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\ w- xt; *CUAL must be made Rank Cheek*, or can not be o a Registkhe „ >rs are o when required, stent to aubscri! express older to discontinue reived, anti all arrearage* are *—• w law. Merely ret number of the paper by mail, i* ^te^commimicati.m* relating swriber*. should give their distinctly. amlTcarefttlly indicate are old ant! which are new sn Not only the tame of the post but also that of the county an' of each subscriber is necessary, that the proper entries may be pi aud accurately made Marriage Sod! obituary notice other matter intended for publi should be written separately, and business letters, ,to receive preper tion. <1 si ' NCH ff«t on term firm*, and I will whip the fellow who wrote, ‘Britannia rales the wire*:” All we say, is, let him who first boasted of the sunny South present himself, and we will—well, it depends upon the thermometer! Laity.—We publish “Laity's” arti cle because we must. We assent to every word; bat regret, at the same time, that a Lutheran minister should have called forth such an article. We did not intend to pub lish Rev. Grosedoae’s pusquil, but advised with a brother, who said, publish it by all means, and onr rule is, if we ask advice, to follow it when given in good faith. We have several articles from N. 0., as bitter as Rev. Groseclose’s letter, from Rev. Prof. B. j what shall we do with them ! ... ./ _ £ , fl ., • „ . ... Kotice.—Do not disregard It. The apostle PaAl wrote: “Owe no man anything.” Not to pay honest debts is a disgrace to—any man. 1. Any pea ularly front ■ rectedtohist be ha* for the; 2. If a tinued, he l FV--- ' ■K i - . the publitix until pay me -i.* '• ‘ ^ sBt* whole amoi ’*■'/ " \ taken from t 3. The cot ting to take from the pt •> • leaving them r ■' - evidence of i tl'KR DECISIONS. who take* u pupet reg- post office—whetlw'r ul- i or another’*, or w tether l or not—is orders hi* jmper d| pay all arreanii nay continue to ‘ > made, and colb whether the pa{ >ffiee or not. have decided tlmt 'W*paper* and perioi Office, <>r removini lied for, is primal d fraud. pi Address. Rev. Pro to Midway, Barb from Athens Teni ■ » ^ dismissed. 11 Rev. W. SVj Hicks from the gelical Lutheran Synod of Carolina, has been dismissed fa M. E. Chnrtfaj Sonth. -tr* A To all intended of the the cmanci the earthly ralt truth as bright the times Church; b more “con ent moves neither" required to on events. >y Few Tear read this. We gjlye a brief snm events of last yea tion of the nation y and pnnishmen the progress of in Jesns, aud - which the si t to the Evangel|cal t must postpone t > a eht season.” The p: ep- tapidly, that we k we. iillity nor the space record and to comment of We call words of thiDg for Too many ing their treasure » they pio their own Paul. Poor his mantle of his large, lp cover! Whenever us of his | d Uw i his relation^, fourth cousip, for a coutribu tion to the earn *»t We are doing ’ io- destitute of our Zifu. tent only on feath ;r ts, on laying ip , on making, ps say, provision or Ids, and they qu< te w many si as , made out of heart, are made to a man talks to 'duty to his family, jto to bis mother-in la\’s when we call qu h m tion to Christ and I is Church, our blood sinks down at once to the freezing point. Can “Juan” galvanize that committee into life ! If ftot-r—who will pay for a cau of nitro glycerine ? Next—“J.” deals some hard bio aud we confess that we were incli to break a laBce with him; but —he, like Sidney Smith, has a w of putting things, which convin us, that we have some very liberal, aud some awfully—mean is not eg- them actly the word; but what shall we call them ?—close-fisted, lovers of hi thy lucre, covetous Christians! Please, some oue, give us the word! Do not, however, do like the mem ber irom Stowville, and say: “Yes, yes, wbafc word do you want 1” The fact, the real truth is, we want those who love the Lord, not to forget tb be liberal givers. jr. Mississippi Byaod.—We are assured that the brethren will rejoice over the good news from that distant outpost. Thpre is life in Mississippi Would that there was as much life; zeal, and aggressiveness in the older Synods. Has the war destroyed brotherly late! Are we Dene* ROii’s men, and Pyrrhus’ women f Not only brazen—but with heart# of stone ! Brother, what have ye* contributed 1 What sacrifices hav you n**&e! How much have y invested in worlds of faith f Brother Anthony’s letter will acceptable to many, for he has w; and true friends in the sanny Sooth. Who first used this phrase f Tell us, and we wall publish him, for the sun we have in the South just now is awfully cold. TJie thermometer baa been down to degrees here, and we write shivering, though our stove pretends to efhisc heat A Englishman For the Lutheran Viaitor. Homs Missions. •* -» ’ ' ■ ■ Dear Msitor: Previous to the last convention of the General Synod, the attention of the church was, through feu, called to the importance of Home Mission work in our midst And so important was this subject in the judgment of the General Synod that a special committee was appointed to report a plan for carrying forward this work of vital importance to the church. The committee in due time report ed, recommending the appoiutment of a Board of Home Missions, to be entrusted with certain duties, &c. A central committee was also appoint ed to faise funds, appoint missiona ries, &c. The manner in which hands were expected to be raised were first by the District Synods taming over to the Board of Home Missions any sur plus funds in their treasuries, or spe cial contributions for this purpose; aud secondly, by the central commit tee making special appeals to the churches through the church paper, by circulars, or otherwise. But notwithstanding, the plan was devised, the committee appointed, aud the work important, what has been done toward the establishment of missions ? Has a single mission ary been employed. Has a single organization been effected V Has a tangle wandering member been gath ered into the fold by all this legis Iation T If so, we are ignorant of the fact Bat this may be attributable to the silence of the central commit tee. It has not made a single appeal to the church through the Visitor ; and if it has issued circulars, as authorized by General Synod, your humble correspondent was not favor ed with one. Six months have elapsed since the meeting of Synod, and yet nothing has been done, of which the church has been advised, towards the estab lishment of a single mission. Is the committee doing its duty I The ehurch can only work through this central committee. But, has the church had an opportunity to work f Where does the fault rest t with the committee, or with the church f Is it not a burning shame ‘’that onr brethren in Missouri, Kansas, Texas, &c., who are calling for missionaries, are thus neglected, and led to be incorporated with other branches of the church t There are, perhaps, to-day, in Missouri, as many Luther ans as there are in the Valley of Virginia, and yet there is not a sin gle organization under onr control Brethren, are we doing onr doty t If our General Synod is to enlarge itself rapidly, we must pay more at tention to th$ work of Home Mis sions. We must follow our brethren Westward and Southward, gather up, organize congregations, preach the Word, &c. If we can not send ont a dozen missionaries in a year, can not we send out one t We do hope the central committee will at least give the church an op portunity to contribute to this im portant enterprise. And we here and now appeal to all the churches to give liberally for the establishment of missions. No work promises a richer harvest. We heard one broth er say, some time since, that be would not be afraid but that he Would be supported the second year by the mission, if the committee would send him to Missouri, and sustain him the first year. And yet he can not go, because the church does not furnish the means. Bat will she not t We pause for a re ply. ! Fraternally Yours, JUAN. j Y : 4 sum a—‘ $1,000 Reward is offered by the proprietor of Dr. Pierce’s Alt. Ext. or Golden Medical Discovery for a medicine that wjll equal it in the dure of all diseases for which it is recommended. For the Bronchitis, severe Coughs, and the early stages of Consumption, it has astonished the medical faculty by its wouderftil cores, and hundreds of the best physicians pronounce it the greatest Sold effuse heat A sea-sick! medical discovery of the age. once said: “Let me ooiyjl by druggists. * < For the Lutheran VMtor. Stubborn Fasts. Our good brother, “Small," has been giving os some account of the liberality of Lutherans, and dealing some pretty severe blows ai partiea, who, We suppose, bare called them n “stingy” class of persons. We do not, therefore, intend to call “stingy,” lest we should offend body, and get eouee\f into trouble. As onr bellicose propensities were fully satisfied in our four peers’ ex perience under tlm lamented Gen. Lee, we do not pro|>o*« to get our self into trouble again by courting unnecessary hostilities; but wa most any that, from the items of com plaint that reach us through the organ of our Southern General Syn od, the Lutheran Visitor, aud onr own knowledge of the workings of ear church, they mny, with no little propriety, at least, in some places, be styled HHhormL To be liberal, ig to give with n free heart, to give bountifully, large ly—not profusely or eurtraeoganHy. Ami here we observe that salaries to Pastors are not to be counted as donations to the church. “The la borer is worthy of his Mrs.” If a congregation stipulate* to give their Pastor a certain salary, they are under obligations to pop it, and let them not regard it in the light of a donation or gift. the far say, I fire my blacksmith, or chant, so much annually, when he renders his aooouat, ami it is paid f Certainly not. Nor have (he con gregation any more right to regard the salary of their Pastor as a gift or charitable offering to the Lord. To prove that Lutherans are a liberal people, our good brother makes an estimate of the donatiooa per caput lu Jria Hynod, and finds that it reaches, after adding together •alarum to Pastors, donations for missionaries, beoefieianes, the poor, Ac., &c., the handseme sou of $&8ti per member. According to the Brother's own statement, we must subtract $3.70 )wtid pastor, and yon have $3.16 left, for all the beowvo lent purposes of tbs church, as do nation*. But for sake of argument, allow that each member in hia Synod contributes #6.86 to the support of the gotqiel at home and abroad—by land aud by sea, ami the evideoce would not bo suflinout to prove the liberality of the church in general. The S. C. Synod may be doing her whole duty for aught we know, and in writing this we mast not he uu denttood as making any asannlt on any special locality in oar Lutheran Church. Onr aim Is simply to pre sent the truth upvsruished ns it in. We know that *on»- portions of oar church are doing a noble work for Christ and Christianity, bat we fear all are not doing this. Scarcely a week passes, bat complaints, sore aud grievous, are made in the col umna of oar paper, of our people withholding their substance from the cause of Christ. It .is an old adage, “where there is so much smoke there must be some fire," .»ud where there is so much complaint there mast be some ground for it Indeed, is it not a known fact, and do not oar brethren acknowledge it, that the church is sadly recreant to her doty in this respect! Let as glance at a few facts in ooune^ tion with oar Southern General Synod, (and to this we shall coutiue ourself.) and see if these do not lead to the oou victiou that we do npt, as a church, give liberally and in proportion as the Lord has prospered us. Oar General Synod, South, num bers about 18,000 member*. An average of one dollar per member would make $18,000^ and this woakl be euough to start onr Theological Seminary on substantial footing, but it is not forthcoming. The opening of the Seminary has been postponed until the 1st of January, and we fear whsn the time arrives that another postponement will be ne cessitated on account of waut of means. Last summer the only Female College under Lutheran auapiees in the State of Virginia was suffered to be sold for debt, sad a good brother financially involved thereby, because six or eight thousand dollars could not be raised. Now the brethren in the bounds of that Synod are well to do in this world’s goods—not only well to do but many of them “live in king's bouses, and fare sumptuously every day.” And there are a goodly number of them. Yet the Institution is lost, irretrievably lost to the church, and her daughters must seek an asylum in institutions of sister denominations, or grow up in igno rance. -i ' . Two yenre ago Holston Synod made an effort te purchase the Masonic Female Institute in Blount- ville, Tenn. After the lapse of two years, the agent, Rev. ProL A. J. Brown, reports to Synod that bis effort have been unsuctvsMful. Only $4,000 were requisite, of which the Masonic Fraternity subscribed $500, and other outsiders subscribed liberally; yet from the 2,500 mem Iters on the parochial rolls of Hynod, the agent reports fo! In procuring the remainder, and another institution is lest, the need of which Is easily to be seen. Three years ago, the Hynod of Vir to •tertiflg a Female Institute with in their bounds. Bros. Holland and Dink el were put at Its head; of talent and ability, and leas one year proved enough for its doameut. Why was this! Barely the Hynod could hare easily started the school, had the means been at command. Now the members of this Hynod, in many instances, own large tracts of valley laud, fertile and val I sable. Yet they do not give of their abundance to the eeUbHakmeat of institutions of learning. There is bat College in Virginia under say- is sadly crippled by debt, sod iu Pres- { •deaf, to whose indefatigable energy, j together with like energy of hia j iato.Professors, the Institution owe* its present attainment, is now on su agency abroad to secure foods I for the liquidation of its liabilities. Newberry (now Wslhalls) College . in Booth Carolina is far from being | in a healthy cuoditioti, financially, I as iadtusird by the various appeal* i made in its behalf through the llr * •for within the lost year. „ These are nearly all the tnstitu tious of oar church in the Honth, { and yet after as existence of many I years, 18,600, or 18*000 have foiled to liquidate their educe*, set them on “term firms,* sad give them untrammeled to the church. Since the war we have had two pajiers established in tlM long ago, and the editor of the latter tell* ns it is sick, and needs large doses of greenbacks to keep it alive. - la addition to this does she sup |iort her ministry liberally f Is she ■coding forth muMoiiMiM to up for Christ, sad proebus solvation to tbs dsad and dying fj We know quite a number of mtuieten ! who have to rely on their arm for sapp their wealthy cougregntMn faithfully on tiobhath, am of life aad prosperity first eoqairy made by amay they wish to secars s pastor ia, “woo he teach f Wo went him to ia order to arcane so adeq purl. 1 " Wo know one Hynod. tons to having the ministry ia visw," at its aext sesssion the enormou* sum of $3.70 for bene- | la the awn | Raj.**, Nov. 4th, 1$T0. My Dear Brother / 1 hope yon will not think me troublesome. You know me, and I trust, doubt not, that I love oar own old mother church, her institatioos, her Sooth, General Hyu od, fyuthcran Visitor, Colleges, and Theological Seminary. I helped to originate the whole contrivance, and so far as my prayers, counsels and labors are concerned (money bare I none) shall, while I Hvr, foster and Ttifioenccd by three I shall write these lines. I have seen m the Visitor re cently things that give me pain, be cause they are inseparably associated in my mind with the “socurscd* en tering wedge, that is to divide and break np our cherished Hoothern organization. Ia the that number of our paper, there is a fling at the pastors and professor* of Virginia, that, to say the least of it, is a great public infuaties. I have just called my daily companion and cherished brother, Prof. Youec, into my room, to catechise him qu this point—he is the President of the ft W. Virginia Hynod, and I attended with him the test meeting of bis Hynod. I beard the discussion of the question of the of the test Gee. Hyuodk iesl Herni did sot against the I tell yon, sir, I and I are dead and in our graves. We have pursued here the course y think, dictated by etdtghtooed pru dence, and ardent love for our whole Boo them church. My owe earnest, a uncaring prayer shall be, living and dying, that war nnraltog, our South cm General Hynod, which I, great mental anxiety and atiug bodily pain, helped to form, may oarer be Jb ten diced. And yon, my dear brother, who stood skle by tide with me in this work, I knew will stop into the breach, if te be made, to parry frith your the blown struck for tide pur from whatever quarter they may come. Your brother, J. B. DA VIA For the Lutheran Viator. FetefUDy Trwa. puzzled Rode: The President’s contained a eeatence that “la our midst a late of by the Hynod | at Winchester—and the leading ad vorste of that action was a graduate of the Philadelphia Seminary , the liberal te tbs will ere long be known only by her deserted walls," ’ la Ibe foec of such stubborn facts let me ask, where is oar liberality T Where our boasting! Thee sad realities that ought te be k Lot us not etrivo to throw Lbe| tie of chanty over them, by tettteg the world that “our people ore poor;" “that they would giva, bat they are not able.* To God every ia known. The wealth of oar mien favorably with nutiotte, and we verily beiioue that God lias prospered us os bosntiftiUy os any other. Let no brother detract ought from the praise doe oar people, neither lot him conceal the foet that, “God iovetb a cheerful giver. 9 Let every Uy brother lay tlm sub Ject before him and ask mm I giving what the church demauds at my hands V Have I returned to God a worthy thank offering for the rich lauds, the bountifol bar vesta, the *'<i)us bams filled with plenty, and a table groaning beneath the weight of luxuries, which be has given into my hands! Lei every minister ask 1 preach mg the whole truth, m long as I fail to wan my people against lb* tin of w ithholding from God what betoags to him! Let him not cloak the setyeet for fear of ofiemting, but let him declare the whole council of God aud thin sub- ject will share more than a passing note. Then, and not till then, ahull the progress of the gospel lie 1 and the blessings be ore 1 wo wBoop oe seen end felt by attq “The wilderness end the BMIffeb place shall be glad for them j aad tpo desert ahull rejoice, and -blonsnm as the rose." J t J The Hynod of Maryland has solved to receive uo student a beneficiary who Indulges to the i tor of the College church at Halem. What these |>copfo will do to sustain the Seminary I can net tell—they are “right hard to got mooey out ef." Quite a somber ef oar youog men, look tag to the miatetry, were and heard the drscuswiou, am! resolutions wjth regard to the Bsashmry, sod I am very sure that all they heard there aud then, would tend to prejudice them te favor of our ©wu Hoothern Hrmiuary. With regard to the young men who have at the Philadelphia , it was almost s necessity ; aspect to the two roomy who hare gone there this year, they were meo of large means, bud made up their minds on point, perhaps, two years ago, sod every professor here w**U knew that there would be no use to lecture them now on that subject. We have quite a rich crop of young men here at present, aud if our busy bodies, who seem to think it te tbeir special office to oat aad keep the church nght oa all points, will still, and miod tbeir o#n wc shall hope to got all, or of them into oar own Heminary, not because wo have anything against the brethren of the Philadelphia , for they hare been and friend*, true friends, “friends te I bat because we bare u dts ttert church organization, which we think H would be both disgraceful not to sustain, to which we regard the Theological Heminary mod the Lutheran Visitor vital aud iudte. The reticence of the here with respect to the Heminary enterprise, has perhaps given rise to the suspicion of some person*, that thej* were opposed to the location. Such a suspicion is wholly unfoaud ed te (bet. My own, sod the reticence of Prof. Yauce, os I sm just by himself, arose from the 1st, are considered that this whole question should be dealt with by the pastors and congregations of the Hyu oda, and Sd, we were completely fore staled by the parties who dismssed the question publicly, previous to the meeting of the General Hynod. 8a- lein was made a point by some one who bad consulted none of us. 1 hod been, as others can tell you, for reuaoos I need not give here, op posed to the connection of the Hgu- inary with the (’©liege, but when intelligent and active pastor* took the matter In hand, 1 concluded that it was beat for them to deride upon a question of that sort. I quietly submitted, the proper authorities settled the question, sad u we well knew, everybody was not agreed about R, aad a word spoken, even by one who had no authority in the ight stir ap * disastrous din we have remain ed quiet. Indeed, if I have been forced to talk on the subject, 1 bare handled the whole tiling os carefully and delicately os the glass blower handles bis fruitest aclidoos fabric*, lent wo might bare a “smash np* yet. But aome ore not so—they ptange in, hammer hi hood, as if body must be knocked down in order to aaotnu I worn tkooe pur tie* that the only thiug I eau see 1b danger from thrir hammer, te our tottering, intent Heminary. If throe unfriendly threats ora not withheld, they will be nnavailingty regretted, and thld friendly, and I trust, timely wanting, vindicated by t$e death wail 4* oar' “What dues it mean P said I to a friend near by. “1 bare not beard of any iking new te the South.” The Jmtkerau Vioitar ef Dee. 7th relight- caed me. I so longer doubted that the 1'resident bed been privately informed of the opposition of L.C. Groseriose aud a certain portion of the N. C. Hynod with him, towards the Lutheran Visitor, its editors and contributor*. The abusive epithets used by the Reverend gentleman te bis article of that date, are indicate a- high state of aud aa would justify me Ip thinking that the President must have refer red to this difikmtey. Doubtless our next butleUu from Washington will the iu formation that a regi- of negro soldiers has been to occupy the boundary line betwecu the two Carolina* to prevent Rev. L. C. G. sod bis army from attacking “X.” and bis frieod*. Jesting aside, I belong to the not to the ministry, and I>r. Rode, I beg that you will allow me te a few words to preseot this subject to yoa as it appear* to us. A lady who sub scribes aad pngs for your (taper, and who does not “see it sometimes through tbs kmdnea* of a friend," said the other day, “What ban gotten into the North Coroltea men ! I was so mortified by tbeir report npou the General Hynod, sod their action te regard to oar paper, that 1 bid the paper that contained it, for fear nome oae of the other denomination* in town would esc it.” Wbea the offensive article copied into tbs Imtherum eery sod tabs the Lutheran doseu* of persons expressed tbeir dissatisfaction and sorrow. Those of us who were at Wteehrster knew bow mtshrus was that report. No ministers bod store to nay, and mare fault to find with what the Virginia ministers did any—than the delega tion form North Carolina. ‘ Mossy of the laity said opeufy iu that town, “that the N. G. men seemed to be spun the floor all the time and made it their business to find fault with every other Synod.*. The joy that is appooreusly manifested by the La- theren (Boosttr and the American Lutkerum over say articles from our Southern paper, which indicate an unfavorable state of things, strikes to oar hearts and fill* them with •mines*. St. John enjoins “brotherly love," and Paul enjoin* that, “breth ren should in bonor prefer one an other.** Does L. C. G. think that be complies with these divine com mands wbeu be uses such scandalous language as be dote—descending dveti to low and abosive personalities better sailed to the fishmongers of KHHiigagate than to a minister of the Lord Jesus Christ! How can re tbeir members, if high excitement they merer, miniature (to use a common ) “whip the Devil round the stump” aa be has done I Another layman this morniug said : “It is a shameful piece, and shows that mat) te have been very angry”—and another #aid : “How dreadful a state of feeling aome of those -N. C. ministers show. Is that (flaky!” 1 might fiU this sheet with similar expremiooa. We had hoped that one paper te the Lutheran! Church would be free from the angry controversies of the two north of the Potomac. Upon this ground I have tried to get some new sub scriber* which I hope soon to send to you. Dr. Rude, if yoa had consulted the (offer, that production of Rev. L. C. G. should bare been consigned to the waste-basket. 1 fear aome impenitent soul who reads this violent and abusive piece may say, “I am just us good as yoa proaobera ace.” 1 oaa act but thinjc that U iX Groseclos© “would have been better employed te visiting and praying for onme tick parishioner than in writing that thing. 9 Perhaps his rage might have calmed down under the sab doing influence of prayer* - C ”- * LAITY* Hge. A. B. Redo—Dear Brother: Perhaps It may be of interest to yoor of the progress of onr beloved fo« in distant Mississippi, and U, in jtmt judgment, you deem the following* spy importance to set before thorn yoa are at liberty to dfnpoee of it i® that manner: On Saturday, 29th of October, te the 2d District of the Hynod ef |ffo tiimippi, Conference convrocd it Sa lem church, te Attala County, aad, oa motion, Rev. a R. Hheppord was colled to the choir, aud A. & Beg. agao requested to act aa Secretary. Present—Ministers :' Rev. fi | Hhcppard, Rov. J. Morgan and A 8, Hensgun. Lsity: W. F. Frazoxw J. D. Unger, X G. Stephens, a*. gustos Brown. Conference being organised, cere were elected as follow* : H. R. Hheppord, Chairman j Rev, A. 8. lieu agon, Secretary; Brn J. D. Unger, Treasurer. A committee was appointed to draft constitution, consisting ef Rev. J. Morgan, Bros. X D. Unger and J. G. Htepbeua, which was presented, and, on motion, was received sad adopted... Vacant charge* and station* wets called for, and ascertaining Beaut-bain’* Htatiou was not loriy supplied. Rev. A. B.J was appointed to fill the vacancy. Heoolred, lot, Tlmt coufermee oimociid that each church within bounds of conference establish ood hold prayer, meetings practicable. : Heoolred, thl, That sod station within bound* of are ference be recommended to establuh cotecbetica! instruction. On motion Her. A. 8. Hensgre was appointed to preach the o|*eoiag sermon at the next meeting, aid Rev. J. Morgan as alternate. Moccdouia church was chosen as the place for holding the next meet ing; time, Saturday before tbs 5th Habbuth ia January, 1871. On Sabbath morning the dedica tory service was performed by Bet. J. Morgan, satiated by Rer. A. A Henagao, and a discourse appropri ate to the onfosteu, was delivered by the Rev. 8. R. Sheppard. Thus, soother bouse was euttst- crated to the service «f the Lord, and as an Evangelical Lutheran ehurch under the name of “Halem.” May the Lord prosper hie work, and may our Loftier Zion in Mis- tiatippi. though in its infantile state, arise from the dust and shine forth os a beacon light, and take its stand among sister denomination*. A; a HEN AG AN. defy. -— - m mt ra . - For the Lutheran Yuritor. red Tidings. You Hpbitcos, Pa., I December 18, 1870. j Door Bm. Bade .* As the time is at hand when I must write you, or cause the same to be dime, I, there fore, |»refor the former, as, through you, 1 can extend a friendly salu tation to hundreds of friend* aud acquaintance* scattered over the Carolina.*, Virginia, ami Georgia. Thank God, 1 still live; ami what is better, I live to preach Jesus and the resurrection. 1 often think of the vast multitudes to whom I have preached in former year*. The Word, no doubt, fid! with varying success. Upon some, it fell open attentive and listening ears, and brought forth fruit to the honor and glory of God; upon others, it ed to waste away, os upon the desert air. The preacher aad his however, must render account fbr their work to the eternal Judge. God prepare us for the grand as size ! My new ftekl of labor is, in msay respects, a desirable sod (deossnt * one. True, it is large; I mean as to membership. I hare 350 families on my visiting list. It te told me, of tiie sainted John Chick, who labored here a dozen or four tee* years, that he could visit twenty families a day, and hold worship with aH of them. The highest number that I have been able to visit in u day*—I mean in the coun try—was sixteen. But the churchea are so located that, if need be, I * t ; can be at home every night. Tbs farthest church, of the four which I serve, is but six miles from the What a contrast be tween this field of labor, and that most charming field, Sandy Run, where I spent six of the most pleasant years of my ministerial life. There I hod bdt a very few fhmiHe*. but many of them the most noble on north. The sainted Henry Mai ler, Senior, apd his excellent wife, who seemed only to live t» do and get good. There, too, *ran tbs sainted William Baker, of whose kimluere and giaxlnese of heart 1 can not now speak as his deeds deserve, hot they will live in my memory os long os memory te**-^* But I am forgetting myself; te not the contrast, for I have ex fJjTtf I five kW* bo.’tb. 2f5g;iW»q!*V*» , —am I 01 w«tis so that the ••ontn* %C, COO*. i« I*” *” ' t V* from fland.v Ru'.j Then- I b* 1 ‘“‘C ^ fr w «.w»b*r.; Wrr t to tb« oomp«» of » fr" P h«e. We b«" e qeiet ^b, e»0 good, «M»>' lvM U turn"* 1“ ‘be iaaeA' Tbei b.ve »e».v • ^ttUmeoftbe reh* eri.1. | vere Ibnwgb 111* eeclion : - j battfe of Gettysburg- many praying, devoted chi this charge. Bat It te time that tin* i - sort of commanicatiou Y* to a Hoar, for I must pr K night. Yra, ood ooou-after to write, I was called to young man wboae lung be seriously affected. I |»r him, and pointed him to .1 mighty fiarionr, the ooly trae fiiith. I ^ft him, ti himself that he was now te-j S. that be will soon be reatou terday I buried a man * X , of lung disease. This i* f f scourge of this climate. The last bell is calling pulpit. TUI glory, yours, X B. ANTi Editorial.—Thank yon f epistle, dear brother, but ;i to correct you. Not “til 1 only, but also “in gk*V better fore well greeting foi I in the church militant. v l \. ni.* - r For the Luthemi Mr i • When I forwarded the of the General 8ynod to th I eat district Synods, I al*o • ^ Amount which each Synod fiected to pay for printing * j cite*, and requested the toon< 1 seat to the Treasurer at ** , day as possible. Since t^-n reotived several letters s*k , give the amount due from ea | od. Having already done thiff hoped no ssore wa* neeess for the beoefit of all who ha -el to remit, I will give the .prl share of each Synod. North Carolina Synod. H South Carolina Synod. $22. i< >| giuia Synod, $10.66; South wB Virginia Synod. $13^6; Hi Synod, $933; Georgia Syno«i It ia to be hoped that ;dl - not sent, will be forwarded ; M Wifi tboae brethren wl»o were I for the Mtnntes through the ? | see that they are not in Ufte«r4 Remit to Mr. Henry R Treasurer, Winchester, Va. nCRETAI . .Marmil, Deceniln-r 13, 1 Lutheran church, Coocoril, JS. Rer. Prof. L. A. Bikle. W. r*ET*EB ami Miss MATib WnilECf>Fp. Married, by Rev. J. Has t | the 30th November, IS70. jah Whitmire and Mis> Cromru. I By the same, on the 8th ot 1 \ **r, 1870,\ Mr. Euiiu ‘*«d Mias Eliza J. Hiuter By tire Mae, oo the 5fc.M IJ l *»*r, 187U, Mr. Eixtah Bkiik' [ Mm! Mim Matt in Roxkzssu. Newberey, S. C. '■? ] Jttanted, by Rev. a Krop l*Hh November, 1876, Mr. i| Faurkk and Mi** Martha ! K I>T<JLK8. Ail of Edgefield;/ ty, a C. S By the same, November 2*,* , D. Farmtsr and Mi> Lybraxh. AH of Mdjfl 8. o. By the some, on die tetogu j , "tib of JMx-wbeT, 187« Grooqe Thomson «ud Mi*> All of Edgefield t Obituaries. ^parted this life, in pea. ** tetidenw in Coborw M Uth °*** MT vSRCTS© BaRKIKR ; 4 OMmthk Httil 16 doyi Brother Barrier was, in < ^^•“ted iu the principle He attended a c* c *focbct»eal instruction, a ^firmed in Rt John’s 1 ^ alMUT,Ui Goontj-■. ^ couseieutiousiv I ^ dealings, ami kind,* hospitable to his a* 2*“ «lra at first oou fin r?’ •’kich was six .Or eig Jgte hia death, he was d !t 1 doubts and feura i safety. The wri ■ pastor, upon use r i' .w "I . A| X Mi-A M ..4. -3 -V l x.- S- Xj i •V x.. MiflL ■ kc