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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 !
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Rev. W. SVj Hicks from the
gelical Lutheran Synod of
Carolina, has been dismissed fa
M. E. Chnrtfaj Sonth.
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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.
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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.
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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
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