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The sing to from the evidence tteu separate jr, and not in rtf, to Tteeivefproper at fen - ' \ KKr.1l*Al*EIt‘DECI‘ [OSS. n who takes a paper reg- the post office -inu'fttfr fli- eoi auotJiu ’s,or wbt Uiei ■u or uot—< s re%onis|l« orders life japev diacun- i«st ^pay all i rvearagos, or r I maiy contiift e to send it 4 fe made, ai l collect the Ot, whether be paper us office or not. have decided that w nsmpers an 1 periodic! office. or r moving and >r, i pritua Jude in . ■ -V 1 wz Z f$K - ■> RESLii* >. ? M, t ' ■ *eenville & Thursday^ CF W<si'rtgret to lei ru that ftt the fieri & at 1 on the G i' r f ' { ... Columbia jftailroad on Nov. lltlji, Rev. Mr. Crou le and ohe! of the lay delegates, vt lose name we could |n :»t Jeartt, were otli arnodg the sufferers. Rev. Mr. Arouse was stunued -aid complainet of sevejte pain in the head, whih the othfer con- gentleman' slderably. to continjii the next fri i> side was b nised Both.were, ho rever, a their journey ruing. BH Revival. homew; ■ , We will in our next laj before oir renders • toost' interestii ig aecoubt of a time of nefresbingj from the Ixml, in 1 ro. J. C. Reps ss’ ehargt. We learnt jtliat about It have pro fessed failh |n Christ; m( 8t of whotn have united ivith the v pvangelic^l Church. ^ A book| appropris good, gotten up. ] anl & l>i opjiosite books for* we reeo our friends. on the Way. Mr~ in our opii ion, a most gift, but it should be ’ selected, and neatly ic Messrs. Lee, She|- ;ham, pres mt, on a variety of suita stmas prei cuts, w md for examination 'Lau&'bfi* *- to ft Enquiry. w Sheuap<loair asks: { What db y<ra think; if the signs of the times’)! Are they; lot portentou i t Wars, leVer plagi es, floods, earthquakes, turd so ip iny displays. Did you ever see » » many at on 5 time, a most night y—Northern lights, de ^tractive storms! Wha does it a l mean?, It {you are a re gler of “signs 1 ,of the times? info m us wh these umis aal events n can. year of an r. Lord, 1870- -especia' the latter^ hrt of it—wil stand proraiflen|li amlconspicuc asly the years ag one of wonde -fnl even Is it that “ he day of the L rtf 1 is n at hand, n skrer than we suppose is ? It may possibly be. f it shou come in bn r lifetime, ma; it And us through th0 infinite mere] and good- Answer • we read the try to ingy them, signal atte times, signs in and to id regard tef so as to Second man to Lord of that man, no, but my' it is the ons sins from his; “the day hand”; it iff pose.” arty* we are R; andh to wel ation whi! t for dea a ration and nei can not tians ar of why the I repared for t P e«, dear “Sb mandoah,’’ word of G< d, but not the times ” we them. A i for and I rterpreting eonvi need! from the of all thosd who have read the s|gns of the signs from lifeaven, tlie sun, moon md atari, the pit fliesies in “the day of he Lord,” ne the ; ear of the t, that it 3s not for And hi s not the heaven deda ed: “But and hotir k loweth no the angels >f heaven, only”? 1 Ye believe of all iresumptfl- td find out' he secret, Father has cept even gels. “Shnandoali,” the Lord i j near ait always near at hand; “nearer tha l we sop- drawing nig t to ns, w® g nigh to it Whether or dead, w< shah see py arc we if re idy gladly the Lord. 1 le prepar- every man sh mid make riernify the prep ry for the last day ; r more, nor ess. We erstand why i ome cliriff- so anxious qbont and day of jud fear it more and 25th chapters i Of Vn* gosiiel of Mattheff^ftml i«vV'p«rtlrnlar at * tention to 24 : 30—51, and to the parables in the 25th chapter. Watch with the wise virgins; be flUthful like the two trust-worthy and dil- aervunts i ? and love, and do nd minister unto the bndhrvu of the heavenly King, because you Serve, h>ve, and honor Hiai In them; and swill service is faith. : *.d> . »> As regards the signs, the calstm ties, the commotions, the wars, w« look cm them all as warnings, as admonitions, as trim]*# calls, ns the opening of the seals, f»—but we are venturing too far. 'AR them* events ore uot phenomena to be explained nltogether by natural phh loaophy and statesmen. Gmi in m ♦hem, and they are employed by God to lead men to repentance and faith, to teach thorn the frilly of livhig and lalmringfor earth as man’s highest goal, n nil to make them prepan* fm the great chtuige, the great day, the Anal result. But men are slow to leoni the lesson of heavenly wisdom. How tunny of those in our midst whom the war made mourn the - loss of belovwl ones, have become mourners at the mercy sent ? llow many of those who have lost f II thoir earthly possessions, have grown rieh in heav enly graces ? How many of those who, daring the last flood in Vir ginia, saw their precious ones perish* iu the raging waters, Mid only were saved by the direct interposition of the Ixird, are now his fWlowers? ■ “Sbeunndofth,” wo have frit for sometime that both Individuals and nations were about to be ohastened. The Scriptures teach it, the signs of the times indicate it, wickedness ahonnds, unbelief and sin are ram pant ; and believers are so indifferent and even lukewarm. But I must stop. Be ready! « mm » The Tenneeae* Synod. Jke “JEditor p enjoyed the privilege -that is, we believe, according to the established formula—of bring present at the meeting of this Syn od, and of course it becomes us to tell what we heard, saw, and felt. It may uot do to tell anything, because so much stress is now laid on “private communications,” “pri vate actions,” “private workings,” &c.: but is there not in all this \ ♦ , -i privacy and secrecy a good deal of the Jesuit ? Christ's command is : “What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye-in light: and what Ve hear in tHe ear, that jweaeh ye upon the house tops.” We conclntlc from this that the church is not to be a lodge, a secret society, or anything approaching to organiza tions, -the chief bond of union of which is the rule of secrecy. We therefore will tell, as well as we arc able, all that we know. We may be incorrectly informed about some things, some impressions received may be fhnlty; but we write in good faith, with the best intentions, and hgl** that we may not be accused either of illiberal!ty or nnfaifness. Saturday, November 5th, found us at St Peter’s Church, Lexington County, S. C. Several of the Ten nessee brethren were on the ground, and we were received most cordially, and felt that we were among breth ren of the same faith, although we differed as regards works; our creed being that although faith alone saves, yet works are essential, because the man who has faith aud not works is bat a “barren fig tree” in the Lord's vineyard. Rev. Cronse preached, aud after a short intermission, liev. Smith occupied the pulpit Alter preaching, seventeen were added to the church by confirmation. On Sun day, Rev. A. J. Fox preached first, then Rev. J. R. Peterson. Five in fants were *then baptized, and the communion administered to a large number of comma meant*. * Ou Monday, Synod was organized. Ministers present: Rove. 8. Hcukle and X. Miller, of Virginia, Revs. A. J. Fox, M. L. Fox, T. Moser, LII. Smith, T. Cronse, J. R. Peter son, of North Carolina, aud Rev. D. Eflrd, of South Carolina. Ministers present, 9; absent, 11. Lay dele gates present, 13; of whom four were from Rev. A. Efird’s former charge, and three from Rev. D. Efird’s charge. Tlie retiring President, Rev. T. Miller, read his report. We no ticed the following items: Two min isters had died daring the Synodical year, Bovs. A. Henkel and A. Eflrd, and one had been dismissed to the Synod of Ohio, Rev. W. H. Saaaey. The report also mentioned the dilap idated condition of many of tboir churches, which still are In the un finished condition in which their forefathers left them fifty years ago; he also called for a revision of the Hymn book, and for a change in the mode of lay representation. At present every church sends a dele gate; the President recommended their COLD and that the charges be represented, and not the individual churches, Kev. J. Fox whs then President, Rev. 8. llenkle B leotedwecrvtary, and Rev. T.'Mill«T ■ Revs. riatdUer, J. >\ Derrick, J. A. Sligh, aud the Editor, all Qf S. Synod, and Rev. J. Austin, of Oeungfo' titled, «ni received aa advisory member*. The TevmedMw Spited has iU own mode of doing boniacM*. Kv«ry measure of importance is dlaeosaed and decided hi .•'onfrretioes heM privately. There are therefore no discussions in Hynod, sttd the Hyn- odient action is decided briber any Sytidltaftl aetioii Is ha«l. This has some decided nd vnntngeM: everytMwg is done quietly, there art* no iwbH* disagreementw,' tur **scei»es but there i* also a lack of Hth and ani* uMitfott ia the sesstomi of Synod. Synodical bmdness transacted :— 4fov. A. J. Fori: stated in his report as delegate to tlie Holxton Synod, that he whs not present, bnt received Severn! letter* from memliers of that Synod; that the majority of the ministers aud congregations were fhvorable to a union with the Ten nessee Synotl. ** Revs. 11. Weti^t, J. E. Seockcr and G. Schmiickcr, who constitute the Concordia Hymsl, *cut in a nMpicst that their luuues be dropj**d from the ministerial list; but it was unanimously refused. Two chunbes, Rrr. tioudmau * eharge, mnuuiuduetl Syuod against funning a union with any general hotly, aud also agaiust Synod's pro potHsl plan of beneficiary islucalkm. No action was thought necessary. Revs. C. P. IIeulu-1 aud V. It Moser, now living in Missouri, asked Synodical advice in reganl to their uniting tcui|*oraitly with the Mir aonri Synod, it being their intention to form an English Lutheran Syuod as soon as possible. These brethren were seised to do the bust the) can for the church. A memorial "as |>n*seuU*d from Bethlehem church. Vs., asking: 1. The apiKiintmcnt of a muunittee ti> meet the N. C. tom no lieu ; X The a}qhuutuicut of a cmoaiinsion to attend the iisnural Council; 3. The formation of a better plan of sjsteoi atic Iwttavoieucu; 4. The ad«>pUou of measures to effect a uiuou of all Lutheran Synods; 5. The rmuu mcniLuiou of Staunton Female Sew in ary. Synodical action on Hein 1 wii- (Nietitoned for the presuut; on item 2 it was decided that no tieueflt to either body could result from such a course at present; on .1, 4, 5, the ra’oamicndaikMt of tbe emaittc^, that no action waa nrn saary at present, wa* room ms l hi. The Committee on Letters rep<»rted on the letter from tbe delegate of N. C. Syuod. The letter stated that tbe delegate, Rev. C. If. Berobetjn, In consequence of feeble health, was tillable to be present; that *th« tendency of our SvimhI (N. C.) is to withdraw from the General Synod in North America and to unite with the General f’ouneil, as you will perceive from the resolution: “ Would it not he tretl to enquire? etc.; that a committee of three ministers and two intelligent laymen bad heeu ap 1 pointed to meet a committee of the Tennessee Syndd, to advise upon terms of union ; aud that ,4 oar desire is to form a union upon the basis of the unaltered Augsburg Confrs sion of Faith, concerning which there Is no difference.” The letter con cludes : “Let me *M*4 tkoulder fo thoul&er in the future, and contend boldly together for the pure fnith of our Lutheran (Hureh. The time of difference* aud amtrorereien is poet, and 4 the time ha * come to work for the emlration of enule and the upholding of our Redeemer'* kingdom * Rev. J. U. Peterson stated that be had been present at t1»e last meeting of North Carolina Hynod, that he fonnd an earnest desire existing to form a union; thut It was said openly in Synod that the North Carolinians had been wrong fn tbe past, but that there was uo reason why the two Synods should now remain apart; that both Synods had changed, the North Caroilua in doctrine, the Ten nessee Bynod in policy; that although the sermons preached did not con tain any thing distinctively Lutheran, there was also nothing unsound in them. The Synod decided that cour tesy alone demanded tbe appoint ment of a committee of conference. The President, Rev. A. .t. Fox, Rem. Smith, Moser and Messrs. Costner and A. Coni ad constitute the com mittee. By nod having transacted tlie roost important business, and engagements compelling us to be in Columbia on Wednesday, tbo day fixed on for adjournment, we unwillingly left before the final adjournment. This article covering more ground than wfe intended, onr impressions of the present and ftitore of the TeuuessCe Synod will be given bere^ after. We merely add, that we were kindly treated, and entertain tha highest regard for our Tennessee brethren, every (too Of whom ww hope fibd piray the Lon! to Mess. IftfmitM Report TW repost of the ifoegafias (mm Carolina to the General Synod Winchester, made by Prof. Bikle tba Info fofiftuiff trie N*»rfh Carolina Synod, is called by the Ijptherun Okoererr, into which it ia ccpifch, “a eifn(Hm*r report 9 1 have seen it in three of oar church papers, sitd of course it wilt apfiear in all. ^ U*g the privilege «jf aiding tbe csiuia* ol oar eornanm iutervat, by calling the atteotkm ot year readers to srome points In this report, nod from its own face to show tbe spirit of the whale report. •U bagfei* by ksfoMfing the flyaoi tlait tbe doUgotee were not “fuiwibljr Struck with tbe tyhoieuey of tbe Qm 4RM Synod.' Then it aaye M there mom* to be a dispoaition ou tbe part H iinn mlffeh 9mmnm f" IA, S. (I, NOVEMBER 1«, 1870. that I tv ■ ■ ineAciecm)” of the i4 General Synod.” It is significant of the feet that there |s a disposition bi North Carriroa not to yield to magiritieB: for no measure can be '^adopted” without a majority. K wtyoni] too of our General Hynod stretches out on both of North Oarolioa. H le eig- of tbo foet that snob a report oirohiled u> mare the. Hynod, especially outside of It is a great pity that pabtieity ftet* Csacies which will bo iindanfoeod os finds, and the cause of t'hriet mode to suffer by the btimiicionenees of JUio frieodt t SOUTH BUN HR. Tribete sf At e meeting at Khlers and Meal ing tbe late charge of the Rev. Adam Kfird, deceased, behl at St. Peter's < Mortar's) cbuivh, in laxioftos Cm, on Hatitrday. tba 27th October, lHTfi, a coaMittUw of five was appotated to prepare a aaitabir memorial and n anlatmtis expreastve of the ladings of the chervil in tbe lees of their loved (motor. Tbe committer repur ted tbe following paper: w MBsnivis. Adam Kin! was born April 30th, Btanty Ooanty , North Gem- line—in tbe Iftth year of bf* age; be was received as a member of «t. Mar- tfn^i riiofcb hi that fornty, by our bcaatifril rite of confirmation. In | 1851, he was married to Miss Gatba hq l \'iennuhnem 1 m fin 1 have italicised Um points ta the rc|H>rt to wbkh I eish partioulariy to call sUetttiMi, and in which is luttad the siguifiraaos of tbs whole. « tTfcerv am ^sexmal distnet Hyn mW that show **eiauaisharse" in “mlopidig important measures for n IWaidas tbs North Carolina Hynod there are but jUo ethers ia the Geo cud Hynod. The trim “ er\ rraF ■4sns, atvtording to \5>hst«tr t **dia titx t, sc|auiite,” and also “consisting of a numtisr,” ••more thau two,” Ac. Wt* might baiw understood the re (tort to mean separate, distinct Hrn offp, bat It says tbe arts of these Hynod* wilt* “clannishness,” a term which entirely destroys the idea of forerd to ri »MilUT,«fR«w, n r«,n. v; ofrt.1. tb* »—lt) of «« tan. Hr *.n. tyort to m«n -trn.1 .Hurt «y» >|m| I>hMW ^ « .id O.U Ol.Hod » . H.o far tbr ml-iKoo, „ kl> ioW , h , Tj Im) th , <rtanMrtM.taaMiM.Se. f.tHr, to th, *r.vr l„ thr vrmr The deh gates say it “senes” so. (M4, be rieMn! to that voice from Do they mean to express a dool*. high, which calVsl him to labor or do they really helk-vr tbr Hywnds Hi bis Maaterti rinevsnl, and com did act the*? If they entertained mr «m! his stodv Ret the ministry a Hon Id 0« the subject, prudence, „t>der tbe htstrwrtHwi* of those gnoil ebhrHy, the interests of oar Hoathem mm | My m hxi*cr» ot tbe church, Church, and the glory of God, all J. |{. Xfl«Mrr T Moser sml P V demanded that tbe doubt sboukl Hesikle la Oetofow. !M7, at Briar have beea cast In favor of tbe very ctun-h, Haltiran Countv, Tennessee, best intentions oc the |sirt of their he was regular? v ordained a minister bnetbn n If they really believed of the Kvangrit.il Lntberen flierrh tiiat tbe several Hyn.aU acted as i a muoexlou with tbe Tenncssro they imply, ami they did not inlrml SjBO<1 . For vmni mfirr hil| to ssy nil tb< othr-r Hs nods wot* ordination, he labored among the gvffty, then charity, sod the honor p*q4e of North C'erotins, sod we Ifigm fwl name i»f the mnoeeut. told, trrt acraitsUv and of reqairo of the delegatee ia some way benefit to tbe ebarrh. In October, to exrreirStr tbemfrom all imptira^ be maoved to this County, tio« in this "fiarArient selftshAfrsa ;* jum! at oner entered epoo tbe active fot; bow are we to km who an* duties of hi* . ailing ia ministering guilty and who me fonocn.tf If to an extensive charge. Five ebarrh tb#$ meant all tlie other Hynod* ^ Cedar Grove, Ht. Pear*, fhL IV- ter’s, Zion’s end Kiuiourfi were regularly mimstrml unto, once in each riHSitk ; and those duties sere oxjst faith foil* ami prompt l> per- untit March of th. ffivmg * I lost b moat efficient minister, bis incfiibcr* a aafe, wise and foithfrti ooapfieiUir, and the am n try a meat worthy ritiaeo. ^ ** 2. That white we bow in perfect suhtniseioa to the Divine will, and acknowledge that the Lord doeth all things well, we nevertheless desire to ex (ire** oar deepest regret, that oar beloved Pasted should have beroi token from as, just in tbe prime of life, and with to much of hope, of uaefatne** before hitu. *'’ 3. That wu, the |M*opte of bis charge, rmenlvr with love and ailectiou, his always kind , deportment and amnuero, mid hie faithful and earnest preaching; and trusting in God for hslp, we shall go eo to boikl up aad sustain tbe churches in which be so long tailored, sod extend the Gospel be so faithfully (trenched. 4. That ou a blank page in the oboroh book of each of tbe churches, be inscribed bis name, the data of hie birth and tbe day of bis death ; aud that these prooeedaigs be in scribed also ia the books of each of tlie churches ia his charge, and that they be publiehed ia the Lexington lHepntck, the Lutheran* Vtrifor, 1m- tkeram <t Mieeionary, and that a copy be sent to his family. COMMITTEE. fmm to II , for the Luttome Visitor, fnsM the Lathriisrhr furrtousritmig, wf he held concerning ami iar Church Or- I i I on. we wetebed him with in tern end people of tbe For Mg an ox airi) t * “local,” ‘welfUb F Now whet le tbe showing which these delegate* have made, accord ing to the report ? Is it not this t “H*vrral district Hywods” constituted a isajont> of delegate* in tbe Gem- end Hynod; that majority u ad**pt»d altevnatiag. until the 1.1th day of important measures,” which did aot Heptomber, sbee hm spirit took its meet with the approval of the dele everlasting tight to its Father and RmIMI . from North Carolina, who God. tin fortunately were hi tbe minority j) With tbs m And becaose tbe majority differed oar Cbarrk, oar hanented from tbe views of North Carolina, was held in high over rated them, lawfully oat voted Hywod be bad filled tbe them, and hence canned them to lose vttkia its gift—nor was be tboir treasured object, they eonre to i hi friends ontakte if the chord tha sage conclusion that they were two years during the war be not favorably impressed—“forcibly member of tbe Moose of attack with tbe efficiency of the Gen- lives hi the titote legislator*, ami end Synod”—the tmdy as a whole, a poo the death of Mr. Port, Ordinary except of coarse the delegates from for the lhctnct, be waa elected to fill North Carolina—that its arts were his |4aer, which position be held “selfish and local * and tbe Hynod until under tbe new Goastitatian of was “clannish f” And beeaose of the Htato adopt.-d fo lttOK. this office tbe great fort that tbe North Oaro waa changed to the 1‘rohat* Court, link driegstiou fbited to carry their with enlarged powers, aad the officer puhit, and the riaa" acted without styled “Judge of Protmte*—to this thorn and offir tboir beads, their 1 posMtoa bs was oiaatod by tbe p mpfe eftirient wisdom sees, or think* it sod brtd it at tbe time of hia death. • Aml °° w *bwc the grave In rinsed future, the final destruction of the over all that was mortal of our loved CMberol Hywod. And to present tbe j pfotor, we begin to feel and oppteci- eatsilmeat opnu them and their pos *te tbe greatnecu of our loos, and in t« rltv of so great a shame, they otoac our anffu' l| h« mar well exetaim. Oh, thrir report by rigatflcaatiy asking Uwd, tboo hart token onr shephenl, thsir Hynod whether it would not I wiu tbon , fAO mnitc and scatter tbe be well to inquire what mlrantogs *4^, <> r % (H tboo In thine own .) Or as the Latin text reads : ^tfuid iyitur emtiemdum ent 4c die domimioo sf etmilihme rtUhu* templorum f* If all I^ithenia Christian* were subject to tbe word of God, and by his anl held their reasons captive, and obeyed Christ as onr naioted Cat ten. in the faith did, even iu tbe fundamental confession, tbe Confrs of Augsburg, and who in the or 28 Art, have declared, to with the word of God,, * - . .. » ,. , shat sbould ba bsM concerning tl*e|. L ^ , , . tfobbath, «. f., srbat should be estab lished dMKwrniaag Htmday, this dog ms would not in oar day haiw been into a **>-caHe«l “o|ien making H necessary to find oat s bat Hamfoy fo, whether a divine fostitatioo, or not, or s hetber (Wimttive Christeodom, out of ito osn free sill aud pfoasare, thought 4 right, no kmger to observ e the tfobbath of the Uhl TeaUmetit— which ts a divine inatitati.Ni eont(av- beuded in tbe third commandment— ns a day of worship, trot to art apart tbe first day of tbe week instead of tbe seventh, the Habbath, for that l*iqiu«. - , 1 . v Tbe Augsburg t on fossa* n teaches: “la like tuaunrr such ia tie* case with the lustitutiou of Hunday. of Easter, ot lVat.sost, and the like holidays and nghta. Those, then, who are of tbo opiaiuu that such inatitutioo of Hhoday mwtesd of the Habbath was eataldisbod as a thing nacrousry. err iwy much. For the Holy Hrri|Nurv has almiinhed the HaUmth, and it- teach.-* that all eero- montrs of the old law, since the* revelation uf tbe tioapri, may be discontinued. And yat, as it sas nevoarj to a(»|»tont a certain day, eo that tbs people might know when they should aaseailite, the Christian choreh ordained Hunday for that pnr)«ose, and (masossed rather more inclination and s'iliiaguens for this alteration, in order that tbe |s»ple might have an example of Christian iitarty, that they might know that neither the oliarrvanoe of the Hale bath, uor of any other day, is india- to tbe Church will it be to In fiaanertio* with n body which has, in all probability, “served its day.” That fo, what advantage will it be to North Carolina to con tin n« ia a body where aotiorities role, where they are forced to see some measures adopted by a majority, the nu mbers of which live six or right hundred mites apart, with North Carolina between, which in tffaaol and selfish.* because not located ia North Caroltea I Well may the Oheerrer call it a “significant” report. It la rigullcant of the fort that the General Hynod “ adopted Important measures”— measures which even North Carolina delegate* consider important, al though they are not struck with Its cfflclcneyidLcotitTan* tf> the wisdom of the representatives of the North Carolina Hynod. Itfo rignificmit of good titae, send n* a shepherd to collect them and keep them together, and lead them into green pastures beside the still water* of salvation ! Our hope, o«tr faith, oar confidence, aad f<m front is Hi firi we receive the blow, and rerereoee the hand that strikes us. In all our tronbles, in all our trials, Hi all oar sorrow*, to whom can we flee, but to thee, our Father in beacon ? And rite, and wretched, and miserable as we are, but remembering thy promise*, ia the deepest humility we faff at thy feet, and pray thee to sanctify this affliction to the good of our soul* and to the ehuroh—strengthen our hopes, increase our frith, make ns mow sealous hi tbe cause of our Master, and finally save us at! ia heaven. 1. Be it Rmotred, That in the death of Her. Adam Ftrd, the church has Here oar Uonfession doe* not my a word afarot an arbitrary human mstitstion, bat it speaks of the exer cise of Christian liberty. And who ha* given this liberty ? We aitswor, tlie Lord God in His Word, (t Oor. Hi: 17.) Who has commanded and aatinvrised ns to use thi* Christian liberty ? We answer, tbe Lord God ia Hi* Word. <0*1. v: t j Horn, riii: %) * The men of God constitute the chtfstlan ebureb; therefore, proph- eey, t. doctrine, “came not hi old thiH* hj- the will of man t but holy men spake as they were moved by tbe Holy Hpirtt.” (ff Peter 1: 21.) Aud fH. Jobs, w ho was a disciple aud an spnorie of the I>ord, as well at Peter, calls Hnndity the “Lord** day.” (Kev. I : 10.) Bnnday, therefore, is not the day of man. nor the arrangement and Institution of mas, lint the insti tution of the Ix>rd Jesus, the eternal Bon Of God. Whether the Lord Ood, from Mount Sinai, through Moses, net apart the seventl» day, the Habbath, as the great day for the service of God under the Old Tcstaumnt dispensation, or whether he, through tbe siiosties, ordered and Instituted the first day of tbe week, Bnnday, to be the great day of worship, th« lord’* day, under tbe New Testament dispensation, makes no difference as icgard* the ordinance itself; for, as the institu tion of the Sabbath, in the Old Testament, was Goffs institution, although he caused it to be pro* I I I i >■ claimed by' Moses, and by the dsp*. ritten of atigel*, (Acts ^1:5^)^! is mo ordiafioee of men or of bat an institution of God; institution and ordinance of Sunday in the New Testament is an erfi, nanoc of God, though lie instituted if by means of the apostles and the (srimitive church. Hite is also confessed by our anti- tered Lutheran Church, which tcslfi ties that this did not sbrfltsb th* third commandmeut, and that the oMIgutioti to kee(> it fo still HnUfa*, | since in all her catechism* she not place the dogma of Buoday hy the ride of tha third commandment, but iu the commandment, became tbe Havionr declared to bbt ehmth: “Think not that 1 am come to de stroy tbe law or the prophets; I ng not come to destroy, but to falfifi.* (Matt v: 17.) God the Holy Ghost cads (fo time of tbe New Testament a time of reformation. (Heb. ix: Iff.) If any one would now object and anjr that the observance of Sunday | was not commaudcl by Gad, that it was only a human arrangement, then " 'J we Christians of tlie New TcriaoKrit would not live in a time of refbnaa tiou, but of degcucratiou ; then would we have no firm foundation 1b the New Testament—as based only on God’s Word—but in matters of frith we would be the sen ants of bmsb ! Then there would be no LonPs day in the New Testament, and every one could do with this day as he pleased. Then if Snnday is also an adia. phomu, i. a something neither commanded nor prohibited by God, onr Book of Concord teaches con cerning it, “we Iwdieve, teach, aad confess, that tbe chorvh of God, ia all ]»lnces and at all times, has power to alter such ceremonies according to rirenmatanoe*, as it may be mart useful and editing to the chcrrk of God. That, hosevnr, ia this matter all levity and tbe giiing tod that tqierial n-gard should be (mad, with all diligence to tbe weak ia faith.” (1 Cor. viii: 0; Rom. riv: 3.) Then could tbe weak iu frith be easily jsimuulcd : “Look here, my dear hnitber, «lear sister, Sunday ia no divine institution, aud the word of God says nothing about it; itU only an old custom; we as Christian* arr free, and in all, earnestness, asd without levity intend to remain so. It is l*etter for us to give up Sunday, that every one may have full liberty to use or not to use thi* day for the worship of God, or to change it every mouth, or every year for another day.” Then men who wish to abok ish Sunday tan not be resisted in tbe strength of God, and no comfort can be given to the souls which are tempted by the work! and the devfl, since linmau ordinances may be changed in the church of God, when ever it may be most beneficial or edify ing to the (leople of God, and done soberly aud iu accordance with our Confession aud xouttd doctrine. But our ConLaakm uow’here teach es that the ordinance of Sunday is an arbitran human ordinance; bnt it tom-lies that Sunday was estab lished by tlie Christian church, and tbe Christian chiirdi makes nq. regu lation contrary to God's word, com maud aud institution; hence this institution is, as I have already shown, mu ordinance of God. For God iqier.iles in His church tbmugh instmmeutalities. He *{mke fo the OU1 Testament dum b through the (mtriarclis, Moses ami the pnqihets, and to tlie New Testament church through Hi* iqiostlea. (1 Cor. xi: 23 ; E(»h. iii: 1-5.) Hence the ordinance of Sunday i* of God and not of men, although given to ua by Him through wen, the apostle* ami the primitive church. Theieforo, Christians keep and celebrate Sunday, not as an ordinance of uian, bat as an ordin ance of God. This is what the Lu theran Church teaches. Qucs. “Who changed the Sab bath or the holiday T” Ana “The apostles undoubtedly, since Sunday vm kept holy eve* in their day, (Rev. i: 10,) aud it is nri to be supposed that this was done without their knowledge or consent. Moreover, the apoettes must have known boat which day of the week was the beet. Sunday is called the Ijordfe day, Irocause it is especially pet apart for tin* worship and glory of God., So says the apostle, “as I have given orders to the churches in Galatia, even so do ye.” (I Oor. xvi: 1.) “But.we have the mind ef GlirisL” (1 Cor. ii: IA) “It roemed good to tlie Holy Ghost and to ***** (Art* rv: 28.) * > ■ Queo. “Writ moral oWigatkrifii contained in the third command ment f” Xi-i***--*-. An*. “That in every week one day should be kept holy for the service mid glory of God. Thin still i* in force, and in the New Testament, tbe find, day of the week is ob served” * *' Queft. bas Sunday been mfide that botidayf* 4 - Aoa. known «o «1* the H®b Mat it i» in perfect s^cc the analogy of faith, 0* upou the imexeeptioii. the church fotherk. 4 tofie becanoe Ghriafc aro ami began His at; tiou 0*1 Snnday. Also, that day He poured oi.ljV Ghost visibly, and U« J through the apostiea, tj | Ilinisdf a church.” (S«j[ Otechism. 1753.) . I The third commandint L commandment the .nan* J the Sabbath, which am 4 r\ is Suudai, wbteh wa* chi sjsistles inrieml of the 4 ; which the Jews in tbe Olp had (and *till have) in of the resurrection of Cl t v**- ■ K ! m roc ■■ -S. in V i » 1 *S tJ . J ! . 4 U V K Lath. Catechism for country' achools.” . 1W9. J Qne*. “Are we then r| the obligation to ob*< : bath?” . An*. “Jfot at *11 released from the *even moral obligation and still in force; so that upon all men, tbatneve!*l should be a time appoin we should engpge iu boly worship of God.' | Qnes. “What time i- I An*. ‘Christiana^ »r'» liberty to appoint any ■ - 4 J service of God. But tf-. in order that tliey mi,ir> ‘ from the .Jewish * Hyn« v ^ eluded to celebrate eriy, ami therefore trt§ 5 fi the glory of the Jew« : .\ to that day (Sunday). r ~ proper for us to keep Quea. “Bnt why did t | . Ans. “Becauw o« 11 Ixird Jesos Christ dead, and«with his resF liegan the*Sp4ritiisil Sri>l| This day is tlierpfore cl of the LoriL (Her. i; ll same day be showed ! 1, s(*Hvtle8 at different tiro' “0.) On the same day h«* visibly on hi* Ghost. (Art* 2.) Tliuro. bas sanctified this da; * . (See guide to the d Conrad Dietrich. I).l>. I Qnes. “Why has th:l v transferred to Sunday ro - % Aits. “The aposth*s I will of their Ixml, aiv-ro in all things guided I* Spirit, did, in the pri m. w transfer its observant* seventh to the first dav 1 ^ j* h on which our Saviour ro the dead, and the Hoi .■ (Htunvl oat among tlien ro it i« called the Lord’> set ajtart for publk 1 vice*.” (See Dr. S(»eitB explanation of Christian ff cording to the arraup 1 Luther's smaller Cat«*< i* Gottfried Buclniei, i .l dance, published at Jemro “Sabbath, the seventh ■ week, wfilch God sc! I ordained for his aervio K ing Sunday, also: - I § 8. “The apostles I Testa uieut have onhc K which, iu Rev. i; 10. ro ‘‘Lord’s day.” Acts x * ou the first day ot thro Sunday ; aud it is eh*J from 1 Cor. xvi: 2, thro lar (religious) meetings 1 Sunday. This, thougi I cx(iress couimmid of done by the direction Sjiirit, (1.) because from tlie dead on th because lie did ou thu| the office of tlie min disciple* > (John 20. cause on that day tie* wa* (Hatred out u(H«i Xf ; ,. And finally tlie w’h«>] atod Evangelical Lath still proclaims aloud i; religious services of S Hunday is God’s inst God’s rogulatien, and rant of God, Nichol w1k> was born in 153: in 1592, rings tlie hymn i ' com(s>eod by him : “Tliis ig God's day of sarri Forget the carps that \-ex From emjr wridly laW And spend the day in Hallelujah r Here, then, we have of the Evangelicid^Lui from Uiffrtent countn ltMviq tiroes, to the qm > lie held tx>ncernii| How shall it be di»c<| these testimonies cosiy voioe ou the authont of God, that Hunda\ end oulained by God. Thi* I* a oaonoiatij tortrtfertfiDO, a consol a . Ktrenghteuing of tbe fn tiroes of loose, sujs j theological tendencies ity, that we might aot manufacturers of “ope ^from the immovable oor faith, to their awj ®*»d souh-th*«troying » * rv> - A u. : -i: ! ?' ,K* i f- (. h v It- J .. * h