de- tembly. •lie won Id they do not do. Well, The Church “i * greater ixirtiou of onr lift*. | There u no real for Jonah now ; Din tier over, and wc begin to lu w ith but oue exee|»tioii, has prrachetl qnire after former m qnnlntancre; **V«*rj* sermon for fo©n* days am! without (as tiou ) being returned aM j u „ th«-e Bi uo meeting at night, night*- The outer man began t© feel through the dead letter office. In concluded,- njion irffetoialkm, to V «T w «^k near the winding up of case the sender of » letter or pack* v [ M j t w tr j w j O. Adily, who the meeting. Bat we had refreshing age thus returned can not be (bnod, rookie u bout two miles distant. Miowere ©f rain, that greatly con it w8| then go to the dead letter Upon onr arrival at the place, wc tribnted to owe comfort. Although office and lie. treated as oilier unde ; were In#t by hia moat excellent and had no apodal season of gtnee, livered mail matter. gootl la<ly, (lie being absent, visiting )d w had very attentive amlfenewa Under thy new contract for stamp- t h e ^14^) who rcceiveil as with all f he time; and 1 think tbe ehnreh ed envelopes, a uew scale of prices, tho kindnew belonging to the sex, *** greatly benefltted, aa she ot*ea- -it which the same will dp'sold, has once mo<ie ns fee! that we swmoMy need* to be remindeil of her been p|«pared at tlie Post Office de- were in t y ie 0 f jii m i t Christian duties and sthmdated to their jier- partmpnt, and will be isaiuxl to post- friends.. formancA, On Sunday we closed the niflati|s- before October 1. Under ©veiling approaches, aiul the meeting, and on Monday I starterl man of the houM© returns, and with for bame, “sweet home.* Arrived bright eonntenancea and glad heart* ami in good health; found favorable to Lutheranism. “JToir the hands of friendship are «K*©e »»d felt once more “how about th* climate of Maryland* 9 — more pressed together in memory of blessed are they who their Hovioar tho past Here we spout the eve- obey, and hove laid up their treasure ning aad night most pleusaittiy, | above*.” though me had had u hot and dusty I hope and pray that the seed time in traveling. How comfortable sown will be productive of an abun- this scale, the envelopes will be sold at prices much lower than at pres ent I* l I/' ’ Wlwn icill the Lutheran* Vnitet— The kirchenfrcund gives the follow ing answer: “Different projects for union have been originated in these days. We believe, however, that fhe work of tearing asunder must go fartlier in the Lutheran Church rfryfniff.—ltev. George W. Hoi laud, of Hurriaonhiirg, has been appointed Superintendent of fldiools for Rockingham County. A first- rate appointment.—Register. Baltimore.—Rev. J. M. Mengert, so says the Xeitoehrift, has returned to Baltimore from Florida, ami in tends to take charge of a church. We thought Rev. Mengert lmd united with the Presbyterian Church. There is some itcculfarity about the climate in Florida. 1 It does not seem to be tberv wiw nsscndilcs in that same; amount of wttou shipyeA Capitol, a body of men whose legis- does, next to New Orleans, tlie IsrJ- Ifttkm Is in many Instances Inimical est bnsiuess of any Southern city, to the best interests of the ^8tnte ! aud, also, ranks second in popuk- and quiet the weary pilgrim rents beneath the shelter of kind, Christian dant harroat in the end. “What a question to ask. There— we knew we had them—are two letter*; read and form your own opinion.” Mr. Honest man reads, and exclaims: u I* It pomBh f*- Wlff XArf f No reader our General Synod encounters difficulties* they claim to represent. From tbe Confederate Congress to such a Is*g- islnture!—“O, what a hill was there, my countrymen?!* No one can visit Montgomery, even in the ihifl season, without being impreeacd with the fiict that it is emphatically a business city. Here wc sec a number of streets thronged with large and costly bnildingw, set opart for those whose occupation It is “to bny, to sell, and to get gain.” Owing to the divergence of the streets, more of the city may be aoen at oue view from a central position, than of any other* city yet “spied ootf by yonr correspondent. Mont gomery has no mole school of any prominence, except a Commercial College, which, we believe, has a very good local reputation. The summer season here and in Southern tion. -Most of the streets are narro* —not sq much so, however, as to be seriously inconvenieut. The eitj railway companySt cars run on sev eral of tiie principal streets, fl* » mati who, twenty years ago, would j liave suggested such an enterprise as street railways, would, pcrhaf»> have been met with any amount rt, ridicule 5 aud now how could we without this new convenience acoommodation in large cities t M ha * a progressive age ! In fess than » quarter of a century progress wfll demand something better than the railway cars which we now coftode* such a luxury. Mobile is very compactly built. Many of the buildings are in excel lent style, and there are several fi» e streets. The city does not seem *° much alive as some others. 8be htf I ■ .r not iiH irtuunl mmi h ulatioa, nor ha* te»» any v«o pM)™* eral i«opo«-l 1»“ t built, might add \ ter proaperity. i emy, which is »«!»! ‘ is, |x*rl»ap*ft the lar^* I South. l>oring thrM roll nacabectd over ■ Mobile lUyioter \> I iwper* in the eiuuifl edition ha*, jwrliai.-l' cuhOioa of a»»y m * ■ in tbe South.' Tin* 1 a n able aud wnh ly B ual. I Mobile i* the hoj gastft J. Evans <11 I the toleuteil S*»ur| We did not r»*inaiii I before tbe time an| take passage for Nff “Queen City of tin* .*4 we shall next writq. I -L tK \i mx I t The W©rk ot the Iff - 1 Dear Editor: .1 Ir~ mime time to tell of the doings ot . ir - 4 midst, lx*ing conteL^ the lovers of Zion.- us. "You rtijuesi. s know how we \\* ;1 at Grahiteyilk*. 1 that request The Ixinl has \ i«; J vivexl His work mL vliurch here h»te my hiairt aud th*®.*, x prayers for tbe Lr-i • Idcssexl be tin- enough to make m<*^ff/■ * Lord has ]nanted jjtM. 1 feel OMMtred liitoj.' — K : / at present in a htff has been ut am * j*', labors here. \ * v ;V, As I feel eoiivim anxious tu hear in- that our house ot Utoished, and the to- sashes. 'Hie br»-i tliat the house of -tor, completed. On lii B they ft vlived t«» L. ff. f in. and on the i > V --V luonth the rent>i-It v ' into eftixL Yt lut*^ looks (*f our ehur- 5* added to the ctinm shipjwi-s. As u pim Fr of ’liberality ft ml c:jR. ' -jieojde I would ad«i.B iueui-red in the- .;S J met prouqitly. It eoutioue till* ff****!®!^ bn tiding is Tlie.sebn-lhieu. il* y ■Kf-J ; ] band, work \\ i11 im^ 1 eotmaem-ed a >--*K ' ; on Saturday. pr«b ®y V Sunday in July, atff exenixes lasted 1 ■ * E. (ttQjliiMn aud sisied iailhtullv. <1 preaehed far us liff V of the I lap list ©bui-Rfe . The Lord W«ss«l|'p^ ' servants. Many >1- enquire, wfoit* invff' savt-d! Sixtcxm im ff -/ to the chim b, w revived. May blessed work cunuiff - - This church auff- ’S < constitute one par^K : able salary has h«, ■p-*-» ehnrge is now pi«* - ; minister. , . H ^j 1jc4 os praise- ff marvelous work, his coutinued aid. good brethren buiki Aa regaixb* Ca\ happy to any tho*. awoke. Saturday before of* this mouth, H mcnerd a moethig. aitpe, with the ex mon preached by S ' • a Baptist Wlitoitcr The meeting lasiK;.- Lord watt with 1 lower, arid were I* name. ft Itteren were a<ld M \ I*arent"» w^v im.*u ff tbrir children s . IvOrd, to ft The Lord ifi rtdl this jieople. A goodly muni doubled tbeir sni supjiort of the p aty promised is < to* they hove ever j. 1 x Ttfoy'are earnestly iug out the arrar ; and will before Um in admirable workft. May God’s blew dear people, aud per in tbeir hand A i*.- ' A T : 1 • - B I'hUaddpki Lutheran Zioi S<|uare waa morning last, Th© new bi aud flu© ehui raopeet. It h aud ;will seat •120,000. It H . K:v; - I