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THK U THKRAN VISITOR, COLUMBIA. 8. 0., JANUARY Hr 1871
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0„ Celtrmbi i, fl. C.
A.M., Stnuat >n. Vu.
is g; r* -t
fa tttOt-erAnfifl/r
fa things, cfoiri*“ v
bt‘ *ffii!uic,as it is apfinglo-Atetficap
j without a heart. Xt» plaro of
th.it organ the Copied liana most
capacious maw.
., Some may blame ns for exposing
these clandestine doings; oar dc
fence is: Honesty is the best policy ;
and onr rule is: To tyycak openly, and
to «oi/ nothing in secret.
,X* There Hope T
iW
ft*,
niued,
Lkt-
to
tiio'p-
’ : i
distinctly, ami m *fufiy i
• are old and wbk Lire no
Not only flu' ns
but also that of
of each snbscrine
♦h*rt the> proper efi
aid accurately nv
Xfsrnajro amt*
artier matter iuft
■iuouiU.bc written
of the |x>st
Jfu> county am
a necessary, ii
ou*fare$ L'ttere,d)» receive proper
iiiQ. -»-
1. Anj
*KW\SVAl
person
HHAjljFlIH
uMv mini the
reefed to his no me
■ho i»U4 SulteX#
for the p;y*Tueiit
- i. If a person,
tiuurd. he must,
the niuufeher n
tttail payment i
whole amount,
t alien fiom the o
V *>. The courts
to hike now
r nj;n the post a
leaving them nnd
vidcreeof intent
WIICKaf.
ho luade
Chech tc or
can not be O
REGISTER
W»V
renutred., ,
subscriber until
to discontinue is rc-
__ are p lid. as
Merely rptur dug a
'f by man, b t r>t *nf-
uis relating t > sub-
ve their namt» verv
. indicate which
new (Uilxi< fillers.
ies nmy he p? inaptly
|e,
utuaiy
notiet
(led for puhl nation,
.‘panitely, and uot in
often-
ottice,
State
order
and
ill UEC1MOS'.
liakw a liapdr irg-
»Loffice—whet er di
another’s or w lether
>r uot—is rasp usihlo
lots (tis paper < isrmt
^ all am-araj es or
continue to » tml It
iade, and coilf *t the
iether the pap k r Vs
or not.
re decide*! thal n*fu
pers and peril dicals
or .removin t ami
for, is prttN^ farie
ami fraud.
M
Clsau Jmd Heat
:■ f
ji’;irents ;uid children
iy\\ Hook ‘K'lean, and Neat/
r#
is next
little 1 friend, 3|
«ntr of tiie %sdh
Jfyhett ; Is I>r.
Ufetl- wheu Ids Ai
.Johnny but a: *
TlueOreek ih
goilliness, air
imry <t., is Mhj
1 VHfen be ask i
hide a gaod api r
[her answers
[ Is he clean V
rch Ixdieves in
[ es,
dirt.
flic dirtier u sajut is. the b<die • the
m
HR
• ill
liia.
lh
>•> >ple ihmk hiwta lx\ The betrita
atut monks of #he Roman C
hare a jieenliai ! affinity for th
savors that ari^e fiom hytlroph
We J athcnmsnlitler. We bcliefe in
the washing wiln water, the wa
ot tho bo<f} andiihe spirit. We dif
fer tVom tlui flgitists who lie Seve
That OIK) p!nn^-.;is all-suflieient
tiaie and - terdlr. Onr Cativlfism
tearUes a d.uly \ J musing of the i
man.
Mow U it >vi j you, my lnot
Is vom: bcaly, aie yonr hands, is 4 ^onr
heart, and is yoif soul dean ?
X eorreei>oudeut, to whom we nre
t. often indebted for kind words and effi
cient aid, sends us un interesting and
pnxdous communication, if heeded by
the many who, though God in his
infinite mercy 1ms spared them, have
yet passed bcyoml the threescore
without having expc^rionced that the
gooiluess of God leads to repentance,
U*cause they have—uot waited for;
but deteriuinately, wilfully, yes, ob
stinately'—put away the couveuieut
season. It is often asked, what are
such uicu to do f Apologies are even
made for their ungodliness. It is
plead that their unbelief, their dis
obedience, their ungodliness, their
contempt of Christ, his elm mb, and
his ordinances have become a second
nature; that they menu well; that
they are uot so very wicked, after
all, and there may therefore be sal
vation for them, too.
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We auswer there is salvatiou for
them. Christ died for alt. All arc
called to w hom he is preached, and
all such ure saved, it—ah, that if!—
if they call ou him, rejaMd, believe,
are baptized, confess liitu publicly,
aud remember him iu the Holy Sup
per. Ixt the aged ineu, the vener
able uicu, the fathers and mothers,
who are yet out of the holy Christian
church, at once call aloud for mercy,
at ouce repeut, at once believe iu
Jesus. U*t no one say: 1 epu uot
repent, 1 can uot believe. It is false*!
All slum Id believe to whom the go*
nth is preached; it is t|p* jaiwer of
Pod unto salvatiou. All can believe
who are baptized ; it is the washing
of regeneration.
Quantity aud quality lias noiltiug
to do with faith. Christ says: **lf
ve have faith as
I
mi fttymgtk i»,
work af tbo stmnkf through her
iiMWMM of l**aruing and
4 Friendly OonamL
Dr. A. R. Rods: In n adiag over
the Lutheran Visitor, which We com
monly do as soon as it arrive*, with
some interest, we w«re unfavorably
impressed with the developments of
the communications of several cor
respondents iu relation to the nets
of some District Synods, or parts of
Syaods, bearing upon the efficiency
and continued existence of the Sooth
era General Synod; mid, of the diffi
culties of the General Council, iu
securing and maintaining Christian
harmony. We are not officially
nected with any church organisation
but we maintain sympathy for the |
Church of the Reformation, com
me need by Luther and his oo-Mtyu- PH ,. |
tore; aud do desire her harmony and thither, sad thcr« (orv
prosperity, in the true sad liberal j l ** al 00 h**®* * dl
spirit of pure and eubgUtrucd chrie ! frul “ l t** appearance of thu com
| iuuu»c$4»oh hi the columns of the
We arc prepared to make suitable UOPEK L.
allowance for the iniirmitiee of tW «---
uiiud, and of the tesi|iere of 0MB, | for the Lalhsiua VI
(tempers being partly mental and i
partly physical,) hot, to clerical oil |
Th# United States eovera a
asBoaht of territory, and the
Uhuich peiu Ira lee It
To centralise under
one fedealaaticsl head, afl the La
th. ran ehrmcat, now heft and com
lag, Umat be oooaldetwd utterly id
practicably and nndeeirahie The
Luthnran rhurvh occupies a com
mamttng position. She has laid a
noble historic basis, capable of ana
laming a towering super structure iu
brethren do not fall oat
and make ha vac of a
promising harvest.
'Vo will not ventilate this matter
1 ]
. lam lug a tow
due time, if t
’ j by the way,
to ffiMffiffi* all
die ITffiees
i North Ml BeaU, who see
oat their Uvee by Inches la
teaching the youth of the chttreh, by
iphargiag them With U*m*
and incapacity; because, forsooth,
they Iniso not rfmWwf at a
Vninsnity, Dora the Doctor soppoee
that a German University can
aich braiast Tbs world has fo
to aca the immemm superiority of the
foot of our Professors who have
to German schools, over the \
who have never seen either Germany
or its University. Xil sine labors is
as tree in Germany as in America, I
and labor maam rferft is as tree in
America as in Geruumy. 1 tear the
1 fort or will be hcil. responsible by
the brethren of the Booth whose coo
•deace he has betray ed, as well as
by the Professors of the North, whose
literary ability he so wantonly as
Chtrahmia Bwl
lynsd. r %
Dear
by the
be is indebted
the Syuod and
1 am informed
of Bynod that
to the stndents of
enable to l*ay the
dais the same iiidulgcncr will not
be extended, inasmucb as, from their
positiou, their studies, aud their par
tial separation from the rougher
aaeociatious of the world, a better
exhibition of an improved natore
is expected, ami ought to follow. ;
Hut with all the iniprovi tm*ats of
educutiou and suiicraddcd grace,
ministerial characters are still hu
man, ancf betray their effect* of
selfishness and nnnaiK'tilhil atubi
tiou, to the acute observation of
the world. 81. Pant, we believ'e, i
said, u hmow thy self.* Believe it,
self knowledge is of va*t tsiportamv
to all men. especially so to clergy
men. Mason on * 4 8elf-Knowledge*
would hurt uo otic to read ami
study.
Hat now to the main (total I
had iu view iu taking up my pen.
The human mind. |Milmrall> or re
ligiously, seem* to have a strong
tendency to extremcM, either to cen
tralism or separati-tm. This
1 have a
we at bend.
Rutter pub
-Dr.
Peter to the tmet;
BSMd>~4*. iW,
t Censure may be just
When the words and
are e#rmt and mad
from a false standard
on. W
“I
be m# Is Ss
Jfr.
or ui^nst
actions of
with
of
der,
the Words and arlions of
ineuniret, and meet with
from a true stahdanl of right, such
censure la just and should be
son*. There ie but ooe way
sible to vmi|s just censure from a
fnuk/nl (Head, ami that is aceor Is
say a foolish thing or commit
It seems to me to
sad the
mnmI vanity, for
and become indignant,
their w oeds or actions are
similar c
ago Dr.
limbed a long letter of
IBs reur rablti Dr. Rash ms e. It
eery faoiioh in him and merited
severe rebuke. Just like Dr. IMhl,
be received his informs tiou from a
private source, a letter from a man
la t’harleeton, ami like Dr. D. he
the information thus
aad mads it pabtie in his
owa name. Hoppose now Dr. H.
had aaed Dr. IPs. exact words in sa
thus: “If Jtr. Boebmnn
to eomlmt this opinion, his
must be nlth a eitism yf his
otrn etty ami not a iti) me. My part
was merely that of a reporter.”
u But whether the optiikin be offen
sive or otherwise, I am not respuoai
Ue for it; amrely fur reporting it.”
Dr. Deihl, how does your a(iology
sound in the mouth of another simi
larly situated with yourself f Dout
on think it rather roof f
4. I .am tokl that a friend of
for last year. The
students are indebted few board for
part of the year, and are sorely
for BMwns to continue their
1 deem it my duty to inform yoo
of these facts, and respect folly ask
you to taka collections, and forward
them to the Treasurer at your earli
est convenience.
We have uow but one student
ou the fatais of the Synod—the
eburrhe: in Charleston haviqg kindly
taken all the others.
But past promises must be com
jdied with, or our students can uot
continue their studies. It is for yoo,
brethren, to way whether or not they
shall abandon their hopes of taking
our places in the church.
J. HAWKINS,
Pros, of Synod.
ed upon, otherwise than in , , ___
All mrm, mrlwH.* tho | (j OOUmKr, tmtd mm,,- prHIj ^ ^ f
h irrli . \shall gay auto (Ilia inouatain.
a grain of muatarU '“ m “ !«-»'«• »■
mt...........i„ 1,1 * D *' * ®f "» "tninth-rm in
llaua,"vr lienee to y.u.der place; and chonh “?
things shoot
to my letter*,
acknowledged ability,
, for sot icing
\V
111!
I
Fur the Lutheran Visitor.
Kind sad Weighty Word.
Sir. ffiUfsr t Can It be jiossible
that we have in our church hi the
South, a brother minister, who can
publish to the world, and over his
own proper signature, such lan
guage, so foil of invective and hate,
as the article of Rev. L C. f*. ex
hibits In the last Tjutheran Visitor f
When we call to mind the esteem in
which that brother was held in other
days, ft was with a sad heart that
we read that communication; and
more so when we again read the
article of M X.,* and could not for the
life of us, find oue single objection
able festore in ft- Now we naturally
inquire: Is fhi* the spirit of the
Gospel of Jr«u*? Is this what we
learn from the teaching* of bis
Is this the charity that
l»m s man of
Rope of Rome, most, from their
very nature, onyaod >U foolish tkimgo,
jmJsiaSr 1 •■ t| * •!•<>. luma *■* itooncir.1 j%jr u * r”" 1 .,
1 ..M.inaud tor M» cr.^,1 1 f'-' 1 "* of
suflereth
tbiuketh
bring
An Outrage.
hr
II*-
to put asunder
together, and
,tbo>c privilo"e(
it a speciality
eu^ariigo disa
S$ou$ a sepjugt
. Wife.
May Gq/l m
from tiueL ace
But suppoi>e
agree ? Let tlii
vine grace ac
DiviuO love ia
Itself in kfotlne
forbearance, a
• ? •( :>'-s lV: 1-^
AYy decline i>
dsements, thoi
‘Oui* paper is
au'ori&6;
it
shall remove
; and nothing shall! ,nan ^
bi? impossible unto yon.” And the WOO <
uiustanl scciT “to, indt-ed, the least
all seeds.” Paul, also, him! he
id the spirit and understood the
‘•Him that
tier
er f
mtd Scotland,
be profitable to
Tbis work
the leaders
|
limited to j
ispcl of Jesus, bays:
weak in the faitli receive
ye.
w? bipeds-r-hiivei s *m us an advxtl
tnent offeriug t|p?ir services- to
who want to b
ilic law ;nul i iditution of God.|
‘We hold that i#o man hd£* ri|ht
'C
at God has juified
^|oiniuate, tberefou .
sature, who make
foment strifes, to
nuents, to bring
ii betweeu man and
i..
is mercy save all
d meddlers!
i parties can uot
ask of God. Di-
plishes wonders,
e heart manifests
good will, patience,
‘ gentle endurance.
ishing such adver-
au
What
* We learn
different lire
written by a
flal nr^be’’'
tO'BmiLsforit f
rho i conglou
nothing'
General Bynod
’ v-To effect sue
r Njfilau of a f'vv
IV ^i^levtaed.
we need
vangeKeal
money.
Luther-
V
it Mean?
A
inquiries made h(y
that letters-are
eut and influeh-
e General Gcincil
Bon th, adrocstinj?
—it would
hat bodv and otfi
V w ^j?' -
. !f. ■ ■* - • ■'M
^ sirrang^‘nierrt-thi)
nferetrec has beeh
‘ We (rave beei c t i’ested Wcxfltt
111 V e have to s,;y
•ye Jiavsiiio^
Jh memixw of t
use »ro in the
l?m’ is to
: ah d to tStve li i
is The Comucil i
if cnmpellwl to
, . hfiwevc-r, i
‘ ino<J
J icaiing/mcul
episties, so d
t ff,
Lttfhetav-
?*?%;•
aiaHt vto
7 tilings
mfitobiuv-
. right to divide
$0$ '^ijC
. : t* v/w
ived a letter fr
General €omttf
rk; and snppuw
p imin the dark
outside pressure
; •
- ■
lai in a bml way,
uuderhandedly,
are notmiistaken
operation of i
send out such
very loving
t mistaken, the
h.l4 ; cmn plained
e hatl expected
the influential
think that it in
its, and to Ause
iroo, that He may
Irfeli proiuistpj to
Let tiie aged read and cousider :
“Rev. B. Kreps burieil the other
iv a Mr. John Falmer, of Edisto,
S[ C. Mr. Fqlmer was boru in 17(18,
a: id died in December, 18fi0; all hi*
d, lya were 101 years. His descend
ants number 221; 11 children, 80
grand children, 125 gnat-grand cbi!
Two--*-&AioWi scamps, imps, fare dm, and 5 great-great grand cldl-
: ■ epithets to fee applit 1 to eifiier, dten.
bc*t!» of flie 1< >ii:/*:d, ante-Ad|im-j His da\ s ami } ears were many;
but—this aged man was never a
m ember of the church of Christ!
Months before his deatk, Ue earu
estly solicited an intercut hi the
prayers of God’s people. We can
bfit ho(x* ; we do hope that this
man, who outlived three genera
tions, dietl'pardotied, and yet —t
“What is your opinion ?”
We have no opinion. The ques
ti#u onr correspondent asks, was
answeretl eighteen hundred years
aj;o : “He that believetb, aqd is
bi prized, shall be saved.”
It is folly, it is death, it is eternal
rdin to hope, to believe, to aot other
wise. It may hurt and wound the
feelings of many ; it may cause some
eVon to become angry with us; wc
dure not, we can not liefore God
answer otherwise. »
Out of Christ no salvation. •
Baptism brings us into Christ.
Faith keeps ns, retains ns in Him.
Fur the Lutheran Visitor.
Light—Hope—Gratitude.
Mr. Editor: Onr young friend,
H. 8. Wingard, has set us a good
example and made ugood beginning.
He sent me last week eighty dollars,
collected in his congregation for
Seminary . Profeasors salary, and
says, he u has a hope to send as a
little more.” This noble act should
stir up our congregations to begin
the New Year iu earnest.
: Tbe Synod at its last meeting
fixed a day ou which oollectious
should be taken *up, bnt as the
Minutes couhl not be printed in time
to give the necessary information,
would it not be advisable that each
minister would fix some time for
that pnrjiose. ,
.JACOB F. 8CH1KMER.
'■ ■—rr- ' t I ••
For the Lutheran Vkiitor. i
American Bible Society,
Columbia, 8. 0.
. Mx. Editor: Penuit me to re
quest all life Directors aud life mem
bers of the American Bible Society
in J^outh Carolina, who do not receive
the Bible Society Record monthly,
to send me, their post office address-
» >. and I will have the Record sent
to them from the Bible Bouse at
ork. E. A. BOlJJSa
Ag*. Am. Bible thrifty for 8. Am}
in his ekureh. This
ia often Si nod,
om imfont
langnalffikl
M«<H«I and mad* want- remark* wpoti
it. At, the last meeting of the same *****
Hynod, in. Hhephcrdsto* n, the wror ! ^
thv poMor of the Mndiann |ten(4e
rrfiortetl
bare him an forget hi* rrofaxtuibilKy
I ** U> drag Joha II. Barrett oat of
hi*
ur
admonition fr»»«n their fipffiaw• j
j for ‘Airon aharpencth iron.* roapte^ not by any
It Iftaa that I have gum great ’ * Mm,t r * rf h%
of onr tune*, if they * oakl read It i ufiml,. ia certain loraJitien, for • %w * **1 vantage of
with candor. Clergy* of America, auimadvertihg npon flu* words aad *** 4f,< * Knrope
read it! This principle of aepnra ruti<>»* of jiererMts. for whoa* I have ** M * Aa>ric> » ha\iag eopiona notea
lion aod ceatrallxathm ia manifmt ever ektertained. and »Io now enter ofv * f I' wr «* ■“* intererting fhet* ,
ing itself in the passing history of taia. none hat the ktmltieat and moat eiprnew.ea, I say. when *wrh a
the Lutheran Church. To nettle in- friendly feeling* In Justice to aiy j lu * n ** fov«T<* hjmaelf a* to ml
to extreme* either way will work self I [mast heg leave to viadirate “»<l • Mnag of wretched
mischievooaly. The harmony of the m>*elfj and rfiarlaha all im)iroper pun * “I* 0 * ,kr ***** can tamed in
extreme* into a middle and ntoder mt»*ntH>nx * # almanac, aad then pnblinli it
ate course will rfect much good. *1. I am charged, ia a Northern m •
We suggest here that aa (KrnmenicMI |*aper, with ttnndorinf the Madiaon l**I* rr * .when It w-oaki rnaliv not h* |
Council of the l>eat head* and heart* coagregHinHi. The perana* making * i* 4 **”* »“ the javeaile th-
of the German and Eagliah I ait her | *och a charge are ignorant of the P** 11 *** hr the amnar strut of chil
an church in tbis country be held i cin-nmufanpca. At the meeting of «*fht to be per*fr**p«f, and
at some suitable place, not to deride the Swn-1 of Virginia, at MadHno he moat expect to he prrotrtmged.
as to the infallibility of either Ryu chnixit in !#»», the worthy (matot 1 **' friend at "nshingtou
od, or concentrated Synods; bat to of those good people, in giving hi* cl, - v P rr *^"tHtn reoeived at
make a pcaceatde aud enlightened pnrod^al report, said, “Baptism*. “*> I*«»ihI*. " hen I *« a man enter
survey of the whole Iaitherari field. ym»nef *ml then remarked that he *** I** 1 !* 1 ** to preach Christ aud him
and indicate to the entire churrh was very sorry to aay there tme not t ••riled to a penahmg world, and
such snggestiooa as such men, m«
tnally conferring, would consalcr
wise, proper and practical. The
gixxl effects of the mutual confer
cnees of men defieiid very much iu
entering oo them with afoer earn
eetness, candor, charity and good
pur(MMes. We arc ready to believe
that a council of awcA men would
come to the conelnsioti, that it would
be iiuposaible to bring a thinking
Laity or Clergy, in this coantry, or
aoy other, into an umleviatiag ays
tem of belief, or ii|K»n every item
of knowledge presented in the Hcrip
turcH. It is allowable ami useful to |
have a summary oi the fundamental
<l*x*trino.H of Christianity for the gab
dauce of the church; hut when iron
clad creeds of minute detail are urgvsl
upon the belief and conscience of
men, liable to the rharge of liereay
and suspension, evil qnd dixsattstac-
tion result, more or leas. Extensive
creeds can only lie professed with
mental reservation. From various
considerate ms they may be sub
scribed to, but the right of private
interpretation will be claimed. Un
inspired men differ in their inter
pretalions of the Scriptures, ami the
same thing occurs in their ex|dan
nitons of obscure artielca of creeds.
In these poiuts there it room for
the exercise of charity among inter
preters and believers. -
• It to difficult under any procam
of power or education, for one man,
or any set of man, to do the think
ing for ail mankind, or dictate to the
world all the articles of tlwir fidth.
When we apply those principles
to the condition of the Lutheran
Church, mentally amit territorial!}
considered, those who desire to bar
nioaize her elements, aud carry her
safely over the quicksands of sepa
ratism and general ceotraftmu, must
pursue a middle course. Individual
congregations should unite bite suit
able and convenient By nodical or
gauizatkma, eschewing too mnch in
dependency. Next, these territorial
Bynods, as m*uy as might anil best,
ought to enter into further organ
iza lions of Son them, Western, and
Northern General Bynods or Goan
oils, for the purpose of local oafoy
long and la kind—that
no evil? Is this the way
aitout more harmony of
in onr
the baud* of the court, try him,
case, prejudge him, ooe
and hang him before his
■ an argument to bneg
rrm baptisms. *rxl wal>rcm iv|*cetautw, or edtQr the
lh m pfmmni that the l 1 *^ God, and then the court, a
•trirt'M .r -Ulbmin.^ hod * *J» »n«. ««l«< •«!
rttort in hi. ronitrrotton. ***«' W. ituwonm-. I on
mhI b.-i|»Ai to jowIim, i .li.njfr In ,|M ** ptntrimfe. U brn I lw«i
tb. V H „ or bmt or hi. t^pb-. t *“ ««»' t-wlw <tolivrr a
Son wbrir U ito • \Tb.r, «-rwan. «n» Mnnin
tin- f.ttrkaodf U(b.-r hw. M.t*|
2. 1 ~i.l ll.»( (hr America. Im “«•» ** '« «»>> '•*»• tba
them TO ‘com irt«l nflrimr. nn.1 toHocoocofUw ltotor«#(ton u|.»
still lived aw,” Ac. At this the editor
beromro ofigsdoi, and makes all his
readers believe that he has twwu
crossly slandered ami belied. The
Lutheran did aay that a
DJD. (meaning Dr. B. M.
Hcl»mocker) went into a ligrr su- Ur, *> *****
Ideediug ehurrli f Can a minister
of Christ, who has the ptod of his
churrh at heart, denominate his own
rhnrrfa pe(ier a “miserable sheet,”
a p«|iei aliich is an ornament and n
Ifomirg to the church ? Ha* the
oiitjitie of i sainted father, whose
ever} set and word, to hi* dying day,
was promotivr of |trace and love,
fallen npon hi* son * *
It does seem to ha that ttw- article
in quest ion was entirely uncalled for,
und manifests a tmd *{Mrit through
out. and if this is a ♦ orro t exponent
of the feeling* of the N. C. brethren,
we hate tmen egregious?} mistaken
la the opiottiuti we had formed of
them.
Now that the course which these
brethren are (Hirenfog is an mifortn-
Bate one, aud calculated to produce
harm, must lie evident even to tliem-
selve*. An«l the gentlnujnil} and
Christian *|»irit in which “X.* has
so (>lsinly act forth their error,
*hooU1 at once induce them to ac
knowledge their wrong and retrace
their steps. Nothing baa occurred
since our Southern organization,
which has cast such a gloom upon
the chnrch as this threatened with
j draw»l fWnn the General Synod, and
that too, without a single (dsnsibie
argument to justify *a<ii a course.
Why, under existing cimiwistHDce*,
w hat to the Lotberao ffitotfi in the
English Evangelieai
pel was formally ope*,
ed for divine service on the 18th «f
December, 1870. Before giving
account «f the forvloe, ft will be nre-
essnry to give a short sketch of the
rise and progress of this congregattog
and their anarffin * \
The find English R\an. Ixitbems
Church Wheeling was .organic
by Rev. T. W. 1 K»sh, of the Evangefi.
cal Lothefan Hynnd of Tennessee bs
the fall of 1H5D. For two years Ifet.
lXj*h labored with varied aueema.
At the breaking out of the war he
was called away to •Uer (eUk, >oi
for two yeora the mission had a*
pastor. Ou the 15th of Jnae,~i|g»
ltev. Bam riel B. Barnitz entered apt*y
his labors as pastor of the emigre**/
tion. then numbering fifteen, and the
Buuday school, eighty. For eight
long, wear> years the pastor tag
people have been tossed about, war
sloping in the old Baptist chtueh hi
Kant Wheeling, Odd Fellow’* Bafi,
She Court House and several othar
places. Ia August, 1867, the lot, new
the site of the Chapel, was purchased
for $3,900,—George Keetoine and
George Fri<*ker kindly loaning fil^ffi
of the money without interest, the
balance being raised from friends to #
the East. On the 14th of November,
1888, the comer stone of the present
chattel w as laid aud now the building
Is finished. The front is of pressed
brick aod sand stone; the aides and
rear of common brick and sand stone, '
with slate roof. In height It is 5(1
feet, basement 7 feet, Bondar scboal
room 18$ fret, main audience room
14| on sides aod 18 in centre. The
style of architecture is Romanesque.
The lower room is lighted by two &
inch and the upper room tor two 31
inch reflectors. The cost of buildup
was 111,500; fhrnitnre flAOO; 1st
$n,900—total, $18,900. The chunk
Is now cotu|»lete in all its appoint
ment*, save the pulpit in the upper
room, which will noon be in position.
The service* yesterday were very
interesting throughout After the
cbtm-h was given to God in the
morning. Rev. Dr. Conrad, of Phils
iMjAia, editor of the Lutheran Oh
server. preached the dedication set- ■
oiou iu the upper room to a large j
audience, taking as his text Isaiah
ii: 3. Tl»e dicourse was listened to .
with marked attention, and at thnm
the Doctor waxed eloquent; every ear
was beut in anxious ex|iectaney and
every heart filled with tlx- solemnity
of the tKmion. After the rtocr of
his sermon, an ajipeul was made and
over $tJ08 sulmcrilted. The SuiKlay-
arliool excrriiM-s were more than
ordinarily interesting. Benicea were
advertised to be held in i>oth rooms
at the same time, bnt as the morning
service was so protracted and many
were late coming, it wa* decided to
Ik>M it only in the lower room. The
experiment was a faHnre. a* after
the room wa* j wicked with peofde,
> in sigh went away to fill aiKriher
room. Addresses were delivered hr
Rev. Baum, of York, IV, Rev'. T. W.
Dosh, former | cist or, Winchester,
Va., and Rev. Conrad. Letters were
read from George H. Btanrt. Phils
del phis, and others, cocgre tula ting
the srhool. and sending handsome
(hank offerings to aid the work. The
singing, and especially the renderiag
of‘ the first piece, “Sing for Jesos,®
wss of a high order, and the address
es were esniewt and eloqnent. The
schcad was wot dismissed nntil tong
after the ap|w»iitt«d hour, making the
the world, through half of his aer-
then |irate slwat stmrvrg and
“the heart of the nation,”
the “triumph of right over
wrong,” through the remaining half;
| then when 1 can see ue more simi
the Reformation and
loon and delivered an address, and ! th * of slavery than I can
then the editor eotniimU severely Marlin Luther and n oorti
upon sfoch eauduet in a minister. ^ "'**«> 1 P"*ringc, I will
The secular papers of Reading did r*r*mgr, woe to me if I do net
coma out and moat emphatically de- P rr,fn "P p '
ny the whole cireuntaftMce, and did i ' Ttomriore if My dear friend* de
uiiunimmidv vindicate 1>r. Behmwek ** ir u> • vo »d censure, re bake, urn!
er from; the fan! superalen attempted toithful sdtemiltosu, they mast nm
to lie fastened at>o* turn by the editor Meponttodeef the uiurow oiroto of
! teinfiteetteh dtguttv and uiintoterial
SiMith to dot Notwithstanding the s»xvmd srrvice fomewimt late. Rev.
fact that it is making aggression Do*h officiated in the afternoon ser-
rrerywhere, increasing in number* vice, and jwv-ached » poweitbl senuou
be fastened
’* rrtujtnuM |
(Wvfmety. Tkog
da fooRok things.
not say
LUTHKRANUa
paper. INdIMef Was
I najmst in my cenunre. I will gladly
let a Christian public decide.
3. Un Delhi comfdains of injustice
done him in eon sequence of too
-prominent a notice in my artieftm.
He even sends *an “Apology* to the
Lutheran Yiaitor and request* its
I m Wire tion. Bid I fear the good
ifooter nfll need to make an apology
for the **Apology,” when he realtoea
the |mi*ui«h) Into which Ue has placed
himself.I He came to Bj-itod as a ^ utl **** *" IM,r *** ***** you haw-
b.t IMMI ^ krtag p, ^ U 7_‘V, J '.“If.' ”!? 1
erwed by the rules whicli limit a.
rcixjrter to the public transaction*
of the body upon which he is about
to report, he violated not only those
rales, hut likewise the ruler of com .,
won etiqm i . uhI mintotorhU cour
tesy, by publishing remarks tna
ty If yon havo a discharge from
the uo*®, ufleosive or otherwise, atop
ping up of the w«a at tinwa giving
nasal tauog to vblee, pariisl Ions of
the sausa or atenll, taste or heating,
feel dull and stupid, hare paht or
pressure in the head, taka oahl really,
above
and res)M>ctability, yet if tlie X. C.
brethren ]*ersist in their efforts to
demolish the General Synod, wbat
cnciHintgenient have we to sustain
mw institutions, our chnrch paper, Ac.
How can we require onr people to
supply themselves with the “Book
of Worshijf when there are indica
tion* that ere long we may have to
adopt that of the <4d General Bynod
or General Council T Thee*' are
discouraging featarea, and it does
seem to ns that these N. C. Im-thron
hare a fearftit n**koning
from Piwimscxxxvii5,®* Many of
hi* old frieads were present, and w«
know the}* were as delighted to see
hiui os he was to see his flock, many
of whom have grown almost out rf
his memory. Bnt be to the same
kind, genuine gentleman, the same
warm hearted Christian brother, and
it is hojied bin next visit wift lie at
uo distant day, and eotithiae m««h
longer.
Iter. Damn officiated in the eve
ning, preaching from Dsatm 1: 9k
awaiting This sermon was an honor to thfi
them. We had flattered ourselves
that the General Synod South wa*
assuming a prominent poaitiou, and
that a brighter ftiture was before
her. Aod bnt fix* this ugly, res tie**,
pugnacious spirit, with which some
of the
good Doctor, and a pleasure fo
hearers, for he preached the-doctrine
of “f iirist and him itucifled,* in afl
the loveliiires'Vjf its purity. It hsd,
however, onefoult: it was tool
to him in private, and for aught I
knotty fa eonjUmAr After admitting
aU this, be blandly teyi, “Whether
tbs opinion be riffinniln in min I wljjljj
out half of
termiusto
ty» aad cud in tire gr.m. R. V.
Fienre, M. D., of Buffalo, X. Y n to
the proprietor of Dr. Bagwh Catitnrh
Reined}—* imrfeoi ajMicffic for Ca
tarrh, which ho sends to aay sddress,
postpaid, for sixty cents Bold hy
mi w "*** *"' * . *
Rer. H. W. McKuight
te he adihtetotid at Charleston, Jef
feruon Oouaty, Va.
After this service, another effort wus
Iwctliren are nnf«x-tunately J made to raise funds, and a sum cou-
■^■wudd no doubt ac j tributes! which, with that given iu
couipltoh all that we couhl hope. 1 the morning, amounted to nearly
>tfi$£«a labor $t the | eleven bmtdred *lo?htr*. Twenty*fivr w
the
spirit of meektreoa, goatlenena, of
humility. Above nU tot ns pray
ffirrontt) that the wounds of
bleeding faa may yet be tiesleiL, and
that pence and haraaony may dwell
ns. i
There is in the German army
a figliting chaplain; his name is
Matbe*. In a recent tmtUe his
boise wss shot tinder him. He
mounted the horse of an officer
killed at the same and led
the attack. lie got the iron, cross.
We h«qx* be has the crone of Christ
too. We do not like the savor of
it The chaplain** place ia with the
*»d art dying. ’ ‘ ;irrT •••-*
dollar* were given to put in a rnerno^
rial window for Rev. Dosh; ft like
amount for ltev. Barnitz, and the
swam for I)r. Cmtrad, who is to des
ignate the use to w hicli it is to he
r«-«ir i H|q»ro|irt»ted. ffiforing this effort Ibr.
ton rod preNonted the eongit*gati«»i
with a maguifioeut rouimuuion
from au uuknown triemL The
neatly engraved with the name of
the church, Ac., and is us fine as we
ever saw.
Iu conclusion, we will sum up ^
saying the whole service »as a *«<*-
C4*ss—e\-ery senuou w as for, very tor,
nbovo ordiimry; the audiencesyrre
flue, aod the whole affair did honor
to the church and to it* paster,
the <nlifice docs fa o«r ally ***
State.— Whetting Intefligmwer.
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LntkeAs Ch
ftertnons on the •
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in the yrer. vM. I. X
from the German. New
Xew Mark«*t l
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tVe have several tin , »» > '-
tbe claim* «t <>*»» eierlku
whh *» pnfd*^**” 1 * l trM ,n
ttm »«*«'* ia ’
of Concord has atm*
iMtbcr to («- (•.*>:«(
ever, to tbr tel * fo
fonatt of onr chon h. He
wrote, ami ftnialied the gr»
Qod raised Idin np to do, U
thought of collecting ami i
npon the ohnrcli the S
Booka. The Ooofeasion. til
ogy, and the Smaller cA
suflh^ed Wm. I* to high
Lather be allowe<l to
hiteteR; a*** 1 ho U‘ **»
that the enten»ri*>ng |ml»li ffi
meet with the em-onragem
«o richly merit. No Itetfo r
ilv. g—day-acbool, atndenr
ister at?— u consent to do
Luther’s BertiHUis,
Illustrations of Scripture Fet
****** Translated \
French. By Mrs. , £. !*•
Find Series. Lutheran I
Puhlicatiou. Fhiladelp |
Tiie tope. Second S»-ne*J|
Tire Fre»H:li excel as
the young. Tlw*\ under-:
sympathize with them, u.
lor the refti*on that a Fnl
aud still wore so, a Freni J
never glows old- Birmefu
Ihmkcm* the siirret of Rw-|
heart from being desmean .
The two volumes noticed
detightfol rewling, both f*
and old, and mo**t ndtniiaNj
latcxl. Hea«c let us hai eaoj
of the same sort. We ne^d
that they are han<lsoim-ly g*
ami the very book* for t* -
present to dewerv ing pnpifa.
Viefs Illustrated Catalogue t
ral Guide.. 1871. Jan»v
Rncbester, N. V.
The first edition of l.Xu
taming engraving* of ffoti
vifBpWw, awl two beai:L
ored plates of Petunias. *u,
lanything we have mi
had last season a double i
but to our great regret it I
withered and died. Ten pci
to Mr. Vick wrill secure th*
login*, which is invaluable t«
of lowers, awl grower* tf
Idea. “
American Agricvituri*t. .1:
1871. Orange Judd & IJSh
York.
Au exoellcut, catcrtainiug i
stractive nuaibet. The Agr>-
should lie ivail bv even
*r *r
tor} - ami girL f v.;
The Terhaologiat. j hivudw-:
industrial Publu-atfmi i
New York.
We never tail to read it h
In the present number th«^
ou: The LitniU of Maguetk
evolved, by a Voltooe Raft
Designs foi Puipiu, the :S
of a CVtueterx - Rale, and tin
and Cimdeuwiatorv rntienon
Antericau Journal id Mki
nwl the Uraig .Mitioaitj**, wli
Technologist pnamunevs to to
greatest imposition ever jw»l;
ujH*n the ^Vznerreau (nsqde.'
e«|«oeiaRy interests 1 uk.
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everbcorse on Viefot
ftri. (Jar*re nra like chicken-
cmac k.Nac to j\km4. V\V ii»v
fo My, that the King -oi It.
Uot 1-xpet iewvHl any evil eSo
fio*h.-*s grand oft
ms, nihil.
-.-.At tbn Middle Contei
Maryland Bywsl the quest!
askeii; “Havp female im-tubv
right to vote f” It whs air*\>.
"tho affinuarive. Of course, tl
neither male nor female iu <
^ (hat does not establish
sufferance politically. Tire ver
a woman—we prefer tin* | \
tody to rather dubious—gointff
l»olU sickens us. But ibeu
i!n °W fogy, advisxitiug ;(h\
nshed onler of God. J
Rev. P. SehK-kel ha-
in-stallbd pastor of Roajnoke \
Salem, V*., and Rev. Pro
y? to 4bq Hssistam, W« ,
IJbfo 1*e Observer. Ugh !
t . have met f The i><
'ot»«cd and the (ieneral a
l Tiie MUsioudry hiv
tofoterer. !
** -Tiie Lutheran and -Via
u» usually ltssrsn of chin
foUtgepoe. It is so s\ mbolu
’( has ueither eyes not ears h
J word’s wot'k. Ir is waiting t.l
gwal time coining. The lettei'
p''. and especially the letter.
to the revi*Mltsi Word, w h |
outer wrapping au* to the i
ir ftfod man. The Tennessee S .
Hk« tiie Lutheran and J/J
because it has no revival
The President told
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